CBB 2016: The OFFICIAL line-up, featuring Scotty T, Gemma Collins and Megan McKenna

CBB 2016 official lineup

by Georgina Terry |
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Celebrity Big Brother series 16 has started, woo hoo!

Normally, the line-up is only revealed when the housemates walk into the house. But this year the official line-up was released early. Which is good for heat, because it's all we could think about from Boxing Day onward.

There’s some faces there we’ve long suspected to be taking a turn, some faces we’re surprised at, and some faces that we wouldn’t have recognised if we walked past them in the street.

So… here they are:

Scroll down for more on each of this year's CBB housemates

Who’s going into Celebrity Big Brother 2016?

Darren Day

Ooh - eyelashes

Darren hasn’t been up to too much lately (that heat’s interested in anyway – he could have a thriving career growing ferns or something) but we’d love to see him wooing the women of* CBB*.

Hey, he has form with Anna Friel, Suzanna Shaw, Tracy Shaw and Isla actual Fisher, so there must be something there. In person.

Danniella Westbrook

Much love

Our love for Danni is second only to our love for Natalie Cassidy. And that’s some big love.

Danni has been better known for her ‘troubles’ than her talent of late, so it would be ace to see her back where she belongs: on Channel 5.

Hang on, that doesn’t sound quite right.

Christopher Maloney

Scouse wonder

Pal of Danni and former The X Factor contestant, we’re hoping for lots of close ups of Chris so we can see if his alleged £60,000 of new face surgery was worth the money.

Jonathan Cheban

Nice BFF

You say ‘who’? We say only Kim Kardashian’s actual BFF. And Kim’s tweeted that he’s going in, so this one’s a done deal.

Gemma Collins

Will GC walk?

We’ve been touting GC’s appearance on CBB since November. Keep up, people!

Kristina Rihanoff

She may waltz off the winner. Maybe.

The Strictly Come Dancing star is said to be the Darren Day of the dancing world - romance wise - so expect flirting ahoy.

David Gest

This will be FABULOUS

This will basically be the best thing that has ever happened in telly or will ever happen in telly. Other than Danny Dyer joining EastEnders, obvs.

Nancy Dell’Olio

Nancy girl

Mixed feelings. Could be this season’s Jackie Stallone, could be more of a Sherrie Hewson.

Winston McKenzie

Hmmm

We don’t think CBB is a wise career move for former UKIP spokesperson Winston. But then we thought Katie Hopkins would be first for the boot last year. The UK public is an unpredictable beast.

Angie Bowie

She's a starrrr womannnn. Or something.

We wouldn’t normally categorise someone by his or her spouse but Angie is David Bowie’s ex-wife. David actual Bowie! Imagine the stories she has to tell.

Megan McKenna

Expect SHOUTING

Megan was the stand-out star of Ex On The Beach series 4, where she did a lot of drinking, a lot of smooching and a lot of SHOUTING. Perfect CBB fodder, then.

Scott Timlin

Wai-aye!

Scotty T from Geordie Shore has a good chance of winning, because of the MTV show’s massive fan base if nothing else. We don’t rate his chances of an on-screen buck too highly though.

And remember when Scotty T got catfished? That’s still one of our favourite stories ever.

Stephanie Davis

Hiya, Steph

The Hollyoaks lady has been rumoured for CBB ever since she had to drop out of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!in November.

John Partridge

Dear John

AKA Christian Clarke from EastEnders. We interviewed him once and he was a bit hard going. Make of that what you will.

Jeremy McConnell

Expect high-jinks

Now, this could be interesting. Jeremy was in MTV’s Beauty School Cop Outs alongside our hero, Scarlett Moffatt, and was a bit of a bounder. He’s also said to be good pals with Marc O’Neill, former Big Brother housemate and very dirty boy, so he should be one to watch.

Tiffany Pollard

We're sure we'll get to know her

Googles OK, so Tiffany starred in VHI’s Flavor Of Love which was a dating show that existed to find Flavor Flav love. Said to be a bit mouthy. Could be this series’ Farrah Abraham, gawd help us.

Here's who else was rumoured for a shot on the show. Could one of them enter later in a Shock! TWIST?!

Celebrity Big Brother launched Tuesday 5 January at 9pm on Channel 5.

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