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2012 has been the best year of BB since 2006
MrBing
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CBB9 was great, BB13 is actually my favourite civilian series although I know some people on here would disagree, and the current CBB is also thoroughly entertaining.
The fact is the old format was tired and stale, it took a while for me to get used to the changes (music, montages, name banners, hashtags etc), but in all honesty change was absolutely necessary for Big Brother to remain somewhat relevant and the producers have done a damn good job at reinventing the show, even if it has alienated some viewers, it has also attracted new viewers.
2007 will of course where everything went tits up with a disastrous CBB and an awful summer series, 2008 had a decent BB but also had the horrendous Celebrity Hijack.
2009 was also a terrible year, with the worst CBB ever and a completely forgettable normal series followed by the news of the show's cancellation.
2010 had a good CBB, an average BB and a decent but forgettable 'Ultimate' series.
2011 had a lot riding on it with the new brand of BB, and although BB12 was a bit of a letdown it really wasn't as terrible as people make out. CBB8 on the other hand was a real snoozefest.
In my opinion 2012 has been the first consistently good year for the show since 2006 (CBB4, BB7).
The fact is the old format was tired and stale, it took a while for me to get used to the changes (music, montages, name banners, hashtags etc), but in all honesty change was absolutely necessary for Big Brother to remain somewhat relevant and the producers have done a damn good job at reinventing the show, even if it has alienated some viewers, it has also attracted new viewers.
2007 will of course where everything went tits up with a disastrous CBB and an awful summer series, 2008 had a decent BB but also had the horrendous Celebrity Hijack.
2009 was also a terrible year, with the worst CBB ever and a completely forgettable normal series followed by the news of the show's cancellation.
2010 had a good CBB, an average BB and a decent but forgettable 'Ultimate' series.
2011 had a lot riding on it with the new brand of BB, and although BB12 was a bit of a letdown it really wasn't as terrible as people make out. CBB8 on the other hand was a real snoozefest.
In my opinion 2012 has been the first consistently good year for the show since 2006 (CBB4, BB7).
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This summer has been pretty bad though - BB13's one of the worst series ever for me (bottom three with BB4 and BB8), this CBB is average and US BB is below average. Enjoyed last summer's shows more.
CBB9 ratings were up from CBB8.
The current CBB ratings are about on par with CBB9.
The proof is in the pudding. :cool:
If you relied on ratings as an indicator of quality, 2007 would be a vintage year :eek:
Apart from the blip for the amazingness of CBB9, the C5 shows seem to have all been fairly static with not much difference between them (especially since BB12 had the misfortune of airing outside of summer).
Agree with all of this :-)
I enjoyed BB13. There were some nights when the show was very miserable and it lacked in comedy moments but it had some brillant housemates and i loved the outsiders vs insiders as it provided some brillant moments of television. A particular favourite was deana being saved second time and finshing top of the votes. It also provided some great tasks from turf wars to the lab rats task. I liked the house and the eye and overall its my 4th favourite series of all time.
CBB10 is another good series. Good mix of comedy and drama and some great tasks once again. Great casting by the production team once again and i feel liked we've come on a journey with them. I would rate it my 3rd/4th favourite.
So,yes,i think 2012 has been a great year for BB!! Keep up the good work channel 5
CBB9 was of course amazing and I already want to rewatch it. It played out almost perfectly and has cemented itself as my favourite celeb series and 2nd fave series of BBUK ever altogether. That's how much I really enjoyed it and rushed home every night to watch it. It really did feel like BB was back and there was some buzz around the series which I haven't seen in a long time. Proving the show still has plenty of life.
BB13 was by no means perfect. It had its fair share of problems and nastiness in abundance but it still kept me hooked right until the very end despite a few depressing patches. I got really invested into the whole thing and cared each week about who would stay and who would go. I haven't enjoyed a regular series of BB so much since BB9.
This CBB has managed to hold my interest quite well so far as well. Although the boot order has been less than impressive so far I have still found myself laughing through a lot of the episodes which is something BB13 was missing a lot of the time. Also, it feels a bit draining having another series immediately follow regular BB (even though it amounts to the same amount of weeks as BB7-BB10 did). I think I will appreciate it even more as time passes.
IMO, C5 have finally started to find their footing with the brand and are breathing new life into the show again. I really do think they get an unneccessary amount of hatred on here (or the current production team) because it's as if history has been re-written. C5 have actually done more to help the show than harm it and have managed to fix a few of the problems that it had in the latter days of C4.
The other problems and criticisms being aimed at the show now were all present during the BB8-BB11 days as well, so I don't know why people are placing all the blame with the new guys when they're got one hell of a hole to dig themselves out of to begin with.The only place they've really gone wrong has been the live feed. C5 may have tried and failed at a few experiments (BB13 noms talk for example) but they've listened to feedback and rectified them.
And I think this is the worst and the nastiest year...
but then again ive never been enthralled by CBB....theyre not as natural or random as the normal BB.
This year started off strong with the excellent CBB9 which is by a distance my favourite celebrity series and I thought the normal series was solid too, certainly a huge improvement on the previous two. It was too nasty at times though and there were a few awful people in there, whilst the white room thing was a spectacular failure. We got a decent winner, it's a shame Lydia left so early but I still had Sara and Luke A to root for and overall I enjoyed it. I think this second celebrity series has been a big disappointment however, ending the BB year on a bit of a low.
CBB9 was better than CBB6,but BB9 was better than BB13. So far CBB10 is pretty good.
BB13 - Much too negative from the off, the only saving grace being the all Outsider top 3 which can't be airbrushed from BB history. Cheats and bullies were allowed to prosper and b*tching was actively encouraged. Rules made up as they went along. The list is endless
CBB10 - Should have been saved for January as we are barely coming out of a very negative regular series and the burnout is very noticeable. Just a case of going through the motions in this final week.
What on earth did that give us that series like BB5 didn't