Inside David Potts' rise to fame on Celebrity Big Brother – plus huge show fee revealed

David Potts has announced a brand new career move following his Celebrity Big Brother win.The reality TV star, 30, proved popular during his stint in the iconic house, leaving the show as the series champion. Now, the Ibiza Weekender star has revealed a new career move, which will see him move away from TV as he embarks on podcasting.

Coronation Street star Colson Smith has shared some details about his time in the Celebrity Big Brother house that viewers didn't see - including his cheeky move and the code names used by bosses as they tried to keep the cast under wraps before launch night.

Celebrity Big Brother winner David Potts has revealed his remarkable three stone weight loss as he embarks on a fitness journey to become the healthiest version of himself.

Louis Walsh didn't want to share his phone number with Celebrity Big Brother champ David Potts, even after David won the show on ITV last Friday.The famous music manager from Ireland, who is 71 years old, chatted to Angellica Bell and the hosts James and Matt on Hits Radio Breakfast Show on Tuesday about his time in the famous house. During Friday's final, David got the top prize, and Nikita Kuzmin from Strictly Come Dancing came in second - meanwhile, Louis came in fourth place. Since leaving the house, Louis has been addressing the various comments he made on the show, and on Monday, he apologised to Ronan Keating for calling him "talentless" while talking to Sharon Osbourne.

Celebrity Big Brother winner David Potts made a huge mark during his time in the house, which saw him go on to win the first re-boot of the show on ITV this year.

Louis Walsh has opened up about his secret health battle after he confessed to almost quitting Celebrity Big Brother multiple times. Appearing on Monday's instalment of This Morning, Louis, 71, sat down with hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shepherd to discuss his time in the iconic house after reality star David Potts was crowned winner while Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin followed in second place. While chatting with Cat and Ben, Louis admitted that he was unable to sleep while in the house, and lay awake at night until the morning hoping that one of his other housemates would wake up so that he could have some "human contact" again after being alone with his own thoughts for hours on end.The former X Factor judge admitted that the experience was a lot tougher than he imagined, and he almost quit the show several times - but decided to stay and ended up making it to the final.

Celebrity Big Brother's Bradley Riches has shared the heartbreaking news that his grandad passed away while he was on the show.The Heartstopper actor, who was unfortunately evicted just one day before Friday's big final, found out about his family loss after leaving the famous house. Bradley, who is 22, revealed this sad news to his 430K followers on Instagram over the weekend and wrote a touching tribute to his granddad after appearing on the show - which David Potts won.

Nikita Kuzmin has shared some exciting news about his future on Strictly Come Dancing after he did really well on Celebrity Big Brother. The 26 year old dance star was super happy to be the runner-up on the ITV show, with David Potts winning the 2024 series. Other stars who made it to the end were Fern Britton, Louis Walsh, and Colson Smith.

Nikita Kuzmin's girlfriend has broken her social media silence following reports of a 'heated exchange' between the couple during the Celebrity Big Brother wrap party. On Friday evening, the 2024 series of Celebrity Big Brother came to an end with Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita, 26, securing the runner-up position as David Potts claimed victory.

Celebrity Big Brother's runner up Nikita Kuzmin cosied up to his model girlfriend Lauren Jaine as the pair reunited to attend the boozy wrap party alongside his former housemates including Fern Britton. The Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer, 26, couldn't get enough of his partner as they lovingly held hands after spending 19 days apart while the 23rd series of Celebrity Big Brother aired. Nikita, who finished in second place, as David Potts won the reality show, didn't appear to mind that he missed out on the win as he beamed with pride as he was greeted by Lauren with a kiss during the final hours earlier.

David Potts' family became emotional and cried as they watched him win Celebrity Big Brother.The 30-year-old TV personality, known for being on The Ibiza Weekender, was crowded the winner, with Strictly star Nikita Kuzmin coming second and Coronation Street's Colson Smith coming third. Former X Factor judge Louis Walsh came fourth and presenter Fern Britton was announced as fifth. As David made his entrance out of the house, for the first time in weeks to crowds cheering.

David Potts has been announced as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2024. It was revealed that he'd received the most amount of public votes during the live final on Friday, 22 March. David, 30, beat Nikita Kuzmin, 26, and Colson Smith, 25, who came in second and third place respectively.

Reality star David Potts was revealed as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother during Friday night's highly-anticipated final (March 22).

Ibiza Weekender star David Potts has certainly made his mark in the Celebrity Big Brother house, and he's one of the final six celebrities still in the running for the final. However, the 30 year old's fashion choices have raised some eyebrows, as he rarely wears trousers, instead favouring mini shorts, seemingly whatever the weather. When he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, David donned an oversized shirt over a pair of black hot pants as he waved energetically at crowds.

It's just a matter of days until the Celebrity Big Brother final, but one housemate has unfortunately fallen at the last hurdle. Host AJ Odudu revealed that one contestant was secretly evicted from the iconic house on Wednesday, 20 March and is already in "hiding" with their identity being kept under wraps.The backdoor exit will air on Thursday's (21 March) show, with either Louis Walsh, Nikita Kuzmin, Fern Britton, Bradley Riches, Colson Smith or David Potts being told to leave. Prior to the eviction, all six of the remaining housemates were under the impression they had made it to the Celebrity Big Brother final.

The latest episode of Celebrity Big Brother set to air on Wednesday 20 March sees one housemate forced to sit out as they have a nasty fall. As Big Brother announces the task, the housemates are split into two teams with Zeze Millz and Nikita Kuzmin as captains.They are told to protect a set of balloons whilst at the same time bursting the opposing team’s balloons with a pin.The winners of the challenge will win a Chinese takeaway feast that evening. On the yellow team led by Zeze is Marisha Wallace - who have both been evicted, Fern Britton and Bradley Riches.

Two more celebrities have been evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house. A brutal double eviction took place on Tuesday, 19 March, with Fern Britton, Zeze Millz, Marisha Wallace, David Potts and Nikita Kuzmin all facing the public vote. Hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best revealed the results of the vote live on the show.

Celebrity Big Brother's Louis Walsh had a five-word response when two of his co-stars were kicked off the show. It was announced on tonight's show (March 15) that Levi Roots and Ekin-Su Culculoglu would be leaving the CBB house in a shock double elimination. On the previous episode, Love Island's Ekin-Su, Levi, Fern Britton, Louis Walsh and David Potts found out they were up for the next public vote.

Levi Roots has become the third housemate evicted from Celebrity Big Brother on ITV.The TV star exited the house on Friday, March 15, to meet the live audience after surviving 12 days on the ITV reality show before he was evicted.The CBB contestant was nominated alongside David Potts, Fern Britton, Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Louis Walsh by their fellow housemate's in last night's episode of the hit reality show. Levi Roots' departure follows Real Housewives of Cheshire's Lauren Simon, Kate Middleton's uncle, Gary Goldsmith, who was the first celebrity to leave the house and CBB house lodger Sharon Osbourne. On the show last night (March 14), five stars found out they might have to leave after a tense round of nominations.They had to pick who would go in front of everyone, which caused lots of drama and surprise.

Celebrity Big Brother viewers were left divided after two more stars were evicted during Friday night's live show (March 15).