CELEBRITY Big Brother has been back on our screens for less than a week - but there’s been more than enough drama in that time.
‘Celebrity Lodger’ Sharon Osbourne will be leaving the ITV house tonight, after her five-day stint, for which she was reportedly paid £500,000.
And she’ll be joined by either the Princess of Wales’ uncle Gary Goldsmith - who she nominated - or Real Housewives of Cheshire star Lauren Simon in tonight’s first live eviction.
One person who’s been glued to her screen is former Big Brother housemate Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace - and she thinks she’s spotted Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s game plan as well as a secret feud.
Here, she gives her no holds barred verdict on the reboot's first week...
Well, what a return to form Celebrity Big Brother has been this week - even if it has been The Sharon Show.
I’d usually find that annoying, but I don’t even mind with Sharon Osbourne.
She’s a legend, and she doesn’t give a s***. She literally doesn't give a damn.
While Louis Walsh is being a bit lovey-dovey when he namedrops, she's dropping actual bombs and gossiping about people we really want her to dish the dirt on, like James Corden, Anna Wintour and Ellen DeGeneres.
What’s even funnier is that Sharon is basically doing afternoon shifts in the house.
She wakes up when she wants, potters in, shows her face, gets £100,000, the housemates all cheer, so they've obviously not seen her all day - and then off she tots back to bed.
She's also 100 per cent speaking to her husband Ozzy Osbourne every night. Don't be fooled.
That's what the telephone in her room is there for, and that's what she would have put in her contract, and I don't blame her. What a nice job!
It’s going to be rubbish without her - Please, Big Brother, I’m begging you to keep her in for more than five days!
Although, if they did that, I imagine the other housemates would start to get a lot more annoyed with the special treatment.
I used to get annoyed when Nikki Grahame was given extra gym equipment and stuff like that when we were in the Big Brother house together.
Obviously, in hindsight, I understand why that was the case, but when you're in the house and you don't know all these other aspects, and you see someone being treated better by Big Brother, you don't like them.
You can either go one of two ways - you end up hating them and being jealous, or you suck up to them because you want special treatment too.
Most of the house seem to be choosing the latter at the moment, mollycoddling Sharon, and being extra nice to her.
The only person that isn’t is Fern Britton - and I’m wondering whether there’s a secret feud we don’t know about there.
When Sharon first came into the house, and she'd just had to nominate three people, Fern dug into her then and was like, 'How could you do that? That's awful,' and there was another scene where she was slightly rude to her as well.
Is there previous beef I just don't know about or is she just getting fed up with seeing her being treated like the queen of the house?
Maybe it’s because Sharon said she’d never met her, despite the fact she’d been interviewed by Fern on This Morning almost two decades ago, when she presented the show with Phillip Schofield.
Louis is going to be a grumpy old man once Sharon leaves - he'll be the first to kick off!
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace
Speaking of Fern, she may as well have won the show when she said 'If Phil walks into the house, I'm gonna have to leave,' but there's got to be more she's going to be able to say about why they fell out.
Come on Fern, please. I want to know the juicy gossip. Everyone wants to know!
She's one of my favourite housemates, so far, thanks to the way she's just going in on people with her interviewing skills, and asking all the questions we want answered.
And she's so clever the way she does it too, because she's so kind and gentle, but it was almost like she was manipulating Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith into thinking that she was on his side, when she's probably really not.
I don't think she agreed with everything that he was saying at all, when she was getting him to talk about his views on the royals, as well as politics, and Donald Trump.
But she just went along with it.
We haven’t seen any big rows in the house yet, but I’m predicting Louis might be the first to kick off, as he’s going to be a grumpy old man once Sharon leaves.
You've got to remember he's 71, and there's a lot of younger people in there that are really loud and annoying, so he could get really grouchy, really miserable and catty, and snap at people, which I'm here for.
I can see him going off with David Potts, who’s brilliant TV, but really loud and annoying!
Or we could just see him climb even further up Ekin-Su's bottom.
Louis is clinging on to her for dear life. What is going on there? What is that about? Does he even know her? I don't get it. I'm really confused by that.
Ekin-Su is a frontrunner though. I shouldn't have been but I was ready to be a bit judgmental before she entered the house, and ask what's she going to give?
But so far, she's been really sweet and delightful.
I'm really confused why Fern nominated her for essentially being nice, and trying to get her into the hot tub. Remind me to never be nice to Fern!
Ekin-Su has been hanging out with the older stars, like Louis and Sharon, who are also the biggest stars, which has led people to question whether she's got an ulterior motive.
But, to be honest, I think that's where I'd be.
From what we've seen of the younger stars, so far, they're all non-entities or a**eholes, while Ekin-Su seems very demure, and ladylike - and the way she handled herself in that argument over Love Island with Zeze Millz was perfect.
I have to admit I’m disappointed, because I did say Gary was my favourite signing when the line-up was announced - but he’s now my worst.
Whenever he gets asked an awkward question about his niece, he just says, 'Well, Kate wouldn't want me to say anything...She's lovely.'
Get out then. We want the gossip. That’s the only reason you’re in there. You’re not a celebrity, hun.
He's up against Lauren Simon, who reminds me of me - she's a bit misunderstood, and like Marmite.
You either love her or hate her - but I really, really love her.
2001 - Jack Dee
2002 - Mark Owen
2003 - Bez
2006 - Chantelle Houghton
2007 - Shilpa Shetty
2009 - Ulrika Jonsson
2010 - Alex Reid
2011 - Paddy Doherty
January 2012 - Denise Welch
Summer 2012 - Julian Clary
January 2013 - Rylan Clark
Summer 2013 - Charlotte Crosby
January 2014 - Jim Davidson
Summer 2014 - Gary Busey
January 2015 - Katie Price
Summer 2015 - James Hill
January 2016 - Scotty T
Summer 2016 - Stephen Bear
January 2017 - Coleen Nolan
Summer 2017 - Sarah Harding
Her VT, before she entered the house, made us believe she's used to a certain lifestyle, and wouldn't get her hands dirty - but it's clearly rubbish.
From what we've seen, Lauren is doing a lot to try and remain in there as a valid housemate, as she's going around doing things like cleaning the toilets.
Let me tell you something, cleaning the toilet is not something you want to do, unless you're under duress from Big Brother.
That little toilet between around 10 people? It's a no from me.
You can't trust the VTs anyway, as the producers try and egg you on to be your most extravagant character and to amplify the worst - or best - parts of yourself.
In my opinion, Gary has to go tonight. For (future) Queen and country!
