I really do think C5 is preparing to evict BB

[T*]

They're not doing much about ratings or resorting to any gimmicks but I think this is because they just don't care anymore and are just letting it die. The rumours about them experimenting with new formats and how they might be bringing survivor back...
I really do think this is the end for BBUK.
(The civilian C5 era, at least)

[Mrmattybeck]

The only way people will watch is taking it back to basics people are bored of bb and it's constant twists


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[Cal.]

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9403220&postcount=48

[T*]

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9403220&postcount=48

This is exactly what I've been thinking too, they're getting ready to shelf it.

[T*]

The only way people will watch is taking it back to basics people are bored of bb and it's constant twists


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I think they've exhausted the format and not given it a chance of a break or anything. They really should've rested it for a bit before taking it on immediately in 2011

[Jodie.]

Next year it will have an 18-year run. Not many shows can do that, it’s been good x

[Cal.]

Next year it will have an 18-year run. Not many shows can do that, it’s been good x

It really is amazing.

[Greg!]

They'll want to keep CBB but the non-celeb one comes part of a package. My ideal scenario would be after next year C5 can't afford it and ITV buys the rights. BB would be cute on ITV2 with CBB on ITV after a break lasting a year or two.

[LukeB]

I think you are right Tom.

I don't see another channel buying it now, maybe in the future. it does need a bit of a break

[Epic.]

I think you are right Tom.

I don't see another channel buying it now, maybe in the future. it does need a bit of a break

Not even ITV2? They might not need it since they have LI and all but they could have a 2 hour timeslot of both shows that could drum up their ratings more

[Jodie.]

The entire future of the UK franchise will rest solely on if Endemol will sell one show without the other

[Northern Monkey]

There will be twists and new hm's before long i'm sure.They're already releasing voting figures doing Thursday night evictions to try get viewers in.The desperation will continue.
C4 needs to buy it back,make it old school with real contestants and give us 24 hour LF.

[Cal.]

BB will either appear on MTV as part of a deal with Viacom where the 700k etc is justifiable overnight OR I can see ITV bumping Love Island up to ITV1 and buying BB and putting it on ITV2 and treating it as the Emmerdale to Love Island's Corrie. They'll probably use it as a lead in with BB airing March-May and Love Island airing June-August.

[Jodie.]

I think after a few years, it’s definitely a possibility that it will return to C4. Whether it will be as good as them days is a different question tho x

[Greg!]

C4 won't ever want it back, they've become a bit snobbish (even though they have so many trashy shows) and slagged it off so much after C5 bought it.

[LukeB]

Not even ITV2? They might not need it since they have LI and all but they could have a 2 hour timeslot of both shows that could drum up their ratings more

Maybe in the future but it seems the interest for it is gone atm

[BigBrotherGuy100]

I just hopes it makes 20 years.. I always said to people that Davina could return for 20th anniversary..

[Jason.]

I used to be against the thought of ITV ever touching BB, but given the great job they've done with the LI revival (which is somehow more true to BB than BBUK currently is) I wouldn't be completely against it? Plus Emma/Rylan both work for ITV too so they she could still host.

But tbh I can just see C5 cancelling civilian and just having summer CBB a month earlier than usual to make up for it.

[Oaker]

I mean no matter what channel it goes to it'll probably just be the same stuff we're getting now but with better scheduling and less desperate ratings twists (at the start at least).

[Greg!]

Wow just did some googling and I didn't realise that ITV tried to snatch BB back in 2014.

[Merry Mockmas]

What I would do if I was Endemol is shelf BB for about 4 to 5 years, and try and get Ch4 or BB to take it as BB works best when it's more left wing as it asks for diversity and not a monoculture, BB doesn't suit a monoculture in it's concept.

The reason why BB18 has started to get better is because the minority Housemates and the majority have clashed and it's made it more fun to watch.

[Jason.]

Wow just did some googling and I didn't realise that ITV tried to snatch BB back in 2014.

They tried to snatch it back in 2006 too when BB7 was beating the old LI :skull:

[Mullens123]

Wow just did some googling and I didn't realise that ITV tried to snatch BB back in 2014.

Omg just before the show went to **** :( they could've saved us from the horror of Power Trip and Timebomb

[Novo]

- having to send out social media messages for people to appear on BOTS in the audience and then using Gnomes to cover the gaps because no one even turned up then

- Paying Trisha half the guest appearance budget to appear on BOTS

- Using the CBB housemate appearance money for Marnie, Nicola and Gemma Collins to go in the house for a week to increase ratings which failed spectacularly

- Getting sued left right and center by Bexy for neglect of her safety and breaking her arm

- gathering Tesco Shoppers for the Eviction shows because their are so many empty spaces in the crowd which looks terrible for them

- The voting money all going towards the prize fund leaving nothing to refurbish the house or make improvements with their incredibly low profit

- Diary room door needs fixing which is the real reason Lotes was ejected because BB were pretty pissed off to be folking out needless money for it to be repaired so took it out on him for breaking it



In other words it is night night Vienna for BB

[reece(:]

Ready for her to end.

