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Celebrity Big Brother (British TV Series) Series 23
''Celebrity Big Brother 2024'', also known as ''Celebrity Big Brother 23'', was the twenty-third series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. It is the first celebrity series and second series of ''Big Brother'' overall to air on ITV after ITV plc gained the rights to the format. The series began on 4 March 2024, almost six years since it last aired on Channel 5. It was co-presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best. The series featured Sharon Osbourne as the first ever "Celebrity Lodger". On 22 March 2024, David Potts was announced as the winner of the series, with Nikita Kuzmin finishing as the runner-up. With a series average of 2.51m, this series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' had the highest viewership since the seventeenth series in 2016. Production In August 2022, ITV plc. announced that they were reviving ''Big Brother'' in 2023. However, it was not initially confirmed as to whether they were planning to revive ''Celebrity Big Brother'' alongside it. In October 2023, the twentieth ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJ Odudu
Onatejiro "AJ" Odudu (born 12 February 1988) is a British television presenter. She co-presents the ITV2 reality shows '' Big Brother'' (since 2023) and ''Celebrity Big Brother'' (since 2024) alongside Will Best, and previously the spin-off show ''Big Brother's Bit on the Side'' (2013). In 2021, she presented the Channel 4 reality show spin-off '' Married at First Sight: Afters''. Early life and education Odudu was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. Her mother, Florence, and father, James, are Nigerian and she is one of eight children (five boys and three girls). Her parents had an arranged marriage, for which her mother emigrated to the United Kingdom from Nigeria in the 1970s. Her father worked as a bus conductor, and her mother worked as a seamstress, cleaner, and dinner lady at a private school. Odudu attended St Bede's RC High School and St Mary's College in Blackburn. In 2009 she graduated with a degree in English and politics from Keele University. Career Odudu began her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (British TV Series) Series 20
''Big Brother 2023'', also known as ''Big Brother 20'', was the twentieth series of '' Big Brother'' to air in the United Kingdom. It is the first series to air on ITV2 after ITV gained the rights to the series in August 2022, almost four years since it last aired on Channel 5. The series began on 8 October 2023, with a launch show airing simultaneously on both ITV (ITV1 and STV) and ITV2, with the remainder of the series broadcasting primarily on the latter channel. It is co-presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best, who also front the companion show, '' Big Brother: Late & Live''. On 17 November 2023, Jordan Sangha was announced as the winner of the series, beating Olivia Young who finished as runner-up. At 42 days, this was the shortest-running regular series of ''Big Brother'' in the UK, surpassing the seventeenth series, which lasted 50 days. This was surpassed by the succeeding series, which ran one day shorter. Production In April 2022, it was reported in several tabloid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Stars
An all-star is an individual with a high level of performance in their field. All-star or All Star may also refer to: Awards * GAA GPA All Stars Awards, annual awards given to practitioners of Gaelic games ** Camogie All Stars Awards ** Ladies' Gaelic football All Stars Awards ** List of All Stars Awards winners (football) ** List of All Stars Awards winners (hurling) *** All Stars Footballer of the Year *** All Stars Hurler of the Year **** All Stars Young Footballer of the Year **** All Stars Young Hurler of the Year Books * ''All Star Comics'', a 1940s comic book series * ''All Star DC Comics'', an imprint of comic book titles from 2005 to 2008 * All-Star (character), a character from DC Comics, though otherwise unrelated to the aforementioned series Film and television * ''All Stars'' (1997 film), a Dutch sports comedy film * ''All Stars'' (2013 film), a British dance film * ''All Stars'' (TV series), an Italian television series * ''Pretty Cure All Stars'', an anime fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Bentley
Marcus Bentley (born 4 October 1967) is a British actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist. Bentley is most known for narrating the British version of the Dutch reality television programme '' Big Brother'' since its inception in 2000. He also did other continuity announcements for Channel 4 until he left in July 2011 to continue narrating the revived ''Big Brother'' on Channel 5. Bentley's voice-over work and distinctive Geordie accent has led to him becoming one of Britain's most recognised voices. Bentley has also appeared on stage and in '' London's Burning''. Although he rarely makes public appearances, his public profile has been raised since ''Big Brother''s revival on Channel 5. Early life Bentley was born in Gateshead, and brought up in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. He attended East 15 Acting School. ''Big Brother'' Bentley was selected as the narrator of the Channel 4 (2000–2010), Channel 5 (2011–2018) and ITV2 (2023–) reality television programme '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro (British Newspaper)
