With Celebrity Big Brother season 3 looming ahead, viewers are starting to look back at which famous houseguests won season 1 and season 2 of the show in previous years. With as many as 22 seasons, Celebrity Big Brother UK was a huge hit in the United Kingdom over the years and featured incredibly successful and famous contestants from different countries. The series featured many iconic rivalries, memorable showmances, and hilarious storylines as well.
In the US, Celebrity Big Brother was only greenlit by CBS in 2018. The Celebrity Big Brother season 1 cast featured 11 contestants: Ariadna Gutiérrez, Brandi Glanville, Chuck Liddell, James Maslow, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Mark McGrath, Metta World Peace, Omarosa, Ross Mathews, and Shannon Elizabeth. Meanwhile, Celebrity Big Brother season 2 featured Anthony Scaramucci (as a fake contestant), Dina Lohan, Joey Lawrence, Jonathan Bennett, Kandi Burruss, Kato Kaelin, Lolo Jones, Natalie Eva Maries, Ricky Williams, Ryan Lochte, Tamar Braxton, and Tom Green.
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In 2018, Broadway actress Marissa Jaret Winokur won Celebrity Big Brother season 1 against runner-up Ross Mathews by a jury vote of 6-3. Over the course of the season, Marissa managed to win one Head of Household competition and one Power of Veto comp. She was nominated for the block twice but survived both times. In 2019, Tamar Braxton won Celebrity Big Brother season 2 against runner-up Ricky Williams by a unanimous jury vote of 9-0. Though this was a Celebrity edition, Tamar became the first-ever Black contestant to win a US season of Big Brother. It wasn't until 2021 that Xavier Prather won BB23 and became the
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