[Morgan.]

BB will either appear on MTV as part of a deal with Viacom where the 700k etc is justifiable overnight OR I can see ITV bumping Love Island up to ITV1 and buying BB and putting it on ITV2 and treating it as the Emmerdale to Love Island's Corrie. They'll probably use it as a lead in with BB airing March-May and Love Island airing June-August.

Using an emmerdale to Corrie comparison when Emmerdale has won best soap at the majority of events this past year? :joker:

But I agree BB would be cute on ITV.

[T*]

I think you are right Tom.

I don't see another channel buying it now, maybe in the future. it does need a bit of a break

Its extremely hopeful but I really hope there's a break given and then C4 grabs it bc they no longer have a flagship show

[T*]

And it's obvious by C4 trying (and FLOPPING) to get the Host of The Week thing up and running (until y'know it was cancelled after one episode) that they want to get the spark they used to have from shows of the likes of Friday/Sunday Night Project... they might want the spark of BB back?
Highly unlikely but y'know

[T*]

I always used to think C4 would never touch it again too but I'm having second thoughts

[Mullens123]

I always used to think C4 would never touch it again too but I'm having second thoughts

If they wait a few years and reboot it with a more back to basics (or BB6-10 kind of feel) I can see it bringing them success.

[Morgan.]

If they wait a few years and reboot it with a more back to basics (or BB6-10 kind of feel) I can see it bringing them success.

Get a diverse cast (yes, more diverse than a few ethnics and 85% reality to stars ala BB18), a great graphical front (eye, promo and House), an interesting sub theme (not too prominent that it takes up everthing like Timebomb, but enough to be known, subtle) and they have a winner. In my eyes, C5 could achieve this and they proved they could at the start. It went downhill with the subtitles.

[T*]

Omg just before the show went to **** :( they could've saved us from the horror of Power Trip and Timebomb

A year before LI 2.0 launched as well, LI might not exist today if they'd snatched it!

[Wizard.]

R.Eye.P 2.0 ha rise from the dead - back to the grave.

[Glenn-C]

I'd love to see C4 take it back in a few years and give it some amazing promo since it'd be coming back home. Emma was around in the C4 days so they'd probably want to keep her on though they can replace Rylan

[T*]

I'd love to see C4 take it back in a few years and give it some amazing promo since it'd be coming back home. Emma was around in the C4 days so they'd probably want to keep her on though they can replace Rylan

Tbh i'd want Emma as BBLB host and Davina to return as normal host
I don't know why they got rid of her on BOTS

[Morgan.]

Tbh i'd want Emma as BBLB host and Davina to return as normal host
I don't know why they got rid of her

Emma wouldn't stay for just BBLB imo

[Greg!]

Tbh i'd want Emma as BBLB host and Davina to return as normal host
I don't know why they got rid of her

Davina said she quit because she'd already mentally said goodbye to the show and had other projects lined up.

[SteveG2688]

I recon that channel 5 will announce that the contract isnt being renewed with Endemol. I dont know if they can pull it until that contract is up. It wouldn't surprise me if they dont kill big b off to replace its time slot with their love island/ex on the beach style show. Either way its pretty clear the show is heading towards getting axed and they dont care about ratings/fans opinions, Its been a terrible series, they are down from 1.5 million viewers on average to around 800,000. One of the episodes last week had the lowest views so far of any series on C5 They will axe the civilian series and keep the celeb for a few years i recon. Im surprised Emma Willis still wants to do it to be honest and hasn't quit as going off of some of the interviews she has done regarding the show the last few years she doesnt seem to like the direction the producers have taken big b. I recon we need one more year where they change the production team and go back to basics with the house/housemates/rules. If C5 do choose to axe it after that then i think it should go on A 5-10 year break so that when it comes back it all feels fresh and new again.

[T*]

Davina said she quit because she'd already mentally said goodbye to the show and had other projects lined up.

I meant got rid of Emma on BOTS haha

[T*]

C4 could bring it back in like 2020 for the 20th anniversary

[Wizard.]

C4 could bring it back in like 2020 for the 20th anniversary

I don't see why not I never watch anything on Channel 4 now except Gogglebox they don't have any good shows on.

[Tregard]

And it's obvious by C4 trying (and FLOPPING) to get the Host of The Week thing up and running (until y'know it was cancelled after one episode) that they want to get the spark they used to have from shows of the likes of Friday/Sunday Night Project... they might want the spark of BB back?
Highly unlikely but y'know

I think they're pitching Crystal Maze as a flagship now, but yeah, they need a live show with some spectacle. Million Pound Drop could be due a revival too, honestly.

