Celebrity Big Brother fans divided as Fern and Louis fail to make final three

Celebrity Big Brother viewers seemed divided after Fern Cotton and Louis Walsh were voted off during Friday night's final (March 22).

AJ Odudu, Will Best and a huge live audience returned to ITV to see who would be crowned the series winner. Ferne Britton, Louis Walsh, David Potts, Colson Smith and Nikita Kuzmin were the last standing housemates after Bradley Riches was eliminated in a shock eviction on Thursday night.

But presenter Fern was first to be voted off, finishing in fifth place. Fern had previously had a slight falling out with Strictly's Nikita - and he later accidentally took her down during a physical Big Brother challenge.

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Meanwhile former X Factor judge Louis was voted off next, taking fourth place. Louis had caused a number of stirs throughout the series - from gossiping about his clients with fellow former talent show judge Sharon Osbourne, to breaking the rules by discussing nominations.

However some fans reckoned Louis 'carried' the show and deserved to win. Whereas others were glad that neither Louis nor Fern won. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, viewers shared their thoughts.

@RebekkaMary reckoned: "Louis carried this season! He should have been top 3. David literally NEEDS to win now #CBB" as @gothfenian shared: "Damn I thought the Brits would make Louis the winner #CBBUK". @NatalieDHopkins agreed: "Louis carried the whole series on his back, he deserved to win #cbb".

Others reckoned the final three contestants were the right ones. @seecretdoris1 commented: "How unusual to have three complete lovelies in the top three" as @claireoceans cheered: "SO SO HAPPY WITH THIS FINAL THREE #CBBUK".

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