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A host of celebrities are set to take over the coveted role of Big Brother in E4’s spin-off show, Big Brother Celebrity Hijack.

As Dermot O’Leary takes on presenting duties for the live eviction shows and his popular Little Brother, the celebrities will be taking on the Big Brother mantle, and providing their own unique spin as they interact with the housemates as the voice of Big Brother. The celebrities work side by side with Big Brother, getting involved in setting the housemates tasks, talking to housemates in the diary room, making up their own rules and generally causing havoc.

The celebrity hijackers will preside over a group of exceptional, young housemates. Big Brother is combing the UK for the hottest young artists, athletes, scientists, musicians, entrepreneurs, fashion gurus and dons of every other field, to assemble a cast of pure prodigies, who will play for a £50,000 prize fund.

How will these gifted housemates, who have excelled in the real world, cope living under the guidance of Big Brother and Big Brother’s celebrity hijackers?

An extract from Channel 4's press release outlining their winter season of programming.

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