so the winner is staying in the house

The winner will miss the final!

does that mean the winner doesn't get to do the interview etc...?

I think people were assuming that the winner would be allowed out for a night (say) to see their friends and family, but it's beginning to look like they won't after all.


Another point: I did a quick calculation, and if everything continues as normal, there will be a further 8 Friday-night evictions before Final Week. I'd previously assumed that, with "only" 14 starting HMs, there must be more going in at some point. However, 8 evictions would leave 4 HMs for Final Week, which is workable.
Of course, they could still stick in more HMs anyway, but then BB would have the problem that the new HMs would know the secret about the "All Stars" competition...

What they did in the early series was that Davina entered the house to meet the winner. That would be a possible way round it.
Alternatively, they may just leave the interview until the winner leaves the "All Stars" competition normally, but I think a lot of fans would find that unsatisfactory - I certainly would.