The Big Brother casting team absolutely smashed it when they put together this year's Celebrity Big Brother line-up (apart from Mickey Rourke, but we move); we ended up LOVING each and every beautiful human living in those camera-infested walls, but we have to say, so much so, that for the first time in a long time, we're left wondering, what are these Big Brother stars going to do next and how can we start immediately obsessing over it? Again, not Mickey. Bin.
A special shout-out must go to comedian Donna Preston. WHAT. A. GEM.
We have to say, a few housemates had the potential to win this show (DANNY BEARD!), but the winning energy Donna was giving us from day one was something else. For us, the icing on the cake was Donna shouting at Chris Hughes in that pink wheelie bin. Icon stuff.
Of course, she didn't win, but she did finish in a respectable fourth place.
Donna, if you're reading this in the future, heat would like to be best friends with you at your earliest convenience. Please and thank you.
And clearly we're not the only ones to recognise the early signs of showbiz legends, as according to reports, Donna turned down a certain Channel 4 dating show in favour of ITV's Big Brother offering earlier this year. But, in a turn of events, Donna has apparently now decided to accept the offer now Christine McGuinness has bowed out, as has her fellow CBB housemate Chris Hughes, who was set to replace Christine for a hot minute.
We can't quite figure out whether casting has done a really good job this year, or a really bad job. Not since the Sugababes have we seen such movement...
According to The Sun, Donna was in talks with E4 bosses about appearing on Celebs Go Dating as a day one celeb prior to entering the CBB house, but in the end, opted for the ITV show. Due to the circumstances, Donna will now join the agency later on in the series as Lauryn Goodman did last year.
Donna told the publication, 'I'm buzzing to be joining the show and to finally crack the code on what men really want, besides snacks and not being asked what they're thinking.
'I'm intrigued to meet new people, but let’s be honest, if a date's boring, I won’t waste anyone's time.
'Life's too short to sit through tales of someone's coin collection, I'll be gone before the starter arrives.'
Donna will join Atomic Kitten legend Kerry Katona, Too Hot To Handle’s Louis Russell, Love Island: All Stars’ Olivia Hawkins, and S Club 7 star Jon Lee at the Celebrity Dating Agency.
Like Donna, master of quizzes, Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett will join at a later stage in the series.
We can't wait.
Saying that, it's very possible that the line-up has changed once again in the 30 minutes it took us to bash this update out.