Mystery housemates ready to enter

This year's BB house
11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Thirteen mystery housemates were getting ready for life under the gaze of the cameras with the sixth series of Big Brother beginning today.

More details about the contestants joining the 11-week show, extended from the usual 10 weeks on Channel 4, have been revealed.

Eleven of the housemates, set to have their lives turned upside down in the claustrophobic camera-filled house in Elstree, Herts are single.

Two of the contestants are gay, two bisexual and three were born outside the UK.
One had a "high profile occupation", another was in a parachute regiment, and one of the 13 used to be a professional windsurfer and basketball player.

Big Brother bosses have promised that one of the housemates, who they have chosen as the 13th, will be the unluckiest ever.

The house is even more cramped than last year's with the inmates having nowhere to hide from each other.

A transparent wall separates the bedroom from the dining area and blinds can only be pulled down at Big Brother's discretion.

Heat-seeking cameras are poised to record every fumble under the bedclothes.
A naughty red step has been created for disobedient housemates in the garden.
The garden will also be scattered with gnomes, and unbeknown to the housemates, one of the gnomes will contain a hidden camera for Dermot O'Leary's Big Brother's Little Brother.

The living room, complete with shagpile carpet, is enclosed within a glass box, and can only be reached by crossing the garden.

The only showers are outside in the garden area, meaning the contestants will have no privacy and will be totally exposed to the elements.

There are 11 beds - two double - in the bedroom, which has stark orange walls, polka-dot bed covers, mirrored walls, and a cream carpet.

A loft, which can be reached from a ladder in the garden, is the only space where the housemates can enjoy a small amount of privacy from each other.

Executive producer Sharon Powers said: "Last year Big Brother was evil.

"It will continue to be evil this year. But one of the big things that will be interesting this year is that there are going to be 13 housemates.

"And boy you don't want to be that 13th housemate. They are going to have the unluckiest time of their lives.

"The house will feel more claustrophobic then it was last year because all the internal walls are totally transparent.

"This time, more than any previous year, there is nowhere to hide."

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