I don't like those big round windows. They look like big tumble dryers at the lauderette :rotfl:
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I don't like those big round windows. They look like big tumble dryers at the lauderette :rotfl:
Channel 4 has officially confirmed today for the first time that Big Brother 8 will launch on Wednesday 30th May.
The one hour fifteen minute live launch programme will air in the 9pm slot, with the finale of Desperate Housewives following at 10.15pm. Channel 4 describe the launch as “a first look around the new-look Big Brother House, before the new batch of housemates move in for this bigger-than-ever eighth series.”
Thursday’s highlights show will air at 10pm, suggesting reports of a move back to 10 o’clock were indeed correct.
Big Brother’s Big Mouth will begin on the launch night (11.20pm, Channel 4), while Big Brother’s Little Brother will begin on Thursday 31st May (7.30pm, E4). Live coverage starts on E4 straight after the Live Launch show finishes on Channel 4.
It has been confirmed that BBBM will be presented by different ’guest hosts’ every week and will air first on Channel 4, an hour after the highlights show, on some nights. A repeat showing will air later in the night on E4 on these occassions. We believe the show will air 4 times a week. In the first week there are 2 episodes to air first on Channel 4, one on launch night and one on Friday 1st June. On Thursday 31st May the show will go out at 11pm on E4. The first guest host has yet to be confirmed.
Both Big Brother itself and BBLB will be repeated as part of Channel 4’s morning line-up. Both will then get a further re-run at lunchtimes on E4. The highlights show will then be repeated a final time at around 5.55pm on E4.
While we await confirmation of other channel’s confirmed schedules it is expected the launch will face competition from The British Soap Awards on ITV1 (8pm - 10pm) and The Apprentice on BBC1 (9pm - 10pm).
BIG Brother beauty Davina McCall will be hosting a new Sunday night programme for the eighth series of the reality show, TV Biz can reveal.
Davina, 39, will front an hour-long show called Big Brother On The Couch — which sees psychologists analysing contestants’ behaviour.
The show will replace the Saturday night update when Big Brother 8 kicks off on May 30. It will be followed by an hour-long BB update covering the Friday night eviction.
Channel 4 chiefs axed the Saturday night show as it fares badly against BBC1 and ITV in the entertainment ratings war.
Davina’s new show will be an in-depth look at the week’s news from the Big Brother house as she discusses events with the psychology experts.
A show insider said: “Big Brother fans will love it — it’s the perfect night in.
“On the couch will be a round-up of what’s happening in the house and Davina’s take on the week. She’ll be joined by names from the world of psychology to help work out the housemates’ behaviour.”
Meanwhile, we can reveal that gobby Big Brother’s Big Mouth presenter Russell Brand will not be permanently replaced.
Guest stars will fill the shoes of the 31-year-old host — mirroring shows like BBC1’s Have I Got News For You
hmmm no idea why it went so big, sorry!!!
and for some reason it wont let me edit it
:cheer: at last!
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:rotfl: what the heck are they!
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omg is that marjorie on those doors. And why is the bath in the middle of the room lol
and a few more
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funky! :)
the house looks bigger than last year, or is that just all the white? garden looks very nice, last years was icky.
any diary room photos yet?
Its very nice, very colourful, agree about it looking bigger.
I thought it looked bigger as well and we still havent seen the bedrooms yet and there are rumoured to be some secret rooms! House is definalteyl Huge
Watched davina on paul o grady and the house is 'topsy turvy' apparently the cooker is in the bedroom!!! so that will be fun!
I really like the new look of the house actually, it looks very funky, modern and up to date! I really like the idea of the house having really vibrant colours this year and the house being "topsy turvy" . The diary room door does look very different though! :D
The Big Brother House
Big Brother 8 housemates will face a mixed up modernistic sur-reality house when they arrive – nothing is where it should be. It may all look glamorous with designer mod cons but the house will be hard work for its new residents.
A giant blue roll-top bath in the raspberry pink living room will be the first indication that all is not as it should be. It’ll be like bathing in a disco with multi-coloured light panels surrounding it. But that is just the beginning…
Just cooking a meal may take team work. At the furthest point away from what appears to be the ‘kitchen’ is the housemate’s fridge/freezer – outside in the garden. The sink is on one side of the main living area, and the hotplate opposite is set amongst a wall of white cubes. But where is the cooker?
