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Please change Big Brother back to what it used to be!
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I'm sick of the borderline-famous housemates, the contrived and fixed format and the TOWIE style of BB on channel 5. It'd be a good show if it wasn't called Big Brother.
I want BB to return to what it was about in the first place. Isolate the housemates from the outside world completely, let the dynamics form naturally and not with obvious producer manipulation, let normal nominations happen on a regular basis, give a fair representation of every housemate rather than assassinating a character each week in order to get them evicted.
I know there's the argument that BB had evolved so much that it won't be successful if it returned to its earlier format but I think the time has come for it now and it'd gain more viewers rather than just the loyal fanbase.
It needs a major revamp if it wants any kind of future from here.
I want BB to return to what it was about in the first place. Isolate the housemates from the outside world completely, let the dynamics form naturally and not with obvious producer manipulation, let normal nominations happen on a regular basis, give a fair representation of every housemate rather than assassinating a character each week in order to get them evicted.
I know there's the argument that BB had evolved so much that it won't be successful if it returned to its earlier format but I think the time has come for it now and it'd gain more viewers rather than just the loyal fanbase.
It needs a major revamp if it wants any kind of future from here.
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We want to see the the real reactions and emotions, and even the fake ones, without any outside influences.
It's an interesting argument but the producers do have the original book 1984 on their side .....Big Brother could do whatever Big Brother wanted to crush opposition.
The rot set in when 'they' forced the relationship with Pete and Nikki in BB7. Putting her back in when the public had paid to get her out and allowing her to win the prize money (she didn't, he did), it made a sham of the whole thing and I've never voted since then.
The whole process is one long manipulation from beginning to end, put a good and bad option on the eviction phone list by any means necessary and get lots of votes. No one cares - no one votes.
Without live feed this is what the show will always be, a sham.
I'm not talking about BB1 - I'm talking about BB5 or BB6.
The mass market needs more gimmicks every year to compete with other shows that steal the best bits and add their own new ones
Its like asking bbc news tongonback to anstatic camera and static pictures no diagrams, no no reconstructions etc.... It would look flat and everyone would switch over to something better or dynamic looking
Sleep deprevation wont happen again
Last year we saw some people cant be putbin a secret room without mental problems
So sorry, not happening...
Plus bb5 was as structured, as planned profiled housemates it just isnt remembered that way... I.e peoples perceptions have changed
Perfect post and hopefully ch5 or endemol might start listening now the ratings are so awful.
They've always done that - look at Mel in BB1.
It would be nice if the show was as good as BB5-6, but
a) It's all been done now, so its harder to come up with great stuff
b) The show is less popular so gets less funding, so they can't match the BB5 days when it was one of C4's top priorities
c) The show is less popular so you won't get a range of random people applying; it's mostly drama students and hasbeens.
I agree.
What this actually means is you want even more profiled selected hoisemates... Ie the opposite to what others think is the fix.
If the ratings are really bad the new American group Viacom who took over C5 may well cancel the show .
I have a feeling this could be the last be BB .
Ratings are relative... And very few posts on this forum correctly relate them to expertations or demographic breakdown...
Viacom has plans for c5 which is irrelevant to past shows.. Bb may or may not fit. And you have to factor in who owns the rights in other markets and who wants the draw... Again too complicated for the arguments generally on here!
I fully expected this series to have everything but the kitchen sink flung at viewers. Twists cost nothing but get viewers talking (even in anger).
I don't think it would ever go back to the original format no TV channel would have the guts to try that now. But these HM's selected off various agencies must stop or at least get a better mix of people. Live feed back is a must and the non stop meddling with noms outside information also must end.
I agree with you, back to the old style big brother. There was a better selection of housemate in the older big brother. Different age groups and different characters. Most of the contestants this year have agents and thats before they go in the house.
That comparison doesn't work. I'm talking about BB going back to its original format because at the end of the day the premise of the show was isolating housemates completely from the outside world and to see how things manifest over a long period without any shit-stirring from BB or the public to influence things. It can still be an extremely entertaining show without making it lose its identity. For example, the casting could be far better.
At the end of the day, the producers might as well try a back-to-basics series like old times. The nostalgia of it all could easily bring back past viewers who think the show is a joke now.