Big Brother 2010

[Perdita]

These are the vamped up rooms that will greet this year's contestants as they enter the Big Brother house next week.

Glass walls, a circus-themed bedroom, a decadent bathroom and an old-fashioned fairground merry-go-round ride set the scene for the 11th and final series which starts on Channel 4 next Wednesday.

Producers have promised that this series will end the long-running show with a bang, and no expense appears to have been spared decorating the house.
Leisure time: The living room, which is surrounded by glass walls, where housemates will spend most of their time

Leisure time: The living room, which is surrounded by glass walls, where housemates will spend most of their time

The living room, where housemates will spend most of their time, boasts a semi-circular red sofa which dominates the space.

Glass walls surround the room which has a door leading out to the Diary Room and the chair which will be kept under wraps until the very first show.

The living room also pays homage to the show's host Davina McCall, with a painting of her interviewing a contestant adoring one part of the wall.
Circus-themed: The bedroom, which is adorned with pictures of strong men and clowns on the walls and duvet covers

Circus-themed: The bedroom, which is adorned with pictures of strong men and clowns on the walls and duvet covers

Wooden: Housemates will have to fight over single and double beds to sleep on

Wooden: Housemates will have to fight over single and double beds to sleep on

Let's hope this year's contestants are not a modest bunch as the glass walls run right round the bathroom too.

The dim lighting gives the room a decadent feel, with low-hanging lamps next to the red sinks.

There also appears to be a forest scene on the walls, complete with trees and foliage, which are also laid out in the green and white tiles that surround the huge round bath.
Diary Room: The door leading to the room where housemates will share their daily thoughts with Big Brother

Diary Room: The door leading to the room where housemates will share their daily thoughts with Big Brother
Tribute: A painting on the glass wall shows Big Brother host Davina McCall interviewing what appears to be a rejected housemate

Tribute: A painting on the glass wall shows Big Brother host Davina McCall interviewing what appears to be a rejected housemate

Eagle-eyed fans will also no doubt spot the chickens painted along the bottom of the glass walls, with two in the shower and two looking in from the patio doors.

Whether there will be real chickens in the garden for the housemates to look after and get freshly-laid eggs on every day will be revealed when the show starts.

Moving into the dining room, the large spacious area next to the kitchen looks out onto the garden and boasts a big table that seats 12.
Spacious: The open plan kitchen and dining room, decorated with what seems to be blue china patterns, looks out onto the garden

Spacious: The open plan kitchen and dining room, decorated with what seems to be blue china patterns, looks out onto the garden

Fancy: Two of the housemates will have served to them on blue willow pattern china

Fancy: Two of the housemates will have served to them on blue willow pattern china

And place settings for the housemates have already been laid with plates, a mixture of plain and blue and white willow pattern china.

Out into the garden, this year's surprise is the seating area, decked out like an old-fashioned fairground merry-go-round, the carousel horses acting as seats for the housemates.

There is also a hot tub for contestants to unwind in - and possibly make some headlines - as well as a cosy wooden hideaway and a painting of a dancing bear in keeping with the circus-theme.
Garden: Housemates will be able to chat on a carousel horse or get cosy inside the wooden hideaway

Garden: Housemates will be able to chat on a carousel horse or get cosy inside the wooden hideaway

Bubbles: Housemates can relax in the garden's hot tub on warm days

Bubbles: Housemates can relax in the garden's hot tub on warm days

The 11th and last series of the popular reality TV show starts next Wednesday night on Channel 4 and its sister station E4 and will run for 13 weeks.

Regular host Davina McCall will be joined by George Lamb and new presenter Emma Willis who will host the live chat show Big Brother's Little Brother.

Big Brother started in 2000 and over the past decades has produced some household names such as the late Jade Goody and series 2 winner Brian Dowling, but most contestants have faded into obscurity.

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[Luna]

Totally gutted about this

I have a major fear of clowns and i seriously dont think im going to be able to watch this series....kinda sad since its the last one

[Perdita]

Awww, Luna, that is a shame

[Perdita]

World's most surgically enhanced woman will appear in final Big Brother

THE world's most surgically enhanced woman is to star in the final series of Big Brother, we can reveal.

Big-boobed Brit Sarah Burge has spent a staggering £500,000 on 27 ops to turn herself into a human Barbie doll.

And Channel 4 chiefs think the 50-year-old plastic surgery nut will be a great talking point for the nation when she moves into the BB house this Wednesday,

A source on the show said: "Sarah is certainly not shy. She is as outspoken as she is enhanced.

"We think cosmetic surgery on this scale is a great issue for us to tackle."

Single mum-of-three Sarah caused controversy three months ago when she allowed her 15-year-old daughter to have Botox on her face. Sarah herself spends £20,000 a year maintaining her looks, which she started changing when she was 26.

Her procedures have included two facelifts, silicone implants in her cheeks and chin, a breast reduction and uplift to take her from a 32H to 32E, plus liposuction on her neck, stomach, hips and thighs.

She has also had a tummy tuck, buttock implants, fat transfer and several laser and skin abrasion treatments to remove wrinkles.

The twice-divorced former nurse and air hostess said she turned to surgery to "bounce back" from a "traumatic and topsy-turvy life."

She boasted: "I'm a little different.

"I'm proud of the lifestyle decision I have made and prouder still of the results.

"And I would love it if my experiences encouraged other women to follow in my footsteps."

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/show...g-Brother.html

[tammyy2j]

I thought for the last show they might bring back some of the contestants from previous years

[Perdita]

A VERY special housemate called Bob Righter is joining the wannabes.

