It's a Bank Holiday Monday, and despite the housemates being away from the action of the real world for up to 71 days, the do-nothing-ness of a Bank Holiday appears to have followed them in to the house.

However it's not been totally un-eventful. At just after midnight last night Big Brother requested that housemates return their empty suitcases to the store room.

Kitten, of course, took this as a great opportunity to blackmail Big Brother in to getting her suitcase full of clothes, and told the housemates that they should all rebel against Big Brother by not returning them.

It's getting a bit tired, all of this rebelling - at least make it something interesting. Big Brother probably couldn't care less if the suitcases are returned 24 hours later than they first wanted them or not. Fact is she's not going to get her suitcase as that's part of the punishment for failing the task. Live with it.

The housemates finally gave up holding the suitcases "hostage" and less than 24 hours later they'd returned them to the store room, admitting that "they were getting in the way in our room anyway." - exactly the reason why they needed to be taken back, they looked a bloody mess on tv!

After that she then went on a rant about all the two-bit causes that she apparently supports, this-ism and that-ism, anti-this and anti-that, blah blah drone drone drone.

I can imagine viewers switching off in their dozens. I did, for a short while.

And would you believe it, later in the day it's Kitten again (along with Stuart), who is trying to tell "about 5 or 6 of the housemates not to nominate". Yes she thinks that there's a loophole in the rules which state you have to nominate sometime during the week, and not specifically at the time when Big Brother says. Clearly she doesn't quite get the idea that it's Big Brother that made the rules, Big Brother that can change the rules, and if she doesn't nominate she'll just be in the shit.

But then surely she should have been kicked out. She's already vandalisd the poolside microphone, climbed on the roof of the house (and made a second repeat attempt later in the day), broken the rules of the live task and not taken part, and it'd appear that when housemates were being called in to the Diary Room earlier today, she decided to go outside - against Big Brother's instructions.

Clearly Big Brother doesn't want to kick someone out so early, and it'd be seen as a major cop-out by the producers if they kicked out one of the most rebellious contestants yet, but surely it's got to get to a point soon (probably by the end of the first week) where Big Brother gets tough with the rule book and gives the first official warning - climbing on the roof alone is dangerous, and surely reason alone to bring an end to the childish behaviour.

Oh, and last night Emma, the girl from Oldham, told a few of the group how "I'm a bit... dippy". Sure are.

The Eye will get back to you...

The first Sunday in the Big Brother house, and as has been the norm with the previous four years, it's usually the day where nothing particular happens - day after the live task, day before they get their weekly task, day before nominations, etc...

And, that's exactly what this Sunday has been. Very little has happened, after the housemates had some mudfights in the garden last night, and slowly retired to the bedroom, to get a good nights sleep.

Tonight they're doing some sort of cabaret style performance. Camp Dan is hosting it all, pretending to hold a microphone, with a few of the housemates pretending to be judges on TV... Oh dear oh dear.

Lots of shouting. Lots of frantic clapping. Lots of laughing. Lots of drinking. Lots of trying-to-Sing, and trying-to-be-something-they're-not. Oh and plenty of "look at me, me me me". Someone remind me why I like Big Brother again...?

Tomorrow, they (probably/hopefully) get their weekly task. Let's hope it's a good one.

Day 2 of 71 started off with a very noisey start for the housemates, when at about 9:30am the alarm bells rang out loud - and kept ringing until everyone was awake.

This was particularly bad news for a handful of housemates who remained awake all night until about 8am, as they'd got no more than about an hours worth of sleep each, and rebellious Kitten decided to go back to sleep - meaning the alarms kept going, on and on and on, until every single housemate was awake and part of the group.

They're going to get that - every morning. It's going to be hell for them, but great for viewers... no more lazing about until the mid-afternoon after a late night!

Kitten must be kicked out...
And it seems it's silly sod Kitten who is causing the problems in the household... on entry to the house last night she kicked up a huge fuss with the security guards and caused the crowd to boo her before she'd even entered the house, as she wanted to see her girlfrield before entering the house - even jumping over the barrier and crossing the stage to reach her.

