Could there be some well-known faces stepping into the house? <\/p>
A rebooted Celebrity Big Brother is reportedly in the works, following the return of the original series on ITV earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Big Brother<\/a> came back to screens this month, featuring 16 contestants<\/a> from all walks of life hoping to win a \u00a3100,000 cash prize.<\/p>\n As per Broadcast<\/a>, a reboot of the celebrity series is now in the works, and will air on ITV1 instead of ITV2 at some point next year.<\/p> When approached by RadioTimes.com<\/a>, a spokesperson for ITV said: \u201cAt present, we are focused on the current series of Big Brother, and any announcements regarding future series will be made in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n ITV\u2019s director of reality commissioning Paul Mortimer previously teased future plans for the show.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, he said: \u201cWe have bought into Big Brother, a lot of us at ITV are BB fans. I can\u2019t imagine that we\u2019re in it to just do two six-week runs across 2023 and 2024. This is the start of it \u2013 so just watch this space.\u201d<\/p>\n Celebrity Big Brother originally began as a one-off spin-off series in 2001, but following its success, the show returned for a following season.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n When the series moved to Channel 5, two editions of Big Brother aired each year, with one releasing in January and the following releasing in August.<\/p>\n Previous Celebrity Big Brother contestants have included Denise Welch<\/a>, Katie Price<\/a> and Rylan Clark<\/a>. When Big Brother ended in 2018, viewers saw Ryan Thomas<\/a> win the show.<\/p>\n Big Brother is currently airing on ITV2 and ITVX each night (other than Saturdays) at 9pm. The season recently had its first eviction, as Farida<\/a> left the house after receiving the most public votes.<\/p> \n