[Loukas]

Big Brother's Bit On The Side host Rylan Clark-Neal has promised that there is a big variety of housemates this year.

Speaking on Facebook Live, Rylan explained that he hasn't met the new batch of contestants just yet but has seen their details. "I know I say it every year and I sound like a broken record and some years we haven't got it right, some years we do get it right… This year is completely right," he promised. "So right. It's going to be amazing.

"We've got a very eclectic bunch, I think it's quite safe to say." He added: "Actually, this year is probably the most mixed we've had in a long while. Different races, genders, sexuality, age, everything." But it seems we might have a few new crushes soon, as Rylan joked: "When do we never not give you a bit of eye candy on Big Brother?"

Rylan – who hinted that there "might be a few familiar faces in there" – also admitted that he wouldn't be surprised if the group caused some controversy. And speaking about the news that there will be two houses, he teased: "Watch out for The Others. The Others are coming. And it's not what you think. They're dangerous. That's all I'm going to say… Danger!"

Rylan also dropped some hints about the tone of the series, revealing: "Big Brother's getting evil this year, let me tell you that. There will be a lot of tricks up their sleeves." And he promised that we're in for some excellent tasks too.

"The task team literally started working in January for this series," he said. "They've been working for five months doing the tasks for this series, so we've got some good ones.

"And the house is a bit bigger, so we can do bigger things. I can't say too much!"

Source - Digital Spy

[crazycolaist]

A diverse group is cool, Especially up on the older housemates, Anyone remember BB8 Tracey? Older gen peeps like that are what I'd call "Electric"

[Wizard.]

Whatever happened to that Jensen women? She was involved in some God-awful task creation but she kind of fell off the face off the earth a few years ago.

[Pete.]

Interesting he mentions gender. Hope we have some trans HMs

[Jake.]

Sounds promising

[*mazedsalv**]

The range of hms sounds good so perhaps all those reality types being rumoured are the 'others' while the main house HMS will range from 18-50+ ?

Hopefully

[Goodbye Summer]

Rylan has a habit of saying this year after year, but if true, this sounds very promising. This series has been in dire need of a good mix of housemates since it moved to C5. They have yet to nail that really diverse cast which still sets the older series apart from it, a mix of races, genders, and ages would really bring the series to life, and make this series really promising to me right off the bat.

[Marsh.]

He's full of sh*t.

[Rob!]

A real mix of ages would be good - I think it's one of the reasons why CBB works so well.

[Goodbye Summer]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

He's full of sh*t.

Maybe this will be the year that statement actually turns out to be not bull**** from him.

....But then again

Originally Posted by Rob!

A real mix of ages would be good - I think it's one of the reasons why CBB works so well.

Yep, nailed it on the head. CBB has had really diverse celebs, and some of the C5 series have felt like the C4 days to me at times. They nail that series perfectly. It really shows with the ratings/interest too. The Civ series is missing that touch.

[Gstar]

I'm glad they're putting more effort into the shopping tasks, as for the housemates .. I'll believe it when I see it

[Samm]

They need an age range like they have for the CBB casts

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Pete.

Interesting he mentions gender. Hope we have some trans HMs

Sam Brodie returning in his true form?