The UK News Magazine, The Daily Star, is reporting that future housemates on Big Brother 9 will be paid only £1! That’s about two United States Dollars. The article doesn’t state whether if that’s a one time payment or if it’s an hourly wage. Even if it were an hourly wage they would only earn around £2000, which is far less than what the housemates in the United States get paid.

Daily Star also received leaked documents and contracts that the housemates have to sign before going into the house. Apparently, nothing is out of the ordinary except for this one point: “New rules also outlaw discussions about members of the production team – or Big Brother.” This was one of the changes the United States version made after we changed to our current format.

The “Big Brother” part leads me to believe that they won’t be allowed to talk about discussions they had with Big Brother in the Diary Room. In the United States the Diary Room is a place where the show’s producers craft the overall storyline. They use the housemates own thoughts about what is going on to narrate the shows instead of relying on a paid narrator.

(tip InsideBigBrother.net)

(Editors Note: You may have been wondering why I haven’t posted in the last couple of days. We had a family emergency which needed my full attention. I was also working on a new website. This is the first blog post upon my return!)