Yep, it’s time! Sixteen men and women are about the embark on one hell of a journey — it’s the BB10 launch, and we’re covering it live!

Keep refreshing the page for the latest launch show updates, which will appear at the bottom of the list. As always, you discuss tonight’s events in the comments section below.

The show begins at 9.00pm on Channel 4.

Say goodbye to your summer!

• 8.23pm: Hello, and welcome to our live updates of the Big Brother 10 launch show!
• 8.23pm: A quick site note: apologies to those of you who were expecting our new layout to launch tonight, but unfortunately technical difficulties have meant we’re not able to bring it to you as soon as we wanted. We’re working our hardest to get it up as soon as possible.
• 8.41pm: The crowds have gathered at Elstree studios - Channel 4 have put a picture up here…
• 8.46pm: Looks like the housemates will be arriving in cars again this year - here is a picture of one of them…
• 8.49pm: “Tonight, there are two reasons to celebrate - 10 years of Big Brother, and 16 new people moving in to a brand new house. Find out who your new summer playmates will be in eleven minutes time!” - Davina plugs the launch during a break in The Home Show.
• 8.51pm: Davina was standing on a new podium featuring a small finale-style catwalk. Interesting!
• 8.56pm: The launch show begins after a commercial break. Davina just plugged the show again.
• 8.57pm: This year’s outdoor screen is longer than usual and situated just in front of the house.
• Commercial break
• 9.00pm: “Tonight, sixteen people will move into that house. They have no idea that none of them are housemates…” says Davina as she opens the show.
• 9.01pm: Davina walks up to the house, giving her usual pre-show talk.
• 9.02pm: Davina heads into the house and walks down the stairs.
• 9.03pm: Davina is in the living room, which is filled with drums and crates, explains this year’s launch twist. The sixteen people who enter the Big Brother house tonight will not be housemates. They will have to earn housemate status if they want to stay in the house.
• 9.03pm: Only when the hopefuls earn housemate status will they be able to access the full house. In the meantime, they can only access a sparsely decorated living room, and a basic garden.
• 9.03pm: Davina shows us a phone in the corner of the room, which has “should you pick up the phone?” written beneath it.
• 9.04pm: You can find out more about the twist by clicking here.
• 9.04pm: Mrs McCall’s very short house tour ends in the garden.
• 9.04pm: The first housemate is a 23-year-old entrepreneur called Freddie.
• 9.05pm: Freddie leaves his car to greet the crowd.
• 9.05pm: If Freddie was a playground ride, he’d be the tunnel of love.
• 9.06pm: Freddie enters the Big Brother house.
• 9.06pm: Freddie picks up the phone in the corner of the room.
• 9.07pm: Freddie is exploring the sparse living area.
• 9.07pm: 41-year-old unemployed lesbian Lisa is the second potential housemate. Her VT is now airing.
• 9.09pm: Lisa leaves her car and goes up the catwalk.
• 9.09pm: Lisa loves dressing up in rubber underwear and is turned on by stilettos. Her favourite type of cloud is a raincloud. She believes in Jesus, life after death, UFOs and aliens.
• 9.10pm: If Lisa could break a law, she’d smoke in a pub.
• 9.10pm: Lisa goes through the front doors and enters the house.
• 9.10pm: Lisa greets Freddie in the living area.
• 9.11pm: This year’s third housemate is a 20-year-old model called Sophie. Her VT is now airing.
• 9.11pm: When asked by Big Brother what the capital of Uruguay is, she said ‘U’.
• 9.12pm: Sophie is unveiled to the crowd.
• 9.12pm: If she wasn’t a model, she’d be an ice cream lady. In five years time she’d like to be in the ‘English Whitehouse’ as the president of England. If she could have one superpower, it’d be to see people naked.
• 9.13pm: Sophie enters the house and checks herself in a mirror in the hallway.
• 9.14pm: Sophie enters the main area to be greeted by Freddie and Lisa.
• 9.14pm: Freddie and Lisa chat to Sophie, who is describing her entrance in to the house.
• 9.15pm: Davina rounds off the first part of the show. We’ll meet more hopeful housemates after the break.
• Commercial break
• 9.19pm: Davina welcomes us back to the launch show. She recaps the three housemates we’ve met so far, and this year’s twist.
• 9.20pm: Kris, a 20-year-old visual merchandiser, is the next wannabe housemate.
• 9.21pm: Kris’s car arrives at the Big Brother compound.
• 9.21pm: Kris’s hero is Peter Pan and his favourite weatherman is Michael Fish. He thinks his hair is his best feature, and he wants to appear topless in an advert for STDs.
• 9.22pm: Kris goes through the front door.
• 9.22pm: “It smells like Allied Carpets,” Kris remarks as he walks down the stairs.
