[Beastie]

What type of housemates do you want? How many to go in on launch night? What ages do you want them to be?

Compile your list please!!

I would like.. NO celebs in the normal series please!! And please to god.. whoever wins The celeb version best not go in the normal version!!

Plus all the housemates have got to be COMPLETE strangers. No one knowing each other, no twins, friends, bf/gf, ex's or whatever!!

I think about 12 or 14 housemates should go in on launch night. 6/7 girls, 6/7 boys!

There should be a few teenagers, majority in their 20's. A few in their 30's and one or two in their 40's/50's!

I would like a good looking older man this time. Like Jo said from bb11.. there has never been a good looking "older" successful man. Anyone between 35-45 please!

18/19 year olds - 4 housemates
20/30 years old - 6 housemates
30/40 - 2 housemates
40/50 - 2 housemates

^^^^^ Something like this?

Also I think ALL the housemates should be fit and healthy. No one with one leg or who is blind. Sorry :S

Wouldn't mind a deaf person going in who can do sign language! That would be interesting!

[GypsyGoth]

I think that's a great list, I would love if there was a deaf person, that would be soo cool

[Jordan.]

- 14 Housemates
- Not all fame hungry [Still A few wannabes]
- Some thick or common HM's [Ala Emma BB5]
- A controversial housemate who causes arguements [Charley 2.0]
- Anyone who will stay up all night and get drunk
- A couple of freaks/OTT personalities
- Good looking housemates who happen to have a personality
- Housemates who don't care about rules
- No one who wants to go to bed before early morning
- No arselickers
- No bores/fence sitters/drifters
- No "happy house, lets all get along, go team!" bull**** housemates [Real people only]
- No disabled HM's or anyone who will get sympathy votes
- No oldies
- No housemates going in halfway [they add nothing]

[jaumoin]

I don't really care that much about how they look like. If they're good looking and can be nice, like e.g. John James (sometimes) used to be last year, then that's a win win situation... But the most important thing for me is to see someone that's just enjoying himself, like Glyn used to do in BB7! Some young lads that don't see it all too serious.

I agree on the fact that they should be interesting in the first place.
Take that Steve lad from last year for example... He was just on the show because he looked like a terminator... Though he was nice, he was not entertaing at all. Just sat on his couch the whole day.

Age don't count that much either.... As long as they're entertaining. (And like BB8 Carole was not)

[MusicMan]

A deaf housemate wouldn't work at all... they wouldn't be able to hear big brother in the house or diary room, and they wouldn't be able to talk easily to the other housemates...

I'm all for equal opportunities and everything, but I'd prefer not to have housemates that have disabilities that would prevent them from fully and easily taking part because it's not good viewing, not fair and then there's the issue of sympathy votes etc.

Just a group of really funny, 'normal' (as in not bizarre and freaky to the point that it's gimmicky and we can't relate to them), not-boring people will do nicely!

[bobby21]

Hope some good ones are in it , can't wait for this to start!

[ElProximo]

I thought BB11 did an excellent job in casting and fulfilled a lot of my previous series wish-lists:
- someone disabled (Steve)
- some 'real people' like Nathan or Corin or Steve or Andrew (not glam or model types)
- A genuine geek nerd
- A Christian type (though they predictably tried to find a aberrant kook)
- I personally wanted to see Govan get in so that came true.

but of course my complaints were the usual too - glamour wannabes, models, 'professional reality show performers',
and,
maybe the worst thing was entering.. rotating people in and out.

But credit to 2010 Casting - they did their job! Whether it was appreciated and used right by everyone that followed I don't know.

.......... Wish List.........

- The auditions and tickets are all part of a more clever ploy to deliberately find reluctant recruits and candidates who may need to be asked, sought and convinced to join.
I'd see something like this:
Outrageous attention-whoring wannabe bisexual model with slim abs wants to apply as 'love-to-hate' arrogant HM.
His exhausted, under-appreciated younger brother Brian is waiting outside in the car. I want Brian!
Brian has been 'invisible' growing up. He never gets any say. He is in the shadow of big bold beautiful brother.
Brian is EXACTLY who we want to see have a 'journey' and they psychological and sociological potential in Brian is MASSIVE over a long time.

- If they have (or had) an Agent of any kind - INSTANT ELIMINATION. Agent = instant disqualification.

