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Really? You can't believe that a journalist didn't put much research or fact checking into an article? Or that the media would claim something as fact when, in fact, it isn't?

I agree, pretty crappy, but it happens allll the time.
 
buck07 said:
I thought the same, but even cancer treatments can make you shed the kilos.
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That is very true - hopefully he is ok, unless he's just lost heaps of weight in a fast way - I mean, if you look at The Biggest Loser contestants on finale night, they all look so gaunt and malnourished, so it could just be that.
 
24 hours inside the Big Brother house

24 hours inside the Big Brother house: The bizarre rules you wouldn't expect

"...........WE know the basic rules for those 12 brave souls who enter the Big Brother house each year, but there are plenty of shockers I wasn't expecting when agreeing to spend 24 hours on the inside.

From the brutal to the bizarre, here are the latest laws enforced by Big Brother this season:

No sunnies - seems like a minor loss, but it's hard to look cool lapping up those glorious Gold Coast rays poolside if you haven't got your mandatory shades.

No chewing gum. Unlucky for singles hoping to find love in the house...............

VIDEO: http://video.heraldsun.com.au/2398181009/Sneak-peek-inside-the-Big-Brother-house


Read full article @
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/enterta...uldn8217t-expect/story-fni0cc2a-1226684930503
 
Actually I had never noticed they weren't allowed sunglasses. Bit harsh in the QLD sun?
 
Wow I never noticed either. Most of what gets thrown HMs way, I feel I could handle, but no sunglasses... sorry I'm out. Medically speaking I am super sensitive to glare and sometimes even wear them inside (like a dickhead) when it is a really sunny room. I would sneak them in and... wear them without Big Brother seeing...somehow...
 
Expect diverse Big Brother cast

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/18149041/new-big-brother-a-throwback/

Last year was perhaps the toughest ever for Big Brother Australia. After having been shooed off Aussie TV screens four years earlier because of dwindling ratings and a handful of controversial incidents, the global reality pioneer was preparing to relaunch for a ninth season on a new network in the hope that viewers might give it a second chance.

Money was injected into a fresh format, which producers decided would focus on genuine personalities and a comedic element while being more family-friendly than past seasons, where late-night housemate antics led to incidents like the infamous "turkey slapping" controversy of 2006.

Sonia Kruger was announced as the show's new host, following in the footsteps of Gretel Killeen, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O. And the risk paid off for the Nine Network, with 1.7 million viewers tuning in for last year's debut episode and an average 1.04 million continuing to watch for the rest of the series.

So now that the show has won back the trust of its audience, where does it go from here? The answer lies in what has been spruiked as Big Brother's biggest twist ever, which will be revealed come the season 10 launch night on Monday.

Although show sources are tight-lipped on just what the twist will entail, hinting only that it will cause a major division in the Gold Coast compound, executive producer Alex Mavroidakis says it is a throwback to the idea of the social experiment.

"It's going to be a bit of 'them' and 'us', and a bit of camaraderie among the housemates," he says. "This twist doesn't just affect their everyday life - it makes nominations completely different and more relevant than ever before, and it makes the way they are evicted from the house completely different.

"It will play out through the opening weeks of the show and its reverberations will continue throughout the rest of the series."

Living out the drama will be housemates who not only have a higher average age than any previous Australian series but are also, Mavroidakis says, the most diverse and strongest cast ever seen.

The Big Brother veteran, who has been involved with all 10 seasons, says while the show is always a symptom of who turns up on the day of auditions, producers have managed to secure a broad range of personalities this time around.

"We've got the mum, we've got the war hero. We've got teachers and firemen. We've got real ethnic diversity and diversity of personalities," Mavroidakis says.

"It's going to be a real melting pot situation because we've got some very prickly characters in there along with some funny characters.

"When you put them together and lock them away from the outside world, then the results should be fantastic."

WA has a strong history of dishing up contestants for the show, from Bunbury bombshell and series one finalist Sara-Marie Fedele to 2006 winner Jamie Brooksby, of Claremont, and last year's millionaire electrician, George Baramily from Newman.

Mavroidakis confirms WA will feature in the 2013 house and also hints there may be a WA intruder.

"We don't ignore the West here, we love Perth," he says.

"You are represented by more than one person, and I'll even say this - you may not see them both on the first night."

Along with an initial cast of 12 housemates and a complete makeover of the Gold Coast compound to fit in with the multi-layered twist, this year's show also will introduce a new strand in Big Brother programming.

Saturday nights will see Big Brother Showdown take to the screens, a challenge show hosted by Shelley Craft where housemates will fight for the right to win a bevy of privileges within the house.

