X Factor twins Jedward have offered up their presenting skills in a bid to become hosts of the new Big Brother reboot launching on ITV in 2023.
The bubbly brothers, who themselves appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2011 and 2017, say they should “definitely” host the show.
The world-famous reality TV show, which first launched in the Netherlands in 1999, is coming back to UK TV, still maintaining its familiar format.
Bosses made the shock announcement during the final of Love Island last night, revealing the show is coming to ITV 2 and ITVX, their new streaming platform.
The programme aired for 18 years in the UK until it was axed in 2018.
Writing on Twitter, Jedward said: “Big Brother UK 2023 we should definitely Host it. Iconic Housemates.”
The pair first appeared on Celebrity Big Brother 8, which was won by Paddy Doherty and saw Kerry Katona finish as runner-up.
They later returned to the house for Celebrity Big Brother 19 as All-Stars, finishing as runners-up to Loose Women’s Coleen Nolan.
The upcoming 2023 series on ITV2 and ITVX will mark the first time Big Brother returns to UK screens in almost five years.
Bosses are very much keeping their cards close to their chest when it comes to the revamp’s host and information about the show’s cast.
A cast of “carefully selected housemates from all walks of life” will live together for up to six weeks as the public watch on via the house’s network of surveillance cameras.
The show’s trademark live evictions will also return with the public once again voting throughout the series and ultimately deciding the winner of the cash prize.
It is not clear if the celebrity version will also return.
Paul Mortimer, director of reality commissioning and acquisitions and controller at ITV2, ITVBe and CITV confirmed the new Big Brother is aimed at “younger viewers”.
He said: “This refreshed, contemporary new series of Big Brother will contain all the familiar format points that kept viewers engaged and entertained the first-time round, but with a brand-new look and some additional twists that speak to today’s audience.
“We’re beyond excited to bring this iconic series to ITV2 and ITVX where it should especially engage with our younger viewers.”
Natalka Znak, CEO of Initial – part of Banijay UK who is producing the show – said their Big Brother reboot is “going to be epic”.
“Big Brother is the original and best reality format and one that I have never made before so it’s a huge privilege to be making an all-new version with ITV2 and ITVX,” he said.
Rylan Clark has teased his involvement in the all-new ITV Big Brother.
According to his Twitter page, Rylan is located inside the “Big Brother House” and following last night’s shock ITV announcement he Tweeted: “He was always watching… It’s coming home #bbuk.”
Former hosts Davina McCall and Emma Willis are “unlikely” to be involved, according to a TV insider who says the show needs to be “totally new and fresh”.
Despite calls for the show to be a fresh start, Marcus Bentley, the iconic Geordie voice of Big Brother, is thought to be voicing the new series after Tweeting “we are back” last night.
He then shared the new ITV Big Brother branding and said: “Here we go!”
Big Brother axed by the Channel 5 in 2018 amid a ratings slump.
Its production company said at the time that there were “future possibilities” for more series on UK TV, prompting speculation another broadcaster or streaming service could pick up the show.
Channel 5 controller Ben Frow later said he had no regrets over the decision to end the series and the TV landscape had become “very crowded with reality shows”.
