Is the house......?????

[Wow_What_A_Show]

The same house that is used and has been for all the big brothers- i know its always been at elstree (correct me if im wrong)..... but the pools always been different....so how do they do it????...knock down the house year after year and build another lol...........????:puzzled::puzzled:

[Red Moon]

It's all made out of chipboard. Most of the structure is temporary !

[abbashop79]

I was hoping you'd know amanda, cuz I saw you on TV the other night! hehe, I thought youd know more than anybody around here. Oh well there goes that idea hehe.

It was fun seeing you on there :) I did look out for you especially, had a can of coke laid out and everything, ready. lol :spin:

[Wow_What_A_Show]

Aww wow!...im so touched..well i know everything else but that! Abba.

Red: Thanks, doh! why didnt i think....so how bout the pool- just plasticy i guess???..... does anyone know what happens to the furniture do they auction it off anywhere??- id love 2 own some!

[Jay]

amanda i like u alot

[Red Moon]

Originally posted by Wow_What_A_Show
Aww wow!...I'm so touched..well i know everything else but that! Abba.

Red: Thanks, doh! why didnt i think....so how bout the pool- just plasticy i guess???..... does anyone know what happens to the furniture do they auction it off anywhere??- id love 2 own some!

That's an interesting question about the furniture, I don't know what happens to it. Last year there was details where to buy it on the Channel 4 site.

[abbashop79]

were the links on the ch4 website links to the real genuine stuff? or new stuff (like replica bb stuff).

I wonder...

[Wow_What_A_Show]

Well when i was up at elstree, i saw outside the houses round by the fence a lot of junk items (ie broken bits of fence, etc) i then also saw (with the junk!) 5 of the red chairs that the housemates use in the sitting area.... theyve obviously been taken away from the previous housemates to create more space.
BUT why oh why were they put to one side as if they were junk????......
you know what they should do??....auction them off at a reasonable price then put the money towards compiling a big brother for february time.........lol

[Red Moon]

Originally posted by abbashop79
were the links on the ch4 website links to the real genuine stuff? or new stuff (like replica bb stuff).

I wonder...

The links last year were to the suppliers.... I haven't looked this year. You could always send an email to Channel four. I'm sure they would tell you were to but the stuff new.

[abbashop79]

I would really have wanted something from previous years, but this years, hmm, maybe just that phallic looking dog in the garden. I'd bid on that. :spin:

[Wow_What_A_Show]

theres so much stuff....surely they couldnt bring themselves to chuck it all out?- i mean think about it.... Chairs, bed sheets (i wouldnt want maxwell and saskia's though!), diary room chair, cushions, blah de blah....... im going to do a search now on google.
Actually ive just thought.....??.........EBAY!!!

[abbashop79]

no seriously, I'd really like one of the chair's but I think that's about it.

[Wow_What_A_Show]

ME TOO:bawling:

[Jay]

i would like anefin from the house ill have the table that jason tipped ova in bb5 lol

[abbashop79]

Eugene's leotard he had on backwards. hahaha

[Jay]

ill have to the goggles science wore during the olympics

[Jay]

that int my fault

[James]

Off-topic chat posts moved here

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=36936

[kemal]

it is not the same house each year, i think it was BB1 ang BB2 have been in a diifferent location to the rest of them and they are thinking of moving it to another location next year!!!!!

[James]

The BB1 and BB2 houses were in Bow, East London.

See this topic - http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=28978

[harry]

The house is in a film lot in Elstree near the George Lucas film lot.

They rebuild it each year as someone has said it's not a solid structure most of it is glass so that can be recyled.

I think that BB should have an auction site to sell of the stuff from the house and give the money to charity - just an idea.

[James]

Here is an article about the Big Brother house from the local newspaper of the area. A few interesting facts about the site I didn't know.


Our neighbours in Big Brother

The Big Brother house at Elstree Studios is once again empty, after all the excitement of the past few months. Film historian PAUL WELSH takes a behind-the-scenes look at the reality TV phenomenon.

Well, the latest Big Brother series is now history and the contestants are, no doubt, all out there hoping to turn their moment in the limelight into cash or even media careers.

For most it is a dream unlikely to come true, as within months the media will lose interest. Although I understand the intellectually challenged Jade Goody from Big Brother 3 has had the last laugh by becoming a millionairess.

Nasty Nick, from Big Brother 1, apparently now has a small property empire, having once been the most hated man' in Britain. I don't know why, because he was only playing the show for what it is a competition and a possible launch pad to becoming a celebrity'.

Last year's winner, Nadia, must have enjoyed the experience, as I am told she subsequently entered the Australian version.

Executive producer Sharon Powers said: "There is no identikit' housemate. When someone has something extra they genuinely stand out.

"The audition process comprises many stages over several months as we get to know the potential housemates as much as possible.

"My favourite moments include Nadia winning in 2004, showing a nation had supported and embraced her emotional journey. I also remember Jade innocently asking, Am I a minger?'"

The Big Brother team held auditions in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Manchester, Dublin, Birmingham, Cardiff and London. Around 2,700 were given a chance to sell themselves' in the diary room, and eventually 13 were selected.

Apparently all contestants are police screened and checked by psychotherapists, and those taking part receive only flat-rate out-of-pocket expenses, similar to jury service payments.

Davina McCall appears to be wedded to presenting the eviction night shows. "They would have to cut off my right arm before I would pass on the torch to anyone else," she says. "One of my favourite moments was in an earlier series when winner Craig gave his prize money to a friend to pay for an operation. It literally brought out goosebumps on me."

I met Dermot O'Leary, who presents Big Brother's Little Brother, when we worked on a TV documentary together about Star Wars and he seemed a very friendly guy. He confessed to a strange habit. "I kiss my bedroom window every day really weird isn't it? When I was little I also used to say a prayer at the same time."

I wonder if the presenters are also checked out by psychotherapists.

The first Big Brother house cost £350,000 to build at a London studio but had to be demolished after two series, reportedly due to planning concerns. The one at Elstree Studios cost £480,000 and sits in what was once the outdoor tank for the 1950s film Moby Dick, starring Gregory Peck.

I understand that Big Brother mostly appeals to the 16 to 34 age range, and, frighteningly, more young people vote for reality shows than in general elections.

Personally, they could not pay me enough to take part in such a show, especially as I visited the house a couple of years ago and found it claustrophobic.

However, with the right mix of contestants, I can see how it can be almost addictive and have found myself watching the edited highlights programme.

Whether the goings-on in the Big Brother house represent a landmark in Elstree's history is debatable.

But how are they going to top it all next year?

5:27pm Thursday 1st September 2005


http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/features/history/display.var.627232.0.our_neighbours_in_big_brother .php

[Princess]

i though this was new but thank god it just doesnt say lol:rolleyes:

[James]

I don't see a problem with adding to old threads if what is added is constructive and recent information. :hugesmile:

[Princess]

i didnt say there was :puzzled:

[James]

I was just taking an opportunity to make a general point about old thread posting, not directing it at you.

:spin2: