[Spike]

GAUDY help us! Summer’s almost here so it must be time to unveil . . . the house that taste forgot.
Yep, love it or loathe it, the endless TV marathon/drivel (delete where applicable) that is Big Brother returns to our screens on June 5.

And a first glimpse at the new set proves that all that glitters definitely isn’t gold.

The garish, bling-ridden bathroom looks like the place Liberace went to die.

Festooned with gilded swan taps, flowers, champagne bottles and a bronze cast of Michaelangelo’s David, the entire room is done up with a marble effect last seen in Dorian’s Chigwell home in Birds Of A Feather.

The housemates will get another shock when they see the shared bedroom, which looks more like an Eastern Bloc jail cell.

It has “locker” walls and eight beds shared between 12 housemates, each kitted out with scratchy wool blankets.

With any luck the grime-glitz contrast will drive inmates mad within days.

In another twist, show bosses have built the bathroom next to the lounge.

A source tells us: “There’s a huge window between the bathroom and the lounge, so you’ll be able to see everyone. It’s going to be highly pervy.”

We understand the finalists were picked late last week, so if you know anyone going in, call us on the usual numbers.

The Sun

So they are going with 12 housemates sharing 8 beds.

[brohoe]

lol does the sun have any right to call something tacky?

[Jake!]

That house is the second best after BB7 in my books. The bathroom is great! Very marble. Thanks for posting.

[*mazedsalv**]

I was absoloutley sure that 16 were going in. 12 is too little.

[max]

the sun (the rag)

[Hugo]

I would be happy with 12 going in. 16 is 0TT and below 10 is too little. 12 is perfect.

[DigitalSid]

Either they are wrong, or there's a big twist on launch night, as the launch show is 90 minutes.

[Spike]

I wouldn't like anymore than 14 going in on launch.

I think 12 is about right.

[DigitalSid]

Originally posted by tooperfect
I would be happy with 12 going in. 16 is 0TT and below 10 is too little. 12 is perfect.

You like late comers?

[Tom]

I'd like 13 entering on launch night and 3 throughout the series. I wouldn't like to see any more than 13 in the house at any one time.

There will be a launch night twist though, but a good point about the crap bedroom is that they won't want to sleep all day like they have in previous years!

[Loukas]

Well Spike, you have said that BB9 wasn't really in the media enough, i think that its beginning to get some now! I love this house, people on The Sun website hate it! One woman wrote

HORRIBLE..THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT..he had some old this and some old that and some left over wood and paint etc etc!!!!!!!!

I personally love the house and i can't wait to see it up close in the house tour

[Spike]

I would like to see 12 on launch night and no more than 16 for the series.

[Spike]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
Well Spike, you have said that BB9 wasn't really in the media enough, i think that its beginning to get some now!

Yeah its getting some media coverage now but will there be as much media attention after today now all the big news is out.