Celebrity Big Brother star Donna Preston spills house secrets after 'wild experience'
Donna Preston and Chesney Hawkes have revealed how they killed time with zero entertainment, social media, TV, music, or books in the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Comedian Donna, 37, and pop star Chesney, 53, made it to the final after three weeks in the iconic Big Brother house - and their time there didn't go without any drama.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning with hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls, Donna did a rendition of her now viral song 'Donna's Delivery Service' after Big Brother gave her the task of delivering certain challenges to her fellow housemates.
And according to both Donna and Chesney, music is what got the housemates through the experiment. When there was nothing else to do and when they were sick of talking about themselves, they would get together and make up songs to perform in front of one another.
"It kept us sane," Donna quipped as she explained how the housemates killed time in the house. "It was a wild experience. It was so fun." Chesney then said: "Well I'm glad I had Donna." To which she replied: "I'm so glad I had you."
"The experience exclorates your bonding doesn't it, because you've got literally nothing else to do. You have no phone, no TV, no nothing, so all you have really is time to get to know each other," Chesney chimed. Donna then added: "Yeah, and we sang a lot. That passed the time. We made up a lot of songs."
On Friday night, Celebrity Big Brother announced its 2025 winner during its highly-anticipated live final. After almost three weeks in the iconic house, the ITV show revealed which of the six semi-finalists had received the most votes from the pubic with an extra-long episode.
After giving viewers the chance to vote for their winner, hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best finally revealed that Jack P Shepherd, 37, had won Celebrity Big Brother 2025. Earlier in the final, former Love Island star Chris Hughes, 32, became the first star to be evicted, with Chesney Hawkes, 53, booted out of the house moments later.
During the pair's joint interview, Chris broke down in tears as he compared JoJo Siwa, 21, to his ex-girlfriend Jesy Nelson in relation to their teenage experiences with fame.
Comedian Donna, 38, was the next to join AJ and Will on the outside, with JoJo being the final star evicted before Danny Beard, 32, and Jack were left sitting waiting for the the winner to be announced. In the end, Jack came out on top.
Earlier this week, Celebrity Big Brother bosses revealed the full voting breakdown - and it's wasn't good news for Chris. Due to the fact Chris was the first to be evicted from the house, it has since been revealed that he received only 2.52% of the public votes in the final. Next up, Chesney wasn't far ahead of Chris as he received 3.04% of votes.
Donna was next after she received 8.18% of the public votes while JoJo was close with 13.17% of votes. In the end, it was even closer between Danny and Jack as the Drag Race UK star scored 35.72% of votes. But ultimately, it was Coronation Street star Jack who came out on top - but not by much - with 37.37% of the votes.
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