Big Brother 8 News Thread

The Daily Star reports that this year there will be no fixed prize fund amidst a huge format change.

Last week we reported the prize fund would be upped to £1m. Now, it seems, there won’t be a prize fund at all. The Star reports that each housemate will have their own personal bank account from the start, and will have to fight for their cash in the new ‘Battle’ series.

The longer the housemates stay, the more money they can rack up, and only way to avoid eviction will be to be the richest housemate(s) of the week. The paper claims that the top-earners will happily avoid eviction, whilst the cash-strapped housemates will face the public vote. Tasks will be offered to win more money, and the evicted housemate each week will be able to “pass their earnings on to someone else.”

“If they want to win, they will have to play dirty,” said a show source. “This is Big Brother at its most evil.”

As well as this, producers are apparently planning twists to reveal some of “the wanabees darkest secrets” with “old faces from the past” turning up unannounced.

The show source reportedly said, “Past lovers, dumped friends and old bosses could show up to cause trouble for housemates. Or they could help them in secret missions to earn money.

“It will be a cut-throat game.”

These rumours should be taken lightly, but they could have weight - The Daily Star has a wobbly track record. Sometimes they report rumours that turn out to be true where other rumours have turned out to be utter tripe. Would producers really remove the whole nominations aspect of the game, that has been present for seven years? The executive producers did say “changes would be made.”

14 housemates, half of them gay or bi and an endurance test like no other? It can only be the latest Daily Star rumours!

In one of the most contradictary articles printed yet, the paper reports bosses are lining up more gays than ever in the BB house. Their reasoning: having examined previous years’ shows, they found gay and lesbian housemates provided the best footage and moments. Well that’s fair enough, but here’s the second reason. Quote the infamous BB insider: “We desperately want Big Brother 8 to be remembered for camp fun and frolics rather than fights and fisticuffs. We want to get away from the Celebrity Big Brother race row with Jade and Shilpa.”

“And we want to avoid another Fight Night where even the police had to be called. Some of our best contestants in previous years have been gay.” Yes, okay, avoid another fight night by putting more gay people like Marco and Shahbaz into the house. That’ll do it.

It’s reported “at least half” of the 14 housemates have revealed they are homosexual or have bisexual tendencies.

“We’ve even had lesbo kisses, queer romances and bitchy handbags-at-dawn showdowns,” continued the decidedly scary Insider. “Brian Dowling was the first gay champion of a reality TV show back in 2001 and then we had transsexual Nadia Almada winning in 2004. We have come to realise that gay people are less inhibited. They love a good bitch and they know how to poke fun and have a laugh.

“They also make up a huge percentage of our audience and voting targets. It’s on course to be our best show yet and will hopefully be remembered as a long, hot summer of brotherly gay love.”

More rumours now:

The series will run for 13 weeks again.

A real ‘mixed bag’ of housemates have been chosen. Ahem

They are rumoured to include include a Greek art student, an Asian teacher, a disabled woman and a gobby chav (Lesleh/Bonneh anyone?)

Once the contestants have entered the BB house, six others dressed all in white enter a “white room”. The two who can stand living in this room the longest will get to go in the main house. And we know how utterly desperate BB wanabees can be in this game, so we’re probably talking days here.

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LADY Mucca is set to hoof it into the Big Brother house after her US dancing success.
Show chiefs have offered to break the bank to get Heather Mills on to the show – to the fury of her estranged husband Sir Paul McCartney.

Heather has been offered a £250,000 contract and special privileges to hop in as a celebrity guest, say sources close to the show.

A BB informant said: “It could be her chance to win over the British public.

Heather is expected to accept the offer with open arms.

“There is even talk of a clause to let her take up to six spare legs in so she has a different one for every day of the week.”

Mills, 39, has already won over America with her performances in Dancing With The Stars.

But Sir Paul is understood to have hated seeing her performances – and pals say he was furious at the idea of her appearing on TV in Britain.

