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BB11 Channel 4's last Big Brother series started June 2010. Josie Gibson was the winner. All the gossip about the Big Brother 11 house, series and housemates here! |
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31-03-2010, 11:04 AM | #26 | ||
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31-03-2010, 11:34 AM | #27 | ||
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We went for a bite to eat with some unsuspecting pals and met up with my dad.
They were really nice actually. Went to Europe for a week but didn't get into the house. After experiencing hiding though I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have enjoyed being in the house as much as I thought I would - your phone is taken from you pretty much straight away and I found that horrible. You go to a hotel around London for a night before where all the potentials are, you don't get to meet them or anything though as you're confined to your room and then head off. If you're in the process, good luck! |
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31-03-2010, 11:38 AM | #28 | |||
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Aww it is a shame you didn't get into the house!! did you audition this year? |
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31-03-2010, 12:09 PM | #29 | ||
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Nope, only auditioned that once. It's the same people working on it nearly every year and you do get to know them a bit, so I felt like I'd be a bit of a saddo going back again.
It was brilliant fun, very disappointing at the time but in retrospect I think I had the best of it - all the excitement and none of the public humiliation. Every year since I've told all my friends to audition just for the experience. I won't ruin it for others who might be in the middle of it but there's some elements of the secrecy that I still giggle about. Last edited by bbsuperfan; 31-03-2010 at 12:12 PM. |
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31-03-2010, 12:19 PM | #30 | |||
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31-03-2010, 12:23 PM | #31 | ||
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Honestly, I would tell if it wouldn't take away from the experience for other people. THey're only small silly things, I'll tell you after it starts if you want but I'd hate to be the surprise ruiner for other people!
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31-03-2010, 11:56 PM | #32 | |||
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Why didn't you get in? With some of the idiots who have been in the house in recent years, its amazing you didn't get in.
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01-04-2010, 01:57 AM | #33 | |||
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wow bbsuperfan I cant imagine the disappointment of making it through all the rounds AND going into hiding and then not going into the house! I can't believe those decisions are so last minute! and imagine, In BB8 the four guys who entered on day 17 had been in hiding for FOUR WEEKS! What excuse do you give your family? Doesnt everyoen kinda figure out that youre a potential housemate becuase you've disappearede?
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01-04-2010, 08:24 AM | #34 | ||
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Finally, I think we have someone with some genuine experience and input!
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01-04-2010, 01:18 PM | #35 | ||
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It was disappointing at the time but you get caught up so much in the excitement that you don't really give enough time to think about the downsides, like media etc. Even though they give you 'the talk of doom', it's just so exciting you tend to ignore it. So at the time, yes, disappointing; afterwards, a great time to look back to.
It really goes down to the last minute, there's more people in hiding than housemates and usually, they'll have a core few definites that they want and then they pick the rest around them to build up a wide range of people that will either really clash or really get on with the core group. I personally think I didn't go in because I wasn't zany or extreme enough, that said, I must have been interesting in enough ways to get to hiding I don't hold any grudges, they're the experts and know what they want and looking back, I think I would have been a misfit within the bunch. My family knew I was going into hiding, I think most people's families do (or at least those who trust their families). You've an official family member/friend that gets called while you're hiding to be given an emergency contact number in case they need to reach you, so the idea that noone on the outside has any idea who is a potential housemates is a myth. The housemates that go in the middle (I don't know about the four guys though) are usually not in hiding and can be picked from pretty much any part of the audition process, once again it's determined by the group in the house at the time. Some housemates audition for a previous year and get asked to be rehearsal housemates and then get asked on in the following, Becca was one of these - she's spoken publicly about it so not getting anyone in trouble |
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01-04-2010, 02:29 PM | #36 | |||
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Which season of BB was it that you nearly made it in?
Jonty said on Digital Spy that he was in hiding for FOUR WEEKS before finally being called back to England and put on standby and then going into hiding for an additional week right before he was put in finally. Once we're 2 weeks before the start of the series, can you tell us more about all the secrecy stuff, since the real housemates wont be reading anymore? It's fascinating. and probably a lot of fun too.
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01-04-2010, 09:39 PM | #37 | ||
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I was in a guinea pig week with Bex among others. Its so nice to have someone who has been through it all too, welcome superfan! |
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06-04-2010, 09:07 PM | #38 | ||
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06-04-2010, 09:10 PM | #40 | ||
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Talk of doom is before that, on the group task day on the secret location. So I've heard.
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06-04-2010, 09:16 PM | #41 | |||
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That's more or less the rule anyway.
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06-04-2010, 09:19 PM | #42 | |||
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Oh lol. Then maybe the psychology round is the last round? If you have passed it they probs do health checks after.. swap heir GP information and their bank account information and that then go into hiding. However once you are in hiding you are not always guaranteed a place in the house.. apparently about 50 go into hiding.. about 14 of them will go in on launch night and the rest are stand by's?
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07-04-2010, 08:47 AM | #43 | ||
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Talk of doom is in group days in London mid March-early April. It's a talk where they tell you that BB won't change your life, for the better anyway, that you won't make any money from it and you won't be famous. They tell you what previous housemates are up to (most of the time exactly the same job they were doing before BB) and to consider the impact of BB on your family and friends as they're the people who deal with the fallout while you're in the house.
Psych evals are early April (also in London) - one psychiatrist and one psychologist. Med forms and police vetting forms are requested in April. All through April there's tonnes of phone calls (all password protected) - with you and usually your 'nominated' person - the one person you're allowed tell about your progress in BB auditions. They'll require you to be a friend on facebook/twitter/bebo if you have any accounts with social media sites. There comes a point towards the end when they change the password - this means you're really far. 'Day in the life' visits are end April/early May You'll get a contract and printed talk of doom if you're going to hiding. They'll request things from your childhood, photos videos etc. They choose about 25-30 people to go to hiding. Some are sent mid-may, some can be sent anything up to only a day or two before the show kicks off. Rehearsals in the house take place about two weeks before launch. Sometimes the people they use as rehearsal housemates get in to the house, but only a few. If you're in the process, the only time you know you'll be in is when you're asked to be (or not) when you're in hiding. In hiding (west European countries) you'll have chaperones, won't have any communication with anyone and will do drawings, diaries, iq tests, that sort of thing. If you haven't heard from them by now you're 99.9% out. |
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07-04-2010, 12:32 PM | #44 | ||
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Right now I'd imagine people are in the process of, or already have seen the psychs and are back to waiting like right after the nationals. If I took a guess from previous years exp, I'd say they're nearing the end of the psych evaluations. People won't hear anything for perhaps a few weeks or even a month now until all the potentials through to the next stage have been through the psych vetting, then it'll be a long post-psych follow up phone call. Thereafter depends on if you're successfully progressing or not. |
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Now I understand why the housemates are so excited when they enter. They go through so much torture and mind games BEFORE theyre even put into the house, that it's such a relief to knwo that they've been put through. and doesnt those 2 weeks in total hiding play around with their minds more than their time in the house? they already start their experience missing their families and friends and normal life!
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I would love to go into hiding.. sounds so much fun. I don't really get home sick. I would love the idea of being away from friends, family and my boyfriend. Well that is my strength being away from people, would not bother me up to 3 months if you are going on an experience like BB. lol. Also would love to make friends if I went on BB. lol Last edited by Beastie; 07-04-2010 at 03:46 PM. |
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