Big Brother 8 News Thread

Channel 4 have released some information regarding the upcoming Big Brother 8.

On their C4 Sales website they have listed BB8 as a program highlight for May 2007 whilst also noting that Dermot will return for BBLB, even though he has taken the presenting job for the X Factor.

The full information is below, thanks to the Channel 4 Sales website:

This summer a new set of housemates move into the world’s most famous digs. What will Big Brother have in store for them this time? From the moment the doors to the house close on launch night, the new group of housemates will be not only at the mercy of Big Brother, but each other, as they complete tasks, nominate and try to get along. Viewers will be able to watch their every move virtually 24/7 on Channel 4 and E4, as well as online. While the unexpected becomes the norm, there’s one factor that remains the same and that is eviction night. Who stays and who goes will be down to the viewer. Davina McCall will preside over the live eviction shows, while Dermot O’Leary hosts Big Brother’s Little Brother.”

Has it really been almost 12 months already since we met mad Pete. big boobs Lea and tantrum throwing Nikki. Lord knows what reprabates ch4 will throw at us this year. Hope they put the rich/poor divied back up and once the housemates are evicted they should stay out none of this getting a second chance just to boost viewing figures.

Great news there, especially as Dermot is staying for BBLB. What Big Brother 8 needs this year is more genuine contestants thrown into very uneasy situations and difficult conditions. They need to focus on doing decent, original tasks this year and with more genuine contestants, it might get more people watching.

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Great news there, especially as Dermot is staying for BBLB. What Big Brother 8 needs this year is more genuine contestants thrown into very uneasy situations and difficult conditions. They need to focus on doing decent, original tasks this year and with more genuine contestants, it might get more people watching.

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I agree, thats exactly what the show needs, whether thats what we get or not remains to be seen. But according to people who have been at auditions, "normal" people seem to be getting through rather than the "abnormal". I just hope it's not as bad as BB4.

Thats great news, but this year I hope they do better tasks I dont know what it is but I think some of the oldie task were great, like the year they spilt the house in two and had the live tasks, or just the task in the week were better a couple of years ago. It seemed more interesting then.

Rumoured Eye - Target

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Everyone's A Victim - This Is Not A Holiday

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ooooo looks interesting, the eye looks kinda Robotic

blimey only feels like two mins since the last one finished.

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blimey only feels like two mins since the last one finished.

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I know but then agian we have an a celeb BB which makes it feel like it hasnt been long at all

The eyes look interesting, i particularly like the "Everyone is a Target" eye.

"Everyone's A Victim - This Is Not A Holiday" That phrase that they are using is quite interesting, im guessing they are planning something really good, well it better be good :hmm:

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Great news there, especially as Dermot is staying for BBLB. What Big Brother 8 needs this year is more genuine contestants thrown into very uneasy situations and difficult conditions. They need to focus on doing decent, original tasks this year and with more genuine contestants, it might get more people watching.

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I agree, thats exactly what the show needs, whether thats what we get or not remains to be seen. But according to people who have been at auditions, "normal" people seem to be getting through rather than the "abnormal". I just hope it's not as bad as BB4.

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Castaway tried that though, and its failing. I doubt BB would risk not getting the media attention that comes with these wierdos, from the tabloids.

I cant rememebr any of the other BBs. Someone mentioned i hope its not as bad as BB 4, havent a clue who was in that one.

I hope it goes back to basics like BB1 thats the only reason ill watch it.

It is very hard to avoid though. I also cant believe its been a year since Pete won.

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I cant rememebr any of the other BBs. Someone mentioned i hope its not as bad as BB 4, havent a clue who was in that one.

I hope it goes back to basics like BB1 thats the only reason ill watch it.

It is very hard to avoid though. I also cant believe its been a year since Pete won.

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BB4 was the one with Steph, Nus, Gos - can't remember them - dont worry half the nation can't becuase they were that boring. Camereon from the Okland Islands won it. Worst series yet imho.

ah yes i remember it, it was boring your right.

Il try and beat lst years record which was avoiding it for 2 weeks then i caught the BB bug.

