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I came back to BB after not watching for years - now I'm gone for good
Jessica_Hamby
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Secrets and Lies? Favourites and Rows is more what it seems to me.
I enjoyed it at first but as the series has progressed I've found myself at first irritated, then upset and finally disgusted by the sexism, the favouritism, the manipulation and the bias. The presenters and the returning psychologists on BOTS have at times left me feeling sick, Judy James' description of Hazel as a woman who would hump a chair leg and Emma Willis grinning like a moron as Hazel was described as being like a **** are two particulat lowlights but there are plenty of others. I stopped watching BOTS first and it wasn't any sacrifice. I thought I'd miss it but twice I just switched off half way through and after that I didn't bother any more.
As for the main show, the recent tasks have all been designed with the intention of causing conflict. I simply don't find watching a bunch of people in a small physical space being manipulated into childish arguments entertaining. I stopped watching earlier this week and haven't bothered since. Didn't see any of it today and can't be bothered to watch the catch up show.
Possibly some smart person will say this is all because I'm a Hazel fan so let me say that I don't actually like any of the housemates much. I do think that Hazel has had a lot of crap thrown at her that she wouldn't have got if she was a man.
I hope the BB team read this but I don't think they'll much care. I'm probably not the demographic they're looking for but they needn't worry. The show has left such a nasty taste in my mouth that I won't be watching again.
I enjoyed it at first but as the series has progressed I've found myself at first irritated, then upset and finally disgusted by the sexism, the favouritism, the manipulation and the bias. The presenters and the returning psychologists on BOTS have at times left me feeling sick, Judy James' description of Hazel as a woman who would hump a chair leg and Emma Willis grinning like a moron as Hazel was described as being like a **** are two particulat lowlights but there are plenty of others. I stopped watching BOTS first and it wasn't any sacrifice. I thought I'd miss it but twice I just switched off half way through and after that I didn't bother any more.
As for the main show, the recent tasks have all been designed with the intention of causing conflict. I simply don't find watching a bunch of people in a small physical space being manipulated into childish arguments entertaining. I stopped watching earlier this week and haven't bothered since. Didn't see any of it today and can't be bothered to watch the catch up show.
Possibly some smart person will say this is all because I'm a Hazel fan so let me say that I don't actually like any of the housemates much. I do think that Hazel has had a lot of crap thrown at her that she wouldn't have got if she was a man.
I hope the BB team read this but I don't think they'll much care. I'm probably not the demographic they're looking for but they needn't worry. The show has left such a nasty taste in my mouth that I won't be watching again.
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I wish you could be like me, and see it as merely a game show, and not give a flying f*ck.
They'll all love each other when it's all finished, and you'll be sitting there fuming.
Old habits die hard I guess.
I am not saying that Hazel didn't have her low points as well, I didn't like her behavior when flirting with Daley and I didn't like when she got angry at Charlie, nor all this childish bickering with Gina recently but there is only so much crap a person can take isn't there?
The recent tasks have been all for causing conflict as well, pitting Dexter and Callum against each other and since the Gina and Hazel thing was hitting its peak, BB gave Gina 2 tasks in under 2 weeks that allowed her to single out a housemate. That for me just shows favoritism towards Gina which is obviously going to cause conflict between her and Hazel.
Again, I don't think Hazel always behaved perfectly but I think she generally coped well with all the crap she was given in that house which was definitely BB's plan.
I'm not fuming. I'm mildly disgusted with the show and the presenters but it's not something I'll be carrying around with me.
I won't be watching Girlfri3nds though. I've had enough of a vacuous moron peddling stereotypes.
Hahaha nice one.
I do agree though, this year has been horrendous for interference, and manipulation. I do wish it would go back to basics - Strangers in a house with no contact from the outside world. Nominating 2 people every week. Group based non favouritism tasks, making the group work together with the goal of earning food.
Then they follow that up with the weekly shopping task, where they purposely put a housemate of their choosing into the main authoritarian role, threw a bunch of rewards at her and gave her dominance over her housemates, all to continually drive the drama. That was the single greatest act of pure favouritism I have ever seen on this show over the years. I think the way the produces have handled the show this year has been terrible. They saw the popularity of the last Celebrity Big Brother with Heidi and Spencer vs Rylan and desperately tried to do the same with this one, trying to pair off as many housemates as they could and work them.
wise words!
I was a avid Gina fan and was enjoying the early part of the show,the last two weeks have been horrendous ,to much manipulation in the tasks, bad edits and a lot of victimization.
It was leaving a nasty taste and no fun.
Even the forum was rubbish,personal attacks .on HMs looks etc.
I have even noticed a lot of good posters have had very little input of late and must be feeilng like I do.
I really do not care who wins this year.
Ive watched BB 2 and the one when the irish gay guy one..and now this one...and its the last.
There is something seriously sick about the whole thing.
Nah that Titchmarsh geezer writes filthy novels in between hoeing the soil. Unsavoury stuff.
Time to look in the mirror BB UK! You have become a blood thirsty monster just to keep your ratings up!
Thank you to those who recommended this years BB Australia (available on utube). It is awesome! So far I have seen 8 episodes and everything seems balanced so well and their BB (voice) is super funny! Also one of their contestants looks like John-James
What I think needs to happen is for a flame box to be created so any moans people have about an hm can go in that folder. That would bode for more sensible chat on here if it makes sense.
I feel one of the fundamental principles that give the show its intrigue is that they are away from all external feedback. To provide such insight into the public mind seems to be like playing poker in a room of mirrors - what is the point?
This year the interference has reached such ridiculous levels that they might as well have installed a phone and had the papers delivered each morning.
As for manipulating stories and as a consequence outcomes well........
Fully agree with this and the OP's post. It has been appalling and I won't be tuning in to that parody of a show they call BB.:(
Well said!
Totally agree.
The thing I don't like about BB these days, is the manipulations to create drama. The pairings in the wrestling task, a prime example.
Another thing that bugs me, is all this contact from the outside world, going as far as telling the HM who is popular and who is not, as it changes the whole dynamic of the house.
All of the above, is why BB1 will als=ways be my fav series
It's a different show, definitely. BB obviously want to encourage conscious 'playing'. The housemates are pretty well kept abreast every week as to where they stand in the polls - who it is safe to row with and who it is safer to stay on the good side of. If they didn't know, for example, that Gina is the most popular, I think there would have been far more dissent over her spoilt behaviour in there. They have made her incredibly powerful. And Gina knew perfectly well that she could do what she liked to Hazel without adverse consequences.
100 % agree bb has gone down the drain this year stopped watching it watching bbau instead its very good