WE will vote housemates IN to the house on Monday

[supertv247]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3683649/big-brother-contestants-to-be-voted-in-to-the-house-by-viewers-of-the-show-in-general-election-launch-twist/

Like a politician, the wannabe contestants will have to state their case to the viewers, after already auditioning for show producers in order to have the chance of reality TV stardom.

They are each allotted an earnest piece-to-camera segment and have a limited amount of time to plug their best characteristics promising viewers what they can bring to the show – whether it’s romance, laughter or drama.

A telly insider revealed: “Big Brother bosses are really running with the election fever of the country this year and mocking up housemates as political party leaders. Like a real-life politician the hopeful housemates will have to convince the public to vote for them with a convincing speech.

“It will all be filmed live so they will be under pressure not to fluff up their speeches. It will be an exciting twist to the opening night shenanigans.”

[LukeB]

oh dear. please be untrue.

[Lostie!]

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[Headie]

Mass black gal culling on Launch Night?

[Withano]

Sounds fun to me tbh

[Jason.]

This would be a fun twist...if the public didn't have crap taste

[reece(:]

BB4 2.0 is coming!

[Denver]

Hopefully dull people wont be voted

[Black Dagger]

Grim.

[Denver]

This is a good twist though and something new gives me BB11 teas though

[Jake.]

This would be a fun twist...if the public didn't have crap taste

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Hopefully the facebook cat ladies have no access to the app with their Nokia 6620s

[Denver]

At least they can say the public picked the lineup kind off

[Jodie.]

Sounds good even though the HM's we don't pick will be late entrants anyway ala Simon Gross

[Wizard.]

NOT 16 men with a six pack to be voted in

[Denver]

Maybe the pairs twist is real and we have to chose the best one from the 2 to become housemates

[Mitchell]

Not brad the lad long not getting elected

[Withano]

This would be a fun twist...if the public didn't have crap taste

They're not bad at vts

[Denver]

They're not bad at vts

Conor

[Jason.]

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Hopefully the facebook cat ladies have no access to the app with their Nokia 6620s

:joker:

[*mazedsalv**]

At least they can say the public picked the lineup kind off

This

We can't complain about the cast if that's the case. Vote and be heard!

[Wizard.]

But for their to be 16 housemates there has to be a pool of about 30+ so how the hell are we going to hear from all of them and then we don't get a VT?

[supertv247]

Someone said this in twitter and it's exactly what will happen

Can't wait for the public to pick the models and reality tv stars so Rylan can repeat every single night "well YOU picked them!!!"

[Babayaro.]

Hmm this has potential but it could also ruin the series before it's begun

[Cal.]

I like it but what worries me is that many of the greats didn't show their potential until they'd been in the house for a length of time. We're going to end up with loads of 'I'm a ruthless cow/I'm going to be the villain' Tamara and Nick types.

[Cal.]

But it's something new and different.

[Wizard.]

Also if we're voting them in we should have Vote to Save to keep the ones you like in like you do in an election

[Tregard]

Last time they pulled this **** we ended up with Becky

[y.winter]

I love it. It's refreshing.
And a slight feeling that they'll do a Showbiz as new housemates anyway.

[Denver]

But for their to be 16 housemates there has to be a pool of about 30+ so how the hell are we going to hear from all of them and then we don't get a VT?

16 pairs we chose one from each pair?

[Denver]

Last time they pulled this **** we ended up with Becky

Who became one of the greatest housemates ever

[Jay28jay2]

This is the worst possible thing they could do imo

[y.winter]

Fate was on our side in 2006
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[Denver]

This is the worst possible thing they could do imo

No where near

[Lostie!]

I like it but what worries me is that many of the greats didn't show their potential until they'd been in the house for a length of time. We're going to end up with loads of 'I'm a ruthless cow/I'm going to be the villain' Tamara and Nick types.

Tamara hated vegetarians and animal rights so in fairness she was one of the most evil BB villains we've ever seen.

[Jack_]

Yeah, this is a recipe for disaster

The voters don't know what they're doing when getting people out of the house, let alone putting them in it :umm2:

[Morgan.]

I feel like this'd be better if we got the VT's (or even better, a bio but with no picture) a few days before so we could make our minds up more easily.

[lewis111]

I'd be OK with this if it was Vote To Save, which I'm sure it will be

[lewis111]

It's sad we still worry so much about dull ones going into the house
There shouldn't be ANY dull ones even at this stage

[TomC]

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Hopefully the facebook cat ladies have no access to the app with their Nokia 6620s

:joker:

[Daniel-X]

Idg the hate for this? It'll be messy and poorly executed but actually sounds really enterataining and fun, I don't think we'll lose anyone that valuable.

[Jay28jay2]

I feel like this'd be better if we got the VT's (or even better, a bio but with no picture) a few days before so we could make our minds up more easily.

