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BIG Brother housemates will have to strip off in front of their fellow contestants - because bosses have moved the bath into the living room.

Show producers have also moved the oven into the Big Brother bedroom in a move likely to send temperatures soaring.

They hope the move will stop contestants opting for an early night because they'll be kept awake by the heat and smell.

And in a further twist, show producers have shifted the house's only fridge into the garden.

The moves have this week been tested on "guinea pig" contestants in the camera-filled house.

Channel 4 bosses hope the design changes will create fireworks when presenters Davina McCall and Dermot O'Leary return to welcome this year's contestants on May 30.

A show source said: "Big Brother will be more shocking and nasty than ever. The choice for the contestants will be simple. If they want a bath, it is in the lounge or not at all.

"The show's bosses hope it will create passion and lots of sexy scenes."

The swimming pool has also been extended so that it is partly in the garden and inside the house. And secret rooms and garden areas will be revealed over the 13-week series.

Article Sunday Mirror