[SecretAgender]

Hi - does anyone know if the housemates for summer 2015 will already have been informed they have been selected? Or does BB ring people up close to the deadline?
I'm asking because I reached the final group of auditions in Feb. Took my dietary requirements, GP details etc.Got a letter warning me of the downside of taking part. Seemed to be close to selection.
No call yet - so I was wondering whether everyone going in the house has now been told. Thanks! X

[Jay28jay2]

I think its not far from the deadline, about 2 weeks beforehand you will be put in hiding is all I know.

[Will.]

Big Brother 16 is launching early May, pm (private message) me for the details as a know the launch date. I'm guessing call backs would be taking place now/already happened.

[Jason.]

BB15 launched on 5th June.
Last years Tamara and Ashleigh said they got calls in Mid-May (15th May), asking if they wanted to be housemates, which was about three weeks before the launch.

If rumors are true about the early May start, then I'm guessing the selected housemates will be informed Mid-April (13th - 20th April). Which is about two to three weeks away.

The probably go in hiding about a week before they go in. So probably late April to early May. Which is about a month away.

[Jay28jay2]

Originally Posted by BB6

BB15 launched on 5th June.
Last years Tamara and Ashleigh said they got calls in Mid-May (15th May), asking if they wanted to be housemates

Sorry to seem a little bit thick but did they audition or were they recruited?

[SecretAgender]

Thanks for all that info guys - appreciated. Will: tried to PM you but it seems I don't have the right privileges yet. Possibly because I just signed up to the site this morning! Will try later 😊x

[Will.]

Originally Posted by SecretAgender

Thanks for all that info guys - appreciated. Will: tried to PM you but it seems I don't have the right privileges yet. Possibly because I just signed up to the site this morning! Will try later 😊x

Ok, if you want I can email you? X

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Jay28jay2

Sorry to seem a little bit thick but did they audition or were they recruited?

Tamara auditioned. But Ashleigh had an agent, and was recruited.

[Raph]

Originally Posted by BB6

Tamara auditioned. But Ashleigh had an agent, and was recruited.

Tamara >> *******igh

[Phillip!]

I hope it's a better cast this year!

[waterhog]

early may
please arrive with no delay.
poetry from me is my spoil
and on this forum i set to boil.
can not wait not much more to say
hurry hurry let it be may.

[MB.]

Yes, lovely, misunderstood Tamara with such eloquent tweets as "I bet he bangs the ******".

[Jamesy]

Oh yes, lovely Tamara that thought spending less than a week with a guy meant they were boyfriend and girlfriend... then went on to write offensive Tweets and sell fake stories to the papers.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Jamesy

Oh yes, lovely Tamara that thought spending less than a week with a guy meant they were boyfriend and girlfriend... then went on to write offensive Tweets and sell fake stories to the papers.

BIB - The Irony.

Funny how you slate Tamara for that, when you favourite housemate of CBB15 was horrendous Hatie Hopkins. Known for her sexist, racist, and fatist tweets.
I guess you haven't seen her recent slur about the Holocaust.
Why don't you check it out, and see if you still have the same opinion?

Speaking of opinions, Have people's opinions reversed since BB15?
Who you disliked in BB15, is who you liked in CBB15?
Just a suggestion.

[Jamesy]

I only liked KH as a housemate. In real life I don't take notice of her, her Twitter or whatever she does, couldn't care less.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Jamesy

I only liked KH as a housemate. In real life I don't take notice of her, her Twitter or whatever she does, couldn't care less.

I don't get that.
I'm no fan of Perez, either.
But Hopkins was just as horrid in the house, as she was on the outside.
It was just done in a different way.

[Jamesy]

I don't necessarily think just because you liked someone in Big Brother means you like them in real life, some people can act very differently in the house than they do outside the house. KH was far more toned down in the house (probably because she couldn't keep to a script 24/7), she did say some stupid things although for the most part I found her funny and she seemed quite a fun person at times too.

I enjoyed her more on an entertainment level, Perez was just on a whole other level I found too unbearable, although I did find his shagging the mirror moment pretty funny, just because it was so over the top.

Maybe she acted the same as Perez but in a different way, but I don't particularly care anymore, CBB15 was a hard series to follow and I'm kinda glad to see the back of it. I liked Hopkins at the time, I don't have any time for her outside of Big Brother.

[Mystic Mock]

I would've rathered the Hopkins on Twitter in CBB15 over the miserable cow that ironically toed the PC line in CBB15.

[Beastie]

They have already been informed.

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by Beastie

They have already been informed.

source?

[Jason.]

I wonder if they still legitimately go into hiding.

I was watching bits and bobs of launches BB5-BB8, and Davina would say they've been in hiding for two weeks, in hidden locations around the country, and have been stripped apart from their phones, TV's, internet, and the papers, and have no idea what the house looks like or what the theme is, etc.

Heck, even for BB5 they were hidden abroad in Belgium, for two weeks.

I imagine these days, they go into hiding about 3 days before the launch, and are put into different rooms at the same hotel, which is about a 5 minute drive from the BB house, and have every idea of what the house looks like, and what's in store for them.

[Jake.]

Beastie's going in!??

[Pete.]

[Jamesy]

They go in hiding around a week or a week and a half before launch I think, and I think they are put in hiding just before the house pictures are revealed.

The only things C5 housemates seem to know as they go in is what the logo looks like and the theme of the series *remembers Jack and Joe mentioning "Secrets and Lies" every episode of BB14*

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Jamesy

They go in hiding around a week or a week and a half before launch I think, and I think they are put in hiding just before the house pictures are revealed.

The only things C5 housemates seem to know as they go in is what the logo looks like and the theme of the series *remembers Jack and Joe mentioning "Secrets and Lies" every episode of BB14*

Ah right.
That's still too much, IMO.

It's always good to go in hiding before the theme is revealed, so they have no idea what to expect.