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Moderator
Moderator
06-30-2002
| Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 6:10 pm
We have heard this is starting soon. Thanks Wilsonatmd for the heads up. Mod (22)
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 9:57 pm
Oh now THAT was bizarre!!! I was just sitting her wondering if/when we'd be getting a UK section and here it is. Thanks!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 7:05 am
From what I hear, the show is starting on the 27th, in 2 weeks....here's some rumors: -there will be 2 sets of 12 housemates...but only one set is real and will go into the house. The other set of 12 think they're going into the house, but in reality, the first night, 11 of them won't even go into the house. The 12th person will get in thru a quick phone vote. -Each of the 13 HG's will get an individual bank account starting at 5000 pounds, and can accumlate more thru tasks, or escaping eviction. If a person is evicted, they have to give up half their money to a person still in the house. -after the 13th HG's is decided, they will be split up in some way. -There are rumors of a "sun" house and a "owl" house. The "owl house" has no exterior windows, and the HG"s in that house can only enter the backyard at night. The "sun house" has a lot of windows, and the HG's can only enter the backyard at daytime. The houses have seperate living areas, bathrooms, bedrooms, and kitchens. -at some point there will be a merge. -there are supposed to be 3 tasks a week, which can add money to accounts, get people immune for noms, win luxuries, etc. -and this seaosn is rumored to be going longer than normal...100 days as compared to 64 nomally (which would end the series the 1st week in September.....which could mean a US/UK swap isn't out of the question)...
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 9:45 am
And as much fun as a UK/US swap would be, I'd be surprised if it actually happened since they're now run by two different production companies. 
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Monday, May 23, 2005 - 6:01 pm
From people.co.uk: IT'S BIG BOOZER May 22 2005 Beer & wine on draught 24/7 But the only shower's OUTSIDE Exclusive By Victoria Bone LAGER and wine will be on tap round the clock in the new Big Brother house, The People can reveal. The move is likely to cause explosive viewing with contestants able to get plastered whenever they feel like it - as long as Big Brother keeps the taps flowing. Housemates will also be forced to strip off and take all their showers OUTSIDE, when the sixth series of the Channel 4 show starts on Friday. Bosses have moved the only bathroom into the garden. An insider said: "Contestants will take all their showers exposed to the elements for the entire 100 days." Other additions to the house are a massage parlour and a ball pool with hidden clues buried inside which contestants must find to boost their shopping budget. Just like last year, the new house is designed to be small and cramped with nowhere for housemates to hide when tempers flare. And bosses have threatened to make contestants suffer even more by shutting off the hot water. But they will NOT be letting host Davina McCall into other secrets. Phil Edgar-Jones, of Big Brother's production company Endemol, said: "We never tell her anything, because she can't keep her big mouth shut."
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 10:19 am
Well, thanks goodness! Not that I should be encouraging alcoholism or anything but almost every memorable moment in BB history was provided by a bunch of sloshed houseguests. Amy in her white dress in the backyard, Nakomis having her hours-long meltdown on the back patio, Gianna making an idiot out of herself in her nurse uniform last Friday. To me that's one of the reasons why the AUS BB house is a bit of a bore this year, they're not getting enough to drink! This could be fun.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 6:51 pm
here's some pics of the house from Digital Spy....the shower is outside, but there are two toilets inside the house....which lead some to believe there will be some sort of a house split......and no pics of the bedrooms, as it may tip off how many people they have. There are also rumors that one of the contestants will be "controlled" by the audience to a certain extent, and the audience will get to vote on some decisions made by that person.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 9:26 pm
They always have such groovy chairs.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 6:45 pm
Well apparently there will be 13 HG's....and one of them (not neccessarily the actual last one entering the house) will be designated the "unlucky 13th" and will have special attention given to him or her by BB.....
