Celebrity Big Brother 2014 – White Dee heads up most explosive house yet?
Alice WrightMonday 18 Aug 2014 11:26 pm
Celebrity Big Brother 2014 kicked off with another cast of colourful characters (Picture: Channel 5)
Finally the speculation is at an end and we have our 14 new celebrity housemates, and while some were terribly kept secrets and some we've never heard of (as usual) – some additions to the legendary house have completely taken our breath away.
Yes one of the most controversial TV participants in recent years Deirdre Kelly (or White Dee from Channel 4's ratings winner Benefits Street) has entered the house, and surely is about to ignite the whole welfare debate once more? Which is of course exactly what producers want to happen and probably what most of us bored of the media savvy reality TV stars might like to watch instead of the young career boosting fauxmances that have been the talking points of recent years.
White Dee is in the house – will the sparks fly? (Picture: Channel 5/PA)
Booed on entry in the house she certainly has the most to prove to the public and she'll certainly have the most reason to defend herself having been the most lambasted by the press out of the rest of the HMs in recent months. She's also said she won't take 'any bulls**t' so maybe the sparks will fly if anyone crosses her? But let's not forget she's positioned herself as the mother of the street in which she lives so maybe she'll become the mother of the house too?
She's started off her CBB journey having to pretend to be a royal Duchess in their silly first night task to dupe the visiting American housemates. Because you know it's funniest if they do that with her rather than anyone else right? The separation between her and everyone else was already felt on the opening night – we don't need Big Brother to widen that gap.
White Dee glammed up for a Big Brother challenge (Picture: Channel 5)
Other housemates of note include Kellie Maloney who has decided to enter the house quite soon after revealing she was living as a woman – having been known previously as boxing promoter Frank Maloney. There will certainly be interest in Kellie being in such a transitional period in her life and she says she doesn't want any backstabbing or bitching because Frank certainly doesn't want to 'come out to play'. She was cheered going into the house so hopefully she'll be supported in there too.
Kellie received cheers from the crowd going in to the house (Picture: Channel 5)
Happily Lauren Goodger has been revealed as a housemate (worse kept secret ever) and thank goodness. Still the most explosive TOWIE alumni and no stranger to going off on one on screen – just take that make-up bag away and watch the sparks fly. If Lauren gets pulled into a situation it becomes a drama and that makes for fabulous TV, personally I cannot wait to see her in the house. I just hope she doesn't end up sullen and boring in a onesie, come on Lauren we want that glamorous feisty woman and we all still want to know what you feel about Mark Wright these days?
Lauren will make for some fabulous TV (Picture: Channel 5)
James Jordan – the well known pro-dancer from Strictly (and Ola's husband) – is well known for standing up to the judging panel on the BBC show so might well want to talk back to Big Brother or might be a shy and retiring wallflower? Let's wait and see.
Ex-Gladiator David McIntosh ups the male glamour quotient in the house but really I am not sure what he can add? He's already in a relationship with one of the most beautiful women in the world and apparently very happy, do we want to hear what he has to say? Or are we interested in what does on a daily basis? Big Brother always throws up surprises so you never know he might just do that. He says he'll be a charming boy so let's hope that's enough.
Sofa surfer George Gilbey from Gogglebox is a fun addition who should certainly bring the 'real man in surreal world' innocence and fun to the situation. If he's anything like his on-screen persona we should be in for a bit of a laugh if he doesn't spend the time missing his parents.
Gogglebox's George could be a laugh (Picture: Channel 5)
And then we have excellent Brit actor Claire King, 90s girl band front Edele Lynch who has promised to suffer from PMS, boxer Audley Harrison (who already knows Kellie and seems to have the glad eye for Edele), film actor Gary Busey, Spencer Pratt's younger sister Stephanie, an exotic dancer called Frenchy (don't), Ricci Guarnacci from Geordie Shore who might just end up being hilarious and topping up the American side Leslie Jordan who might be a bit of an unknown but will hopefully be acerbic enough to hold our interest.
Stephanie Pratt, the younger sister of Spencer (Picture: Channel 5)
Let Big Brother battle commence!
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