First look inside Superstar Huge Brother’s 2024 home
Superstar Huge Brother is again – and, for the primary time ever, it’s on ITV.
Months after the fact collection titan returned on a brand new channel, the superstar model has been resurrected within the hopes of emulating the success of the most recent civilian collection, which was received by Jordan Sangha in November.
The contestants embody X Issue choose Louis Walsh, Love Island winner Ekin-Su and Kate Middleton’s uncle, all of whom are mentioned to have been noticed at a London resort hours earlier than the launch.
Sharon Osbourne has additionally entered the compound, however as a “superstar lodger”; the star, who joins her fellow X Issue choose Walsh, is anticipated to be within the collection for just a few days solely.
The launch of Superstar Huge Brother 2024 was watched by amassed viewing scores of two.8m viewers, ITV has revealed. That viewership peaked with 3m viewers,.
Previously, Huge Brother, which aired on Channel 4 after which Channel 5, has been hosted by Davina McCall, Brian Dowling and Emma Willis, however the brand new iteration is headed up by AJ Odudu and Will Greatest.
Earlier variations of Superstar Huge Brother have created TV gold, from Tiffany Pollard’s iconic “David’s Useless” misunderstanding to George Galloway and Rula Lenska‘s creepy cat cosplay.
Comply with together with all of the stay updates as CBB returns to ITV
Fern Britton’s rivalry with Phillip Schofield
Fern Britton introduced This Morning from 1999 to 2009 alongside Phillip Schofield, who dramatically stop the collection in Might 2023 after admitting to mendacity about an affair with a youthful male colleague.
Throughout their working relationship, Britton clashed with Schofield, with the latter revealing in his 2012 memoir Life is What You Make It that Britton as soon as accused him of “meddling” with the daytime present’s content material, forcing him to “calmly” inform her: “Please don’t do this to me once more.”
When Britton stop the present, being changed by Holly Willoughby, she launched an announcement addressing the present’s staff typically – however didn’t particularly title Schofield.
Schofield additionally claimed in his e-book that their earlier row “was the purpose she determined she didn’t need” to be on the present any extra.
In 2013, Schofield advised Warmth that he and Britton are “probably not” in contact any extra, with Britton telling MailOnline: “Like Morecambe and Sensible, we selected to not stay in one another’s pockets. We had been an amazing skilled partnership however we by no means went on vacation collectively.”
Fern Britton and Phillip Schofield hosted ‘This Morning’ collectively
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Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 14:35
Biggest ever CBB moments
The primary ever collection of Superstar Huge Brother aired on Channel 4 in 2003. It had seven collection earlier than transferring to Channel 5 in 2011, the place it remained till 2018.
Over time, the present has had its justifiable share of sensible moments – and with the collection returning following a five-year hiatus, now on ITV, Katie Rosseinsky seems to be again at among the most memorable scenes.
Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 14:00
The scores are in
The launch of Superstar Huge Brother 2024 amassed viewing scores of two.8m viewers, it has been revealed.
With a peak of 3m viewers, the launch epsisode amassed extra viewers than the civilian collection, which was watched by 2.5.m in October.
The collection will air nightly on ITV1 and ITVX for the subsequent three weeks.
Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 13:30
Nikita Kuzmin’s Strictly historical past
CBB housemate Nikita Kuzmin joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2021.
Within the final three years, he has completed in sixth place with Tilly Ramsay, in tenth place with Ellie Simmonds and, in December 2023, misplaced out to the Glitterball trophy whereas partnered with Layton Williams.
Kuzmin and Williams had been crushed by Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola.
Nikita Kuzmin in ‘Superstar Huge Brother’
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Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 13:00
Ekin-Su’s actuality TV historical past
Ekin-Su has been taking advantage of her fame after successful Love Island in 2022.
The truth star, who lately introduced her cut up from Davide Sanclimenti, appeared on Dancing on Ice in 2023 in addition to the US model of The Traitors, which is but to air within the UK.
Ekin-Su has additionally appeared on BBC gameshow The Wheel, Superstar Antiques Street Journey and The Weakest Hyperlink, the place she participated alongside her fellow CBB housemate Nikita Kuzmin.
Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 12:30
CBB’s most controversial moments
The primary ever collection of Superstar Huge Brother aired on Channel 4 in 2003. It had seven collection earlier than transferring to Channel 5 in 2011, the place it remained till 2018.
Over time, the present has had its justifiable share of controversial moments – and with the collection now again, right here’s a take a look at the present’s most stunning scenes.
Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 12:00
One star was allegedly dropped from CBB
Faryal Makhdoom has claimed she was dropped from Superstar Huge Brother, 10 days earlier than the launch episode.
The content material creator and spouse of former boxing star Amir Khan shared a video to followers final month, through which she declared that she had been recruited for the forthcoming season of the fact present for its first run on ITV2.
Nevertheless, Makhdoom alleged that she had been let go by producers on account of her avid help of Palestine on her social media platforms.
Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 11:31
To whittle away the look ahead to the subsequent episode of CBB, right here’s our oral historical past on the unique Channel 4 collection that includes phrases from many who made it so particular, together with Davina McCall, Craig Phillips and Kate Lawler.
Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 11:00
The award for finest CBB launch night time banner goes to…
One banner that stole the limelight ultimately night time’s Superstar Huge Brother launch episode was the under murals, remembering George Galloway’s time in the home again in 2006.
In what has gone down in actuality TV historical past as certainly one of CBB’s most memorable moments, Galloway pretended to be a cat in considerably disturbing scenes whereas purring, scratching behind his ears and “consuming milk” out of TV presenter Rula Lenska’s arms.
‘CBB’ launch banner remembered George ‘the cat’ Galloway
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Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 10:30
Lorraine Kelly wades in on CBB line-up
Lorraine Kelly has mentioned it was “weird” seeing Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh within the Superstar Huge Brother home.
On Tuesday’s episode of her iTV daytime present, Kelly led a dialogue concerning the new housemates with journalist Lucie Cave and comic Rob Beckett.
Kelly mentioned she thinks Fern Britton “can be good” in the home, including: “She’ll get quite a bit out of the opposite contestants, as a result of she is going to begin interviewing them, I feel.
Jacob Stolworthy5 March 2024 10:00