Official: BB11 Launch date is Wednesday 9th

[President]

Official: BB11 Launch date is Wednesday 9th at 9pm

Confirmed by Channel 4. Details:
9:00pm BIG BROTHER: THE LAUNCH
Davina McCall presents direct from the Big Brother house to usher in one last group of Big Brother housemates. Before they begin their dream of spending the summer in front of the cameras, they must first brave the judgement of both the crowd and the viewers at home. Tune in to see the new housemates share those very first awkward first moments together and settle in for what could be the most unpredictable few weeks of their lives.




First highlights show is on Thursday 10th 10pm. Friday 11th is one show at 9pm.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

This is fantastic news, finally we have the start date,
thanks President for posting :dance::dance::dance:

[janaddy86]

Nice. Where is that from, you say Channel 4 but what source?

[Jack_]

:cheer2:

[ILoveTRW]

i have an exam on that day, but i suppose its better than having an exam the day after

[ButterflyGirl]

:dance:

[Jack_]

How long is the Friday show? Is it an eviction or highlights show?

[GypsyGoth]

Wow! It's soo soon :dance:

[President]

How long is the Friday show? Is it an eviction or highlights show?
Just one hour at 9pm:

9:00pm BIG BROTHER
Highlights of the housemates' past 24 hours in the house.

[Jack_]

Just one hour at 9pm:

9:00pm BIG BROTHER
Highlights of the housemates' past 24 hours in the house.

Thanks :)

[Glenn.]

Woooo!!! Will we get house pictures soon then? Next week?

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Woooo!!! Will we get house pictures soon then? Next week?

I know cant wait to see them, this is my favorite part of the buildup to BB, seeing the house pictures:dance::dance:

[Smithy]

Yay All my exams are finished by then :D

[Brekkie]

I remember the days when I left exams early to watch BBLB!

[Brekkie]

I know cant wait to see them, this is my favorite part of the buildup to BB, seeing the house pictures:dance::dance:
Before the inevitable disappointment! The launch twist though can surely not be worse than last years - still can't believe anyone thought that shaving eyebrows and drawing on faces was an acceptable way to launch a show.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Before the inevitable disappointment! The launch twist though can surely not be worse than last years - still can't believe anyone thought that shaving eyebrows and drawing on faces was an acceptable way to launch a show.

Totally agree Brekkie.
The launch twist last year,
was boring as hell.:sleep:

[DrunkerThanMoses]

I remember the days when I left exams early to watch BBLB!

:joker:

[BOOSH]

OMG CAN'T WAIT YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! :D
So... is there going to be a countdown thread? or would that be pointless?

[BOOSH]

Totally agree Brekkie.
The launch twist last year,
was boring as hell.:sleep:

So boring I just had to think for about 10 mins what it was!!

[BBDodge]

"...they must first brave the judgement of both the crowd and the viewers at home..."

What's that crap mean?

[janaddy86]

OMG CAN'T WAIT YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! :D
So... is there going to be a countdown thread? or would that be pointless?

There is one. It keeps getting changed as the rumour of a new date appears :)

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136944

[Stu]

Thank goodness for that. Everything seems to be about waiting this year until recently. A 17th launch or something like that would have killed me.

[janaddy86]

"...they must first brave the judgement of both the crowd and the viewers at home..."

What's that crap mean?

Cheering or booing :)

[Chels]

my exams are done by then aswell
doubt i'd be watching this series much now tbh

[BOOSH]

Bye bye social life hahha

[Patrick]

LOL I just read 'Soap Life' and they did a page on BB and said 'BB11 starts Thursday 10 June'

HAHA.

Fails.

Anyways this is good.

[camertone]

launch show is only 1 hours long?? that cannot be!!

oops, channel 4 has not confirmed it yet.

but if it is true, it is fantastic!

June. 9th, when I come back from my Chicago trip. Yay!

[Patrick]

launch show is only 1 hours long?? that cannot be!!

oops, channel 4 has not confirmed it yet.

but if it is true, it is fantastic!

