Big Brother housemates have been speculating that new housemate, Stuart Pilkington is an actor, placed in the house to cause trouble.

Most paranoid are Jennifer and Dale, who are convinced that the scheme in some way involves them.

During a late night chat Jen told Dale: “We’re just too alike, it can’t be real. Him going on about liking chocolate cake and the whole kid thing and stuff. It’s bizarre. Too bizarre… Maybe it is just one big set-up, like… I think he’s an actor.

And she added:”He is a really nice person but there’s too much in common for him to just be a normal person.”

Dale replied: “It’s freakish, like.”

Another conspiracy theory is that Stuart and Sylvia are actually a couple outside of the house. Read more & comment »

A talented presenter, Nick Knowles is well known to TV viewers as the host of DIY SOS, City Hospital and Who Dares Wins. Nick has presented a range of programmes across news, sport, quiz shows, documentary features and entertainment in a TV career that has spanned Sydney, Phoenix, Arizona, and Maidstone.

Recent travels have included a visit to Nairobi for Comic Relief and he presented a heart-rending report from Zambia for Sport Relief. Equally at home fronting a series of wedding programmes, BBC One’s The Big Day, and highlighting the plight of Orang-utans in Borneo for the BBC’s Saving Planet Earth series, Nick will be bringing the versatility and zest he brought to his singing on Fame Academy to his co-hosting duties on Last Choir Standing.

Nick is mad about music and, before he got into television, he played in several bands – teaming up with his brother at various bars and clubs in London and the Midlands.

How did you get involved in the show? Read more & comment »

Musician and TV presenter Myleene is no stranger to national talent searches, having beaten thousands of hopefuls to be a finalist in ITV1’s Popstars, going on to be a member of the band Hear’Say.

Myleene’s passion for music started early – she began playing the piano and the violin when she was four. She went on to study voice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where she later graduated.

Since splitting from Hear’Say, Myleene changed direction in 2003 releasing Moving On, her debut solo classical album ,which went to No. 2 in the classical charts. In the last year, she has released two classical No.1 albums, Myleene’s Music for Romance and Myleene’s Music For Mothers. A versatile television presenter, Myleene’s credits include both BBC One’s The One Show and New Year Live, while her fame was cemented by her appearance in the 2006 series of ITV1’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

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BBC One embarks on a brand new weekend entertainment show as choirs from all walks of life – from handbag-wielding Cheshire housewives performing Britney Spears to a group of gay men giving the Pussycat Dolls a new spin – go up against each other to find out who has the passion, power and performance necessary to be declared Last Choir Standing.

Singing in choirs is one of the nation’s favourite pastimes with over 25,000 registered choirs and at least half a million members.

Following a callout to choirs across the country, some of the UK’s best will be going head to head in this exciting new talent search to find the nation’s favourite choir. Read more & comment »

Apprentice runner up, Alex Wortherspoon, has signed a modelling contract with top agency, Models1.

An insider tells the Sunday Mirror, “Alex might turn out to be the real winner of The Apprentice. Companies have been falling over themselves to snap him up. He is weighing his options.”

The girlfriend of Big Brother housemate, Rex Newmark, has admittted that she is quite scared of meeting recently evicted housemate, Alexandra DeGale.

Alex was kicked out last week for making threatening remarks to the housemates, Rex’s girlfriend Nicole told The Mirro:

“They were obviously directed at Rex. He was the only housemate to stand up to her. I am so proud of him for that and the way he dealt with the situation.

“It was horrible. I felt for his family but those threats were against me, too. Maybe she’s jealous… if I bumped into Alex I’d be worried.”

Big Brother housemate Jennifer got annoyed yesterday as she is sure that the rest of the BB housemates are assuming that she and Dale are a couple.

She told Luke: “Everyone is under the assumption that Dale and I must be together. It’s starting to really wind me up.”

Luke replied: “You’ve not done anything to ensemble the relationship. You’ve never kissed him.”

Jen exclaimed: “Of course I haven’t!”

Luke then apologised for any role he may have played in the rumours. Read more & comment »

Big Brother housemate, Lisa Appleton, has revealed that she met her boyfriend Mario Marconi when he sold her a crystal ball through eBay.

She said: “I bought a crystal ball from him. We’ve both got loads of stuff on there.”

Luke and Rebecca visited the Big Brother diary room yesterday to give Big Brother their guide to surviving house meetings.

They had just attended a group meeting about the recent shopping task and the bored pair thought they would enlighten BB with their tips.

1. Pretend you are interested when you really don’t give a monkey.

Luke and Rebecca demonstrate this by resting their chins on their hands and faking interested looks to Big Brother.

2. Say “yes, I agree” accompanied by polite clapping. Read more & comment »

Highlights from tonight’s show, Saturday 21 June, 9pm on Channel 4.
” Rebecca and Luke have top tips for getting through ‘house meetings’
” Sylvia argues with Michael over noise
” New Housemate Stuart causes a stir with all the housemates

DAY 16

10:49am – Yesterday the housemates ordered and had their first luxury food shopping delivered. However, they had over spent by £105 and as stated in the Welcome Pack, the items at the bottom of the list were removed, to meet their budget. These included the majority of Mohamed’s halal food and he decides to call a meeting. Some of the housemates are in the bedroom and Lisa comments about Mohamed’s situation saying, “If that was me I’d go ballistic.” Kathreya defends Rex taking charge of the shopping, saying that when something is done for the group it can backfire and that who ever did it would make mistakes.. Mario joins the conversation adding, “It’s not Rex it’s the focus is on Mohamed. It’s despicable.” Referring to the meeting, Mario comments: “Meetings like that I’ll just have to facilitate…. Rex has got to listen. I’m sorry I manage people for a living. I manage 500 people a day. It’s not a restaurant we’re running, it’s a family, and every ones got equal rights.” Read more & comment »

After Alexandra’s shock removal from the Big Brother house, BB decided to replace her with 25 year old, Stuart Pilkington.

Stuart is a 25 year old personal trainer from London. Here are a few facts about him:

- He’s done nude modelling in the past

- The most insulting thing anyone could do is to call him ugly

- He has a rather odd shaving habit Read more & comment »

The Big Brother housemates were given an hour this morning to practice their new instruments, and at the end had to attempt another performance as an orchestra.

A few hours later Darnell went tot he diary room to get the results of the mini task.

“This might not be good news,” said Darnell as he opened the results envelope. He read out the following BB statement:

“Earlier today, housemates had the opportunity to practise as the Big Brother Orchestra. Read more & comment »

Channel 4 have released a few clues and titbits on the new Big Brother housemate who will enter the house tonight.

Channel 4 revealed:

- They’ve done nude modelling in the past

- The most insulting thing anyone could do is to call them ugly

- They have a rather odd shaving habit

- They have a five-year-old daughter

- They hate people touching their nose Read more & comment »

21 year old Rebecca, has become the first Big Brother housemate to get thrown into the garden jail.

What makes it more awful is the fact that Rebecca wasn’t even being punished for anything.

The housemates were called to the store room last night to receive their shopping and on their list they had requested ‘10 Big Brother’s Ever Changing Special Prizes for £1 each’.

The prizes included a giant cookie, an inflatable crocodile and a cuddly toy. But unfortunately for Bex there was one booby prize Read more & comment »

Big Brother housemate Sylvia has accused Mohamed of game playing in the house.

Last night she told Rex, Kathreya and Bex that Mohamed had approached her and asked if she would pretend to be going out with him, so that they could land more magazine deals outside of the house.

It actually strikes me that possibly Sylvia may be the game player in this scenario, as if Mo had said something this shocking, surely the BB cameras and microphones would have picked it up?