{"id":490881,"date":"2025-10-11T11:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490881\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T11:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:38:14","slug":"big-brother-unveils-game-changing-twist-for-returning-housemates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490881\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother unveils &#8216;game-changing&#8217; twist for returning housemates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Big Brother has revealed that some former housemates will be returning to reality TV&#8217;s most famous abode next week as part of a brand-new twist this season.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">On last night&#8217;s instalment of Late &amp; Live, hosts Will Best and AJ Odudu teased that some familiar faces will be back, but stopped short of revealing exactly who they are.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;Two former housemates, that may have gone too soon, will go back into the Big Brother house,&#8221; Will said. &#8220;But that is not all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What to Read Next<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">AJ continued: &#8220;On Monday, nominations will take place as normal, and the nominated housemates will face the public vote, but what they don&#8217;t know is that you at home won&#8217;t be voting for an eviction!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;No, you will be voting to pick one of the nominated housemates to be fake evicted and secretly whisked away to a secret room,&#8221; Will said.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"aj odudu and will best on big brother late and live\" title=\"AJ Odudu and Will Best on Big Brother Late and Live\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2691\" height=\"1610\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aj-and-will-68ea26cfd57bf.png\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ITV<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"15\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"15.0\">Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Best streaming services in 2025\" data-node-id=\"15.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-node-id=\"15.1.0\">Best streaming services in 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"17\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;But that&#8217;s not all,&#8221; AJ added, &#8220;They won&#8217;t be on their own. They&#8217;ll be living with two former housemates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"19\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Will concluded: &#8220;And the three of them will watch all the goings-on in the house before they rejoin them, and they&#8217;re gonna have secret tasks. They&#8217;re gonna be up to no good! We did say the game is changing, people, and changing it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"21\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">One of the episode&#8217;s panelists David Potts was happy about the news, stating that &#8220;this is what Big Brother is all about, baby!&#8221; while Bradley Riches was exhausted for how this would mix up the dynamic in the house.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"david potts on big brother late and live\" title=\"David Potts on Big Brother Late and Live\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2903\" height=\"1616\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/david-potts-68ea26a5850f2.png\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ITV<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"24\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"24.0\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69002549\/big-brother-second-live-eviction-cameron-b\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69002549\/big-brother-second-live-eviction-cameron-b\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"&quot;It&#039;s good to be out&quot;: Big Brother reveals the results of second live eviction\" data-node-id=\"24.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;It&#8217;s good to be out&#8221;: Big Brother reveals the results of second live eviction<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"26\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Unfortunately for David, neither former Celebrity Big Brother housemates nor winners (of which he is both) are eligible for going back into the house as part of this twist.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"28\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">It&#8217;s also not confirmed whether the former housemates will be from the two ITV seasons so far or from the earlier Channel 4 or 5 years. If it&#8217;s just two former ITV era housemates, there&#8217;s a lot less people to pick from.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"30\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Could it mean that Yinrun is coming back?<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"32\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"32.0\">Big Brother airs on ITV2, with Late &amp; Live airing afterwards. Both shows stream on ITVX, as does the Live Feed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"35\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"35.0\">The new edition of <\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"35.1\">Living Legends<\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"35.2\"> is here! <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/special-editions-subscriptions-lvgladygaga\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/special-editions-subscriptions-lvgladygaga\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Buy Gaga in newsagents or online\" data-node-id=\"35.3\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-node-id=\"35.3.0\">Buy Gaga in newsagents or online<\/strong><\/a><strong data-node-id=\"35.4\">, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/6bf117e6-90c2-44bc-a2bb-92355b4636ba_1550228669.file\" alt=\"Headshot of Joe Anderton\" title=\"Headshot of Joe Anderton\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at <strong>Digital Spy<\/strong>, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he&#8217;s covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! 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