During day 2 she was trying to get the housemates to revolt against big brother - less than 24 bloody house after they've entered! She was moaning how Big Brother has all the power over them and is strict - for christs sake, it's Big Brother - that's the very idea!

As with last year it's blatently clear that some of the housemates haven't got a clue of the rules, and they've clearly been given information packs with full details of the rules, of the fact there's a live saturday task, and everything else - didn't they bloody read this information? What IS the matter with Big Brother housemates? They never seem to be able to follow the rules, be it something simple like "remain on the sofas" or something else equally simple! None of them appear able to follow basic instructions from Big Brother in the diary room, they've been told something (that they must pick one person not to get their suitcase) and are asking other questions - it's so bloody simple, it's how it was asked to you. Just pick a bloody housemate who isn't going to receive a suitcase, and say why. IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT! What hope do we have if the housemates sum up the general population of the country...

Live Task
So now to the Live Task, with potentially millions watching, and the housemates are having to nominate one person out of the 12 who won't get their suitcase full of luggage, for their whole visit - possibly up to 10 weeks... and would you believe it, Kitten pissed off to the pool despite being told that all housemates must remain on the sofas.

And when called, she refused to go to the diary room, and after the 3rd calling Big Brother went on to another housemate. KITTEN MUST BE KICKED OUT. It's one thing being a bit rebellious against the rules, but it's quite another when it's to the detriment of the show, and she's ruining it. Strangely enough by the time two housemates had been to the diary room, she'd returned to the sofa, looking a tad sheepish and scared (as she has done for her stay so far it has to be said).

Just before the second Advert Break, Davina said that as all tasks are compulsary for all housemates, Kittens refusal means that she's nominated herself for not getting her luggage - she's already got three nominations after 6 people have voted, making it 4 votes for here and there's only 5 more votes left... could prove interesting viewing if she gets told there's no luggage coming - I see her walking (in a barrage of swearing).

Kitten won't get her suitcase!
So, 11 housemates voted (plus Kitten who couldn't be bothered to go to the Diary room), and it's Kitten who isn't going to get her suitcase. She got 6 votes, plus her own auto-nomination meaning she's got 7 votes. Michelle got 2 votes, Marco 1, Victor 1, and Ahmed 1.

Funny thing is, Kitten's wanting to know what she's nominated herself for. They're all talking about the nomination and what's going to happen, just of course without saying as they've been told not to say what the diary room visit was about... so she's slowly getting pissed off not knowing, whilst everyone else does know... If you'd have followed Big Brother's instructions and gone to the diary room Kitten, you'd have known, wouldn't you. What's more, you'd probably not have got half of those votes as a few of the housemates clearly pointed to your rule-breaking as the reason for the nomination... There's a lesson to be learnt there.

Next week, there's an eviction - with a twist... there's no voting by the public, and the housemate who goes, enters a secret room and stays there, watching the people who have nominated them... interesting!

Big Brother's got Evil... and it's bloody great! The Eye will get back to you.

So all 12 housemates have entered the house... and aren't they a wacky bunch!? It's the same housemates (near enough) as what the People predicted when they leaked the details earlier in the week, so for the first time ever housemates details have got in the press before they've entered the house.

Marco Sabba Marco describes himself as 'the biggest bitch on the planet' and 'a total s**t stirrer'. He's Vice President of his university's Law Society but has no intention of being a lawyer. He's half Italian and an ex-Samaritan.

Ahmed Aghil Ahmed is originally from Somalia, but had to flee during the civil war and came to England as an asylum seeker. He is now a British citizen. Ahmed is a Muslim and speaks English, Italian, Arabic, Somali and Merkani and recently got a law degree.

Marco Sabba Marco describes himself as 'the biggest bitch on the planet' and 'a total s**t stirrer'. He's Vice President of his university's Law Society but has no intention of being a lawyer. He's half Italian and an ex-Samaritan.

