[chuff me dizzy]

http://www.tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv...ousemates.html

[Niamh.]

ffs

[Headie]

Doubt this is true as they wouldn't wanna have to pay for 20+ celeb paychecks. Plus I doubt celebs would do 9-10 weeks either.

[Jamie89]

"The producers have been approaching people from Gogglebox, TOWIE and Ex On The Beach"

[Daniel.]

Tragic

[Dominic]

hi chuff ^^

[LukeB]

If this is true.. I'm not watching

[Loukas]

Celebrity Big Brother is planning a controversial change to the upcoming series that’ll see the stars living with ‘regular’ housemates.

The infamous house will be split in two this May, with half of it being occupied by famous faces and half of it with normal every day folk.

A Channel Five insider tells Now: ‘We’re planning on really mixing up the regular series this time by chucking in a load of celebs too and splitting the house up. The producers have been approaching people from Gogglebox, TOWIE and Ex On The Beach and have some great names lined up.’

The source also adds: ‘There has been some behind the scenes conflict as to whether the celebrities will be getting paid as the regular housemates won’t have any kind of fee. Some are happy to appear for free to raise their profile, but some are being quite demanding.’

This isn’t the first time Big Brother has tried this. In 2007, Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack was created to boost ratings, then in 2010, memorable contestants from Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother appeared in Ultimate Big Brother.

Rumoured stars set to take part so far are Gogglebox’s Stephen Webb and Chris Steed, X Factor’s Lauren Murray, Union J’s Jaymi Hensley. It’s also been reported that Ben Innes, the 26-year-old that went viral after taking a selfie the EgyptAir hijacker, has also been approached – along with 23-year-old convicted drug mule Michaella McCollum, who became a national talking point as one half of ‘the peru two.’

Who would you like to see enter?

CelebsNow

[Vanessa]

sounds great!

[Dominic]

yh ew

[Firewire]

doubt it

[Daniel.]

Tragic and is even further away from the format we want back

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Daniel.

Tragic and is even further away from the format we want back

Yup

[Jordan.]

Axe it

[LukeB]

R.I.P big brother

[Vanessa]

I think it could be good

[Nicky91]

i'll give it the benefit of the doubt

[Braden]

Sounds like a total mess :/

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I think it could be good

but it's not the format or infact big brother though

We already have Towie/Geordie Shore/MIC shows already, Big Brother shouldn't be turned into that.

[EspeonBB]

Yeah no ty

[EspeonBB]

Do we really need more people from TOWIE and Ex On The Beach?

[RichardG]

lol

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by LukeB

but it's not the format or infact big brother though

We already have Towie/Geordie Shore/MIC shows already, Big Brother shouldn't be turned into that.

Let's wait and see, we might like it.

[RichardG]

to be fair tho some ppl off gogglebox, terrorist selfie guy and a couple of drug mules don't even count as z listers so I suppose this "celebrity"/civilian divide probably won't be noticeable really

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

Let's wait and see, we might like it.

The point is Vanessa, we already have a celeb version, they're completely stripping away what the civilian BB was all about, bit by bit