the first series of the show was announced in february 2014 and premiered on mtv on 22 april 2014. the series ran for eight episodes and concluded on 10 june 2014. the official list of cast members was released on 13 march 2014 and includes four single boys: ashley cain, jack lomax, liam lewis and marco alexandre; as well as four single girls: chloe goodman, emily gillard, farah sattaur and vicky pattison. it was announced that "geordie shore" star vicky pattison would be taking part in the series; she was joined by ex-fiancé and former "geordie shore" co-star ricci guarnaccio as well as australian fling daniel conn who featured briefly in series 6 of "geordie shore". on 7 january 2015, cast member chloe goodman entered the "celebrity big brother" house to compete in the fifteenth series. however she became the first housemate to be evicted. ashley later returned for series 2 as an ex, while vicky returned in the third series. liam and chloe both returned again for series 5, while ashley and joss made appearances as exes. ross was another cast member from this series to make a return, this time during series 6.