I agree, the cat ladies wouldn't know what they look like so that is exciting so we dont get a cast full of attractive young men

[Denver]

I dont get the cat ladies myth

[Black Dagger]

They literally just crowned Coleen Nolan the winner.

[TomC]

They should have 16 HMs in launch, but only 8 get put in main house, and the other 8 face eviction in the other house.

[Daniel-X]

I reckon there'll only be like 20 on the shortlist anyway and we'll lose two/four of them.

[Cal.]

I think only like 4 people won't make the cut. They won't have time to show any more than 20 VTs/speeches.

[Cal.]

I reckon there'll only be like 20 on the shortlist anyway and we'll lose two/four of them.

I think only like 4 people won't make the cut. They won't have time to show any more than 20 VTs/speeches.

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[T*]

I'm guessing this is why they've been so lenient about people revealing that they're 'going in' then.... it would work for a C4 era show- but for a C5 era one where we've seen how the voting has gone? Not good
mess already

[thisisdanny]

Not sure I like this idea. If we have the kind of audience that votes COLEEN?! as the winner of a series which includes Speidi, Kim, Nicola and Jedward then what kind of housemates are they going to vote in.

Send reinforcements ASAP

[Morgan.]

:joker:

[supertv247]

Not sure I like this idea. If we have the kind of audience that votes COLEEN?! as the winner of a series which includes Speidi, Kim, Nicola and Jedward then what kind of housemates are they going to vote in.

Send reinforcements ASAP

Coleen may have been boring, but she still seen as a 'regular' person and all BB fans bang on about is regular people.

At least they didn't pick Calum Best!

[Denver]

They literally just crowned Coleen Nolan the winner.

Well according to this forum cat ladies only like good looking inshape guys so unless she has had a recent sex change :shrug:

[Greg!]

Perched for this years' housemates to be 14 white "cheeky chappies" from the north of England.

[Babayaro.]

They literally just crowned Coleen Nolan the winner.

:joker:

[Oliver_W]

Wait, why are several posts saying we won't see VTs?!

[Greg!]

VTs are my favourite thing about launch night! They better have them.

[thesheriff443]

Public voting housemates in was one of my ideas, where is marsh so he can feel silly for dismissing my idea.

[thisisdanny]

If we don't see VTs i'm gone

[lewis111]

From reading I get the assumption that these live speeches are instead of VT I don't think they'll have time for both

[Daniel-X]

From reading I get the assumption that these live speeches are instead of VT I don't think they'll have time for both

I presumed we'll have all the housemates enter with a VT, they'll get like ten/twenty seconds once there in to say why they deserve to be a HM, voting will open for like five minutes and then close and then the ones who don't make the cut will be booted.

[lewis111]

I presumed we'll have all the housemates enter with a VT, they'll get like ten/twenty seconds once there in to say why they deserve to be a HM, voting will open for like five minutes and then close and then the ones who don't make the cut will be booted.

Yea potentially, just seems they'll be short for time especially if they have to put in at least like 18 housemates AND boot a few all in 2 hours

[thisisdanny]

Yea potentially, just seems they'll be short for time especially if they have to put in at least like 18 housemates AND boot a few all in 2 hours

Surely they won't let them enter until we've voted for them? They'll not be booting them, they just won't be going in idk

[Glenn.]

Keep it

[Cal.]

Surely they won't let them enter until we've voted for them? They'll not be booting them, they just won't be going in idk

No I think all will enter and then a couple of them will get evicted at the end of the night. It's more cruel that way.

[Cal.]

If they don't put them all in first beforehand where are they going to do live speeches from? It'll be too hard to track whose been introduced as well etc.

[T*]

Obviously a very different set nowadays but I was thinking like what they did in BB11
Plus it might fill some unused crowd space :X

[Morgan.]

Tbh its a little ironic that BOTS is called a Full House on launch night despite a potentially quadruple Eviction.

[Amy Jade]

All the bitches will be gone :(

[Cal.]

All the bitches will be gone :(

Not with me voting they won't http://i.imgur.com/9iZdv1A.jpg

[Owen19]

This could, and probably will, be disastrous

[Vanessa]

:amazed: this sounds great. Can't wait!

[Samm]

Last time they pulled this **** we ended up with Becky

a legend? sounds messy, the public always favour the messes on launch night ie simon gross and pauline

[reece(:]

Expect no over 40s, no black gals, no gals with bitchy VTs and NO freaks.

[Samm]

I like it but what worries me is that many of the greats didn't show their potential until they'd been in the house for a length of time. We're going to end up with loads of 'I'm a ruthless cow/I'm going to be the villain' Tamara and Nick types.

tamara hgvtug forgot about that ruthless cow

[UserSince2005]

i bet its just to split people into the main how and into the house next door.
no one will reallybe evicted

[UserSince2005]

Expect no over 40s, no black gals, no gals with bitchy VTs and NO freaks.

they will all be put into the house next door and it will be epic tv !!!:dance:

[reece(:]

they will all be put into the house next door and it will be epic tv !!!:dance:

So a repeat of last year? :joker:

[SteveG2688]

I just hope there are some NORMAL people there to choose instead off all the usual shallow low life z listers

[Pete.]

