The paint was barely dry on the Celebrity Big Brother house last night when contestant Kristina Rihanoff revealed some pretty big news to her fellow housemates.

Strictly Come Dancing alum Kristina opened up to her fellow stars shortly after being chosen as one of the three possible evictees for this week.

"There was something [that] happened in my life before I came into the house over Christmas," she told the housemates.

"And obviously I thought it’s very private news, you know but because we are living as one family now and everybody is sort of supporting one another now.

It happened to be that I found that my boyfriend and I are going to have a little one."

The 36-year-old is believed to be just three months pregnant, so luckily there's no risk of a baby being born live on CBB – though that would make for quite an episode.

Along with Nancy Dell'Olio and Winston MacKenzie, Kristina is up for eviction this evening after being nominated by Stephanie Davis for giving out too much about being kept awake.

Within minutes of Kristina revealing the news she was expecting with her boyfriend – and former Strictly protegée – Ben Cohen, fans turned to Ben's ex-wife Abby to offer support.

Ben and Abby, who have twin daughters together, confirmed their split in September 2014, less than a year after Ben's appearance on Strictly Come Dancing.

Just last week, Abby took to Twitter to reflect on "a year I would personally like to put behind me."