The celebrity housemates received their first task today!

It’s called ‘Ego’ and it involves – for the first time ever, and for one show only – the CBB housemates appearing in the closing credits of an episode of Celebrity Big Brother.

So the famous housemates had to decide between themselves who should receive which credit and therefore, where they’d be placed. Read more & comment »

Well the celebs are well and truly settled into their new pad now and this morning, they received their first shopping, much to their excitement. And who can blame them? After all, it’s literally… hours, since they last got any food!

Meanwhile, Terry’s been reluctantly settling into his role as Head of House but isn’t enjoying it much it seems.

The other housemates must wait on Terry hand and foot and last night, the new HOH was treated to biscuits and cocoa, served by Ben. Read more & comment »

Celebrity Big Brother contestant Verne Troyer has told his housemates that despite being small in stature, “I’ve got plenty of inches where it matters.”

The diminuitive 2ft 8in Austin Powers star seems quite keen to impress Michelle Heaton and Lucy Pinder, and according to The Sun, he’s promised “they would not be disappointed.”

Verne, 40, told the girls, “I may be short, but don’t think I don’t know how to please a woman.

“I make up for it in other areas. Any models in the house? I love beautiful women.” Read more & comment »

The first housemate rumour to come out after Big Brother launched tonight was that Mario, the cross between Matt LeBlanc and Sylvester Stallone, was previously in prison. He apparently featured in a Bravo show called Brits Behind Bars, and you can apparently see him in this sequence found on YouTube…stop your browser at 0.55.

It’s not confirmed what his stint in jail was, but I did read that it was to do with a domestic violence incident with his former wife.

This is all very interesting, because the overwhelming feedback on our forum is that Mario (who’s real name is Shaun) and Lisa are familiar faces. I’m personally pondering if Lisa is an actress or something, because I’m sure I’ve seen her on TV before…

Anyway, having watched the clip above, do you think the inmate in question is Mario? I’d love to hear what you guys think…

Admittedly, I haven’t been watching Big Brother much this year. Despite a promising start, the series just hasn’t caught my attention. I do know that BB isn’t performing to previous standards though and from what I’m reading in the papers, viewers are switching off in droves.

So naturally, on the night that Charley was destined to leave – an eviction so certain the bookies were paying out in advance – Big Bro has sent in the Big Guns.

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