Shilpa Shetty Enters Big Brother house

London Jan 3: The producers of the British TV series "Celebrity Big Brother" have promised plenty of sexual intrigue in the upcoming season.

The reality show's cast, which includes Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd, Ian 'H' Watkins from singing group Steps, "A Team" actor Dirk Benedict and punk rocker Donny Tourette, will undergo a number of tests including a belly dance-off between Shetty and Lloyd, the London Daily Star reported Wednesday.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has her own views on what will be most difficult about being in the Celeb Big Brother house.

"I constantly travel with an entourage and I know I won't have that in the Big Brother house," the 31-year-old admitted.

"Being a celebrity is really tough," she said in a pre-recorded clip. Has she been talking to David Gest?

Glamorous Indian film star has allegedly been paid 360,000 to appear on the show starting tonight. She will reportedly be put on a dinner date with the sex starved housemate she finds most attractive and encouraged to flirt to get his heart racing.

Shetty, 31, is famous for her svelte 5' 10" figure and tantalising dance routines. She said: 'My sex appeal lies in my body and my body language. My carriage, my eyes, my smile... everything.' She has acted in over 35 films and was applauded for her role as an AIDS victim in the 2004 film 'Phir Milenge' or 'We will meet again'.

Celebrity Big Brother will feature around 13 celebrity contestants closeted in a house/studio in Elstree, Hertfordshire, for three months with no access to the outside world.

Housemates on the reality show - including former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd - will be given the opportunity to pair up for dinner 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 Sun reported. The courtship will be 'performed' at a candlelit table for two minutes while fellow housemates look on.

The couple with the highest readings win the task.

Other celebrities reporting part include Ian Watkins - H from pop band Steps - wild punk rocker Donny Tourette and soccer player Teddy Sheringham.

Those reported to be on the list of possibles include the actors Julie Goodyear, Dirk Benedict, and Paul Michael Glaser.

Shetty cast off rumours she is soon getting married.

She said: 'I shall marry but after three years. There is no-one in my life as of today. And, I am very happy living single, at present.

The glamorous star wore a pink sari and spent some time posing for photographers outside the house before becoming the sixth housemate to enter.

She told Davina: "I just want every Indian to be extremely proud that I'm in here."

But the actress admitted that she was not familiar with the show.

Still, she's probably not as worried as Carole Malone - the Sunday Mirror columnist, admitted that she had called previous Celebrity Big Brother contestants "a bunch of morons on a reality show".

As the 47-year-old greeted her fellow contestants, she said: "I'm so frightened, I can't tell you."