All this Frank/series 14 talk is putting me off the upcoming series.

Last year had some influence in it, but none to the extent of series 14 (specifically Frank) or the final six of Big Brother 13 and I hope it remains that way. Any future series with as much manipulation into it as 13 or 14 will have me switching off - I can't bear it.

Sorry

Don't apologise

Big Brother 14 was an utter borefest despite so much manipulation from the producers (heck, maybe that was the problem!) - their love for Frank was bizarre.

I have no idea how he won Favourite Houseguest. Like you said, most likely rigged just like everything that involved him was.

I'm willing to give him a chance if he's back, but if there's any sort of manipulation involved and he's at the centre of it, I'll be skipping the rest of the series.

Really hope it is a newbie season. However if they have to bring back past HG's then I would prefer they try the relatives rumour that has been floating about. I don't watch Survivor and I believe they have used this concept before? Could be interesting.

Yes they've used it on Survivor before, and are going to use a similar format for season 29 next year but with brand new players who are related to eachother. Although i'm ten or so seasons behind on Survivor my understanding is, based on what I've read online from the fans and the fact they're reusing the gimmick, that it was an overall success so I wouldn't be surprised if Big Brother stole the idea.

I enjoyed the blood vs water season of Survivor. Not sure how successful it would be in a BB house though? Or how it would work.

On Survivor the vets were split from their relatives / spouses as soon as they arrived on the island. They were forced to form two teams, one team the vets, the other team the vets relatives. Every few days they were given a team immunity challenge, if the team won the whole team was safe until the next team immunity challenge. The losing team had to vote out one member of their tribe, that member then had to go to a duel challenge with an earlier evictee - who ever lost the duel went home and the winner had to wait for the next challenge.

The significant other (spouse or relative) on the opposite team, that hadn't been voted out, had to make a choice before the duel took place of switching places in the duel and taking on the challenge instead of their partner.

When the tribes merged with around 10 survivors left it turned into the usual individual game like I suppose it would be in Big Brother, but whoever had their significant others still on the island had an advantage over the rest because they had a rock solid ally.

I didnt like Blood vs Water tbh; much prefer the recent season. I am only interesting in 29 because its all newbies and apparently a pair of twins from another show is on it and I love them

Slightly off-topic, but a BBUS podcast run by a guy called Rob Cesternino (I've seen his name around on regards to reality tv, and apparently he was a Survivor contestant) and featuring Ian Terry will be following BBUK this year. I might follow that, it'll be surreal hearing some former Survivor and BBUS contestants discuss a UK series of Big Brother.

His podcasts are really good, I'd be interested to hear that!

BB16 to be filmed in HD
http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/big-b...broadcast.html


And for us live feed junkies


Good news I feel, if the axe was looming I doubt they'd bother

Unfortunately the producers feel we 'always' need a twist.

http://bigbrothernetwork.com/allison...ther-16-twist/

A piece of wall spotted outside the house: https://twitter.com/moviedude18/stat...442816/photo/1

Please let this other show be called "Capture"?

Too bad. I mean I like those twins too, but they can also be damned annoying...hopefully they keep the relatives in seperate tribes again in this case...

some good insights ... I only watched the 'episodes' recently ,so didnt watch the live feed..some voting decisions did seem strange come eviction time,.. i did enjoy the series tho ..Dan was amazing..

BB16 will be broadcast in HD, hurrah! Glad I've my new Samsung 42" ahead of the new season.

When do the cast pictures come out?

According to CBS's frequently asked questions the live feeds will begin on June 26th at 10pm pacific time.


https://cbsi.secure.force.com/CBSi/k...bigbrother.com

Given that the show begins on the 25th, this is unusual. It has always started on the same night as the show begins. Could be an error, as the show began on the 26th last year they may have just forgotten to update it.

As usual though, this means the feeds will first begin (either on 26th or 27th June) at 6am UK time.

From TheFly on Jokers Updates, use this as a rough estimate. May be wrong, but I guess it's the best guesses we have

Loved capture - was it ever renewed?

From the Jokers website:


I'm gutted. I don't contribute there, but it's where I get my info/updates from when I'm unable to access the feeds.
It's gonna be tricky to keep up with what's happening now

That's a real shame, in a morning I go there for updates. It will make catching up tricky.

I dunno. Jokers and their posters always kind of annoyed me. Had too many "cat ladies" there that became over-obsessive over certain housemates. It wasn't aesthetically pleasing to look at either.

That's a real shame, Jokers really is the best site out there for updates.