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Katie Fitzpatrick

Celebrity Big Brother Australia launches on E4 starring a Manchester-based celeb

Celebrity Big Brother fans will be able to get their fix as the Diary Room doors re-open again next month Down Under.

The UK version of the popular reality TV show, which saw celebrity housemates isolated from the outside world in a custom built house, ended in 2018 and was won by former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas.

Devotees have since been calling for its return.

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But for now Celebrity Big Brother Australia, with Meghan Markle's half-brother Thomas Markle Jr, has received its UK air date.

Married at First Sight star Jessika Power now lives in Manchester (Jessika Power/Instagram)

The reality show, which aired in Australia last year with the title Big Brother VIP, will be launching on E4 on Sunday February 6.

It also stars Keeping Up With the Kardashians' Caitlyn Jenner and Married at First Sight Australia contestant Jessika Power who now lives here in Manchester.

The series will air 11 episodes with 12 stars entering the house for a chance to win a $100,000 prize for charity.

They will live together in Big Brother's "luxury hotel' as they're challenged by Big Brother with house tasks, nomination challenges and shocking evictions.

The other celebrities entering the Celebrity Big Brother Australia house are Australian Survivor’s Luke Toki, model and actress Ellie Gonsalves, models Josh Carroll and Imogen Anthony, former Australian Football League player Dayne Beams, actor Bernard Curry, Big Brother Australia 2021 contestant Daniel Hayes, former National Rugby League player Matt Cooper and author and former political aid Omarosa Manigault Newman.

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