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Archive: None at present Latest Big Brother News Press Release BIG BROTHER IS BACK! INTRODUCTION The countdown begins to a new summer series starting 30 May on Channel 4 & E4 This summer, Big Brother returns to Channel 4 and E4 with an even bigger eighth series. On Wednesday 30 May, a brand new gaggle of housemates will move into a transformed Big Brother house and viewers will be able to watch their every move on both Channel 4, E4 and online. Launch night, as always, is essential viewing. In a special live show hosted by Davina McCall, viewers will finally discover the identities of the new housemates. Stepping out of the cars, greeting the crowd and clinging to just a few worldly possessions, each housemate will walk through the house doors into a brand new house. Once they do, the unsuspecting group have no idea what Big Brother has in store for them. The second the famous doors shut behind them, the fun and frolics will most certainly begin. As they wave goodbye to the outside world, the housemates will dwell side by side, abiding by strict rules, taking part in elaborate tasks and nominating each other for eviction. All under the cheeky glint of Big Brother’s all-seeing eye. This year also sees the return of E4’s hit spin-off shows Big Brother’s Little Brother and Big Brother’s Big Mouth, plus a brand new double-bill for Sunday nights on Channel 4 including a one-hour show hosted by Davina McCall called Big Brother on the Couch. This summer, one big mouth will be replaced with many big mouths as Big Brother’s Big Mouth returns with a batch of special guest presenters. In front of a live audience, each week a new front person will ensure house events are hotly debated � leaving no topic or house event ignored. Big Brother will get back to you with names… The Big Brother website’s newsroom will be working round the clock to keep fans up-to-date on events in the house, as well as offering email updates and chat forums. In addition, website users will be able to follow all the house action by subscribing to the live streaming, accessing free video clips and reading all the insider gossip in the evicted housemates’ very own web diaries. All this, plus the Big Brother Podcast will be giving Channel 4 Radio listeners an exclusive audio treat: a weekly, ten-minute show created by the housemates on the day of evictions. www.channel4radio.com Angela Jain, Channel 4 Commissioning Editor, says: “Summer wouldn't be the same without Big Brother. This year promises to be as unpredictable as ever, with a brand new group of distinctive housemates who we hope will go on one of the most memorable journeys of their lives. As always, our ambition is to deliver a series as funny, exciting and unmissable as it ever has been.” Big Brother is produced by Brighter Pictures (an Endemol company) for Channel 4 and E4. The official sponsor of Big Brother is Virgin Media. PROGRAMMING INFORMATION CHANNEL 4 PROGRAMMES: Fans can stay glued to events in the Big Brother house throughout the summer in a variety of ways. In brief, Channel 4 viewers will be able to watch: - A live launch show hosted by Davina McCall, which sees the housemates entering the house. - An hour-long show with highlights of the previous 24 hours in the house. (Sunday-Friday) - Live eviction programmes presented by Davina McCall. - Big Brother’s Big Mouth � new to Friday nights. Special post-eviction helpings of the debate show featuring guest presenters. - A double bill on Sunday nights, including a new one-hour psychology show hosted by Davina McCall � Big Brother on the Couch � plus an hour-long show chronicling events in the house on Friday night and Saturday. - An hour-long Big Brother’s Little Brother on T4 each Sunday, hosted by Dermot O’Leary. - Late-night streaming live from the house. Big Brother Live Launch Show Davina McCall presents live from the Big Brother studios where a new group of housemates will enter the Big Brother house for the very first time, live on Channel 4. Viewers will see the new housemates as they share their very first moments together and settle in for what could be the most unpredictable few weeks � or even months - of their lives. Big Brother The hour-long programmes will feature all the action from the previous 24 hours in the house, including tasks and nominations (Sunday-Friday). Live Eviction Shows Davina McCall will announce the result of the viewers’ vote and the evicted housemate will exit the house live on the show. They’ll then join Davina for their first interview, revealing all about their Big Brother experience. Big Brother’s Big Mouth A special Friday night edition of Big Mouth sees guest presenters and a host of panelists debate the latest eviction from the Big Brother house. The show will be repeated later that night on E4. Big Brother on the Couch - starts Sunday 3 June, 2007, 8pm Davina McCall will host a brand new addition to the Big Brother family, Big Brother on The Couch. The new Sunday night show will be see Davina take a look back at the key events of the week and talk to leading experts from the field of psychology about how life in the most watched house in Britain is affecting its residents. Davina commented: "I'm really excited about doing this show. The psychologists take on our housemates has always fascinated me so to sit down and have a natter about the week’s antics in the BB house will be a treat." Commissioning Editor, Gideon Joseph said of the new addition: “Unpicking the psychology of the housemates and tackling the big themes that emerge over the summer is going to be at the heart of Big Brother on the Couch. It will be the viewer's chance to have large Sunday gulp of insightful entertainment and is a welcome addition to the BB family of shows.” Big Brother Live Channel 4 viewers will have a chance to watch late-night streaming broadcast live and direct from the house every night. E4 PROGRAMMES: E4 continues to be the number one destination