Please tell me that these C4 muppets have not got negative voting again.

Please tell me that it is positive voting this year. I can't think of any other series that uses negative voting.

This is the only show where the blandest 'under the radar' people can last longer than the interesting/infuriating people.

Even love island had positive voting and that's why that annoying bloke lasted so long - forgotten his name - test drive my girlfriend

I imagine that negative voting is more profitable than positive. Hatred is a better stimulator than fandom when it comes to phone votes IMO.

I know what you mean - but if that is the case why do the other shows not do that ?

I mean American Idol and x factor are the most money grabbing surely and they all have positive voting

:Postvie voting is better

It also makes the contestants feel worse.

Positive voting would probably be better, though it might not have a huge effect in 2 way eviction battles. In those kind of circumstances, I'd expect the results to be similar. Under negative voting, if you disliked a person you'd vote for them to go. Under positive voting, if you disliked a person you'd vote for the other person to stay. Simple.

The big difference would be in eviction battles between 3 or more people, because then you'd get split voting and the ones that fly under the radar would go. Look at the first eviction of BB4 - Scott would probably have gone as opposed to Anouska, yet he polled the lowest number of votes to go in reality. In BB3, Sandy would probably have been evicted instead of Alison in the Alison/Alex/Sandy battle. Alison and Alex had their fans, but Sandy flew under the radar and came third in terms of eviction vote share. With a change to a positive system, he'd probably have gone.

A nice way to sort all these problems out would be to have at least 3 people facing the public vote each week (I believe that's the case in Australia?) and changing to positive voting. Then you really WOULD evict the ones that fly under the radar.

Different mentality. Big Brother has always been about rejection. From the nominations to the evictions. It won't hurt or scare the contestants quite as much if they go out on a positive voting system.

But Big Brother is all about negative voting! I can't imagine it any other way. This is just because I'm stuck in my ways though.

I know what you mean about an evictee knowing they are the most disliked of the nominees rather than the least popular.

I would like to see several weeks of full house evictions

Positive voting along with more nominees (e.g. number of housemates divided by four - rounded up) could work I think.

Positive voting would be good in allowing the most liked rather than the least hated HM's to survive. We'd be left with a far better indication of the most popular HM. Flying under the radar would no longer be a valid strategy.

Not gonna happen though. BB is all about the rejection factor. Without it, the show wouldn't be the same. Davina even gets in on the act - stirring up the crowds against next unfortunate victim of the public's wrath.

It's not the negative voting, it's the nomination system that keeps the bland ones in. They just keep their heads down, don't annoy the others and hope they're not nominated.