BBAU 2025 house at Dreamworld Exhibition Centre

Omg as soon as he walks into the bathroom you can hear *everything* being said in the living room.
Like I knew you'd be able to hear, but I didn't think you'd hear it so clearly on a recording, it must be even worse in person.
Who knew ceilings acted as an audio barrier 🙃
100%. And those bare ceilings being exposed will magnify and echo everything.
 
Yes, original run being the key phrase. 20 years or so on it’s a bit overdone.
I mean maybe to a degree? But look if they were actually going to sell this show as going back to basics I think in the modern world we live in selling BB again on that base concept would once again be a novel idea. It also plays in to the fact that some of the most entertaining moments are born out of the mundane and boredom HM’s experience. The poor reception of the ITV era and what we’re currently expecting this series to be proves that the show really doesn’t need to be modernized.
 
I mean maybe to a degree? But look if they were actually going to sell this show as going back to basics I think in the modern world we live in selling BB again on that base concept would once again be a novel idea. It also plays in to the fact that some of the most entertaining moments are born out of the mundane and boredom HM’s experience. The poor reception of the ITV era and what we’re currently expecting this series to be proves that the show really doesn’t need to be modernized.
100%. Gen Z have relatively short attention spans. Colorful shiny shit, top 40 music, a slew of 9x16 “celebrities” and an “everybody wins” and nobody is offended approach is the modern way if they want to capture that audience. I really don’t think they’re attempting to appeal to original fans from the noughties.

A little controversy, scandal and edginess would go a long way. Everyone loves a scandal whether they admit it or not. Gets people talking. Any publicity is good publicity.
 
Omg as soon as he walks into the bathroom you can hear *everything* being said in the living room.
Like I knew you'd be able to hear, but I didn't think you'd hear it so clearly on a recording, it must be even worse in person.
Who knew ceilings acted as an audio barrier 🙃
Won't be as long with only 12 people but does make me wonder if someone could set on the toilet and listen in on conversations from the other rooms.

Also noticed this door at the start if the hallway, most liking isn't another room, just somewhere for crews to access the house.
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Also the secret room (as seen in the ads with Mel looking in and BB telling her no), might be a pretty big room, it's right at the end of the hallway. depending on how much of the exhibition center they are using for the house itself.
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Another house walkthrough video, this time from 2012 BB winner Benjamin (see the highlighted comment, video is 2:12 long): https://facebook.com/benjamin.norris.399/posts/pfbid02si9F62LwdMuNriecHntuv1UahGViEHZtTfWK1fuoL14gtMEajXudJ5Xh5LFbc47zl?comment_id=682802314881330

Covers open plan kitchen/living, pantry, DR (briefly), bedroom, bathroom showers & toilets, laundry.
Can’t believe how much it’s echos in there. Also the insane amount of just dead space. The bedroom and bathroom are both way too big. I like what they’ve done in the main living space with a few different nooks for HM’s to chill I just wish this would have carried over to the bedroom and bathroom areas. Also I hate that single bedrooms have pretty much become the standard for BB.
 
Won't be as long with only 12 people but does make me wonder if someone could set on the toilet and listen in on conversations from the other rooms.

Also noticed this door at the start if the hallway, most liking isn't another room, just somewhere for crews to access the house.
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Also the secret room (as seen in the ads with Mel looking in and BB telling her no), might be a pretty big room, it's right at the end of the hallway. depending on how much of the exhibition center they are using for the house itself.
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I wondered if this could be a sort of holding or waiting room that was used in the original 10 run on launch night. Instead of them each walking into the house individually.
 
Another house walkthrough video, this time from 2012 BB winner Benjamin (see the highlighted comment, video is 2:12 long): https://facebook.com/benjamin.norris.399/posts/pfbid02si9F62LwdMuNriecHntuv1UahGViEHZtTfWK1fuoL14gtMEajXudJ5Xh5LFbc47zl?comment_id=682802314881330

Covers open plan kitchen/living, pantry, DR (briefly), bedroom, bathroom showers & toilets, laundry.
His video is great and gives a good sense of the layout. The house is HUGE! You can tell this isn’t some lens trickery like is the case for most BB houses - this place is massive. Almost unnecessarily.

