Big Brother winners where are they now? From TOWIE court case to Playboy photoshoots

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Earlier this week, it was announced that Big Brother will return to screens next year following a five-year hiatus.

The reality show started first started back in 2000 on Channel 4 and sees housemates live together in a custom-built home for weeks without access to the outside world in a bid to win a cash prize. Channel 5 took over Big Brother in 2011, but it was axed by the broadcaster in 2018 amid a ratings slump.

The world’s most successful reality television franchise, the concept first hit screens in the Netherlands in 1999 and since over 500 series of the show have aired around the world in over 64 countries and regions. And in 2023, it will make a comeback to the the UK on ITV2 and new streaming platform ITVX, with its famous house featuring a 'contemporary new look'.

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The news was confirmed by a promotional video that aired during the Love Island series finale on ITV2. From Nadia Almada to Pete Bennett and Josie Gibson, there's been lots of winners the British public took to their hearts and who have become household names, the Liverpool ECHO previously reported.

With the return of the hit show now in the pipeline, we take a look back at all the winners from the show and what they've been up to since their victory. From property development to modelling and other reality TV cameos, here are all 19 winners and where they are now.

Liverpool's own Craig Phillips was the first winner of Big Brother. After leaving the house, Craig donated his £70,000 prize money to his friend Joanne Harris, who had Down's Syndrome, to pay for her lung and heart transplant. Joanne passed away in 2008.

In 2005, Craig opened the largest