Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series) series 7

Template:Big Brother housemates Celebrity Big Brother 2010 is the forthcoming seventh and final series of Celebrity Big Brother, and will begin airing on Channel 4 and E4 from Sunday 3 January 2010. Davina McCall will return as main presenter, including hosting Big Brother's Big Mouth. George Lamb will also return presenting Big Brother's Little Brother. The show will be sponsored once again by Dreams, having sponsored the previous celebrity series.

Pre-series

Channel 4 has stated that it will not broadcast Big Brother after 2010. As a result, Celebrity Big Brother 2010 is the last celebrity edition of the show on the channel. A pre-series special show, Top 20 Celebrity Big Brother Moments, will feature the series' most memorable moments of the show according to viewers who have voted online. The show aired on E4 on 28 December 2009. Within the special, the new graphics for the upcoming series were introduced.

On Sunday 13 December 2009, the first trailer was aired on Channel 4, during a screening of film Elf. A hell theme, similar to Big Brother 5 and Big Brother 9 has been hinted with a tagline in the trailer that said: "Hell Lies in Others". Five days later on 18 December 2009, the first full 30-second long trailer was aired, with the eye present.

Channel 4 has announced that it will resume its tradition of donating some of its income made from the premium-rate telephone lines; votes will be increased to 50p (an increase from 35p), with 15p going to Comic Relief.

Housemates

Boy George controversy

Originally intended by the producers as one of the housemates, Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd) had his request to appear on the final series of Celebrity Big Brother turned down by the Probation Service. Richard Clayton QC, representing the Probation Service, said O'Dowd's participation would pose "a high level of risk" to the service's reputation. Mr Clayton argued that if he used the show to promote his status as a celebrity and earn "a lucrative sum of money" it could undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system.

House

Official images of the House's entrance, living area, kitchen, and the bathroom were released on the show's website on 29 December 2009. The House received a major makeover for its final series. The main entrance has red paint covering the walls, with black carpet covering the floor. The entrance to the diary room resembles a fiery inferno. Going inside the main House, a luxurious red carpet covers the whole room, with black and gold walls. Gilded panels were a new installment in the ceiling. A brand new velvet seating area and dining table finished the whole area. The kitchen was also given a big makeover, similar to a restaurant kitchen. The bathroom's colours for this series varies a little from the "hell" theme given, as the colours in the room are a cream blue. Executive producer Shirley Jones stated that the house was heavily based on Dante's Inferno and the quote "Abandon hope all ye who enter here." She has also stated as well that the house was influenced by the quote "Hell is other people" by Jean-Paul Sartre; the house lacks any private quarters for the housemates to be in solitude.

Eye

The eye logo was revealed on 14 December 2009 on the Channel 4 website. It is the first time that the logo has been based on a real eye since series one in 2000. It is also the first time since the 2001 series that the Celebrity Big Brother eye was not based on the eye from the summer series before it.

Nominations table

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Stephen Baldwin							0
Nicola Tappenden							0
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Nomination note
Against public vote
Evicted

External links

• Official website
• Big Brother at IMDb
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• Big Brother on YouTube
• Big Brother on Twitter