Davina Quits Big Bro'!

"Screw you guys, I'm....oh, you get the gist!"


Big Brother stalwart, Davina McCall is set to quit her long running stint as Big Brother host after the current series 8 ends.


A source close to Davina says, "Davina loves doing Big Brother but she knows when enough is enough. She enjoys the show and is very fond of everyone she works with but wants to spread her wings and go on to something different. She is worried about getting pigeonholed so has made the hard decision to walk out."


Judging by Davina's past attempts at diversifying, this could be a catastrophic decision on her part. Aside from the hugely successful, but now defunct dating show, Streetmate, Davina has had minimal success with other projects.


Only last year, her BBC 1 chat show, Davina was slated by critics and audiences alike. She was the highest paid TV star that year, with her Big Brother deal and her one off fee of £500, 000 from the BBC for just 8 episodes of the flop-talk show. It caused a scandal amongst license fee payers who felt their taxes were not being put to good use.


Despite her resignation from Big Brother, Channel 4 executives have vowed the show will go on. The channel has a 3 year deal with production company Endemol to ensure the reality series continues on their network. The deal is reputed to be worth £180 million.

Davina has hosted Big Brother in the UK since its first series back in 1999. She has become the synonymous face of the programme. We at The Trash Heap... seriously doubt the programme will be as good without her.

Good luck Davina, but I suspect you'll go crawling back to Ch4 if you past ventures are anything to go by.



My, my, 1st of June seems to be shaping up as the day everyone quits something!

Fat Bastard Eats Own Foot: Big Brother Secret Revealed!

"Feed Me. I'm Hungry!"


Rotund Radio 1 Breakfast DJ, Chris Moyles this morning put his foot right in his mouth and then tried to chew it off when he gave away a Big Brother secret.


The oafish DJ had been given a secret VIP tour around the new Big Brother house prior to the launch of series 8, starting this Wednesday 30th May.


Full of his own self importance he was enjoying the attention of his acolytes and sycophantic Breakfast Team as he told them about his secret visit to the new house.


"I've seen the fridge. It's in the garden", he boasted as his entourage "aaahed" and "oooed" at the DJ, who has often been accused of being homophobic and misogynisitic.


Tubby Moyles then put his foot right in it when he said, "I tried to check out the downstairs, but they wouldn't let me...." The lager swilling DJ was not meant to reveal that the new Big Brother House has a downstairs, but he forgot himself as he adored the wide eyed attention of his possee.


There was a break in the talking and then Moyles swiftly tried to change the subject, but it was too late.


Channel 4 bosses are refusing to comment at this time. Needless to say it's all good publicity for the new show, which is in dyer need of a revamp after last years Freak Show snooze-fest.

Big Brother's Little Bucks

Eye-eye! What's Goin' On 'Ere?

Following the controversy of a ballsed up phone vote during January's Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 4 have today announced that they will not be profiting from this year's Big Brother phone votes.

It has halved the cost of calling to vote for the upcoming series 8, starting on Wednesday 30th May to just 25p per call. 15p of this will be spent on administration. The rest goes to charities.

The Celebrity Big Brother phone cock up occurred when a voice over announced a number to call if viewers wanted to "evict" Shilpa Shetty. At the same time, the on screen graphic illustrated that viewers must call the same number to "save" her. This mix up caused Channel 4 to scrap that evening's votes.

Channel 4 said they wished to keep the voting process, "fair and transparent". So, in addition to the aforementioned measures the channel has decided to scrap the ability to vote via text message. This is apparently due to the lack of time during a live broadcast for mobile phone operators to count and verify text votes.

Personally, I gave up watching Big Brother after last year's snooze fest. I reckon I've out grown it, but I've said that before and become addicted again! *sigh*