June. 9th, when I come back from my Chicago trip. Yay!


*Facepalm*

Did you even read the second line of the OP?

[Jordan.]

2 weeks :hello:

[janaddy86]

*Facepalm*

Did you even read the second line of the OP?

Camertone is right in a sense.

Do you believe everything you read on the internet? :)

[MojoNixon]

Two weeks!! Yes! :)

[janaddy86]

Channel 4 just confirmed on the site

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/big-brother/articles/category/announcements

"However, in a twist to the usual format there will be more hopefuls than the house can hold. In front of the cameras and the baying crowd each of the hopefuls will find out their fate. Will Big Brother select them to spend a summer in front of the cameras or will they have to head home with their bag still packed?"

[Beastie]

Starts 2 weeks today then! :) When is the finale date?

[janaddy86]

From Paula at Channel 4 again.

"I can confirm the launch date will be 9th June, 9pm, Channel 4. It's such a relief to get that secret offloaded - just one more to go.....
Paula "

[mkdfan]

Finally a date!
Now i can get excited!

[Beastie]

Big Brother 11 9 June 2010[3] TBA TBA TBA TBA N/A N/A

From.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(UK)

[Beastie]

From Paula at Channel 4 again.

"I can confirm the launch date will be 9th June, 9pm, Channel 4. It's such a relief to get that secret offloaded - just one more to go.....
Paula "

?????

[janaddy86]

?????

Who knows, maybe she was referring to this

"However, in a twist to the usual format there will be more hopefuls than the house can hold. In front of the cameras and the baying crowd each of the hopefuls will find out their fate. Will Big Brother select them to spend a summer in front of the cameras or will they have to head home with their bag still packed?"

[Nicklol123]

I'm so glad its a bit late, if it ends in September it'll be near christmas woo!

[Raph]

ah was hoping for the 17th, but this will do just fine :)

[Brekkie]

Also a BBLB preview at 6pm on E4 - the first pre-series preview since BB5. Unfortunately too they're still doing Big Mouth after launch too, meaning no streaming of the 90-minutes or so immediately following the launch show (which will be on a 30-40 minute delay).

E4’s streaming as bad as ever on Thursday and Friday – 45 minutes on Thursday afternoon, 75 minutes on Friday, with overnight streaming not beginning until after midnight on both nights.

[Jack_]

Also a BBLB preview at 6pm on E4 - the first pre-series preview since BB5. Unfortunately too they're still doing Big Mouth after launch too, meaning no streaming of the 90-minutes or so immediately following the launch show (which will be on a 30-40 minute delay).

E4’s streaming as bad as ever on Thursday and Friday – 45 minutes on Thursday afternoon, 75 minutes on Friday, with overnight streaming not beginning until after midnight on both nights.

:bored:

So they haven't listened to us at all then?

[biggestbrother]

Finaly, we can start looking forward to it! :D

[janaddy86]

From Paula at Channel 4 again.

"I can confirm the launch date will be 9th June, 9pm, Channel 4. It's such a relief to get that secret offloaded - just one more to go.....
Paula "


?????

Who knows, maybe she was referring to this

"However, in a twist to the usual format there will be more hopefuls than the house can hold. In front of the cameras and the baying crowd each of the hopefuls will find out their fate. Will Big Brother select them to spend a summer in front of the cameras or will they have to head home with their bag still packed?"

It appears that Paula wasn't referring to the launch night twist already posted on the Channel 4 site when she said

"It's such a relief to get that secret offloaded - just one more to go....."

Because she added this later on when questioned about it.

"Well if we have announced it on the BB web site
and the Daily Star have also announced it, it would hardly be a secret, would it!? You'll just have to try harder...."

Looks like we should be getting something else soon.

[President]

No house pictures today, to the person who asked.

[Brekkie]

I think for the last few series the house pictures have been later than usual - generally just a couple of days ahead of the launch.

[MusicMan]

Wow 9th of June is the day of my last A-level maths exam :D
What a reward for finishing the maths course :tongue: hehe