RULES
INSIDE THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE
THE
OUTSIDE WORLD
PERSONAL
MICROPHONES
THE
DIARY ROOM
THE
NOMINATION & EVICTION PROCESS
DISCUSSION
OF NOMINATIONS
VOLUNTARY
DEPARTURE
NON -
VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE
TASKS
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
WHAT
CANNOT BE TAKEN IN THE HOUSE?
RULES INSIDE THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE
There are ten basic rules regarding life inside the Big Brother
House. They are set out in their simplest terms below followed by
edited details regarding each rule. In agreeing to take part in Big
Brother, the housemates are agreeing to abide by the rules.
- There is no contact with the outside world.
- The 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 acknowledge the housemates. Visits to the Diary Room
are compulsory.
- Each week the housemates will be required to go to the Diary
Room and nominate two people for eviction; they must give frank
and honest reasons for their nominations.
- The housemates are not permitted to discuss their nominations,
or try to influence anyone else's nominations.
- The public will decide who is evicted.
- If any housemate breaks the rules they may be asked to leave
the House.
- The contestants may not intimidate, threaten or act violently
towards any other housemate.
- All tasks are compulsory.
- Big Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any
time.
1 NO CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD
While the contestants are in the House they will have no contact
with the outside world. Big Brother will never discuss with
participants how they are shown on television, how they are
represented in other forms of media or anything else that has
happened in the outside world.
The housemates are not permitted to make any attempts to
communicate personal messages with the outside world by any means
(this includes verbal, written messages or symbols). They cannot
make any attempt to communicate personal messages to the outside
world when they know that Big Brother is broadcasting live.
2 FILMING & PERSONAL MICROPHONES
It is strictly against the rules for any housemate to interfere
for any reason with the camera or sound equipment installed in the
House and garden.
It is compulsory for the housemates to wear a personal microphone
at all times except when they are asleep in bed, taking a bath or
shower or using the swimming pool. "Housemates will be asked to
change the microphone batteries twice each day. Radio microphones
can be taken off while sleeping but they must be placed in the
spaces provided by the beds. There are microphones positioned above
the beds."
3 THE DIARY ROOM
A room is provided for the housemates to share their experiences
with Big Brother. This is an important part of the programme, and it
is therefore compulsory for all contestants to go to the Diary Room
when requested by Big Brother.
The Diary Room is a place where housemates make their private
nominations, and where they can vent their frustrations or share
their concerns and feelings safe in the knowledge that other
housemates will not overhear them. Big Brother will never share any
information given in the Diary Room with other housemates and
housemates should feel free to talk privately to Big Brother at any
time, night or day.
Images of live conversations in the Diary Room will not be
streamed on the internet or E4 unless the Diary Room is being used
as an integral part of a task.
4 THE NOMINATION & EVICTION PROCESS
The people who enter the Big Brother House do so completely
voluntarily. However, for security reasons the front door is
remotely locked. Occupants leave the House in one of three ways.
They may be evicted, they can leave of their own free will, or they
may be required to leave by Big Brother. Once an occupant leaves,
for whatever reason, they forfeit any claim to the prize money.
The normal way for housemates to leave the House will be through
the nomination and eviction process. Every week, in the Diary Room,
each housemate must nominate 2 fellow contestants for eviction,
giving full and frank reasons for their choices. If any housemate is
deemed not to be providing a valid reason for nominating a fellow
housemate, a formal warning will be issued.
If a housemate persists in giving invalid reasons for their
nominations they may be asked to leave the Big Brother house and be
replaced with a standby housemate.
Nominations will normally take place on a Monday but times and
days of nomination may be changed without notice.
Public voting for eviction will take place using phone lines,
interactive television and SMS messaging and via the official
website http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/nominations/.
Before any housemate leaves the House, Big Brother will speak to
them in the Diary Room to give them further information about their
departure.
5 DISCUSSION OF NOMINATIONS
Participants may not discuss their nominations with each other
either before or after they have taken place. Big Brother will take
any attempt to break these rules very seriously as it is a key
principle of Big Brother that the housemates' nominations must be
their own choice and must not be influenced by the other
housemates.
6 VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE
No one will be held in the Big Brother House against his or her
will. If they wish to leave, the housemates must go to the Diary
Room, giving their full and frank reasons for leaving. If an
occupant leaves the House, that is the end. Once outside you cannot
go back.
7 & 8 NON-VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE
Big Brother may ask any housemate to leave the House if they
behave inappropriately while in the House. Inappropriate behaviour
would include, for example:
- Behaving in a way that could cause offence to either their
fellow inhabitants or members of the viewing public,
- Violent or abusive behaviour or an attempt to intimidate any
other housemate (physically or verbally). If a housemate behaves
in this way, and refuses the requests of Big Brother to modify
their behaviour, they will be required to leave the House
immediately.
If a housemate behaves in this way, and refuses the requests of
Big Brother to modify their behaviour, they will be required to
leave the House immediately.
9 TASKS
Each week Big Brother will set the group a task, which housemates
will have to tackle together. The tasks vary from physical to metal
challenges but are all designed to get the group to co-operate and
work together. Housemates will be asked to bet a proportion of their
weekly budget on whether they will successfully complete the task.
They will be required to bet between a minimum of 50% and a maximum
of 100%. "There will be a budget of ?1.50 per person per day.
The budget is kept to a minimum but the group will never starve. Big
Brother provides basic provisions based on Health Department
estimations of a normal minimum daily intake per person. "
The task is not optional. All housemates must take part or they
could be eligible for ejection from the house.
The group will
also be set a challenge on a Saturday night. Sometimes the
challenges may require the group to work as individuals, on other
occasions the challenge may require group work and co-operation in
teams. As with weekly tasks, these challenges are not optional.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
HOUSE AND GARDEN
It is the housemates' responsibility to look after the House and
garden and all the contents. If vegetables and livestock are
provided they must be cared for - instructions will be provided.
Items within the House should be kept clean and in working order.
It will be at the discretion of Big Brother whether or not to
replace items that are broken or damaged. If any items are lost over
the wall of the garden (such as a ball) it will be entirely at the
discretion of Big Brother whether or not to return the item.
The Big Brother garden contains a swimming pool. There are
separate guidelines for this, but housemates should behave in a
responsible manner when using the pool.
WHAT CANNOT BE TAKEN IN THE HOUSE?
Items not allowed in:
- Drugs and narcotics
- Personal medication except in consultation with Big Brother
- Weapons
- Watches
- Money, cheque books or credit/debit cards
- Mobile phones
- Palm Pilots or electronic organisers
- Agendas or diaries
- Magazines
- Pen or any similar writing implement
- Paper / writing pad
- Musical instruments
- Any ready made games including playing cards
- Any item requiring electrical or battery power (even if they
are powered by solar energy or other sources).
- Exercise equipment or weights
- Radios or walkmans
- CDs or CD players
- Clothes with prominent logos
OTHER MATTERS
At any stage, Big Brother reserves the right to change or adapt
these rules without prior notice. Big Brother's decision is
final.
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