endomol.

suckering you into parting with your money by voting, whipping up hysteria so you place multiple votes.

come sunday, what will be left? what will have been gained?... nothing, except your purse will be lighter and youll have nothing to show for it.

"a fool and their money are easily parted" (shakespear?)

so true, so so true.

Oddly enough, speaking as a BB voter, and at times a multiple voter, I don't expect to have 'anything to show for it' at the end of the series. It is part of the fun of the game for me, and I don't vote with money I haven't got.

"A fool and his money are soon parted" is an old proverb, not an invention of Shakespeare's. Enjoy playing with your ISA's.

Yep. Totally agree. Part of the fun is voting for your fave, and yes, I certainly don't skin myself to do it.

True.
Anyone voting in this series is playing right into their hands.
They don't care who wins. Both Speidi and Rylan will get a spin off show on channel 5.

Speidi fans are being whipped into a frenzy voting to stop the perceived 'chosen one' from winning......result?.......kerching kerching..

I have never spent a lot of money on BB but for years, I really enjoyed doing it, all part of the BB fun.

But I haven't voted since Aaron and don't intend to anymore.

[Shrug] It it just the same as putting a coin in the busker's hat. Why not, if he or she has entertained you? You don't expect to take the busker home with you as a reward.

The frenzy bit can work well as well. There is nothing quite like the feeling of REALLY being on the edge of your seat during an eviction. I haven't had that this CBB - I doubt whether many of us have - but it's quite a thing when it happens.

I don't feel it's money wasted at all. I wanted Ryan to get to the final and he has. I enjoyed seeing him get there. I can afford £10 and to me it's no more wasted money than anything else I buy for enjoyment. I won't have anything to show for the bottle of wine hubby and I will share tonight and in buying it I have made Tescos richer but I'll enjoy it so that's all that matters.

Me either, waste of my hard earned dosh.

I don't think I've had that feeling since Science v Maxwell

I don't vote on these programs, never have and never will but that's my choice and therefore I don't ever complain about who wins. Is it really necessary for you to be rude and condesending to those who want to spend their money voting? It's their choice and their money so what on earth does it matter what you think about it? I'm pretty sure if anyone had any sorts of feelings of being 'suckered' they wouldn't vote.

Lighten up it's up to people what they spend on, not the forum police.

I would guess few people vote nowadays. It's got boring having every reality show with the one by one eviction format and most people are cynical, knowing all these shows are staged and manipulated. Children might be tempted but their parents don't have the money at the moment to indulge much TV show voting. It's why we're gettting such odd results in every TV show with a phone in vote - it's only the die hards who are picking up the phones.

reward a busker and you are helping someone.

voting for bb contestants rewards no one but endomol. your money isnt going to your prefered contestant, theyve already got that assured.

ok.. i can understand someone voting once, but some have spent £s ... for what? the show will run anyway, it doesnt matter 1 jot who wins, its meaningless.

Yes but the point is some people enjoy voting so choose to. Some people don't want to give their money to Endamol and think it's pointless. Fair enough. We're all different. We all choose to spend our money in different ways. Some people think football is important and spend money on making Wayne Rooney even richer. Mad in my opinion but it's up to them. Everything in life is pointless you just take what enjoyment out of it you can.

House always wins