Daniel Bryan Daniel works as a hairdresser but is also a DJ, sings with an electro-disco band and practises Ju-Jitsu five times a week. He admits he burns the candle at both ends and goes out pretty much every night.

Stuart Wilson Stuart got four As at A Level, was Head Boy at school and is planning to stay on at university to do a Masters Degree. He and his friends call themselves "Team Handsome" and he aims to be a millionaire by the age of 25.

Victor Ebuwa Victor claims that his nicknames are 'the milkman' because he always delivers and 'Mr Slick' because he always gets the job done. He describes himself as being like Marmite because people either love him or hate him. At university he was President of the African and Caribbean Society.

Vanessa Nimmo Originally from Cape Town, Vanessa moved to the UK six years ago. She's a self-confessed adrenalin junkie and was South African Archery champion for two years in a row. She loves rugby and runs for an hour every morning.

Emma Greenwood Emma works in admin for a legal company but previously worked as an entertainer in Spain. She's a party girl, loves meeting new people, going out and eating curry. She says she's untidy and eats too much.

Kitten Pinder (on the left) Kitten is a human and animal rights activist. She is a strict vegetarian and is angered by sexism, pornography, homophobia, racism and George Bush. She has two cats called puddypuddyquadropodteddyteddyteapot and Kittykittyquadropodtabbytabbypeaches.

Michelle Bass Michelle's ambition is to be a glamour model. She has worked as a shop assistant, a chambermaid, a Tesco cashier and a make-up artist before training for her current job as mortgage advisor.

Shell Jubin Shell is a conscientious student. She loves long walks, architecture and art galleries. She is a passionate reader and works part time in a museum. She has been a life model in the past and in her spare time is training to be a sculptor.

Nadia Almada Nadia is the eldest of six children. She was born in Portugal but moved to England eight years ago. She has previously worked on a perfume counter in a department store and managed a children's bookshop. Nadia has had a sex change.

What the housemates don't know yet, is the one person that fails tomorrow nights live task, doesn't get their suitcase of clothing! Could be a bit of bad news for Jason, who turned up almost un-dressed!

Think there's a housemate who is bound to walk from the house instead of being evicted? Or someone who's just bound to get a big barmy fight kicking off? Or who do you reckon will be the winner? Post your thoughts in the HoC Forum!

Minutes before the new housemates arrived in the house, Davina gave viewers a quick tour around, and here's some screengrabs of her doing so....

The Eye will have further updates of the launch show, later...

During the Big Brother Little Brother pre-launch show Dermot revealed the top fie housemates who, err, didn't make it...

From 5 down to 1...

That probably gives you an idea of the sort of other people who did get far enough to get to that audition stage - worrying eh!

The countdown is over, and the fifth series of Big Brother returns to TV screens across the country later on today - there's only a couple of hours now until the housemates set foot inside the new evil house, and get to find what's in store for them during the next 10 weeks.

And low and behold it looks as though there's yet more rumours of the "final line-up" of housemates, with the Sun, the Star and the Mirror claiming to have "exclusives" from their "Big Brother insider" - however this time the rumourmill appears to have created the same details... could they be the real housemates leaked, or has someone managed to pull the wool over the eyes of three of the redtops?

According to the papers, we'll be watching the following housemates for the next 10 weeks (unless they walk, or get evicted of couse)

* A page 3 hopeful who claims to be more than happy to bare all for an arty live modelling class

* A sex-mad gay guy who will only have sex with straight men

* A contestant who has promised to lie and cheat to win

* A psychology student who claims to be able to suss people out within minutes

* An ex-Samaritan who says they can offer a shoulder to cry on

* A South African beauty who's not afraid to speak her mind

* And someone that has hand-reared a flock of sheep

Obviously that's not all of them as there's ment to be 12, so the other six are a complete mystery even if those are true... although at the rate the papers are going they'll have covered nearly every combination of person that is ever likely to step foot in the house!

