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ChristmasNeeve
20-10-2025, 11:47 AM
That conversation Nancy and co were having about Snog/Marry/Avoid and Nancy saying Emily was her type etc. They just happened to have a conversation about her the day before she goes into the secret house? I didn't buy that as being a coincidence at all.

What does everyone else think?

JingleJones
20-10-2025, 11:51 AM
Yeah i was thinking that also.. i’m not saying it was scripted but the timing of it was a bit odd

Vicky.
20-10-2025, 11:54 AM
Yea I thought the same, too good timing

ChristmasNeeve
20-10-2025, 11:54 AM
Yeah i was thinking that also.. i’m not saying it was scripted but the timing of it was a bit odd

Maybe no scripted as such but.......directed? or prodded?

Vicky.
20-10-2025, 11:58 AM
I think production 'nudge' them a lot these days

Ammi
20-10-2025, 12:02 PM
…yeah I said this as well yesterday , this is all very scripted and I think has been throughout….maybe BB has always been but blended and mingled etc with all of those natural organic interactions it’s worked fine - but atm script is feeling quite a dominant part…

Ammi
20-10-2025, 12:03 PM
…. I mean they’re the production for Love Island, I think…?…which is such a script and formula….

Zizu
20-10-2025, 12:05 PM
Maybe they get prompted or have suggestions fired at them ?

Don’t think it’s scripted

Zizu
20-10-2025, 12:05 PM
Maybe no scripted as such but.......directed? or prodded?


Ahh

You beat me to it ..

bots
20-10-2025, 12:26 PM
there have been loads of times now where the conversation has clearly been pointed in a particular direction. Like i said in another thread, itv are insulting viewers intelligence if they are trying to sell this as BB because the only thing there is in common with the first series is the name. This is not an experiment anymore

ChristmasNeeve
20-10-2025, 12:28 PM
there have been loads of times now where the conversation has clearly been pointed in a particular direction. Like i said in another thread, itv are insulting viewers intelligence if they are trying to sell this as BB because the only thing there is in common with the first series is the name. This is not an experiment anymore

Yeah :(

Ammi
20-10-2025, 12:32 PM
…I’m thinking that what led to George’s ejection/…the night of many debates, the housemates might have been prompted to have those conversations…obviously the exact content and ownership for anything said etc will be the individual housemate’s view but I think that BB engineer these dialogues to happen at that time…they may have done eventually but it’s more ensured by BB…

bots
20-10-2025, 12:37 PM
…I’m thinking that what led to George’s ejection/…the night of many debates, the housemates might have been prompted to have those conversations…obviously the exact content and ownership for anything said etc will be the individual housemate’s view but I think that BB engineer these dialogues to happen at that time…they may have done eventually but it’s more ensured by BB…

I mean .... feed the hm's alcohol, make them play a game where it's going to cause conflict and stand back and wait. I'm struggling to see what's entertaining about that, and it seems to almost be a nightly event

Ammi
20-10-2025, 12:44 PM
I mean .... feed the hm's alcohol, make them play a game where it's going to cause conflict and stand back and wait. I'm struggling to see what's entertaining about that, and it seems to almost be a nightly event

…maybe I’m not recalling correctly but (…I always thought…)…that alcohol had to be figured into the shopping and only affordable on a luxury budget…(…or given for a housemate birthday/party treat…)…but that doesn’t seem to be how it is now…there also seems to be more flowing alcohol this season than in the last two ITV ones…?…

bots
20-10-2025, 12:49 PM
yep, booze was a luxury, i think in the same way that cigs were dished out, only on a luxury budget.

Parmy
20-10-2025, 12:51 PM
And sam and Nancy had already been talking code before BB pulled them up for it..one day before nominations for the fake eviction.


Only thing that surprised me was only o e of them went into the SR.

Ammi
20-10-2025, 12:52 PM
yep, booze was a luxury, i think in the same way that cigs were dished out, only on a luxury budget.

…I don’t know if there are any smokers in the house because it’s something we never see…/…the smoking area…we got a small glimpse of it last season, I believe …I do miss smoking area chats…:love:…lots of highlight shows would end with a smoking area chat/words of wisdom and beyond…:laugh:…

Oliver_W
20-10-2025, 12:55 PM
Hmmm I think they talk about everything and everyone tbh.

In the Drunk Tank
20-10-2025, 01:26 PM
They showed on L&L that Emily has been talked about loads in the house throughout the show so I think it was just another moment like that. They just haven't shown it before

Ammi
20-10-2025, 01:29 PM
They showed on L&L that Emily has been talked about loads in the house throughout the show so I think it was just another moment like that. They just haven't shown it before

…that makes sense also, in knowing that they intended for her to return…so more just out of sync and not necessarily recent highlights…

The Human Santapede
20-10-2025, 01:34 PM
They showed on L&L that Emily has been talked about loads in the house throughout the show so I think it was just another moment like that. They just haven't shown it before

I agree. The house were often teasing Sam that Emily would be back, and have spoken about her throughout the last few weeks. BB just haven’t shown it before.

ChristmasNeeve
20-10-2025, 01:36 PM
They showed on L&L that Emily has been talked about loads in the house throughout the show so I think it was just another moment like that. They just haven't shown it before

I agree. The house were often teasing Sam that Emily would be back, and have spoken about her throughout the last few weeks. BB just haven’t shown it before.

fair enough, maybe it was just that then

Molly biggles
20-10-2025, 01:39 PM
From the clips on L%L it looks like they've always spoke about emily and the ghost of emily. Just wasnt relevant to be shown in the edit whereas now it obviously is

Zizu
20-10-2025, 01:42 PM
From the clips on L%L it looks like they've always spoke about emily and the ghost of emily. Just wasnt relevant to be shown in the edit whereas now it obviously is


Agreed

Ammi
20-10-2025, 01:47 PM
…we so much live in the land of conspiracy theories atm, is the thing…/…trust no one…

Shaun
20-10-2025, 01:57 PM
To be fair they were looking at the housemate picture wall and choosing "one from each column" during this conversation as well.

Not that I'd say the conversations aren't steered at all by producers :laugh: but in this instance I think it cropped up kinda organically. The fact it was aired when it was one of 10000s of throwaway comments made by them during the day was just savvy editing I suppose.

Merry Mockmas
20-10-2025, 11:23 PM
That conversation Nancy and co were having about Snog/Marry/Avoid and Nancy saying Emily was her type etc. They just happened to have a conversation about her the day before she goes into the secret house? I didn't buy that as being a coincidence at all.

What does everyone else think?

I'm with you 100%

Plus it was probably another sad attempt from BB to try and make Nancy seem interesting.