Emma Willis is still hoping that ‘Big Brother’ will make a return to TV after it was cancelled in 2018.
The 43-year-old television presenter hosted the reality show and the celebrity version between 2013 to 2018 after it moved to Channel 5, and she was as disappointed as fans when the broadcaster decided not to renew its contract with makers Endemol to keep it on air.
Emma is still keeping her fingers crossed that the show will return to TV screens "one day" as it was one of her favourite ever jobs and she misses the drama that unfolded before her.
Speaking on ‘Lorraine’ on Friday (03.01.20), Emma said: "It needed time to have a little break, but maybe one day it will come back. We all miss it, especially in January … It was the celeb version, it filled up January."
Her comments come after speculation arose last month that the show could make a comeback on original broadcaster Channel 4 – which first aired the programme from 2000.
Channel 4’s Director of Programmes Ian Katz sparked speculation amongst fans after he revealed he wouldn’t rule out relaunching ‘Big Brother’ at some stage in the future.
He said: "I’d keep an open mind about pretty much any format.
"One of the things we’ve learned in the last few years is how effectively almost any historic format can be rebooted in really interesting, creative ways."
Emma’s wish for ‘Big Brother’ to return echoes the view of spin-off show ‘Big Brother’s Bit on the Side’ host Rylan Clark-Neal’s hopes that the BB House will opens its doors once again.
The 31-year-old presenter – who was crowned the winner of the 11th series of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ in 2013 – previously told BANG Showbiz: "I’m adamant ‘Big Brother’ will return, when and where I don’t know but I won’t rest until it does. I think ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ is one of the most important shows on TV because we get to see people for who they really, really are.
"You’ve only got to look at the events over the last seven years, and how it has changed the perception of people who are genuinely really nice and people who actually aren’t."
Emma Willis hopes Big Brother will come back ‘one day’
