13/04/2012 10:03 | By Lorna Cooper, editor, MSN TV

Cheryl Fergison signs up for Celebrity Big Brother

Cheryl Fergison has swapped Albert Square for Elstree; the ex-EastEnders actress signs on for Celebrity Big Brother.


Cheryl Fergison (© Doug Peters.EMPICS Entertainment)

Cheryl Fergison

It was inevitable really. From the moment ex-EastEnders actress Cheryl Fergison said she wouldn't rule out doing a bit of reality TV, it was just a matter of time before a show nabbed her.

And it's Celebrity Big Brother that has secured Cheryl's signature.

The actress, who played Heather Trott for nearly five years, recently revealed her love of reality shows on This Morning: "I like the jungle (I'm A Celebrity)... I like watching Big Brother... all of those things! I do like them all so you never know... Would I go to Australia? I'd go anywhere!"

Cheryl Fergison was "shocked" when soap bosses told her that her character was being axed. The 47-year-old was a popular fixture as George Michael-obsessed, Alice band-wearing cheese fanatic Heather.

"I don't know why they did it," she told The Sun a few weeks ago. "I love playing Heather, but I guess she is like Marmite - people either love her or hate her."

Channel 5 will run two editions of Big Brother this summer; the celebrity version and the non-celebrity version.

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