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 9:29 pm
so that whole thing about their being 20 and a bunch that the audience would vote for the final HM out of was just a rumor I guess? I wish we could get their feeds.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Friday, May 27, 2005 - 9:03 am
From the BB UK Web site: "This service is only available for Windows 2000 and XP using Windows Media Player 9 & 10. Mac OS X is not supported." Why is that even necessary???? Streaming video works for Macs! I swear--if this happens in the USA this year, I'm gonna have a conniption.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Friday, May 27, 2005 - 9:04 am
Also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4585439.stm Details about the 13 contestants of this year's Big Brother have been released ahead on the launch of the reality show's sixth series on Friday. Eleven of the housemates are single, two are gay and two are bisexual. Three of them were born outside the UK. One had a "high-profile occupation", another was in the Parachute Regiment, while a third used to be a professional windsurfer and basketball player. Producers have promised a tough time for the "unlucky" 13th contestant. Filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, this year's version of the Channel 4 show will last 11 weeks - one more than last year's programme. Nocturnal activity Producers say contestants will have nowhere to hide from each other in a house fitted with transparent walls and outside showers. Blinds can only be pulled down at the programme makers' discretion, while heat-seeking cameras will be used to record any nocturnal activity. The garden will be scattered with gnomes, one of which will contain a hidden camera. Twenty-six moveable cameras will follow the housemates 24 hours a day, while a further 10 fixed cameras and 40 microphones will cover every area of the house and garden. A Channel 4 poll ahead of Friday's launch named 2001 winner Brian Dowling as viewers' favourite Big Brother contestant. This year's launch coincides with Channel 4's digital station E4, which will show continuous coverage from the house, being made available on Freeview from Friday. The series begins at 2100 BST on Friday.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Friday, May 27, 2005 - 1:44 pm
So is there a link to live feeds for this show? Got to get ready for American BB with a little foreign BB
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Friday, May 27, 2005 - 3:51 pm
well the HG's are in.... Digital Spy is a good information source. What happened was, BB called one of the 13 HG's into the Diary Room, and Makosi answered it....and she's now unlucky 13. She's automatically nominated for eviction....but there is a way out for her. What she knows, but the other HG's don't know (and she can't tell them), is that the person or persons with the most nominations are IMMUNE for the first round, and the 2nd and 3rd most nominated persons will be up for eviction. So BB told her it's her mission to tick off the others so much that she gets the most noms or is tied for the most noms...if she does, she's off the block.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Friday, May 27, 2005 - 10:40 pm
Well, what I suspicioned has happened. I'm experiencing the opposite of what happened last year. While I'm not really in to most of the Australian cast (with the exception of one of them) I'm digging just about ALL of the UK cast. And it just blows my mind how different the shows are. Who says you HAVE to have quiet people to balance out the loud people. They all seem to be a bunch of FREAKS!!!!! Jagger, I don't think we (Americans/Canadians) can watch the streams. We couldn't last year and when I tried to sign up for the pay thingy, the very first "term" was that it was only available to UK residents. But I'm not even getting the error code that Bastable got. I click on the "live feed" and get redirected to log in over and over. In the mean time Jagger, do you watch the Australian feeds? They're free.
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Britchick
Member
07-27-2001
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 4:10 am
Yay, a UK thread! I was looking for one a few weeks ago. Glad to know I won't be alone following UK BB. The HM are all quite promising so far, though I'm having trouble telling some of the girls apart. The unlucky housemate gimmick is a great idea, even if Makosi had to be brought back into the diary room to have it explained to her *again* before she got it. She's already been working on it this morning as soon as she woke up by causing an argument with Anthony and Maxwell about switching on the light when people are still sleeping. Aaaah, BB! Bring it on!
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 7:16 am
Cliotheleo, are you able to access the UK feeds? Last year they wouldn't let non-Brits do it.
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Polypody
Member
04-16-2003
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 8:07 pm
Bastable I just happened to try the UK feeds from the site ...clicked on the live feed and it's on! Here's the link to the site.... http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/
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Bearlee
Member
05-18-2005
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 8:20 pm
Oh no! I can get the feeds, just what I need, another BB to get addicted to before the US one comes on. BBAUS has me hooked already but then again this will give me something to see during my afternoons when all the AUS housemates are sleeping.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 9:10 pm
Makosi was the 13th victim again.....BB gave them their bags, but gave Makosi the wrong key for hers...when she went to tell BB, BB gave her the right key...along with about 100 wrong ones on a keyring...
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 6:47 am
Britchick, it's easy to tell the girls apart, there's the ones that have big tata's and the ones that don't. Bastable, I haven't had any luck with the feeds ......... trying again ............. AHHHH!!!!!!! THEY'RE ON!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I REALLY need the "RealTV" program to work. It's the only prgram I've ever seen that will allow you to have spearate windows and, more importantly, separate audio streams. The only problem is I can't get it to work. It says it's out of date and I am unable to update it. I know the programmer was a poster on the US BB thread. Guess I'll try to email him. In the mean time, anyone have any suggestions for watching the AUS/UK feeds at the same time successfuly? And WHAT am I going to do when the US show comes on!!!!!!!!!
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Tk4x5
Member
07-10-2004
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 3:49 pm
Okay, now I'm in big Big Brother trouble. LOL ... I've not seen BBUK before, but I've watched the first series of "The Farm" and was laughing just a few moments ago when BB cut the audio to chirping birds, since that's what they did during The Farm. Oh and talking about actors going into rehab got the audio censor. So Makosi is still trying to get the others to dislike her enough to nominate her for eviction? I hope so, because if not, she's horrible. GAH, she's just stomped all over the conversation. ETA: Hey I thought Roberto would be my UK boyfriend, but on my first viewing of him, he's going on about the alcohol and what happened to it. Maybe if I just look at him w.out sound?
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Polypody
Member
04-16-2003
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 4:48 pm
Between Australia and UK--so much to see--so little time lol My early fav on UK is Derek--love his voice, and I think Mary the good witch sounds interesting. Clio: re getting both feeds at once. Don't ask me how I do it but I can get Aus BB on my Real player (I previously copied the url from the WMP) I get the UK BB on WMP They both play at once--but I hear both at once too...
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 5:23 pm
Poly, yeah, I can get both feeds at once, but hearing them both at once is what I DON'T want. I want to be able to mute one of them w/out muting the whole system (which is what Real does) and the only program I've seen able to do that was the one I mentioned above. I'm going to keep playing w/it though, I've been gone all day.
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Polypody
Member
04-16-2003
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 5:31 pm
Oh I see Clio---let me know if you are able to mute one without the other...it is difficult to say the least listening to both at once... And with BB USA coming I will be all worn out!
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