[arista]

Alex has picked Karate.



Fill in blackboard with choice.

[ChelseaFan]

What have they got to do. Learn a certain activity?

[arista]

Yes from DVD



Chopstick learning
needs 3.

[Bright-Eyes]

more info please.

[arista]

Alex keeps saying she is doing Karate
but Luke is trying to get them all done.


Learn Japanese, another

[arista]

Originally posted by ChelseaFan
What have they got to do. Learn a certain activity?

Yes or to talk in another Lang..

[arista]

Luke is doing Chopstick.
picking up with chopsticks etc


They are still not sure who is who


Darnell- still not sure what to do

Rex - Karate

[Bright-Eyes]

Originally posted by arista
Luke is doing Chopstick.

haha cute.

[arista]

Endurance Karaoke - Dennis?




Rachel - Chopsticks Challenge



Kat ,Mickey - learning Japanese.

[Matt]

Press Release:

TASK: JAPANORAMA
TX: Highlights show, 10pm, Wednesday 18th June, 2008

For this week's shopping task, housemates will learn and be tested on traditional Japanese culture.

Today, housemates woke up to find the living room transformed Japanese style, with low dining tables, futon seating and lantern style lighting. Later today, Big Brother will tell the housemates that this week's shopping task will consist of several challenges that will teach and test them about Japanese culture. These are:

" KARATE SCHOOL
" ENDURANCE KARAOKE
" LEARNING JAPANESE
" CHOPSTICK CHALLENGE

Housemates must decide there and then who will take part in each part of the task. Each housemate must take part in one task only which they cannot change.

Big Brother will give kimono's to all housemates apart from those taking part in the Karate Challenge who will wear karate costumes. Housemates have to wear their costumes for the duration of the task.

The housemates who take the Karate School challenge will be given an instructional manual and DVD plus DVD player. They will have four hours to learn their karate routine which they must perform, from memory, infront of the other housemates.

For the Endurance Karaoke challenge, five housemates will go to the small task room which will be transformed into a karaoke booth. The five housemates must work in shifts over 24 hours to make sure that at all times someone is in the karaoke booth singing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' by Bonnie Tyler.

The three housemates who have chosen the Learning Japanese challenge will be will be provided with a personal CD player and headphones, a "Japanese For Beginners" audio CD and a "Japanese For Beginners" phrase book. Housemates have until the following day to improve upon their conversational Japanese. Big Brother will call them to the Diary Room to take part in an oral exam on Wednesday Morning.

Housemates will also be provided with a Japanese banquet of Shashimi (thinly sliced raw seafood).

The task will conclude on Wednesday where housemates will be tested on their conversational Japanese and their chopstick techniques.

[arista]

Thanks Matt.


And a 48 hour or more task.
Keep all costumes on etc.


Will they Fail?
I hops so,
less
food gets them Angry.


Rex is Angry now.

[Matt]

Article from channel4.com/bigbrother:

The housemates are about to star in Japanorama...

Shock! The housemates have woken up this morning to find the living room decked out Japanese-style with low dining tables, futon seating and lantern-style lighting. They're about to turn Japanese for this week's Shopping Task, where each of the housemates will have to try a tricky Japanese art or skill.

They'll either have to learn Japanese (Big Brother will test them with an oral exam), take part in a chopstick challenge (where they'll fish noodles out of a bowl), attend karate school (and learn a self-defence routine) or test their vocal stamina with endurance karaoke (and sing Total Eclipse Of The Heart around 8,749 times!)

Still, at least they'll receive a banquet of sashimi (thinly-sliced seafood). And you never know - maybe one of them will learn enough Japanese to decipher the third of three Japanese signs in the garden, which reads:

'IF YOU STAND ON THIS SPOT ON ONE LEG AND BARK LIKE A DOG, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY WIN A LUXURY SHOPPING BUDGET FOR THE GROUP'

Lets hope nobody loses their Tempura!

[Spike]

Sounds good, the tasks so far are much better this year

[Matt]

Originally posted by Matt

And you never know - maybe one of them will learn enough Japanese to decipher the third of three Japanese signs in the garden, which reads:

'IF YOU STAND ON THIS SPOT ON ONE LEG AND BARK LIKE A DOG, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY WIN A LUXURY SHOPPING BUDGET FOR THE GROUP'

I love that part - I wonder if they'll translate the sign

[arista]

They are now getting into there Costumes.

Kat is in her Element

Luke thinks he is Bruce Lee.


Lisa still has a Face that does not move much
even though she has new clothes now.

[Mrluvaluva]

"The five housemates must work in shifts over 24 hours to make sure that at all times someone is in the karaoke booth singing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' by Bonnie Tyler."


Nooooo! Can you imagine? You would never want to hear that song again!

[arista]

Yes I am all for Shifts.

[arista]

The housemates divide up the Japanorama Tasks...

Luke and Alexandra read out the Task sheet to the group earlier, getting a chorus of cheers for karaoke and a gasp when it was revealed that "only people who cannot use chopsticks" would be allowed to take part in the chopstick challenge.

"I'm doing that!" demanded Alexandra when the karate Task was mentioned.

But the housemates were thrown into panic when it was revealed that they only had fifteen minutes to decide who was doing which Task?

"If you're good at chopsticks, do that," advised Lisa loudly.

So the housemates who can't use chopsticks are going to be the ones that are good at them? Hmmm, logical.

"We've got fifteen minutes," Luke worried, "so Dale, come and put your name down, because you said you were semi-okay with chopsticks."

"Mario, you should do the karate chop," Alexandra decided, "because you'll probably have the most potential of chopping through a board. Mikey, you should learn Japanese."

Rex said he'd studied karate for a year but clamed he wouldn't be a good choice, announcing: "I remember **** all!"


And when it was revealed they would be getting costumes including geisha costumes for the girls, Sylvia squealed excitedly and hugged Bex.

The group kept changing their minds over who should do what, until Luke insisted, "We haven't got time!" and read out the groups.

It was finally decided that Mohamed, Kat and Mikey were going to be learning Japanese, Luke, Mario and Rachel would do the chopstick challenge, Rebecca, Sylvia, Dennis, Darnell and Alexandra would sing their lungs out in endurance karaoke, Jennifer, Lisa and Rex would learn karate and Dale would do the karate chop.




From the Slow Ch4 site.

[fairymoon]

sounds great

[Sophii3x]

Ooh, what a great task! Lmao at what's on the sign! I've been learning japanese for bit, it's quite easy.

[Jack_]

This task sounds brilliant!

I used to love all the shopping tasks that ran over 2/3 days, it made it so much more interesting, so I hope this is one of many more of them to come.

[*mazedsalv**]

The task sounds great. Should be fantastic to watch.

[Sunny_01]

Sounds really good fun, I would love one of them to work out what the sign in the garden says. If it were me I would be determined to find out what they said in case they were important to the task!!

[gowildcats]

OMG I just saw rebecca as a geisha!!that was scary!!!!!!!!!!!

[arista]

Alex thinks they have
failed.
She was reading the Task rules.

And she is saying her and her Lapdog
will buy their Own Food?