MC Hammer, Pammy, Boy George for Celeb Big Bruv?

MC Hammer, Pammy, Boy George for Celeb Big Bruv?
MC Hammer, Pammy, Boy George for Celeb Big Bruv? (Image credit: EMPICS Entertainment)

MC Hammer, Pamela Anderson and Boy George could be set for the last series of Celebrity Big Brother - as the show's bosses cut the number of famous faces down so they can afford bigger names. Ten celebrities will enter the house this time round - the most in one series was 14 in 2007. Baywatch star Pamela could be set to pocket £250,000 if she appears on the show, Ulrika Jonsson got £175,000 when she won last year. A Celebrity Big Brother source told The Sun: "Previous CBB series have suffered because there have been too many celebs who were just not that famous. "Producers want the final series to be the best ever - and are determined to push the boat out by signing up the biggest names they can. "But to get big names, you have to spend big money - which means there will be less for minor stars." Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is also rumoured to be in talks to appear in the show. The new series starts on Channel 4 on January 3.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.