They’ve spent their summer inside Britain’s most famous house, but what happens when they return to the outside world? Big Brother: What the Housemates Did Next follows the housemates as they leave the house and adjust to life away from the Diary Room, tasks and communal showers. The cameras follow the evicted housemates as they return home, plus viewers see the incredible journey of this year’s winner.
Former Big Brother housemates, Chanelle and Ziggy have reportedly had sex for the first time outside the Big Brother house.
Chanelle, 19, said: “It was magical. But we kept thinking someone was going to interrupt us and call us into the Diary Room.”
Ziggy chirped: “We had an amazing night. And we didn’t get much sleep. Being trapped in the Big Brother house, I was like a caged animal busting to get out. We didn’t get to sleep until after 3am. We want to give this a go.”
Have you ever seen a couple more hungry for a magazine deal? Chiggy would give Peter and Jordan a run for their money!
Yesterday we reported that Channel 4 bosses were considering axing Big Brother due to bad ratings and lack of interest in the show.
However, Channel 4 programmes chief Julian Bellamy has revealed that the show will continue, he said it’s still popular with teens and those in their 20s – main targets for advertisers – and other shows rely on it for revenue.
If this is true, then Channel 4 certainly need to reinvigorate the show in some major way. Has anyone any ideas out there?
Rumours are rife that Channel 4 bosses are considering axing Big Brother, or at least giving it a one year break, after the dire ratings acheived by this years series.
The Sunday Mirror has today reported that with less than three million people tuning into some of the nightly highlight shows on Channel 4, BB bosses are going to have to come up with a radical way to improve the show, or else pull it altogether.
“Everyone has been frantic with worry about the way it has gone,” a show insider told the paper.
“The most drastic plan is getting rid of the next series – but only for a year, as they hope the show will come back stronger. It would mean the end of an era in a sense, but might just save Big Brother.”
Celebrity Big Brother has already been axed from the 2008 schedules and will return in 2009.
So let us know your views. Should Channel 4 axe BB, or would you be devastated without your yearly dose? Comments below as always!
Tonight, Big Brother series 8 ended its 94-day run. The nation has been voting all week, the final votes have been counted and verified and host Davina McCall revealed that BRIAN is this year’s £100,000 winner.
When the voting lines closed, Brian had received 60.3% of the votes for the final two places.
On hearing the news Brian started to cry and looked stunned. The twins, Amanda and Sam, screamed as Brian said “come here” and gave them a big hug. Brian, with tears streaming down his face, said “I don’t deserve to win …. this is so mental”.
Runners-up Amanda & Sam hugged and kissed Brian before walking out of the Big Brother house. As they waved a final goodbye to the winner they called out “whistle for a hottie” and then made their way up the stairs hand in hand. Read more & comment »
A record £5 million has been bet on Sam and Amanda Marchant to win Big Brother 2007, making them the most popular Big Brother housemates yet.
The bookies stand to lose a fortune if the girls win, as they were first given the odds of only 20/1 when people were sure Brian would win.
Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg said last night: “The twins will go down in BB history.
They’ve managed to steer clear of all the bitching and back-stabbing which has made them firm favourites amongst the punters. If they’re crowned queens of BB their army of fans will only increase. Read more & comment »
Big Brother sources have revealed that we could be facing a double eviction from the house this week, in a bid to slim the house down for the final week.
“We’ve had more housemates than ever this year so we need to get rid of some quickly” an insider revealed to The Sun
“We’ve decided that two should go this Friday, which will leave us with seven people. Amanda and Sam will count as one.” Read more & comment »
BRIAN, CAROLE, GERRY, JONTY, KARA-LOUISE and LIAM have all faced the public vote this week following the “mind, body and soul” task. “Gurus” Amanda & Sam, Tracey and Ziggy were granted immunity from eviction. Tonight, Carole and Gerry were revealed as the two housemates who received the most votes from the public, with 49% and 24% respectively. This was then announced to the house by Big Brother, and the “gurus” had to decide whether Carole or Gerry would become the tenth housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house.
Big Brother instructed each “guru” to stand in turn and name the housemate they wanted to evict. Starting with Amanda and Sam the “gurus” made the unanimous decision to evict Gerry.
After hearing he was to be evicted Gerry said “I’m proving now that I did not come here for the money, you all did the right thing.” Turning to a tearful Carole, Gerry told her “You can stay here and win, we’re still young, we can work for it.”
Big brother housemates, Brian, Carole, Gerry, Jonty, Kara-Louise and Liam face eviction all face the public vote this week after failing to acheive guru status.
The public will vote in the normal manner, but in a typical BB twist, the pair with the lowest votes will then face the gurus of the house who will decide who to evict….nasty! Read more & comment »
So, this week is likely to see 4 or more Big Brother housemates facing eviction after the Guru task ends. We already know that Ziggy won’t be up, but who would you like to see facing the chop this week?
Ziggy has become the first Big Brother housemate to earn guru status, making him immune from this weeks eviction.
Big Brother set the housemates a general knowledge quiz, and they scored a dismal 38 out of 90. BB then gave them a second chance and the housemates improved their score to 48 out of 90. Although the housemates, collectively, improved their minds by 26%, Ziggy made the biggest improvement. Big Brother announced:
“The housemate with the greatest mind improvement – a whopping 200% – is Ziggy.” Read more & comment »