So knowing full well that you all want to watch it - even if you've claimed you never watch it, are already bored of it, or that it's crap - you'll want to know when to watch? Firstly there's an hours pre-launch show from 8pm on Channel 4, where Dermot is going to interview Davina, and give away the odd BB5 secret, and generally set the scene. Then at 10pm (after the last ever Friends) Davina's "live" for the launch show, where she'll take a whistlestop tour through the house, confirm the rule changes, and let the unsuspecting housemates in to their new home. The Eye will have full updates of anything worth updating with throughout the 71 days... please don't let this series be shit Channel 4!

Well the 50 best bits from Big Brother have been reavealed during 3 days worth of special shows on the run-up to the fifth series, and the best bit, as voted for by fans of the show, was Jade finding a verucca on her foot, and asking the rhetorical question "am I mingin'?".

So the top 50 in full:

50 Gymkhana task, BB4
49 Mel plucking her bikini line, BB1
48 Big Brother Soap Opera, BB2
47 "Two Truths, One Lie" game, BB1
46 Leprechaun Night in the Irish Pub, BB4
45 Kate falling over whilst pissed, BB3
44 Sleep talking, BB2/BB4
43 Darren's nominations being overheard, BB1
42 Stuart not choosing Penny to sleep with, BB2
41 Cameron winning, BB4
40 Helen, Elizabeth and Amma in the tub, BB2
39 Anna wanting to leave, BB1
38 Fire in the kitchen - and housemates not having a clue what to do, BB1
37 Federico's Avid Merrion impression, BB4
36 Tom gives Mel a massage, in those red shorts..., BB1
35 Dinner Dates for two, BB2
34 Jade's argument with Jonny and Kate, BB3
33 The Girls talk about Ray's size, BB4
32 Nick on the Assault Course, BB1
31 Naked Clay Painting, BB1
30 Jon sings "Hotel California", BB4
29 Nick lies about a wife who died, BB1
28 Darren's relationship with Majorie the Chicken, BB1
27 Helen and Narinder's "Crappy Cuts/Classic Cuts" argument, BB2
26 Jade's Geography knowledge - East Angular, BB3
25 Josh enters the house, BB2
24 Kate wins, BB3
23 Lisa claims she can "kill with these two fingers", BB4
22 Brian's Birthday, BB2
21 Ray under his duvet on the toilet, BB4
20 Tim tries to hide whilst shaving his chest, BB3
19 Craig wins, BB1
18 Jon Tickle being Jon Tickle, BB4
17 Jade and PJ and THAT moment..., BB3
16 Alex's shower etiquette, BB3
15 Big Brother Dance Task, BB2
14 Brian wins, BB2
13 Rich/Poor Divide, BB3
12 Follow the Van, BB3
11 Sandy's escape - be careful Sandy!, BB3
10 Tim's 'Comprendez' contact lens incident, BB3
9 Helen and Paul's romance, BB2
8 The booing at Adele's eviction, BB3
7 Alex singing "That's the way I like it" behind the door, BB3
6 The outing of Nasty Nick's nomination cheating, BB1
5 Helen-isms (I like blinkin I do, Oh My God..., Dove is a bird innit?), BB2
4 Alison breaking the patio table, BB3
3 Brian, being Brian, BB2
2 Jade's on the sofa, drunk, with her kebab out, BB2
1 Jade's 'Am I mingin'?' argument with Adele, BB2

So it seems that overall there were best bits from every series so far - although clearly BB2 and 3 came out tops during the latter stages with the "best" moment from BB4 being Jon Tickle back in 18th place...

With only one day left now until the start of the fifth Big Brother, the press have been whipped up in to a bit of a frenzy after details of the live Saturday night tasks were made public slightly ahead of themselves...

A couple of TV listings websites revealed the fact that the second weeks live task (which appears to be hosted by Davina this time instead of only being the voice of the Geordie bloke and then the Big Brother voice telling housemates what to do) would see housemates losing part of their prize fund if they fail the task.

Of course the papers jumped on this and have come up with all sorts of stories related to how the prize money could be different from previous years, with the most likely being that it's upped from £70k to £100k this time, but will see £10,000 taken off for each Saturday nights task which the housemates blunder their way through - much as was the case with Channel 4's excellent Shattered show a few months ago.

