X FACTOR’s Stevi Ritchie has entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.

The dad-of-one, who lives in Stanway, is one of 13 celebrities in this year’s Channel 5 show, which began last night.

Stevi, 34, is taking part with his new fiancé and fellow X Factor contestant Chloe Jasmine.

The former Stanway School pupil shot to fame last year with his unique and over the top performances on ITV’s X Factor, coming sixth in the competition.

Stevi and Chloe were greeted by cheers from the audience as they prepared to climb the stairs into the famous house live on last night’s show.

Speaking to presenter Emma Willis, Stevi said: “We’re just going to go in there, be ourselves and have fun and wind up the Americans.”

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The theme of this year’s Channel 5 reality show is UK vs USA.

Stevi is joined in the house by TV presenter Gail Porter, The Bill star Chris Elliso, Loose Women panellist Sherrie Hewson and Atomic Kitten Natasha Hamilton.

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The American stars include reformed Hollywood bad boy Daniel Baldwin, porn star Jenna Jameson and hiphop rapper Fatman Scoop.

Bookmakers William Hill is already tipping Gail Porter as the favourite to win the show, with odds of 8/1. Fatman Scoop is the rank outsider at 33/1.

A William Hill spokesman said: "Gail Porter is an obvious choice and we cannot see any of the American contestants lasting very long."

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