Mavroidakis says Showdown will appeal to anyone who loved Friday Night Live, which appeared in an earlier season.

"There was a massive call for Friday Night Live to return, which we couldn't do because of the football," the producer says.

"But Big Brother isn't deaf, he hears what the fans want and I think we have responded this year."

With all the changes coming into play this year, one might wonder when the show's creators will run out of steam or new ideas to keep viewers guessing.

But for Mavroidakis, it's easy to dream up concepts with such a solid base to work from.

"You've got to remember that Big Brother is still on in 64 countries around the world and it's viewed by more than 100 million people," he says.
"What I always say about Big Brother is that it's authentic - it's as raw and as honest as reality TV gets."
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Big Brother’s Sonia Kruger on this year’s housemates, bonking in the house and the show’s re-vamp!

http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1131430&showcomments=true

It’s time! Big Brother is back, hitting our screens this Monday with an array of unlikely Aussies, all thrown into a lavish house for three months, with their every move watched. We.can’t.wait!!

With just three days until kick-off, TheFIX caught up with host Sonia Kruger to talk all things season 10 …oh and to join us in ours squeals of excitement.

So, what can we expect? “As contestants go, in the house this year we’ll have a war hero and a social media strategist and a radio announcer, which is kind of weird because most people come out of the house and become radio announcers,” says Sonia.

“But I’ve not met the housemates yet. I don’t like to know too much about them so when I meet them on stage, I want it to be an authentic reaction and I want to be on that ride with the viewers. There are certain things which are better for me not to know. “

Any other clues? Well, there are also whispers of a nurse and the upper age in the house is in the 40s so we can rule out any OAPs trotting in on launch night. This is probably for the best due to the action packed three-months planned.

In fact, the show has restructured and each Saturday night will focus on the housemates competing for a prize. But TheFIX is told the prize is “crucial to them staying in the house”. We’re thinking shock exits.

But Sonia’s advice to the 14 contestants this year is simple. “My number one advice for them would be, don’t forget about the cameras…and don’t hook up in the house. But am I being too sensible? Because we do love it when they do,” she says. “But the biggest thing, enjoy it while you can because once it’s over, it’s over.”

But TheFIX wants to know if could Sonia, 47, see herself in the BB house as a contestant? “I could now but when I was younger, I think I would have been hopeless. Too naive and not political enough.

“And typically, it’s the older housemates who tend to win. There really is something about being older and wiser. And you don’t really care about trivial things or anything really but winning $200,000.

“But if I was in there, I think people would get a shock that I’m a bit of a neat freak. I’d be that housemate, you know, a bit annoying. I’d be at the kitchen sink the whole time, washing-up. There’s always one really boring contestant and that’s the one I’d be.”

We don’t believe it....the former dance champ is more likely to high kick her way to the winning spot.
During our catch-up with the TV host, there was no hiding the fact she seemed more relaxed about this year’s show.

Last year, Nine Network’s Big Brother returned to our screens after a four-year break and Sonia claims the pressure was on. She explains, “I don’t have the anxiety that I had last time. There’s a lot of pressure that went along with relaunching the show and this year, we don’t feel that pressure. We feel relaxed and excited. We’re all ready to go!”

You’re not alone…we’re also ready for the BB madness. Check out Big Brother on Nine Network at 7pm on Monday.
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murf said:
What's an OAP?
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Old Age Pensioner, I guess

There are a couple of things in that article:

- mention of 14 housemates, that would be 12 on launch night plus the two with the "impossible task", I suppose.
- reference to a $200,000 prize. Sonia may just be referring to previous prizes ...or has she let this year's prize slip?
 
Here's the Big Brother segment with Sonia on the Today Show. Weirdly Nine uploaded it to the "Wide World of Sports" section of the ninemsn video library.

[video]http://ninem.sn/a9OSHbd[/video]

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Uploaded just in case international viewers couldn't see it and it was SO imperative that they saw it.

[video=dailymotion;x12b29q]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12b29q_big-brother-2013-19a23784-ce69-4ce8-ad22-ea3e290f5610_creation[/video]
 
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buck07 said:
Expect diverse Big Brother cast

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/18149041/new-big-brother-a-throwback/
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A few things to note. 2 WA Housemates but not both will enter on Launch Night. Is one of the two entering on Tuesday night with an impossible task from WA? It looks like it.

"Living out the drama will be housemates who not only have a higher average age than any previous Australian series but are also, Mavroidakis says, the most diverse and strongest cast ever seen." <Quote from Alex M in the above article. Higher average age than any previous Australian series? Looks likely there will be more 40+ Housemates than just Sharon. "Most diverse and strongest cast ever seen". I really do hope so! With all the comments on diversity it is looking fairly likely that the cast will indeed be diverse. I don't think Alex M or Sonia are lying.

