This sort of on-screen celebrity unraveling was to set the standard for the second and third Celebrity Big Brother series and boy they havent disappointed.
Series two saw former Take That singer and all-round nice guy, Mark Owen, win it but the real interest was provided by the marital angst of not-so-funny-man, Les Dennis. Poor ol Les was Celebrity Big Brother Twos imploding unraveling celebrity. It seemed like he was the only one in the country who didnt know Amanda was about to walk. Cringe!
Last year we were spoiled for spectacle. Celebrity Big Brother excelled themselves when they managed to get the freak show that was John McCririck, Brigitte Nielsen and Jackie Stallone, in the same house. Will we ever forget the horror of McCririck (in full frame) pulling a juicy bogey from his nostril and then greedily lapping it up or his massive moody and being denied diet coke (of all things!) by Big Brother! Or the horror on Brigittes face, when ex-mother in-law Jackie Stallone was introduced into the Celebrity Big Brother pit. Fantastic. Baz from the Happy Mondays walked off with the prize, upsetting the bookies favorite child rapper, Blazin Squads, Kenzie.
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