It’s thought Heather could use her BB offer as a bargaining chip in her divorce from Sir Paul, 64.

Watching her on BB for 13 weeks might be too much for Sir Paul, who may prefer to offer a more attractive settlement – on condition she does not sign up to the show.

A BB source revealed: “You either love her or really, really hate her. She really stirs conflicting emotions among viewers – and that is food and drink to Big Brother.”

Last night a spokesman for bookies PaddyPower said Mills was a favourite for the BB house – even if she did not last long.

“Heather would very likely be odds-on for the quickest public eviction ever.
“We can’t imagine such an unpopular figure winning the British public over,” he said.

Yesterday Daily Star readers reacted with disgust to news that seven bisexuals had been lined up for this year’s BB.

A staggering 80% voted that Big Brother did not need more gay housemates.

I won't be watching if Heather does enter the house. In my opinion she is a gold digger and new exactly what she was getting into when she married Paul. Although he wasn't my favourite Beatle the man has worked god dam hard to gain the millions he is worth and so many pop acts wouldn't be famous today if it wasn't for the beatles, even if it is almost 40 years since they spilt up no-one will ever grow tired of listening to their songs. she should walk away with what cash she put into the marrige.

BIG Brother 8 is set to be stirred up when a WAG is shipped in half-way through the run.

BB chiefs - who hope she will spark lust and jealousy among housemates - last week called all the girls from ITV's Wags Boutique.

And it looks like glamour model Cassie Sumner, 24, the ex of Chelsea's Michael Essien and Carlton Cole's cur rent squeeze, is the keenest.

But an insider on the Channel 4 show, which starts next month, said the WAG faces a tough time, adding: "The surprise won't just be on the housemates."

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Big Bruv eye goes multi-colour

THIS is the new Big Brother logo — which could be a symbol of racial harmony after the Celeb BB race row.

Rainbows are also a gay rights sign.

C4 bosses will not reveal its meaning before the show starts next month.

BIG Brother bosses are hoping a bright new logo will help bring the fun factor back to the under-fire reality series.
A new series of the show will kick off on June 1 - in the wake of the controversial Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year.
And bosses plan to spice things up with a "caravan of love", in which housemates locked out in the garden are expected to keep each other warm.
Big Brother 8 will also feature a secret garden accessible only via a hidden door.
As the new logo was unveiled yesterday, an insider said: "It is colourful and vibrant with different elements, and that will apply to this new series of Big Brother.
"C4 programming chief Kevin Lygo is conscious of wanting to put the fun back into the show.

"But some housemates will live like kings, while the other half will be stuck outside come rain or shine."

Last year's show saw sparks fly between winner Pete Bennett and Nikki Grahame - while Grace Adams-Short is set to marry housemate lover Mikey Dalton next July.

But in January, Channel 4 chiefs were criticised for failing to protect eventual Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty from bullying at the hands of housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara.

With C4 desperate to avoid a similar outcry, af ter announcing profits down 70 per cent, producers are taking no chances.

Contestants are under surveillance to ensure they can cope with the pressure of being on Big Brother.

Russell Howard to be new Big Mouth Presenter?

Is the stand up comedian going to be the Brands replacement on Big Mouth?


Stand-up comedian Russell Howard is set to be signed-up as the new host of Big Brother's Big Mouth to replace Russell Brand, according to the Daily Star.

Russell Howard has recently co-hosted a BBC 6 Music radio show on a Sunday morning slot that was previously hosted by Russell Brand.

A Big Brother spokesman is quoted: “Nothing has been confirmed.”

I like the idea of housemates living in the caravan as it's similar to the rich/poor divided in BB3. Is in not starting later this year I thought it would be Mid-May it would be back on screen.

Don't really like the new eye to be honest, but i think it'll grow on me the more times i see it this year.. I like the fact that they're going to try and put the fun factor back into the show this year...roll on June 1st! :cheer: