...since the new housemates are now being revealed before the beginning of the show. Why not be radical and let the public choose the housemates by vote - offer them, say, thirty housemates, devote a week to showcasing them and end with a 'You Decide' vote. Would they dare?

I think someone on TIBB suggested this and someone else pointed out that although it sounds like a good idea, we'd end up with a bunch of good-looking men and overweight women.

Why not have a public vote to which of the HM's that haven't gone in yet we want evicted on opening night....lets vote them out a day before the show starts even...turf them out of their secret hotel room.

I think that starts things off on a very negative foot - remember how bad the BB10 start was with Benazir leaving after getting about 2 minutes of airtime?

It's only fun to see people get kicked out after they've been arseholes - Sezer's amazing blindside would have been rubbish if he was just thrown out immediately without the couple of weeks of watching him thinking he was invincible.

I think a public vote for an "All Stars" series would work - it's what Survivor's doing right now.

When the public have voted housemates INTO the house, they've been rubbish.

Josh BB2, voted for his looks - dull as shit. Becky BB13, voted for her "bubbly personality" - gurning ninny.

Its been suggested before and i think it would be a good idea to let us choose the hms from a short list but they would never dare do that !

I don't trust us.

Josh BB2 and Becky BB13. Let that sink in.

OK, sure, on two occasions it backfired. But set that against the number of 'choices' made by the producers which have backfired.
'Course, we could also bung them all onto 'Take Me Out' and do it that way.

I really liked the Golden Ticket contest that got Susie in..