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*The Big Brother 2011 Ratings Thread* (Merged)
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Very surprised to see people forecasting figures in excess of 4m for the launch. Doubt it'll even break the 3 million mark. I can see the highlights shows getting 1.3, 1.4m.
I'm going to stick with my 4.1m prediction for tonight as advertising as been brilliant, minus the billboard error.
Originally Posted by Damien.:
“I'm going to stick with my 4.1m prediction for tonight as advertising as been brilliant, minus the billboard error.”
“I'm going to stick with my 4.1m prediction for tonight as advertising as been brilliant, minus the billboard error.”
The billboard error and the stringing along of fans till the last minute re the live feed.
Originally Posted by Blondedumbition:
“The billboard error and the stringing along of fans till the last minute re the live feed.”
“The billboard error and the stringing along of fans till the last minute re the live feed.”
I don't expect the latter to affect ratings much, live feed obsessives are a very small minority.
Originally Posted by rzt:
“I think if it does launch with 4.3m, the drop for the second night episode will be bigger than that. In recent years, the drops for the launch night episode to second episode has been in the 30-40% range, so if that were to happen again, with a 4.3m launch it'd end up with c.2.8m for Friday's episode.
They would have to make the launch an exceptional one to prevent that sort of drop happening IMO. I suppose the fact that the following night's episode is a live one, with a potential twist, it could retain more viewers than usual. Hopefully they'll actually make it clear during the launch that the following night's episode is also live and has a "big surprise" which people "cannot miss", so that viewers are more likely to stick with it.”
“I think if it does launch with 4.3m, the drop for the second night episode will be bigger than that. In recent years, the drops for the launch night episode to second episode has been in the 30-40% range, so if that were to happen again, with a 4.3m launch it'd end up with c.2.8m for Friday's episode.
They would have to make the launch an exceptional one to prevent that sort of drop happening IMO. I suppose the fact that the following night's episode is a live one, with a potential twist, it could retain more viewers than usual. Hopefully they'll actually make it clear during the launch that the following night's episode is also live and has a "big surprise" which people "cannot miss", so that viewers are more likely to stick with it.”
Friday is a live show, otherwise I think it would fall well below 3m.
Originally Posted by Damien.:
“I don't expect the latter to affect ratings much, live feed obsessives are a very small minority.”
“I don't expect the latter to affect ratings much, live feed obsessives are a very small minority.”
90% of the posts on the official BB Facebook page have been protests at the lack of LF. Even the guy presenting the show has expressed surprise at no LF. Which suggests otherwise. Do you not remember BB10 and the amazing disappearing million+ viewers?
Originally Posted by Blondedumbition:
“90% of the posts on the official BB Facebook page have been protests at the lack of LF. Even the guy presenting the show has expressed surprise at no LF. Which suggests otherwise. Do you not remember BB10 and the amazing disappearing million+ viewers?”
“90% of the posts on the official BB Facebook page have been protests at the lack of LF. Even the guy presenting the show has expressed surprise at no LF. Which suggests otherwise. Do you not remember BB10 and the amazing disappearing million+ viewers?”
You do realise ratings dropped from BB7 for BB8, then BB8 for BB9 and those series had live feed too! The series just went into decline and people became less interested. It picked up last year as it was advertised as the last series ever. I think I read somewhere that 40,000 people watched the LF online last year and probably only a fraction of them will boycott the show in protest tonight.
Sorry, but it's not going to affect the ratings at all, at least for tonight.
There was a gradual decline, then a massive slump in BB10, and recovery to respectable figures for BB11 with the LF reinstated. Speaks for itself.
Originally Posted by Blondedumbition:
“There was a gradual decline, then a massive slump in BB10, and recovery to respectable figures for BB11 with the LF reinstated. Speaks for itself.”
“There was a gradual decline, then a massive slump in BB10, and recovery to respectable figures for BB11 with the LF reinstated. Speaks for itself.”
CBB6 was part of the gradual decline and BB11 only regained 400,000 viewers on BB10 despite a hugely successful CBB7 which completely bucked the trend. How do you explain those?
What does everyone think C5 will get for tonights launch show and all the other shows.
The launch show I think will have people curios. I think-
A Bad rating is probably below 2.5 million
A Poor rating is a below 2.8 million
An OK rating is between 2.8 and 3.2 million
A good rating is IMO above 3.2 million
Above 4 million will be IMO outstanding
Comparing this to the last series on Channel 4:
Channel 4's final series of CBB launched with 6.28m official ratings, dropping to 3.77m the following night (a fall of about 40%). The final rated 4.46m, so lower again compared to the launch show.
William Hill reckons the launch will be 5 million plus
http://news.williamhill.com/a/tv-spe...urn-to-spark-/
The launch show I think will have people curios. I think-
A Bad rating is probably below 2.5 million
A Poor rating is a below 2.8 million
An OK rating is between 2.8 and 3.2 million
A good rating is IMO above 3.2 million
Above 4 million will be IMO outstanding
Comparing this to the last series on Channel 4:
Channel 4's final series of CBB launched with 6.28m official ratings, dropping to 3.77m the following night (a fall of about 40%). The final rated 4.46m, so lower again compared to the launch show.