No doubt housemates will be able to claw back their prize fund by performing gambles and forefits, but as a couple of papers put it, the winner could walk away with absoloutely NOTHING. Usally the Saturday night task went on to reward housemates with a treat, and although it might be the same this year, the loss of £10,000 seems to have replaced this, and it'd appear that maybe housemates will come in for a different form of booze restriction - in the form of Big Brother's say-so....

...because this year it's rumoured that Big Brother will keep full control over when the housemates get to drink. It's thought that previous years, where the housemates would spend their shopping budget weekly, get pissed out of their heads on the first night that the shopping arrived, and then lazed around with nothing to do for the rest of the week, are NOT how Big Brother producers want this latest series to go, and instead will only let them at the booze if things hot up a bit first, with some action from the housemates which the producers feel is worth rewarding with a fridge full of booze.

It also looks like squabbling couples is a NO-GO for Big Brother 5, as several websites are reporting that Big Brother producers saw fit to remove them from the final line-up saying that the idea of the show is to throw together 12 strangers who simply don't know each other and quite possibly wouldn't get on. Rumour has it that although the producers wanted to see some bitching between a couple or two, they also worried that the couple might have worked out tactics long before entering the house, and may end up separating themselves from the rest of the group and being able to win by simply splitting off from the rest. Maybe this opens the way for a future Big Brother Couples show, much like Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Big Brother Little Brother kick-starts the first nights action at 8pm on Friday, and there's the live Launch Show where all the new rules (The Eye expects only some of them to be revealed, and further twists and turns to be stored up until they're really needed during the series, or more likely until the producers move the goalposts and change the rules) are to be revealed when Davina takes viewers on a quick pre-launch tour of the house and it's facilities from 10pm. "The Eye will get back to you".

Just two days left now until the fifth series of Big Brother starts on Channel 4, and a further set of photographs showing various aspects of the new house have been revealed...

Previous internal views of the house have only shown the edges of the sofa, but the view above shows the full circular shaped sofa design - unlike previous Big Brother's it looks as though housemates won't be able to re-arrange this one by moving the shape of it, and no doubt many games will be played around the small table during the small hours of the warm summer nights.

It seems no one quite knows where the door shown in the photo above could lead to - it's not believed to be the diary room, as that's on the other side of the living area - and could either be the main entrance/exit door, or possibly leading to an "evil" side of the house, where the contestants may be made to work on tasks or be made to live on a "poor" side with the "secret garden" as shown in the Star's aerial photographs recently.

The full height mirror makes it look as if there's a passageway down to the side of that door, but it is infact just a reflection showing the rest of the living area. It's highly possible though of course, that these full-height mirrors might be hiding something else, such as a doorway, or might even be a door leading off to another part of the house - we'll only know for sure during the series.

Much has also been made of the hands which climb the wall in the kitchen area - maybe it's to signify the creepyness of the latest house design, or maybe to signify how housemates will be driven up the wall. Having said that they might just be yet another fancy if not pointless piece of artwork used by the designers with absoloutely sod all reasoning to them at all...

...and the bizarre features don't end inside the house as there's also a statue in the garden, which has been seen in the pre-Big Brother adverts on Channel 4 and clearly is going to be an on-going feature of the series... but what's so special about it? Post your thoughts of how the statue could come in to play during BB5 on the HoC Forum.

It'd appear that housemates will be able to gaze at the statue whilst sitting on the toilet (and also that means the statue is always watching them whilst they're taking a dump!) and the photo below shows what would appear to be the statue's view of the glass-walled loo which was revealed in the weekend papers.

The bathroom, shower and toilet are all linked together, and situated between the garden and the bedroom, which itself is seperate from the rest of the house - the first time for the British Big Brother. It's decked out in dark slate grey tiles and some very basic looking chrome features. From the reflection in the mirror it'd look as though the bathroom area looks straight in to the shower so there's not going to be any privacy for users of that either.

