The house may have only been empty for a matter of hours, but it’s already time to open the doors again for a bunch of celebrities to take over.
The VIP makeover of the Big Brother house continues as producers revamp the building, with some glam fixtures and fittings including some chairs, which we can exclusively reveal look like the previously diary room one.
As always, there is a huge bunch of rumoured names, including NHS boob job professional rent-a-gob Josie Cunningham, former TOWIE star Lauren Goodger and soap queen Helen Flanagan.
However, some have already confirmed they are NOT entering, with Josie Cunningham tweeting the below.
https://twitter.com/JosieCOnline/status/500568655852490753
But if that wasn’t enough to wet your appetite, we’ve got all the rumoured housemates names! A whole raft of new names have surfaced less than 48 hours before the doors of the UK’s most famous house open once more.
The show will launch on Monday on Channel 5 at 9pm with the gorgeous Emma Willis presenting and Rylan Clark taking on Bit On The Side.
Who’s going into the house?
Check out all the latest rumours of who will be entering the Celebrity Big Brother house on Monday below
Kellie Maloney
Sex change boxing promoter Kellie Maloney – formerly known as Frank – is one of the headline names to sign up to this year’s Celebrity Big Brother.
As revealed exclusively in today’s Sunday People, the 61-year-old’s fee is believed to be around £400,000.
But show producers believe the eye-watering figure is justified and believe she can make this year’s CBB series the most-watched ever.
The 61-year-old retired from boxing last year after a 25-year career, during which she was noted for managing Lennox Lewis, the most recent undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
She hit headlines earlier this week after revealing that she is now living as a woman, and is planning to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
A show source said: “Kellie was top of the list – she was the one that everyone working on the show wanted. They all think she will make Celebrity Big Brother a must-watch.
“Having her signature is being seen as a huge victory for Channel 5 bosses, she is part of what they see as a brilliant line up.”
George Gilbey
George Gilbey from Channel 4′s Gogglebox, is another rumoured name to be entering the Celebrity Big Brother house on Monday.
The 29-year-old – whose high-pitched voice has earned him the nickname ‘Squeaky’ – appears on the fly-on-the-wall series, which has been one of Channel 4’s biggest competitors since axing Big Brother, with his mum Linda and stepdad Pete McGarry from their home in Clacton-on-Sea.
According to the Daily Star, George’s involvement with the show was leaked online after a researcher mistakenly posted travel details for a meeting with Channel 5 bosses online.
An insider commented to the newspaper: “Ever since the new series of Gogglebox, fans have been calling on Channel 5 to grab one of them for Celebrity Big Brother.
“George would be the butt of all jokes, but he has the good humour to take it well.”
David McIntosh
Kellie will also be joined by Kelly Brook’s fiancé David McIntosh, who appeared as Tornado on Sky 1’s Gladiators, plus ex-TOWIE star Lauren Goodger, retired boxer Audley Harrison and White Dee – the infamous resident of Channel 4’s Benefits Street.
“Kellie was top of the list – she was the one that everyone working on the show wanted,” a CBB source told The Sunday People.
“They all think she will make Celebrity Big Brother a must-watch.
“Having her signature is being seen as a huge victory for Channel 5 bosses, she is part of what they see as a brilliant line up.”
Zoella
According to online reports and forums, YouTube beauty guru Zoe Sugg, also known as Zoella, has signed a deal to appear on Celebrity Big Brother 2014, however her recent tweet to us could suggest she’s not entering!
The British Youtuber has a fan base of over 5.5 MILLION subscribers and 230 MILLION video views, and Zoe appears regularly at red carpet events alongside other beauty gurus.
Could the famous YouTuber bring new viewers to the Channel 5 show?
Zoe tweeted the link to our story – and crashed our site with her fans dying to check out if she was entering the house!
Well this is news to me.. http://t.co/vV3VrFmIbn (I am NOT going on Big Brother)
— Zoë (@Zoella) August 12, 2014
Stephanie Pratt
She’s here to finish what her brother didn’t finish! Stephanie Pratt, Made In Chelsea star and sister of Speidi’s Spencer Pratt, is another potential housemate.
After appearing on Big Brother’s Bit On The Side she seems a perfect contestant. Stephanie – who has battled bulimia and substance abuse – became famous for appearing on MTV’s The Hills, but is best known in the UK for her E4 structured reality series Made In Chelsea, in which she was seen dating womaniser Spencer Matthews.
In case you didn’t notice, she is also the sibling of famous reality TV figure Spencer Pratt, who took part in the eleventh series of Celebrity Big Brother last January alongside his wife Heidi Montag, known as Speidi inside the Big Brother house, where they were known as one housemate.
Channel 5 bosses apparently hope that Stephanie will prove just as controversial as her brother, after her time on BBBOTS.
“She is sexy but also knows how to be controversial. Despite being American she has enough experience of British TV to know just what producers are after,” an insider saidd. “And it gives bosses the perfect excuse to bring Spencer and Heidi back over to support her.”
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Edele Lynch
Former B*Witched Edele Lynch – sister of Boyzone’s Shane Lynch – will also star, as will Gogglebox’s George Gilbey, Geordie Shore’s Ricci Guarnaccio and Strictly dancer James Jordan.
Tipped already to win by CBB staff, Kellie met her fellow contestants for the first time as they were holed up in a secret location before they enter the Big Brother house in Elstree, Herts, tomorrow night.
Our source added: “This is one of the best line ups we’ve seen in years now Kellie is on board.
“It will be compulsive viewing for sure.”
The full rumoured list:
Lauren Goodger – Towie star
Edele Lynch – B*Witched singer
Claire King – Emmerdale actress
Audley Harrison – Heavyweight boxer
David McIntosh – Kelly Brook boyfriend
Ricci Guarnaccio – Geordie Shore hunk
George Gilbey – Gogglebox squeaker
James Jordan – Strictly dancer
Stephanie Pratt – The Hills airhead
White Dee – Benefits leech
Kellie Maloney – Former boxing promoter
What do you think of the rumoured list? Let us know in the comments in below!
