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Celebrity Big Brother live: Louis Walsh calls Jedward ‘vile’ as Sharon Osbourne exits house

Lauren Simon was the second housemate to be evicted after Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith

Ellie Muir
Friday 15 March 2024 15:04 GMT
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Gary Goldsmith becomes first Celebrity Big Brother housemate to be evicted

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The Celebrity Big Brother housemates have now waved goodbye to three contestants after Lauren Simon was evicted during Tuesday night’s episode. She follows in the footsteps of the Princess of Wales’s uncle, Gary Goldsmith, who became the first contestant on this year’s series to be evicted.

Months after the reality series titan returned on ITV, the celebrity version has been resurrected in the hopes of emulating the success of the latest civilian series, which was won by Jordan Sangha in November.

Surviving contestants include X Factor judge Louis Walsh– who has already shocked viewers with an “incredibly rude” commentLove Island winner Ekin-Su and Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita Kuzmin.

In the latest episode, Sharon Osbourne, who was in the series as a “celebrity lodger”, left the CBB house. She was only planned to be in the series for several days and was given a private en-suite bedroom separate from the rest of the housemates.

As for the eviction, it was between Fern Britton, Louis Walsh and Lauren Simon, but it was the Real Housewives of Cheshire star who was voted off.

Meanwhile, Louis launched a scathing attack on the pop duo Jedward, calling them “vile”, and he later made several comments about Ronan Keating.

Follow along with all the live updates as CBB airs on ITV

Nominations breakdown as results of public vote will be revealed tonight

Lauren Simon received the most nominations from her fellow housemates, while Gary Goldsmith was put up by Sharon Osbourne’s killer nomination.

Both will face the public vote and one will be evicted this week.

Maira Butt8 March 2024 18:05

Lauren Simon and Gary Goldsmith to face eviction

After hours of nominations, the housemates have decided who will face the public vote.

Sharon Osbourne picked Gary Goldsmith to face eviction on Wednesday (6 March).

Big Brother revealed that Lauren Simon will be joining him as she got the most votes from her fellow housemates on Thursday’s epsiode.

The results will be revealed tonight.

(ITV)
Maira Butt8 March 2024 18:39

Adele branded ‘fake’ by Sharon Osbourne

Oliver Browning reports:

Celebrity Big Brother star Sharon Osbourne labelled Adele “fake” during a discussion around the dinner table.

The former X Factor judge, 71, urged the music star - who is currently performing a concert residency in Las Vegas - to be “true” to herself.

“I think that she plays the ‘Oh I’m so English’ and it’s like cut the s***, you don’t talk like that anymore,” Osbourne said.

“Just be true to who you are.”

Celebrity Big Brother's Sharon Osbourne calls Adele 'fake'
Maira Butt8 March 2024 19:00

Ekin-Su clashes with Celebrity Big Brother housemate over Love Island, baffling viewers

Holly Patrick reports:

Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Zeze Millz were involved in a clash over Love Island on Thursday’s (7 March) episode of Celebrity Big Brother, baffling viewers as to why tensions appeared to rise between the pair.

The Love Island winner, 29, and the presenter, 34, were applying makeup when Ekin-Su shared: “This is not like Love Island.”

Zeze replied: “I would never do Love Island, but if you are in a hot country it is kind of like a free holiday.”

The pair then appeared to have a tense exchange which confused viewers, some of whom branded the conversation as “weird.”

Later, she shut down Colson Smith as he asked her if contestants on Love Island had to nominate people to leave the villa.

“Please, just let it go...” she said.

Ekin-Su clashes with Celebrity Big Brother housemate over Love Island appearance
Maira Butt8 March 2024 19:35

Less than one hour to go...

Hello! And welcome to night five of CBB.

Who will the public evict from the Celebrity Big Brother house? All will be revealed in tonight’s episode.

Stay tuned!

Maira Butt8 March 2024 20:12

SNEAK PEEK: Two rule breakers are punished and two housemates butt heads

Lauren Simon and Louis Walsh are caught out and forced to face the consequences.

The pair broke Big Brother rules by discussing nominations. Housemates learned that Simon thinks YouTuber Zeze Mills “hates” her and put her up for eviction.

Mills was not impressed and the two butt heads in tonight’s episode.

Watch below for a sneak peek of tonight’s episode.

Maira Butt8 March 2024 20:37

Here we go! The first live eviction of the series

The next episode is here! Who will the public choose to evict? And what rules did Louis Walsh and Lauren Simon break?

We’ll be finding out in the next hour.

(ITV)
Maira Butt8 March 2024 21:00

Who goes? You decide

Lauren Simon and Gary Goldsmith face the public vote tonight.

Results will be revealed later in the show.

Simon received the most votes from her fellow housemates and Kate Middleton’s uncle was picked as Sharon Osbourne’s killer nomination.

(ITV)
Maira Butt8 March 2024 21:06

Over half a million votes so far for the first eviction

CBB presenter Will Best confirms there have been over half a million votes towards tonight’s eviction.

Gary Goldsmith and Lauren Simon face the public vote and results will be revealed later tonight.

(ITV)
Maira Butt8 March 2024 21:19

Levi Roots opens up about his daughters being estranged from him

Levi Roots shared his daughters previously sold stories about him being a “bad father” in the papers.

“In the back of my mind I’m waiting ror my two girls to come and knock on the door,” he said.

Maira Butt8 March 2024 21:26

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