Finale Date Confirmed

[lewis111]

Friday 25th August
According to Big Blagger

[Epic.]

I'm going to Canada at the end of August so this date is perfect for me

[Paula D]

So it's only a little over 3 weeks long? They'll have to start evicting them quick.

Very short isn't it?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

"confirmed"
"according to big blagger"

so what is the truth?

[Oaker]

only 25 days??

I mean I'm glad because that's the perfect length but it seems bizarre for them to cut it back so much. The shortest series since CBB12 :skull:.

[Greg!]

Didn't big blagger also say it would start on like the 4th of august though

[Littlegreen]

Yes, extended the regular civilian series shorten the inferior celeb version. Hopefully the way forward.

[Cal.]

Oop at a shorter series.

Goodbye BB.

[reece(:]

Rest in piss

[Epic.]

Glad it's shorter too. This series was gonna reach stale territory in the 20-25 day mark anyway

[Cal.]

It's gonna go stale anyway with the amount of doubles and backdoors they're gonna have to do.

[lewis111]

"confirmed"
"according to big blagger"

so what is the truth?

Well the information they let out is very rarely incorrect
You can probably trust them more than C5 themselves these days

[Jason.]

I'm going to Canada at the end of August

Say hello to Ika for us!

[Greg!]

They're going to need a lot of double or backdoor evictions to get the numbers down if this is right

[Owen19]

So providing this Friday is a single eviction, there'll be 13 housemates with 14 days left...

[Greg!]

Well the information they let out is very rarely incorrect


Except for the time they got the CBB launch date completely wrong

[Oaker]

3 doubles + 1 backdoor would get it down to 6 for the final. They'll probably do that

[lewis111]

Probabaly 4 more evictions now - 3 after Friday which hasn't been labeled as a double
So 7 HMs out in 3 evictions hmmm

[Cal.]

I think the last 2 eviction nights will be doubles and then they'll be 2 single backdoors at some point during the series.

[lewis111]

Except for the time they got the CBB launch date completely wrong

All other BB information sources got it wrong too and they all claimed the date actually got changed

[Cal.]

Except for the time they got the CBB launch date completely wrong

Tbf Channel 5 did change the date.

[Oaker]

ugh I HATE having doubles on Tuesday evictions though, the highlights are literally like 5 minutes long

[Greg!]

All other BB information sources got it wrong too and they all claimed the date actually got changed

Tbf Channel 5 did change the date.

Oh oop

[Glenn-C]

Kinda here for this being a shorter series. I really can't be arsed with this one

[BBUK-Fan]

Why a short series? Gonna be so many backdoor evictions.

I don't trust Big Blagger. Full of bull ****

[Jason.]

I think this is the perfect length. The 30+ day series always drag in the last week or so.

[Jarrod]

Confirmed in the Channel 5 final exchanges. Schedule:

Celebrity Big Brother Final - 9pm - 10:45pm
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side - 10:45pm

The series is billed as 30 episodes overall, but the final will be episode 25 - so it's been cut by 5 days.

[Ashley.]

Tbf Channel 5 did change the date.

That explains why we had the pointless launch task, then? I did wonder why they didn't just start the "members club" twist on launch night, then boot someone out on Day 4....

[Greg!]

Confirmed in the Channel 5 final exchanges. Schedule:

Celebrity Big Brother Final - 9pm - 10:45pm
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side - 10:45pm

The series is billed as 30 episodes overall, but the final will be episode 25 - so it's been cut by 5 days.

I think it's listed as 30 eps because the Friday evictions are split into two shows

[lewis111]

I think it's listed as 30 eps because the Friday evictions are split into two shows

The Friday Evictions are the 8:30-10 ones this year

[Greg!]

The Friday Evictions are the 8:30-10 ones this year

Oh!

[Greg!]

I wonder why they cut it then, that's a bit concerning. I think BB might be getting the axe sadly!

[Jake.]

Good

[HBIC]

Not a good sign.

[y.winter]

No new housemates then.
And plenty backdoors :nono:

[supertv247]

According to Marcus Bentley, the days of Big Brother in 2016 and 2017 are the same. So maybe they have a set amount of days now and this year they split it by adding 4 on to BBUK and deducting from CBB?

This makes sense, but I have no idea why that would've started half way through a contract

[Oaker]

According to Marcus Bentley, the days of Big Brother in 2016 and 2017 are the same. So maybe they have a set amount of days now and this year they split it by adding 4 on to BBUK and deducting from CBB?

This makes sense, but I have no idea why that would've started half way through a contract

Mess if that's why BB has gotten shorter :skull:

[Samm]

mess BB is over they've clearly cut ha

[HBIC]

According to Marcus Bentley, the days of Big Brother in 2016 and 2017 are the same. So maybe they have a set amount of days now and this year they split it by adding 4 on to BBUK and deducting from CBB?

This makes sense, but I have no idea why that would've started half way through a contract
Cbb17 (32) + bb17 (50) + cbb18 (30) = 112 days
Cbb19 (32) + bb18 (54) + cbb20 (25) = 111 days

Just for comparison in 2015

Cbb15 (31) + bb16 (66) + cbb16 (29) = 126 days

So they've aired around two weeks less BB/CBB than they used to for the past couple years

[Gusto Brunt]

Oop at a shorter series.

Goodbye BB.

Yes. :(

[Littlegreen]

If they are axing the show they better give us one last civilian series, they can't end it all on a bloody celeb version!

[Morgan.]

If they are axing the show they better give us one last civilian series, they can't end it all on a bloody celeb version!

Nah do a mixed Ultimate Big Brother 2 to end it.

[Cal.]

Marcus says it's always been 25 days long.!

[supertv247]

Marcus says it's always been 25 days long.!

Well Marcus is wrong, because the episode count was 30 and is now 25. It's literally written in black and white

[BB-Germany]

I'm not bothered as this series is extremely bad, but they really need to bring their A-game next january if they want their ratings back tbh.

3 lackluster series in a row ratingswise.
And the worst year for CBB quality wise since it moved to C5 imo.

Civilian BB has been great though.

[reece(:]

If they are axing the show they better give us one last civilian series, they can't end it all on a bloody celeb version!

BB20: Nikki's Final Dance

[Jodie.]

Well apparently they ARE listening so what if they’ve read TiBB and saw people complain about civilian getting shorter and CBB getting longer; this year has had the opposite

[Jarrod]

Marcus says it's always been 25 days long.!

Marcus says a lot of things. C5 officially listed it as 30 episodes long in their exchanges issued to press.

[iRyan]

Seems way too short

[BigBrotherGuy100]

They should axe it after BB20

[BBUK-Fan]

Why is the final 9pm-10:45pm? Just like civilian final, why no extra 15 minutes?