Celebrity Big Brother: Line-up, rumours, format, dates, location, history, past winners & more

Celebrity Big Brother returns to UK screens on Monday 4th March, with ITV taking the reins for the first series since 2018.

The six-year wait follows the success of the 'civilian version', which came back after five years away and was won by Jordan Sangha, who beat Olivia Young to be crowned winner of Big Brother 20.

Former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas was the last winner of the Celebrity version, Series 22, in 2018.

Celebrity Big Brother Line-up

Although the official line-up is still to be confirmed, the below are expected to feature:

Nikita Kuzmin
David Potts
Bradley Riches
Zeze Millz
Marisha Wallace
Colson Smith
Fern Britton
Louis Walsh
Lauren Simon
Gary Goldsmith
Ekin-Su Culculoglu
Levi Roots
Sharon Osbourne

Celebrity Big Brother Dates

Celebrity Big Brother has moved around the calendar since its debut on UK screens in 2001, with previous series taking place in January, March, August and November.

The 2024 version is due to start on Monday 4th March and will run through until the final, the 17th episode of the series, on Sunday 22nd March.

Celebrity Big Brother Time

The launch show for series 24 will be aired at 21:00. The listings suggest that will be its regular slot in the schedule.

Celebrity Big Brother Location

Celebrity Big Brother will be filmed at the same house used for the civilian series, located at Garden Studios in Brent, North London.

Speaking ahead of last year's series, ITV commissioning editor Peter Tierney boldly described the accommodation as 'the best Big Brother UK house ever and potentially one of the best anywhere in the world'.

It provides the usual multi-use indoor living spaces and a garden featuring a jacuzzi and patio-style sitting area.

The Big Brother franchise was previously filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

Celebrity Big Brother Format

While housemates will be evicted by the public as ever, there has been a change to the 2024 format, with viewers now voting to save their favourite housemate, rather than evict their least favourite.

With the series taking place over the course of just over a fortnight, there will be two live evictions per week.

Celebrity Big Brother How to Watch

Celebrity Big Brother will be shown on ITV2 and ITVX after the broadcaster revived the format in the UK last year.

The first ever UK series of Celebrity Big Brother was aired on Channel 4, with help from BBC One due to a tie-in with Comic Relief, in 2001, and it stayed there until hopping to Channel 5 in time for the 2011 edition.

After five years away, ITV brought Big Brother back last year and has decided to build on that momentum by adding a Celebrity series shown across ITV2 and ITVX.

Celebrity Big Brother History

After the inaugural transmission in 2001, won by comedian Jack Dee, who beat actress Claire Sweeney to the prize, this will be the 23rd series of Celebrity Big Brother.

As well as the standard format of housemates spending time working together and sometimes against each other, there have been twists.

In 2008, there was a one-off 'Celebrity Hijack' series, which saw a change to the format, where one of the contestants took charge of his fellow housemates, deciding on tasks and activities.

Ryan Thomas won the last series in 2018, finishing ahead of late American actress Kirstie Alley.

Celebrity Big Brother Past Winners

Series	Winner	Runner-up	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	Jack Dee	Claire Sweeney	8	9 March 2001	16 March 2001
2	Mark Owen	Les Dennis	12	20 November 2002	29 November 2002
3	Bez	Kenzie	18	6 January 2005	23 January 2005
4	Chantelle Houghton	Michael Barrymore	28	5 January 2006	27 January 2006
5	Shilpa Shetty	Jermaine Jackson	30	3 January 2007	28 January 2007
Celebrity Hijack	John Loughton	Emilia Arata	28	3 January 2008	28 January 2008
6	Ulrika Jonsson	Terry Christian	28	2 January 2009	29 January 2009
7	Alex Reid	Dane Bowers	32	3 January 2010	29 January 2010
8	Paddy Doherty	Kerry Katona	23	18 August 2011	8 September 2011
9	Denise Welch	Frankie Cocozza	25	5 January 2012	27 January 2012
10	Julian Clary	Coleen Nolan	26	15 August 2012	7 September 2012
11	Rylan Clark	Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt	23	3 January 2013	25 January 2013
12	Charlotte Crosby	Abz Love	26	22 August 2013	13 September 2013
13	Jim Davidson	Dappy	27	3 January 2014	29 January 2014
14	Gary Busey	Audley Harrison	26	18 August 2014	12 September 2014
15	Katie Price	Katie Hopkins	32	7 January 2015	6 February 2015
16	James Hill	Austin Armacost	29	27 August 2015	24 September 2015
17	Scotty T	Stephanie Davis	36	5 January 2016	5 February 2016
18	Stephen Bear	Ricky Norwood	33	28 July 2016	26 August 2016
19	Coleen Nolan	Jedward	36	3 January 2017	3 February 2017
20	Sarah Harding	Amelia Lily	25	1 August 2017	25 August 2017
21	Shane Jenek/Courtney Act	Ann Widdecombe	37	2 January 2018	2 February 2018
22	Ryan Thomas	Kirstie Alley	28	16 August 2018	10 September 2018
23	TBA	TBA	17	4 March 2024	22 March 2024

Celebrity Big Brother Housemates

The line-up for the new series of Celebrity Big Brother is yet to be confirmed ahead of its launch on Monday 4th March.

Phillip Schofield and Rebekah Vardy have been linked with appearances, as have Fern Britton, Levi Roots, and Strictly Come Dancing's head judge, Shirley Ballas.

There could be another reality crossover, with former X-Factor judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh also rumoured to be potential housemates.