[James]

Daily Star today reports...

Show to start on Thursday 18th May.

Longest ever Big Brother UK - 13 weeks.

Sixteen housemates.

Trial-run of house started yesterday.

BIG BRO EARLY BID TO NICK RIVAL TELLY FANS

by PETER DYKE

BIG Brother 7 is set to start up early to get viewers hooked before the launch of rival telly shows.

The new series of Channel 4's smash hit will begin in three weeks on Thursday, May 18.

It will go on for longer than ever with even more housemates.

Traditionally, the spy-on-the-wall show kicks off at the end of May but teams of celebs headed by Robbie Williams, 32, and Gordon Ramsay, 39, battling it out on the pitch.

That will be followed by a week-long celebrity talent show X Factor: Battle of the Stars.

Stunts

A new series of Love Island in June is tipped to run for around eight weeks. BB7 will run for 13 weeks - the longest in Big Brother history and two weeks more than last year's show, won by Anthony Hutton, 24.

Sixteen housemates are expected to take part - more than ever before.

Yesterday, guinea pig contestants were put into the new-look BB house to spend five days trying out some of the tasks and stunts planned for this summer's series before the real housemates arrive.

Daily Star

[Razmataz]

I do. for some reason believe this!


After the trial run don't we normally get pictures of the house.

And if its true from other forums there should be a press release tomorrow.

And..no official eye yet...or is that a theme this year, secrecy. who knows?

[krissybabe06]

yeah gladders me too because apparently callbacks are starting this week and stu was told 3 weeks before ne entered the house! who knows?
its going to be fab!xcx

[GirlsNotAloud]

if it lasted 14 weeks and finished on a friday that would be 100 days of BB, they should just round it up

[Chocolate]

Early launch for Big Brother

http://www.channel4.com/news/content...e.jsp?id=44718

[krissybabe06]

yey

[krissybabe06]

yeah thats coolx good luck to every1 waitingxxx

[BigSister]

im a bit suspicious though its on a thursday its never started on a thursday before unless they could do an eviction first night?

[krissybabe06]

hmm thats what i thought its usually a friday but maybe theyve changed it! i mean its been on the channel 4 news and everything and in all the papers so maybe it is true!

[amobatty]

it must be true if its on the channel 4 news and site

[Blink_Me]

13 weeks, hey? 16 housemates, hey? Nah, I'll stop doing the "hey" part.

This just proves the house is going to be bigger if there is 16 housemates.

[krissybabe06]

yeah might be, i doubt the housemates have been told yet though!

[krissybabe06]

but i reckon the housemates arent ever picked around this time and to be honest how does the news know therer 16 if they aint been picked yet?

[Blink_Me]

Usually some people get some inside information before the show starts. They usually pick the people early May, so I guess they've probably have picked the housemates now.

[krissybabe06]

nah theyve definately picked the housemates but wouldnt have rang em 2 confirm it, i wonder whos in it this year!

[Blink_Me]

I don't know. Hopefully they'll be exciting people.

[krissybabe06]

hopefully lol

[BigSister]

i hope theres good people because 16 weeks is along stretch if the people in it arent up to scratch

[bambam]

Personally I'd rather it started on the friday, it's going to be hell dragging myself out of bed on the Friday morning, argh!

[krissybabe06]

yeah definately i hope they get the right mix of contestants because it'll be on longer than usual! if they focus and ave fun and a gd time they should be fine! i dont think bb would choose any1 who couldnt hack 16 weeks in there!! lol

im not bothered when it starts me as long as it flipping starts lol,

[BigSister]

I rather it started on a friday too dunno why but I do because its like you have the weekend to post on here but on friday its like school/college luckly ill be off ui then so ill be ok

[krissybabe06]

yeah i am use to it starting on a friday but even if it did start on a thursday i probably wouldnt even think of the days changing really, yeah aww bless you'll be alright darling x

[MarkWaldorf]

WOOOOO Im So Excited Now!!!!

[krissybabe06]

yeah me tooo i think theyve been picked tooo, which means we all have lovely housemates to entertain us over the summer!

[Corkie]

good good i think i twist will happen on the friday though so is the press relice tomorrow?