for all Big Brother devotees, who want to catch all the action as it happens. - Big Brother’s Little Brother � Monday to Friday - Big Brother’s Big Mouth � Tuesday to Thursday (times vary) with Fridays on Channel 4 - Big Brother: Diary Room Uncut � Saturday and Sunday (times vary) - Big Brother Live - Big Brother: After They Were Housemates - (Friday 25 May) - Big Brother: According to Russell Brand - (Friday 25 May) Big Brother’s Little Brother Big Brother’s mischievous sibling is back as Dermot O’Leary presents the essential half-hour fanzine show, delivering all the latest news, views and access to all areas of the house. Dermot delivers his own unique insight into the latest shenanigans live from the Big Brother nerve centre, and fans can catch insider scoops on upcoming twists and the very first in-depth interviews with evicted housemates on their return to the outside world. Dermot will be regularly joined by the housemates’ relatives, friends and workmates, who will reveal what their loved ones are really like in the outside world. In addition to all this, celebrities, journalists, psychologists and other experts will also be dropping in to discuss the latest happenings in the house. Big Brother’s Big Mouth Broadcast live in the shadow of the Big Brother house straight after the nightly Channel 4 show, Big Brother’s Big Mouth is a fast-paced vibrant arena for all Big Brother fans to air their views and ask the questions on everybody’s lips. In front of a live studio audience, special guest presenters will preside over a panel of experts - including journalists, celebrities, obsessive fans and friends and relatives of the housemates - will dissect all the latest news and gossip in the house. Plus viewers can get involved by calling and ranting into the Big Brother’s Big Mouth mouthpiece, emailing or texting their thoughts and becoming a member of the studio audience. Big Brother Diary Room Uncut On Saturday and Sunday nights, E4 viewers can eavesdrop on housemates in the most secret and revealing room in the house. In the infamous diary room chair, the housemates can grumble, gossip, cry and connive without anyone else in the house hearing or seeing them. Viewers get an extended look at what the housemates disclose about each other and life in the house, and also where they reveal the names of the housemates they’d like to nominate for eviction. Big Brother Live Once again, viewers will be able to keep track of all the Big Brother housemates’ activities by tuning into daily live streaming on E4. Big Brother: After They Were Housemates After They Were Housemates meets up with former housemates from series one to the present day, and finds out how living in the most famous house in Britain has affected their lives. Did BB2's Paul ever become an 'international rock star'? Did BB6's Craig ever get it together with Anthony? Did BB7's Nikki fulfil her dream of marrying a professional footballer? This is the definitive guide to life after Big Brother. Big Brother: According to Russell Brand The former front man of Big Brother's Big Mouth, Russell Brand takes a surreal look at Big Brother through the ages. Did you know that the original eye logo was Su Pollard from Hi-De-Hi and that BB4's Gos was the inspiration for the Lionel Ritchie smash Hello? Brand reveals the truth behind the phenomenon that has been Big Brother for the past eight years. THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE The new batch of housemates will reside in the famous Big Brother house, located within Elstree Film and Television Studios in Hertfordshire. The house is, as always, fully equipped with state-of-the-art audio and visual recording equipment to document every movement made and every word said in the house and garden, 24 hours a day. There are 41 cameras this year. There will be one bedroom for all the housemates to share. There will also be a larder just off the kitchen area. In terms of décor, the house will have a modern feel to it, with clean lines and elegant furniture. The garden comes complete with a swimming pool. 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? For those with an eye for pop culture, there are plenty of ‘arty’ references in the house. There’s Big Brother’s very own homage to Brit art bad boy, Damien Hurst � a split rubber chicken suspended in clear boxes. A cheeky, Warhol-inspired target is painted on the white floor in the living room and the oval cut out white and blue wall is also inspired by the Barak Architects, who the designed the 'Cheese House' building in Nitra, Slovakia. 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." THE BIG BROTHER RULES Housemates must abide by a strict set of rules during their stay in the house. Any infringement of these rules will be addressed and acted upon by Big Brother. Rules include: - There is no contact with the outside world. - Housemates are filmed 24 hours a day and must wear personal microphones at all times. - The Diary Room is the only place in the house where Big Brother will interact with housemates individually. - Visits to the Diary Room are compulsory. - Nominations are compulsory. - Housemates must give frank and honest reasons for nominations. - It is not permitted to discuss nominations or to try to influence anyone else’s nominations. - Eviction is decided by public vote. - All tasks and challenges are compulsory. - Housemates must not act violently towards any other housemate. - Housemates must get up when they hear the alarm. - Housemates are free to leave the house at any time. - If a housemate breaks the rules they may be asked to leave the house. - Big Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any time. Personal Belongings As in all Big Brother series, housemates have restrictions on what personal belongings they can bring into the house. They are each allowed to pack just one suitcase and one small bag. Many of the items they are permitted to bring in are at the discretion of Big Brother, and all bags