"We've got the mum, we've got the war hero. We've got teachers and firemen. We've got real ethnic diversity and diversity of personalities," Mavroidakis says. Diverse range of occupations indeed. "real ethnic diversity". Let's be honest, there hasn't been to much ethnic diversity in the first 4 Housemates revealed. Diversity of personalities. Based on the first 4 housemates revealed this is something I would probably agree on.

"It's going to be a real melting pot situation because we've got some very prickly characters in there along with some funny characters Mavroidakis said. This comment I am pretty excited about. I have said for quite a while now that something I believe was lacking in 2012 was a villain type character/a pot stirrer. I have also said that I really want a Ben2003, Paul2004, Michael2006 or TJ2007 in the 2013 House and the description "some very prickly characters" suggests that their may be 1 or 2 similar characters to those people.
 
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........The first episode of Big Brother, being filmed tonight on the Gold Coast, drops in tomorrow as the bedrock of Nine's schedule. It will screen six nights a week and provide a total of around 80 hours of programming. Although it attracted a healthy average of one million viewers last year that's still well below The Block's 1.4 million viewers and Nine hopes that by casting older and more diverse housemates it can appeal to a broader audience.

"It's very important to us because it's played multiple nights a week and you can see what happens when you've got these big franchises and they don't work," Backwell said, referring to The Mole debacle.....


Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...er/story-e6frfmq9-1226686874876#ixzz2aFk38i2R
 
With the promise of more cameras, more shocks and older housemates, Big Brother will be watching, but will you?

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Sonia Kruger big brother host sonia kruger. (supplied pic for show's new season, starting july 29, 2013, on nine).


All eyes will be on the second series of Big Brother from Monday night to see whether it can replicate the success of last year's season for Nine.

The network took a risk by returning the reality format to air last year but it paid off with strong ratings and a renewed Big Brother fan base. That means the pressure surrounding Channel Nine's second series has alleviated, just a little, host Sonia Kruger says.

''I definitely feel more relaxed about it this year, because last year we were bringing it back after such a long hiatus,'' she says. ''We wondered, 'Will Australians still love it?' But the core fans are still there and there's a new generation of fans coming through.''

This year's series promises at least two big twists - even in the first few nights of the show - to keep viewers engaged.


''I think it's the key to the success of Big Brother,'' Kruger says. ''Because if the housemates went into the house and everything just kind of progressed in there and there were no spanners thrown into the works, it wouldn't be nearly as entertaining.''

The intrigue is already working. Just after promos of the show screened, Kruger has been stopped by people of all ages to talk about her ''twisting'' on air during the lead-up to the show's first night.

''I've had everything from 10-year-old kids going 'I love a good twist' … to walking through the airport the other day and the man sitting behind the X-ray machine - he must have been about 65 - he started singing, 'Come on baby, let's do the twist','' Kruger says with a laugh.

She is reluctant to give away details about what will happen (as is the nature of the show), but she admits a big twist will be revealed in the first episode as part of a number of surprises.

''There's a multi-layered twist and two of the big twists will be played out in the first couple of nights.''

Beyond the games and surprises for contestants, there is another interesting layer to this year's show: the age of the contestants. Kruger says the age range will be a touch older than usual, stretching into the 40s, and there will be a more diverse array of work backgrounds.

Unusually, details of one housemate have already been revealed - he is 27-year-old Matthew Filippi from Queensland, an Australian soldier who fought in Afghanistan. Kruger says another contestant is a radio announcer.

''I don't know if it's a male or female, but it made me giggle because a lot of housemates come out and become radio announcers,'' she says.

The interior of the show's house is refitted each season, but one thing that never changes is the way Big Brother watches the contestants. There are 22 Avid edit suites on the Big Brother production site, with 113 microphones in the house and more than seven kilometres of cables between the house and the ''control room''.

Kruger admits there will always be naysayers who knock Big Brother, but says it's part of the pop-culture landscape and many viewers enjoy the show.

''A lot of people do take it very seriously. I found that last year from the feedback on social media … the fans of Big Brother live and breathe it.

''But by the same token, the interesting thing about Australia is we know it's a fun game - at the end of the day, it's meant to be a great experience for people, and that's why we constantly see thousands of people turning up to audition for it.''

Big Brother begins on Monday at 7pm on Nine.


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/entertainm...twist-again-20130727-2qqqx.html#ixzz2aGM3PhRI
 
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