Most of us have always assumed the producers were professional.....

it's ridiculous implying that Brian's win was influenced by flirtations with a producer... (by the way, do we know which producer this is?)

brian is naturally entertaining and i know the reason i voted for him was because i never once saw him put a foot wrong (apart from brian/josh argument), he was entertaining throughout, got on with all of the housemates and was an all-round great character in the house...

he won a massive majority of the votes in winning, and there is no way the footage could of been edited to put him in a bad or good light because there was no way of swaying it, because it was all natural... and there's no way of denying that, especially as a lot of us saw it all live on the E4 streaming!

i think a lot of people are contradicting themselves, i'm guessing that a huge majority of this forum voted for Brian - and this changes nothing, this producer is 1 out of a team of 20 producers who take on the voice of 'Big Brother' - he couldn't of influenced a whole network of staff to change the way Brian was portrayed!

This always comes up in a discussion like this....People assume that complaints about bias and favoritism has always got to do with wanting to change a result.....The fact is that we just don't feel it's right...these shows should always be fair....If Brian and the Producer had a rapport they should never have been talking to each other....part of the game is being forced to mix with the same set of people...If a relationship with Big Brother has got to such a level that one of the first things to happen is a sexual relationship then the line has been crossed....

I agree with you mrpotatohead121.

Brian was popular with the public from day one. Are we to suppose that his 'friend' was influencing him from that early on? If we are, then surely after the Josh argument Brian would have done his utmost to smooth things over...but he didn't.

It's a ridiculous theory that Brian was coached to win. He didn't need coaching, just being Brian was enough.

Disgracful I thought BB of all people would have more sense

brian drove me up the wall from day one actually he was a bit of a jade ...hyper

it was later on when he settled down i liked him and have to say i voted for him too

but you have to accept he may have been given an unfair advantage from editting by that one producer who at this moment we dont know what sway he had to edit stuff

which can make people feel they have been manipulated to vote for him

I don't feel manipulated at all - I watched E4 constantly, and while I certainly wouldn't have wanted to share a house with Brian, I voted for him to win because I felt he deserved it. Not just for being funny & entertaining, (although that helped) but also for other aspects of his character.

I have heard many of the housemates over the last 3 years say "I like that Big Brother, you feel you can really open up to him/her" or "I was flirting in there!!" - it's not uncommon for them to feel they have a bit of a rapport with some of the producers. Of course the editing can be biased - it's a TV show, they can edit it any way they want. My point is in Brian's case there was no need to. The likelihood is that any biased editing would not have been in Brian's favour anyway. Ruth Wrigley admitted in the "Best TV Moments 2001" programme that it was obvious he would win from the start, which meant they needed another "angle" to keep people tuning in, and that they were all delighted when the Helen & Paul relationship started up. It would seem then that any bias would have been spotted and eradicated PDQ!!

I must admit that Dean had a point about the housemates being in a vulnerable state after leaving the house - but when all's said and done we are talking about consenting adults, who are no longer in an oppressive and artificial situation. Who can blame them for celebrating in any way they see fit! The producer concerned did not act unprofessionally in my eyes unless they were actually "at it" in the Diary Room!

Can't say I'm surprised by this revelation.

Brain loved the DR and always seemed to enjoy his visits there. Then of course we had the final night and were privvy to his last diary room visit live on E4, he was flirting for England, oophs sorry Ireland.

Shame he was never told not to over do the bronzer. I suspect that's why Jonny believed that the 'Tango' look was a sure fire winner.