Rumours - Take Them With A Pinch Of Salt

So, on various forums such as Digital Spy, This is Big Brother and the Official Channel 4 forums, bits of news have been circulating. Here’s a roundup of it all.

BB8 will start on Friday 18th May 2007 but is “still subject to change”. It will last 12 weeks and the prize fund will still stand at £100k.

14 housemates will enter on launch night, but there is talk of 15 and producers “are still undecided”.

The eye is vibrant pink and purple with “mellow blue background tones” again designed by Daniel Eatock. Oh, but what about the Target eye we all believed completely?

The theme is kaleidoscopic, something heavily seen in the opening titles.

The house is currently being updated and redesigned. It has a more “classy” feel, with a more glamorous edge and more muted tones in some areas.

It is different from the BB6/BB7 format of having bedroom to the left, kitchen to the back etc. Despite the classiness, it is still contemporary in design, and quite open plan as in previous years. And the diary room chair is “bright pink”.
Make of that what you will.

Meanwhile, the usual housemate list of names has appeared, and this is it:

Natasha - 24
Madge - 56
Joe - 33
Amelia - 20
Libby - 18
Dominic - 19
Justin - 26
Calvin - 46 Kevin - 30
Jasmine - 22
Sarah - 34
Donald - 67
Priya - 23
Avtar - 26
Emily - 19
Christian - 18

Make of that what you will. There are 16 names in that list, and that contradicts with the other “inside news”, but perhaps that is only an initial shortlist that still needs to be shortened to 14.

Erm, some interesting rumours there. I don't like the idea of the chair being bright pink though and i don't like the sound of the eye being vibrant pink and purple, but i haven't seen it yet, so i may change my mind if that is the colour of the eye, because after all, these are just rumours.

I hope the house being more classy is true, i like the sound of that. Surely the housemates won't have been revealed yet. They're not revealed until launch night, these must just be a list of fake names surely?! because i thought that the new housemates are kept secret until the launch night and nothing is revealed about them beforehand.

From BBUK:

The News Of The World reports that the move will win back the trust of fans after the Golden Ticket scandal and the unforgettable racism row of January. Bosses believe it will triple the number of votes cast. Well, that’s all well and good but we can’t really see Endemol giving up all that money.

“This is a brilliant stunt by Channel 4,” said an Insider (there are so many Insiders nowadays, noticed that?) “There is a real fear that after all the recent scandals, viewers won’t want to vote this year. If they don’t have to shell out any cash, those negative feelings could change.”

It’s reported voting levels hit a low last year, and get this: Channel4 made less than £1m from votes during the seventh series. How dreadful for them! It is yet to be confirmed either way, and besides, it may only turn out to be a free online vote or something

While it has not been confirmed for sure, there are a few pointers that suggest a few launch dates.

Firstly, Dermot is to present ITV1’s The X Factor - that’s a fact. In an article about this on Teletext, it said he will still be hosting BBLB but ”from June”.

1st June is a Friday, which would suggest that Big Brother could launch the night before on Thursday 31st May. Surely Dermot would host BBLB from the outset and not a week or so after?

Channel 4 have just started a new run of 6-part Friday night programs - Derren Brown and Peep Show for example. This means these shows would end on the week beginning Monday 14th May, specifically on the 19th (Friday). So if Big Brother is going to launch at any time sooner than 31st May, it would be late the following week.

A Wednesday 23rd May launch is unlikely due to the Champions League Final on ITV1 which will likely draw gargantuan audiences. Added to this The Apprentice on BBC One and Desperate Housewives on Channel 4, this seems far too complex and illogical.

The best bet would be Thursday 24th or Friday 25th - there is little competition and Channel 4 has not got scheduling problems. As has been seen in BB7/CBB5, it’s getting popular not to launch on the traditional Friday night, due to people being out etc, so of the two, Thursday 24th May sounds the most likely. But if the Teletext report about Dermot is true, who would do BBLB for the first week?

More evidence that points towards Thursday 31st June is that Desperate Housewives and Grand Designs are set to wrap up on Wednesday 30th May. They air at 9pm and 10pm respectively - how would Big Brother fit in here?

