Big Brother contestants to be voted IN to the house by viewers of the show in General Election launch twist
Fans will get to choose who goes into the Big Brother House in a General Election style vote launch show
BIG Brother will embrace the General Election buzz next week with a launch night twist when the new Channel 5 series kicks off on Monday night.
Prospective housemates will have to lobby on-screen to be elected into the house by rallying members of the members of public to vote for them.
Like a politician, the wannabe contestants will have to state their case to the viewers, after already auditioning for show producers in order to have the chance of reality TV stardom.
They are each allotted an earnest piece-to-camera segment and have a limited amount of time to plug their best characteristics promising viewers what they can bring to the show - whether it’s romance, laughter or drama.
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A telly insider revealed: “Big Brother bosses are really running with the election fever of the country this year and mocking up housemates as political party leaders. Like a real-life politician the hopeful housemates will have to convince the public to vote for them with a convincing speech.
"It will all be filmed live so they will be under pressure not to fluff up their speeches. It will be an exciting twist to the opening night shenanigans.”
It comes after it was revealed that the summer series will celebrate post-Brexit “modern-day Britain”, with the latest Big Brother eye logo including a banner brandishing the slogan “We are all immigrants”, a mosque, a rubbish dump, a pound shop, a white van, a fat man on the phone and a graffiti artist.
Other images are of a more traditional Britain including a pot of tea, a postbox, a castle, deckchairs and a jam scone.
A Channel 5 spokeswoman said: “Viewers will have to tune in next week to find out more.