William Hill reckons the launch will be 5 million plus
http://news.williamhill.com/a/tv-spe...urn-to-spark-/
Quote:
“Big Brother: ratings Viagra?
Channel 5's owner Richard Desmond has bet big on the celebrity and regular version of the show. Will you be tuning in?”
“Big Brother: ratings Viagra?
Channel 5's owner Richard Desmond has bet big on the celebrity and regular version of the show. Will you be tuning in?”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-rad...ratings-viagra
Also C5 planning a big twist tommorow to try to whip up ratings?
Quote:
“Big Brother twist planned for Friday as Channel 5 bosses reveal high hopes
Big Brother producers at Channel 5 have revealed that a big twist is in store for Friday's second instalment of the series, admitting there's a lot riding on the success of the series, whose celebrity contestants are rumoured to include Amy Childs, Kerry Katona and Jedward.
Celebrity big Brother Big Brother is set to be a controversial series this year (Picture: Channel 5)
Channel 5 boss Richard Desmond told journalists at a Big Brother press launch that the broadcaster was aiming for ratings of 20million or more for the upcoming series, which kicks off with a celebrity version this week.
Desmond joked about the importance of the 20milllion mark: 'Anything less is, you know, we beat people up. Joke, that was a joke. 20million is what we are looking for.'
Having spent millions of pounds buying the series and redesigning the Big Brother house, where contestants will be filmed by over 40 cameras in HD for the first time, Channel 5 has a lot riding on the series' rating”
“Big Brother twist planned for Friday as Channel 5 bosses reveal high hopes
Big Brother producers at Channel 5 have revealed that a big twist is in store for Friday's second instalment of the series, admitting there's a lot riding on the success of the series, whose celebrity contestants are rumoured to include Amy Childs, Kerry Katona and Jedward.
Celebrity big Brother Big Brother is set to be a controversial series this year (Picture: Channel 5)
Channel 5 boss Richard Desmond told journalists at a Big Brother press launch that the broadcaster was aiming for ratings of 20million or more for the upcoming series, which kicks off with a celebrity version this week.
Desmond joked about the importance of the 20milllion mark: 'Anything less is, you know, we beat people up. Joke, that was a joke. 20million is what we are looking for.'
Having spent millions of pounds buying the series and redesigning the Big Brother house, where contestants will be filmed by over 40 cameras in HD for the first time, Channel 5 has a lot riding on the series' rating”
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/872523-big...#ixzz1VPto0sAx
Sally Bercow, Kerry Katona, Jedward, Davina, Dowling Big Brother + more all trending on Twitter Tonight. Thats a start at least for C5.
im going to say 4 mill tonight and a bit less tomoz then huge drops through out the rest of the show
Turns out BB was trending #1 Worldwide.
Im going to have a guess at 3.5 million but what I said above in the first post still stands.
Im going to have a guess at 3.5 million but what I said above in the first post still stands.
I think the fact that launch shows are generally higher than the rest of the series added to the curiosity of it being on a new channel might see a 4-5m rating, but I'd imagine that would drop down to 2-3m for the regular shows.
If it's dull like all the Channel 4 series from BB8 onwards (with the minor exception of BB9), I think the ratings will go below a 1m average. If it's actually one of the good series, I don't see why it shouldn't get above 3m.
If it's dull like all the Channel 4 series from BB8 onwards (with the minor exception of BB9), I think the ratings will go below a 1m average. If it's actually one of the good series, I don't see why it shouldn't get above 3m.
Originally Posted by Blondedumbition:
“There was a gradual decline, then a massive slump in BB10, and recovery to respectable figures for BB11 with the LF reinstated. Speaks for itself.”
“There was a gradual decline, then a massive slump in BB10, and recovery to respectable figures for BB11 with the LF reinstated. Speaks for itself.”
The worst decline was between BB7 to BB8, and the decline for BB10 was due to the poor quality of the show. BB11 only saw a tiny increase because it was supposedly the last series ever and the audience thought (wrongly) Channel 4 would make it a good send off.
I don't know why 3 million count's as poor viewer ratings , when you look at the amount of shows that are on T.V these days , plus some people record it and watch it later . In the U.S Big Brother is still considered a big part of T.V . last season averaged about 4 million viewers and look at the size of America you would think that is terrible ratings but it's still going strong .
I hope to god it draws some good numbers just to prove a point to the live feeders. The sense of entitlement is incredible.
Maybe they should of chipped together the £200 million themselves to buy the rights to the show and then they could have all the live feed they want.
Maybe they should of chipped together the £200 million themselves to buy the rights to the show and then they could have all the live feed they want.
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