the third series of the show began on 11 august 2015. the official list of cast members was released on 14 july 2015. this series was filmed in cancun, mexico, making this the first series to be filmed outside of europe. they include four boys: graham griffiths, jayden robins, kirk norcross and stephen bear, and four girls: amy paige cooke, laura alicia summers, megan mckenna and megan rees. with the announcement of the line-up it was confirmed that former "geordie shore" cast member and star of the first series, vicky pattison, would be making her return as an ex alongside series 2 star rogan o'connor. "the only way is essex" cast member kirk norcross was also confirmed to be taking part in the series, with his ex-fiancée and "celebrity big brother" star cami-li featuring as his ex. star of "magaluf weekender" jordan davies was also revealed to be taking part in the series, also featuring as an ex. megan mckenna and jordan later returned for the fourth series. on 5 january 2016, cast member megan mckenna entered the "celebrity big brother" house to compete in the seveneeth series, and on 28 july 2016, stephen bear entered the house to compete in the eighteenth series where he left as the winner. jordan davies made another return to the show, this time during the fifth series with jemma and bear, and holly also returning as an ex again. in august 2017, both jemma lucy and jordan davies took part in the twentieth series of "celebrity big brother".