Big Brother 8 News Thread

[DaVeyWaVey]

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.

[inkyskin]

Why oh why do they continue to make this trash!

I really hate BB with a passion.

[Bryan]

Why oh why do they continue to make this trash!

I really hate BB with a passion.

becuase theres fans that want to watch it, up to nine million as the recent celeb series got at times

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

[Luna]

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

[Chloe O'brien]

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.

[DaVeyWaVey]

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”.

[DaVeyWaVey]

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."

[Debs]

All girls BORING! i really doubt they would do this and if they do oh god imagine the bitching!

[DaVeyWaVey]

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!

[Bryan]

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.



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?