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Big Bro Spills The Beans On BB3
Since our speculative Big Brother 3 "news" story
a couple of weeks ago, 'the powers that be' have decided to
officially release some bona fide information about the new
10-week series:
Unlike before, Big Brother 3 will feature 12 housemates right
from the start this time. With the first eviction taking place
at the end of the second week, the series will probably therefore
run into early August.
There'll be nightly coverage on Channel 4 throughout the week
and round-the-clock coverage plus the 'Big Brother's Little
Brother' fanzine on E4. In addition, Channel 4 will broadcast
the weekly task live on Saturday nights and there'll
be a special programme on Sunday giving the psychologist's
opinion and an interview with that week's evictee.
Old-favourites Davina McCall and Dermot O'Leary return to
front the various TV shows and the familiar Geordie tones
of Marcus Bentley will once again be heard as the show's narrator.
For this season Big Brother has decided to get tougher on
the contestants. Let's just hope the all-seeing power actually
means it this time though, as exactly the same line was touted
just before Big Brother 2, yet nothing was done when Dean
admitted sending messages to the outside world.
The new tough regime involves a 'three strikes and you're
out' rule, which basically means that if the contestants give
feeble excuses for nominating their fellow housemates, they
could face the boot! Warnings will also come for generally
not toeing the line or for breaching the fundamental (new)
rules such as not talking about previous Big Brother series'
or mentioning anything discussed in the diary room.
To compliment the new rules, all books, games and musical
instruments are banned and contestants will be allowed to
bring just 1 magazine into the house. This is a determined
effort to help build relationships between all the housemates
and to stimulate interesting conversation. The contestants
will be able to 'win' some luxury items by completing their
weekly tasks.
Whilst details of the new house can be found in another story
on this site, the 'love loft' rumour has officially been neither
confirmed nor denied. Big Brother 2's garden den seems to
have been replaced with a swimming pool, but a secret hideaway
somewhere in the house wouldn't be a surprise.
Following-on from Paul and Helen's 'will they, won't they'
relationship, the show's producers have suggested that they're
definitely not trying to encourage sex to take place this
time around. However, we all know full-well that a bit of
nookie would give a huge boost to the ratings and besides,
why have they added extra double beds then?!
At the Friday night evictions, where the public will now be
allowed into the studio itself, the ousted housemate will
leave via a sprawling staircase. He/she will head-out onto
a big platform outside the house and will then proceed down
another flight of stairs with Davina. Unless there is a lift
installed somewhere, this has rather put-paid to the rumours
that there might be a wheelchair-bound contestant as part
of the final 12.
The start date of the new series has yet to be confirmed,
but expect it to be sometime around the 24th-27th May 2002.
On that day, viewers will be able to see the contestants enter
the house live on Channel 4.
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