Other objects of interest in the house include:
- For the first time the Diary Room will have a lit corridor that will indicate if the room is in use, by changing colour from red to green when the Diary Room button is pushed.
- Tea and toast will be a luxury the housemates may have to live without, as the kettle and toaster are locked away in a see-through box. Only Big Brother will decide when they’ll get access.
- A retro 70s’-designed blue and black phone is nestled on the sink bench – but who will be calling and will the housemates be able to phone home?
- The white dining room table is surrounded by white retro designer chairs and stools.
- A corrugated water butt in the garden will enable the housemates to collect and use water for the garden.
- Recycling bins in the food storage area will help the housemates to be environmentally friendly
- A closed blind on the outside of the window in the living room, but who’ll be peeping in?
- One half of the living area is raspberry pink floor to ceiling - and the other half is baby blue.
- Two large circular windows look onto the garden. But will it just be Big Brother keeping an eye on sunbathing housemates?
Big Brother house designer Patrick Watson says,
"It has taken 8,000 man hours to construct the house for this summer’s housemates. This year we have gone for a cleaner, more adult look, using more textures and colours to brand each area."
Richard Branson is being lined up to make a special appearance in the Big Brother 8 house, according to a report today.
Producers hope that the businessman will pay a visit to set the housemates a task because his company Virgin Media has agreed to sponsor the new series.
A source told the Daily Star Sunday: "What better way to show how pleased we are having him as Big Brother sponsor than by having him on the show? It will be a huge surprise for the housemates this year.
"We are planning to have Richard give the contestants a task - probably something business related. He will stay the day seeing them do the challenge and return 24 hours later to reveal who the winner is. And he'll hand them a special reward."
They're locking away the toaster and kettle so not all the housemates will have access to everyday appliances and imaging having to take a bath in the living room :rotfl:
Loudmouth Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles is to become the first celebrity to guest-host Big Brother's Big Mouth after it was confirmed the series would be fronted by a variety of guest hosts.
33-year-old Moyles will front the show for one week when it commences, with Celebrity Big Brother housemate Donny Tourette's ex-girlfriend Peaches Geldof and Steve Marsh and Dan Wright (Big Cook and Little Cook off of CBeebies apparently) also lined up as potential guest hosts.
A source told newspaper The Sun: “Chris will be the first host and will present for a week.
“Then different guests will come and go - some may be invited back, others might not. Big Brother is 14 weeks long this year so there’ll be a certain amount of playing it by ear. Moyles is a definite signing. Steve and Dan are very much liked and will be on board too.
“There is some umming and aahing about Peaches but a decision will be made about her very soon.”
Regarding a pilot for the show that Peaches has allegedly filmed, the source said: “She was like a sulky teenager. But because the show is meant to be anarchic, a lot of people feel she could be a great asset, despite not being a skilled presenter.”
The paper also says that the E4 Big Brother spin-off has enlargened its set and double audience capacity in order to get more viewers.
Former host Russell Brand quit the show earlier this year, having been at the helm of Big Mouth (previously Big Brother's EFourum) for three years.
HAHA loving the new layout, will be interesting watching them trying to cook while people are sleeping in the bedroom or something like that :rotfl:
Love the chicken art :rotfl:
Can you imagine the arguements it will cause!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Katie2007
Chris moyles will be fab on big mouth too, i cant wait to see who the other presenters actually will be
ooooo just come on this thread and it looks very nice :)
Imagine if they did a shock eviction and someone was in the bath. How funny would that be. :rotfl:
THE new series of Big Brother was in chaos last night after repeated bust-ups between the show's makers and scandal-hit Channel 4.
The bitter dispute emerged as C4 bosses were yesterday ordered to make three grovelling on-screen apologies over the Celebrity Big Brother race row.
TV watchdog Ofcom slammed the broadcaster for "serious errors of judgment" and said it had covered up more disgusting racist attacks on Shilpa Shetty by Jade Goody and her brainless cohorts.
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The damning ruling has thrown preparations for the start of next week's Big Brother 8 into disarray.