The surprise new addition will be waiting for the gang when they enter the Big Brother 11 house.

Details are being kept under wraps. But we can reveal that Bob Righter is an anagram for Big Brother.

This has led to speculation that he could be a robot or talking figurine. It is rumoured that Bob will be calling the shots throughout the final series which starts on Wednesday and runs for 13 weeks.

Word has it he will set tasks and secret missions. And he may even make the £100,000 prize go up or down.

Big Brother executive producer Phil Edgar Jones said: “He’s going to be waiting in the lounge for the housemates when they arrive. I can’t say anything more than that.

“You’ll have to tune in to the launch to see who he is.

“He is just one of many surprises up our sleeve this year.”

The 90 hopefuls will gather at Elstree Studios for the 9pm launch show on C4.

All have applied to be housemates. But none will find out whether they have made the final line-up until the launch show.

Some 14 lucky contestants will be chosen live on air to be housemates. The others will be sent home losers.


Daily Star

[Perdita]

BIG Brother is planning its biggest-ever launch night twist, with 100 wannabes fighting for a place live on air.

In the past TV bosses have selected the contestants for the show in advance.

But for the last ever Big Brother, host Davina McCall, 42, will gather 100 candidates at Elstree studios in Hertfordshire.

All will have passed medical, police and psychological tests and been told they might become housemates.

When they are all brought together, Davina will tell them they face a special task.

The challenge itself will be kept under wraps until launch night next month.

However, the first 16 applicants to pass the test will win a place in the BB house and the rest will be sent packing.

Last night our BB mole said: "This is the biggest stunt that producers have ever pulled off.

"Bosses have unearthed what they think are 100 potentially good housemates.

"But none of them has got a guaranteed place on the show. It's going to be a tough battle."

Last night a spokesman for the show would only say: "This may be the end but there are still a few more surprises in store."

Big Brother 11, due to start next month, will be the longestever series staged, lasting just over 13 weeks.

Meanwhile, it has been revealed that BB bosses are expecting a spot of bother this summer.

They have got acne cream makers Freederm to sponsor the show.


Daily Star

[Perdita]

The post above was printed in Daily Star in May 2010

[Perdita]

BIG Brother bosses have bowed to fan pressure and will broadcast a live feed from inside the house 24 hours a day.

But die-hard viewers can only access it on the web – and they will be charged to watch.

There are three options: 49p a day, £1.99 for a week or £14.99 for a “season pass” to cover the entire 13 weeks the show will be on air.

The station will not make any profit since the cash will cover the cost of broadcasting the feed.

Round-the-clock coverage was axed two years ago as bosses couldn’t afford the £1million bill.

Fans thought it gave C4 producers the chance to edit footage to suit their own ends.

Commissioning editor David Williams said: “This is a great way of Channel 4 giving the fans the all-access action that they want.”

The broadcaster will give away free season passes to the first 1,000 people to register at channel4.com/bigbrother from 7pm on Tuesday.

[Perdita]

A DISCO-dancing dwarf, a former Playboy bunny and a disgraced beauty queen - yes, it's time for the last ever Big Brother.

These desperados are among nearly EIGHTY wannabes hoping to get into the house.

Bosses are going for maximum humiliation by herding them into a giant PEN on the live launch show tomorrow - hosted by Davina McCall.

About ten people will then be picked from the group to star in the Channel 4 show.

The wannabes also include a female wrestler, a former squaddie who lost both legs and an eye in Northern Ireland and an ex-member of the Queen's staff.

There is a professional Beyonce lookalike who admits she looks in the mirror 100 times a day.

A married naturist couple are also in the running, along with a US neuroscientist studying for a PhD.

The most high-profile of the batch is sprinter Linford Christie's niece Rachel, 21, who was stripped of her Miss Great Britain title last year after a fight with Miss Manchester in a club.

Single Rachel said she was misunderstood, adding: "People are jealous of my looks."

She is far from the only beauty queen.

Also hoping for BB house space is 23-year-old Emma from Glasgow, an events manager who finished third in the same contest.

Then there's another Emma - the 22-year-old 2005 Miss UK, a mum of one from Cardiff who's had a boob op taking her from a 30B to a massive 30FF.

But that's nothing next to former Playboy bunny Sarah, 49, who's spent half a million on cosmetic surgery and says: "I'm plastic fantastic."

She claims she's had famous boyfriends - and will name them if she gets in the house.

Then there's pre-op transsexual Donna of the Kit Kat Dolls, booted off BGT in 2007 after a sex-for-sale scandal. She claimed: "They were all working as prostitutes - but I wasn't."

Donna said of her sex change: "I've only been taking my hormones for three-and-a-half weeks. I may not go through with it." Another hopeful is Iranian dwarf Amin, 19.

Nicknamed Bigs, he is a dancer in a London club and says he's looking for love with a woman who's 5ft 5ins or 5ft 6ins tall.

He said: "I want to show the world you can achieve what you want."

Another hopeful Jake, 23, confesses to being a "mummy's boy" with a sock fetish.

The recruitment consultant from Hemel Hempstead, Herts, likes to sniff freshly removed footwear.

Budding wrestler and teetotaller Faye, 20, from Tamworth, Staffs, is also on the list.

Her sister has competed in Gladiators - and she admitted she was "gutted" not to have appeared on the show too.

Davina insisted BB11 would be the best yet.

She said: "The final series is going to be everything you thought you knew about Big Brother but didn't. I think it will be the one you remember forever."

The fun starts tomorrow at 9pm.

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