I auditioned for Big Brother 2024 – we were pitted against each other with gruelling face to face noms

BIG Brother's backmost with a bang aft a week of tears, tantrums and pugnacious decisions for its caller acceptable of housemates.

But what fans mightiness not realise is they've already been enactment done their paces earlier adjacent entering the door.

Potential stars are enactment done a gruelling audition process successful bid to marque the cut.

Our insider reveals fake look to look nominations and a grilling astir their personage mates helped bosses determine who makes it into the celebrated house.

The would-be housemate tells however the three-hour in-person auditions are held implicit 2 days successful Manchester and London with 3 sets of 12 applicants.

Our insider - whose individuality we person chosen to support anonymous - has described the acquisition of making it to the last round.

"Big Brother's audition process is cut-throat and competitive", our newsman said.

"As soon arsenic I got into the country with 11 different imaginable housemates, determination was a tense vigor that had everyone connected edge.

"Everyone who's determination is determination to win. The elbows were out.

"Out of the 12 of us, 3 had been approached by producers and urged to apply.

"So though you'd expect determination to beryllium a transverse conception of society, there's decidedly an constituent of tactical casting.

"With me, they were fascinated by my inheritance successful the governmental sphere.

"They kept asking astir my interactions with Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage.

"The producers were hopeless to perceive titbits - and were salivating astatine the thought of maine being capable to crockery the ungraded connected celebrated faces wrong the house."

The would-be housemates are fixed tasks to implicit - conscionable similar they would connected the show.

They're besides amazed by look to look nominations - leaving 1 idiosyncratic to beryllium told they're retired the contention aft failing to impress.

"Everyone has to nominate 1 idiosyncratic and past whoever gets the astir nominations is sent outside.

"However, it's really conscionable a prank. The producers travel moving retired and get you to travel back.

"It's each astir a trial of quality and cognition - to spot however you'll react, if you'll alert disconnected the handle."

Once the audition process is finished, each six producers who person been judging the contenders permission the country for 20 minutes to deliberate.

"It's a yes oregon nary connected the day.

"The idiosyncratic fortunate capable to person made it done is announced successful beforehand of everyone.

"That's wherefore you could perceive immoderate of the housemates connected motorboat nighttime saying 'oh hullo again' - it's due to the fact that they've already met during the auditions.

"Although disappointed, galore near feeling upbeat having been encouraged by producers to effort again adjacent year.

"One adjacent mentioned Alison Hammond - admitting she went for it countless times earlier yet being selected."