Big Brother baby plan scrutinised
Found on BBC News on Saturday, 27 August 2005
Dutch authorities are investigating plans for a contestant to give birth on the reality TV show Big Brother.
Newly-launched TV station Talpa will broadcast the series from Sunday. The pregnant contestant is due to give birth in six weeks.
The Christian Democratic party has condemned the idea of a birth on the live show, but the 27-year-old pregnant contestant, identified in newspaper De Telegraaf as Tanja, defended the idea.
The show, which has become increasingly controversial, first ran in the Netherlands in 1999 and has since been broadcast by countries around the globe.
How this show got so famous is beyond me. People really have nothing better to do than watching a bunch of others 24/7? Now, if this would include at least some intellectual and inspiring discussions; but their level is even below the yellow press.