Confirmation of no disabled housemate this year?

[dupin]

http://bbimages.digitalspy.co.uk/bb8/library/bb8_bathroom.jpg

As you can see, the white door with the blue 'door handle' on it is the door from the stairs into the house-it is definately not wheelchair friendly, as it looks like you have to almost step through the hole. Either way, it seems as proof that there will not be a disabled housemate this year, as widely rumoured.

[rororo06]

i hope not! they would just get the sympethy vote and win!

[Ruth*Star]

I don't think thats a door, wheres the handle to open it.

[kassa]

yer blue thing = door
white thing = rasied material
small blue thing = door handle

but i agree, it would be impossible, think of all those steps to come down, the physicly demanding tasks (for example the stand on box task) the swiming pool, the diary room.

[Matt0307]

It's definitely a door - look at the green light above it showing that it is unlocked

[Billy]

not bein nasty, but if they were to put a disabled person inthen they would win hands down. They could be the most boring person ever, but theyd stillk win.

[GiGi]

there is another door beside it, just plain white, its not the diary room what is it! probably to the bedroom.

[Matt0307]

Ye looking at the plan it must be the door to the bedroom

[Sammeth]

The white and blue bits on that door are just decoration. You can see the outline of the door, I have cirlced them in red, and they will be so obvious when you look at the picture. It would open as a normal door would, the white bit doesnt open up like a hole.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Sammeth/theactualdoor.png

[the_chosen_one]

Yeah i think the blue bit opens with the white bit, and i heard theres a lift this year.

[Matt]

It's a full size door:

[Matt]

Oops, sorry shade, I presume you've already posted a picture, but it's not loading for me...

[bean_of_sb]

the whole thing is the door. They don't walk through the circle thingy. The bedroom's to the left, you can see it in the picture

[Sammeth]

Originally posted by Matt™
Oops, sorry shade, I presume you've already posted a picture, but it's not loading for me...

Yours is a lot better quality :P I've re-attatched mine, just to show you :P

[cooler]

does anyone know what these red stripe things might be?

[thebeanboy23]

Thats the bedroom in the reflection cooler!

and tht white thing with a blue handle is the door but the WHOLE blue thing is the door. this isnt all ment to be curved either because it is shown on a circle shaped lense.
there is no step to get INTO the main house but then there is a stair case to get down. They may do something with that (a lift) of something which is what that grey rectangle may be!


x

[bb807]

Hmm, we'll just have to wait and see ...

[kassa]

grrr

as much as it would be nice, it's (no offence) hardly practical

it would be impossible, think of all those steps to come down, the physicly demanding tasks (for example the stand on box task) the swiming pool, the diary room.

[thebeanboy23]

yes but kassa the diary room is all flat....but i see what u mean about the other things !

Yes bb807 - we will have to wait and see.... =]
x

[kassa]

it's not so much getting in to the diary room

it's sitting on the chair

think about it

going in to the diary room and NOT sitting on the chair

then theirs the monoverbility in such a small room and corridor

[dupin]

Ah, well even if they could get through the door, the ramps (ei to the kitchen) are not big enough for turning...there are always ramps for furniture to be moved there, and the same rumours always happen...

[Dan_]

Perhaps it could be a sliding door?

[Michael]

there culd be another house, another toilet

[Amy21]

I think if a disabled person went in they wouldnt get the sympathey vote. Everyone would get treated fairly. I dont think that is the front door you know as it doesnt look like the place where the front door is usually is. We will just have to wait and see. It would be good if Big Brother did allow a disabled person in the house as they havent done it before and it would be wrong if they discriminated a disabled person just because they was in a wheelchair. So I hope they do bring a disabled person in the house and prove Big Brother treats all people regardless of their disability.

[dupin]

Well it's discrimination to put someone in the house if they're in a wheelchair if they don't have the qualities of a good housemate. I'm sure when disabled people apply, the producers look past the chair and if the personality is not what they're looking for they won't put them in, which is what has happened in the past I'm sure.

