Well, it’s finally here – Celebrity Big Brother is back! Who’s going in? It’s time to find out – here are our live updates!
The launch show kicks off at 9pm. We’ll have up to the minute news here, so make sure you keep refreshing for our latest updates, which will be at the bottom of the list.
And you can get in on the action too – leave all your thoughts in the comments section below.
Here we go!
- 8.47pm Hello, and welcome to a brand new look bbspy for our live Celebrity Big Brother launch updates!
- 8.53pm “Don’t tell our celebrities that the road to hell isn’t paved with good itentions,” says Davina as she plugs the launch in an ad break. ‘Citing!
- 9.00pm “Our celebrities are about to step out of the frying pan and in to that fire!” – Davina opens the launch show!
- 9.00pm “Our new celebrities are going to go to hell and back!” says Davina. Ooh! She’s talking about the rumours and the ‘media circus’.
- 9.02pm The house tour is on now. It’s a pre-recorded tour with narration – Davina isn’t in there. She hints Big Brother may be hosting guests.
- 9.03pm The bedroom is purple and there’s talking clowns to wake the celebs up!
- 9.03pm Davina is now in the house to take a look at the Diary Room, which you can see here!
- 9.04pm The first celebrity housemate is Stephen Baldwin. His intro VT consists of Davina reading out a biography of him.
- 9.06pm A giant eye to the left of the house opens up and Stephen walks out to music. A fire animation and his name are being projected on to the front of the house. Davina asks him how he’s prepared for CBB.
- 9.06pm Stephen says he plans on being a representation of the ‘light of truth’. He walks up the stairs and in to the house.
- 9.07pm Stephen approaches the Diary Room. He’s unsure of what to do and ‘doesn’t want to touch anything’.
- 9.08pm Big Brother directs Stephen in to the living area.
- 9.08pm The second celebrity housemate is Page 3 model Nicola T (full name Nicola Tappenden). Her biography VT airs.
- 9.10pm Nicola T enters the crowd to ‘Starstrukk’ by 3OH!3.
- 9.10pm Davina asks Nicola what she wouldn’t want to see in the house. She says ’skidmarks down the toilets’.
- 9.11pm Nicola is now in the house. She enters the living area and meets Stephen.
- 9.12pm Davina says we’ve met our first pair – and Stephen Baldwin! The show cuts to the first break.
- Commercial break
- 9.16pm Davina welcomes us to part two of the show.
- 9.17pm The third housemate is Katie Price’s on-off boyfriend, Alex Reid!
- 9.18pm Alex exits the giant eye. A Prodigy track covers boos from the crowd. Davina asks him if he had a fight over the weekend, and he says no. He adds that he wants to turn the boos in to cheers.
- 9.19pm Alex has entered the house and is now heading down the entrance stairs.
- 9.20pm He’s now in the living area introducing himself to Nicola and Stephen.
- 9.20pm Housemate number four is actress Stephanie Beacham. Her intro VT plays.
- 9.22pm Stephanie heads out on to the walkway to cheers from the crowd. She says she has ‘no idea’ how she’ll survive in the house.
- 9.23pm Stephanie is now in the house meeting the other housemates. She asks Stephen if he is jetlagged.
- 9.24pm Lady Sovereign – or ‘Sov’ (real name Louisa Harman) – is the fifth housemate!
- 9.26pm ‘Sov’ is now out in the crowd to unanimous cheers.
- 9.26pm Davina asks her what would be her worst housemate, and she says ’someone with an old fashioned opinion’.
- 9.27pm Lady Sovereign heads through the front doors and in to the house.
- 9.28pm Davina says one housemate will be making a ’song and dance’ of their entrance after the break. Ooh!
- Commercial break
- 9.33pm Davina welcomes us back and recaps who’s in there so far.
- 9.33pm The sixth celebrity is R&B singer, Sisqo! His biography VT airs.
- 9.35pm The eye opens to reveal Sisqo. He breaks out in to a performance of his hit single, Thong Song!
- 9.36pm Sisqo tells Davina that he’s hoping to see some ‘beautiful ladies’ in the house, before he heads up and through the front doors.
- 9.37pm The housemates introduce themselves to Sisqo. ‘Is that a devil on the door?’, he asks..
- 9.38pm Ex-boyfriend of Katie Price Dane Bowers is the seventh celebrity housemate!
- 9.40pm The eye opens and Dane walks out to ‘Freaky’, by his old band, Another Level. He says he gets on alright with Alex – ’sorry to disappoint’. The crowd chant ‘fight!’ as he enters the house.
- 9.41pm Dane is now in the house. As soon as he spotted Alex, he immediately went over to greet him.
- 9.42pm Heidi Fleiss, the ‘Hollywood Madam’, is the eighth housemate…
- 9.44pm Heidi heads out on the walkway to a mixed reception, and Shakira’s hit ‘She Wolf’. Davina asks her to reveal some of her conquests, to which she says: “It’s not my style!”
- 9.45pm Heidi is now in the house. She heads in to the main area to meet her fellow housemates.
- 9.46pm Davina points out that Heidi just said ‘I’ve seen you before!’ to Stephen Baldwin. Ooh! Time for another break…
- Commercial break
- 9.51pm Part four of the show begins. It’s time to meet the next celeb!
- 9.52pm The ninth housemate is dance musician is Jonas Altberg – a.k.a. Basshunter!
- 9.53pm Jonas walks out of the eye to his single ‘All I Ever Wanted’.
- 9.53pm Jonas is now in the house meeting his new housemates.
- 9.55pm Ronnie Wood’s ex-bit on the side Katia Ivanova is the next celebrity housemate.
- 9.56pm The eye opens up and Katia heads out to ‘Paparazzi’ by Lady Gaga.
- 9.57pm Katia says that Ronnie knows she’s going in to the house tonight and supports it. She’s getting a mixed reception from the crowd.
- 9.57pm Katia is now in the house introducing herself to the others.
- 9.58pm Former footballer-turned-actor Vinnie Jones is the eleventh housemate!
- 10.00pm Vinnie Jones is out of the eye. A cheering crowd is covered by a remix of La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’.
- 10.01pm Vinnie says he hopes he shows a softer side in the house before heading up the stairs and in to the house.
- 10.02pm Big Brother will be ‘turning up the heat’ after the break!
- Commercial break
- 10.07pm Davina welcomes us back to the show. She recaps the line-up again.
- 10.08pm Davina asks how the celebs will fit in to ’something smaller’ – and hands over to Big Brother!
- 10.08pm Big Brother welcomes the celebrities to their new home and says the front door is now locked.
- 10.09pm Big Brother says that he well help them break the ice with a game of ‘How many celebrities can fit in the Mini?’. There’s a Mini in the garden.
- 10.10pm Any housemates who are not in the car after five minutes should ‘be warned’ – “their head be it,” says BB…
- 10.11pm The celebrities are now squashing in to the Mini. They must be in the car, using ‘every available space’.
- 10.11pm All of the celebs are now in the car, but someone’s feet are hanging out of a window!
- 10.13pm The housemates are now free to leave the car.
- 10.14pm Everyone has now left the car. The celebs are exploring the garden and inspecting the wood cabin.
- 10.15pm ‘How long will they fit in for?’ asks Davina before she rounds off tonight’s show. Live feed airs.
- 10.16pm The credits roll and the show ends. That’s the end of our live updates tonight – join Davina on E4 now for Big Brother’s Big Mouth!
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