This could either be great or completely tragic :joker:

[Daniel.]

This is terrible. All the good housemates wont get in, prepare for a series full of lads and dull women.

[Jordan.]

Not perched for the loud mouth Bear characters getting voted in over freaks and oldies

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[HBIC]

should we really trust the same people who voted Helen Wood or Stephen Bear as winners to choose this year's housemates? this twist has disaster written all over it.

[Shaun]

Another Jayne career as a dementia charity worker speech incoming?

[supertv247]

The only way I can see them executing this with the space and time they've got
(although I really don't like this idea)
Is if they got out 2 housemates who then made a plea, we voted between them while we watched each of their VTs, and then one goes in and one goes home. Rinse and repeated a few times..

[supertv247]

But like I said I hate this idea cause imagine they gave us Jayne & Evelyn and we could only pick one and then Sam & Alex and we had to pick one when you want the first 2 but none of the second 2

[Denver]

I have a feeling we will only vote like 3 or 4 in

they will send in the housemates then bring out 6 to 8 non housemates similar to BB10

[Marsh.]

Public voting housemates in was one of my ideas, where is marsh so he can feel silly for dismissing my idea.

I didn't dismiss it, the public have voted in housemates in the past. :nono:

I said the current BB audience's choice in housemates would not be that much different to the producers these days. Especially if we're not provided with very much choice on the night.

[Natalie.]

Sounds like this will work well

[Time]

should be interesting either way

[Marsh.]

Expect no over 40s, no black gals, no gals with bitchy VTs and NO freaks.

These people vote Helen Wood and Stephen Bear as winners so expect a LOT of freaks and bitches.

[Wizard.]

There's a rumour that half will be elected and the other half unelected

[Captain.Remy]

If that's the case, I don't want to hear or read on mf in here complaining.
Y'all wanted C5 to include more public voting, so here we go, you have it.

Like, it will be our fault if we end up with BB16 Christian type of males and 8 Harry Amelia type of females.

I actually think it's a good idea. Let's try it and get along with it. We might be surprised.

I think the production will select 8 housemates to go in, and leave the other 8 up to the public. They won't take such a big risk of letting ALL the cast in the hands of the public.

[Jamie89]

I think it's a really bad idea, it's just going to make all the potential hm's play up to stereotypes and cliches in their VT's, and the ones that do that the best will get voted in. The whole point in having a casting team is so they can get to know the hm's over time and in different scenarios, and pick the people who'll work best together (I know it doesn't always work but I still think it's the best way of doing it). Some of the best BB housemates have been people who you wouldn't even necessarily notice at first (and some of the worst are the types who'd probably win votes like this) :worry:

[Jake.]

I mean the casting team generally make piss poor decisions so can the public really do much worse?

[reece(:]

If that's the case, I don't want to hear or read on mf in here complaining.
Y'all wanted C5 to include more public voting, so here we go, you have it.

Like, it will be our fault if we end up with BB16 Christian type of males and 8 Harry Amelia type of females.

I actually think it's a good idea. Let's try it and get along with it. We might be surprised.

I think the production will select 8 housemates to go in, and leave the other 8 up to the public. They won't take such a big risk of letting ALL the cast in the hands of the public.
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[Captain.Remy]

In fact, I would have loved to see something like this, if they keep the "vote in" twist:

Pre-launch on Friday with 14 potential housemates moving into the second house. But not hosted by Emma as it is not the official launch.
We can see VTs, interviews etc...

They will live there until Monday night, which is the official Launch night.
From Friday to Monday, daily shows everynight to get to know them better.

On Monday night, lines close and the seven housemates with the most votes win proper housemates status.
They all enter at once, and then we meet the other 7 properly introduced by Emma.

In France, we did something similar a few times already, with internet shows and public vote to decide who we want in prior to the launch night. And it worked out well because great housemates were chosen.

[Jamie89]

I mean the casting team generally make piss poor decisions so can the public really do much worse?

I think casting get it right more often than they get it wrong tbf, I don't know if I'd say the same about the public voting :laugh: Although I haven't seen most ch5 series, just 16 and 17, so I haven't got a lot to go on to say how good the current casting team is... I just think in principle it's a better way of doing it.

[Captain.Remy]

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You know it hun xx

[Ant.]

You know it hun xx

If anything, I see people wanting less, with quite a few members pushing for a BBUSA format. There's very few who enjoy twists like these and when we vote to impact the night (eg when we chose 5 people for BB16, Jazzy P for BB15, etc)