Originally Posted by Aimee:

Might have guessed that they would start messing with the prize fund and I bet I can guess who will end up with some of the money

TBH I thought it inevitable as soon as I heard that the prize fund was up to £150,000 this year. C5 love playing with the prize fund, and if anything the biggest (and most suspicious) surprise was that they didn't play around with it at all last year when Helen won...

Nor during BB14 when Sam won,

Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:

Originally Posted by Aimee:

Might have guessed that they would start messing with the prize fund and I bet I can guess who will end up with some of the money

TBH I thought it inevitable as soon as I heard that the prize fund was up to £150,000 this year. C5 love playing with the prize fund, and if anything the biggest (and most suspicious) surprise was that they didn't play around with it at all last year when Helen won...

Nor during BB14 when Sam won,

Well, no - but they pretended to: remember Dexter and the money wall?

Originally Posted by Cold Sweat:

Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:

Originally Posted by Aimee:

Might have guessed that they would start messing with the prize fund and I bet I can guess who will end up with some of the money

TBH I thought it inevitable as soon as I heard that the prize fund was up to £150,000 this year. C5 love playing with the prize fund, and if anything the biggest (and most suspicious) surprise was that they didn't play around with it at all last year when Helen won...

Nor during BB14 when Sam won,

Well, no - but they pretended to: remember Dexter and the money wall?

Vaguely! Was that when he had to choose Gina or Sophie?

Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:

Originally Posted by Cold Sweat:

Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:

Originally Posted by Aimee:

Might have guessed that they would start messing with the prize fund and I bet I can guess who will end up with some of the money

TBH I thought it inevitable as soon as I heard that the prize fund was up to £150,000 this year. C5 love playing with the prize fund, and if anything the biggest (and most suspicious) surprise was that they didn't play around with it at all last year when Helen won...

Nor during BB14 when Sam won,

Well, no - but they pretended to: remember Dexter and the money wall?

Vaguely! Was that when he had to choose Gina or Sophie?

That's right. The HMs up for eviction had to pick an amount from those listed on the wall representing how much they'd accept (from the £100,000 prize fund) to be immediately evicted. Dexter chose "lucky number" £88,800, and instead won immunity as the "least selfish" HM. As you say, he then had to pick Gina or Sophie as a "Save and Replace" deal.

Nominations, the fallout and the results will all air in tonight’s latest highlights show at the earlier time for a Monday night of 9PM on Channel 5.

Meanwhile, today will see the start of Big Brother’s Hotel from Hell themed week.

A host of famous and familiar faces will ‘check in’ for the house starting with former Celebrity Big Brother and Ultimate Big Brother housemate John McCricick.

Big Brother final confirmed for Thursday 16th July at 9pm!

oh thank feck for that.. I still haven't been able to let go of it, despite only hanging on by my finger nails

Jack said something similar on LF last night - re. the 6 originals making the final.

OMG  

Sam's hair .......  tweets >>>>

She had such pretty hair too  

Looks like desperate attention seeking to me.   What a silly girl.

Has she shaved one side, or all of her hair?

there is no clip up so not sure how  it ended up 

 looks a bit dramatic to me ... a trim in there is one thing but the clippers 

thats what I think - wait till you get out if thats how you want it - not go for the demolition man  shave

Big Brother: The Live Final

 

Thursday 16th July on Channel 5  9:00pm to 10:45pm

 

 

Big Brother's Bit on the Side

 

Thursday 16th July on Channel 5  10:45pm to 12:15am

Surely 7 housemates is too many for the final?

Got to be  double eviction  somewhere there always is..

It seemed as though Nick was in the final though (swapping with Chloe).

Brother bosses have run out of money...

 

The budget for Big Brother 2015 has been blown by bosses.

 

This year’s series ends next Thursday, a week earlier then planned, but it’s been claimed that ratings aren’t to blame.

 

Rather producers have simply run out of cash which is also the reason behind this week’s Cash Bomb twist.

 

BB2015 had originally seen the show’s biggest prize fund ever at £150,000 but this has been more than halved to £72,100 as things stand.

 

Extra costs have included keeping Time Warp housemates Helen Wood, Nikki Grahame and Brian Belo for an extra week, adding Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace to the house line up and signing celebs for the Hotel BB task.

 

It’s all meant that the money has run dry with seven days of the series left.

 

A source told The Sun newspaper today: “Bosses have had to lower the prize fund because they have run out of money with all the old stars coming back, which is why the ‘cash bomb’ task was launched.

 

“The show has also been cut by a week to also save money making it one of the shortest Big Brothers ever.”

 

At 66 days long this year’s series is the shortest for more than a decade, excluding 2011’s first run on Channel 5 which aired outside of its usual summer slot in September and November.

 

A spokesperson for Channel 5 didn’t comment on the money claims to the newspaper but did tease more twists ahead for the Cash Bomb theme.

 

Big Brother continues nightly on Channel 5 with the final next Thursday, July 16.

Read more: http://www.tellymix.co.uk/real...y.html#ixzz3fOGC6r4C 

Explains a lot Plus I've noticed that the clips on BB/ FB aren't as inundated with ads as other years ....just the lucozade one  

Guess what . . . Finals Night next thurs

I'm working 14 sodding hours

I feel your usual sickie coming on 

tonights rumoured final cash time bomb twist for those that dont mind knowing ahead of the show 

http://www.tellymix.co.uk/real...w.html#ixzz3fUBKwo9e

It's going to a damp squib with this lot anyway.

The voting at the bottom of the link is quite interesting.

Am I missing something here?

Do we know why they're finishing on a Thursday?

I'm going out Friday

maybe because they went in on a Tuesday 

we have had Thursday finishes before - maybe CBB I cant quite remember 

I think the twist is additional to the eviction so that 2 go tonight - would make the figures right for final night then

wondering if this is relevant but would have thought the twist would be during live show 

1.19pm: It's task time and Big Brother has the key...

nothing to do with tonights  twist 

key = missing suitcases = general knowledge = housemates 

so does a lot on DS - apparently from a reliable source 

if it is the car and not cash I hope Jack doesnt get an offer - he has already refused so there should not be any going back on his refusal

4.11pm: The housemates are deciding what to wear tonight. Thankfully, Jack's not going for the dressing gown look

apparently this dressing gown was a present from his Mum and Dad a few years ago and he is sentimental about it

[ cant remember where he said this though - show or just a clip I watched ]