Desperate to keep the show - hosted by Davina McCall - scandal free, C4 bosses have rejected three contestants put forward by makers Endemol. They have also thrown out plans to encourage class warfare in the house by recruiting extreme individuals from different social groups.
One source said last night: "Channel 4 are trying to wrestle back control of the show and make sure there are no more scandals, but Endemol insists the programme will flop if there aren't any clashes or tension."
One contestant - described as the best housemate selected this year - was rejected because he had been arrested after a fight.
The source added: "He was a brilliant, cocky bloke - easily the best man we had. We booked him straight away but then had to drop him because he got into a fight.
"He may have to go to court and we couldn't risk him getting into a row in the house and then it emerging that we'd allowed him in as a contestant knowing that he'd been arrested in a bar brawl.
"Last year we'd have put him in. This year we don't dare. Other great would-be housemates have also been thrown out because of the extra psychology tests. Endemol wanted them in, but Channel 4 said no. Things are getting very heated."
BB8 begins next Wednesday, when Channel 4 will make the first of its apologies over January's Celebrity Big Brother. The race row sparked an international outcry and attracted a record 45,000 complaints from viewers.
Why oh why do they continue to make this trash!
I really hate BB with a passion.:angry:
becuase theres fans that want to watch it, up to nine million as the recent celeb series got at timesQuote:
Originally Posted by inkyskin
but we all have shows we like and shows we dont like, but if you hate Big Brother just dont watch it :) millions still will
a source in work told me today that three scottish guys while entering the house tomorrow night one of them chris t from coatbridge is a dwarf
Oh my word I'm sorry if this is true I won't be able to watch without laughing. At least this year they have managed to keep the identies a secret. It said on teletext that the final 20 have been abroad to hide from the media.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna
A team of police will monitor Big Brother 8 for racism and violence, according to a report.
The officers may arrest offenders if there is any incident even if the show is live, says the Daily Mirror.
"No hint of that will be tolerated," explained a police source. "If necessary, we'll visit the studio to apprehend housemates."
Ian Laidlaw-Dickson, leader of Hertfordshire County Council, which covers the Elstree studio, and chair of Herts Police Authority, said taxpayers should not have to fund the team: "It's outrageous anyone should have to pick up the cost for this mess except those who caused it - Endemol and C4."
The news follows alleged racist bullying of Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother.
Also i got this snippet from the Sun today:
TWENTY potential housemates include the most outrageous ever picked, claim BB bosses.
There’s a butch lesbian who allegedly self-harms and boozes, a professional drag queen, the show’s first deaf girl and a gay muscleman described as “sex mad”.
All twelve of the contestants entering the house tonight will be female, according to The Mirror.
The shock launch night twist will set the tone for a more light-hearted series in the wake of the controversial celebrity version earlier this year.
"It'll be a brilliant opening," a source told the newspaper. "The girls will all be arriving one by one and wondering where the boys are. It will slowly dawn on them that there aren't any."
One male - rumoured to be Oldham Athletic striker Chris Hall - will be added in a special live show on Friday night. "We aim to put a hunk in first, not a geek or a gay, so the girls will get to flirt and fight over him," explained the source.
After a few weeks, several girls will be evicted en-masse and a gang of lads will be ushered in. The insider added: "It is almost as if the show will start all over again further down the line. This ensures the series is kept fresh."
All girls :eek: BORING! i really doubt they would do this and if they do oh god imagine the bitching!
I think the idea could work for a day or two, but after that, it would drag if we just see girls in there for a whole week. I don't understand how it would start with a "light hearted tone" as the article suggested as the girls will probably start bitching about each other etc. Also i don't like the idea they said at the end with 7 girls being voted out and then a gang of guys coming in - i personally don't want an eviction clearout, i want the same housemates to stay in there for 13 weeks this year with only a few changes because then we have the chance to see their personalities develop and grow, and viewers can compare the housemates they like and the housemates they don't like.
I suppose we will just have to wait until launch night tonight to see what happens!
Big Brother has released some tantalising clues about the housemates scheduled to move into the BB house.
Among the housemates, one is a member of the women’s institute, one is a political protester and one is a former lap-dancer. This series also has the oldest housemate yet, a nanny and a relative of a premiership footballer. Two have children, nine are single and three of the housemates have never been on a plane.
