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The Brand Republic site is saying that a new female housemate is going to be brought in to the house soon. No confirmation from Channel 4 though.

Big Brother to spice things up with new female housemate
by Staff Brand Republic 20 Jun 2005

'Big Brother' is set to bring in a sexy new female housemate after the consecutive evictions of Mary, Lesley and Sam has left the show with only three girls.

With just Zimbabwean nurse Makosi, promotions girl Saskia and student Vanessa left, the 'Big Brother' producers are worried the house will be too male-orientated and viewers may switch off because of the lack of female talent.

Sam, dubbed the best-looking and sexiest housemate by tabloids, became the third girl in a row to be evicted from the 'Big Brother' house.

She was evicted with 59% of the vote, leaving gay Tory Derek, who was also up for eviction, in the house for another week.

The arrival of a new girl will also shake things up because there is no real romance in the house this year. Saskia and Maxwell appear to be cooling off while Makosi and Anthony's flirting appears to be just that.

Channel 4 refused to confirm the arrival of a new housemate, but it would not be an unprecedented move. Previous years have seen surprise housemates introduced: gay Josh Rafter in 'Big Brother 2'; Sophie Pritchard in the third season; Welsh Lisa in 'Big Brother 4' and last year's stripper Becki Seddiki.

Seperately, Channel 4 has signed a deal with 'Big Brother' maker Endemol to take up another two series of the hit reality show, in a deal believed to be worth £20m.

The new deal runs to the end of 2007 and includes all UK rights to broadcast TV, new media and commercial activities such as books, DVDs and CDs.

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