[Beastie]

THE Daily Star’s Big Brother golden tickets contest has sparked a stampede.

Fans so desperate to get their hands on a ticket – which could get them into the BB house – have even resorted to stealing them. Demand for the prized 120 golden tickets is enormous. It’s a clear sign the race to get on Channel 5’s new Big Brother series this summer is really hotting up.

BB fan Matt Oakes bought 217 copies of the paper on Saturday. He cleaned out several newsagents in his home town of Coventry. But his excitement turned to heartbreak when he found more than 70 golden ticket wallets had been nicked by sly BB addicts.
Matt, 27, said: “I had been been looking forward to the competition. But people have beaten me to it and stolen the envelopes. I am very upset. “But I guess it shows how desperate people are.”

Eagle-eyed fans may recognise Matt. The self-confessed bisexual virgin was a BB golden ticket winner in the Channel 4 KitKat stunt in 2006, missing out to model and housewife Susie Verrico, 48. Matt said: “I’m hoping this time the producers pick me.”
Copies of the Daily Star sold out on Saturday as readers rushed to snap up the golden ticket wallets. It’s expected that, as in 2006, some fans will put their golden tickets up for sale on eBay.

Anyone who gets a golden ticket with its unique number must follow instructions on the back and register the ticket. They will then be fast-tracked to the final stages of BB auditions this summer. If they impress and pass all the police and medical checks, they could then be picked as a housemate for the show’s first Channel 5 series which starts in September.


Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view...n-Big-Brother/

[Marsh.]

BB fan Matt Oakes bought 217 copies of the paper on Saturday. He cleaned out several newsagents in his home town of Coventry.

But his excitement turned to heartbreak when he found more than 70 golden ticket wallets had been nicked by sly BB addicts.

Or they fell out, as they always do. Much likelier scenario.

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Or they fell out, as they always do. Much likelier scenario.

Lol. I heard that the golden tickets are with the television guide inside the newspaper? Mmm.

Lol aww I think I want Matt to go on. Through pure desperation.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Beastie

BB fan Matt Oakes bought 217 copies of the paper on Saturday. He cleaned out several newsagents in his home town of Coventry.

....
“But I guess it shows how desperate people are.”

lol.

[GypsyGoth]

To be honest I don't think this is 217 papers.

[Stu]

Someone's going to have to read the ticket out to him if he gets it, I assume?

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

To be honest I don't think this is 217 papers.

Your right. Probably about 40. Maybe he had the rest in his little trolley. If he had one. lol

[GypsyGoth]

[michael21]

charlie and the chocolate factory

[Jordan.]

What a sad act, nevermind relying on a ticket to boost your chance of getting in. Don't be a boring moron and the producers will pick you.

[\PJ/]

http://twitter.com/oakeydokes the desperation drops to new lows on his twitter.

[Jords]

Why would you waste all that money? You might not even get in!

Auditions, do it properly.

[Chuck]

oakeydokes matt oakes
far too horny for my own good this morning...think someone slipped me some aphrodisiacs

[ElProximo]

I'm hoping the Ticket Stunt is all part of a clever scheme to eliminate anyone who I want to call 'Professional Applicants'.
I'm not sure how it might be. I'm just hoping it is.

I'm sure Matt is a very nice young man and all but he is exactly who I'd like to see NEVER appear in the new BB series.

What WOULD be interesting to me are the dozen people who happen upon the ticket and otherwise may not bother applying.
Then you are narrowing it down to more likely sincere 'real people' genuinely unprepared and maybe unfamiliar with the program.

[Mac Hiavellian]

To me he just comes across as a media *****. BB doesn't need that anymore, nor did it really ever

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Stu

Someone's going to have to read the ticket out to him if he gets it, I assume?

Originally Posted by Jordan.

What a sad act, nevermind relying on a ticket to boost your chance of getting in. Don't be a boring moron and the producers will pick you.

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by \PJ/

http://twitter.com/oakeydokes the desperation drops to new lows on his twitter.

Do you know him personally PJ?

[Beastie]

His hair looks blonde on twitter.

[\PJ/]

No I do not Beastie, he probably lives in woodend it's a place in Coventry which is just like shameless but probably even rougher

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Jords

Why would you waste all that money? You might not even get in!

Auditions, do it properly.

Exactly,

[Sod_James]

I work in a shop and they are just tucked into the paper. They easily fall out. i have found 4 on the shop floor. and at the end of the day the left over papers only get sent back to the distributer. I was allowed to take the golden ticket wallets cos they would only get sent back.

[the_last_remaining_fan]

I expect to see him in the house in September................

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by the_last_remaining_fan

I expect to see him in the house in September................

Wouldn't mind that. Bex from BB9 was a desperate minge bag and was still highly entertaining. Hopefully this Matt guy will be too!

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by Sod_James

I work in a shop and they are just tucked into the paper. They easily fall out. i have found 4 on the shop floor. and at the end of the day the left over papers only get sent back to the distributer. I was allowed to take the golden ticket wallets cos they would only get sent back.

Oh. It's a bit silly that they can just drop out! Did you keep the ones that dropped on the floor? Did you open them? I think you should!

There are 120 golden tickets. I best most of them "accidently" will be chucked in the bin!

[Sod_James]

Originally Posted by Beastie

Oh. It's a bit silly that they can just drop out! Did you keep the ones that dropped on the floor? Did you open them? I think you should!

There are 120 golden tickets. I best most of them "accidently" will be chucked in the bin!

Yeah i opened them. all they said was sorry you are not a winner this time please try again. But at the end of the day when we close we package up the ones that didnt sell and send them back. we had about 30 odd. so really if every store does the same hundreds over the country will just be sent back. ones which potentially could contain the golden tickets.