It's nearly time to return to the Diary Room, as Celebrity Big Brother welcomes a glittering line-up of famous faces into the heavily surveyed house.
AJ Odudu and Will Best are on hosting duties again for this starry spin-off and while the cast won't be announced until the big launch night, AJ is hoping to see some brawny bachelors walk through the Big Brother doors.
"I want [WWE star] Stone Cold Steve Austin!" laughs AJ, 36. "I want large, giant, muscly men who are used to throwing their weight around." The duo are being kept in the dark about the Celebrity Big Brother line-up, but they're up to date with the rumours, which list former England rugby star James Haskell, X Factor judge Louis Walsh, Hollyoaks' Chelsee Healey and Harry Potter actress Miriam Margolyes as potential housemates.
"The rumours I've heard involve sportspeople, royals, actors," Will, 39, says.
"I want one of each! I want Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees because a lot was made of my three chest hairs on the last series of Big Brother. Someone on Instagram named one of them Barry Gibb." AJ adds, "I love reality TV so I'd love to see someone from Selling Sunset on there.
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It'd be great to see an American who's wondering why their agent has sent them away from their LA mansion to live in a small house with a bunch of UK celebs that they've never heard of." Celebrity Big Brother, which last aired in 2018 on Channel 5, will see stars move into the house to face nomination drama, eviction nights and tricky tasks over several weeks.
With the Big Brother house receiving a "makeover" ahead of the show, Will promises "unfettered, unfiltered access to the celebrities' every waking move".
"Any celebrity who agrees to do that is incredibly brave in my book because there is a lot at stake. It is risky," he says. "This could be the making or the breaking of these celebs.
"One of the big successes in the last series was the live stream and that is coming back again so there really is nowhere for these celebs to hide.
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"While celebrities feel like they're putting themselves out there all the time on social media and TikTok, that's still the image of themselves that they want to portray and now they're handing that power over completely to Big Brother." AJ adds the new series could see a big "comeback" for some disgraced celebs particularly with the show moving from ITV2 to the main channel.
"They get prime-time ITV1 [on Celebrity Big Brother]," she says. "It's a revival, it's a comeback, it's a big move." With the upcoming series being AJ and Will's second stint at the Big Brother helm, they admit they've learnt a few lessons from their first time hosting - including not partying too hard before filming.
"It goes by so qu...
AJ Odudu and Will Best are on hosting duties again for this starry spin-off and while the cast won't be announced until the big launch night, AJ is hoping to see some brawny bachelors walk through the Big Brother doors.
"I want [WWE star] Stone Cold Steve Austin!" laughs AJ, 36. "I want large, giant, muscly men who are used to throwing their weight around." The duo are being kept in the dark about the Celebrity Big Brother line-up, but they're up to date with the rumours, which list former England rugby star James Haskell, X Factor judge Louis Walsh, Hollyoaks' Chelsee Healey and Harry Potter actress Miriam Margolyes as potential housemates.
"The rumours I've heard involve sportspeople, royals, actors," Will, 39, says.
"I want one of each! I want Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees because a lot was made of my three chest hairs on the last series of Big Brother. Someone on Instagram named one of them Barry Gibb." AJ adds, "I love reality TV so I'd love to see someone from Selling Sunset on there.
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It'd be great to see an American who's wondering why their agent has sent them away from their LA mansion to live in a small house with a bunch of UK celebs that they've never heard of." Celebrity Big Brother, which last aired in 2018 on Channel 5, will see stars move into the house to face nomination drama, eviction nights and tricky tasks over several weeks.
With the Big Brother house receiving a "makeover" ahead of the show, Will promises "unfettered, unfiltered access to the celebrities' every waking move".
"Any celebrity who agrees to do that is incredibly brave in my book because there is a lot at stake. It is risky," he says. "This could be the making or the breaking of these celebs.
"One of the big successes in the last series was the live stream and that is coming back again so there really is nowhere for these celebs to hide.
[https://cdn.magzter.com/1583506613/1709013817/articles/Cs1ppXZAo1709019234134/5121001502.jpg]
"While celebrities feel like they're putting themselves out there all the time on social media and TikTok, that's still the image of themselves that they want to portray and now they're handing that power over completely to Big Brother." AJ adds the new series could see a big "comeback" for some disgraced celebs particularly with the show moving from ITV2 to the main channel.
"They get prime-time ITV1 [on Celebrity Big Brother]," she says. "It's a revival, it's a comeback, it's a big move." With the upcoming series being AJ and Will's second stint at the Big Brother helm, they admit they've learnt a few lessons from their first time hosting - including not partying too hard before filming.
"It goes by so qu...
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