- I do not need some kind of exact representation of society but I'd love to see the goal being SOME kind of realistic reflection and resemble a 'microcosm' in some way.

- At least one HM from every age group. I don't care if half of them are 20-somethings/early 30s,
but,
give us a 40 year old. give us a 50 year old. give us a 60 year old. Heck I'd even like a 70 year old if that were possible.
But please have something other than teen pool party and keep in mind much of the original audience are now older too.

- Someone deaf, blind, amputee or maybe they have diabetes I don't know but I actually find this is 'real life' and it reflects our society and it makes for unique social dynamics.
What I'd say is you are not putting them there as 'the disabled one' or because they are.
But don't exclude someone and if they so happen to be disabled so be it. Mikey was an example. (hated that guy for the first half and ended up loving that guy in the end)

- Most are Native Brits but yes it is a 'microcosm' and interesting when 2 or 3 are immigrants or immigrant family. 2 or 3.
not 60% of the BBUK house.

- Most are 'heterosexual' people but it does reflect society that maybe 1 is 'bisexual' or gay. When one is.
Not 80% of the HMs and not even 10%. I am wondering when 'gay right activists' would themselves complain about this in the previous CH.4 series because it actually gives a very unrealistic impression that gays are not only wonderfully accepted in this 'mini-UK' but actually dominate and run things and are celebrated and have most people 'on their side' in their lives.

- 1/3rd of the HMs are Christians of some stripe. Almost none are outrageous 'Holy Rollers' but have some kind of attendance, religious obligations.

- 1 is Sikh. 1 is Muslim. 6 are something we may call 'New Age'. 1 is an 'atheist'.

- Most of the HMs really are somewhere in the political 'centre' but half lean somewhere conservative. 1 is a BNP voter. 1 is a sort of Green Party/Communist type.

- Almost none of the HMs have model bodies. 2 of them are overweight. 1 is too skinny. none of them have breast implants. nobody shaves their chest. none of them dye their skin orange.

- 1/3rd of them work in service-labour type jobs (lorry, supermarket, cleaner, mechanic).
- 4 are quite comfortable, own homes, non-labour service (sales, banking, businesses).
- 1 is quite wealthy.

1/3 are parents or grandparents.

- Generally there is proportional regional representation. Again, this doesn't have to be some mathematical formula either,
however,
2 of them are from Scotland and neither is a transvestite. 1 is from Glasgow another from a Northern town.
A stocky man from rural Wales and he is not the only camp female impersonator in town.

- But more than anything (and I'm wishing against all hope) but I'd just love to see 5 brave enough to have people in their 40s, 50s and 60s.

*Keep in mind, for decades the 'rule' in USA television was that 'old people' don't sell and everyone knew it. Oh we 'knew it'.
however,
2 different sitcoms challenged that. Seinfeld introduced Senior Citizens as regular characters and ratings only increased,
and,
a sitcom called 'Everyone Loves Raymond' has learned (in syndication) that the Grandparents actually have massive appeal to the youngest viewers!

hello? hello? oh i guess they all went home.

[ElProximo]

So good it was posted twice!

[Jords]

Corin not a glam/model type?

[Jords]

14 housemates enter on launch
- 7 men, 7 women
- 7 x 18 - 26 year olds
- 5 x 27 - 42 year olds
- 2 x 43+ year olds (1 man, 1 woman)

*younger people keep it more fun and are more relatable*

Appearance
- 3 good looking women, 3 good looking men, so that a single HM doesnt boom favourite because of their looks, let them split the 'hot vote' (hate how shallow BB audiences can be )
- rest can be average, a fugly or 2 if you like
- no disables, hate the sorry vote and I know that sounds horrible but BB audiences are terribly fickle

Personality
- 2 wannabes, no more else its unbarable
- dont look to match people up, and if a romances happens, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DONT FOCUS ON IT SO MUCH
- real people, with real stories
- a mix of argumentative, bossy people, and happy fun people
- a few late-nighters
- no Im 'ard not gonna nominate xxxxx CHUCK DEM OUT!
- dont have a clear winner from the start, make 50% of them likable

2 Housemates Added Week 4
- 1 man, 1 woman
- both in the 18 - 42 catergory
- strong personalities that will change dynamics, but not dislikable so that theyre out after 2 weeks

Maybe another addition week 6, man or woman depending on which there are fewer of.