Shilpa to sex up UK reality show

New Delhi: Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty’s oomph is most wanted not just in India, but in Britain too.

Sources say the sexy actress has been offered Rs 3 crore as the only Bollywood participant to appear on Britain’s reality show Big Brother.

Shilpa Shetty appeared along with former Miss Great Britain Daniella Lloyd and Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine on the show.

She was, according to agencies, included in the list of celebrities to "sex up the Channel 4 show". The series featuring Shilpa is likely to be the steamiest of them all.

Despite the popularity of the show, it is bound to become hugely controversial back home and issues of public morality may crop up. However, the producers of Big Brother said that with the move, they hope to attract more than 2 million Asians living in the UK.

According to a report in the British daily Sun, 'The Dinner Date challenge will see housemates including former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd and Shilpa Shetty pairing with the person they find most attractive. They will be fitted with special heart-rate monitors and must seduce, flirt and do whatever it takes to get their partners' pulse rates soaring.

The courtship will be "performed" at a candlelit table for two minutes while fellow housemates look on, according to agency reports.

The couple with the highest readings win the task. Show bosses are desperate to create another pair of celebrity Big Brother lovebirds after Preston and Chantelle's courtship helped boost ratings.

Jermaine Jackson, a former member of the Jackson 5, and Danielle Lloyd, the glamour model who lost her Miss Great Britain title, were the first to go in.

Legendary film director Ken Russell was next, followed by former S Club 7 singer Jo O'Meara. Singer Leo Sayer, Shilpa Shetty and Sunday Mirror columnist Carole Malone.

Votes from viewers will decide which stars are ejected during the series, which is expected to last about a month.

Each celebrity will nominate a charity and the money raised during the voting process will be split equally between the organisations.

Incidentally, India has it’s own version of Big Brother, the currently running show Bigg Boss that plays on Sony television every night.

(With inputs from PTI)