Speculation for the past couple months has been that the UK Version of Big Brother would be receiving a complete makeover. Rumors are that many aspects of the American Version would be infused into the UK Big Brother. Now, that speculation seems to be based in some sort of reality. InsideBigBrother.net was able to get a few quotes from Big Brother UK executive producer Phil Edgar-Jones about the upcoming season.

Speaking recently, Edgar-Jones highlighted that gameplay will be a vital part of the show this year: “We haven’t set this programme up as a massive social experiment- it is a GAME SHOW.”

This comes just a few days after it was revealed housemates in the upcoming series will have to face a brutal “war and order” theme in the famous house. A spokeswoman earlier said: “Big Brother knows that power corrupts. And this year’s gameplaying will undoubtedly shatter the housemates’ hopes of an easy summer.”

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E4 showed the American format this year, they say because of a lack of other US imports due to the writers’ strike. This was, reportedly though, done to accustom British viewers to a gameplay style prominent in the US version, which BBUK producers are looking very closely at. A source revealed that this year’s Big Brother could copy a twist from the US version forcing contestants to appoint a weekly head of house: “The weaker links might be made leaders, while others may see their control vanish. Expect sparks to fly!”

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In addition to the show’s possible format changes, Edgar-Jones revealed that the housemates will always be the most important aspect of the show: “We try to create a good mix of people, casting a few outlandish housemates and reflecting a regional mix of the whole country.” Edgar-Jones who “auditions everybody and ultimately makes the selection of who goes into the house” hinted at who might be going in next month: “Maybe there will be a couple of interesting Irish people in there.”