BBAU 2025 house in Dreamworld Exhibition Centre

[bsting25]

as stated by the BB page, its a "pilot" season for 6 weeks, this season is just a test run, next year it would be a full length 12 week + season on another set which would be much bigger with a backyard im speculating.

I havnt seen this. Where was that posted? Also are the housemates in lockdown already. I don’t remember anyone getting a sneak peak at the house in previous seasons. I could be wrong

 

[matts bb]

as stated by the BB page, its a "pilot" season for 6 weeks, this season is just a test run, next year it would be a full length 12 week + season on another set which would be much bigger with a backyard im speculating.

Hmmm okay. Considering you joined at 4am I’m taking this with a grain of salt

 

[bradnak]

I havnt seen this. Where was that posted? Also are the housemates in lockdown already. I don’t remember anyone getting a sneak peak at the house in previous seasons. I could be wrong

In the Nine seasons, they used to post really cryptic images of parts of the completed house on their website. I think the last time they released official house-building footage was the Season 1 "Casting Special", which aired just before launch. (They showed a time-lapse of merging the Season 3 houses, though if I recall)

 

[matts bb]

In the Nine seasons, they used to post really cryptic images of parts of the completed house on their website. I think the last time they released official house-building footage was the Season 1 "Casting Special", which aired just before launch. (They showed a time-lapse of merging the Season 3 houses, though if I recall)

10 era used to do the same on the BB website of images of textures and shapes in the lead-up

 

[Being Big Brother]

10 era used to do the same on the BB website of images of textures and shapes in the lead-up

omg I'd love to see them do a BBUK-style "house advert" once the HMs are in lockdown

 

[dasnico]

omg I'd love to see them do a BBUK-style "house advert" once the HMs are in lockdown

Advertising is key. ITV didn't put much effort in at all.

These adverts were big during BBs peak. I remember the anticipation.

 

[the Theorist]

I think the last time they released official house-building footage was the Season 1 "Casting Special", which aired just before launch. (They showed a time-lapse of merging the Season 3 houses, though if I recall)

Not entirely, if I recall correctly. The BB Revealed special aired on April 11 2001, but the show didn’t broadcast until April 24. Despite the HMs entering on April 23, I don’t think they were in lockdown for over two weeks? Unless I’m mistaken.

And as @matts bb said, we used to get snippets of the build and close-up hints of the new design/furniture pre HM lockdown in both Ten and Nine eras. I even vividly recall photos of the 2005 (or 2004?) house being built from the ground up, after they demolished quite a significant chunk from previous years.

 

[bradnak]

Not entirely, if I recall correctly. The BB Revealed special aired on April 11 2001, but the show didn’t broadcast until April 24. Despite the HMs entering on April 23, I don’t think they were in lockdown for over two weeks? Unless I’m mistaken.

And as @matts bb said, we used to get snippets of the build and close-up hints of the new design/furniture pre HM lockdown in both Ten and Nine eras. I even vividly recall photos of the 2005 (or 2004?) house being built from the ground up, after they demolished quite a significant chunk from previous years.

Thanks for the clarification. However, according to the episode in Big Kev's collection, titled the Casting Special, at approximately 7 minutes in, they do show some machines clearing the site. Admittedly, there's no actual house in any footage, but they do zoom in on a drawing of the backyard. Although studying it, it appears that the layout changed for the final product.

Edit: Here's a screencap from the episode, it looks like the gazebo is missing most notably.

 

[the Theorist]

… However, according to the episode in Big Kev's collection, titled the Casting Special …

Many of his files are titled and dated incorrectly, fyi.

 

[bradnak]

Many of his files are titled and dated incorrectly, fyi.

Fair, I just needed a way of identifying the file I was viewing. I even think that file skips an intro.

 

[beardymac]

Hmmm okay. Considering you joined at 4am I’m taking this with a grain of salt

Source: hump day bevs

 

[matts bb]

Not entirely, if I recall correctly. The BB Revealed special aired on April 11 2001, but the show didn’t broadcast until April 24. Despite the HMs entering on April 23, I don’t think they were in lockdown for over two weeks? Unless I’m mistaken.

And as @matts bb said, we used to get snippets of the build and close-up hints of the new design/furniture pre HM lockdown in both Ten and Nine eras. I even vividly recall photos of the 2005 (or 2004?) house being built from the ground up, after they demolished quite a significant chunk from previous years.

Yeah I have the photo somewhere where they gutted the backyard and put weird camouflage over the yard so “media” couldn’t take photos.
I’ll try and find it