Helen
Age 27 from Manchester
Runs her own business – a beauty salon
Infamous back in 2010 as one of the prostitutes that “serviced” and then spilled the beans on Wayne Rooney
Jale
Age 33 from Surrey
Customer service advisor
Jale counts her strengths as "thinking and strategising", which she believes will benefit her in tasks.
Matthew
Age 23 from Herfordshire
Media graduate
Danielle
Age 25 from Cumbernauld
Part-time model and businesswoman
Danielle’s idols are God and her mum. She also counted Britney Spears among her heroes ‘until she went crazy’.
Mark
Age 24 from Liverpool
Visual Merchandiser
Steven
Age 23 from Hertfordshire
Managing Director
He thinks he will be the centre of attention in the house: ‘Put it like this I don’t think I’d be boring. I have always been the centre of attention and I would have to make sure that everyone knew this’.
Kimberly
Age 23 from California
Businesswoman and Playboy model
Kimberly would choose love over money because ‘having money without love is like having a penis with no hands’, but does have a ‘wish list’ on her Twitter page, where ‘admirers’ can ‘treat her to gifts’
Toya
Age 29 from London
Video blogger and TV presenter
Toya loves being self-employed, because she ‘isn’t a 9-5 kind of girl’ and says if she was to work a job like that, it would be like ‘caging an animal’.
Winston
Age 27 from Essex
Personal business development manager
Winston is a real lad’s lad and spends all his money ‘on the lads and chasing the ladies’. He currently lives in Essex with his mate in his ‘bachelor pad’ but admits that he’s ‘a messy little puck’.
Christopher
Age 23 from Enniskillen
Journalist
A big fan of Katie Hopkins and White Dee, he is also passionate about ‘having an opinion’ and hates it when people don’t take an interest in the world around them.
Marlon
Age 22 from London
Optics
He classes himself as a ‘wild boy’ and spends all his money on clothes, clubbing, girls and ‘looking good’. The most expensive item he has ever bought is a pair of Louboutin shoes which cost him £800.
Chris
Age 33 from Hampshire
Actor
Chris wants to do Big Brother for the ‘free rent’, ‘to lose weight’ and because he ‘can’t afford therapy’ – but insists he’s not doing the show to further his acting career: ‘I will walk through any open door right now just to check out the scenery.’
Ashleigh
Age 18 from Derry
Boutique shop worker
Ashleigh works part time in a boutique clothes shop in Derry. She is also signed to a modelling agency and does modelling work in her free time. Her dream job would be to become a well-known model, ‘but I know the chances of that are slim’. She would also love to set up her own events management and wedding planning business. Ashleigh has always lived in the same area, and currently resides on a council estate, which is one of the factors she says gives her the drive to push further in her career.
Ash
Age 26 from Manchester
Model
He is now a model, but having previously worked for his dad’s building firm from a young age, he isn’t afraid to get dirty – despite his blessed looks, he’s known by his family and friends as ‘the local handyman’. David Beckham is his ultimate idol – he sees himself as ‘a younger, better looking version’ of the footballer. Ash – who also studied law at college, and business and management at university – attends his local gym daily as well as playing football three times a week usually spends the whole summer in Ibiza ‘working and getting wrecked’. He classes himself as a ‘cheeky chappy’ and a ‘class clown’ and believes he’ll be a ‘laid back, handsome housemate who’s always up for fun’