Monday, May 15, 2006
SunOnline
By COLIN ROBERTSON
Big Brother housemates are in for a shock this year - designers have built the most uncomfortable house EVER.
The iconic house has been shrunk to make it as cramped and claustrophobic as ever.
The bedroom is tiny with eight single beds and three doubles - which bosses hope will encourage more NOOKIE.
The "inside-out" theme sees the dining table in the middle of the lawn - with no shade or rain canopy.
The kitchen has cut in half with storage units outside and cooking equipment inside.
Outdoors has a three-piece suite, while the indoor living room has hard uncomfortable Styrofoam furniture.
A heated outdoor pool dominates the backyard, with room for a dozen housemates.
Topiary is also theme this year - including a sheep and an extra housemate fashioned out of a bush.
And a five-foot high topiary rabbit is this year's "gnome cam", casting an all-seeing eye over contestants.
The shower is indoors this year in a communal bathroom that also features a JUMBO bath.
And housemates have been told that whenever more than one person is in the bathroom at the same time, everything will be aired.
Special colour-changing lighting has been installed in the bedroom and living room so producers can change the housemates' mood at the flick of a switch.
Producer Sharon Powers said: "It's designed to look really beautiful on camera but really s*** to live in."
BB boss Phil Edgar Jones added: "I'd hate to live in it."
BB7 kicks off on Thursday.
For the full look inside the Big Brother house buy tomorrow's Sun Newspaper.
