Celebrity Big Brother host reveals dream housemate saying 'she'd be good in the hot tub'

Celebrity Big Brother presenter Will Best has revealed the name of his dream housemate but admitted "she's not getting a look in"

Dan Laurie Deputy Editor of Screen Time

20:00, 31 Mar 2025

AJ Odudu and Will Best(Image: ITV)

Will Best has revealed the name of his dream Celebrity Big Brother housemate.

The rebooted reality show is returning to ITV next week with a bunch of famous faces set to swap their luxury lifestyles to move into the most famous house in Britain.

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Jack P Shepherd, Chris Hughes, Ella Rae Wise and Danny Beard are just a few names rumoured to be joining the cast of CBB 2025.

Hosts Will and AJ Odudu are currently unaware of the final line-up which is being kept under wraps by bosses but it hasn't stopped them sharing who they'd like to see in the house.

Will Best has revealed the name of his dream Celebrity Big Brother housemate(Image: ITV)

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Speaking to press days before the launch show, Will revealed: "I want Captain Sandy from Below Deck to go in. She's great and she's one of my heroes.

"She's really inspiring but she's not getting a look in I don't think. It would be weird to see her on land. She'd be good in the hot tub."

Captain Sandra "Sandy" Yawn appears in Below Deck Mediterranean from season two to nine. She replaced Captain Mark Howard after season one and is the first female captain of the franchise.

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Captain Sandra "Sandy" Yawn appears in Below Deck Mediterranean from season two to nine(Image: NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

She helped out briefly during a season of the original Below Deck while Lee Rosbach was unable to Captain the yacht due to being taken ill.

AJ added: "Every single series I've got a wish list. I'm literally texting the execs, texting the team and I'm like 'here's my dream list' but your girl gets ignored. I get blanked.

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"I'm like 'excuse me, get them in'. I've always got a dream list up my sleeve but the team know what they're doing and they do not welcome my opinions."

Will and AJ Odudu will welcome the new batch of celebrity housemates on April 7

Will continued: "We know nothing but you always know every series Big Brother is going to raise the stakes and raise the game.

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"Someone may have 20million followers on Instagram and someone may have 300,000 but once they are in, they are all the same and have to do what they're told and as we now not every celebrity is used to that but they're going to have to get used to it.

"Even last series we had Sharon [Osbourne] as a house guest. That was a never seen before thing so I would be very surprised if there's not something equally as new and different."

Celebrity Big Brother returns on Monday, April 7 at 9pm on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player