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ChrisCoutureUK · 15-12-2009, 08:06 PM

After disappointing viewing figures from the last few series, Shirley Jones is back as Executive Producer!

For anyone who doesn't recognise the name, Shirley is to thank for some of the most memorable, infamous, and viewing figure-raising series so far. (BB3 pulled in an average 5.8million viewers, BB4 dropped to 4.6million, then Shirley stepped in for BB5 and brought it back to 5.3million - and over 6.3million votes were received for the final).

She likes to mix things up and knows exactly how to keep the audiences interested with unexpected twists and turns.

An interview I found from a few years ago:
How do you go about recruiting for Celebrity Big Brother?
When we set out to find the housemates for Big Brother 5, we purposely chose 12 personality types who we thought might never have crossed paths before. We have tried to cast Celebrity Big Brother in much the same way. We have selected eight very different people who are famous for very different reasons. It’s always more difficult with celebrities as you can never be sure who knows who or who may have met but we think they are a very interesting mix.

Is there a different feel working on Celebrity Big Brother from a regular Big Brother?
The majority of those that worked on Big Brother 5 are back to do the celebrity version. Just as in the summer, they will pull out all the stops to make sure we deliver the very best programme we can. There’s a certain type of excitement that comes with the celebrity version because our housemates are well known names and we know what’s in store for them! So it’ll be interesting to see how they cope with what Big Brother throws at them. Having said that, I must add that we’re not expecting an easy ride!

Big Brother 5 was a bit more challenging than in previous years. Can we expect more of the same?
The celebrity version will be in a similar vein to Big Brother, and as such will be a great deal tougher than previous celebrity versions.
And Big Brother wouldn’t be Big Brother without a few surprises! Our celebrity housemates are not told anything about the layout of the house; nor are they told anything of Big Brother’s plans.
Some of them saw Big Brother 5 in the summer and have asked that we show some mercy! When it comes to Celebrity Big Brother 3 they may not all be ready for Big Brother but Big Brother is definitely ready for them!

I believe CBB will go out with more of a bang now that Shirley is on board. Fingers crossed.