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Celebrity Big Brother 21 (UK)


Celebrity Big Brother 21, also known as Celebrity Big Brother: Year of the Woman, was the twenty-first series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It launched on 2 January 2018 on Channel 5, and concluded on 2 February 2018 after 32 days, making it the joint longest series to date. It is the fourteenth celebrity series and the twenty-first series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5. Emma Willis returned to host the series, while Rylan Clark-Neal continued to present Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side.

On 2 February 2018, Shane Jenek / Courtney Act was announced as the winner of the series having received 49.43% of the final vote, with Ann Widdecombe as the runner-up after receiving 39.50%.

It was confirmed on ITV's This Morning that for the first time in Celebrity Big Brother history the launch show will be made up of all females, to mark 100 years of women's suffrage. It was later confirmed that male housemates will enter the house on 5 January.

The official logo was released on 5 December 2017 and was based on a human eye, the first since Celebrity Big Brother 7 in 2010. Designers also ditched the template used in all previous Channel 5 series.

On 14 December 2017, eight 3-second teasers were released featuring human eyes believed to be the eyes of the new housemates. The official trailer was released on 25 December 2017, the trailer featured eyes believed to be of the celebrity housemates, with Emma Willis featured at the end.

The official house pictures were released on 18 December 2017. The house has a contemporary look with a copper and bronze finishes. A new feature for the series includes a sauna added to a new room in the garden. The two bedrooms were kept, each being named after famous women suffrage campaigners. They were called the 'Davison Bedroom', after Emily Davison, and the 'Pankhurst Bedroom', after Emmeline, Sylvia and Christabel.


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