Day 1 - Contestants enter the house, What a gay day!                                                 <<

"Fu*king 'hell," were the first words uttered in the revamped house by an excitable Bubble; a nice welcome to the show for the more mature audience picked-up by the broadcasts of Celebrity Big Brother on the BBC! Shortly after Bubble had arrived, he was joined by Amma, Helen, Stuart, Narinder and Dean; almost all of them needing a double take upon hearing his (somewhat ridiculous) name.

As the group chatted away, boys separate from girls, it was almost as if the girls were in some kind of 'ego' contest with the conversation getting louder and louder. When Brian, Penny, Paul and Elizabeth arrived after being frisked shortly after 10am, this was compounded with everyone going totally over-the-top in the 'chatty' stakes. Definitely not the usual British reserved, "Hello…um, nice weather," 'getting to know you' mumble then!

A little later, Big Brother had unlocked all the internal doors of the house and bolted the front door. The housemates took the opportunity to have a good scout around and suss out the bedrooms etc. The girls claimed the one with the on-suite Jacuzzi but Paul (backed up by Brian) protested. They decided to flip a coin to see who'd get the room but didn't have any coins on them. Doh! In the end, Dean simply said, "Let the girl's have it," acknowledging how 'girls' like to spend more time in the bathroom! However he wasn't taking the piss and no doubt gained some brownie points with the ladies for his genuine gesture.

At around midday after she'd acquainted herself with the chickens and called a meeting about food arrangements, Penny decided to have a go at making bread, assisted by Elizabeth. Anyone would have thought she was a real chef though, as she put her mouth into total overdrive, barking orders to pass ingredients left right and centre!

Meanwhile, the Boys unpacked and made their beds... probably quite a challenge for most of them! With his camp and cheerful manner, it was already easy to see how Brian could become a gay/cult icon and possibly a national star; we can sense the dedicated fan sites going live any day now (let us know if you start one!) However, although Brian was quite entertaining, it wasn't entirely clear how Bubble, who lists Girls as one of his hobbies, had taken to the gay Irishman.

Brian had already suggested to Narinder that he would be nominated first in reference to his sexuality. However, as long as he doesn't overdo it to the point of tedium or throw some almighty wobblers, he has to be in with a chance of staying the distance. In response, Narinder said that she could also state reservations because of her Asian origin, but the pair's very inclusion helps to show that these 'minority issues' are less of an issue in the modern British society.

In the afternoon some of the boys sat out in the garden watching Bubble, who had just admitted how lazy he was, making a bit of a prat out of himself by attempting to skip with a rope. While the two oldest contestants Dean and Stuart stayed inside to wash-up, Narinder was in the garden telling everyone how she'd been in a 'Bollywood' movie. There was then a discussion about Amma's lap dancing in which the previously relatively-quiet Elizabeth seemed to come out of herself a bit.

A little later, Stuart made the girls a cup of tea, definitely entering their good books with his chivalry. Prior to that, it had been decided by some of the housemates that the chickens should be named after the Spice Girls... oh, I wonder who's idea that could have been?! Later in the day, Dean and Stuart seemed to be bonding really well, partly due to the age similarity but also due to their common interest in music; both brought acoustic guitars into the house as their luxury item.

Shortly after 9pm, Big Brother announced that the 'den' in the garden was now open. The housemates dropped everything and like a bunch of excited school kids, rushed out into the garden to check it out. They all loved it. Inside the den was a soft dummy, which represented the person that would enter the house when the first housemate gets evicted. We'll be giving you more details about this new twist to the format shortly.

At 10.05pm, the conversation had turned to which of the housemates were gay and which were straight, making Brian very much the centre of attention. No one else admitted to being gay (yet!) although almost everyone, well, Narinder, Penny and Bubble, claimed to have loads of gay mates. The highlight of the conversation was when Brian recounted the tale of the occasion when his sister told his Mum he was gay, on his behalf. Apparently she turned around and said, "Are you trying to be fashionable?" Shortly after this, Penny declared that she was a born again Christian, somewhat killing the conversation dead in it's tracks!

Later on Brian went for a shower, not taking into account that Big Brother only supplied hot water in the mornings. He jumped out of the shower pretty damn quick when he realised that only freezing cold water was available. Whilst he was in the shower though, the guys decided to play a trick on him and placed the soft dummy from the den in his bed; he'd already stated that he would be freaked-out if it moved during the night. So, upon finding it bundled under his duvet he immediately blamed Bubble, even though it was Stuart who put it there. "Wa*kers!" came Brian's light-hearted response.

Roll on Day 2…

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