With no celeb status other than who the famous celeb they slept with and/or how successful they think they are?

Gay and non gay, but just all nice looking guys........with no discernable talent at all except for flirting skills.

Absolutely no females at all.

Is this what we should have for the next CBB?

they could rename it 'celebrity big bromance'

Considering we were just short-changed by the standard of females in the house, I'd say absolutely not.

I think it was about time a male had won. I joke of course.

After Helen, I was starting to think there was no point in males turning up anymore

BB15- Helen V Ashleigh
CBB15- Katie Prive V Katie Hopkins
BB16- Chloe wins

It's nice we have had female winners so that puts the whole "females are hated on this show" thing. It just seems that this series, people preferred Austin and James over the American banshees, with Natasha being the Top girl.

Somebody else not happy cos their fave didn't win?

That's a fair point. An Thropologist and I tried to start a discussion on why the Austin/James bromance struck such a chord with people the other night but it really amounted to 'They're adorable!' 'They're so funny'; which doesn't really help to explain why this particular relationship struck such a chord.

Do we have any precedent for a (supposedly) platonic relationship being so popular with viewers?

I'm racking my brains here! I know people liked Brian/Narinder and Brian/Bubbles; but they didn't really like Narinder. They kind of liked Jason/Victor? I don't know - someone who's less tired and stressed out help me here!

Bromances like the ones they had never strikes a chord. There were some horrific bromances in the past, painfully annoying or dull.

I enjoyed Austin and James', I don't know why.

For others though, I truly think the popularity was due to the sexual orientation difference. Rylan brought it up on BB. I mean it shouldn't be something we are surprised at, but people ARE surprised because even in 2015 people still feel that way. But yes, anyway, Rylan said that it was great to see that a straight man can sleep in a bed with a gay man, form a friendship and not feel like they should feel worried.

And he has a good point. Not a lot of straight guys James' age would do that. So I think that's where the popularity comes from. If they were both gay or both straight, imo it wouldn't have been as popular.

And the fact James never felt uncomfortable is one of the reasons IMO that he won. A lot of people in his position would have done the opposite. Go on the other side of room, feel like he should act "manly", but James did the opposite.

The hell, this series wasn't exactly Danica or Lacey Banghard level was it, I didn't find any overly attractive, Natasha was nice but not the typical eye candy big brother usually goes for, and honestly I found Jenna and Farrah repulsive.

Nah. It's about behaviours.

I seriously feel the push with all this bi and gay agenda

And I could see why that would be in his favour if he hadn't acted quite so horribly to Austin at times and come across the me as if he were using him. Also, his coldness whenever Austin was upset. None of it rings true for me.

The 'straight man handles gay advances' storyline isn't, of course, new. Anthony won his series largely because of how he handled Craig's advances.

I say we should have people who not only are interesting but look interesting too..and guess what..it ain't gonna happen no siree Bob

I personally don't think James was ever horrible to Austin, yes he nommed him but he was probably reaching the end of his tether and everyone has to admit that Austin's behaviour that week was terrible. He calmed down a lot in the last 3 days. Testament to the fickle crowd who booed him to **** on Tues but cheered him today. That;s the difference 2 days make. I think the whole nom/Janice row thing went in both their favours in the end as they came out stronger. I'd even go onto say James' nom of him, is probably the perfect thing because it brought Austin down to earth to the one we liked in the first week.

It wasn't coldness, it's just how he deals. I don't cry a lot so I come across like that too. James is the only person who didn't cry I think, not sure if Farrah got emotional after f2f noms.

Well remembered. I think there's a similar dynamic going on, as far as the viewing public are concerned.

I didn't buy the bromance, one guy was constantly cracking onto the other who was lapping up the attention and probably using him too.

In terms of girls I agree. But when you said "Lacey level" thought you meant series wise.... that series was blimmin awful

And this is where a certain cohorts of viewers of this BB will never agree. And I'm not sure which of us is correct; but I know that I'm convinced that James knew that Chloe would save Janice so he didn't do it for her; he did it for himself. I also know that James' issues with Austin exactly co-incided with Austin questioning James' motives on that. The nomination followed from that and was because of that, IMO. James was playing to the gallery and I think he was in absolute game-mode from start to finish.