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New Big Brother spin-off, Celebrity Hijack will launch on Thursday, January 3, it has been confirmed. The show will be fronted by Dermot O'Leary and the live launch programme will introduce the housemates to the nation. The new batch are different from previous contestants as they're all "gifted" young individuals. To be honest, I've got no idea what that means. The 90-minute show, showing on both E4 and Channel 4, will also introduce the first celebrity hijacker. The celebrity hijackers will become Big Brother for a short period, setting tasks, giving instructions in the diary room and otherwise causing mischief for the housemates.
After launch, Celebrity Hijack (or BBCH as it will invariably be redubbed) will settle into a daily 9pm slot on E4. As is tradition, live coverage from the house will air through the night on the channel, while Dermot will front his last ever series of BBLB weeknights at 7.30pm. The celebrities (not yet revealed) are going to team up with Big Brother to set House tasks, talk to the housemates in the Diary Room and get up to lots of "cheeky mischief". To me, this feels like it's make-or-break for the Big Brother format.
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We have to face up to the truth – reality TV is here to stay. No matter how much we bash it on here (and this series of The X Factor has been truly woeful), it's obvious that the juggernaut will carry on rolling and rolling along. I actually enjoyed this year's I'm A Celebrity, but the rest? Nah.
We always try and give an opinion here on TV Scoop, good or bad, but it's clear that reality TV has its fans. We get loads of comments asking where they can apply for X Factor or Big Brother auditions, and some of the people who leave comments are under the astonishing belief that we actually are in charge of these programmes. If only! So, read on over the jump to find out how you can audition for these brilliant exponents of reality TV.
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Dermot O'Leary is to quit the Big Brother camp after he's finished hosting the imminent Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack spin-off in January on E4. It could be the end of BB's popularity as Dermot was one of the few presenters who didn't incite the nation's ire. Channel 4 has confirmed that O'Leary, who now fronts The X Factor on ITV1, will not return to present Big Brother's Little Brother when series nine of the summer show gets underway next year.
"It is with great regret that my time on Big Brother will come to an end after Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack," O'Leary said in a statement. "For the last seven years I've had the time of my life working on Big Brother's Little Brother, from our broom cupboard days to the all singing and literally all dancing show we make now. But this summer's work commitment of BBLB and The X Factor has proven to me that to do both shows is impractical if not impossible. I want to thank Channel 4 and the Big Brother family for all their support and for the opportunity to present a live show that I love with all my heart."
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It's amazing how quickly I forget... it must be TVs fault. Convenient really as it's my job to remember when TV has been bad. It wasn't that long ago that cornflakes were being spat across the morning papers in disgust at Emily Parr saying a naughty word on Big Brother 8. Even though the naughty word was aimed at Charley Uchea without malice (in fact, it was aimed with misguided affection), what left my surprised was Parr's ability to avoid going off on foul mouthed tirades of abuse in relation to the most abhorrent person ever to grace a TV screen.
Anyway, about all that... Channel 4 has been cleared of breaching broadcasting regulations over its decision to transmit the incident which saw Emily using a racially offensive word with Ofcom saying that Channel 4's decision to broadcast the incident was justified by the context of the show, adding that it had made clear that the language was "offensive and unacceptable".
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There's a website where people share their earliest memory which each other. One memory lovingly reads "drinking warm milk by African violets, watching the Seattle rain fall" whilst another reads "standing outside in the sunlight with my family after planting three pine trees, one for each of us children...". It's all very touching. My earliest memory is being in my cot, staring up at my mobile and laughing at the music it made. If you asked Chanelle from Big Brother 8, she'd answer 'getting a boob job'.
Chanelle is considering having a boob job so she can become a Page 3 model. She told the Daily Star: "I’ve never thought about going on Page 3 because I didn’t think my boobs were big enough... but you never know, that might change when I get them done!" About implants, the BB8 reject stated "I’ve dreamed about it for most of my life but never really had the guts or the money to go through with it and now there are experts out there who actually want to do it for free. I can’t believe it. I have wanted to have a boob job ever since I can remember." TV is breeding some morons at the moment... can we have a rest from them please?
Jonty Stern, y'know, the oddball with the teddy bears from Big Brother 8, has revealed that he turned down genuine offers from sex fetish companies to pursue his career as a museum tour guide. The spanking enthusiast has told DS that he contemplated the prospect of becoming a figurehead for the companies but was warned against it by his agent and family members.
The Big Brother finalist said: "Having spoken to an uncle of mine who is in showbiz himself and knows about these things, and my agent, they warned me that whatever you do in the first few months after you leave these things defines who you are. If you do that sort of thing you will never be taken seriously as a history TV presenter, or whatever it is you want to be." He continued "I got an offer from someone that was genuine and I did think it through. Then I thought, no. If I get in the position where that's the only thing I can do for the next 30 years or whatever, and I'm not taken seriously, then what actually might seem like very exciting stuff to start with might get very boring, very quickly and might limit what I can do."
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Media secretary James Purnell MP has told broadcasters to move on from the controversies that have dogged the TV industry this year. Purnell, who was speaking at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention, said that TV produced in this country was something to be proud of, and that it was the content that would "win out".
Purnell urged broadcasters to draw the "right lessons" from recent controversies, commenting that they need to "respect their audience", who expect a certain standard from UK broadcasting. "You [broadcasters] need to put your house in order, and if you don’t there will be a clamour for Ofcom and the BBC Trust to take further action... I do think people feel let down. But you only get to feel let down if you hold something in high regard in the first place," he said.
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