Big Brother to return for a third series on ITV next year
BIG Brother has been confirmed for a third series - before its second series has even aired on ITV.
The reality TV series will see its current series coming to an end this week, with the winner announced during the live final tomorrow night.
Now, it's been confirmed that a third series will air, following on from the star-studded Celebrity Big Brother on ITV next spring.
It follows a successful re-launch for the series, clocking up almost 100million streams on ITV's digital platform, ITVX.
The reboot of the show, which formerly aired on Channel 4 and Channel 5, is hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best.
An ITV commissioner said: "Big Brother programming has firmly established itself across ITV's platforms and become a favourite with our viewers.
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"Together, Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother have grown audiences on ITV1 and ITV2 and amassed almost 100 million streams on ITVX.
"We’re therefore very excited to be able to throw open the House doors once again for another series of both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother in 2025 which are sure to promise more unmissable entertaining and captivating moments.”
Applications for the new series of the show are already open to hopefuls who believe they have what it takes.
It comes after Big Brother was slammed with over 745 Ofcom complaints this week over a housemates racist comments.
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Sarah was called "out of line" when she referenced the slogan Stop The Boats during a conversation about black housemate Hanah, whose parents are immigrants.
The Stop The Boats slogan was coined to stop migrants using small boats to cross the English channel from France.
Sarah had already nicknamed Hanah "gloaty" in one of the house tasks, and she later said in front of Hanah, "stop the gloats".
Confiding in fellow black housemate Segun, Hanah admitted: "I don't know how I feel about that one. I don't like that."
Sarah was called into the Diary Room by Big Brother, but appeared to be confused.
The housemate, who admitted to once voting for UKIP, replied: "For me, it was just funny because it rhymed, and I don't really talk about politics that often because it's not something I'm interested in, but it was a joke.
"It had no racial connotations, I have no connotations about boats or immigration, or anything like that. It was just making funny of political slogans."