With the return of the celebrity series less than a week away, ITV bosses have reportedly secured a sensational line-up of stars for the exciting reboot of the show, which was last broadcast on Channel 5 in August 2018.

And AJ and Will took to Instagram on Monday night to reveal a huge change ahead of the launch, as viewers will now be voting to save their favourite housemates, rather than evict.

AJ announced: ‘Celebrity Big Brother is just around the corner so we are coming at you with big news.’

As Will explained: ‘You’ll remember the last series of Big Brother you were voting to evict. This time for Celeb BB you are voting for your favourite housemate. You’re always voting to save.’

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Celebrity Big Brother fans have been left furious after hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best announced a huge shake up ahead of this year’s series on Monday

Viewers will now be voting to save their favourite housemates, rather than evict in a shock change

Pondering on how this huge change to the voting structure will impact the show, AJ continued: ‘I don’t know how it’s going to change the dynamics within the Big Brother house or how fans are going to rally behind their favourite celebrity but I for one cannot wait to find out!’

However not all fans were convinced by the new format as they took to the comment section to share their frustration at the change.

One exclaimed: ‘Never understood why people prefer vote to save. The houseguests nominate for eviction, we should vote the same.’

A second ranted: ‘Have never really understood vote to save – surely they are called evictions for a reason, so the voting should be to evict.’

Another mused: ‘if voting was done this way last season the evictions would have looked a lot different’.

Another angry fan penned: ‘Hate voting to save, there’s then no way of getting the one you want out because you can’t vote for everybody else’.

While another added: ‘hate vote to save…always have always will. It’s not how BB should be, I detest it…are celebs too sensitive to be voted to evict then?’

Channel 5 experimented with the ‘vote to save’ when Big Brother switched to the network from Channel 4 in 2011.

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Pondering on how this huge change to the voting structure will impact the show, AJ continued: ‘I don’t know how it’s going to change the dynamics within the Big Brother house or how fans are going to rally behind their favourite celebrity but I for one cannot wait to find out!’

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However not all fans were convinced by the new format as they took to the comment section to share their frustration at the change

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However among the frustration there were some fans who were keen for the change as they supported ITV’s decision

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While the housemates are yet to be announced, celebrities who are said to be in talks to take part include former Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu (L) and ex X Factor judge Louis Walsh (R)

Yet after just two series’ the show’s bosses reverted back to the ‘vote to evict’ format until the show was eventually axed in 2018 before its ITV return last year.

However among the frustration there were some fans who were keen for the change as they supported ITV’s decision.

One pleaded: ‘KEEP THIS FOR NORMAL BB AS WELL!!’ and a second added: ‘Make it Vote to Save ON BOTH series please!’

Another wrote: ‘Vote to Save is always better. We never would have lost Nikki in BB7 if her eviction was Vote to Save. Plenty of examples of why Save is better. Lets keep those big characters in longer! well done ITV!!!!!’

Meanwhile Kerry Riches from Big Brother’s latest series wrote: ‘Aww love the new change. Vote to Save feels nice! Bring on The Launch of CBB’.

While the housemates are yet to be announced, celebrities who are said to be in talks to take part include former Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu and ex X Factor judge Louis Walsh.

Sharon Osbourne has also been rumoured for the lineup as has former This Morning presenter Fern Britton, who has no intention on ‘holding back’ from shedding light on her past feud with Phillip Schofield.