Dear Channel 4 - Please stop hiring people who cannot do their jobs
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After tonights debacle with BBBM and Bianca Gascgoine (sp?) I am feeling totally and utterly fed up. Whether it's sad, or unhealthy, or whatever, I don't care, I love being part of the big brother viewership, and being part of that group means taking part in watching all the shows, as well as all the spin offs. Every single day i'd happily settle down to watch BBLB, and when BBBM became a feature I'd make sure I didn't miss any. I'd record them, giggle at them, scream at them when a particularly idiotic member of the public was ranting...but above all, apart from the dreadful 'gnomecam' and its variants, I loved those shows.
Whoever, or whatever, is deciding on the people that are being hired to present these shows this year, I would like to thank them in a way, because at least now I have a lot more time to live my life as I don't have to bother making time to watch BBLB or BBBM. On the flipside, I would also like to say that they have taken two shows away from me that I previously loved. The last time I enjoyed BBBM was when Matt Horne and James Corden presented it, and I cannot bear to watch BBLB now, it's just horrific.
So please, people, do we not deserve an explanation as to why we are being subjected to substandard, even woeful viewing day in day out? Do they think we're such cross eyed idiots that we don't need any standards to be maintained in our shows? I say we revolt against this, revolt against zezi, george, and the endless ream of AWFUL guest presenters on BBBM. Channel 4, listen to the people that have been loyal all these years, treat us with respect, and we will watch your shows and give you those precious viewing figures.
Whoever, or whatever, is deciding on the people that are being hired to present these shows this year, I would like to thank them in a way, because at least now I have a lot more time to live my life as I don't have to bother making time to watch BBLB or BBBM. On the flipside, I would also like to say that they have taken two shows away from me that I previously loved. The last time I enjoyed BBBM was when Matt Horne and James Corden presented it, and I cannot bear to watch BBLB now, it's just horrific.
So please, people, do we not deserve an explanation as to why we are being subjected to substandard, even woeful viewing day in day out? Do they think we're such cross eyed idiots that we don't need any standards to be maintained in our shows? I say we revolt against this, revolt against zezi, george, and the endless ream of AWFUL guest presenters on BBBM. Channel 4, listen to the people that have been loyal all these years, treat us with respect, and we will watch your shows and give you those precious viewing figures.
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Childish bunch of tossers. "How cool are we..................?"
I don't think the OP means "we" as in "DS members", but "we" as in "BB viewers".
There is no real difference, except that the former category is a sub-category of the latter, who choose to discuss BB on a forum. I expect the chanel 4 forums have had the same impact. The Op does not appear to be suggesting that the producers "owe" us anything. Of course they do not, but it does no harm to register a view point if we are not happy with the product. That is what the forum is for and why, as you point out, it has had influence in the past...
I don't know how bad BBBM and BBLB have got. I haven't watched either much since Russel and Dermot left. Both were iconic presenters and tough acts to follow, particularly Russel. Dermon got on a lot of people's nerves for his clearly partisan viewpoints, whilst Russel endeared himself to many by actually being quite fair. I miss Russel, I don't miss Dermot, but he was probably a better presenter than they have now. I likewise have more time to do other stuff
C4 have constantly selected an array of the most talentless, charisma-free, mediawhore gobsh*tes in the UK..
No. They are talking about the terrible woman who presented BBBM last night.
BB is Bent pure and simple
Caroline has been pretty good - so i dont think the o.p is talking about her.
I think its Bianca Gascoine who presented yday that the o.p is on about.
she was even worse that zezi. :eek:
NO caroline Flack is the best so far!
That's why you have friends and relatives of Z-listers being hired for the job, rather than real talent. I remember the first BBBM (the only one I could stand to watch) Zezi was introduced and one of the things they mentioned of her 'profile' was being a friend of Lilly Allen.
It's as though listing Lilly Allen on your CV, or in someway being related to a sports/music personality is a qualifier for a presenters job these days.
I'm sick of seeing all these elite talentless yuppies from Soho and Chealsea completely ruining hosted TV formats.
I have no problem with someone I don't know, but for BB's sake get someone who can actually present, who can listen to a producer and talk at the same time and who can laugh at their own gaffs (when misspeaking).
Laughing at your own gaffs and rolling with it are very important IMO. Makes a world of difference to someone who simply stands there and goes "err... um...".
Making a big show of a slip up is actually a skill in itself and helps everyone to feel at ease, that the presenter has it all in control.
Back in the day the Russell Brand BBBM and the Dermot BBLB were often better than the main programme but these days i can't even watch them due, in the main, to terrible presenters.
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TV companies do not care one iota about their viewers.
They are arrogant enough to think you will watch regardless.
George & Zezi both came from the "training ground" that is Freshly Squeezed but they weren't the presenters of choice on that show (Alexa Chung, Rick Edwards & Nick Grimshaw were, all much better presenters).
I guess BBLB was turned down by all the more experienced presenters whilst on BBBM only seasoned professionals like Moyles can really cope. Throwing inexperienced zelebs like Gascoigne in is a big mistake.
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I cannot believe Zezi was not screen tested. I had concerns about her when I saw the army barracks ad before the show even started. She didn't even shout "Yes Sir" on cue in that.
Caroline Flack was great on BBBM but I think she would have been far more suited to BBLB - they could have rebranded the show to Big Brothers Little Sister or even called it a different name. By continuing to use the BBLB brand with two crummy presenters, the life is being sucked out of the show.
Bianca Gascoigne was awful as a guest a couple of weeks ago, I doubt very much she would be able to run it as a presenter, so I didn't even bother tuning in. Why not give the gig to Alison Hammond, Kate Lawler or Brian Dowling - I am not a fan of the latter two but surely they have more live TV experience than the likes of Gascoigne !!
BB really needs to rethink the shows!
Thats the thing that angers me the most I think, as if the viewing public are the same as the stupid kids that go 'wow, cool, she's friends with her!'. Lily Allen has her own show and she's rotten on it, so why would Zezi be any better by association with her?
And I totally agree about the cock up scenario. In my job if you mess up, you have to stay calm and sort it out, if you panic, hundreds of people can see you and it makes a mockery of you, but if you just calmly sort it out, even with a bit of cockiness, you get away with it, people even have a bit of respect for you!
And to answer a couple earlier questions, I don't believe DS is owed anything, I think the viewing public is owed a certain standard of broadcasting and the respect of a good presenter being employed. And whoever got the idea I was slagging off Caroline Flack is way off the mark, I actually said 'BIANCA'.