BB2, most overrated series to date...

[Eddie.]

...does anybody else agree?
The only characters that interested me were Narinder, Helen and to a certain extent, Paul. The only storylines which keep this season going are Amma vs Stuart, and Paul + Helen.
Also, the winner, Brian, is probably the most overrated, I found him extremeley annoying.
All in all, it's the second worst old school and C4 series (with BB4 coming in last obvs.)

[Macie Lightfoot]

BB4 objectively has more going on than 2 tbh.

[y.winter]

IT's the only series I couldn't find fully online. I'm waiting for it to pop somewhere someday. :laugh:

[James]

Probably my favourite series, and the reason this site came about. It was a different show back then though, with less expectation to see nightly drama.

[Amy Jade]

I loved BB2 until Narinder left, after that I struggled to watch.

I never watched it live so it doesn't hold any nostalgia for me either. BB3 was a huge step up.

[Shaun]

I remember reading a lot about it and only being allowed to watch some bits on TV but my family hated it so...

It didn't seem a classic.

[Eddie.]

I loved BB2 until Narinder left, after that I struggled to watch.

I never watched it live so it doesn't hold any nostalgia for me either. BB3 was a huge step up.

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[Eddie.]

IT's the only series I couldn't find fully online. I'm waiting for it to pop somewhere someday. :laugh:

where did you find BB1 and BB4?

[AnnieK]

Yeah agree with James....it was a different show back then. People really started being interested in the show after the Nasty Nick incident in BB1 so it was quite anticipated. The live stream on E4 was great and it was just a good show to watch. I took the final as a days holiday from work so I could watch the live stream all day. It was a great series and when the BB bug hit a lot of people

[Cal.]

It had some classic housemates in Brian, Narinder, Helen (she wasn't much to my tastes but in the public's psyche) and Paul (see: Helen). It did die after Narinder left at the end of the first month and was pretty dull overall.

[Cal.]

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/married-medical-rep-narinder-kaur-became-the-third-contestant-to-be-picture-id830663024

[Alf]

It's proably the most infuencial series for the shows evolution. After series 1 was an experiment which had potential to make another series. BB2 was the template for what was to become of the show.

[Niamh.]

Probably my favourite series, and the reason this site came about. It was a different show back then though, with less expectation to see nightly drama.

Same ^^^

The one that got me hooked. Probably a different experience to go back and watch it though for people who started watching later on

[Eddie.]

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/married-medical-rep-narinder-kaur-became-the-third-contestant-to-be-picture-id830663024

Robbed queen. :clap1:

[reece(:]

It was trash

[y.winter]

where did you find BB1 and BB4?

I've just managed to find and download BB4, and BB1 is also on the way. :cheer2:

[looper007]

No Sorry Eddie, it's nowhere near as bad as BB8, 11 or 4 (which I think is underrated). BB1, 9 or 10 isn't as good either. It's nowhere in the same ballpark as 5,6,7,3 for entertainment but I think BB2 is just fine, I think Brian is one of the best BB winners and housemates there ever was. BB 2 really is the first real BB show, I mean Davina really came into her own with this series, the public were in straight away, big newspapers were having housemates on the front pages, BB was the talk of the town. It started to have that showbiz feel. Although it didn't really kick in until BB3.

It had one of the sweetest romances in Helen and Paul, although wasn't she dating someone else at time. But it did drag people in. Brian was the first real character of the show and the first to really get the fame, although Nasty Nick and Craig and one or two others from BB1 did do well after the show. Brian was the first to make bigger inroads. I think he's still the best BB winner ever.
It's not a great BB but it's fine.

[looper007]

Same ^^^

The one that got me hooked. Probably a different experience to go back and watch it though for people who started watching later on

It's probably tame and not as OTT as later series, even by BB5 it seemed a little old hat. But I like BB1 and 2 have that sort of innocence to them, BB 3 and 4 do too. Yeah some of those shows did have nudity, bad language but the lack of fame hungry wannabes and fake romances and OTT twists is a nice change of pace.

[Marsh.]

The early series can't be appreciated this long after by watching the highlights shows on youtube.

It's why I don't get how people can watch the show for the first time on youtube. Especially the early years.

Much of the BB viewing experience encompassed the live feed, the spin off shows, watching it live and as it happens, as it unfolds. Seeing the evictee all over the TV, newspapers passing comment on what was happening after they left etc.

So someone coming along who was in nappies at the time it aired, watching a half hour highlights on youtube and saying "It was dull" because it's 16 years old and completely different to what the show is now doesn't really mean much.

As for "overrated" I don't see how so? Where are the legions of people hailing it as the best thing ever?

The highest rated seasons on this site tend to be 6, 7, 10, 13 and ones like that.

[Marsh.]

It's proably the most infuencial series for the shows evolution. After series 1 was an experiment which had potential to make another series. BB2 was the template for what was to become of the show.

I'd give that award to BB5, which drastically shook up what the show was after the BB4 flop which led to the type of show it remains today.

[Eddie.]

