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Ooh, a reply! I guess I'll continue then...

As I said before I'm launching on the Sunday rather than the Friday - firstly as I thought the 2nd Jan was too soon after New Year, and secondly as I believe it's easier to hold on to the launch night viewers on a weeknight than over the weekend.

Day 1 - Sunday 4th Jan 2009
Live Launch Show:
A retrospective of the first five series, a sneak peak at this years housemates and a tour of the house kick things off before the ten celebrity housemates move in one by one.

At the end of the show Davina reveals to viewers the big twist of the series - and it's one unashamedly nicked from BBUSA - the "Celebrity Coup d'etat". The (secret) winner will have the power to use the "Coup d'etat" during one of the first three rounds of nominations. By using it they will void the houses nominations and choose the two nominees themselves, thus ensuring immunity for that eviction. The other housemates will be made aware when the Coup d'etat is used, but won't know who used it.

Davina will be back on Tuesday with a live special to reveal the winner - and discover if it's used during the first nominations.


Day 1... continued
Later in the evening the celebrities get their first task to unlock the luxury room - with the food for the week also at stake.

Big Brother will make the housemates up to three offers:

The first offer is that Big Brother will unlock the luxury room immediately if five housemates volunteer to live on the tin can lottery until the first eviction. The other five housemates will have access to the food from the shopping list.

If that offer is not accept, the second offer is that Big Brother will unlock the luxury room in 24 hours if four housemates volunteer to live on the tin can lottery until the first eviction. The other six housemates will have access to the food from the shopping list.

If the housemates have rejected both offers, the third and final offer is that Big Brother will unlock the luxury room in 72 hours if three housemates volunteer to live on the tin can lottery until the first eviction. The other seven housemates will have access to the food from the shopping list.

If however the housemates reject all three offers from Big Brother, they will all live on the tin-can lottery until the first eviction, with the luxury room remaining locked until then.


Day 2: Celebrity Coup d'etat
As outlined above, the winner of the Celebrity Coup d'etat will have the power to void the nominations during one of the first three rounds of nominations, with only the housemates they nominate facing eviction instead.

On Monday they will compete for this - but they won't know exactly what they're competing for, and only the winner will know they have won it - and discover what they have won.

The challenge takes place in the diary room and is relatively simple - answering true/false questions about the other housemates, with a further tie breaker question asked in event of a tie. The person with the most correct answers wins. Simple.

Sometime during the evening the winner will be called to the diary room and informed of the details of their prize.


Day 3: Tuesday
During the day the celebs would get a filler task to put on a Talent Showcase event, which will then give viewers a reason to watch on Wednesday.

Later on Tuesday night Davina hosts a live nominations show as the celebrities nominate for the first time. The Coup d'Etat winner is revealed to the viewers in the highlights from yesterday, and then during the nominations when they are called to the diary room they will be asked whether they want to use the power for this eviction or not. If they choose to use it, only their nominations will count - though to protect their identity the others still nominate. If they choose not to use it, they still have the option of using the power for the next two evictions.

At the end of the live show the nominees will be revealed, with the first eviction due on Friday.


Day 4 & 5: Wed/Thu - It's Raining Cats and Dogs
The next shopping task to win food from after Friday's eviction until early next week takes place from Wednesday, and it will be a continuous task which takes place over a 24-hour period. During that time stuffed cats and dogs will rain down on the BB garden over a 24-hour period. The celebs job is to catch them before they hit the ground and lock them in the pound. If more than 5 dogs or cats hit the ground they'll have failed.


Day 6: Eviction 1
It's the first eviction, live from 9pm on C4 with the all in one 90-minute eviction show, including the thoughts of friends and family plus a brief look back at the week too. It's an eviction show after all - not highlights and phone numbers!


And next we move onto week two, with the final opportunities to use the Coup d'Etat (assuming it wasn't used on Tuesday) plus another eviction twist too.