''Metro'' is a British freesheet tabloid newspaper published by DMG Media. The newspaper is distributed from Monday to Friday mornings on public places in areas of England, Wales and Scotland (excluding public holidays and the period between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day inclusive). Copies are also handed out to pedestrians. In 2018, Metro overtook ''The Sun'' to become the most circulated newspaper in the United Kingdom. ''Metro'' is owned by Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), part of the same media group as the ''Daily Mail'' and ''The Mail on Sunday'', but in some areas ''Metro'' operates as a franchise with a local newspaper publisher, rather than as a wholly owned concern. While being a sister paper to the conservative ''Daily Mail'', the newspaper has never endorsed any political party or candidate, and says it takes a neutral political stance in its reporting. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames and the City of London. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire. The term is occasionally used in reference to all of London north of the River Thames. The term differentiates the area from South London, East London and West London. Some parts of North London are also part of Central London. Development The first northern suburb developed in the Soke of Cripplegate in the early part of the twelfth century, but London's growth beyond its Roman northern gates was slower than in other directions, partly because of the marshy ground north of the wall and also because the roads through those gates were less well-connected than elsewhere. The parishes that would become north London were almost entirely rural until the Victorian period. Many of these parishes were grouped into an area called the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Big Brother (British TV Series) Series 3
''Celebrity Big Brother 2005'', also known as ''Celebrity Big Brother 3'', was the third series of the British reality television series ''Celebrity Big Brother''. It launched on 6 January 2005 and ended on 23 January 2005, airing on Channel 4. Davina McCall returned as host of the main show. The series continued with '' Big Brother 5''s 'evil' theme. It was won by dancer Mark "Bez" Berry. This was the first series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' to air since 2002, as '' Teen Big Brother: The Experiment'' and '' Big Brother Panto'' were broadcast in its place in 2003 and 2004, respectively. This was also the first series where the celebrities were being paid for their appearance rather than doing it for charity like the previous two series, however a percentage of phone vote funds went towards helping victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. John McCririck, who was the second housemate to be evicted, represented this series in ''Ultimate Big Brother'' in 2010, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Mail
''Oxford Mail'' is a daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford, England, owned by Newsquest. It is published six days a week. It is a sister paper to the weekly tabloid ''The Oxford Times''. History The ''Oxford Mail'' was founded in 1928 by MP Frank Gray as a successor to ''Jackson's Oxford Journal'' (1753 - 1928), named after William Jackson, a former printer of the University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un .... Originally an evening newspaper, the ''Oxford Mail'' is now published in the morning and online. Over time, through the emergence of digitization and online news, audited print circulation gradually declined (from 23,402 in 2008 to 3,932 in 2024) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STV News
''STV News'' is a Scottish news division produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV News programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow and Aberdeen with reporters also based at newsrooms in Edinburgh, Dundee and Inverness and political correspondents based at Holyrood and Westminster. Freelance correspondents and camera crews are based on the Orkney and Shetland Isles, Wick and Fort William with a permanent Western Isles correspondent based in Stornoway. In addition to its daily bulletins and online services, STV News also produces the current affairs programme '' Scotland Tonight'', the showbiz magazine show ''What's On Scotland'', along with feature documentaries. Broadcast Two separate editions of ''STV News at Six'' air on STV Central and STV North each weeknight at 6:00 pm. '' ITV Evening News'', the networked news programme, follows at 6:30 pm. The main evenin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITVX
ITVX is a British Over-the-top media services, over-the-top and ad-supported Streaming television, streaming service operated by ITV plc. The service offers original content from the broadcaster, livestreams of the ITV television channels, Free ad-supported streaming television, FAST channels, and exclusive and licensed programming. The service succeeds the #ITV_Hub, ITV Hub; which originally launched on 5 December 2008 and had at least 30 million registered users by July 2019. History In March 2022, ITV announced the launch of ITVX, an integrated advertising and subscription-funded platform. The service serves as a replacement for ITV Hub, taking over as the broadcaster's catch-up service, and is positioned as a direct competitor to BBC iPlayer and the Channel 4 (VoD service), Channel 4 VOD service, featuring more exclusive programming and a selection of Free ad-supported streaming television, FAST channels. During the same month, it was announced that ITV bought out the BBC' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
