Boss 5' this week:- Andrew Symonds participate in reality show Bigg Boss

Controversial Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds is the latest international celebrity to participate in reality show Bigg Boss.

Andrew Symonds

"The former all-rounder will enter the Bigg Boss house this week as a contestant," sources said.

A formal announcement about his entry in the show would be made tomorrow.

Earlier, Swami Agnivesh and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt also entered the house for a brief period as a guest.

Symonds, who was involved in an acrimonious spat with Indian off-spinner Harbhahajan Singh after accusing the latter of racially abusing him in 2008, is the second international celebrity to enter the Bigg Boss house this season after Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone.

The much-hyped reality show kickstarted with Shakti Kapoor - the lone male - and 13 female contestants.

TV actor Amar Upadhyay, 'Splitsvilla' show winner Siddharth Bhardwaj and TV actor Akashdeep Sehgal subsequently entered the show after a few evictions.

Sunny Leone breaks hearts by getting 'married'

Sunny Leone disappointed her male fans by getting 'married' in the Bigg Boss house as part of a wedding challenge.

As part of a task given by Bigg Boss, housemates had to write down the qualities they look for in their perfect partner.

Shraddha Sharma was chosen to play 'matchmaker' and pair up couples in the house based on the profiles.The porn star said her ideal man should be 'hardworking, spontaneous, positive, smart, physically fit and business minded'.

"I don't want someone who is selfish. I want a man with whom I would want to spend my entire life...who would love me... who would say, I love you to me every morning," the Mirror quoted her as saying on the show.

She was partnered with Amar Upadhyay and they got 'married' with Bigg Boss providing filmy marriage thrones for the bride and groom as other housemates celebrated and took photos.

Earlier, in a heart-to-heart with housemates Siddharth, Amar and Sky, the 30-year-old had revealed that she had been married before.

She had met her ex in Las Vegas, where he 'stole' her phone number from an assistant.

Leone revealed that she wasn't very impressed by him and 'purposely arrived late' to their first date, but he won her over by sending 24 roses to her hotel room. (ANI)