By Milo Pope
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The civilian series of Big Brother on ITV has kicked off (Picture: Vianney Le Caer/Shutterstock)
Big Brother fans have labelled the show’s ITV live launch as having the ‘dullest twist ever’.
Co-hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best returned to our screens last night to introduce viewers to the 12 new housemates entering the legendary house.
The ultimate social experiment, which began on Channel 4 in 2000 before moving to Channel 5, was fully revamped and relaunched by ITV in 2023.
However, despite viewers eagerly anticipating the announcement of the new cast, fans have been left seething over a ‘disaster’ twist.
Shortly after welcoming the new housemates in, AJ and Will revealed that contestants would be subject to a special vote that would see one person evicted before they barely had time to settle in.
Out of three housemates who received the most ‘evil eyes’ from their fellow contestants, only two will emerge from the ‘exit room’.
Hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best have returned to their presenting duties (Picture: Vianney Le Caer/Shutterstock)
Twelve new housemates were introduced to the public last night (Picture: Vianney Le Caer/Shutterstock)
But viewers will only get to find out who exactly is being evicted on tonight’s show, much to the disappointment of fans.
Taking to X, social media users slammed the decision to include a ‘backdoor exit’ as a ‘cheap twist’.
@zanecaspersz said: ‘So… turns out the eyes meant absolutely nothing in the theme / game changing twist.
Who’s in the cast of Big Brother 2025?
You can read all about the new Big Brother cast here – but in the meantime, here’s the breakdown on this year’s new housemates.
The 2025 housemates are…
Cameron Kinch, 22, a farmer from Somerset
Caroline Monk, 56, a PR worker from Canvey Island
Elsa Rae, 21, a content creator from Essex
Emily Hewertson, 25, a Conservative political events manager from Northampton
Gani Khan, 39, a Pizza Hut manager from Bromley
Jenny Baird, 20, a makeup artist from Derry
Marcus John, 22, a mechanical engineer from Manchester
Nancy Nocerino, 22, a graduate from Glasgow
Sam Ashby, 27, a Zumba instructor from Skipton
Tate Reynolds, 27, a buff butler company owner from Falkirk
Teja Dalphy, 18, a cleaning business co-owner from Bristol
Zelah Glasson, 25, a personal trainer from South London
‘We have just about zero age diversity. And a back door eviction on night one – the one thing fans have screamed they don’t want (should have just brought them back out on stage). #BBUK’
@Mr_Light_Man added: ‘Soooooo it’s launch night, and @ITV make @bbuk do the dullest twist ever, ruin it by not doing it live and doing a backdoor eviction, and then add insult to injury and basically cancel the Live Feed.
‘On launch night. What a disaster of a series this already is…! #BBUK #BBLL’
Fans are furious with the announcement that there will be a backdoor eviction (Picture: Vianney Le Caer/Shutterstock)
One viewer described the twist as ‘cheap’ (Picture: Vianney Le Caer/Shutterstock)
@AlfieS12 also wrote: ‘If you’re gonna do a night one eviction, show it on the launch. Or p*** off. #BBUK.’
@Simply_BBUK commented: ”🤔 Don’t build the whole show around an eviction on the first night then don’t even show them being evicted. Hmm #BBUK’
Meanwhile, @superTV247 cried: ‘All we asked for, literally ALL WE ASKED FOR!!! Was an end to backdoor evictions. So they decided to do a backdoor eviction on the very first night of the series #BBUK’
Elsewhere on X, many fans called the revelation a ‘cheap twist’ while @brighterfiles claimed that ‘two of the best people we’re going to have all season’ are already up for eviction.
@LikeATattoooooo summed up the discontent of fans best by writing: ”Sorry what? A launch night eviction that you don’t even see on the night. THAT is how they’ve chosen to kick off this series? A backdoor?! The very thing all real fans hate.. #bbuk’
AJ and Will offered a sneak peak on Late And Live as all the housemates on the sofa all got to watch what was going on in the exit room.
Watch Big Brother Sunday-Friday at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
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