Movie star Large Brother is again with a brand new crop of housemates together with cleaning soap stars, an Olympic champion and a controversial Hollywood star
ITV rebooted Large Brother in 2023 and aired its first movie star run, which reunited X Issue judges Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne, final yr
This yr’s housemates EastEnders actor Patsy Palmer, presenter Trisha Goddard, musician Chesney Hawkes and Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke, who was eliminated after 5 days.
The complete checklist of confirmed housemates for 2025
Chesney Hawkes
JoJo Siwa
Trisha Goddard
Chris Hughes
Patsy Palmer
Michael Fabricant EVICTED
Jack P Shepherd
Ella Rae Sensible
Mickey Rourke REMOVED
Daley Thompson
Donna Preston
Danny Beard
Angellica Bell
Rourke, whose credit embody Angel Coronary heart, 9 1/2 Weeks and Sin Metropolis, acquired an Oscar nomination for his function in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler in 2009. He’s this yr’s highest-paid contestant, allegedly being paid £500,000.
His Movie star Large Brother look was instantly thrown into controversy when he “ogled” host AJ Odudu, which prompted complaints from viewers. He was ejected from the home after an “uaccpetable” run-in with ex-Love Island contestant and sports activities broadcaster Chris Hughes.
Hughes briefly started a singing profession with fellow Love Islander Kem Cetinay earlier than changing into a horse racing and cricket pundit.
Palmer is greatest recognized for enjoying Bianca Jackson in BBC cleaning soap EastEnders, and is joined by one other cleaning soap star, Coronation Road’s Jack P Shepherd, who has performed David Platt since he was 12.
Former Conservative MP Michael Fabricant – recognisable by his distinctive blond hair – turned the primary housemate to evicted from the 2025 collection. He joined the present after shedding his seat in Lichfield to Labour’s Dave Robertson on the 2024 common election.
Different housemates embody Olympic athlete Daley Thompson, The Solely Approach Is Essex star Ella Rae Sensible, TV presenter Angellica Bell, and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK collection 4 winner Danny Beard.
Two-time Olympic decathlon champion Thompson, 66, set a then-world document on the 1984 Los Angeles video games and gained the BBC Sports activities Persona prize that very same yr.
Bell, 49, a Movie star MasterChef winner who rose to fame on CBBC, has offered radio programmes, The Martin Lewis Cash Present, and The One Present.
Singer Chesney Hawkes, greatest recognized for his 1991 hit “The One and Solely”, has additionally entered the home alongside chat present Trisha Goddard, who has stage 4 most cancers, for which there’s remedy however no treatment.
The London-born presenter beforehand recovered from breast most cancers some years earlier after a 2008 analysis.
Coming into the Movie star Large Brother home on Monday (7 April), Goddard mentioned she needed to make use of the present as a chance to show to terminal sufferers that they need to “not be fearful of dwelling”.
American pop star, and former Dance Mothers actuality little one star, JoJo Siwa is one other high-profile signing. She is among the favourites to win the present.
Hughes, 32, who rose to fame on ITV2 actuality courting programme Love Island, briefly started a singing profession with fellow Love Islander Kem Cetinay earlier than changing into a horse racing and crickets sports activities broadcaster.
One other housemate is Donna Preston, who has appeared in ITV comedy panel present Hey Tracey! and Netflix collection The Sandman.
Earlier than the collection started airing on ITV, the controversial actuality present was final on Channel 5 in 2018 earlier than being cancelled by the channel. Large Brother initially ran on Channel 4, offered by Davina McCall, from 2000 to 2010.
TV persona David Potts, greatest recognized for Ibiza Weekender, gained final yr’s collection of Movie star Large Brother. The collection continues nightly on ITV2 and ITVX.
Extra reporting by Companies
