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Old 27-11-2016, 15:47
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My point was that showmances are too strong and other HM's should be wary.
But I'll give you a couple of examples of Showmances winning.
Josie Gibson .. also had a huge hand in the win from the production team
Aaron Allard-Morgan .. production even drafted in Fayes sister to bolster their numbers.
So out of all the BB series there's been, you've managed to find ... no convincing examples.

Sure, Josie did win, but as you point out she "had a huge hand in the win from the production team". In any case, she didn't win because of a core group that formed around and because of her and John James as a couple.

Nor did that happen with Aaron. (And, if anything, Jem made things harder for Aaron and Faye, rather than easier.) (BTW, how were Aaron and Faye a "showmance"?)
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Old 03-12-2016, 02:56
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So out of all the BB series there's been, you've managed to find ... no convincing examples.

Sure, Josie did win, but as you point out she "had a huge hand in the win from the production team". In any case, she didn't win because of a core group that formed around and because of her and John James as a couple.

Nor did that happen with Aaron. (And, if anything, Jem made things harder for Aaron and Faye, rather than easier.) (BTW, how were Aaron and Faye a "showmance"?)
Because a relationship that's tactically contrived in there is (or was) a showmance - regardless of whatever happens afterwards.
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Old 03-12-2016, 12:00
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A showmance is just a romance on a TV show. They may well be genuine but generally don't last much longer than the show.

A tactically contrived relationship should be called a fauxmance, whether on a TV show or in the media generally.
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Old 03-12-2016, 14:17
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Because a relationship that's tactically contrived in there is (or was) a showmance - regardless of whatever happens afterwards.
What makes you think it was "tactically contrived"?

What happens after can show that it wasn't tactical.

A showmance is just a romance on a TV show. They may well be genuine but generally don't last much longer than the show.

A tactically contrived relationship should be called a fauxmance, whether on a TV show or in the media generally.
Unfortunately, "showmance" and "fauxmance" seem to have become synonyms, perhaps because that makes it easier to see them all as tactical.
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Old 03-12-2016, 14:42
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How very judgemental of you, and why so serious

Firstly, producers could do a lot more to prevent boring us all to death with the latest fake coupling, but they are blinded in their beliefs of what the viewers want - as long as it attracts media attention and provides exposure for the show - good or bad. 'Blohe' and 'Lewnie' was a new low, even for this programme. ...
Romances do seem to be what a lot of viewers like, all the way back to BB 2.

And it is entirely possible, after all, that the BB producers have a better idea of what viewers like than we have in an echo-chamber forum.

Finally, it's extremely naive of you to believe that a house sans fake relationships/showmances wouldn't be interesting, and consist of tea-drinking and weather chat! People are capable of insightful and intelligent conversation you know, including contributors to these boards, although you constantly appear to think otherwise!

A BB with interesting and intelligent participants .. isn't that just outrageous! ? .. ...
People are indeed "capable of insightful and intelligent conversation", but it's extremely rare in Big Brother. A whole series could go by without even one conversation that would normally be considered insightful and intelligent.

If someone is keen on insightful and intelligent conversation, BB must be one of the worst places to look for it.

"A BB with interesting and intelligent participants" -- perhaps that happened once: Celebrity Hijack BB. But it's not how any other series could reasonably be described (which is not to say there weren't any int & int HMs in them).

Anyway, I don't think BB romances are necessarily a bad thing. Even viewers who dislike most of them may find one or two that capture their interest. But the great majority of BB romances aren't interesting, and I agree with those who find most of them immensely tedious viewing.

OTOH, I think Arthur_B has a point, above, when noticing "that if people don't like the couple, they'll automatically assume the couple is a showmance."
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Old 03-12-2016, 17:56
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My biggest issue with showmances, apart from the fact that they're as boring as ***k, is that they give the participants therein an unfair advantage over the singletons.

BBs a game of mental resilience as much as anything else, and having a supporter/confidant/lover in the house means you don't have to be as strong an individual as you need to be if you're not part of a couple.....IMO
I don't think you can have it both that showmances are tactical, rather than genuine, and that they provide any more of a supporter or confidant than other sorts of relationships (such as Kat and Rachel's in bb9). A friendship is probably even better than a fake relationship at providing a supporter and confidant.

And if friendships are an advantage, I think they're a legitimate one, so long as they develop in the house. Indeed, I think it's fine that HMs who are able to form friendships have an advantage, just as it's fine for HMs who are intelligent to have an advantage, or HMs who have appealing personalities.

Whether showmances have any sort of unfair advantage is questionable. They at least don't stand out as having an advantage that can't be had in other ways. For example, they can get you more air time, but so can other things.
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Old 06-12-2016, 15:21
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Showmances should be banned and punishable:

So should Rylan.
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