And finally, for now, the entrance/exit door. It'd appear that the steps leading up to the door as used in series 3 and 4 have been removed, and replaced by a ramp instead.

"Nice to see loo, to see loo nice..." or something like that, as Big Brother 5 will have a see-through wall looking straight in to the toilet, and the shower!

Previous years have seen the housemates staying rather modest, but this year it looks like they'll have nowhere to hide, as the toilet and the shower both face out in to the garden, with just a piece of clear glass seperating prying eyes - are Big Brother taking the piss???

As shown in the photos which were printed in the Sun newspaper, there's two showerheads in the glass-walled shower, which obviously points to it being not only large enough for more than one person, but clearly aimed at getting a bit of a group-showering going on - up to four at a time if you believe the Sun.

Apparently there's also two doors in the toilet, and both need to be closed for the housemate to be out of view of the others... just of course with the glass wall there, what's the point?

Over the weekend the tabloid papers were in a frenzy of Big Brother news, and interestingly The People printed details of what they claim are the final housemates, including two reserves... or maybe it's yet more rumours made up to sell papers.

The housemates which the paper list probably won't be the final ones - for starters the shows producers have made it clear in previous years that if any details get out before the contestants enter the house they'll just be thrown off the list and won't take part at all.

However just incase the People are correct with their list, here's who you'll get to see (twocked from other sources that reported it over the weekend) on your screen come May 28th...

Emma (19) from Manchester - "The Bisexual"
Bisexual entertainer Emma lives with her mum but has a steady boyfriend even though she boasts she likes flirting with girls. Bubbly and chatty, she loves socialising and friends say she is very much a team player.

Michelle (21) from Scotland - "The Student"
Another contestant who lives with her mother. Michelle is well educated, articulate and has spent a lot of time abroad. But once she's had a few drinks let's her inhibitions go.

Vanessa (26) from Leeds - "The Sex Kitten"
Single Vanessa has a pierced nipple and is expected to easily twist the men round her little finger.

Suzie (40) from West London - "The Stripper"
A raven-haired, married stripper who spends a great deal of time making herself look and feel good. The Catherine Zeta-Jones lookalike

Dara (24) from New York, US - "The Yank"
Dara is now based in London. A plain-speaking American, viewers will either love or hate her but she won't care.

Katherine (24) and Leanda (25) from the South East - "The Lesbians"
They are the first lesbian couple ever to appear in BB. Katherine is very politically motivated and part of the anti-capitalist movement. Attends gay pride events and joined the 50,000 protesters at the G8 political summit in Genoa, Italy, three years ago. Leanda is very friendly and easy going. Predicted to be the peacemaker in the BB house when tensions become frayed as the pressure builds up.

Stuart (24) from Manchester - "The Pin-Up"
Expected to be one of the male sex symbols of the line-up. Single and straight, he's very confident and well spoken. Takes fashion very seriously and is always well groomed.

Marco (20) from London - "The Gay"
Marco, who is single, loves a drink and revels in his campness. The student likes films and the arts and loves quoting from his favourite horror films. Can be a bit of a bookworm.

Ahmed (44) from Liverpool - "The Asylum Seeker"
Single Ahmed is a wealthy businessman and the oldest contestant vying for a place in the final 12. A former asylum seeker who has made good in Britain, he looks very much set to be the father figure to the younger house mates.

Jason (30) from Scotland - "The Stud"
An ex-Army man who is now an air steward, he looks set to be the entertainer of the house. Loves himself to bits and takes his clothes off at the slightest encouragement. He is nicknamed the Martini Man because he boasts he will do it any time, any place, anywhere.

Victor (23) from London - "The Leader"
A student, Victor likes order in his life. Straight and single, he's very much expected to try to command the group. Believes himself to be a natural leader, but will the others think so?

So what do you think of the contestants that are rumoured to be entering the house? Will it make BB5 the best series yet, and do you see a clear winner? Or is there someone in there who you feel will take an instant disliking to someone else - the asylum seeker, the lesbians, the gay, the american - post your thoughts on the House of Cuss forums...

