How many housemates on LAUNCH night?
 

How many do you reckon we’ll get on launch night?

Want: 12. Nice number to give everyone a decent length VT and entrance without feeling rushed.

Predict? 16 probably. 10 of which will be evicted in the final week knowing ITV. :skull: :omgno:

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As long as there are no backdoor evictions, I'll be fine. Every eviction MUST be live

I hope there is less this time, they crammed far too many in for a short run last time

13 on launch night

although i'd have 11 entering in a main house, and 2 in a secret room (that was wonderful here this year in our version)

for the first week them to do secret missions in order to possibly win immunity


i'd have late entrants also enter through secret room (every week a different theme of a secret room, like a ''castle'' or ''command centre'' and later in the series making that the ''bb fan room'')

no backdoor evictions i agree, but fake evictions are always nice to spice things up ;)

16

Hopefully about 14

12 strong characters, a la BB5

(wishful thinking)

That is wishful thinking.

We can only hope for that level of housemates again.

I say 15

107.:hehe:

14

…13 and one of those evicted on Launch Night…

Nice split of votes so far

It'll be 16 again but for a 6 week series it should absolutely be no more than 12 - that allows for 4 single evictions, a double eviction and then an extra double eviction in the final week to leave 4 in the final.

Same studio and same 6 weeks series so pretty certain to be 16 HMs. Count the dining table chairs when we get House pics.

We didn't get any latecomers last year so those 16 may be the only ones.

I expect similar diversity in gender, sexuality and ethnicity. Hopefully plenty of great characters.

My expectations are quite high for this.