[Damien.]

Originally Posted by Salv*

I still reckon BB13 could outrate BB12. I think BB12 was just quite unlucky due to no promotion at all, being on following a series AND out of the season its supposed to air in. I know maybe CBB is more popular now but there was a rise of 900k between BB12 and CBB9 (averages of 1.7m increased to 2.6m).

Twitter seemed to be quite active recently regarding it's return.... they just need to advertise on ITV, that's it I reckon.

They had billboards and advertisements on buses for the last series. They should do that again.

[Salv*]

Originally Posted by Damien.

They had billboards and advertisements on buses for the last series. They should do that again.

They had it for CBB8 though I think. Biggest Brother Ever. Sadly none for BB12. Unless your talking about CBB9. Yes, they did. Which is why I hoped they did it this year. Weird they didn't.

[livefeed24/7now]

the competition looks quite weak to me on launch night

i think it needs to be around 2.5 million
i don't know what endemol have or don't have up their sleeve
but if it's near to 2 million then i reckon the show will struggle in the coming weeks

[Salv*]

The competition IS weak. The only danger is Silk who was at 4.8m last week (down half a million on the week before though). But it's not exactly the same audience as BB.

[happybbfan]

The competition maybe weak on launch night
but so has the advertising so far
having looked on BB Facebook over the past few days
and noticed how many posts from people asking when BB is on

[livefeed24/7now]

Originally Posted by Salv*

The competition IS weak. The only danger is Silk who was at 4.8m last week (down half a million on the week before though). But it's not exactly the same audience as BB.

my memory isn't great for these things
but the competition on opening night has to be as weak as channel 5 could have hoped for

[Damien.]

They're not allowed say when it's on, just 'coming soon', hence why people are probably asking lol.

[Salv*]

Originally Posted by happybbfan

The competition maybe weak on launch night
but so has the advertising so far
having looked on BB Facebook over the past few days
and noticed how many posts from people asking when BB is on

True. But I'm sure they will find out when they notice the group getting busy during the day of launch. Also, I think they have banned around 50,000 people from the group, that's why we see limited LF talk on there.

[Salv*]

Originally Posted by livefeed24/7now

my memory isn't great for these things
but the competition on opening night has to be as weak as channel 5 could have hoped for

Well at least they are launching on the best day, every other day, both BBC1 and ITV pull in over 4.5m. But Tuesday, ITV is known to flop at anything they air. So that increases Ch5 chances,

[Salv*]

Can we sticky this? Just over 24 hrs to go. Get your predictions in.

[Dancc]

**Prediction** 2.9m average / peak 3.4m.

Hopefully higher.

Dan.

[DeejayAJ]

2.7m / 3.5m

[livefeed24/7now]

i'll go for 2.35 million not including +1

[richie4eva]

3.5 million I reckon including +1

[StewartF]

I'm gonna go in low and predict 2.1m for the launch with a series average of 1.3m.

I wouldn't be surprised at a sub 2m rating for the launch though. Just down to how much less promotion it has had than the last C5 series and lack of support from newspapers.

[Dancc]

Originally Posted by StewartF

I'm gonna go in low and predict 2.1m for the launch with a series average of 1.3m.

I wouldn't be surprised at a sub 2m rating for the launch though. Just down to how much less promotion it has had than the last C5 series and lack of support from newspapers.

Lack of support from newspapers also applies to every other C5 launch and the last few launches on C4 too.

[Damien.]

2.85m average and a peak of 3.4m

The Daily Star will of course be reporting the '4m' reach figure.

[StewartF]

Originally Posted by Dancc

Lack of support from newspapers also applies to every other C5 launch and the last few launches on C4 too.

Newspapers like The Sun have printed a few house pictures for the last few series, and printed stories about possible celebs going in. Obviously it was never as much coverage as the bigger series but they still had an article here and there. This year there's been close to nothing at all.

[Sad_BB_Addict]

I'll go for 2.6m - about the same as last time.

[Damien.]

Will Channel 5 do any advertising during the day I wonder?

[Agent F]

Originally Posted by StewartF

Newspapers like The Sun have printed a few house pictures for the last few series, and printed stories about possible celebs going in. Obviously it was never as much coverage as the bigger series but they still had an article here and there. This year there's been close to nothing at all.

Yeah but it was still nothing major. The days of Big Brother dominating the front pages were over long before it moved to C5. The Sun et al still show some interest in the Celebrity version but they're largely apathetic now towards the main series - and I think the move to C5 was reason enough for them to pretty much stop writing about it.

[Dancc]

Originally Posted by Damien.

Will Channel 5 do any advertising during the day I wonder?

Doubtful. They haven't done this on previous launch days and an ad saying coming soon would look weird on the day the show is going to air. And I believe ITV1 at least will be commercial free for most of the day tomorrow for the jubilee stuff.

Must say the Daily Star are doing an awful job of selling this year's show and if their descriptions of this year's cast are anything to go by tomorrow night could be a stinker. Might have to revise down my prediction at this rate.

[StewartF]

Originally Posted by Agent F

Yeah but it was still nothing major. The days of Big Brother dominating the front pages were over long before it moved to C5. The Sun et al still show some interest in the Celebrity version but they're largely apathetic now towards the main series - and I think the move to C5 was reason enough for them to pretty much stop writing about it.

Exactly, which is why I wouldn't be surprised at a sub 2m rating for the launch. I hope not, but I can see it happening.

[dillan]

2.5 million / 3.1 million

[Black Dagger]

2.2 (Average) 2.8 (Peak)