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BBLB · 05-05-2006, 10:15 AM

BIG Brother fans will get a chance to WIN a place in the house - through a Willy Wonka-style contest, The Sun can reveal.

James · 05-05-2006, 10:30 AM

It's KitKats the tickets are going to be in - they would have to prepare this in advance. So that makes me think it is more than a rumour.

I have to ask, what if someone finds a ticket and doesn't want to appear on Big Brother? Any alternative prize?

A lot of people would never go on Big Brother in a million years. It could put off people from buying KitKats!

BigSister · 05-05-2006, 10:36 AM

Thats true James and when would the draw be and they would have top have travel etc. And i havent seen it yet so they are going have to be quick!

BBLB · 05-05-2006, 10:38 AM

I know..sounds a bit dubious to me as well..but when it comes from 2 different sources you have to wonder.
Maybe this is a bit of misinformation leaked from endemol to add to the publicity?
Would be great if its true though.
Guess we will find out more later in the day and if its a rumour the thread can be moved into rumours or killed off.

Theres also the age problem,what if all the tickets are found by under 18s.
And the real question here is does this mean kitkat are sponsoring BB this year?

BigSister · 05-05-2006, 10:50 AM

oh yeah thats a good point because under 18s cant go into the BB house

blogbrother · 05-05-2006, 10:56 AM

This surely is just publicity, I remember on last years BBLB Dermot had a competition to enter the BB house and it was just a competition for Freeview boxes to watch it on E4... Maybe this is the same sort of thing and the random person gets to visit the camera run?... Possibly...

BBLB · 05-05-2006, 11:00 AM

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Originally posted by blogbrother
This surely is just publicity, I remember on last years BBLB Dermot had a competition to enter the BB house and it was just a competition for Freeview boxes to watch it on E4... Maybe this is the same sort of thing and the random person gets to visit the camera run?... Possibly...

I guess thats also possible given papers tend to exagerate stories.
If its true though im betting it will be just going in as a guest for a day rather than being allowed to stay as a potential winner..and im betting it would be fairly late in the show.

_CoCo_ · 05-05-2006, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by blogbrother
This surely is just publicity, I remember on last years BBLB Dermot had a competition to enter the BB house and it was just a competition for Freeview boxes to watch it on E4... Maybe this is the same sort of thing and the random person gets to visit the camera run?... Possibly...

i think that might be it,they're not gonna put anyone in there,i mean we dont want another guss now do we

blogbrother · 05-05-2006, 11:18 AM

I just re-read the newspaper and they're supposed to enter the house 2 weeks in... Surely this is just publicity, a crazed mentalist could go in there... Although I'm guessing if this was true, they wouldn't let just anybody in there...

Mmm... Now I think about it, I'm thinking of a conspiracy. What if 100 tickets are in Kit Kats but the "random" winner is somebody already preselected by BB?

James · 05-05-2006, 12:16 PM

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.....There will be 100 golden tickets placed in KitKat bars distributed to 40,000 retail outlets starting at 10:30 p.m. on May 18, Channel 4 said on Friday. The competition ends on June 2 at 10:20 p.m.

The winners, following thorough background checks, will be invited to a live TV broadcast where one of them will be chosen at random to enter the "Big Brother 7" house.

"We are always looking at new ways of trying to find brilliant housemates and the golden ticket feels like a genuinely exciting way to do so," said Angela Jain, Channel 4's commissioning editor for "Big Brother".....

http://today.reuters.co.uk/

blogbrother · 05-05-2006, 12:30 PM

Bang goes my conspiracy theory... Oh well... The way Reuters put it doesn't make it sound so bad... It still doesn't mention if the KitKat housemate will be permanent... I'm coming around to the idea now... It could be really funny...

BBLB · 05-05-2006, 01:03 PM

So does anyone know if kitkat are sponsoring BB or will it be Talk Talk.
There does seem to have been an upsurge in TalkTalk adverts on ch4 this week.

BigSister · 05-05-2006, 01:50 PM

ohhh so its going to be sone1 going in later on. Could be quite amusing

BBLB · 05-05-2006, 02:50 PM

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Originally posted by BBLB
BIG Brother fans will get a chance to WIN a place in the house - through a Willy Wonka-style contest, The Sun can reveal.

One hundred golden tickets will be hidden in special chocolate bar wrappers.

And one winner will be picked at random to join the housemates two weeks into the show starting on May 18.

more here

Normally i wouldnt rely on the sun but its been reported in another paper as well and in several usually reliable forums.

mirror link here

tickets being dispatched according to bbvision,looks confirmed now

click here

Clnbnt06 · 05-05-2006, 02:58 PM

I think it's a good idea because it's likely to be a housemate who is considered as 'normal' like the BB1, 2 and 3 days.

BBLB · 05-05-2006, 03:48 PM

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Originally posted by Clnbnt06
I think it's a good idea because it's likely to be a housemate who is considered as 'normal' like the BB1, 2 and 3 days.

Would also be interesting to find out if this would be the 17th hm or will only 15 enter on launch night.

cc100 · 05-05-2006, 08:06 PM

Interesting. I dont know if I like it or hate it!

What if the winner is an OAP?

BBLB · 05-05-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally posted by cc100
Interesting. I dont know if I like it or hate it!

What if the winner is an OAP?

From what i can figure out there are 100 tickets then they look at the 100 and pick one depending on factors like age,if they are physically and emotionally able to do the show,no doubt there will be 1 out the 100 that will be suitable.