Brilliant, some of these I have felt strongly about for ages, especially the prize and the wannabes.

The relatively small prize means that rather than go all out for the win and a life changing amount of money, many of the HMs
see it as an opportunity to start or further a career in the media.

I don't think Alex and Kate qualify, as modelling is more a job than a celebrity pursuit such as acting, singing or presenting.

I also agree with the broader ranges.
Yes, BB is extremely popular with young people but it might be even more popular and interesting with a bigger spread, say 18 to 45 rather than 20s which the vast majority have been.

Less Londoners and people based in London too.
The biggest county in the UK - Yorkshire has yet to have a contestant in 3 series!! Also the South-West and East Anglia too.

As far as the format goes, I missed the old tasks hugely.
Maybe the new Saturday task can be incorporated into the old way eg a major task over most of the week ends live on Saturday, either with the live test eg. Obstacle course, world records or just the end ofn ongoing one eg. fire task, bike endurance test.

The one thing that has annoyed me from the very first series is the scheduling and length of programmes.
I would like to see at least a 40 minute highlight show.
So much is missed in the current ones (at best 23 minutes long) especially when E4/Web/DS watchers know so much
has happened in the previous day.
Maybe also a set amout of television time for each HM
ie 40 minute show and 10 HMs = 4 mins on each.
40 minute show and 5 HMs = 8 minutes on each.

This would give a far more accurate view of the people
as boring dull people who C4 viewers wouldn't normally see
would get to see how boring and dull they are and full on
playing to the camera types would have their exposure limited
somewhat.

I think televsion gold such as the eviction night is a little rushed and the interview too short.

There are 4.5 hours of C4 Big Brother terrestrial coverage.
I think it could easily be 7 hours and would add even more to the show.

Lastly, for BB4 (please!!) I hope they are as generous with the shopping budget (I like them having tons of alcohol) but have to risk it through the tasks as before but are much less generous with the treats, takeaways and giving Spencer and Jonny tobacco etc etc etc.

Nominations should always be live (as in the first noms in BB2) and on Monday night say. Now that would be great!
I don't understand why they downplay what is let's face it, the best aspect of the show. They should show it live, make a big deal out of it and they'd probably make even more money from calls! What's stopping them?

Finally, much more substance please!! BB is an entertainment programme but I also love to watch them as human beings as
we rarely see ourselves and people as we can see them on BB.
So, more discussion topics, more intellectual pursuits (so more intelligent HMs!!) and at the other end of the scale....more nudity and less censorship!

I can only hope!

Utimately Big Brother is just a popularity contest. The house mates need to nomiate to keep them on their toes, and to introduce some friction.

I'd bring back the task structure of last year. Maybe excluding the gamble factor, they always wimped out and said 10% or somthing silly. make it a compulsory 25% of the budget at stake.

Bigger prize money.

I wouldn't mind one based on the US style BB which seem quite different.

Build a "dome" on the moon, and shuttle the HMs to it. After the weekly eviction, the losing HM is ejected into space....

Chuck

Sorry don't know anything about the US BB - how is theirs different? Would be interested to know.

Also for next year - do tasks/chores to get them up before midday!! For goodness sakes we know its boring in there - but to lie in bed all day is a total waste.

Do tasks where they all have to rely on each other. Give them more tasks, limit alcohol - so they have it sometimes (therefore giving us the viewers an interesting evening entertainment) but not always - watching people getting drunk night after night is not entertaining at all.

Anyone seen RI:SE when they go to the house?? The lazy buggers are all in bed. If the house had a totally artificial environment, the producers could make it night and day as they pleased, and get the HMs up at all times of the day.... They'd to soo confused!!

Chuck

they could also change the nomination process slightly, they could have the usual nomination but only the one(s) with the most nominations goes up for eviction along with the one who fails or comes last in the task.

Wasn't Nichola from Leeds? I think its more to do with where someone was raised rather than where they live now. Isn't Spencer from East Anglia too?

I think they should use the same exact people as this year except they should put a serial killer into the house with them.

Now thats entertainment.

Good suggestions all, here's a few of mine....

As well as nominating two for eviction each week, each housemate also nominates one more to be granted immunity from nomination for that week. That way there is a greater chance of alliances forming and bonding more quickly. Of course, the HM's would not be told who was granted immunity that week, so they would have no idea of knowing how their alliances were proceeding. And if there were a tie, then no-one would be immune.

Impose a strict curfew as punishment for failing a task. All housemates have to be up by 9am and in bed by 11pm. Anyone breaking the curfew causes it to be continued for another day.

Just to mess with their heads, every so often use the first evitcee as the voice of Big Brother...see if it gives any of them a guilt complex.

Deliberately hide a crate of beer somewhere in the house, with a note saying "If you share this discovery with the other housemates, all shopping budgets will be doubled for the rest of the show. If you keep it to yourself, you will be granted one luxury of your choice per week to be consumed in the diary room"

Definately put the house somewhere more secluded, the amount of info the HM's have got this year is stupid.

Each HM has three nomination "jokers" which they can use to double the value of their nomination for that week.

Set a task over the whole of the series to complete a 50,000 piece jigsaw or build a huge model or something similar. If it is successfully completed before the final night the prize money is doubled.

Thanks for listening...

Fort Boyard or somewhere similar would be ideal.

And instead of feeding the chickens they can feed the lions.
Last edited by kmac : 15-07-2002 at 17:58

I cant understand why no-ones ever thought of this because it's brilliant.

NO CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD!

The odd bit of neuclear testing in the distance to put the fear of god in them would be fun too!!!!!

I don't see how they could do the video / phone call bit again. It would be too easy to pass a pre arranged message.

No one saw it coming this year, next year the HMs will be prepared.
Last edited by gmguru : 15-07-2002 at 19:22

I agree about too much news getting in, but the house is I understand here for the next two years.

NO CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD

I was trying (and obviously failing) to be sarcastic as I was thinking along the lines of no nice videos or phone calls from home.
I shall no make no further attempts at the lowest form of wit and shall endeavour to use the higher ones (when I find out what they are!)

True, I meant Norfolk/Suffolk though.

The nominations should be live .. in BB1 they were effectively live (we didnt know the result beforehand) and it was far more exciting.

I think also that the HMs should have to vote for who they want to stay, not who they want to go. The 2 most popular could then be excluded from the public vote for that week - but ALL the rest would be up for eviction. That way the public would have far more control.