New photos of the Big Brother 5 house have been released by Channel 4, and The Eye has taken a close look at them to try and reveal some of the upcoming secrets...

There's going to be 2 bunkbeds in the fifth series of the show - a first for the British big brother, although used widely in other countries versions of the show. No doubt there will be drunken stumbles as housemates try and get in to the top bunk after a long nights worth of drinking, or maybe they'll just not bother and get in one of the other beds instead.

Strange football style globes hang over the housemates and it's not too clear what these are - maybe it's to remind them of Euro 2004 which is taking part at the same time, or maybe they're just some abstract piece which have some kind of bizarre mood creating feel to them... The "woodland glade" feel is being emphasised in the bedroom with the use of the Woods wallpaper which shows plenty of forest style landscape and tree trunks, whilst also being repeated on the bedding.

Interestingly you can see the doors which lead out to the garden, and they appear to be clear glass, meaning Housemates probably won't be able to retire to the bedroom when Big Brother wants to place something in the garden or keep them out of sight of external influences such as intruders. Surely clear doors also mean there will be plenty of light flooding the room at night, causing those poor housemates who can't sleep in anything but pure darkness many restless nights, no doubt followed by bitchy grumpy mornings - excellent!

The main house area where the kitchen and sofa are located is said to be much smaller this year, and because of this the table is a fold-away one which will have to be put up and removed by housemates when they want to use it - again no doubt this will cause arguments as housemates either can't be bothered to take it down or put it up, or just simply reveal the lack of co-operation between some members of the house.

If you look closely at the photo which shows the sofa and table on the left, you can see what looks like loose carpet which has just been placed down like floor tiles - earlier photos taken from the Big Brother 5 advert revealed that this was a lighter colour carpet, and it's not known why it's been covered over for this photo.

Both of these internal views also show the awful decor that the BB5 house has, including the blue hands on the wall in the kitchen, and the puddles and blobs on the garish green wall near the sofa. To make things even worse for housemates, the floor has been raised in parts, and also had the ceiling level lowered from last year, so as there's a real crampt atmosphere, which is hoped will cause housemates to get stressed and feel clostrophobic.

The thatched hut in the garden appears to not only have a small jacuzzi pool and two "mud baths" but also a walk-in shower area. There's also a small hut to the right of this area which the photos reveal will be the "wax room" - it contains a waxing machine and a seat which the producers hope contestants will use whilst waxing themselves - or each other.

Papers over the weekend claim that the shortlisted housemates were removed from their day to day activities last weekend, before the advertising started on Channel 4, meaning they'll have no idea of the "Big Brother Gets Evil" theme for this year, and also won't have seen the photos of the house which have been revealed in the adverts.

In a week from now the housemates will have entered the Big Brother house for the 5th series of the show - and there's bound to be some differences from how it's happened previously.

The shows producers are making a point about how "Big Brother Gets Evil" and how the show is all part of their "Black Friday" line-up on May 28th. It'd seem that this year they're going to be much harder on the housemates, with a smaller house, and less comfortable furniture - all aimed at making them bitch at each other and blow their tops, all in the name of excellent TV viewing.

A few more photos of the house, both inside and out, have been revealed in another advert shown tonight, including another view of the clothes mangle out in the garden, and what appears to be sliding doors on the part of the house which the News of The World's plans pointed to being the bedroom area.

It's also rumoured that both power and water will be turned off at random times, without notice - all in the effort to piss housemates off and make them get angry, get stressed out, and wish they'd never have applied to be on the show. It certainly sounds as though it'll weed out the wannabe celebs from the real contestants who are there to experience life living under the eye of Big Brother 24 hours a day.

Doesn't look like they've made the house completely uncomfortable though - the four-piece blue sofa has cushions, and as seen in other photos there's both a pool and pamper pools or mud baths, so there's a few "luxuries" for the housemates... although will they be made to win the rewards by providing some entertainment and sacrifices...?

Big Brother 5 starts on May 28th, and there's highlights from the past 4 years on Channel 4 from Tuesday.

