TheEye sometimes delves in to miscellany and oddness, so it will come as no surprise that this story from the unmissable Austrian Times has appeared on the radar. Serious topics to resume rapidly though.

Reproduced in full so no need to bother with the link:

“A kinky version of Big Brother is being screened where goggle-eyed viewers can decide which housemates have sex with each other.The no-holds-barred on-line show – House of Desire – uses Big Brother-style voting systems to decide the fate of 14 housemates, including retired porn stars and self-confessed sex addicts.Punters pay 20p per minute to watch the erotic antics and more to vote on who gets off with who.Producer Ulf Frank, 42, said: “Our contestants are all very open about their sexuality and are just looking forward to two weeks of pure fun.”Contestants even get paid for the show which is filmed in a house in Hamburg – 300 GBP per day for women but just 100 GBP a day for the men.”

How come the women get three times a much cash? Are men from Hamburg really that ugly?