“All current productions were informed last week that the usual format rules regarding outside news do not apply in this instance, and it was requested that they inform their respective housemates of the evolving situation regarding COVID-19. “The health and well-being of ‘Big Brother’ Housemates is our priority,” read a statement issued by “Big Brother” producers Endemol Shine on Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The German cast was informed in the live episode by the show’s host, Jochen Schropp, and physician Andreas Kaniewski, according to Variety.Īccording to the network that broadcasts the German “Big Brother,” SAT.1, the contestants would be able to ask questions during the episode and also receive video messages from family members. The casts of “Big Brother” in other countries have already been informed of the coronavirus outbreak, including in Australia and Canada, BBC reported. Chancellor Angela Merkel has closed clubs, bars, playgrounds and other public spaces across the country, according to BBC. When she first met the guys in the Pilot, Penny was writing a screenplay about a girl from Lincoln, Nebraska who travels to Los Angeles at the age of 18 to become an actress, but ends up working at The Cheesecake Factory instead. Germany currently has nearly 7,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and fourteen deaths. The situation in Germany and the world has changed drastically since the contestants went into the “Big Brother” house in early February. However, due to growing criticism of the decision, the show decided to inform the contestants during a live broadcast on Tuesday evening, according to Time. Producers on the show had not updated the remaining participants on the events of the outside world, even telling four new contestants who joined the show on March 6 not to tell anyone else about the pandemic, Time magazine reported. A group of contestants in the German edition of the reality show “Big Brother,” who have been cut off for over a month from the outside world and the spread of COVID-19, were told on Tuesday night’s episode about the coronavirus pandemic, according to CNN.Ĭontestants entered the “Big Brother” house on February 6 - a point in time before the coronavirus had spread far beyond China, according to CNN

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