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September 4th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4, robbie williams

Robbie Williams has said that Channel 4 are wrong to axe Big Brother.
On Chris Moyles Radio 1 breakfast show this morning Robbie said: “I’ve been watching it and loving it, it’s been very very rewarding this series.
“I have to say to the general populace, you’ve got it wrong – I know you’ve fallen out of love with it, but next year give it your all and hopefully it will be a good series and it won’t go away.”
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September 2nd, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4

Today is David’s Birthday and as a birthday treat Big Brother gave David the opportunity to earn a substantial amount of money towards the winner’s prize fund.
Four podiums were placed in the garden, numbered one to four. On Big Brother’s instruction Sophie, Rodrigo, Siavash and Charlie rated themselves in a series of categories from one to four with one being the most and four being the least in each category.
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September 2nd, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4

Today is David’s birthday. This morning Big Brother called David to the Diary Room to be presented with a surprise gift. David’s gift is a letter from his idol Vivienne Westwood. David, who has a tattoo of Vivienne Westwood’s logo on his neck, has previously told Housemates that she “is my God”.
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September 1st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Lisa Wallace

On Sunday Big Brother surprised Housemates by asking them to nominate one last time. Following this round of nominations (and rule breaking by Siavash, Charlie and Sophie) all the Housemates faced the public vote and knew that one of them would not make it to the final of Big Brother 10 which is just days away.
Tonight Big Brother host Davina McCall announced on Channel 4 that the person with the most votes, and therefore the Housemate to leave the Big Brother house immediately, was Lisa.
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September 1st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4

For today’s task, Housemates must learn and perform a dance routine to ‘Single Ladies’ by Beyonce.
One Housemate must take on the role of ‘Beyonce’, while the remaining Housemates will split themselves into the following roles: -
2 X Beyonce’s backing dancers
1 X Choreographer
1 X Stylist
1 X Production Assistant to Beyonce, backing dancers and crew
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August 31st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, channel 4, e4

E4 controller Angela Jain has said that she thought Big Brother had a few more years of life left in it.
Last Week Channel 4 announced that next year would see Big Brother airing its last season, however speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Jain said the show still pulls in viewers.
Broadcast quotes Jain as saying: “If we were a purely commercial channel, we may have taken a slightly different decision.
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August 30th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Terry Christian

Terry Christian has insisted that Big Brother is not dead and that the series will return after a break.
The former Celebrity Big brother housemate told The Manchester Evening News:”It wouldn’t surprise me if it takes a couple of years’ break and comes back.”
“I’m not a believer in the old adage ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ because if you leave something, it becomes stagnant,” Christian continued.
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August 29th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2010, channel 4, Davina McCall

In a video interview for Channel 4, Davina McCall has explained why Channel 4’s decision to axe the show has upset her so much.
“This week has been such a shocker. I got a phone call from my producer saying that next year we were going to have the last Celebrity Big Brother, and indeed the last Big Brother. Even though I kind of knew it was coming to an end and that it gives Channel 4 an opportunity to try something else, and they’ve had a lot of flack for Big Brother in the past, I think they’ve been very brave to stick with it as long as they did.
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August 29th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4

To win £10,000 towards their prize fund and tokens, Housemates must pass this task. The problem is, they are not told what the task is, only that they will pass if the Pass Or Fail meter in the large task room reaches the ‘PASS’ mark.
Inside the task room are a number of props, puzzles and challenges, such as a padlock with 200 keys, milk bottles filled with water, a large knotted rope, a large bowl of custard and apples, a non-optical illusion etc, however to pass the task, all Housemates need to do is leave the room. Each time one Housemate leaves the room, the meter will move one step closer towards the pass mark. Housemates have up to four hours to complete this task.
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August 28th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Marcus Akin

Long haired, eighties throwback Marcus has been evicted from the Big Brother house. He is the 12th person to be publicly evicted from the house and received 64% of the public vote.
The Wolverine lookalike did well to survive so long, he irritated me with his pervy ways and minging hairdo since day one.
So Siavash lives to fight another day and Betfred are now offering 2/1 on him to win BB10.
August 28th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, channel 4

For today’s task, Big Brother will test one Housemate’s knowledge of animal accents.
One Housemate will be called to the Diary Room. Big Brother will play in two animal sounds. The sounds will come from the same species of animal but from a different region or country.
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August 28th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2010, Davina McCall

Davina McCall is so upset by the forthcoming end of Big Brother, that she plans to enter the BB house as a contestant!
She wrote on her Twitter page: “Well next year we may as well go out with a bang. Think I’ll audition ha ha. Yes please (sic)!”
Davina previously expressed her upset at Channel 4’s decision to bring the show to an end next year.
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August 27th, 2009 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2009, Fun
To commemorate the cancellation of Big Brother, we’ve knocked together our own versions of the 2009 logo, complete with crucifixes, coffins and skulls! Feel free to share them around whether you’re mourning Big Bro’s demise or jumping for joy. Next year is the last year

Skull logo – if Big Brother is TV poison for you.

Coffin logo – I wonder if this’ll bury Davina’s career?

If you’re feeling especially creative, we’d love to see the logo done in different ways – any Photoshop experts out there? Send them in!
August 27th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2010, channel 4, dermot oleary

Dermot O’Leary has said that he is relieved that Channel 4 bosses have canceled Big Brother.
The channel have announced that next year’s eries will be the last and former Big Brother’s Little Brother presenter has said that the show is “exhausted.”
“I felt a bit sad, but only for ten minutes,” he told The Sun.
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August 27th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother 2010, channel 4, Craig Phillips

The original Big Brother winner Craig Phillips, has called for Channel 4 to make next years final series an allstars version.
Channel 4 and Endemol have confirmed that the 2010 series will be its last and Phillips thinks that a fitting final would feature all the shows previous winner and notable housemates. They could even have a cardboard cutout of Jade Goody placed, naked in the corner.
“I think the best thing for next year’s final show would be for C4 to go out with a bang in style by making 2010 a best of the best show – with all the ten winners, perhaps some surprise Celebrity BB housemates and notable BB contestants from the years entering the house.
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