The series, along with its spin-off, continues to air on 3e in Ireland, as part of a three-year deal between the Irish broadcaster and Endemol Shine Group.

[2] Sukhvinder Javeed also became the first housemate to voluntarily walk from the house through the front door during her husband Imran's eviction on Day 12.

[5] The eye was released on 11 May 2017 and is formed with a multi-coloured Union Jack flag and features a patchwork of eclectic images representing modern Britain.

The trailer depicts various locations around Britain and is narrated by several different voices, as well as featuring distorted Union Jack-style graphics first used in the earlier 5-second teaser.

[8] On 27 May 2017, a third trailer was released, this time with blurred snippets of possible housemates, and teasing that this year Big Brother will be getting "extremely revealing.

These included the three hopefuls Andrew, Simone and Sue from the "People's Housemate" twist from launch night, as well as Sam, who entered during a dating task on Day 16.

On launch night, Andrew, Simone and Sue failed to win the public vote to become the People's Housemate.

On Day 25, Andrew, Sam, Simone and Sue entered the house as Second-Chance Housemates, they competed for a different prize of £15,000.

A typical week begins with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a Housemate during the live Friday or Thursday episode.

This caused Lotan to get angry and throw his drink across the room, covering a few housemates which enraged Chanelle and Hannah.

When returning to the Diary Room, Hannah and Deborah attempted to confront Lotan, as Ellie and Charlotte tried to intervene, which at this point security was sent into the house to defuse the situation.

The next day it was revealed that Lotan had been removed from the house due to his threatening behaviour and comments made about housemate Isabelle.