CBB 2016 rumours: Has David Gest been signed up for $1 MILLION?

CBB 2016 starts on Tuesday 5 January 2016, which means there's PLENTY more speculation about who's going into the house still to come.

Today's offering is David Gest, ex-husband of Liza Minnelli, who has reportedly been signed up by Big Brother bosses for a cool $1 million (£674,000).

The star, who appeared on I'm A Celebrity back in 2006, has apparently turned down the opportunity to enter the CBB house for years, but producers may have finally snared him.

A show insider told BANG Showbiz that it's a "big deal" to get David in the house.

"He has pretty much turned his back on reality TV in the last few years, instead choosing to focus on his actual jobs of being a concert and television producer as well as a live artist," the mole went on.

"But now he's signed on the dotted line he's sure to be very popular with his stories about his close friends Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston.

"And of course he has a legion of fans to get behind him from his stint in the jungle on I'm A Celeb who fell in love with his antics."

David's not the only one strongly rumoured to have signed up for this series – it's rumoured he could be joined by the likes of Gemma Collins, Danniella Westbrook and even Spencer Matthews, who needs to repair his reputation after leaving I'm A Celeb 2015 because of a steroid addiction.

Meanwhile, CBB host Emma Willis has promised an "explosive" launch night on 5 January and – while naming no names – says there are a couple of housemates she's "so excited about, purely because of my own love of them".

MAKE IT HAPPEN NOW, CHANNEL 5.

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