• 9.22pm: Freddie, Lisa and Sophie introduce themselves to Kris, who is now in the living area.
• 9.23pm: 23-year-old retail manager Noirin is the fifth contestant to be revealed so far.
• 9.24pm: Noirin says she gets hit on 50 times in an average night out. She had midwifery experience, and says that other woman are jealous of her. Her philosophy is “If I don’t love myself, who will,” and she kissed Russell Brand while dressed as a bunny.
• 9.25pm: Noirin is now in the Big Brother house, where she is introducing herself to the others.
• 9.26pm: 18-year-old student Cairon is the sixth person to be unveiled.
• 9.27pm: Cairon was born in England but moved to America at a young age.
• 9.27pm: Cairon is attracted to big woman, and his ideal fancy dress is a purple pimp outfit. He would be a rollercoaster if he were a fairground ride. His favourite word is ’shorty’, and the meanest thing he’s ever done is drink someone else’s milk.
• 9.29pm: Cairon introduces himself to his fellow hopeful housemates.
• 9.30pm: Davina recaps the six people we’ve met so far before rounding off part two.
• Commercial break
• 9.34pm: The third part of the show begins.
• 9.35pm: Angel, a 35-year-old Russian professional boxer and artist, is the latest Big Brother 10 contestant.
• 9.36pm: Angel, who is dressed in a suit complete with top hat and walking stick, leaves her car to a mixed reception from the crowd.
• 9.36pm: Her most embarrassing moment was being fat, and the celebrity she would like to be stuck in a lift with is John Lennon. She only sleeps four hours a night. She believes that, one day, the world will be the most beautiful and peaceful place to live.
• 9.37pm: Angel is milking the crowd as Davina urges her to go into the house.
• 9.38pm: Angel is on the walkway telling the crowd she loves them as they chant “Off”.
• 9.38pm: She is now in the house, where she is meeting the other hopefuls and introducing herself to them.
• 9.40pm: Twenty-one year old unemployed Scottish model Karly is the eighth housemate in this year’s show.
• 9.40pm: Karly is driven up to the start of the walkway.
• 9.41pm: Karly’s favourite word is ‘tube’ and her dream man is Simon Cowell. People snogging in public make her cringe. She once dated a Scottish third division footballer. She’s taking two chicken fillets into the house with her. She was sacked from her job for being an FHM High Street Honey.
• 9.42pm: Karly is through the front door and walking down the entrance hall stairs.
• 9.42pm: Karly is now in the house and meeting the others.
• 9.43pm: Housemate number nine is Marcus, a 35-year-old window fitter.
• 9.44pm: Marcus is now out of his car and going up the walkway.
• 9.44pm: Marcus’s favourite word is ‘quagmire’. He once caught a pigeon with his bare hands. If he was a fairground ride he’d be a ghost train, and his ultimate fancy dress costume would be a chinese dragon.
• 9.45pm: Marcus is now in the house.
• 9.46pm: Davina reminds us who the housemates are and that they are not actual bona fide housemates yet.
• 9.46pm: There are seven more people left to enter the Big Brother house, the first of whom will be going in after a commercial break.
• Commercial break
• 9.50pm: Davina welcomes us back to the launch show and reiterates the housemates’ identities.
• 9.51pm: Beinazir, a 28-year-old Pakistani Muslim receptionist, is the tenth of the sixteen house guests to be revealed.
• 9.52pm: Beinazir’s favourite marsupial is a giraffe. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto gave her a typewriter as a present. She says her celebrity lookalike is Amy Winehouse and that men are scared of her. if she were a cocktail she’d be a mojito.
• 9.53pm: Beinzair is in the house and meeting the other nine wannabe housemates.
• 9.54pm: Private banking assistant Sophia, who is 26, is the next Big Brother 10 hopeful.
• 9.55pm: Sophia is screaming with joy as she greets the crowd.
• 9.56pm: Her worst habit is repetition. She is a Eurosceptic. If she was a cheese, she’d be cheddar because ‘everyone loves cheddar’. If she was reincarnated, she’d come back as the wind. She’d love to own her own animal sanctuary.
• 9.57pm: The crowd are unanimously cheering her as she makes her way up the steps.
• 9.57pm: Sophia has now entered the Big Brother house,
• 9.58pm: Rodrigo, a 23-year-old student from Sao Paolo in Brazil, is this year’s twelfth potential housemate.
• 9.59pm: Rodrigo arrives at the Big Brother compound.
• 9.59pm: He is a Christian. He loves England so much that he doesn’t want to go back to Brazil, and he’d like to have sex with Latoya Jackson. If he was a cheese, he would be a cheesecake. He once paid a taxi fare with his shoes as he had no money on him.
• 10.00pm: Rodrigo is now in the house, where he is meeting the eleven other guests.
