DAVINA Didn't Make This Show. NICK Did.
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Master Bateman FTW 
Though I would settle for Victor................then Brian.
Though I would settle for Victor................then Brian.
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If it hadn't been for Nick's 'dastardly masterplan' in series 1, its unlikley there would have been a follow up series, let alone 11 of them.
The show was limping along up until that point , at which it caught fire.
I salute you Master Bateman!
All Nick did was write some names on bits of paper, the story blew up because BB (on the face of it) kicked him out as a result. More likely, IMO, is that BB saw an opportunity to get coverage far beyond its cult audience, and took full advantage of it.
Nick himeslf bemoans the fact that they kicked him out, saying it was a relatively minor offence, yet he dosden't seem to have two and two together and thought that perhaps they kicked him out for the media coverage rather than the gravity of his offence.
Maybe. He still had to do it in the first place though.
Nah.
That may be so, but he took the flack for it( quite a bit of it for one individual) and they benefitted from the publicity .
He needs to get a bit of credit after all these years.
That was incidental. In retrospect, it seems obvious that Endemol had something up their sleeve to project the show beyond its limited audience. Who's to say that they wouldn't have pulled some other stunt with the same intention as and when the opportunity became available - and an opportunity would've become available. In fact, it should be noted that BB knew about the notes long before the HM's rumbled Nick. They let the story play out when, if their primary concern was ensuring the rules were adhered to, they would have stopped it immediatley.
BB made the story by letting it carry on then ejecting him. If BB stopped it immediatley and let Nick stay, their would be no story, and arguably no future BB's.
"TV critics, notably Ally Ross (The Sun TV Critic), have credited Victor for saving the Big Brother UK franchise, by stirring controversy and his 'straight talking' attitude towards housemates. The previous year's show had been criticised for being dull, leading to record low viewing figures and a subsequent drop in eviction votes. Viewing figures increased this year to an average of 7 million every night."
(Wiki)
Remember the UBB show before Victor went in well it all started from there this year for me.
I know he was in BB1 and did some naughty things which he became famous for. However for this UBB Victor and Nick have made the show for me.
he is not the reason it went on.