Cheryl Fergison signs £175,000 Celeb BB 2012 deal

Former Eastenders star Cheryl Fergison who played the role of Heather is apparently set to appear on Celebrity Big Brother 2012 after agreeing to a £175,000 deal.

The star expressed intreats in entering the Big Brother house or even ITV’s Jungle back in March.

A source has told us that Cheryl is expected to be taking part in the Celebrity Big Brother series which is set to air just after the Olympics on Channel 5.

“Her character of downtrodden Heather is so different from the actual actress,” a source said this morning. “Cheryl is hilarious. She’s got a really great sense of humour and producers wanted to sign her up the minute she was written out of EastEnders.”

Other rumoured names which have been linked to the series include Samantha Brick, Gavin Henson, Carianne Barrow and Freddie Ljungberg.