Big Brother is 'like military operation' in days leading up to live launch on TV
Housemates heading into the brand-new Big Brother house on ITV face hours of carnage in the manic moments leading up to the show's live launch, a former winner reveals. In an exclusive chat with The Mirror, the show's last ever civilian winner Cameron Cole detailed behind-the-scenes dramas and logistical 'military operations'.
Explaining what will happen to the new faces in this year's hotly-anticipated Big Brother comeback, Cameron, who used his £100,000 winnings to kick off his low-key student life in London, explained that each person will be given a secret codename.
ITV bosses will then use the made-up monikers to manage the contestants who are deliberately scattered all over the UK, Cole told us. He explained this was just one of the many methods used by producers attempting to conceal the identities of housemates, hoping to keep them a secret until they're unveiled live on TV.
ITV Big Brother housemates can reportedly expect days of chaos (ITV)Explaining the extensive ordeal he went through after being selected for the last ever Big Brother civilian series on Channel 5 in 2018, Norwich-native Cameron told The Mirror: "I had around two weeks to sort everything out, I had to buy new clothes, all with no logos or visible brand names, that was all before an eight-day lockdown which was held at an unknown location."
He explained: "A chaperone picked me up from a random train station and drove me to a cottage where I stayed until the last few days before the show’s launch night. I was then taken to a hotel in London where we had to do certain media interviews, photoshoots and film sections for Big Brother’s Bit on the Side."
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Cameron says the chaperone took away his mobile phone the minute they met, cutting off any contact with the outside world. "There was no live TV allowed and I wasn’t allowed to leave the cottage after the first day of being there," he added.
"All of the other housemates were kept in different locations around the UK until we were all brought to the same hotel in London. No one was allowed to leave their rooms when other housemates were around."
Cameron won the last ever series on Channel 5 in 2018 (PA)
He sat down with The Mirror for an exclusive chat about Big Brother (WireImage)Explaining the faux identities, Cameron added: "We all had code names and mine was Cider. The runners and chaperones would be responsible for avoiding any of us coming into contact with each other."
It was at this point the show nearly descended into chaos for the then-teenager, an emergency happened which nearly cost the show greatly. Cameron told The Mirror: "It always made me laugh as the process was like a military operation.
"But, on the morning of the launch, there was a fire alarm at 7 am in the morning. It nearly ruined everyone’s hard work of keeping us all apart." Fortunately, the alarm was deactivated after minutes of chaos and panic and none of the contestants were exposed.
ITV's new series will run on ITV2 for six weeks, much to fans excitement. Big Brother has not been on TV since 2018 when it was axed by Channel 5, but a 'Big Brother for the Love Island generation' is set to air very soon. During last year's Love Island final, the comeback was teased for the first time, sending fans into a frenzy.
No official line-up has been announced yet, but the Big Brother reboot could see the return of some of the most iconic contestants from the original show, according to an inside source. Show bosses are said to be 'keen to recapture the magic that made the programme such a hit' when it first premiered and hope that including familiar faces in its line-up could achieve this.
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