Celeb BB house gets bling treatment

10:51am Tuesday 30th December 2008

Channel 4 has released pictures of the new Celebrity Big Brother house, showing carousel horses in the garden and a glamorous bathroom fit for the stars.

The pictures reveal the bathroom area decked out with bling including gold statues.

A regal-looking chaise longue in red and gold also adorns the house.

The bedroom has a red and brown theme, with large red stars running through the carpet.

A couple of exercise bikes also feature in the swanky pad, helping the contestants to keep in shape.

The garden, with its walls painted ice blue, features three white carousel horses as well as an enclosed area behind bars.

This year's non-celebrity version of the show had featured a "jail" in the garden, for housemates needing to be punished.

The celebrities entering the house will be officially revealed on Friday - the day the show starts, although unconfirmed rumours of who will take part have already been rife. Names appearing in reports of those tipped to be poised to enter the house have included presenter Ulrika Jonsson, Liberty X's Michelle Heaton and former Sugababe Mutya Buena.

Excited bookies have already started offering odds on the winner, despite the official list not being released yet, in anticipation of a million pound turnover.

William Hill placed Jonsson at 6/1 to win the new series and 12/1 to be the first to be voted off. The bookmaker is offering 1/2 that one of the celebrities throws a strop and walks out of the house. William Hill is also offering odds of 10/1 that Channel 4 will take the show off air before the scheduled end to the run, and 5/6 that the producer decides that this series will be the last.