[quote=Stewart249]
Oh dear, you've failed! Imagine the willpower involved with having to revise rather than watch BB...

One of the reasons I want BB to start May 27th is because that is the day of my last exam. My first is on May 4th!

Spot on - though it's not just a random date. Quite interesting to see how the thread has developed in the last 24 hours as well!

Voting in Big Brother has often been compared with voting in the general election - as more votes were cast in the first series of BB than in the 2001 General Election - though in a general election you can only vote once!

I do think it wouldn't be bad a time to start though - at 10pm on 5th May BBC1 and ITV1 will both switch to election coverage and try and fill the first hour or so before any results actually come in. I think Big Brother could perform quite well in the ratings there!

I also think even those staying with election coverage through the night might channel surf over to the live streaming to see what the new HMs are getting up to.

It might be overshadowed in the press on the Friday morning though by the general election - but I think it still get good coverage. It would be a move that would certainly generate press coverage before hand - and probably get analysed in the broadsheets.

Also, as some of you suggested, there are many taglines that could be associated with the scheduling. I'd use something like "Now it's time to find out who'll be moving into the most famous house in Britain".


And why move the launch to a Thursday - as said earlier you generally get the launch show on Friday then nothing until Sunday night. Launching on Thursday could then lead to highlights of the first day on Friday night.

P.S. It has already been confirmed the series will run for 11 weeks - and both Davina and Dermot are back!


P.P.S. Re: exams - one on a Saturday - just not right! Must confess I did leave (and finish!) an exam early a couple of years ago so I'd be back for BBLB.

Source for the 11 weeks?

My last SQA higher english exam is on Fri 13th morning, that itself would be a good day to launch BB6 It would be nice to watch it after exams and get relaxed.

If only life were so perfect Faisal....


Cxx

thankfully my exams were on during BB4 so i was happy to go and revise lol

I feel sorry for those unfortunate sods who have there final one on SUNDAY morning

One of my exams in the second year (summer 2002) coincided with a World Cup game, and a large number of people finished there exam about 90 minutes in (of 180), just so they could get down the pub for kick off

A piece in todays People says that the start is May 27th. Oh and they're down to 50 "wacky" people....great!....so if you're waiting to hear from BB if you're not wacky, you're not in!...

I love sunday's because my parents get the newspaper and especially near BB the rumours and articles start piling in!

I think it should start on the 27th, but I think it will start on the 5th because the election is on then, and making it on the day would really bring attention to the show, which is what a show needs when it has been running for so long, just that extra bit of fuel!

I doubt its May 5th... It will be the 3rd week of May like it normally is...