If we lose BB for Survivor, and they do Survivor well, that's probably this best of both worlds. It's more difficult to make Survivor look so tacky.

[Samm]

it's pretty clear, the timing and scheduling of new shows before it, tbh this was kinda the length I expected it to last on C5

[Captain.Remy]

This is a worlwide situation for Big Brother.
Many countries stopped airing it, others moved it to different obscure channels etc...etc...

BB UK is no different, and regardless of whether they 'go back to basics' or not, the format in itself is getting tired throughout the years due to new reality tv show types (semi-scripted formats around the world)

To be fair, it's not only BB, but other shows like The Voice (singing contests in general) and stuff. First reality tv formats are getting old to the advantage of newer formats.

[DanielM787]

I mean they could possibly ditch it, but still waiting for the day for Simon to axe X Factor

[SteveG2688]

Again i think they need to put the show on hiatus like how Canada have with their big brother. I think the show could be great again but it needs a rest for a good few years and come back refreshed and raring to go.

[Alf]

It was meant to be reality TV.

But like anything were money is involved, people got greedy. And greedy programme makers started to only think of the money and not the output that gave them success in the first place.

Most people don't like being taken for mugs, and that's what they did, by editing it the way they wanted it to be and not the reality it was.

I understand people used to get annoyed with the 24 hour live feed, because of the bird noises and what not. But the live feed was the best thing about it.

[SteveG2688]

It was meant to be reality TV.

But like anything were money is involved, people got greedy. And greedy programme makers started to only think of the money and not the output that gave them success in the first place.

Most people don't like being taken for mugs, and that's what they did, by editing it the way they wanted it to be and not the reality it was.

I understand people used to get annoyed with the 24 hour live feed, because of the bird noises and what not. But the live feed was the best thing about it.

Like you have said the way they edit this show is pretty bad. A few housemates have come out now and said over the C5 years that they make you look bad and only air things that can make you seem like you are being one type of person (eg if they want you to look moany they only show your moany bits). I think that is the reason why there is no live feed for C5 as they manipulate the footage for entertainment reasons. Big Brother is no longer a reality tv show.

[Jack_]

The writing has been on the wall for a couple of years now, but this series' figures has to be the final nail. It makes me so angry because C5 have since the very beginning shown such disdain for the civilian series and overexposed their beloved ****ing CBB, like cutting the former's length to accommodate another unnecessary series of the latter, more live feed for CBB, more promotion, it's just a ****ing joke.

The worst part of it for me is that we're going to come so close to the 20th series and not make it :sad: and despite the fact that they seem happy to do CBB All Star type series, I honestly don't think they'll bother with the civilian? It will just go out with a whimper, exactly how they intended it

Endemol should be stressing that it's a package deal (like they did in 2011) but honestly I don't even think they care anymore

Wow just did some googling and I didn't realise that ITV tried to snatch BB back in 2014.

Is that BB or CBB? I know they tried to in 2006/maybe 2011 but I didn't realise they did so recently

[Greg!]

The writing has been on the wall for a couple of years now, but this series' figures has to be the final nail. It makes me so angry because C5 have since the very beginning shown such disdain for the civilian series and overexposed their beloved ****ing CBB, like cutting the former's length to accommodate another unnecessary series of the latter, more live feed for CBB, more promotion, it's just a ****ing joke.

The worst part of it for me is that we're going to come so close to the 20th series and not make it :sad: and despite the fact that they seem happy to do CBB All Star type series, I honestly don't think they'll bother with the civilian? It will just go out with a whimper, exactly how they intended it

Endemol should be stressing that it's a package deal (like they did in 2011) but honestly I don't even think they care anymore



Is that BB or CBB? I know they tried to in 2006/maybe 2011 but I didn't realise they did so recently

Yeah there's a guardian article about ITV wanting to buy BB and CBB. It was deffo 2014 because it had a picture of Ashleigh (:love:) at the BB15 launch

[SteveG2688]

Yeah there's a guardian article about ITV wanting to buy BB and CBB. It was deffo 2014 because it had a picture of Ashleigh (:love:) at the BB15 launch

I dont think ITV would do it justice either tbh. I think if C5 axe it ItvBe would try to get it. They seem to be all about reality tv. But it would still end up being a stupid dating show.

[RichardG]

people have moved on to different shows now, let bb die. it's had a good run.

[SteveG2688]

people have moved on to different shows now, let bb die. it's had a good run.

Sadly, i agree with this. At least for a while. Bring it back in a few years when this aweful plastic, fake ass reality tv/scripted phase has passed.