Big Brother return date ‘revealed' as bosses plan extended 25th anniversary special
The ITV revival has aired two civilian and two celebrity series thus far
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BIG Brother's return date to ITV has been 'revealed' - with bosses reportedly planning an extended 25th anniversary run.
The groundbreaking reality show launched on Channel 4 in 2000, with different iterations airing over the years.
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Big Brother may be extending its run for the 25th Anniversary
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The iconic reality show debuted in 2000 - with different iterations over the years
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Ali Bromley took home the victory in 2024
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After a hiatus from screens, ITV ultimately revived the programme back in 2023.
To date, there have been two new civilian series as well as two instalments of Celebrity Big Brother.
According to MailOnline, ITV bosses are reportedly to extend the upcoming series in honour of the show's 25th Anniversary.
Dates listed by the production company, Banijay, suggest the next series may launch on either Sunday, November 28th or Monday, September 29th.
In turn, this would potentially see the run conclude on Friday, November 14.
Although ITV have not confirmed dates as of yet, these dates would see the upcoming series run for seven weeks.
Each of the last two civilian series have aired on screens for six weeks in total.
The most recent civilian edition saw forensic psychologist Ali Bromley emerge as the winner and walk away with a £90,000 prize.
It meant Marcello Spooks finished as runner-up while fellow housemate Segun took £10k from the pot in a previous eviction task.
Meanwhile, the previous series saw popular Jordan Sangha claiming victory.
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Last year, it was revealed the TV abode was leaving its home at Garden Studios in West London.
The iconic compound subsequently moved to West London's Titan Studios for the 2025 celebrity series.
Meanwhile, the programme has seen several presenters throughout its 25-year history.
Davina McCall served as host during Big Brother's decade-long tenure on Channel 4.
Upon the show's move to Channel 5, past winner Brian Dowling took over presenting duties.
Big Brother's Return
Big Brother has returned to our screens.
AJ Odudu and Will Best are hosting the much-loved show.
The return of Big Brother marks a revival of one of the most iconic reality TV shows.
The show will bring back its classic challenges and format, promising to entertain a new generation of viewers.
AJ Odudu is set to bring her dynamic presenting style to the show, alongside co-host Will Best, ensuring a fresh and engaging viewing experience.
AJ and Will are set to breathe new life into Big Brother, combining nostalgia with contemporary twists to captivate audiences once again.
He would later be succeeded by Emma Willis, who saw out the Channel 5 run.
Emma presented her last series in 2018 - and it was originally believed to be the show's final chapter.
AJ Odudu and Will Best have fronted the programme since its revival on ITV.
Big Brother airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
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A week before JoJo Siwa entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, she had a presentiment about it. 'Something feels different,' she told her mother (and manager) Jessalynn. 'I don't think I'm gonna win, but I think I'm gonna change.' Siwa's initial hunch was that the transformation would be in her career, she says. 'Little did I know it was going to change my personal life so much. By a landslide, it is the best thing that's ever happened to me.' Siwa may be only 22, but it's still quite the statement. As the breakout talent of the American reality TV series Dance Moms, she was arguably the biggest child star of the 2010s, at 11 years old instantly memorable for her larger-than-life personality and equally outsized hair bow. By the time she turned 15, in 2018, Siwa was a cross-platform tween sensation, with 5 million YouTube subscribers (now 12 million), a Nickelodeon deal, a burgeoning pop career and a staggeringly successful hair accessory business. When, at 17, Siwa came out by lip-syncing to Lady Gaga's Born This Way on TikTok, Elton John phoned to congratulate her. He continues to send her birthday messages and Christmas cards, Siwa confirms: 'We love Sir Elton!' She has now spent 12 years in the public eye, more than half her life – a fact that Siwa herself still seems to be wrapping her head around. 'It's been a decade of learning, you know what I mean? It's really all I know.' She radiates a warm, solid professionalism somewhat at odds with her routinely outre getups (today a Burberry polo shirt, denim Bermuda shorts and diamante-studded, slicked-back ponytail). At times Siwa could pass for a California member of Congress, with her steady eye contact, deep tan and hypnotically white veneers (a recent investment, reportedly costing $50,000). But when her attention drifts to her nails or her buzzing phone, or she's blushing over being 'head over heels' with her new beau, she seems much younger than her years. We're meeting a month after the Big Brother finale; Siwa finished third, behind Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd and drag queen Danny Beard. It was a surprise result: Siwa had been expected to place higher, as the series' most talked-about contestant. On the second day of production, Siwa was targeted by 72-year-old actor Mickey Rourke, who grilled her about her sexuality, then told her: 'If I stay longer than four days, you won't be gay any more.' Rourke persisted through Siwa's polite but firm attempts to shut him down, announcing his intention to 'vote the lesbian out'. It was an uncomfortable watch, with Siwa's shock and discomfort palpable. It affected her 'even more than people know', Siwa says. 'As it was happening, I just froze.' But she soon rallied, wanting to set an example for how to respond to such an outburst. She was also defiant: 'Some rat doesn't get to ruin this for me … It's only day two.' Rourke was given a warning, and apologised to Siwa on-screen for his 'short fuse' – but she says it was negated by his subsequent comments in private. 