Big Brother 2011: The housemates arrive!

Fourteen brand new housemates have entered the 2011 Big Brother house as the main series - following on from this year's Celebrity edition - got underway on Friday night.

Among those taking part in the 2011 show - which is making its debut on Channel 5 - are a holistic healer, a female wrestler, a personal trainer, a record producer and a former winner of the Miss Manchester title.

First to enter the house was 28-year-old Mark Henderson, a sales assistant from Berkshire, who was followed by 19-year-old Maisy James, a shop worker and aspiring TV presenter from Kent.

They were followed by two of the older housemates - 30-year-old Aaron Allard-Morgan and model and holistic healer Heaven Africa, also aged 30.

Tom O'Connell, a 20-year-old former psychology student from Solihull was next, followed by Tashie Jackson, a 21-year-old multi-lingual belly dancer from Oxford.

And next in were 18-year-old student Aden Theobald - who claims to have an IQ of over 160 - McDonalds worker Alex Rose, 18, from Newcastle, and 22-year-old entrepreneur Harry Blake, who said he was hoping to bring 'a touch of class' to Big Brother.

Club hostess Rebeckah Vaughn, 28, from Liverpool, followed them, as did 20-year-old Faye Palmer - a wrestler who competes under the professional name Darcy Steele - and 23-year-old record producer Anton Murphy from South London.

Personal trainer Jay McKray, from Newcastle, and 25-year-old Louise Cliffe - a former winner of the Miss Manchester title - completed the line-up.

There was also a surprise for the housemates once they had settled into their new surroundings - as celebrity guest Pamela Anderson joined them in the living area.

The new arrivals shrieked as they greeted the Baywatch star - who had been watching them enter the house from a secret room - with a thrilled Mark telling her, "You're really fit in real life as well!"

The first eviction of the series will take place next Friday night.