BB 2005: The latest.....

JBoyle4eva

I'll be using this thread to give the latest on the run up to BB 2005 until 27th May, when it starts.

Mid April- C4 confirm the official start date of BB 05, Friday 27th May. Also confirmed is that Dermot 7 davina will be retuning as presenters.

May 1st: Channel4 confirm the eye for this year
Confirmed: BB 05 will be EVELEVEN WEEKS

May 5th: Annual publicity pics are released

More news as it comes!

JBoyle4eva

CONFIRMED:Big brother Programming:

Weekdays: 10PM Channel4
Weekends: 9PM Channel4

More on this soon!

JBoyle4eva

Article form DS:BB

Channel 4 has confirmed some details about the sixth series of Big Brother but is keeping many of the precise elements under wraps. DS:BB presents a full roundup.

Housemates
- No confirmed number of housemates from Channel 4 today
- Executive Producer Sharon Powers: "There is no ‘identikit’ housemate that we set out to find. When someone has that something extra, whatever that might be, they genuinely stand out from the thousands of applicants. The audition process comprises of many stages over a few months, which allows us to get to know potential housemates as much as we possibly can. Ultimately we try to choose people who have what it takes to entertain the public all summer."

The House
- The BB house has been "completely redesigned," and has been created by house designer Patrick Watson "to look aspirational"
- C4 promises house will be "difficult place to live in, especially as it is as small as last year’s house"
- Executive Producer Sharon Powers: "The house has been totally redesigned, but it’s still as small as BB5 even though the feel of it will be completely different. We want it to look aspirational and sumptuous to the viewers, but for the housemates it will soon prove to be uncomfortable and claustrophobic."
- Commissioning Editor Angela Jain: "To viewers the house will look like the kind of place you’d love to live in, but to the housemates the things they initially liked about it will become the things they find the most oppressive. The house will feel very different to any previous house and more than ever this year there really is nowhere to hide."

TV Schedule - Channel 4
- Live Big Brother's Little Brother to air weekdays in a 30 minute "teatime" slot, and on Sunday lunchtimes for one hour during the T4 programming block
- Special 60 minute Sunday night show offering psychological analysis of goings-on in the house
- As usual, highlights shows to air Monday through Thursday with two live eviction shows on Friday nights

TV Schedule - E4
- Big Brother' Big Mouth, previously known as EFourum, to air Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- As usual, Nominations Uncut to air every Tuesday
- Diary Room Uncut to air every Thursday
- Big Brother's Little Brother to re-air nightly on E4

Voting
- 35p to vote by phone in UK; 40c in Republic of Ireland
- 35p+cost of text message to vote by SMS
- 35p to vote via interactive TV

Live Streaming
- 24/7 live streaming on Sky to be full-screen stream, same as BB5 format, to be accessed by pressing red button
- Big Brother Live coverage on E4 to provide live streaming on Telewest, NTL, Freeview but there will not be a separate 24/7 live stream on these platforms

Internet Streaming
- Series pass to cost £14.99 with one live video stream
- 24-hour pass to cost £1.99
- "Unmissable Moments" to cost 99p each

JBoyle4eva

May 20th-22nd: Big Brother pics form inside the house are released!