[Amy]

Celebrity Big Brother kicks off tonight and promises to have the nation gripped once again.

Eight C-list stars will enter the house and spend two weeks under the public gaze.

Channel 4 bosses have been desperate to find enough celebrities to take part in the third series.

Carole Caplin and Nancy Dell'Olio both turned down the chance to appear.

Others, like ex-footballer Frank McAvennie, have been dumped from the line-up.

Possible housemates include model Caprice, actress and former Mrs Sylvester Stallone Brigitte Nielsen, racing pundit John McCririck, former Hear'Say singer Myleen Klass, shamed soccer star Mark Bosnich and Bez from the Happy Mondays.

The final line-up will be revealed when the show begins at 10pm tonight.

None of the celebrities has been told who they will share the house with, but Channel 4 has dropped a few hints about their identities.

The show will feature the oldest and youngest housemates ever to take part in the show, including the five regular Big Brother series.

Three of the celebrities were born outside the UK, one of them speaks four languages and another went to school with a former Prime Minister.

Davina McCall will present the nightly show, which will feature the usual live evictions.

Channel 4 has promised it will be the toughest Celebrity Big Brother ever.

"The unsuspecting group have no idea what Big Brother has in store for them. No Big Brother would be complete without a few twists and surprises - so the celebrities should definitely expect the unexpected," a Channel 4 spokeswoman said.

A percentage of money made from each public vote will be donated to the victims of the tsunami disaster.

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[scotslass]

I can't wait!

[Hooly One]

Same here, i'm looking forward to it.. Let's hope it doesn't turn out to be a disaster like Celeb BB 2

[Amy]

I can't wait either, keeping fingers crossed that it's a good CBB!

[BigSister]

I hope its a good one too

[BusyBee]

I hope they make them earn all that money they are being paid for going into the house. It does annoy me when they go on about it all being for charity when they are being paid thousands themselves and wouldnt be doing it if they werent.

Looks like the mix will make it more volatile than the last one and more interesting so fingers crossed.

[JC]

I haven't actually bothered with celeb Big Bro before, this will be the first one I've watched, so I also hope it's good.

[Sticks]

I am seriously considering giving this a miss

These are celebs

not members of the public who need our protection and I have other fish to fry.

I just can not motivate myself to tune in to this

[Dan_]

Looking forward to it. Not long now eh?