'Big Brother' baby birth banned

A woman on Holland's Big Brother will not be giving birth on television, authorities have decided.

Housemate Tanja, 27, walked into the house seven months pregnant and permission was sought for the birth to be broadcast, the show's producers arguing: "It's not a show about birth, but about people in a social process."

However, the BBC reports that the Social Affairs ministry has ruled that, should Tanja still be in the house when the event occurs, the birth may not be broadcast live. Restrictions have also been placed on the amount of coverage that the baby can receive.

A statement read: "The mother of the child that stays in the Big Brother house will have free access to the baby's room. The same goes for a caregiver who is not part of the show, presumably one of the (child's) grandmothers."

The child will reside in its own room free of cameras and must only be shown on screen once a day for eight days.