The pic of the current front page is here.

There is no copy of the story on the (dire) online version of the (dire) paper.

It appears that some bloke has made it into the final 40 with his quirky sense of humour and he's an asylum seeker. As well as the £210 a day that he would get for being in the house, he would also claim his asylum seeker benefit or something.

That's all I could read this morning in the paper before the woman behind the counter shouted at me.

Would anyone like to shed any light on this?

I've only read the Sun online version, but it wouldn't bother me where a contestant comes from.........as long as they are more entertaining than last year's lot!!

I would imagine if he is receiving the £210 money which is to cover outside expenses such as rent, rates, etc., he will not recieve an asylum seeker benefit.

I could actually believe this.

If they do put him in though I bet they also have a supporter of the BNP or at least someone who is anti Asylum in the house.

And all the rumours from newspapers and speculation on the web were spot last year weren't they?

Lets be honest this is €ndemol's cheap publicity stunt to get us all panting for BB5, although after last years lot I think we were all pretty desperate for BB5 after week 2 of BB4.

There will be an increasing number of these stories from 'a reliable source' from now until the HMs actually turn up, that whilst 'leaked' from C4 or €ndemol, will in fact be totally untrue, probably. Its called marketting. Making sure we are all dutifully sat in front of our telly's on May 29th checking which of these so called characters appear. Has everyone forgotten the coded message on the C4 forum on the Friday morning that allegedly gave the names and ages of the HMs. That was not even close to the reality.

Yes we will all debate the whys and wherefores, the rights and wrongs of having a 94 year old, one legged,rugby playing transvestite from East Grinstead in the house/houses and yes its all part of the fun, but please do not expect them to be true especially this far in advance of the show, I am fairly certain €ndemol don't even know who is in the last 12 yet anyway.

Maybe all this speculation of the extremes of possible candidates does us all harm, because when the HMs turn out to be a bunch of ordinary Janets and Johns we all get upset and start moaning about the 'boring bunch' from day 1, putting us all in a grumpy mood so we start immediately whingeing about their cleaniness, language, sleeping habits and the fact they all nominated the fit girl in the first hour.

Hell lets enjoy the build up in our own way, but please do not start getting upset when all the HMs end up being quite ordinary, and do not immediately think that the one person that shows traits of the borderline psychopath as the only interesting one there.

I thought that the rules governing potential HMs were that they can only be included in the house on Day 1 if they haven't had their identity compromised. If this guy in the final 40 has been described so well I can't see how he can be in the house now.

The publicity is starting to kick in then

Its obviously a publicity stunt..(very topical at the moment too ) but I wouldnt have any objections to an asylum seeker going into the house, if it were true ..they are just people, with as much chance of being interesting and entertaining as anyone else

daily star has put a reward out for any one who knows the asylum seeker, i think it could be a stunt to see how people will react.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!............................."Asylum Seeker Jumps Big Brother Housing Queue!"

Go on asylum seeker!!! Asylum seeker to win!!!!

Get the asylum seeker out!

*If there is an asylum seeker (which I doubt) and it is decided to refuse his/her application in mid BB will we see a raid by the immigration service to remove him/her and deport immediately....well at least it would liven up the show.

*Or perhaps BigBrother has planned for someone to play an asylum seeker and they are going to stage a raid in week 3 remove the asylum seeker and then put Jon Tickle back in.

*Or perhaps this is a load of old toffee dreamed up by the newspapers to sell copy :yawn:

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Hook and 11 MI 5 officers?

lol bystander lol

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hi merlin I think that they using the current situation with Tony Blair to sell more copies and no way will there be an asylum seeker

I hope they are not going to put in an asylum seeker in the house. This will only course arguing. Why don't they put people in that are nice and funny. People to make us laugh. Like Helen and Brian. I for one am fed up with watching moaning and arguing on the tele. Give us something to smile at.

Why are you assuming he would only be put in to cause arguments?

so asylum seekers are neither nice nor funny then?

if they are the best person to put in then they should go in, i don't get why anybody would be against it.

Because that's what asylum seekers do, they're renowned for it.

You hit the nail on the head Donna

Either that or sit by the door begging

and what happens when he gets voted out.... he'll only appeal the decision (with legal aid not doubt )


Its all a load of cack. Although I would have no problem with an asylum seeker, it would be have to be someone who has already been given indefinate leave to remain in the UK.

There is - it's on the dire paper's OTHER dire website

Bob

It'll be one of the Beckhams, aren't they "economic migrants" these days?