Coronation Street star hints he’s ALREADY signed up for Celebrity Big Brother after Jack P Shepherd was crowned series champion
Coronation Street star Ben Price has hinted he may be the next soap name to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house, after co-star Jack P Shepherd was crowned series champion.
The actor, 53, who plays Nick Tilsey on the ITV soap, has seen his close pals and co-stars Jack and Colson Smith previously take part in the famous show.
Speaking to MailOnline on the red carpet at Saturday’s Soap Awards alongside Colson and Jack, Ben quipped that it’s ‘already signed off’ that he’ll be joining CBB next year.
Jack was crowned series champion after beating runner-up Danny Beard in April’s final, with JoJo Siwa finishing in third place.
Speaking about returning to work after the win, Jack told MailOnline: ‘When you come back, everyone’s exactly the same. Everyone said it was great. It was a surprise, the aim wasn’t to win.’
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Coronation Street’s Ben Price has hinted he may be the next soap name to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house, after co-stars Jack P Shepherd and Colson Smith took part in the show
Jack was crowned series champion after beating runner-up Danny Beard in April’s final (pictured) while Colson competed in the 2024 series, finishing in third place
The actor was nominated by his fellow celebrity housemates quite a few times, which he insisted was because he told them he didn’t care if he was up for eviction.
He explained: ‘I was only one that wasn’t bothered if I was nominated. I said to them, it’s fine.’
The trio, who are continuing to host their On The Sofa podcast, also reflected on Colson’s heartbreaking exit from the soap, after his character Craig Tinker was tragically killed off last month.
Colson said: ‘It was weird, there’s been quite a lot of like milestones to get over and weirdly the last day was quite an enjoyable thing because you’ve worked so hard for it to come to that point and you’re kind of saying goodbye to something that’s been such a big part of your life.
‘But we had a really nice day, I was lucky Jack and Ben were there and my family came into work. I had a really nice last scene, I was in Roy’s Rolls with a nice group of people.’
The best and brightest in serial drama were in attendance for the British Soap Awards on Saturday, with the ceremony set to be broadcast on ITV on June 5.
It was the BBC‘s EastEnders that cleaned up on the night with eight awards while Hollyoaks received three, Emmerdale two and Coronation Street only one.
They kicked off their wins with Best Episode which went to Phil’s Psychosis: The Mitchells In 1985.
Speaking to MailOnline on the red carpet at Saturday’s Soap Awards alongside Colson and Jack, Ben quipped that it’s ‘already signed off’ that he’ll be joining CBB next year
EastEnders also won Scene of the Year for Angie Watts’ Shock Return while Navin Chowdhry won Best Villain for his role of Nish Panesar.
Steve McFadden, who plays fan favourite Phil Mitchell, won the Best Dramatic Performance award while Patsy Palmer won Best Comedic Performance for her role as Bianca Jackson.
Rudolph Walker & Angela Wynter (Patrick & Yolande Trueman) delivered another win for EastEnders as they won Best On-Screen Partnership.
Lacey Turner, who plays Stacey Slater, won the Best Leading Performer Award and EastEnders also won the most coveted award of all: Best British Soap.
Hollyoaks’ three awards started with Isabelle Smith who won Best Newcomer for her role as Frankie Osborne.
The Osbornes then won the Best Family award while Hollyoaks’ sibling sexual abuse storyline received the Best Storyline award.
Emmerdale’s Amelia Flanagan won Best Young Performer for playing April Windsor while camera operator Mike Plant took home the Tony Warren Award which is given to employees working behind the scenes.
Coronation Street’s sole gong of the night was the Outstanding Achievement Award which went to David Neilson who has played Roy Cropper for 30 years.