• 10.01pm: 22-year-old Charlie, a Job Centre advisor, is the next person to take part in BB10.
• 10.01pm: Charlie leaves his car to head up to the house.
• 10.02pm: Charlie is a former Mr Gay Newcastle. His least favourite word is ‘chillax’.
• 10.02pm: Charlie has walked straight past the crowd and into the house.  Davina remarked that the press would have been lucky to get a photo of him.
• 10.04pm: Davina informs us that some of the housemates may already have met during auditions.
• 10.04pm: The final three contestants will be unveiled after a commercial break.
• Commercial break
• 10.08pm: Davina welcomes us to part four.
• 10.09pm: 27-year-old Saffia, a dental nurse, is wannabe number fourteen.
• 10.10pm: Saffia leaves her car to a booing crowd.
• 10.10pm: She thinks men are simply ’sperm donors’ and that Phillip Schofield should be knighted for services to television. She’d consider becoming a lesbian.
• 10.11pm: Saffia is meeting the others in the living area.
• 10.12pm: Sree, a 25-year-old Indian Student Union president is the penultimate participant to be revealed so far.
• 10.13pm: Sree thinks England is the safest place in the world and he’d love to be Prime Minister. His local DJ plays the word ‘Womanizer’ when he enters the room, and his favourite word is ‘love’.
• 10.14pm: He has gone through the front doors and is heading down the entrance hall stairs.
• 10.15pm: Siavash, an Iranian-borb 23-year-old events organiser, is the sixteenth and final hopeful housemate.
• 10.16pm: Siavash has now left his car and is heading up the BB catwalk.
• 10.16pm: He wore over £10,000 of designer clothes to his Big Brother audition, and he thinks whoever invented breast implants should be knighted. His ideal woman is Katie Holmes. His thinks religion was invented by a businessman, and his favourite word is ‘Siavash’.
• 10.18pm: He has now entered the house where he is meeting the other fifteen wannabes.
• 10.19pm: Davina is reminding us about this year’s line-up whilst the Big Brother theme music plays in the background.
• 10.21pm: “They have no idea that they have yet to become housemates,” Davina says, “but after the break, two of them just might”. The break begins.
• Commercial break
• 10.25pm: Back from the break.
• 10.25pm: Davina reminds us that the sixteen contestants are currently non-housemates and that over the next few days they will each have the chance to earn housemate status.
• 10.25pm: Davina hands over to Big Brother.
• 10.26pm: Big Brother calls one housemate to the Diary Room. Rodrigo responds.
• 10.26pm: A canvas with a face drawn on it, and a table with a pen on it, are in the diary room.
• 10.27pm: Big Brother informs Rodrigo that all of the housemates are currently non-housemates and that they will have to earn housemate status.
• 10.27pm: Rodrigo must now complete a personal challenge to earn housemate status.
• 10.28pm: In front of Rodrigo is a permanent marker and some clippers. He must convince one other housemate to sit on the barbers chair in the living room, where he must shave off their eyebrows and draw a pair of glasses and a curly moustache on their face with the permanent marker.
• 10.29pm: If the task is successfully completed, both Rodrigo and the volunteer will earn housemate status. He is free to tell everyone they are not housemates.
• 10.30pm: The volunteer must keep drawing the glasses and moustache on their face for the forseeable future.
• 10.30pm: Rodrigo has been given four minutes to complete the challenge.
• 10.31pm: A countdown timer is displayed on the plasma screen in the main area.
• 10.31pm: Noirin is the volunteer.
• 10.32pm: Rodrigo is currently drawing on Noirin’s face.
• 10.33pm: Big Brother has informed them that Noirin must have their eyebrows shaved off.
• 10.34pm: Rodrigo has 30 seconds in which to shave off Noirin’s eyebrows if he wants to pass the task.
• 10.34pm: A klaxon has sounded.
• 10.35pm: Big Brother has informed Rodrigo and Noirin that they have passed the task and are now housemates. They have been granted access to the bedroom.
• 10.36pm: Davina has informed us that anyone who is not a housemate on Sunday will face a public vote to determine their fate.
• 10.36pm: Davina signs off the show as it cuts to live feed.
• 10.37pm: The credits have rolled and the show has ended with a tribute to Big Brother 3 housemate Jade Goody.
• 10.37pm: The show has now ended, and so therefore have our live updates. You can catch Davina hosting Big Brother’s Big Mouth on E4 now.

And here they are - the Big Brother 10 housemates:

L-R: Charlie, Karly, Rodrigo, Beinazir, Sophia, Sree, Angel, Kris, Sophie, Siavash, Noirin, Freddie, Lisa, Cairon, Saffia, Marcus

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