The CBB 2016 start date has FINALLY been revealed

The powers that be behind Celebrity Big Brother have revealed the start date of CBB 2016 – and it’s only just over three weeks away. GAH.

It all kicks off once again on Tuesday 5 January 2016, which is the same week most of us are shambling back to work with our stomachs full of turkey and booze after a long period of forgetting how to human.

EVERYONE WE'VE HEARD MIGHT BE GOING INTO THE HOUSE

THANKS FOR HELPING TO EASE US IN TO THE NEW YEAR, CBB.

The programme will be back once again with newly pregnant Emma Willis fronting the show and Rylan Clark-Neal looking after Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side.

While Channel 5 are still keeping schtum about the CBB line-up, there are loads of rumours flying around about who might be going in – including Gemma Collins, James Lock and, er, Scott Disick.

And one-time tabloid love rat Darren Day. Because obvs.

Big Brother bosses have promised a completely overhauled House this time around, which will pay tribute to the vaudeville theatres of ye olden times.

“As they take their cue to enter the House, the celebrities will descend down a majestic staircase, leading to glamorous rooms made up of rich opulent textures and packed with intriguing curiosities,” says the press bumpf about the new series.

“Big Brother may have set the scene of a decadent, antiquated world, but behind the performance there are hints at a grittier undertone…what lurks in the shadows?”

Um… Darren Day sticking his peen into a hoover? We just don’t know.

But all will be revealed… soon.

Celebrity Big Brother January 2016 - line-up rumours