Big Brother hosts reveal iconic challenge they want to return – saying the tasks have ‘gone up a notch’ this series
BIG Brother hosts Will Best and AJ Odudu said producers have “raised the bar” on this series’ challenges.
Last year’s reboot on ITV proved a big hit with fans, and the trailer for the second installment promises a return to the social experiment’s roots.
TV favourite Will, 39, admitted that the tasks have “gone up a notch”, with even bigger and better trials lined-up this series.
Will told The Sun: “I’m excited about the tasks, I think the tasks this year, maybe some learning – not learning as that makes it sound like there were things that could have been better – as the tasks were phenomenal last series.
“But I’ve been speaking to a few members of the team and I think they’ve raised the bar even further this series.
“I think the tasks have been taken up a notch.”
Will and co-host AJ Odudu have also revealed which iconic task they want to return this series.
AJ said: “Big Wigs for me, I thought it was so funny the hierarchy and everyone dressed ridiculously. That was very amusing.”
While Will admitted he is hoping the tasks will create more “conflict” among the housemates.
He told us: “In previous series, I liked some of the simple ones. I liked it when they sat in boxes and they just had to sit in a box.
“The simplicity of that but it worked really well. I liked Ignore the Obvious, when they were bringing external things into the house and they had to ignore it.
“And ones that helped generate a bit of conflict, that were challenging and played with the dynamics in the house, as well as being visually amusing.”
It comes after the hosts revealed their famous pals have been begging them for places in the next series.
There’s been no shortage of applications for series two with Will claiming the figure is in the “tens of thousands”.
Both hosts admitted to having fielded requests from well-known pals but refused to divulge their names.
AJ said: “I’ve definitely had a few, but I won’t name any names.”
Will said: “There is one person, but I can’t say who. But they would be amazing.”
He said to his co-presenter: “You know this person as well AJ, I’ll tell you later.”
The programme has well and truly found its feet after the civilian reboot and its celebrity counterpart, which was won by David Potts earlier this year.
The new series’ return date has officially been revealed by ITV – and it’s just days away.
AJ and Will will host the live launch on Sunday, October 6th on ITV2 and ITVX.
It marks a change from last year’s civilian Big Brother launch, which was completely pre-recorded.
Will shared his excitement ahead of the launch, saying: “Will said: “It’s meeting the new housemates, I think the casting in the last series was so spot on.
“We had a bit of everything it was a great mix of people. We all fell in love with our own person.
“They gave us a lovely mix of drama and all got on at the right times. It was brilliant.
“Meeting the new housemates and seeing if they will be as good as the last ones and seeing what unique flavour they’re going to bring. Every series of Big Brother has such a unique feel because the nature of the show and the nature of the social experiment just means that the alchemy of those 15 or 16, it’s their interactions together.
“One of the interesting things, is as the series goes on, speaking to the casting team and senior producers to hear if the people in there are behaving as they thought they would or showing different sides to themselves.
“I can’t wait to see what mix they’ve got and also working with AJ.”
While AJ said: “It’s always exciting to be back with Will and to see the housemates and to actually get all dressed up.
“I think it’s the perfect show to watch in the lead up to Christmas. By the time it finishes we’re all excited for the festive season. There’s so much to look forward to.”