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Amy21
I think if a disabled person went in they wouldnt get the sympathey vote. Everyone would get treated fairly. I dont think that is the front door you know as it doesnt look like the place where the front door is usually is. We will just have to wait and see. It would be good if Big Brother did allow a disabled person in the house as they havent done it before and it would be wrong if they discriminated a disabled person just because they was in a wheelchair. So I hope they do bring a disabled person in the house and prove Big Brother treats all people regardless of their disability.

There is always an aspect of people getting the sympathy vote and I cannot see it changing if someone in a wheelchair went in.

[Amy21]

Originally posted by dupin
Well it's discrimination to put someone in the house if they're in a wheelchair if they don't have the qualities of a good housemate. I'm sure when disabled people apply, the producers look past the chair and if the personality is not what they're looking for they won't put them in, which is what has happened in the past I'm sure.

Its not discrimination putting someone who is in a wheelchair in the house. Its the other way around if Big Brother sees someone is in a wheelchair then they elimnate them from the list like that. thats REAL discrimination. And I hope Big Brother proves to us all and puts someone in the house who is in a wheelchair.

[moonwolf]

Hi all, another newbie joins the ranks!

I've been looking at all the pics that have been posted and I'm inclined to think there may well be a wheelchair housemate this season!

These are my reasons:
1. the house is very open-plan with very few obstacles or raised areas.
2. there are two ramps at the kitchen area.
3. rumours of a lift.
4. the bath has lots of space around it - for access?
5. the pool apparently extends into the living area making it a bit easier to get in and out of.
6. the doors look wider than usual but maybe that's just the angle of the pics?

If you look at these pics again you'll see the size of the dairy room door and also the ramps:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbrother8/a58112/in-pictures-first-look-at-new-big-brother-house.html?page=2

[dupin]

Originally posted by Amy21
Originally posted by dupin
Well it's discrimination to put someone in the house if they're in a wheelchair if they don't have the qualities of a good housemate. I'm sure when disabled people apply, the producers look past the chair and if the personality is not what they're looking for they won't put them in, which is what has happened in the past I'm sure.

Its not discrimination putting someone who is in a wheelchair in the house. Its the other way around if Big Brother sees someone is in a wheelchair then they elimnate them from the list like that. thats REAL discrimination. And I hope Big Brother proves to us all and puts someone in the house who is in a wheelchair.

It IS discrimintation if they put a disabled person in if they do not have a good personality, like I said. Whether it's positive or negative discrimination, it is still discrimination.

[thebeanboy23]

Yes moonwolf i agree...and i do think there will be a wheelchaired housemate...Bring on wednesday!

[dupin]

The ramps to the kitchen are not actually wheelchair-friendly, as they do not provide the space for a wheelchair to turn. I'm pretty sure there won't be one this year.

[thebeanboy23]

Oh yeah.. :conf2:

Ahh well ! I hate housemate speculation !:nono:

[Lance]

Originally posted by potentialsuperstar
not bein nasty, but if they were to put a disabled person inthen they would win hands down. They could be the most boring person ever, but theyd stillk win.

I thought that about Kerry on The X Factor but she was **** and didn't win.:dance2:

[dupin]

Kerry didn't win because she was awful; it seemed clear to me that the only reason she made it to the live rounds was because of her wheelchair.

[bighead]

the door is the whole thing, i would hate a disabled house mate, unless they were evil and certain not to win. there is a light above it but there never usually is above the bedroom, and the diary room door is red. what is it that is not the bedroom behind that door, is there two diary rooms, oohhhhhh. it is off the living space but that door is not where the bedroom door used to be, what is behind THAT door???

i would love that to be something suspicious

[bighead]

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=59437&pid=748344


the bedroom door is not that into a corner, this house, i think, is based on some sort of laberinth there are secrets everywhere and they are neither coincidental or a design feature, that is not the bedroom, we have seen the colors scheme in the ads and it is all red, there is no red behind that window