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12 Housemates, ranging from Youtube Vlogger to German Popstar, they all fall into various gradients of celebrity, but a house full of these folks would be rather good indeed. Here's the run-down from left to right.

Name: Suzi Perry
Age: 42
You may know them for: Being a long-time host of The Gadget Show and MotoGP coverage for the BBC
Why they count as celebrity: She's a relatively well known television presenter, and she even did Treasure Hunt for a while instead of Anneka Rice

Name: Lena Meyer-Landrut
Age: 21
You may know them for: Winning Eurovision in 2010
Why they count as celebrity: She has managed to maintain a successful pop career throughout Europe, a feat not many Eurovision winners are capable of.

Name: Philippa Forrester
Age: 43
You may know them for: Presenting a plethora of shows throughout the 90s, and being a CBBC presenter
Why they count as celebrity: She's been in the presenting business for quite a while, and chances are you'll have seen her on something before

Name: Mel Giedroyc
Age: 44
You may know them for: Being the half of Mel & Sue that hadn't been on CBB yet
Why they count as celebrity: Mel & Sue recently did The Great British Bake-Off on BBC2, she has hosted a variety of things as well as being a contestant on other shows such as Fame Academy

Name: Kirsten O'Brien
Age: 40
You may know them for: Being arty on SMart
Why they count as celebrity: She has been a well-known face of Children's TV for years now, plus she's been on Through The Keyhole a few times.

Name: Susan Coffey
Age: 22
You may know them for: Being a model and posing and all that
Why they count as celebrity: A model seems to be necessary for every series, may as well have one with a little personality

Name: Stuart Baggs "The Brand"
Age: 23
You may know them for: Being on The Apprentice and spouting nonsense
Why they count as celebrity: After The Apprentice he's done his fair share of other shows, a lot of laughs for probably a not too hefty fee

Name: Alex Day
Age: 23
You may know them for: Being a very popular Youtube Vlogger, who got to number 4 in last year's Christmas UK Singles Chart
Why they count as celebrity: Many popular Youtubers are gaining celebrity status, and with over half a million subscribers, Alex Day seems like a worthy candidate

Name: Richard O'Brien
Age: 70
You may know them for: Writing the Rocky Horror Picture Show and being your genial guide to The Crystal Maze
Why they count as celebrity: He's a cult icon for his part as Riff Raff and his time on The Crystal Maze

Name: "Weird" Al Yankovic
Age: 52
You may know them for: Singing a lot of parody songs
Why they count as celebrity: The likes of MJ, Grohl, Cobain and Lady Gaga have praised Weird Al's musical talents, with Kurt Cobain even calling him a "Musical Genius"

Name: Hugo Pierre Leclercq, aka Madeon
Age: 18
You may know them for: Being an electropop artist who made the mash-up "Pop Culture"
Why they count as celebrity: At the age of 18, Madeon has already made himself extremely noteworthy in electropop around the world, even reaching 22 in the UK singles chart

Name: Neil Patrick Harris
Age: 39
You may know them for: Playing Barney in How I Met Your Mother, Dr. Horrible in Dr. Horrible, and a twisted version of himself in Harold & Kumar.
Why they count as celebrity: He's a big star of stage and screen, presenting countless award ceremonies and even having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The real clincher is he wants to appear on Celeb Big Brother, meaning we wouldn't be paying an extremely high amount for a rather famous face.