Celebrity Big Brother final date confirmed as September 10 – just four days before normal Big Brother starts
CELEBRITY Big Brother will come to an end on Monday September 10 – just four days before the civilian series is set to begin.
The star-studded series, which kicked off on August 16, will be shorter than previous ones lasting just three-and-a-half weeks rather than a month.
This civilian series will be the last one for a while as the show will not be returning next year.
Channel 5 boss Ben Frow confirmed the news at the Edinburgh TV Festival this month, revealing the channel’s contract expires at Christmas.
He said: "I have planned for a year without Big Brother. But never say never.
"The contract runs out at Christmas...
"You have to free up the schedule and open it up to new ideas. I am over quite a lot of things."
The current celebrity Big Brother series has however proved very popular due to a series of controversies.
It started when Stormy Daniels pulled out at the last minute and was soon followed when Rodrigo Alves was booted out for serious inappropriate behaviour.
The latest drama came last night when Roxanne Pallett accused Ryan Thomas of punching her during a play fight.
She claimed she was "punched" by him "like a boxer would punch a bag" and called him a "woman beater".
The former Coronation Street actor was given a formal warning by Big Brother after Roxanne demanded to speak to a producer about something which made her feel "very uncomfortable", and she later asked for him to be booted off the show.
In the Diary Room, Roxanne burst into tears and said: "A boy who's punched me repeatedly, unprovoked, completely deliberate. He actually punched me like a boxer would punch a bag.
"We weren't play fighting. There wasn't banter, it wasn't a joke, there was no exchange.
"I can't believe you're letting someone stay in that's done that, it's not on."
Fans and those near Ryan have hit out at the claims, demanding that Roxanne is the one removed.
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