No Sorry Eddie, it's nowhere near as bad as BB8, 11 or 4 (which I think is underrated). BB1, 9 or 10 isn't as good either. It's nowhere in the same ballpark as 5,6,7,3 for entertainment but I think BB2 is just fine, I think Brian is one of the best BB winners and housemates there ever was. BB 2 really is the first real BB show, I mean Davina really came into her own with this series, the public were in straight away, big newspapers were having housemates on the front pages, BB was the talk of the town. It started to have that showbiz feel. Although it didn't really kick in until BB3.

It had one of the sweetest romances in Helen and Paul, although wasn't she dating someone else at time. But it did drag people in. Brian was the first real character of the show and the first to really get the fame, although Nasty Nick and Craig and one or two others from BB1 did do well after the show. Brian was the first to make bigger inroads. I think he's still the best BB winner ever.
It's not a great BB but it's fine.

it's ok to have your own opinion, you don't need to feel sorry... :)

[Eddie.]

I've just managed to find and download BB4, and BB1 is also on the way. :cheer2:

cool, hope I can watch these two series soon, especially since both of them are a rarity...

[Niamh.]

It's probably tame and not as OTT as later series, even by BB5 it seemed a little old hat. But I like BB1 and 2 have that sort of innocence to them, BB 3 and 4 do too. Yeah some of those shows did have nudity, bad language but the lack of fame hungry wannabes and fake romances and OTT twists is a nice change of pace.

Yeah exactly, it's actually what I miss most in BB but even with going back to basics you could never recreate that

[Niamh.]

The early series can't be appreciated this long after by watching the highlights shows on youtube.

It's why I don't get how people can watch the show for the first time on youtube. Especially the early years.

Much of the BB viewing experience encompassed the live feed, the spin off shows, watching it live and as it happens, as it unfolds. Seeing the evictee all over the TV, newspapers passing comment on what was happening after they left etc.

So someone coming along who was in nappies at the time it aired, watching a half hour highlights on youtube and saying "It was dull" because it's 16 years old and completely different to what the show is now doesn't really mean much.

As for "overrated" I don't see how so? Where are the legions of people hailing it as the best thing ever?

The highest rated seasons on this site tend to be 6, 7, 10, 13 and ones like that.

:worship:

[Cal.]

The early series can't be appreciated this long after by watching the highlights shows on youtube.

It's why I don't get how people can watch the show for the first time on youtube. Especially the early years.

Much of the BB viewing experience encompassed the live feed, the spin off shows, watching it live and as it happens, as it unfolds. Seeing the evictee all over the TV, newspapers passing comment on what was happening after they left etc.

So someone coming along who was in nappies at the time it aired, watching a half hour highlights on youtube and saying "It was dull" because it's 16 years old and completely different to what the show is now doesn't really mean much.

As for "overrated" I don't see how so? Where are the legions of people hailing it as the best thing ever?

The highest rated seasons on this site tend to be 6, 7, 10, 13 and ones like that.

Sorry Gramps!

[looper007]

Yeah exactly, it's actually what I miss most in BB but even with going back to basics you could never recreate that

Most of the auditions are 90% full of people using the show for their own agenda. Producers will always go for the housemates who will create drama, even if it means getting some with past reality TV experience. We will never go back to those innocent days sadly as you said. No normal person would touch BB anymore.

If you wanted it to work and go back to those days, you would need to put it aside for a few years. No celebrity one either. Give BB a 10 or so year rest and get excitement back from the public and press, have the producers actually try and not chose OTT housemates or go through agencies to pick housemates, chose everyday normal people and cut back or twists and stuff.

Could bring back the innocence but I doubt it would attract a audience who love their OTT characters, fake romances and crazy twists.

[Niamh.]

Most of the auditions are 90% full of people using the show for their own agenda. Producers will always go for the housemates who will create drama, even if it means getting some with past reality TV experience. We will never go back to those innocent days sadly as you said. No normal person would touch BB anymore.

If you wanted it to work and go back to those days, you would need to put it aside for a few years. No celebrity one either. Give BB a 10 or so year rest and get excitement back from the public and press, have the producers actually try and not chose OTT housemates or go through agencies to pick housemates, chose everyday normal people and cut back or twists and stuff.

Could bring back the innocence but I doubt it would attract a audience who love their OTT characters, fake romances and crazy twists.

In a way BB created the reality TV monster that has now taken it over, it's pretty much seeped into all the reality shows now, look at IAC for example and CBB, it's the Reality Stars who always do well in them because that's there whole thing, playing for the cameras, getting airtime, faking drama, romance blah blah blah. I'm kind of over it. I wish they would just have actual celebs on these show instead of reality stars who are basically cheating as its their whole job to act as a "real person"

[Mystic Mock]

I only watched a couple of weeks of the series and I remember liking certain things about it but not others as much.

I liked Narinder, I thought that Brian could be amusing, I found Penny amusing and was quite pissed off when she was the first voted off as she was quite crazy.

I also controversially didn't mind Amma, but I know that she didn't seem to be that well liked.

Personally I found Helen and Paul to be quite dull and was only getting footage because of their romance (which fair enough wasn't a Showmance) and I personally couldn't watch Bubble any longer as he really irritated the **** out of me, and I also found Elizabeth to be incredibly dull.

[reece(:]

Narinder, Brian, Amma and Penny were the only ones worth watching

[Cal.]

Oh yeah Amma and Penny were great too.