Originally Posted by Sun Tzu.:
“I think the term wannabe doesn't really make sense now because you don't go on Big Brother and get anything out of it now. So how could they be wannabes. ...”
Originally Posted by stephen_cheever:
“Many of BB housemates are as deluded as hell and probably still think they could become the next Jade Goody. ...”
Originally Posted by Sun Tzu.:
“I doubt they believe that. They get told that won't happen. I suppose if you do well, you could get something out of it. But the days of becoming an over night star are gone.”
Consider Rylan. He was a wannabe, and he's now going to be presenting BOTS. He did get there via X Factor, but he can still inspire other wannabes.
Re "They get told that won't happen." Do they? In terms that will get through to a wannabe who doesn't want to hear tht message.
Marco bb5 said some interesting things about what BB told him about possible effects on his legal career:
Originally Posted by Marco Sabba:
“I remember a point during one of the interviews where I felt the producers were trying to convince me to do BB in spite of the potential repurcussions. "You may have legal career problems... but it worked out for these other HMs..." (ie, you'll probably be alright.)”
and, though it's about something different:
Originally Posted by Marco Sabba:
“It's not in the intrinsic psychological nature of many of the participants to make an informed judgment where the Big Brother experience is concerned. Some of the contestants exhibit very real psychological problems, such as HPD. Mentally, some are practically incapable of saying no to such an experience. Where do you draw the moral line and say this particular individual should not participate for x reason? Does it all revert back to what makes good television?”
(I don't have time to make links to the posts right now, but they can be found by searching.)
My point is that what BB says may not be all that discouraging and that some who want to be HMs may be practically incapable, mentally, of taking what BB says on board.
