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’