Big Brother housemates record farewell song

Big Brother contestants from across the years have recorded a tribute to the end of the show. On Friday night, the public will crown their Ultimate Big Brother housemate and the lights in the Big Brother house will be turned out for good. Last week, familiar Big Brother faces mimed to Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman's rendition of Time To Say Goodbye. The winner of the first Big Brother, Craig, and the most recent winner, Josie, took on lead vocals with a supporting cast. A video filmed alongside the recording includes clips of other housemates who could not be there, such as many viewers' ultimate housemate Jade Goody. Those in the video include Ahmed (BB5), Angel (BB10), Andrew (BB11), Craig (BB1), Darren (BB1), Glyn (BB7), Grace (BB7), Ife (BB11), Josie (BB11), Kinga (BB6), Lisa (BB9), Mario (BB9), Mario (BB11), Mikey (BB7), Rachel (BB9), Rachel (BB11), Sam (BB11) and Shabby (BB11). The video will be shown during the last Big Brother's Little Brother on Friday evening on E4. A peek behind the scenes can be seen here. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop
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