Big Brother 2006

20:28 / 08.05.06

This year, I'm taking no chances: I will start the Big Brother thread. Pathetically, Xoc and me hesitated in the planning of our summer holiday, momentarily angsting that we can record only one week in advance and would, by necessity, miss at least seven days of the reality show to Endemol.

The rumour mill's already grinding: Yahoo News features a tale of Wonkaesque golden tickets selecting potential housemates, while Digital Spy reprints a tabloid rundown of said housemates. Hoping they're wrong because, on paper, it sounds grim: three models. At least they're unlikely to run low on food (even if the toilet pan might need reporcelained).

After the dramatic highs of the recent Celebrity Big Brother, I'm feeling a bit apprehensive about the chances of the non-celeb version matching it. We'lllll see.

20:30 / 08.05.06

Rumour schmumour. The golden ticket thing is confirmed.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

20:34 / 08.05.06

Shit, yeah, I was going to post about the Kit Kat thing earlier! Worst prize ever, I thought, and the aprehension of winning... then I realised you could easily sell it to the people who really DO want to go on there.

Such a bizarre thing, though. In the sense that, well, I've never been scared about buying chocolate.

21:31 / 08.05.06

I nearly started this thread last Friday!
Plus, I'd just like to say in advance:

I dunno I'm just not warming to the contestants as much this year as I did last year.
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Gameplan/Gameplan/Gameplan.

New psychology show announced, link.
I wonder if it will be any cop? Ganesh, hawk your wares!

21:50 / 08.05.06

Psychology show, eh? Inn-te-ress-ting...

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

06:25 / 09.05.06

Buying my paper this morning I noticed the redtops are getting their own BB machines rolling. "This year plans to be the raunchiest ever! With threesomes!".

Blah blah blah.

Still no knife-fights then.

happenchance

11:10 / 09.05.06

Starts on thursday the 18th of May apparently.

Spaniel

11:26 / 09.05.06

Ganesh, for the benefit of my partner, could you explain the appeal of the show? Because she won't listen to a word I have to say on the subject.

I thank you.

Tryphena Absent

11:45 / 09.05.06

OH NO, stop me! I don't want to enter the gates of addiction city agggaaaiinnn! Except I do.

12:29 / 09.05.06

Oh dear. And just when the weather was getting nice again.

Hattie's Kitchen

12:40 / 09.05.06

Judging by those tabloid leaks, this year we have even more female silicon-enhanced glamma model/Chantelle types, whereas as the male contingent as usual are more evenly represented across background, class and occupations. Quelle surprise.

Didn't that guy Shahbaz attempt some sort of pop career about 10 years ago, as a Wonder Woman tribute act? I swear I saw him on some documentary around then, when he was filmed at GAY perfoming his single (and bombing horribly.

13:34 / 09.05.06

Ganesh, for the benefit of my partner, could you explain the appeal of the show? Because she won't listen to a word I have to say on the subject.

Human interaction.

23:34 / 09.05.06

I've been Digital Spying again. I found this news item, ????
This is relatively empty posting here (and about last year's contestants) but I'm having attraction/repulsion responses to the idea of a reality tv show centred around the dating pair.
*This is not a publicity stunt*
repeat
*This is not a publicity stunt*

The Falcon

23:37 / 09.05.06

I would probably actually sign up for a (reasonably priced) pay-per-view show featuring the best BB ever, aka Citizen Science.

23:44 / 09.05.06

I think we should invite him to Barbelith.

Jack Vincennes

20:34 / 10.05.06

Suedy: Shit, yeah, I was going to post about the Kit Kat thing earlier! Worst prize ever, I thought, and the aprehension of winning...

I thought that, then I remembered last year's 'Where Are They Now' type show. Kinga -who, lest we forget, was on the show for about three weeks -had just opened some kind of local event in a car park in Leeds, and she said to the camera, all wide eyed and happy, "Yeah, I just earned more today than I would in a year at my old job."

I can pinpoint recalling that as the precise moment I became Veruca Salt. Get me one of those tickets. I want one of those tickets.

09:40 / 11.05.06

I can pinpoint recalling that as the precise moment I became Veruca Salt. Get me one of those tickets. I want one of those tickets.

And all you would have to sacarifice is your self-respect.

Although, suddenly, Kit-Kats are looking more tasty to me as well.

No, no I couldn't. I wouldn't. Would I? Would I really want to read what you kids would be saying about me whilst I was in there? Plus, think of all the Who I might miss!

Watch out for the obnoxious new housemate with the unexplained blank white badge.

09:49 / 11.05.06

The mysteeerious blank white badge would confer an air of faint enigma for about five nanoseconds, then you'd dispel it by sticking bottles up your jacksie or somesuch. Such is the awful wondrous majesty of Big Brother.

11:16 / 11.05.06

then you'd dispel it by sticking bottles up your jacksie or somesuch

Did my audition tape get leaked to the internet?

11:29 / 11.05.06

Yes, Kinga cites you as an inspiration. On her blog.

Tryphena Absent

11:45 / 11.05.06

Self respect. Money. Self respect. Money.

I would have more self respect if I owned my own flat, with garden in North London. That requires money.

GET ME A FUCKING TICKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:22 / 11.05.06

There's always the option of selling it off, you don't have to appear you know. I'm sure newspapers/magazines/budding celebsters would pay a hefty fee for one.

12:34 / 11.05.06

Indeed, there's plenty of stalled/shamed has-beens in need of revivifying. Wonder how much Gary 'Who, dear? Me, dear? Paedo, dear? No, dear' Glitter would pay for one...

12:41 / 11.05.06

I'm sure that upon Glitter turning up Endemol would pay him a heftier fee not to appear, or, at least, that the contestants would boycott the show. (One would hope at least).

12:58 / 11.05.06

After this year's Celebrity Big Brother, it wouldn't surprise me if Endemol agreed to take on Glitter.

(Okay, so I was desperately searching for and not finding a "taking it up the Gary Glitter" joke there. Ah well.)

13:04 / 11.05.06

For a moment there I was going to ask whether the ticket winner would get the same psychological screening as the regular contestants.

Then, of course, I came to my senses.

Cat Chant

13:13 / 11.05.06

'Wonkaesque' Golden Tickets? Doctor Who-style compulsory selection, more like!

14:00 / 11.05.06

They'll have to live with a bear.

16:59 / 11.05.06

I already do.

Triplets

18:26 / 11.05.06

As does Xoc. You could say he'd be in his natural elephant.

Alex's Grandma

20:53 / 11.05.06

Kinga -who, lest we forget, was on the show for about three weeks

They were memorable times, though. I don't suppose I'm alone in feeling that 'wine bottle gate' is a sight I'll probably be taking to my grave.

Tom Paine's Bones

22:16 / 11.05.06

While no golden tickets have surfaced on Ebay yet, brilliantly someone is auctioning their golden ticket if they manage to get one, although they haven't yet.

Although to be fair, ze is apparently "EATING KIT KATS LIKE CRAZY".

Triplets

00:42 / 12.05.06

Q: Hiya, how do i know if 2 bid? have u got the ticket? i really really really want 2 go in the bb house lol let me know.,... id pay any amount 2 get a ticket....more

A: kjhhj ju6u5sv nnm nnyy sorry mouth full of kitkats. i'll try vm rereiv rfff