Also 16 spaces in the bathroom for belongings. Not that I think 16 HMs will be in there at any one time. But an interesting observation. Perhaps the shelf only came with that many, lol.

The Diary Room directly opposite the bedroom is a choice, especially with that much noise leak.

Also, gonna say it again, but what did they do? Ship everything from the UK? Everything from the furniture to the furnishings - and even the Diary Room button - is quite literally sent from BBUK. I don’t get why they felt the need to literally copy-paste. Anyway…

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His video is great and gives a good sense of the layout. The house is HUGE! You can tell this isn’t some lens trickery like is the case for most BB houses - this place is massive. Almost unnecessarily.

The Diary Room directly opposite the bedroom is a choice, especially with that much noise leak.

Also, gonna say it again, but what did they do - ship everything from the UK? Everything from the furniture to the furnishings - and even the Diary Room button - is quite literally sent from BBUK. I don’t get why they felt the need to literally copy-paste. Anyway…

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Oh I didn’t even notice that. BBAU never used to have a diary room doorbell like that. Very bbuk. I can imagine just standing near that door and you’ll be able to hear any conversation happening inside.
 
His video is great and gives a good sense of the layout. The house is HUGE! You can tell this isn’t some lens trickery like is the case for most BB houses - this place is massive. Almost unnecessarily.

The Diary Room directly opposite the bedroom is a choice, especially with that much noise leak.

Also, gonna say it again, but what did they do - ship everything from the UK? Everything from the furniture to the furnishings - and even the Diary Room button - is quite literally sent from BBUK. I don’t get why they felt the need to literally copy-paste. Anyway…

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NOW we know why 10 changed the eye logo - they didn't want to have to re-engineer this diary room button. /s /s...... 🙄🤣
 
Oh I didn’t even notice that. BBAU never used to have a diary room doorbell like that. Very bbuk. I can imagine just standing near that door and you’ll be able to hear any conversation happening inside.
I am having a vague recollection of maybe 2012 having something similar, because I remember having the same thought back then. Possibly. But it doesn’t change the fact this place lacks the originality of a true BBAU house…
 
100%. Gen Z have relatively short attention spans. Colorful shiny shit, top 40 music, a slew of 9x16 “celebrities” and an “everybody wins” and nobody is offended approach is the modern way if they want to capture that audience. I really don’t think they’re attempting to appeal to original fans from the noughties.

A little controversy, scandal and edginess would go a long way. Everyone loves a scandal whether they admit it or not. Gets people talking. Any publicity is good publicity.
Even if they are trying to pull in Gen Z Viewers I still think what I said earlier stands true. Especially when they’ve never had to live in a world where they didn’t have the internet in their pockets, some have probably never had to wash dishes by hand, bake bread, or do something without having the luxury of being able to just watch a video on it. Remember that no one thought the original BB would work either and that watching a group of live in a proverbial fishbowl would be boring.
 
The house looks huge. It does seem the Diary Room and Bedroom are sound proof though so that's something.... But the lack of the ceilings is just bizarre, I can't get over it. From a production standpoint it looks like a nightmare.
 
The house looks huge. It does seem the Diary Room and Bedroom are sound proof though so that's something.... But the lack of the ceilings is just bizarre, I can't get over it. From a production standpoint it looks like a nightmare.
Yeah, I did notice that. But still, given the proximity and materials used in the build, if a HM goes into the Diary Room in the early hours of the morning or dead of the night, surely you’d be able to hear something between the HM and the BB speaker.

If ex HMs in the marathon streams were saying you could hear things from the Diary Room through the walls in 2006 and 2007 (and there’s that clip from 2001 where they’re shouting task answers from the living room), then I’d say some soundproofing in this cheaper structure isn’t gonna do a lot.
 
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