Big Brother’s new eye revealed: ITV unveils iconic logo ahead of highly-anticipated second series of reality show

Big Brother’s new eye was revealed in an exclusive promo during the live final of Love Island on ITV2 on Monday.

During the show, viewers were treated to a glimpse of the logo as the countdown began for the highly-anticipated second season of the reality show.

This year’s eye is colorful and abstract, with oil dripping onto a yellow background before forming the iconic eye shape.

The advert ends with the show’s narrator Marcus Bentley declaring over the theme tune: “Big Brother returns this autumn on ITV2 and ITVX.”

The reality TV giant first aired on Channel 4 in 2000 before moving to Channel 5 before closing permanently in 2018.

But last year ITV revived the show, followed by a Celebrity version, as well as the iconic companion shows Live Stream and Late & Live, which were streamed 70 million times.

AJ Odudu and Will Best will return as hosts presiding over all the action, as a new batch of housemates from all walks of life settle into a revamped Big Brother house.

David Potts was crowned the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2024 during the highly-anticipated grand final in March.

The Ibiza Weekender star, 30, narrowly pipped Nikita Kuzmin, 26, to take the Celebrity Big Brother crown by finishing second, with Colson Smith in third, Louis Walsh in fourth and Fern Britton in fifth.

Meanwhile, Ekin-Su Culculoglu, who was evicted earlier in the series, admitted she felt “bullied” during her time on the show, but admitted it was her “own fault”.

The Love Island winner, 29, was accused of being fake and playing a role on the reality show, leading to her being booed and receiving death threats after leaving the house in March.

Ekin-Su has now said she was “not at her best” following her split from long-term boyfriend and Love Island co-star Davide Sanclimenti, 29, and is “not proud” of her appearance on the ITV show.

She said Sun:It was a bad choice for me, but I can’t blame anyone but myself. I brought a lot of baggage to that show and I projected a lot of what I felt outside the room inside as well.

“I pretended to be at home because I wasn’t myself, I was in survival mode. It wasn’t because I had any kind of game plan, I just wasn’t being honest about what I was thinking, what had just happened to me, the trauma I had been through. People can tell by that, I can understand why they thought I was fake.”

At the time, CBB received several complaints from Ofcom over the “treatment” of Ekin-Su after fans claimed she was “bullied” on Late & Live over claims it had been “poorly edited”.

Ekin-Su has now said that seconds before her exit chat with presenters AJ Odudu and Will Best, her family and friends told her she had been “cancelled” due to poor editing.

The television personality explained: ‘It wasn’t long between the boos and the exit talk and before I did my interview, my loved ones took me aside and said, “The producers have ruined you, they have cancelled you, they have edited you very badly.”

‘Within seconds of being told this, I was sitting across from AJ and Will having a chat. It’s not an excuse at all, but I felt very small, like a child being told off. I made a mistake and blamed editing for my loved ones’ comments, but I shouldn’t have said that before re-watching the show.’

Ekin-Su admitted that she felt like AJ and the crowd in the studio were all her “bullies in one place” and that she had “nowhere to hide” during the “awkward” conversation.

The Turkish actress added that she did not know why “everyone seemed to hate her” and felt “like the world was against me.”

Since her appearance on CBB, host Will reached out to Ekin-Su to invite her to an event, but she revealed that she has not spoken to AJ.

Ekin-Su concluded by revealing that she “didn’t leave the house for days” after her stint on CBB, but said the reality show gave her “the kick in the butt I needed” to clear her head after her messy breakup.