Earlier this morning in the office, we found ourselves joking that the only way to top last season's Celebrity Big Brother would be to have the contestants kill each other. Well, it seems as though the chances of that happening are looking up: rumour has it the initial contestants for Big Brother will be all female. (Dun dun dunnnn!) BB claim that they've got "quirky surprises" up their sleeve, which seem to be in the form of a Women's Institute political protestor, a former lap dancer, a relative of a Premiership footballer, a cleaner, two moms, nine singles, and three who have never been on a plane. (And a partridge in a pear tree.)
However, BB is going to mix it up by throwing a "hunk" (of what?) in to the house, which I imagine will look something like a zoo keeper throwing a hunk of fresh steak into a lion's cage. They'll apparently bring more men in, slowly but surely, and a BB insider has been quoted as saying, "It will be a hilarious start. The girls' behaviour will be fascinating." I guess they've grown tired of feeding racism, so now they're going to feast their money hungry eyes on sexism. I like how they've come up with this "quirky" and brilliant formula for high ratings: get a bunch of women, give them free Cosmos, one hot guy and watch the magic unfold.
What do you think?
Yay: An all girl Big Brother house will make for excellent TV, who cares if they kill each other?
Nay: Perpetuating and promoting cat fights is a petty and cheap way for Channel 4 to get high ratings.