The Big Brother house has been divided into housemates and non-housemates in the launch episode for its latest series on ITV2. As the 16 contestants were announced tonight they were forced to pick between the red or blue side of the house, with 11 contestants picking red, which was revealed to be non-housemates, and five choosing blue, which was revealed to be housemates. All 11 non-housemates will be up for the series' first eviction and they will not be allowed to live in the Big Brother house, instead being placed in storage.
It comes after presenters AJ Odudu and Will Best opened the show with Odudu announcing "if you still can't believe Brat summer is officially over, then get ready for Big Brother autumn". The 36-year-old said the 16 housemates would be revealed soon, with the winner set to take home £100,000, and said the contestants would have to make a "very important choice" during the launch show. The first contestant to be announced was 29-year-old dental worker Rosie, who exclaimed "I can't believe I'm here" before heading into the house.
In a clip prior to her arrival, she said: "People's first impression of me is that I can sometimes come across as weird and annoying, and yeah, actually, that's kind of accurate. I love tea, I literally have 20 cups a day, like no joke. If someone's messing with the old tea bags, I'm going to tea bag someone, no I won't do that, I don't have balls, but I'm going to do something, probably nothing.
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