ITV’s iconic reality show Celebrity Big Brother is reportedly facing a casting crisis as stars set their sights on other rival series while the 2026 series is shelved for the year
Big Brother has been shelved for 2026(Image: ITV)
Celebrity Big Brother is reportedly facing the axe. Back in January it was announced that the reality TV series has been shelved for 2026 and now an industry insider has claimed that Celebrity Big Brother is struggling to sign any celebrity contestants.
The insider claimed: “Bosses face a huge challenge trying to sign up celebrities because so many of them are now pressing their agents to get them on The Celebrity Traitors.”
“That is already causing problems for other big shows, like Strictly and I’m A Celebrity, which rely of star contestants because they now find themselves as second in the pecking order.”
Mickey Rourke was signed on for the 2025 series(Image: ITV)
“So that is an even greater issues for a show like Celebrity Big Brother because now it’s on ITV, it needs a certain calibre of contestant which are very hard to sign up now.”
“ITV are already having to find two lots of stars to compete on I’m A Celebrity this autumn as well as its spin off show, The Wild Frontier, which is expected to air in early 2027 – which is exactly the same time ITV were hoping to drop the new series of CBB.”
AJ Odudu and Will Best hosted the show last year(Image: ITV)
Back in summer 2025, ITV boss Kevin Lygo said that the channel was “in a battle about the price” with the production company Endemol.
ITV said: “We are committed to both Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother beyond 2025, and scheduling for any new series will be confirmed in due course. The show remains a priority reality format for us.”
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