'He mentioned to me that he knew what he was doing, that he tried to get under my skin and wanted to offend me, all this shit. That's what made me super upset – that was really hard to take.' But Siwa does not believe Rourke should have been removed sooner, as some viewers called for. 'I wanted to give him a chance, and I think production could see that as well,' she says. 'Think about where we got to go from there: we got to have laughs with him [and] beautiful conversations about inclusion, and what you can and can't say.' Those interactions gave Siwa closure, she says, 'Like, 'Oh, he doesn't hate me; he's a very hurt man.'' But Rourke was less invested in teachable moments; he later left the show after what ITV called 'further use of inappropriate language' and 'unacceptable behaviour' towards other contestants. Had she ever experienced such flagrant homophobia before? 'Not to that level, and not in person like that. It was definitely a first – but I was lucky. I had a lot of support in that house.' Which brings us to the silver lining of the saga: Chris Hughes – or 'sweet Christopher', as Siwa calls him now. The ex-Love Islander stood up to Rourke for Siwa, whom he had only just met, and comforted her. The intensity of the altercation, magnified by the Big Brother fishbowl, seemed to fast-track them to BFF status, surprising fellow housemates as much as audiences. Siwa says she and Hughes had to reckon with the suggestion they were playing to the cameras before they were even out of the house. It gave them the opportunity to clarify with each other: 'No, this is a very genuine connection – we're not faking a thing.' Their obvious chemistry was complicated, however, by Siwa's being in a relationship (with 27-year-old Australian actor Kath Ebbs, who identifies as non-binary) and identifying as a lesbian (and, before that, gay and pansexual). When Siwa mused aloud on Big Brother that she felt more 'queer' than lesbian, then broke up with Ebbs soon after production wrapped, tabloid speculation about the nature of her relationship with Hughes ramped up. In their first joint interview, on This Morning, both insisted on their 'platonic soulmate' connection. After daily are-they-aren't-they coverage and some awkward TV interviews I expect Siwa to shut the subject down. But she understands the interest, she says. 'People can see our chemistry, and they got to see it develop.' Does it bother her? 'I think everyone's just curious, and I can't blame them.' We have circled around the question long enough. I have to ask: is it platonic or romantic? Siwa is silent for a long time, staring down at the floor – but even with her body angled away from me, I can see she is smiling from ear to ear. 'I am,' she agrees, when I point it out, 'because we … we … we have …' She exhales noisily, ums and aahs some more. After a full 20 seconds, she says: 'It's not platonic any more, and it's been a beautiful development, a beautiful connection, and I'm absolutely head over heels for him and he's the same way.' It's hard not to feel happy for her: she seems utterly smitten, the hearts-for-eyes emoji in human form. Anyone who suggests their relationship is 'a PR stunt' is only telling on themselves, Siwa says. 'Clearly, you've never been around us. I won't ever speak for him, but for me personally, the happiness in my life just radiates off of me right now. Literally yesterday, I was massaging my cheeks; I've never [before] been in pain from smiling so much.' Siwa was born Joelle Joanie Siwa, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Jessalynn, a dance instructor, and Tom, a chiropractor. She has an older brother, Jayden, who briefly dabbled in vlogging, but Siwa was the star in the making – and Jessalynn made it her 'mission in life' (as she later put it, on Dance Moms) to make it happen. In 2013, aged nine, Siwa was cast from an open call for Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition. She placed fifth in the reality show, but her star power – and Jessalynn's tenacity – saw her picked up for two seasons of Dance Moms from 2015. Young Siwa was often singled out as loud and over the top, despite the show's high bar for both; even her coach, the famously harsh Abby Lee Miller, described her as 'obnoxious; sometimes rude' in the same breath as praising her stage presence and drive to succeed. For the producers who discovered her, Siwa was raw talent, reality TV gold. They would reportedly gather to watch her interviews as they were being taped, not wanting to miss a minute of what they called 'the JoJo show'. 'I did love it – that's just who I was,' says Siwa. 'It was the best time in my life. I would give anything to go back to it.' Was she aware of the production around her, the narrative being built? 'I was aware that we were making a TV show, but it was never like 'here's the plan'. I've never been told what to do, or how to be, or what to say, ever.' Other people's experiences of reality TV are different, Siwa acknowledges; but 'for me, it was 100% real'. After two seasons of Dance Moms, Siwa moved the JoJo show to YouTube, devising, shooting and editing all her videos herself. The workload was more brutal than TV, in the absence of child labour protection, but the payoff was higher. These days Siwa is nostalgic for that earlier, prospective era of what's now established as 'content creation'. 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Even my family is like, 'What happened in there?'' She describes lying in bed with Hughes, scrolling on their phones; this morning, she woke up to him singing one of her songs. 'You know when you're alone, how you feel? You are your true, raw self. I've obviously felt like that before, but never around one single person.' As a kid, Siwa says, she didn't distinguish between her public and private selves, on camera and off: 'It was very much one straight-up path.' She even learned to 'look really happy, and fake it really well, and there's something else going on inside'. Now, she says, 'It's the first time in my life that it feels like I'm switched off.' JoJo Siwa's single Bulletproof is out now
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