[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Stu

I'm not hopeful really but happy to be proven wrong. As long as there's a decent spread of housemates and it goes back to the more minimalist Channel 4 editing style I can forgive if the actual entertainment value of it lags behind. Which is obviously totally contrary to how TV works which is why I'm not a commissioning editor.



I'd take these lads over any Channel 5 era series is what I'm trying to say:

Well yeah but it is how a TV show that's supposed to be a social experiment should work imo, there's plenty of shows like Love Island for the constant Drama.

[thesheriff443]

At one stage the booing did influence the house mates, it was an indication from the outside who was liked who was not.
And as the series went on the producers let more people from the outside enter the house destroying the whole concept of no outside contact.

[ComingToGetYou]

Originally Posted by letmein

And who gets to decide that? Give me a break.

The crowd. Except rent-a-mob in recent years just booed everyone for nothing. So stupid and ruined the atmosphere of various shows.

Give me a break indeed.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Show won’t allow booing, society has evolved says new host

Ibrox did not get the memo on Saturday

LOL...

Booing at housemates is a Human Right, surely...?

[BBDodge]

The boos on launch night became predictable. You could guess from the VT how they would go. Particularly obvious for the females: overweight or over 40 - cheers; anyone remotely "hot" - boos.

[Soldier Boy]

There's no getting around the world being a different place though - if someone was coming across particularly badly and the production team gave no indication of it at all and stuck properly with the "no outside info" concept these days... they'd end up being sued as soon as someone properly destroys their life. It's quite blatant these days on love island when someone has been taken aside "for a word" to repair their image a bit. But it's pretty much necessary.

They got away with all sorts back in the early years ... people came out of it properly traumatised. Good times .

(I genuinely mean that by the way - so long as the vetting for pre-existing mental health issues is solid and the potential effects on people's lives are properly explained ... it should be a decision people can make for themselves so long as they know what they're getting into)

That said, some of the best of BB was because their mental health screening was ****ing awful and they kept putting in people with EUPD.

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

he told us: "I don't think anybody will be stopping people from doing anything but are people going to want to? It does feel as though the world has changed a little bit."

So no, they're not.

Not that I'd care. Boo's lost all meaning when the C5 rent a mob booed anyone and anything.

Fully agree. I really wouldn't mind a booing ban, beats 98% getting it for no reason and chanting throughout the eviction interviews.

[UserSince2005]

If people aint booing, people aint caring.

[Mystic Mock]

I personally don't object to booing, not allowing that is the Show being overly sensitive imo.

However I would support the Show not allowing the treatment that the public gave Housemates like Grace, Makosi, Vanessa BB6, or Charley Uchea as the crowd were starting to hurl abuse at those Housemates.

But normal levels of booing is what people should be prepared for when signing up for the Show, the crowd either cheering to encourage "false positivity" or being silent when a particular Housemate is mentioned will be far worse than booing imo.

[bitontheslide]

i'm not really sure how they implement a booing ban, kick the booers out? There could be no-one left in the crowd

It could lead to fights and all sorts. Times may have changed, but peoples human behaviour has not

[ebandit]

booo....................hiss....who are ya! let the people decide.....................

Mark L

[Beastie]

Launch night the audience should cheer or boo how much they want.

But when evictions take place housemates shouldn't know if others are being booed and cheered.

We know how fickle we all are. You can still win the show if you get booed on launch night.

Hopefully everything in the house is sound proof so for example when the 2nd housemate goes in.. The first housemate shouldnt be able to hear if they have been booed or cheered.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

There's no getting around the world being a different place though - if someone was coming across particularly badly and the production team gave no indication of it at all and stuck properly with the "no outside info" concept these days... they'd end up being sued as soon as someone properly destroys their life. It's quite blatant these days on love island when someone has been taken aside "for a word" to repair their image a bit. But it's pretty much necessary.

Surely the contract would contain something like "if you come off like a twat, that's on you, bucko! Watch your own behaviour, dawg" to negate any lawsuits?

Charley Uceah wouldn't have been half as entertaining if she'd been "had a word with"; that said, how many times did Helen Wood get warned in the DR? And she didn't change at all

I've never seen Love Island, does it have a similar emphasis on "no contract with the outside world" ?

Spoiler:

When I typed em for emphasis, autocomplete suggest Em'ly ... who wants to guess which book I'm writing about for an online course?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

Fully agree. I really wouldn't mind a booing ban, beats 98% getting it for no reason and chanting throughout the eviction interviews.

Lostie Good to see you back

[Adamw92]

Kinda going from one extreme (everyone just booing everyone during the C5 years) to not being allowed to boo at all?

[Livia]

Society has involved... so that people won't boo when they're told not to. Let's see...

[Underscore]

Pathetic

If I ever get into a live show idc i’m booing

[The Nation’s Sweetheart]

The way I would be booing the LADS LADS LADS contestants so loud even Helen Keller could hear me

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Underscore

Pathetic

If I ever get into a live show idc i’m booing

Me too.

Originally Posted by The Nation’s Sweetheart

The way I would be booing the LADS LADS LADS contestants so loud even Helen Keller could hear me

LOL...

[Ninastar]

I’d rather they stop they god awful woop woop thing the audience does

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

I’d rather they stop they god awful woop woop thing the audience does

Oh I forgot how much I hated that

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

Oh I forgot how much I hated that

It literally instantly fuels me with rage

[Ninastar]

*fills me

Whoops

[Oliver_W]

The layout of the stage etc would make it harder to boo them tbh - it's probably easier to boo someone when they're up a massive flight of stairs and then on a platform stage above your head, but when they're literally on eye level it would be more uncomfortable.

[Benjamin]

I don’t mind booing when it’s justified but it got ridiculous on C5. The crowd just booed and chanted for the sake of if it at everyone and you couldn’t hear half of the interviews.

I’d prefer if when they spoke to the house they were soundproofed so the housemates couldn’t hear the reactions, and same for the interviews, block out the crowd so we can actually hear it.