BB - Highest Rated to Lowest Rated

[Cal.]

1. BB3 - 5.8 million
2. BB5 - 5.03 million
3. BB7 - 4.7 million
4. BB2/BB4/BB6 - 4.6 million
(Presumably BB1 is somewhere here - can't find an official figure)
5. BB8 - 3.8 million
6. BB9 - 3.6 million
7. BB11 - 3.0 million
8. BB10 - 2.45 million
9. BB14 - 1.9 million
10. BB13/BB17 - 1.6 million
11. BB15 - 1.57 million
12. BB12 - 1.55 million
13. BB18 - Presumably between 1.4 and 1.5
14. BB16 - 1.4 million

Interesting to see!

[armand.kay]

hmm bb10 killed bb?

[Locke.]

Can remember at the time everyone on here was calling BB9 a flop for its ratings, looks a bit silly now doesn't it. Maybe bringing Mo and Darnell back will save the show

[Greg!]

The first couple of weeks of BB10 were ****. The launch was truly awful and would have put a lot of people off.

[Barry.]

BB10 was my least fav.

[Samm]

wow miss 14 snapped kinda annoying how it's not at 2

[armand.kay]

BB14 really did that! Why did it bring in so many views? I really cant put my finger on it theres just something about BB14 that has a classic vibe.

[armand.kay]

wow miss 14 snapped kinda annoying how it's not at 2
Gina snatching on her first day really had the girls all kinds of shook.

[Samm]

BB14 really did that! Why did it bring in so many views? I really cant put my finger on it theres just something about BB14 that has a classic vibe.

Gina snatching on her first day really had the girls all kinds of shook.

sks yes, think because of emma and the cast probs attracted casuals, didn't sallie's eviction get like 2 million viewers

[pontyboi]

Can remember at the time everyone on here was calling BB9 a flop for its ratings, looks a bit silly now doesn't it. Maybe bringing Mo and Darnell back will save the show

I remember feeling the same thing. Weird thing is Love Island is considered a smash hit yet BB9 got like 2 million more viewers.

[armand.kay]

sks yes, think because of emma and the cast probs attracted casuals, didn't sallie's eviction get like 2 million viewers

omg I always forget that before emma there was brian nnn

[armand.kay]

Viewers left with AJ?

[pontyboi]

BB14 really did that! Why did it bring in so many views? I really cant put my finger on it theres just something about BB14 that has a classic vibe.

It's because it kind of went back to basics wih a vegetable garden, an outside shower and the fact Brian was sacked and Emma was introduced.

Also interesting to note it kicked off with the lowest launch ever but the great cast really brought in the ratings.

[supertv247]

So BB8 was the start of the end? Every series before that was in their own league

[Cal.]

BB17 really deserves the credit. Just a year ago and manages to pull in the 10th highest amount :clap1:

[pontyboi]

So BB8 was the start of the end? Every series before that was in their own league

Nah it was the racism scandal of CBB5 which turned people away.

[Cal.]

Nah it was the racism scandal of CBB5 which turned people away.

It was a combination of Nikki returning in BB7, the racism of CBB5 and the all female BB8 launch.

[Samm]

Viewers left with AJ?

the real issue here.

[armand.kay]

So BB8 was the start of the end? Every series before that was in their own league

yeah but that was a year after the Nikki voting scandal and only a few months after the race row but at BB10 theres no excuse for the sudden plummeting.

[Cal.]

Also even BB10 would only JUST be beating Love Island if it was to air these days lmao

[supertv247]

Also even BB10 would only JUST be beating Love Island if it was to air these days lmao

Love island will be beating that by next week lol
I wish BB14 had made 2 million! The fact BB17 is looking strong with 1.6m for such a late series shows that it still has potential and they shouldn't give up though

[pontyboi]

It was a combination of Nikki returning in BB7, the racism of CBB5 and the all female BB8 launch.

It was all a mess tbh

[Pete.]

BB17 :clap1:

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[BB-Germany]

Wow, BB10 lost 1,2 million viewers. That is insane. No wonder they cancelled it after that.

BB18 not doing well but not as bad as people make out though.:shrug:

[BB-Germany]

But honestly, people acting like BB17 was a huge success and BB16,18 weren't. We'e only talking about 0,2 million. That's quite a bit for C5 standards but those viewers can easily come back at any time tbh.

BB14 really was a success though.

[James]

The explanation for the lower BB10 ratings, people said at the time, was it was the first series not to have a 24-hour live feed. It was just overnight, and sometimes in the afternoon.

[Jason.]

I remember reading somewhere that BB1 averaged 4.5m

But yeah, BB10's ratings were awful, I think that was when the show began to feel stale on C4 and you realised nobody really cared about it anymore.

[Jason.]

It's weird how BB7 was seen as a huge success at the time, when it only narrowly beat BB6 in the ratings, which was seen as a flop at the time.

Although BB7 had much higher launch/final ratings as well as more hype and press coverage surrounding the series so I guess that counts too.

[HBIC]

BB14 is proof that if Channel 5 actually put in an effort, regular BB can be successful.

I still think BB14 is the best Channel 5 series. The cast felt like old school BB, the "secrets & lies" twists actually worked out, and the Gina vs Hazel rivalry is still one of the best rivalries this show has had. BB14 also had a couple hours of live feed a day which I think helped drum up hype (like everybody watching the events that led to Daley's ejection).

[Oaker]

If not for the Olympics BB13 would have been close to beating BB14 I think?

[Denver]

BB10 paid dust for being a top 3 series

[supertv247]

If not for the Olympics BB13 would have been close to beating BB14 I think?

Yeah, the first couple weeks averaged 2 million and week 5 was at 1.94 then it started to slip with the olympics and split eviction shows


I agree about BB14 showing that Ch5 can still get a really successful series if they do it right. It's also the one time they've had live feed for Civilian BB and look at the hype it built..
BB17 shows this to some extent too. If they had executed the others twist as good as they did secrets and lies, and had some live feed, last year would've been even more successful