LEE
19-10-2003, 11:39 AM
According to The People Online the Pop Idol finalists are going to be living together in a luxury Mansion and be filmed 24/7 a la Big Brother and Fame Academy.
A source at ITV said: "We thought it would be a great idea to put the Pop Idol finalists in a house together.
"At the moment they get on brilliantly together, so at first it will be a good experience for them all.
"But as the competition hots up there is bound to be some friction and we're hoping for romance.
"It will add an unexpected dimension to the show. We haven't even told the contestants what's happening yet."
A Pop Idol spokeswoman confirmed: "The finalists will move to a house together next week."
Over the next 10 weeks highlights of their antics will be screened on the Saturday ITV1 shows.
Extra footage from the North London house will be shown on ITV2.
To read the full article CLICK HERE (http://www.people.co.uk/homepage/news/page.cfm?objectid=13530221&method=thepeople_full&siteid=79490)
A source at ITV said: "We thought it would be a great idea to put the Pop Idol finalists in a house together.
"At the moment they get on brilliantly together, so at first it will be a good experience for them all.
"But as the competition hots up there is bound to be some friction and we're hoping for romance.
"It will add an unexpected dimension to the show. We haven't even told the contestants what's happening yet."
A Pop Idol spokeswoman confirmed: "The finalists will move to a house together next week."
Over the next 10 weeks highlights of their antics will be screened on the Saturday ITV1 shows.
Extra footage from the North London house will be shown on ITV2.
To read the full article CLICK HERE (http://www.people.co.uk/homepage/news/page.cfm?objectid=13530221&method=thepeople_full&siteid=79490)