Rylan Clark is favourite to land Big Brother presenting gig in major telly comeback

RYLAN Clark is hot favourite to host the rebooted Big Brother when it returns on ITV2 next year.

Insiders said the popular presenter put himself front and centre with producers and messaged a handful of them about the returning series when The Sun broke the story last week.

Rylan won Celebrity Big Brother in 2013 went on to host the show’s spin off Bit On The Side in that year following his success.

Telly sources said Rylan is the front-runner to helm the new series of the show, ahead of former hosts Davina McCall and Emma Willis.

A source said: “Rylan put himself front and centre with a number of telly producers the moment he found out Big Brother was coming back.

“He absolutely loves the show and when the news broke he texted a handful of people to show just how excited he was about Big Brother’s return.

“Rylan couldn’t have made it any clearer with his intention – he would love that job.

“Those working on the early stages of the production think the same and this role is made for Rylan. He is the first choice of host above Davina and Emma for many.

“Rylan is really current and has a huge following, plus his love of Big Brother makes him the ultimate fan. There really is no one better placed to take it on.”

The celebrity version of Big Brother ended in September 2018, with the final ever civilian series starting just days after it finished.

As well as his work on Bit On The Side, Rylan also hosted the Big Brother: Best Shows Ever on E4 with Davina in June 2020.

Rylan has made no secret of his desire to front the show ever since it ended and has regularly called for it to return.

He said in January: “ was like a child to me - doing Big Brother's Bit on the Side every night became like a lifestyle rather than a job.

“Big Brother changed my life completely - a proper 360 - and I miss it dearly and I just think if it was to come back now, it could come back the same but so different now.”