We’re thinking the launch date is Thursday 31st May this year, but who knows!

BIG Brother wannabes are already being spied on by a Channel 4 undercover team to ensure they are not mentally unstable.

Producers are desperate to know as much as possible about the potential housemates before the show returns next month.

A handful of the wannabes, who impressed bosses during the audition stages, have been singled out for the I-Spy treatment.

They are being watched at work, at their local pubs and are even being tracked as they hit the town for a night on the tiles.

An insider for the show – which is this year to be renamed Big Brother: The Battle – revealed: “It wants to know everything it can about the people. It’s to make sure there are absolutely no surprises.”

The move comes following a backlash last year from mental health campaigners who criticised the show for allowing self-styled “Paki poof” Shahbaz Chauhdry into the house.

He was sensationally pulled out in the first week after claiming he went on the show to kill himself.

The 38-year-old’s hysterical and erratic behaviour angered campaigners, including the Samaritans, who attacked the show claiming not enough was done to check that the contestants were not mentally ill.

Now telly chiefs want to “cover all bases” and make sure they do not put anyone into the house who can’t cope under the pressure or is showing any signs of suffering from a mental health problem.

Our insider added: “They have to get it right this time because there was so much negative press around the series last year and this year’s celebrity show.
“If there is another backlash it could mean the end of the show.”

Meanwhile, producers are keeping tight-lipped about the number of housemates in this year’s show, and details of the new-look house are being kept under lock and key.

Top designers have been working on the house in Elstree, Herts, for the last six months to give it a top-to-toe makeover.

And they have drafted in psychologists to make it a house of horrors.

It is believed there will be secret rooms, oppressive decor and smaller rooms, to put even more pressure on the gang when they move in next month.

Big Brother babe Davina McCall, 39, will be back to host the main show and cheeky Dermot O’Leary, 33, will still host spin-off show Big Brother’s Little Brother, despite landing the new job as host of The X Factor.

But Big Brother’s Big Mouth presenter Russell Brand, 31, will not be back after quitting the show.

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:

the new eye looks cool wonder what the meaning of it is

have to say yesterday on first look at the eye i hated it, but have been looking at it a lot and its realy growing on me!

Cant wait for the new series to start!

do we have an official date yet?

Can't wait :cheer:

Every year I tell myself I will not get into it, but every year I watch the first episode and then get hooked!

Can't wait to see how they top themselves from last year! It was really good last year :D

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do we have an official date yet?

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I've heard that it starts on June 1st. :)

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Can't wait :cheer:

Every year I tell myself I will not get into it, but every year I watch the first episode and then get hooked!

Can't wait to see how they top themselves from last year! It was really good last year :D

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will have to get that just to have a look!!

I love it when they release the new house pics, i get all excited!!

Its quite good this year we are being kept waiting for any news!

because my work is now the sponsor of bb we are getting the chance for a tour of the set and also to become reporters for the website....i need to do a 350 work essay to say why i would like to do it....help please lol

Monday 14th May at 5:04pm
The Mirror has printed some new construction images with some details about the new house.

Here’s the jist then:

Show starts on the 30th, ends on August 31st
Part of the swimming pool will be indoors for the first time. Housemates will be able to swim from the garden to the living room
Spiral steps are planned to come from the main steps into a secret room
Bosses are working with psychologists on the house
There is a “hidden chamber” for surprises like fake exits
And the images now:

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As you can see, it’s very BLUE isn’t it? It’s likely though the paintwork has not yet begun and the expanse of blue will not make it to the launch.

Apparently, BB bosses are very “controlling” and were “determined no-one would get a sneak preview” and that “they are going to be so upset” the pictures have been leaked. It’s rumoured builders aren’t even allowed mobile phones on site.

Anyway, we should receive official pictures within the next week or so, so keep it here!

ooooo looks good! How am I going to survive when I go on holiday?! :ninja:

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i know im aways the weekend after it starts which will probably be the first eviction!!! i'll need to stay in until the evictions done lol