We quite like it when reality stars take part in Celebrity Big Brother – remember when Geordie Shore’s Charlotte Crosby wet the bed on the show in December last year? That was kind of funny in its own special way, and she even went on to win.
But it’s unlikely we’ll get to see similar shenanigans again from those famous for their realness, because cast members from the likes of The Only Way Is Essex, Made In Chelsea and Geordie Shore have reportedly been banned from future line-ups.
The most recent series of the Channel 5 show saw former Geordie Shore regular Ricci Guarnaccio, TOWIE’s Lauren Goodger, MIC and ex-Hills star Stephanie Pratt, Gogglebox’s George Gilby, Benefits Street cast member Dee Kelly and US reality star Angelique ‘Frenchy’ Morgan (phew!) take part.
Producers now want to raise the calibre of celebrities taking part in a bid to reinvigorate the show.
A source told The Sun: “Bosses really want to shake up CBB. They want more people not used to being filmed.”
Rumoured housemates for the 2015 series include East 17 singer Brian Harvey, former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis, actress Patsy Kensit and loudmouth Katie Hopkins, who is said to have been offered £400,000 to appear.
The next series of CBB is scheduled to start in January and is expected to be the longest run ever.
GALLERY: Some of Celebrity Big Brother's weirdest moments
Celebrity Big Brother's 13 weirdest moments
1 of 18Feltz Meltz
In the first ever CBB in 2001 Vanessa Feltz has a meltdown and scrawls posh words all over a table:□
2 of 18Na Na Neigh!
Dappy 'windmills' after jumping in the pool with Luisa.□
3 of 18Heeeeeeere's Jackie!
Jackie Stallone's shock arrival in the house in 2003 was accompanied by the immortal line: 'Yeaaaah, Jaaaackie!'□
4 of 18And the award for Politician of the Year goes to...
George Galloway pretended to be a pussy-cat in 2006. A nation shuddered.
5 of 18Poppadomgate
Jade vs Shilpa in 2007 led to one of the most controversial CBB moments EVER and to Jade's silent eviction from the house.
6 of 18Naked man alert!
Alex Reid gets a fake tan in the buff in 2010□
7 of 18Jedward in their pants
Jedward get vajazzled by Amy Childs in 2011.□
8 of 18Julie takes a trip to the fruitbowl
Julie Goodyear gets a little too personal with a banana in 2012 □
9 of 18Frankie doesn't go to Hollywood
Frankie Cocozza and Nicola Maclean get hot in the hot tub in 2012.□
10 of 18Lauren takes a tumble
Lauren Harries tripping up constantly in 2013.
11 of 18Leo Sayer breaks out of CBB because of dirty pants
Yep, Leo skipped out of the CBB house because of his dirty pants. Erm, every heard of a washing machine L? Sayer popped into the diary room to “humbly request” new underwear as he didn’t want to use the CBB house’s washing facilities. When Big Brother refused, Sayer smashed the fire doors open and proceeded to struggle with two hefty security guards while shouting obscenities. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, here's some video evidence:
12 of 18Darryn Lyons weird, lumpy, bumpy "abs"
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" was our general reaction to Darryn Lyon's lumpy, bumpy abs. Unsurprisingly the celebrity photographer admitted on the show that he had undergone a “contouring” procedure to remove fat around his muscles and give impression of abs. WOAH, so they're not natural? Get outta town! No, please, literally get out of town. We're terrified.
13 of 18Verne Troyer drink driving
Verne Troyer has a head-on collision with the diary room after getting a bit tipsy. Then someone remixed it and set it to dance music. Cheers, internet.
14 of 18The ultimate nightmare
2015 was the ‘Freak Show’ within a freak show as Katie and Katie buried the hatchet over their shopping task to become a two-headed monster.
15 of 18Botched boob job agony
Katie needed a little extra support to collect her crown. "They wanted to pull me from the show, I had a really bad medical problem." No kidding.
16 of 18Perez in panties
Perez Hilton had blazing rows with Calum and Katie. Oh, and danced in his dinosaur pants.
17 of 18Drawn to each other
Summer 2015 brought us CBB’s best ever bromance. James Hill and Austin Armacost got down and dirty in bed, in play-fights, in a striptease…all over really.
18 of 18Only this big
Stevi Ritchie revealed nasty secrets about his mini manhood, glow in the dark condoms (they light up your face!) and why sex with fiancé Chloe is like “going through the Dartford Tunnel”.