Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series) series 24

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Celebrity Big Brother
Series 24
Hosted by
No. of days19
Companion show Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live
No. of episodes17
Release
Original network ITV1
Original releaseApril 2025 (2025-04)
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Celebrity Big Brother 2025, also known as Celebrity Big Brother 24, is the upcoming twenty-fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother . It is due to be the second celebrity series and fourth series of Big Brother overall to air on ITV since ITV plc. gained the rights to the format. The series is set to begin in April 2025 on ITV1 and will be co-presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best, who will also return to host the companion show, Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live on ITV2.

Production

In November 2024, prior to the final of the twenty-first civilian series, it was announced that Celebrity Big Brother would return on ITV in 2025, as well as another civilian series, in celebration of Big Brother's 25th anniversary, with Odudu and Best returning as presenters. [1] [2] [3] As in the previous series, the series will air exclusively on the main ITV network whilst the spin off series Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live will again air on ITV2, with the Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream airing daily on ITVX. [4] [5]

Format

Following the re-commissioning of the show, ITV confirmed that Celebrity Big Brother will see a "new cast of famous faces isolated from the outside world as they embark on the ultimate social experiment, taking up residence in the iconic Big Brother house" [...] and will take part in weekly nominations and tasks with cameras capturing their every move. The series is set to begin with a 90-minute live launch show airing on ITV1. [1] [6]

The series is set to begin in April 2025 and is slated to run for 19 days, due to be covered over 17 episodes, airing six nights a week from Sunday to Friday at 9pm on ITV1, with six of these episodes being 90-minute shows, this includes the launch, live evictions and the finale. [7] Celebrity Brother: Late & Live follows at 10pm on ITV2. Following this, the Big Brother: Live Stream will cover live feed from the house "into the small hours every night" on ITVX, which will air seven nights a week from 11pm until 2am from Sunday from Friday, and from 9pm until 2am on Saturdays. The series will conclude with a 90-minute finale episode. [1] [8]

House

In December 2024, it was reported that ITV would move from the house located at Garden Studios to a new location in London ahead of the upcoming twenty-fourth celebrity series. [9] The following month, it was announced that the house would be built at Titan Studios, rendering it the fourth house to be used for the series since the show's inception. [10]

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