Celebrity Big Brother 2025 winner printed

Warning: This tale comprises spoilers about who has received Celebrity Big Brother

Coronation Street megastar Jack P Shepherd has been topped the winner of this 12 months’s Celebrity Big Brother.

Shepherd, who has performed David Platt for 25 years at the cleaning soap, beat fellow finalists together with drag artist Danny Beard, US character JoJo Siwa and TV megastar Chris Hughes.

Also within the ITV fact display’s ultimate on Friday have been comic Donna Preston and pa megastar Chesney Hawkes.

Minutes after his win used to be introduced, a visibly surprised Shepherd left the home again and again announcing “crazy” as he used to be greeted by way of the collection’ hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best.

The self-declared Big Brother superfan stated: “I can’t believe it, I am blown away. I didn’t expect it.”

He stated he concept he used to be a “shoo-in” for 5th position till his housemates started “disappearing” on Friday evening’s display.

“I thought, surely not,” he stated. “When JoJo went my head fell off – I had her nailed down as the winner.”

Reflecting on his love of the display, he added: “I was skipping into the diary room even if they were telling me off – I loved it. I loved the whole thing.”

This 12 months’s collection made headlines when Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke used to be unveiled as one of the vital housemates when it all started 3 weeks in the past – earlier than being kicked out for “inappropriate language” and “unacceptable behaviour”.

The Oscar-nominated actor have been given a caution after Siwa accused him of being “homophobic”, earlier than being got rid of after a disagreement with former Love Island megastar Hughes.

Hughes and previous Dance Moms megastar SiwaSiwa, 21, shaped a detailed friendship at the display. She additionally made waves when she stated being in the home had made her come to a decision to spot as queer as an alternative of lesbian.

“I’m switching letters!” she instructed Beard, joking that she used to be transferring from the L to the Q in LGBTQ.

“I’ve always told myself I’m a lesbian, and I think being here I’ve realised, ‘Oh, I’m not a lesbian, I’m queer.’ And I think that’s really cool”.

The celebrities who have been voted out over the process the collection incorporated TV host Trisha Goddard, athlete Daley Thompson and EastEnders icon Patsy Palmer.

Also at the line-up have been MP Michael Fabricant, presenter Angellica Bell and The Only Way Is Essex’s Ella Rae Wise.

But it used to be Shepherd who emerged because the audience’ favorite.

The 37-year-old has been a fixture on display as Gail’s son David since 2000, when he used to be 12. There has been hypothesis about his long term at the display, however he has stated he needs to stick for some other 25 years.

This used to be the second one superstar version of Big Brother on ITV for the reason that broadcaster revived the display in 2023. The release episode previous this month used to be watched by way of about 2.7 million other people.