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Channel
4's Hertfordshire based annual summer event, Big Brother, is back
for a fifth series with a new-look house and 12 new people to become
engrossed with!
But
this year Big Brother says it's getting 'evil' the winner could
walk away with nothing!
This
year is the first time that the housemates can win more prize money
- up to £100,000. But they could also lose the lot, because
every Saturday they have to do a live task just to hold on to that
prize fund.
If
they fail a task, they get penalised in cash, at least £10,000
a week. So essentially, the winner of this year's Big Brother could
come out of the house with no prize money at all!
The
producers have also promised that there will be other nasty surprises
along the way. And at the moment the 12 housemates are in isolation
and are the only people in the country that don't know hos bad things
could get!
The
new house has also been designed to reflect the evil theme.
Created
by Production Designer Markus Blee and Art Director James Zafir,
it has been designed to make life difficult for the new housemates!
For
example - there's only one bedroom and not enough beds!
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| The
bedroom - looks a bit leafy (picture Dave King / Channel 4 Television) |
And
unlike other years, both the bedroom and the bathroom are glass
fronted and overlook the outdoor areas and the bedroom opens out
onto the garden.
But
this is the only way in and out of the room so they'll have to walk
outside to get to bed …...... whatever the weather!
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| But
it IS practically outside! (picture Dave King / Channel 4 Television) |
The
idea behind this is that the designers have turned the traditional
ways of living around, with a clear separation between the living
and sleeping quarters to challenge the housemates further.
And
to reinforce the concept that the housemates will have nowhere to
hide, the bedroom and bathroom have been designed to have an outdoors
feel, with the bedroom given woodland forest interiors to add to
the outdoor feel of the room.
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The
bathroom looks out onto the outside
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This
year's house also has a completely different size and structural
layout and it's smaller than ever before, making it claustrophobic
and intense.
There
are inward slanting walls, low ceilings, hard seats and angular
surfaces designed to try to make it an unsettling place in which
to live.
In
fact it all sounds a bit like a theme park ride that is designed
to disorientate and make you feel a bit queasy!
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| The
living room / kitchen (picture Dave King / Channel 4 Television) |
Shirley
Jones, Executive Producer of Big Brother 5 explained that the house
has been designed to challenge the contestants and the ideas that
they may have got from previous series.
"We've
designed the house specifically to make the Big Brother experience
more difficult this year and we're challenging the preconceived
ideas that the housemates have" she said.
"They
are expecting two bedrooms, we've given them one. The house is smaller,
it's a lot more oppressive, the ceilings have been lowered, and
in places the floors have been raised."
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| The
kitchen with angular walls and odd shaped mirrors (picture Dave
King / Channel 4 Television) |
"We've
changed the shape of the mirrors so some are round and some are
full length, which makes them not so obvious" she added.
"Some
of the full-length mirrors look like the house extends, but when
you get there it doesn't and it is just a reflection of the other
side.
"We've
added things to the walls so it makes the walls more interesting.
It also means that when you are in there you're not sure what to
focus on and the whole thing becomes quite disorientating."
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| The
spa (picture Dave King / Channel 4 Television) |
Big
Brother, however, has added some features to provide the housemates
with an escape from the 'evil' confines of the house.
The
garden has been equipped with an idyllic spa area with two outdoor
baths, a shower and a 'snug' hideaway hut for the housemates to
retreat to, all housed under a Thai-inspired thatched roof.
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| The
pamper room (picture Dave King / Channel 4 Television) |
There
is also a luxurious pamper room which doesn't look too evil!
This
year, the series dispensed with the customary video application
and the 12 housemates were chosen through a new open audition process.
They
will be kept in isolation until they enter the house on Friday 28
May at 10.00pm and are the only people in the country who won't
be aware of the 'evil' nature of the house and the new series and
have no idea what's in store for them.
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| The
bathroom (picture Dave King / Channel 4 Television) |
This
year, there is very little information being released from Channel
4 and no confirmation as to whether there will be a weekly task
and if there is, whether there will be a live show to broadcast
the housemates risking all for their weekly food budget.
All
that is known is that 12 people will be living together in a community,
cut off from the outside world for ten weeks and getting voted out
as the weeks progress - probably!
Excitement
Last year's series was generally thought to be not one of the best,
so producers are probably hoping that this air of mystery plus promises
to be bad will help generate excitement.
The
press have also been trying to get information about the show and
have pumped audition contestants for details of what we might be
able to expect.
The
Sun has recently reported that producers made both male and female
hopefuls kiss each other at auditions in a saucy game of truth or
dare!
Let's
see what the summer brings! Welcome back Big Brother!
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reveals his best bits - interview >>
| yasmin,
england |
Sunday,
30-May-2004 18:23:36 BST |
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| i
adore big brother 5 i think marco is so funny although i want
michelle 2 win |
| Aimee,
Canterbury kent |
Monday,
24-May-2004 10:45:27 BST |
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big brothers show have been quite boring! their should be lots
of sex and drinking! yes thats the spirit! |
| Aimee,
Canterbury kent |
Monday,
24-May-2004 10:45:27 BST |
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big brothers show have been quite boring! their should be lots
of sex and drinking! yes thats the spirit! |
| tony
cox, manchester |
Monday,
31-May-2004 02:18:44 BST |
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| cant
you send the house mates off to an island,and get them to find
food,and survive for a week ,as it is getting borring watching
people in the big brother house,are cant you send some 1 into
the house to cause as much trouble as poss.cant you have a game
were the more clothes they take off the more food they get,
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