{"id":14280,"date":"2022-04-22T13:36:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T11:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1630947"},"modified":"2022-04-22T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:11:08","slug":"big-brother-fans-divided-over-who-should-host-comeback-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/big-brother-fans-divided-over-who-should-host-comeback-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother fans divided over who should host comeback series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 22 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The rumour mill has gone into overdrive this week with reports of a <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-return-itv2-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Big Brother comeback on ITV2<\/a> \u2013 and one of the biggest talking points has been regarding who might be drafted in to host a revival.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Bit on the Side presenter Rylan Clark and former contestant Alison Hammond have both emerged as fan favourites for the potential job, while some viewers have thrown their weight behind past hosts Davina McCall and Emma Willis.<\/p>\n<p>And so we put the question to our readers as to who would be best suited to front a new season if it\u2019s brought back \u2013 and the result was extremely close.<\/p> <p>The most popular suggestion by a very narrow margin \u2013 37% of participants in the poll \u2013 said that they thought original presenter Davina McCall should be the person to lead any new series, slightly more than the 36.2% who reckoned Rylan was the man for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Emma Willis scored 17% of the vote, with the remaining 9.8% selecting Hammond as their preferred option.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Who do you want to host <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BigBrother?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#BigBrother<\/a> if it returns? ????<\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1516712960881745924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">April 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>While it\u2019s by no means been confirmed, <a href=\"\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/18278673\/big-brother-set-shock-return\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a> reported earlier this week that producers are in talks for a new run of the show featuring members of the public, with the series set to move channels to ITV2.<\/p>\n<p>The same report identified Rylan as someone who had been shortlisted to host the new run, while McCall has since been made the bookies\u2019 favourite to land the gig.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hammond herself said she reckoned Rylan was the perfect fit, writing on Twitter: \u201cOnly One Man for the job @Rylan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Willis said that she <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/emma-willis-big-brother-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\">thinks the show will return<\/a>, although at the time she suggested that \u201cmaybe it\u2019s not ready yet\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news and features, or find something to watch with our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. 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