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Big Brother is dying, and it deserves to die
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BB is probably several years past its use by date already, and the problem is simple:
There is no one left willing or able to do the show properly.
Everything that once made the show great has been trashed and replaced with silly twists and catering to the lowest common denominator. Even the participants selection has been replaced by an agent dominated casting process.
I haven't watched all of this series, but enough to see the decline continue and enter its terminal phase. So we should say RIP BB, for now at least, and maybe some day there will be a revival and a new enthusiasm for producing the program the way it was supposed to be.
There is no one left willing or able to do the show properly.
Everything that once made the show great has been trashed and replaced with silly twists and catering to the lowest common denominator. Even the participants selection has been replaced by an agent dominated casting process.
I haven't watched all of this series, but enough to see the decline continue and enter its terminal phase. So we should say RIP BB, for now at least, and maybe some day there will be a revival and a new enthusiasm for producing the program the way it was supposed to be.
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This gets a tip of the hat from me. Couldn't agree more.
Give it a poke, then; see if it moves.
It's what it's evolved INTO that's the problem.
Whilst I agree that the show has to evolve - it really has taken the wrong direction. Constant manipulation, inteference and meddling - leading to aggression, fights and general tawdriness has ruined what was once a great show.
Anger and fighting all the time isn't necessary - we all used to love a bit of tension and the occasional spat but the fun and laughter was what made it great IMO.
And .....................I like 'proper' housemates - not semi pros.
Its taken too much of the TOWIE, made in Chelsea and geordie shore road of how to be and the fact there's no live feed is a total pisstake.
BB COULD be thriving under the right management because it is successful enough for C5. But things always go back to the same old shit for some reason. Hopefully someone can break the show out of that cycle.
Sure people might not like my idea of constant vote to SAVE in place, the culling of the crowd, proper open auditions, NO outside contact and a maximum of 2 'twists' per series. But I would say F them, because I would make the show a success
Its currently run by monkeys let's face it
The problem is the show DID evolve. The it de-evolved again. BB14 was like the fresh take the show needed and it was generally very well received. But then all the good will built up during BB14 / CBB13 was erased with this series, which is back to misery and conflict driven BB rather than more of a mix like those series mentioned. C5 need to take note of what actually works and stick with it.
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Trouble is channel 5 as Richard Desmond sold em off are having to do everything themselves which means bb has effectively come a cropper.
I think they got lucky last year in that there were a couple of genuinely interesting characters who could thrive, but even so, imo it was part of the lazy wrong-headed decline which has continued this year.
I wouldn't say last year was lazy at all. I think they did quite a lot to try and inject life back into the show and on some levels it worked. Of course it wasn't perfect, but these things need to be a work in progress.
1. Giving the season a theme and subtitle was a good idea to drum up publicity and signify the show was going to be different.
2. The split launch was a new idea and another good idea to try and stop the immediate decline from happening.
3. The housemate selection seemed to be of better quality. A lot more subtle characters that reveal their layers as the series goes on. For example, people like Callum and Charlie seem plain on first look. But they were interesting housemates to follow in a way the immediate shouty gobby types aren't. Those types always burn out.
4. The introduction of the few hours of nightly live feed helped drum up hype as well and helped in situations like Daley-gate.
The series was very twist heavy, but I feel like that didn't matter as much because the house was interesting enough to sustain itself despite this and the boot order was pretty spot on as well.
This year it feels like they just came up with a new title, added in the power housemate thing and then just repeated last year but with nastier people and even more twists. This year definetely feels lazy production-wise.
After a couple of duff seasons in its first 2 years on C5, the channel revitalised the show by going back to what makes it popular with BB13 (albeit by doing it on a budget).
I agree this series is far too negative at the moment, but I can't see the show going anywhere just yet.