Everyone,

We're now just hours away from the end of another series of Big Brother. Consequently I'd like to take this golden opportunity to thank everyone who has been involved with DS:BB over the past 64 days.

Whilst the series itself may not have been as exciting as some would have liked, it's been a record-breaking series for us. We've managed over a staggering 30 million page impressions during the last nine weeks from some 400,000 unique users. The forum post count has passed a million and the member count 30,000. Our online forum user count passed 3,000 on the night of the bomb scare.

So first and foremost a massive thankyou to you, the readers, for continuing to use us and posting a diverse range of thoughts and opinions to the boards. There have been hitches along the way, but overall you are responsible for the great community which is resident here.

Secondly a mention to the other members of the DS staff, who have worked hard to keep the site running at optimum performance during periods of high activity, as well as providing support in multiple other areas of the site.

Lastly, but by no means leastly, thankyou to the amazing work of the DS:BB reporting team: Ali, Beth, Daniel, Darryl, Dek, Dianne, Emzi, Jason C, Jason P, John, Kiera, Kris, Mark, Nathan and Simon. Be it live updates, news articles or column pieces, the reporters have worked all hours, day and night, and under all sorts of circumstances, to provide a first class service.

So what now? Well, the forum is staying open for you to chat about what the housemates are up to in the outside world, and we have a dedicated subforum ready and waiting for discussion of the US Big Brother, which we'll also be covering on DS:BB. We hope also you'll join us for coverage of Fame Academy, if that's your thing, over on our brand new site DS:FA. We will of course be back next year for Big Brother 5 too!

Whether you're leaving us now or sticking around for the forseeable future, thanks again and we hope to see you again soon!


Neil
DS:BB Ed

And thank you, Neil & Co. A superb job, managed with the 'wit and warmth' that was promised - but not delivered - elsewhere. I'll certainly be hanging around in the 'off' season. All the fun of the forum, without the torture of having to actually watch the show - how could I not

Thanks again.

Yes, its been fun, a new online home and new friends. Thanks to all involved.. I enjoyed meeting a few of you in the occasional chat room. most enjoyable

I would like to add my thanks for a great forum, great reporters & moderators who manage with great wit. I remember your closing of the anti-haiku thread in particular, Neil!

Angua

A massive pat on the back (geddit?!?!?!) to all the DS team!

A huge big thank you to everyone else here too for making this forum more enjoyable than BB4 ever could have been.

Yes well done Neil on a Brill site and thanks for all the LIve Updated that u have did ... Well done to All the staff ... Neil i have also created a post with EVERBODYS thank yous on it here is



....... http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/77641/ds.html

Arg you beat me to it, I was going to start a thread like this.

Thank you to the DS team- My first point for keeping in touch with what has been going on.

Also, I really really really appreciated your WAP access, my only way of finding out what was happening whilst i was in france (which was when Cam went to Africa)

Also to all the posters- Its certainly true that reading the liveley discussions on this board is all part of the BB experience for me, and has been very entertaining. Quite often more often than the shows!!!

Thanks Neil & Staff for all your efforts. How could we have endured this BB without the fun of the forum! The best on the web!

SEe you at Fame Academy!

Lol soz i beat u to it!!!! i was just one of those things!!!

Thanks for producing a excellent site. At least it was so much better than the series!

Thanks Neil, DS:BB team....
It's been bloomin marvellous
This has got to be the most comprehensive BB site on the net!!
Massive bonus too.....It very rarely crashes...Unlike the official site....which I have only ever managed to access via links from this forum....

It's a friendly, warm and interesting site that I am proud to be a member of

Cheers

struck gold with my first attempt.
what a great site, well done ds:bb.
special thanks to the reporting team
and to all the posters out there.
the last two months have flew by.
thms will have fond memories.



ds:fa?........thms is ready!

Thanks you thank you thank you thank you

Thats all i need to say

See you lot in mmmm everywhere on the forums lol

Frank Sinatra.........My Way...
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.

I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and ev'ry highway;
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.

I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.

To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
"No, oh no not me,
I did it my way".

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

Big up the Frank

Big thanks to all the staff at digital spy for a great site and the bb part was the best i have seen on the net and hope they keep up the good work on keeping this site the best for information.

yres, thanx to all, thouroughly enjoyed taking part in the forum....see u all in fa2 forum xxxxx

I would just like to say a big thank you to all of the Digital Spy Staff and Moderators that have kept us lot in order throughout the series!

Behind the scenes they are working 24/7 keeping things together. I would also like to congratulate all of the reporters on their marvellous job of keeping columns etc updated all of the time!

Here's to US:BB, FA2 and BB5!

Cheers,

KJG

yeah i will be seeing u in the FA fourm as i will be there alot JUST like i was here alot

Awwww, blimey... where's me tissues...

It's a tribute to Neil, the DS reporters and volunteers, and to the members that the BB forum was such a delight. I went off BB after Jon and Fed's eviction and never managed to get back into it, but I was on the boards every single day, laughing, discussing, and arguing...and I had the time of my life.

I won't miss BB4 but I will miss all you guys. Hope to see you all next year (or over on the FA forum).

Roz...pass the tissues, will you?

While BB4 has never really caught my imagnation as much as the previous BB's, I have to tell you i've really enjoyed joining in on the DS:BB4 forum.
I first got hooked during Fame Academy1 and this time i've enjoyed it more here than actually watching BB4!, (that is apart of course from BBLB & Dermot )

I'm now looking forward to seeing ya and sharing comments on FA2, BB: USA and hopefully a more enjoyable BB5 in 2004!!!

This feels like the end of term before the Summer holidays at school...

Aly

You're welcome,Neil. And thanks for everyone else for sharing or opposing my opinions, but most of all, thanks to everyone at DS:BB for putting all the time and effort into giving us vital info. Ciao. GOOD LUCK TO CAMERON, RAY, SCOTT, STEPH AND THE BB5 HOPEFULS!!!

Thank you Neil and all the peeps who keep this great site running.Really appreciate your efforts.
One does get a better class of poster on DS.BB ...innnit

My first season on Digital Spy - loving your work guys and girls

The official site could learn a lot from this place, quite frankly you piss all over it

Thanks Neil and all the rest of the crew behind the board! It's been the best BB board, as usual, even if... oh well, there is always next year, Jon won't be there and his army will have disbanded by then

Thanks guys!