Sunday, August 12, 2012

Secret Men's Business

The female HMs have been given the task of matching male HMs to their secrets. They are only allowed to discuss this task when BB let's them use a secret room called The Parlour. (Probably the Utility Room from the house plans.)

The only thing is, they have only met 3 male HMs. The other 4 will enter the House live on Tuesday night.

The secrets are:
Has the IQ of a genius
Scared of birds after being attacked by an emu
Fired from every job he's had
Has not had a girlfriend since he was 11
Was a juvenile offender
Has dated over 100 women
Is a multi-millionaire

The First Ten

The first ten HMs have now been introduced to the live audience.

Michael
Sarah
Angie
Zoe
Laia
Josh
Charne
Estelle
Stacey
Bradley

The males entered the House via a new giant eye door in the backyard where the FNL doors used to be. Females were placed in a Secret Room and allowed to watch the males wander the House on a screen. (Bit of a giveaway of camera angles and such.) This seems like a bit of a copy of BB07 where HMs were separated and allowed to watch each other before being mixed.

Those in the Secret Room were also given a task regarding the HM secrets before being allowed into the actual House.

With 7 females and 3 males now in the House could we be seeing 4 new males enter on Tuesday night?

The New Stage

Thanks to BBBA forum members, here's an early snap of the new BB stage at the Dreamworld Amphitheatre.

Cracks in the Official Site Already

The Official Site has just started its Live Updates from the House and I'm already seeing issues. Refreshing the page several times shows me different "versions" of the page each time. It looks as if stories aren't copying across to all servers in any hurry. Since they have taken away live video streams this year, the live updates are the only way to keep up with what's happening in the House so if this latency continues it could be a big fail for fans.

It Begins!

Taping of the Launch show has begun at Dreamworld Studios.

Photos out of the stage show a stripped back look with one huge screen to the left, and a giant neon eye on a black backdrop that opens up with a staircase coming down from the iris to the stage.

Prize Money

First reports from the live launch show say the prize money will be $50,000 this year. Surely this is a starting off point that HMs will be able to increase throughout the series. Possibly by guessing each others' secrets.

It's Day 0!

The Launch show doesn't screen until tomorrow night, but today is Day 0 in the BB House, with (some) HMs entering tonight. Dreamworld will host the taping of the Launch tonight in front of a live audience. (They do seem to be having trouble getting a Tuesday night audience for their next live show though. They never had that problem in the old days. Are people skeptical about the new series?)

The Official Website begins blogging updates from the House tonight, so will be giving away some spoilers before the premiere. They already have a few preview stories on their page. In 2008 updates and streaming did not start until after the Launch had aired, meaning fans missed a day of the show.

I'm not sure if I should read the spoilers or not.

House Photos Revealed

Photos of the 2012 House have been shared with News Limited newspapers today.

The photos show the kitchen, outside and in, represent the "past"-- a 1960s weatherboard house exterior with tiled roof, letterbox, rocking chair, and even a TV antenna (though there will be no TV in the House!), and inside plenty of 1960s decor including wallpaper, laminex dining tables and retro chairs, and vinyl records for placemats (though in the 60s they probably would have been listening to their records, not eating off them!).

The backyard is "present"-- a huge swimming pool and spa, al fresco dining area, gym, and an entire wall made of plants.

Inside the main House is definitely "future"-- an orange and gold living room, a purple bedroom, and a green bathroom.

There seems to be more bedding in the bedroom than what was on the original plans. The bathroom has changed a bit too, with additional basins added and the showers facing into the room, instead of towards the back wall.

Still unseen are the Diary Room, Nominees Room, Secret Bathroom, Sin Bin, Utility Room, and of course the Rewards Space.