The Twists

This is different from"gimicks". The gimicks are the quirky living arrangements for the year. The twists are the surpises that will happen along the way. However BB usually has a hard time keeping his twists in his pants for too long.

Usually twists are all used up by the 2nd or 3rd week. Secret relationships in the house that are revealed on the first Sunday show. The hidden bowling alley in BB05 that was revealed in FNL Week 2! Farmyards, Rewards Rooms, Punishment Rooms. White Rooms that don't even get to play out because the White Room HMs have more stamina than the producers.

In BB02 they only managed to hold off revealing the in ground spa (covered over by a fake garden) until the arrival of the Intruders in about week 3. Even in BB03, the joining of the Square and Round houses could have been held off longer than 4 weeks. Last year's telephone sitting in the living room all season was held off nicely, but when its use was revealed it was a real disappointment, so they tried to make up for it by using fans' suggestions for additional twists the phone could be used for, like the call from the BBUK Housemates.

The only time we've had a real twist that they have hung on to until the end is last year's Ice Cave, which was pretty spectacular for BB.

This year I'm hoping that there are twists already built in to the House, but that we won't even know about until the late weeks.