Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series) series 17

Celebrity Big Brother
Series 17
Series seventeen logo
Presented byEmma Willis
No. of days32
No. of housemates16
WinnerScotty T
Runner-upStephanie Davis
Companion showsBig Brother's Bit on the Side
No. of episodes36
Release
Original networkChannel 5
Original release5 January (2016-01-05) –
5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)
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Celebrity Big Brother 17 was the seventeenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 5 January 2016[1][2] on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in the Republic of Ireland, and concluded 32 days later on 5 February 2016, making it the longest celebrity series to date, along with Celebrity Big Brother 19 and Celebrity Big Brother 21.[3] It was the tenth celebrity series and the fifteenth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5. First details of the series were released on 7 December 2015 when the new eye was released, and a new "vaudeville theatre" theme also being confirmed.[4]

This series was the first celebrity edition to launch under the new three-year contract that was announced in March 2015 which guaranteed the show remained on Channel 5 until 2018.[5]

With sixteen celebrities, this series had the most housemates since the show began in 2001. However this is now held by Celebrity Big Brother 19 with eighteen. With three voluntary exits from Angie Bowie, David Gest and Jonathan Cheban, this series equalled the record with series 5 in 2007, which also had three housemates walk from the house. On 5 February 2016, the series was won by Scotty T, with Stephanie Davis finishing as runner-up.

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  3. ^ bbspy (21 January 2016). "Celebrity Big Brother 2016 final confirmed for February 5th". bbspy.
  4. ^ Mayer seriesname (7 December 2015). "Check out the new Celebrity Big Brother Eye and teasy details of the upcoming vaudeville series". Digital Spy.
  5. ^ Lee, Ben (19 March 2015). "Big Brother renewed for 3 more years by Channel 5". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 March 2015.