Mel is on the cover of The Watchlist TV guide inside News Corp papers today.
Big Brother host spills on new season: ‘You don’t need any skills, other than being yourself’
As the host of an upcoming revamped version of Big Brother, Tracina is responsible for evicting TV housemates with a now-famous four-word refrain: “It’s time to go …” And she has been repeating it to herself in the mirror since learning she would take the reins of the groundbreaking reality TV series when it returns to its original home on 10 for the first time in 17 years.
“I’m so nervous,” she admits to The Watchlist.
“I’ve absolutely been practicing; I’ve said it too many times. My family are getting annoyed. I’m trying it with different inflections to see which one works best.”
“At the moment, the span of ages (of housemates) is across five decades,” Tracina teases, adding that the line-up is still subject to change.
“It’s ranging from a grandmother to a single mum to a barber to a self-confessed bogan. We have blue-collar workers and white-collar workers. We have a diverse range.”
Tracina tells The Watchlist, there will be strict rules governing the behaviour in the house. “Anything where the housemates step out of line, there are protocols in place, because we need to keep all the housemates safe,” she says.