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Oct 2023
Harrogate woman among 16 housemates on Big Brother
A 25-year-old Harrogate woman is among the 16 housemates on the new series of Big Brother.
The programme, which has returned after a five-year hiatus, sees strangers live together in a house for weeks on end. The last one to be voted out wins £100,000.
New hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best introduced the show, which is now on ITV, last night.
Among those entering the house was customer support agent, Yinrun, 25, who is originally from Shanghai, China but now lives in Harrogate.
She described herself as "a pretty adventurous person" whose boyfriend would describe her as "quirky but lovable".
She told ITV:
Yinrun added that since moving to the UK, she drinks a cup of Yorkshire tea with milk every day.
Asked what she would do with the prize money if she won, she said:
She nominated Michael McIntyre as her dream celebrity to live with.
Yinrun and the other 15 housemates. Pic: ITV
The return of Big Brother
ITV describes Big Brother as "the ultimate social experiment".
It added:
Big Brother first hit screens in the Netherlands in 1999. Since its debut, over 500 series of the show have aired around the world in over 64 countries and regions.
In the UK, it ran for 11 series on Channel 4 and also led to seven series of Celebrity Big Brother.
The show subsequently aired for eight series on Channel 5, with an additional 15 celebrity series, before ending in 2018.
Big Brother is now broadcast from Sunday to Friday on ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm.
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