will be checked prior to entering the house and inventories of their contents compiled. Other House Rules Participants must wear their radio-microphones at all times during waking hours. Microphones can only be taken off in bed, in the shower and in the pool. Housemates are responsible for changing the batteries in their microphones at regular intervals. If housemates attempt to communicate without the cameras or microphones recording the communication (e.g. tampering with microphones, writing secret messages, mouthing words off-camera) or if they try to tamper with or cover recording equipment, Big Brother reserves the right to expel them from the house. Prior to entering the Big Brother house, the housemates are not allowed to talk to the media. Nor are they are permitted to know the identities of their fellow housemates. FOOD, HOUSEKEEPING & TASKS Food and drink in the house are supplied only by Big Brother. The housemates will participate in compulsory tasks to determine their shopping budget. In addition, the housemates will also be set challenges, playing for the chance to win special rewards. EVICTIONS & LEAVING THE HOUSE Housemates can leave the house in three ways: they may be evicted; they can leave of their own free will (and may do so at any time); or in exceptional circumstances they will be asked to leave by Big Brother. At the end of the series viewers will then vote for the winner. The Eviction Process Housemates are required to participate in the much anticipated, and often equally dreaded, nominations process at a time chosen by Big Brother. Any housemate refusing to make a nomination or failing to provide Big Brother with a satisfactory reason for their nomination will be reprimanded by Big Brother. Housemates are not allowed to discuss their nominations with each other or to try to influence anyone else’s nominations. The Diary Room nominations will be announced to housemates at a time chosen by Big Brother and will be included in the Channel 4 highlights show the following evening. Viewers will be able to watch Big Brother announce the results of each week’s nominations live on Big Brother’s Little Brother. The housemates who receive the most nominations are then subject to the public vote. Viewers and housemates will later learn who is to be evicted during Channel 4’s live evening eviction shows, presented by Davina McCall, and the evicted housemate will leave during the second live show. Big Brother reserves the right to change the frequency, times and details of nominations and evictions at any time. Voluntary/ Involuntary Departure If a housemate wants to leave, they must first report to the Diary Room and give their reasons for leaving. Big Brother may ask a housemate to leave the house if they behave inappropriately, for example, if they engage in violent or abusive behaviour, or damage the house or its contents. Housemates who leave voluntarily, or who have been asked to leave, may be replaced at Big Brother’s discretion. THE BIG BROTHER WEBSITE Europe’s most popular entertainment website is back once again with all the latest news, video and image galleries from the Big Brother house, at www.channel4.com/bigbrother. The site will launch on the 21st May with a completely new redesign. Last summer, the site received more than 602 million hits and this year, the definitive Big Brother resource will, for the very first time, give fans the chance to be privy to diaries from the evicted housemates. From the moment they step out of the house, they will share their experiences and inner-most thoughts exclusively with our online community. Viewers will be able to sign up to streaming as normal with our series pass available at £7.99, and catch up on free daily episodes of Big Brother, as well as each eviction and BBLB, on Channel 4's on-demand service, 4oD. And as if that’s not enough, a free weekly podcast will be available at www.channel4radio.com - so there really is no excuse to miss out on any of the Big Brother gossip this summer. www.channel4.com/bigbrother CHANNEL 4 RADIO � THE BIG BROTHER PODCAST Last year, a podcast created by the Big Brother housemates knocked Ricky Gervais off the number one slot on iTunes. This summer, the Big Brother Podcast is back, giving Channel 4 radio listeners an exclusive audio treat: The Housemates’ Radio Show, a weekly, ten-minute show created by the housemates on the day of evictions. Every Friday, the housemates who face eviction that night have to present their own radio show that morning. They know it's their final opportunity to reach the voters. From news bulletins, weather reports, interviews and jingles, it's last-chance radio, and it's a Big Brother exclusive to Channel 4 Radio. A radio show left in the hands of the nominated housemates…who knows what will happen? www.channel4radio.com VIRGIN MEDIA SPONSORS BIG BROTHER 8 Virgin Media is delighted to have been announced as the exclusive sponsor of Big Brother 8 and Virgin Mobile will take top billing. David Charlesworth, head of sponsorship at Channel 4, said: "We share so much with Virgin, in both brand and business, so look forward to pooling our expertise to create a ground-breaking sponsorship." James Kydd, managing director of marketing at Virgin Media, added: “We’re a pioneering and innovative company so it made sense to create an alliance with a show that has genuinely changed the face of TV. “We want to take the show to the next level by engaging viewers and pushing the boundaries of interaction across platforms in a way never seen before. “Big Brother has always come under the spotlight and courted a lot of attention. Virgin is known for facing challenges head on and we know that our customers enjoy Big Brother because it’s the most unpredictable and exciting TV programme there is.” Added by: Ian 0 comments print E-mail to a friend Discuss the goings on in the house in our Community here Get the latest news on the move with our NEW mobile site at: http://www.big-bro.co.uk/mobile