Here’s the FIRST look at this year’s Big Brother contestants

Rylan Clark-Neal

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Big Brother AKA 'civilian Big Brother' starts on Friday 14 September - here's a first look at the housemates

Last night, Ryan Thomas won summer's Celebrity Big Brother, but if you're sad that it's going to leave a CBB-shaped hole in your evening around, don't be. It's only four days until civilian Big Brother gets underway, and we've now been given a first glimpse of who is going to be in the infamous house.

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Celebrity Big Brother house 2018 ©Celebrity Big Brother house 2018 © Channel 5

Taking to Twitter, the Big Brother official account posted: "Ready for #BBUK? Here's a snippet of your new housemates, on Friday one of them will be given an advantage and it's up to you who gets it"' alongside a short introduction video of the housemates.

In the video, we get to hear from a 25-year-old waitress from Barnsley who said she's had a "pretty normal life...growing up on a council estate," and a 23-year-old farmer from Country Tipperary who says, "I deserve a place in the house because you have not had a 23-year-old gay farmer from the heart of Ireland."

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Earlier this month, the new logo for the civilian Big Brother was released.

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The Big Brother 2018 Eye ©The Big Brother 2018 Eye © Channel 5

Speaking about the new series, Channel 5 said: "With this brand-new series comes the first surprise, a brand-new take on the Big Brother eye – an interplanetary orb of luminous colours.

CHECK OUT CBB star Rodrigo Alves - the story behind his rotting nose

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Rodrigo Alves plastic surgery timeline

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Rodrigo Alves: Plastic Surgery Timeline

Rodrigo claims he had his first plastic surgery procedure when he was just 17. He has had 58 procedures ever since, completely transforming his face and body. Let's take a look back at where it all started...

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Lonely beginnings

Brazilian born Rodrigo lived with a hormone dysfunction which caused him to grow breasts. He told the Loose Women panel: "Growing up I felt alone as nobody wanted to be friends with me. Because of my body image and the fact that I was shy, I avoided social situation."

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Bullied at school

Rodrigo claims his nicknames at school were 'potato nose' and 'jelly belly'. He told The Sun Online: "I had my face pushed against the urinal because I had a wide nose." This is why he first started getting surgery.

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Procedure number one

Rodrigo's first procedure was a boob job, which he spent £2,000 on. He says the scars of that first surgery still remain.

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Topping it up

Rodrigo has reportedly spent £8,000 on Botox and fillers.

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How many?!

Rodrigo has had a staggering TEN nose jobs. This photo shows his third one. He's spent a total of £30,000 on these procedures.

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Dangerous lengths

In 2010 after his tenth nose job, he caught a flesh eating infection which left him unable to breathe as it ate away at his skin. Talking about sharing the bathroom with the CBB housemates, he said: "My nose doesn't work anyway, I have to breathe through my mouth."

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Beginnings of the Human Ken Doll

On his journey to becoming the 'Human Ken Doll' Rodrigo got himself a set of pec implants and a fake six-pack. Altogether, his plastic muscles cost £32,000.

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Hairy business

Rodrigo splashed £5,000 on a hair transplant.

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Plastic perfection?

The procedures kept happening - including £3,000 on liposuction to his jaw and getting his ears pinned back - and Rodrigo was well on his way to being a walking Ken Doll. But it wasn't enough...

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International face

Rodrigo wrote on his Instagram that his jaw implant was from Germany.

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Paralysed

By this point, Rodrigo underwent surgery to make his arms bigger which left both of them paralysed after catching a bug. He said: "It nearly got to the stage where they were talking about chopping my arm off." Thankfully, the feeling returned in his arms after 30 days.

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Lifted

Rodrigo had a facelift and he can apparently take up to two hours to put makeup on before leaving the house.

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Waisted

Rodrigo had four ribs removed earlier this year to look more 'feminine'. He has said: "I will do what Caitlyn Jenner did. When I reach my late 50s, I would rather be a sexy old lady than a saggy old man."

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Today...

In the CBB house, Rodrigo explained: "I don't recommend for anyone to follow my journey when it comes to that. There have been complications and it has been a long journey."But you do empower people. In life you have the decision to be whoever you want to be and do whatever you want to do, as long as you don't cause harm to other people."I did what was right for me."

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"Join presenter Emma Willis at the live launch to witness this highly anticipated new civilian series complete with a whole new feel, an indication of what’s to come for the new series. Big Brother is ready with a bold new series of tasks and twists to challenge and surprise the housemates."

Big Brother will launch on Friday 14 September at 9pm on Channel 5.

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