Celebrity Big Brother ‘leaked’ line-up is spectacular – and there’s one clear winner

What last year’s series really missed, and what so often gets overlooked, is a hero (Picture: Getty / REX / ITV)

Celebrity Big Brother could be about to return with one of its best line-ups of all time.

ITV launched its first ever Celebrity Big Brother in 2024 and only really gave us two reasons to tune in – Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne.

After a surprisingly triumphant civilian series, strangely, the celebrity version didn’t manage to capture the same magic.

Louis was unashamedly destructive, a bigger bitch than anyone could have imagined, spilling so much tea it’s a wonder PG Tips didn’t experience a drought. He was uncomfortable to watch and a year on is everything that series Celebrity Big Brother will be remembered for.

What last year’s series really missed, and what so often gets overlooked, is a hero.

Too often producers get lured in by wanting to create a house full of drama they forget to give us anyone to root for.

David Potts eventually won that Celebrity Big Brother, and deservedly so. But he wasn’t exactly a hero – there was no real arc. I can’t remember anything he did other than be unapologetically himself, which is admirable, yes, but… a winner?

David Potts eventually won that Celebrity Big Brother, and deservedly so (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)

But ahead of this year’s series, we’re being promised some heroes peppered with some explosive characters bound to go down in the Big Brother history books, for better or worse.

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Trisha Goddard is one of the most courageous and brilliant women in television, hence her historic career spanning almost 40 years on screen. She’s vastly more intelligent than the average CBB housemate, both intellectually and emotionally, and essentially built a career on breaking boundaries and showing unrivalled empathy.

I don’t know if she’s a winner but only because I can see a target on her back as someone who will absolutely stand up to bad behaviour, of which we know there will be plenty.