With Big Brother, one of the best known of all the reality shows, set to start for the first time in five years, in just over a week’s time, have have taken a look at some of the reality television stars who have taken their shows by storm over the years.
Some of them you’ll instantly remember – but how many of them do you recall?
We have put together 11 pictures of people from our area who have lit up the world of entertainment through reality television, including those from Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
Some of them, like Louis Tomlinson, have gone onto success. Have a look through our picture gallery and see if you can find your favourite from shows like Big Brother, Britain’s Got Talent, The Apprentice and Pop Idol.
Big Brother, which aired for 18 years before it was scrapped in 2018, has been picked up by ITV for two new series fronted by new host duo AJ Odudu and Will Best.
AJ is familiar with Sheffield – she came to the city to present The Big Interiors Battle, a Channel Four reality show which ran earlier this year and gave a contestant the chance to win a posh flat at the Eyewitness Works development near Devonshire Green.
The new Big Brother show has a new logo that was shared by ITV during the finale of Love Island 2023 and has since revealed a brand new colourful look via social media.
The Big Brother house will reopen its doors on Sunday, October 8 at 9pm, and the reality show's launch will air on ITV1, ITV2 and ITVX.

. 11 stars of reality TV, all from Sheffield and South Yorkshire
We have put together this gallery of 11 stars of reality TV, all from Sheffield and South Yorkshire. How many do you remember? Photo: Submitted

. Louis Tomlinson
Louis Tomlinson, from Doncaster, came third in The X Factor in 2010 as a member of One Direction. PIcture: Steve Taylor Photo: Steve Taylor

9. Sam Nixon
Sam Nixon, from Barnsley, came close to winning Pop Idol back in 2003. Photo: Paul David Drabble
![Maxwell Thorpe was a runner up in Britain's Got Talent in 2022. He has been busking for ten years and has been seen regularly belting out songs in the centre of Sheffield and Chesterfield.
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Pictured: Maxwell Thorpe.
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10. Maxwell Thorpe
Maxwell Thorpe was a runner up in Britain's Got Talent in 2022. He has been busking for ten years and has been seen regularly belting out songs in the centre of Sheffield and Chesterfield. From Syco/Thames Britain's Got Talent: SR15: Ep7 on ITV and ITV Hub Pictured: Maxwell Thorpe. This photograph is (C) Syco/Thames and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or ITV plc. Once made available by ITV plc Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the transmission [TX] date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by ITV plc Picture Desk. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itv.com/presscentre/itvpictures/terms Photo: Matt Frost

11. Kyle Tomlinson,
Kyle Tomlinson, wowed viewers of the hit TV show Britain's Got Talent as a 15-year-old back in 2017, Photo: Marie Caley

12. Mitchell Taylor
Gas engineer Mitchell Taylor, from Sheffield, was among the stars of Love Island, this summer, on ITV 2 n (Photo: ITV) Photo: Submitted