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Posted April 25, 2008 by Will in Posts
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Lots of house details revealed!
The Hot 30 Countdown goes for a tour.
Tim Lee and Biggzy from Austereo’s Hot 30 Countdown program tonight broadcasted their show from within the house. In between all the music, they’ve gone on a self-guided tour through the new house, giving all kinds of details. Here’s a summary of what we learned:
LIVING AREA:
- A new, ‘computerised’ BB voice (edit: this is probably just an effect they used for the radio). The BB voice interacting with the hosts is one of the ones from last year.
- A completely different lounge room, with a purple leather lounge in the shape of a question mark.
- Lots of random cushions, lamps etc around the lounge room.
- A dining room table with a conveyor belt on it coming out of a wall (idiotic caller: “It’s like Auschwitz!”).
- No proper kitchen - it’s outside. No fridge, no pantry.
- Pictures on food on the walls.
- The Diary Room chair is black, white, and silver. It resembles an “alien head”. It can fit about three people across sitting, though only enough backrest for one. The DR has purple walls.
- They describe the house as being about a third smaller than last year.
BEDROOM AREA:
- There are 12 wardrobes - in the form of industrial-grade steel lockers.
- Single big bed confirmed - with one sheet, one pillow (made up of 14 sewed together).
- Bedroom has ‘Matrix’-like lettering on the walls.
- Bathroom “about half the size of last year”.
OUTSIDE:
- The description of the pool wasn’t terribly clear - they said there was no proper pool, just an L-shaped “spa thing” and a “square one”. There was a brief mention by Biggzy of an “indoor one”, but that wasn’t expanded on.
- No gym, though there are dumbells, mats, and a bike with one wheel.
- Circus equipment everywhere!
- A farm with plastic animals - sheep, goat, chickens.
- A tree with ropes, pinwheels, and a swing on it.
- A door with clouds on it.
- There’s a blue Combi van with a bed in it! It also has a little hatch with a mobile phone in it.
Huge thanks to The Theorist, clairebbbear, and everyone else who gave live updates in the forums!!!
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More importantly, they have interviewed seven of the new HMs from lockdown. No new names are given, but we do gain some new insights into the new batch of people we’ll be watching for the next three months!
The interviews are online here
This certainly the most open the BB producers have ever been about the house and the HMs prior to a launch. It’s certainly increased interest and anticipation on our forums - let’s hope the same is true of the audience in general.