Big Brother Back In January

[Robot Chicken]

Okay, not Big Brother exactly but a spin-off series...

New BB spinoff Celebrity Hijack will launch on Thursday, January 3, it has been confirmed.

Fronted by Dermot O'Leary, the live launch programme will introduce the housemates - all "gifted" young individuals - as they enter the new-look BB compound.

The 90-minute show, which will simulcast on 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 night, Celebrity Hijack 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.

Celebrity Big Brother may be canceled this January, but Channel 4 have to pay the bills somehow. They have announced today that they will be making a new show, in the BB vein, called Celebrity Hijack.

In the new show to air on E4, Big Brother himself will be replaced by a bunch of celebrities. These A (?) listers will devise tasks and punishments for a group of 18-21 year olds living together in a house full of cameras. Sound familiar?

A network spokesperson said: “Big Brother Celebrity Hijack will see a host of different celebrities take on the Big Brother mantle, providing their own unique spin as they interact with the housemates as the voice of Big Brother.

“In addition to acting as the voice of Big Brother, the celebrities will also be involved in setting the housemates’ tasks, talking to them in the diary room, making up their own rules and generally causing havoc. Viewers will be able to watch the celebrities in action, as they take on the Big Brother role.”

 

[csider]

Time to turn over then.

 

[Titanic]

 

[Lethargic]

Same shit different cover, I would rather stick pins in my eyes than watch this god forsaken crap. An insult to anyone with an IQ above 10.

 

[Wardy]

So this is basically Big Brother with a differnt person being Big Brother each day?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Same shit different cover, I would rather stick pins in my eyes than watch this god forsaken crap. An insult to anyone with an IQ above 10.

I suspect that is the right answer

 

[Badger]

Why do they insist on continuing to make this rubbish? Are there really enough people stupid enough to watch it?

 

[pasty]

Excellent. A New Years resolution I will be able to keep. "I will not watch Celebrity Hijack"

 

[Statto]

So its just celebrity big brother with a different name.

 

[Frutos]

So its just celebrity big brother with a different name.

And without the celebrities.

Oh, wait...

 

[fatbadger]

Not a day goes by when I do not regret the lack of a telly nowadays. It's been revelatory - a habit has been broken and I won't be going back.

And this kind of shit is the reason I did it.

 

[Zed Seagull]

Not a day goes by when I do not regret the lack of a telly nowadays. It's been revelatory - a habit has been broken and I won't be going back.

And this kind of shit is the reason I did it.

You got nae telly? Jeepers!!

 

[Robot Chicken]

Watch out people, it's on tonight and will be on for a month!

REALITY SHOW: Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack Launch
Channel: E4 144
Date: Thursday 3rd January 2008
Time: 21:00 to 22:35
Duration: 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Dermot O'Leary hosts this 90-minute launch show as E4 hijacks Big Brother from C4 and puts its own irreverent spin on it. For the first time celebrities will be taking on the role of Big Brother as they oversee a talented group of young housemates. Direct from the Big Brother compound, Dermot introduces each of the housemates as they enter the famous house that will be their home for the next month.

 

[Robot Chicken]

The twelve "young and gifted" Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack contestants have been revealed.

The group - due to enter the house tonight at 9pm, live on E4 - comprises seven boys and five girls, all aged 18-21. There is a brother and sister who work together as circus performers, as well as a boxer, a beauty queen, an entrepreneur, a racing driver and a politician.

The series, which runs for just over three weeks, features celebrities taking over the role of Big Brother, from answering diary room calls to setting the housemates tasks. Little Britain's Matt Lucas will take the reins on launch night, with future hijackers to include Joan Rivers, Brian Sewell and Jimmy Carr.

 

[dougdeep]

If the kid in that picture is a politician then heaven help us.

 

[Robot Chicken]

If the kid in that picture is a politician then heaven help us.

Going just by looks then? Just cos he's a ginger.

John

20
Edinburgh
Politician

John is a politics and sociology student who wants to end child poverty in the UK and reverse attitudes on people with red hair. He was the first teenage Chairman of the Scottish Youth Parliament and doesn't like the stereotype of politicians as geeks and bores.

 

[Horsham Gull]

Buzzcocks on BBC2 much better!

 

[Pevenseagull]

Going just by looks then? Just cos he's a ginger.

John

20
Edinburgh
Politician

John is a politics and sociology student who wants to end child poverty in the UK and reverse attitudes on people with red hair. He was the first teenage Chairman of the Scottish Youth Parliament and doesn't like the stereotype of politicians as geeks and bores.

Boring geek

 

[Lady Bracknell]

Is there no end to this Big Brotherish shyte?

 

[SNOOBS]

I think it's been demoted to E4 other than the launch show thank god!!!