Emilia Arata, 18, from Dudley in the West Midlands, is a roller-skating contortionist who performs as a double act with her brother Victor, also a contestant on Big Brother Celebrity Hijack. They have performed for Princess Anne and Prince Charles and are the star attraction at the Palazzo Variety Show in Berlin, where they perform a dangerous acrobatic act on a high platform. The pair spend half the year in Germany and travelling Europe with their shows and come from seven generations of circus performers.