Hooly One
28-05-2004, 06:01 PM
It's that time again - yes it's the return of Big Brother - now in it's fifth series.
Producers of Big Brother 5 have promised that this year’s contestants will be the wildest yet, including a gay man who only likes straight guys and a Page 3 hopeful.
The 12 housemates also include someone who has hand-reared a flock of sheep, a psychology student, a property developer, a former Samaritan, an ex-nude life model and a South African.
According to the Daily Mirror, one of the contestants has promised to “lie, cheat and do whatever it takes to win” and another proclaimed to be the cleverest housemate.
This year the building has been intentionally designed to be unwelcoming.
It is smaller and more cramped than the previous years, with low ceilings and painted in gaudy colours, in an attempt to make emotions run even higher.
A show insider said: “The psychology student has four straight A-level A’s so it will be interesting to see how they get on with the girl who just wants to get her breasts out.”
Executive producer Shirley Jones explained: “We want the whole experience to be a challenge from the start. There will be no lie-ins.
“Tasks will involve agonising decisions and we’ve got some nasty surprises planned. We’re not running a holiday camp. The housemates aren’t there to get a tan and a rest.”
But the contestants still have one luxury – there is a spa area in the garden.
Shirley added: “It would be a thoroughly miserable experience if it was all doom and gloom.
“I know what’s planned and they’ll definitely need a bit of light relief.”
If the final 12 are far from normal, they have nothing on the ones they turned down.
One of the failed applicants believed his 17 S Club tattoos would get him in; another thought wearing bunny ears would earn him a place and a third didn’t speak during her interview, making bird noises instead and ending the interview by blowing a huge raspberry.
Shirley said: “It’s amazing what lengths people go to.
“Loads of people dressed as chickens and loads as brides. And quite a few turned up starkers. I think people thought that if they showed flesh, it would get them in.
“We auditioned in Newcastle in two feet of snow and the medical team had to wrap the naked people in foil blankets. It was like the naked marathon.”
Big Brother, hosted by Davina McCall and Dermot O’Leary, kicks off tonight at 8pm on Channel 4.
Producers of Big Brother 5 have promised that this year’s contestants will be the wildest yet, including a gay man who only likes straight guys and a Page 3 hopeful.
The 12 housemates also include someone who has hand-reared a flock of sheep, a psychology student, a property developer, a former Samaritan, an ex-nude life model and a South African.
According to the Daily Mirror, one of the contestants has promised to “lie, cheat and do whatever it takes to win” and another proclaimed to be the cleverest housemate.
This year the building has been intentionally designed to be unwelcoming.
It is smaller and more cramped than the previous years, with low ceilings and painted in gaudy colours, in an attempt to make emotions run even higher.
A show insider said: “The psychology student has four straight A-level A’s so it will be interesting to see how they get on with the girl who just wants to get her breasts out.”
Executive producer Shirley Jones explained: “We want the whole experience to be a challenge from the start. There will be no lie-ins.
“Tasks will involve agonising decisions and we’ve got some nasty surprises planned. We’re not running a holiday camp. The housemates aren’t there to get a tan and a rest.”
But the contestants still have one luxury – there is a spa area in the garden.
Shirley added: “It would be a thoroughly miserable experience if it was all doom and gloom.
“I know what’s planned and they’ll definitely need a bit of light relief.”
If the final 12 are far from normal, they have nothing on the ones they turned down.
One of the failed applicants believed his 17 S Club tattoos would get him in; another thought wearing bunny ears would earn him a place and a third didn’t speak during her interview, making bird noises instead and ending the interview by blowing a huge raspberry.
Shirley said: “It’s amazing what lengths people go to.
“Loads of people dressed as chickens and loads as brides. And quite a few turned up starkers. I think people thought that if they showed flesh, it would get them in.
“We auditioned in Newcastle in two feet of snow and the medical team had to wrap the naked people in foil blankets. It was like the naked marathon.”
Big Brother, hosted by Davina McCall and Dermot O’Leary, kicks off tonight at 8pm on Channel 4.