That was the headline that was flashed across the front page of the Daily Star this morning, revealing that one of the shorlisted housemates apparently wants to take part so they can get a sex swap.

The story has it that a male contestant wants to walk away with the £70k so he can become a she... but then the same "I've been shortlisted for big brother" rumours crop up every single year, and not once do any of them come anywhere near true.

Meanwhile more stills from the pre-series advertising have appeared on the net, revealing more views of the house from both inside and out, including a couple of shots showing steps leading up to the hot tub/mud baths, a strange statue, and what appears to be a clothes drying mangle...

Now this contraption may well signify another rich/poor divide like Big Brother 3 saw for the housemates, or possibly the whole house is a "poor" theme this time around, to emphasise the "pain is good" advertising which has been airing for the series. Apparently Big Brother's producers have done everything possible to make contestants feel uneasy in the house, with lots of negative vibes about the furniture and general design of the place, which presumably will make the housemates go off on one like never before, and cause hours of endless ranting and raving, rowing and hate. Or they might just sit there sleeping, eating and farting, whilst moaning about how shit the house is compared with previous years.

Heard a rumour about Big Brother 5? Well good, but keep it to yourself - or even better post about it, on the HoC forums.

Just like Big Brother watches, The Eye will be watching back - and love it or hate it Big Brother returns to our screens next week for the 5th year. Let's hope it's better than last year's abysmal flop.

As with previous years there are rumours abound - everything from housemates that are supposedly shortlisted to appear in the house, to weird and wacky changes to the rules, a split house, two houses, only 6 housemates, or 10, or 12, or more. Truth is no one really knows and even once the show has kicked off on May 28th there's still a good chance the producers will introduce twists and turns along the way.

What has been confirmed though is that Big Brother 5 is "cruel and nasty" - reports in today's papers claim the series producer as saying that they have picked 10 (or 12, depending on which source you read) housemates who are all very different, and won't get on with each other. But haven't they said things like this before? Hasn't every pre-arranged fight/friendship that the Big Brother producers have attempted for, gone completely against how their experts though it would? Fact is, until you put them all together in the house, subjecting them to the real Big Brother, with the cameras watching 24 hours a day, and everything else associated with it, you won't know how they're really going to react.

However Big Brother's producers do know how the housemates could react, after Sunday's papers reported that stand-in contenstants testing out the house before the new series launch trashed it, by writing on walls, spilling drink on the carpet and causing considerable damage to furniture - some of which Channel 4 aren't too sure can be fixed in time! Presumably Big Brother wasn't watching closely enough there...

And just before the heat-wave weekend that we've had, Channel 4 launched a set of new adverts for Big Brother, giving the very first (official) glimpse inside the new house - it's looking mighty odd.

Previous houses have had a rather calming influence in their design and colour schemes, but the BB5 house looks set to turn all this on it's head as there's bright coloured walls and furniture, including sloped walls, harsh angles and odd green bumps on the walls.

It's also been picked up on several Big Brother fan forums that there are ramps everywhere in the house, and the wood-style bridge is thought to lead out to the garden where it's believed the bedrooms may be located - seperate from the main living area itself.

Several weeks ago the News of The World revealed plans for the BB5 house which they've managed to get hold of. Of course they needed to be taken with a pinch of salt as they're a tabloid newspaper trying to sell copies. However, everything that has been revealed so far in photos in The Sun and The Star appear to prove the Mirror has got it right - there's still a lot that hasn't been revealed though, so it's quite possible some of the details from the plan below are far wide of the mark...

We'll only know for sure once Big Brother 5 swings in to action on May 28th at 10pm when the housemates (6, 10, 12 or more of them) enter the house. There's also a preview to proceedings in the form of Big Brother Little Brother on Channel 4 at 8pm, and "Big Brother - 50 Best Bits" is being aired over three shows, starting at 9pm on May 25th with 50 to 31, continuing down to 11 on the 26th, and concluding with the top 10 moments on Thursday 27th - exactly 24 hours before the full show kicks off.

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