One of the housemates was a child prodigy - she could read by the age of two, and one of the housemates is a cleaner, meaning there should be no dirt lying around the house this time round.
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Rumour has it that this child prodigy is Z list celebrity, and i loose the term loosely Lauren Harries. The welsh transexaual who found fame as a "child prodigy" on Terry Wogan's show, then had a sex change. Apparantly she's auditioned for every Big Brother so far. Also on the sun site, the shilouette of this child prodigy is an identical match of a picture of Lauren, so who knows?
Lauren has been rumoured for the last few years on celeb version, its about time they put her in :lol:
Ive been loooking round today on other sites and the all female thing is being talked about a lot! I'm now thinking it may happen ( i really hope not!
Not long to go now :cheer:
How many times has this Lauren been rumoured to be entering though? Either through Celeb BB or the normal one.Quote:
Originally Posted by bondboffin
I'm going to watch the one show, as always, on Fri to see who the desperados for fame are - then, thats it for me... (no offence to any BB enjoyers out there, but not my cup of tea, especially when they enjoy messing with people and doing everything they can to cause upset between housemates)
The return of Big Brother drew an impressive audience for Channel 4 last night, with an average 6.2 million tuning in to watch at 9pm.
The climax of the show saw the audience peak at 8 million - a 35% share of the audience - which equaled the previous highest peak of viewers for a Big Brother launch programme. Nearly half of all 16-34 year-old viewers watching television at the time were tuned into the show.
The all-female housemates, including 18-year-old twins and a 53-year-old peace protester, gave the channel an average 26% share of the audience over the hour, beating off BBC One's The Apprentice, which managed an average 4.8 million viewers between 9-10pm.
ITV1's British Soap Awards coverage pulled an average 6.2 million over a two-hour period from 8pm.
Channel 4 commissioning editor for Big Brother and head of E4, Angela Jain said, "This heralds a fantastic start to Big Brother. We remain as committed as ever to making this year's series the most entertaining yet."
Big Brother's Big Mouth scored 1.2 million on Channel 4 at 11:15pm, making it the second most watched programme at the time.
Does anyone else not find that overall impressive? It probably wont even get into the top 20 of the week with that..
On the w/e 20 May, Casualty came 20th with 6.42m. The highest was Corrie with 10.54m. I mean, i know its different weeks, and they'll change with the final ratings, but it just seems like they're trying to big themselves up a bit too much. Its not that "Impressive", its quite average for a TV show actually. And as its the launch show, im sure they would have wanted it much higher than average, as it will probably lose ratings from now on, untill the final and eviction nights...
An average of 6.2 million viewers tuned in to watch the launch of the eighth series of Channel 4's Big Brother, according to overnight figures.
Audience numbers were down by 800,000 compared with 7 million viewers for the start of the seventh series in 2006.
Following the end of ITV's British Soap Awards and BBC One's The Apprentice, the audience peaked at 8 million.
It is the first time an all-female house has launched the show, but a male housemate will join them shortly.
Viewing figures were well above average for the C4 time slot, with the reality show drawing 26 per cent of available viewers.
Channel 4's commissioning editor for Big Brother, Angela Jain, said: "This heralds a fantastic start to Big Brother."
The show opened with an official apology, ordered by Ofcom, over C4's handling of the race row involving celebrity contestants Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara and their treatment of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.
House rules for this series have been updated to warn against bullying and to make clear that offensive remarks on the grounds of race, religion or sexuality are unacceptable.
The 11 contestants include the first set of twins ever to enter the house, a member of the Women's Institute and a Victoria Beckham wannabe.
Charley, an unemployed former lap dancer, was greeted with boos and chants of "get a job" by the crowd as she arrived at the house, at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire.
Political protester Carole received the loudest cheer of the night.
A single man is expected to enter the house on Friday to join the contest for the £100,000 prize.
It is rumoured that the female contestants will choose from three possible contenders.
