Verne Troyer


Actor Verne shot to fame playing Mini Me in the second Austin Powers movie and he's also appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Love Guru and Men in Black. At only 2 feet and 8 inches, Verne is one of the smallest men in the world.

Mutya

As one of the original members of the pop group Sugababes, Mutya sang on some of their biggest hits before leaving the group in 2005. She has released several solo singles since then, as well as duetting with George Michael on the single This Is Not Real Love.

LaToya Jackson

As a member of one of America's most famous dynasties, LaToya is used to life in the limelight. She's also the second Jackson sibling to enter the House after her brother Jermaine appeared in CBB5.

LaToya claims never to have used her fame to get anything, but in the same breath says she cannot live without bottled water, clean sheets, paper towels and tissues. Time to start using that fame, honey!

Ulrika


From her beginnings in the late 80s as the weather forecaster on GMTV, multilingual Ulrika has been one of Britain's favourite celebrities.

A string of relationships over the years have done little harm to her career - even the one with a certain well-known football manager! The fact she collects pigs might swing the vote though...

After admitting that she's never been so anxious about anything in her life as going into the BB House, how will Ulrika cope with all those egos bouncing around? Good luck love...


Terry Christian

Most people will probably remember mouthy Terry from his days as presenter of The Word back in the early 90s, but his media career began back in the 80s when he won awards for his radio broadcasts - a job he still does.

Michelle Heaton


Michelle will be best remembered for being part of the band Liberty X - formed from the runners up in ITV talent show Popstars.

Coolio

Rapper Coolio is best known for his single Gangsta's Paradise which featured in the film Dangerous Minds. Gangsta's Paradise is also his favourite song. Narcissism anybody?

Since then he has appeared in Friends spin-off Joey and as a cartoon character in Futurama. He hopes that there will be somebody in the House that he is attracted to and is attracted to him so that he "might get some".

He doesn't want there to be any "ugly chicks" in the House and also confesses to a great love of food. But will he manage to cook up a winning plan?

COOLIO FACTS - Even more about the man...

He says he knows nothing about Big Brother, other than he knows there are people in a house that have to live together and sometimes you have to do competitions to win food.

Tommy Sheridan

Controversial politician Tommy is no stranger to the newspapers over the past few years - and mostly for all the wrong reasons.

Tommy's socialist ideals have made him very popular with his former constituents, but will his rhetoric endear him to his fellow housemates? Especially as he describes himself as a 'control freak.' He believes you shouldn't go into politics for a career, 'go in because you want to change not just your own lives but everyone in society.'

Tina Malone

Actress Tina is best known for her role as Mimi Maguire on the C4 show Shameless where she swears, head-butts and screams her way through life.

Outside of the show, Tina has an acting school which produces plays for the Everyman Theatre and owns a pet lizard called David. That's nice then... Tina has confessed that she is superstitious and can be a bit compulsive - her nickname is Moody Malone

Ben Adams


Once part of the boy band A1, Ben has released some solo material since the band split in 2002, with his efforts being compared to The Streets and Just Jack.

Lucy Pinder

Spotted sunbathing on a Bournemouth beach in 2003, Lucy's rise to fame has been spectacular - helped in no small part by her, ahem, assets. And in case you were wondering, they are a 32G.

Random photos of house guests in the BB house...