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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
The Scottish political community got a giggle yesterday when it was revealed that one of they key inhabitants of the new Big Brother house would be chairman of the Scottish Youth Parliament John Loughton.
The premise of the show is that various celebrities 'hijack' the house
on different nights and set the rules for the housemates, who are all
young people with special talents from circus performing to conceptual
art, from boxing to political activism.
On the first night,
Matt Lucas, famous for comedy show Little Britain and for being the
Babygro-clad drummer on Vic Reeves' Shooting Stars quiz programme, said
he chose Loughton to be the first to enter the Big Brother house and
carry out a secret mission as he looked the most like an elf.
His
mission was to wear an earpiece in his ear throughout the evening,
which he had to hide from fellow contestants under a tartan bonnet, and
to follow any instructions that Lucas gave him.
Loughton, under
the command of Lucas, was obliged to make surreal approaches to all the
new housemates as they entered the Big Brother house – such as
outlandishly claiming to have written the score to the Sound of Music,
telling one housemate that his hair was lopsided and another that his
suit and hat were "serious".
He was also forced to collapse on
the floor with pretend cramp and ask housemates to rub his leg for him,
and to perform Irish dancing in front of a professional dancer.
Muttering
the word "cake" repeatedly, he circulated all the other housemates, and
then unsuccessfully attempted to persuade them to form a circle. He
then had to crawl on all floors to the house's Diary Room, where he was
told that he had completed his task successfully and would therefore
automatically go through to the Grand Final of Big Brother.
Meanwhile, Big Brother producers urged Scots to turn up this weekend for the Glasgow auditions for Big Brother 9. If you want to participate, you should turn up at the east entrance of the SECC from 8.30 am this Saturday or Sunday. You must be over 18 to enter.
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