That's a very valid point :laugh2:

Text of "Daily Star" web

BIG Brother wannabes are already being spied on by a Channel 4 undercover team to ensure they are not mentally unstable.

Producers are desperate to know as much as possible about the potential housemates before the show returns next month.

A handful of the wannabes, who impressed bosses during the audition stages, have been singled out for the I-Spy treatment.

They are being watched at work, at their local pubs and are even being tracked as they hit the town for a night on the tiles.

An insider for the show – which is this year to be renamed Big Brother: The Battle – revealed: “It wants to know everything it can about the people. It’s to make sure there are absolutely no surprises.”

The move comes following a backlash last year from mental health campaigners who criticised the show for allowing self-styled “Paki poof” Shahbaz Chauhdry into the house.

He was sensationally pulled out in the first week after claiming he went on the show to kill himself.

The 38-year-old’s hysterical and erratic behaviour angered campaigners, including the Samaritans, who attacked the show claiming not enough was done to check that the contestants were not mentally ill.

Now telly chiefs want to “cover all bases” and make sure they do not put anyone into the house who can’t cope under the pressure or is showing any signs of suffering from a mental health problem.

Our insider added: “They have to get it right this time because there was so much negative press around the series last year and this year’s celebrity show.
“If there is another backlash it could mean the end of the show.”

Meanwhile, producers are keeping tight-lipped about the number of housemates in this year’s show, and details of the new-look house are being kept under lock and key.

Top designers have been working on the house in Elstree, Herts, for the last six months to give it a top-to-toe makeover.

And they have drafted in psychologists to make it a house of horrors.

It is believed there will be secret rooms, oppressive decor and smaller rooms, to put even more pressure on the gang when they move in next month.

Big Brother babe Davina McCall, 39, will be back to host the main show and cheeky Dermot O’Leary, 33, will still host spin-off show Big Brother’s Little Brother, despite landing the new job as host of The X Factor.

But Big Brother’s Big Mouth presenter Russell Brand, 31, will not be back after quitting the show.

What do YOU think? Has Big Brother had its day or are you looking forward to the next series? Comment NOW on Have Your Say.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1579

Wasn't the Big Brother: The Battle just a rumour? I don't think we can trust the daily star's sources very much.

Im happy BB has made the front healine, its a sign that BB is getting close but i don't believe a word of that.

I don't believe it, at all.
Sounds like something BB AU would do, not UK.

Probably just a rumor but it would be a sensible thing to do to avoid mentally unstable people like Nikki and Shahbaz being put in the house again that can ruin the show.

It sounds plausable, because they would'nt want the metal health campaners on their back this year, so i understand if that artical is true.
But now its a sign that bigbrother is coming Closer.

i am not excited, as i was let down last time..

Hmm i wish its not called Big Brother 8 : The Battle

What I liked about that article was that they've been working on the house for the past 6 months, which means there could be a bit of change which is what I want :hello:

Its a different house every year, everything is changed BIG-BRO-FAN

The story here is about the whole spying on housemates thing, but in the paper there is another story underneath it about "the battle and the prize money"

I know but sometimes they keep the house preety much the same, they dont change it much for the Celeb series, do they?

thye meddle with it a bit but the layout usually the same

I couldn't find it on the website it must only be in the paper, hopefully some will notice this thread and scan it in for you.

Maybe Freema will scan it for me lol:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2 ::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:: laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

What the article basically says is that Housemates will have a Personal Bank Account. Each week the Housemates have to fight it out to be on the House Rich List to avoid eviction. cash strapped housemates will face the public vote. Sounds pretty good a? It says its their most contreoversial twist yet.

Click on the thumbnail picture below to read personal bank account story...

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/gall..._21-04-07-.gif

i dont belive anything till BB8 starts if i learnt anything thought big brother


expect the unexpected :spin2:

I very much doubt they'd scrap nominations and just have the poorest up for eviction. That's just silly. I like the idea of them earning a personal account though.

its the daily star. comon. id say its not true.

Wow! Thanks for the news guys (I was banned from the computer yesterday by my mum)

Anyone else dreading \'The Battle\'? [merged]
 

Is anyone else absolutely hating the rumour, of Big Brother: The Battle.

If this is true,too many things are changing, and I dont like it.

I am not fond of that idea either. That won't be the eye.

I really hope this is a false rumour...

Rumours: Big Brother:Battle T.V ad? [Update: It\'s fake]
 

here is a picture of a potential big brother add on it it has "Big Brother: Battle". this has been posted from an big brother insider. it looks real though as you can see the reflection on the T.V...


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