The contestants for this year's Celebrity Big Brother have been revealed.
The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins and Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff are among the contestants in the Channel 5 reality show.
Summer Holiday singer Darren Day, ex-EastEnders actress Danniella Westbrook and US producer David Gest will join them in a revamped house.
The final line-up, first announced in the Daily Star Sunday, is understood to be the official list ahead of the live launch show on Tuesday.
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In total 16 stars will live in close quarters in a house bedecked to look like a vaudeville-style theatre.
The show's producers have promised "unwelcome surprises" for the stars, while revealing "the BB garden has been transformed into a Whitechapel style foggy street scene with a Victorian pub snug".
Former Apprentice candidate James Hill won Celebrity Big Brother last year, beating American Austin Armacost, best known for being the ex-boyfriend of designer Marc Jacobs.
Read more: When does Celebrity Big Brother 2016 start?
Who's heading into the house this year?
Gemma Collins
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Gemma might have failed in the jungle but she'll be far more at home in the CBB house
TOWIE's Gemma Collins has been linked to pretty much every reality TV show under the sun over the last couple of years.
But now it's time for the Essex girl to take part in CBB after her disastrous turn in the jungle in 2014.
The insider said: “Gemma is feisty and loves a spat, she’s not afraid of confrontation and would make a great housemate. She’s all about the drama and always speaks her mind.”
Kristina Rihanoff
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Kristina previously rubbished claims she was heading into the house, the cheeky dancer!
Strictly Come Dancing stunner Kristina Rihanoff is heading into the house.
The sexy dancer had been long rumoured to be taking part in CBB after signing a ‘big money deal’.
"She hasn't told bosses at Strictly she's going, but there is next to no chance that they will have her back when they hear she's signed up for CBB," a source said previously.
Darren Day
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Darren Day might reveal all about his many celebrity relationships
Darren Day has also signed up for the show.
The actor, television presenter and West End star, 47, has lived a colourful life with many high-profile relationships.
Day has already done a stint on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! - appearing in the first series back in 2002 - so he's no stranger to reality TV.
"Darren's telly dynamite and producers think that viewers will love to hate him," according to a source from The Sun.
Danniella Westbrook
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Danniella could swap pie and mash for stars and secrets in the house
Troubled ex-EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook is set to cause tension in the house.
Sacked Hollyoaks star Stephanie Davis and ex-drug addict and current pie and mash shop worker Danniella Westbrook are said to 'hate each other', meaning the new series could be the most explosive yet.
Danniella, 42, played ex-con Trudy Ryan on the Channel 4 soap when Stephanie, 22, appeared as Sinead O’Connor before she was fired for turning up unfit for work.
According to the Daily Star the pair 'hate each other' with a source telling the newspaper: "There was definitely a personality clash."
David Gest
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From Liza with a Z to CBB
Reality star David Gest has signed up to appear on the show.
The larger-than-life personality - who shot to fame after marrying Liza Minnelli in 2002 - has negotiated a deal for £600,000 to take part in the reality TV show when it kicks off on Channel 5 on January 5.
According to a source close to the show, the deal makes him one of the highest paid stars ever to appear on CBB.
Producers were allegedly desperate to secure Gest in a bid to bring a much wider audience to the show which it has been lacking in recent series as well as the much-needed humour the series has been missing.
Nancy Dell'Olio
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Nancy Dell'Olio will be bringing her special
The larger-than-life personality - who shot to fame after marrying Liza Minnelli in 2002 - has negotiated a deal for £600,000 to take part in the reality TV show when it kicks off on Channel 5 on January 5.
According to a source close to the show, the deal makes him one of the highest paid stars ever to appear on CBB.
Producers were allegedly desperate to secure Gest in a bid to bring a much wider audience to the show which it has been lacking in recent series as well as the much-needed humour the series has been missing.
Nancy Dell'Olio
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Nancy Dell'Olio will be bringing her special brand of glamour to the house
It was last reported that Nancy fancied becoming an MP and finding a toyboy, but now she's linked with the CBB house.
It was also reported that the star has 'racked up thousands of pounds of debts and unpaid tax' , so a stint in the house - along with the tasty paycheck could be a perfect way to start 2016.
Nancy - who previously had a high-profile relationship with former England boss Sven Goran-Eriksson - is set to earn a “six-figure sum” for her stint in the Channel 5 show, according to the Daily Star.
As well as a brief stint on Strictly Come Dancing, ITV viewers will remember her from Get Your Act Together, where she performed an illusion, after being mentored by magician Hans Klok.
Winston McKenzie
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Let's hope Winston get kicked out like previous controversial contestants
Winston McKenzie is a former Ukip spokesman who is now the English Democrats' candidate for London mayor.
Incredibly outspoken, the politician hit headlines in 2012 after he launched a rant aimed at gay parents calling their raising children 'abuse'.
He could only manage 5.7% of the votes for UKIP then and just a few years later he was removed from his position in UKIP, before quitting and joining the English Democrats.
Christopher Maloney
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Christopher Maloney will no doubt make his nan proud in the house
The former X Factor finalist will enter CBB after securing a 'big money deal' to enter the house.
No doubt his presence will help his friend Danniella Westbrook, who has had a stressful personal life in the past year, deal with her issues in the most famous house in the land. After all, he did treat her to a holiday in Egypt not so long ago.
Christopher, 38, who has recently spent around £60,000 on plastic surgery to transform himself will show off his new look in the house and it's bound to be a sight.
Angie Bowie
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Angie could dish the dirt on her life with superstar David Bowie
A US model and actress who was once married to superstar and permanent A-lister David Bowie, Angie Bowie is a force to be reckoned with.
A notorious partier, she's been an actress, a singer and a writer of some of the most scandalous autobiographies (she's penned two) of the last century.
More recently Angie has reinvented herself as a journalist, specialising in gender issues but now she'll become an expert on all things CBB.
Megan McKenna
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After starring in Ex on the Beach, Megan will swap hot sand for a damp British January
Reality star Megan McKenna is also entering the house.
The 22-year-old has already appeared on MTV's Ex on the Beach where she found love with fellow contestant Jordan Davies.
She made a name for herself on the show but has also auditioned for both Britain's Got Talent and the X Factor.
Both proved unsuccessful, but she did star in Jess Wright's band LOLA for a year and a half before the group split.
Stephanie Davis
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Hollyoaks might have sacked her, but Stephanie Davis could bounce back in CBB
Poor Stephanie Davis had to give up her I’m A Celeb jungle dream due to a nut allergy but now she is headed for TV's most famous house .
A CBB insider said: "Steph is gorgeous and will make great telly. The jungle's loss is our gain."
Steph, who is no longer part of Hollyoaks, confirmed her jungle disappointment on Twitter saying: " saying: "Yes... It was true.. I was signed for I'm A Celeb
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