As i thought, it hardly trned out to be "Impressive" :p
Top 30 TV programmes from Monday-Sunday, based on overnights;
1..10.3m..(48%)..Coronation Street (Mon)
2..9.7m..(39%)..Coronation Street (Mon)
3..9.7m..(48%)..Coronation Street (Wed)
4..9.2m..(39%)..EastEnders (Mon)
5..8.4m..(41%)..Match of the Day Live (Fri)
6..8.4m..(43%)..Coronation Street (Sun)
7..8.2m..(33%)..New Tricks (Mon)
8..8.0m..(42%)..EastEnders (Thu)
9..7.7m..(37%)..Emmerdale (Mon)
10..7.5m..(43%)..Coronation Street (Fri)
11..7.1m..(40%)..Emmerdale (Wed)
12..7.0m..(35%)..EastEnders (Tue)
13..6.9m..(33%)..Midsomer Murders (Sun)
14..6.8m..(30%)..Heartbeat (Sun)
15..6.6m..(39%)..Doctor Who (Sat)
16..6.5m..(39%)..Emmerdale (Thu)
17..6.5m..(32%)..Any Dream Will Do (Sat)
18..6.3m..(34%)..Emmerdale (Tue)
19..6.2m..(27%)..The British Soap Awards (Wed)
20..6.2m..(33%)..Any Dream Will Do (Sat)
21..6.2m..(26%)..Big Brother: Live Launch (Wed)
22..5.9m..(29%)..BBC Ten O'Clock News (Fri)
23..5.9m..(29%)..Casualty (Sat)
24..5.9m..(34%)..The National Lottery Draws (Sat)
25..5.7m..(36%)..Emmerdale (Fri)
26..5.5m..(26%)..BBC Ten O'Clock News (Mon)
27..5.0m..(26%)..Have I Got News for You (Sat)
28..5.0m..(23%)..Ocean's Eleven (Mon)
29..4.8m..(19%)..The Apprentice (Wed)
30..4.7m..(21%)..Hustle (Thu)
How can they call it impressive?
Well i think the 6.2 million figure is pretty impressive for Channel 4..
I agree Dave, with the multi channel age and stiff competiton from the soap awards and Apprentice 6.2 is very impressive. Plus the average channel 4 show gets about 2/3 million viewers - as the barb site shows, so this is good, dont care what anyone says.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaVeyWaVey
I just would have expected it to get nearer the 7 million mark, like BB7 did, as Ems pointed out. Channel 4 or not, its a major show thats always in the newspapers and in the public eye.
The average of 2/3 million you said Bry, is that generally, or in Peak Times? I would have expected the peak times to be nearer 4 million?
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2 GORDON RAMSEY'S F WORD (TUE 2101) 3.55
3 PROPERTY LADDER (WED 1959) 3.21
4 HOW TO LOOK GOOD NAKED (TUE 2000) 3.19
5 EMBARRASSING ILLNESSES (THU 2032) 2.85
6 WIFE SWAP (SUN 1959) 2.83
7 DEAL OR NO DEAL (WED 1614) 2.80
8 DEAL OR NO DEAL (MON 1614) 2.70
9 DEAL OR NO DEAL (TUE 1614) 2.67
10 UGLY BETTY (FRI 2101) 2.63
11 HOW CLEAN IS YOUR HOUSE? (THU 1959) 2.56
12 VIRGIN SCHOOL (TUE 2204) 2.49
13 DEAL OR NO DEAL (THU 1614) 2.47
14 DEAL OR NO DEAL (SUN 1701) 2.47
15 DEAL OR NO DEAL (FRI 1614) 2.27
16 PAUL O'GRADY (MON 1701) 2.24
17 PAUL O'GRADY (WED 1701) 2.22
18 PAUL O'GRADY (FRI 1702) 2.19
19 THE SIMPSONS (MON 1759) 2.14
20 PAUL O'GRADY (THU 1701) 2.13
21 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (WED 2204) 2.08
22 THE SIMPSONS (THU 1801) 2.06
23 PAUL O'GRADY (TUE 1701) 2.06
24 THE SIMPSONS (WED 1801) 2.01
25 HOLLYOAKS (WED 1829) 1.91
26 DERREN BROWN: TRICK OR TREAT (FRI 2159) 1.90
27 THE SIMPSONS (TUE 1801) 1.83
28 HOLLYOAKS (MON 1829) 1.82
29 ER (MON 2204) 1.77
30 THE SIMPSONS (FRI 1801) 1.76
For the week ending 20th may 2007, the top ones are in peak time, so Big Brother is about 2-3 million higher than their best rated show.