The House
The new Big Brother house - where nothing is quite as it should be. The bathtub has been placed in the middle of the living room and surrounded by multi-coloured light panels. The fridge is built into a wall at the far end of the garden. And housemates hoping for a cuppa will be in for a shock - the kettle and toaster have been locked away in a see-through cabinet and only Big Brother will decide when to open it. A Seventies-style phone sits by the sink - who exactly will be calling, and does the retro design have any significance?
But there is more to the house than meets the eye. A source said: "What you see here isn't necessarily what you get. Let's just say there are secret hidey holes and different areas that aren't immediately apparent." There could be a hidden room - or a second house altogether. The weird layout provides tantalising clues that Big Brother has some shocks in store.
There is a closed blind on the outside of the living room window - will someone be spying on the housemates? The 'kitchen' consists of a sink on one side of the living area while there is a hotplate opposite - but where is the cooker?
It took 8,000 man hours to build the house at the Elstree studios in Hertfordshire. One half of the living area is raspberry pink and the other half is baby blue. The designers have thrown in some arty references - in a tribute to Damien Hurst and his pickled shark, there is a rubber chicken split in half and suspended in clear boxes.
A Warhol-inspired target is painted on the floor. House designer Patrick Watson said: "This year we have gone for a cleaner, more adult look, using more textures and colours to brand each area."
The grass from the previous series has been replaced with AstroTurf, so no worries in case of another hose pipe ban like last year.
A corridor was added between the diary room door and the main house which changes colour from red to blue to green when the "eye" button to open the door is pressed. The diary room chair has been changed to a much larger see-through chair which contains white neon lights. The house also contains a salon/bathroom which houses two large hair dryers and two steam suits.
2 Houses?
Aerial shots of the Big Brother House have been leaked which appear to show two separate gardens. The photos have set the rumour mills into motion with people wondering what producers have up their sleeves. The sneaky pictures raise the possibility that the housemates will be split up - or that another batch of housemates will live alongside them.
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