Come Dine with Me Season 12

The competition starts with Julia Bradbury who gets ready to entertain Hollyoaks heartthrob Philip Olivier; ex-MP Edwina Currie; and entertainer Christopher Biggins.

It's Philip Olivier's turn to play host and things don't start well as he's battling a terrible hangover from the night before. He eventually gets it together, but forgets to serve wine.

Edwina's going for an ambitious menu of individual Beef Wellingtons and a pistachio soufflé, but disaster strikes when there's a power cut at her country pad.

The final host is Biggins who spends so much time arranging the flowers and talking about Joan Collins that his mousse starter ends up like a soup.

Teesside is the setting for the culinary showdown and local DJ Wayne Allen, who describes himself as a 'natural entertainer' is the host, but will he keep all the guests happy?

It's the turn of single mum-of-four, Michele Small, to host and she is determined to prove you can have a top-class dinner party on a budget.

Jayne Laverick is sure she will win, she's also determined to educate her guests in the world of haute cuisine in the process, but the mood sours.

Dave is still hoping his game plan of being nice to everyone will pay off, but his guests are a little fraught so his food is overshadowed by the tension around the table.

First host in Bristol is Sarah Harris, who loves 'noseying' into people's affairs and believes that she'll charm her guests enough to end up on their Christmas card lists

The guests are in for quite a shock when pernickety hairdresser Craig Lockett serves his sushi starter on the stomach of a hairy Bristolian teenager.

Poet Kieron Allen is hoping to create a chilled-out evening. The guests are not expecting much and he's so laid-back he forgets the key ingredients for his starter.

Designer Angelique Bernatschke is confident a combination of Austrian charm, her gorgeous house and the promise of snow will have her guests under her spell.