Brekkies' Big Brother 9 (COMING SOON: Celeb BB series plan)

[Brekkie]

Hello. Firstly, Sketch-up has beaten me so they'll be none of that here - and my graphics design isn't too hot so it'll be more about giving you the general idea rather than wowing you with graphical wizardry.

That said though you will get a houseplan - and you will get a series outline - when it's ready! LOL


To start with though we have the eye. I've redesigned it and made it simpler - and a bit funkier IMO. It's also now just one solid shape - no extra eye-lashes down the bottom.

I want to move away from the idea of a new pattern each year - so the eye will be used differently throughout the promos and series itself. It's going a bit minimalist - a very simple eye in the centre of the screen.


Let's start with a couple of press shots - very simple, white on black or black on white - versions with and without the text.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/nine4.jpg


Next the eye flashes - the first time it's seen on screen. I want to move away from the traditional structure of the promo campaign, but the eye flashes will retain elements of it. Basically, again it's a very simple logo - but hidden behind it are sneak peaks of the house. It animates in a way similar to the Skins logo.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/nine5.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/nine6.jpg


That's your lot for now - I've not been here long but I know the standard practise is too tease and milk these things as long as possible. :wink:


Next: More shots of the eye in use

[monkeymadness]

this is the best eye we have seen so far i think apart from conor

[Brekkie]

Thankyou.

(I'm not even going to attempt to out-do Conor - he's ace!)

[Harry!]

Like the black/white ones but not the ones with the backgronds in.

[Riz]

oh wow i like the way youve changed the template its HOT!. lol

[Conor]

wow! These are nice Brekkie! Weldone! Personally I think your eye is much better than mine, love the template change!

[Spike]

I love that eye, looks great

[Brekkie]

Thanks for the comments so far, especially on the eye.

Bit of a mental block at the moment I'm afraid, but getting there slowly. In the mean time, an idea of how the countdown ads will work (don't get too excited!). Well, I say ads - they're simply, emphasis on the word simply, incorporated into the eye flashes:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/nine8.jpg

The text basically slowly separates and then disappears - all in a 2-3 second break flash.


Advertising campaign
I'm not clever enough to actually create the main ad campaign but I'll describe it. It's called "The Mark of Big Brother".

The idea is to emphasise that housemates are taken from all walks of life. For example, we have a classroom where a teacher has disappeared - with the only evidence being a chalking of the BB eye on the blackboard (not that schools have blackboards nowadays LOL).

Similarly we could have a lumberjack (example), disappearing off into the trees - with the BB eye left behind etched into the tree. Or a farmer, nowhere to be seen - with just a BB eye crop-circle left behind. There would be 4-6 variations.

You get the idea - it's a rip off of the mark of Zorro. But I think it would be quite effective - and also a campaign which creates the hype without actually revealing too much.


Series length
I'll reveal a bit more about my series plan though. I'm cutting it to 90 days, to begin on Sunday 1st June. Firstly, I believe by just making it four days shorter I can have 25% less housemates than the last couple of years (dependent on quitters), and secondly I think a Sunday launch gives the show the opportunity to build audience throughout the first week before the inevitable weekend dip.

The premise of the series too is more about "re-establishing" Big Brother, rather than "reinventing" it. I believe they screwed it up so much last year it really needs to find it's feet again first before attempting any major change. Of course they'll be a few twists and format changes throughout, but the focus is more on concentrating on doing what they do, well.

NEXT UP: The titles or the floorplan, whichever comes first. Oh, and we're going two storey BTW. if Elstree can't build out, they're building up - and it's amazing how different the house would be with a second storey.

[Sam1994]

I love the advertising campaign, it is a wonderful idea. :hugesmile: I also love the eye!

[MR.K!]

love it.. cant wait to see more. well done !

[Brekkie]

The floorplan is coming - it was practically finished but then I watched Grand Designs and got house envy - something there I definately want to nick!!!!

Apart from that though I'm very happy with it - and definately think moving up to the second floor just gives the house a whole new feel.


Not 100% happy with this at all, but a general idea for the end of the titles:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/nine7.jpg

Still needs alot of work but the basic layout is there - small eye in middle, text logo underneath (which slowly separates) and a blue/black colour scheme, with the outside of the eye logo repeated. It would animate out of the main eye. I'll come back to them later though - or if anyone wants to take my logo and create something themselves, please feel free to do so.


Hopefully then will have the floorplan complete in the next couple of days, but here's a teaser - the first floor...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/teaserplan.jpg

Housemates enter through a corridor and arrive on the balcony, which overlooks the main living area. There is a small seating area on the balcony.

Then there is the bathroom to the left, which has a glass wall which overlooks the main living area (though shower area is made a bit more private), while on the right we have the first floor bedroom, which sleeps 5 housemates.


I'll post the ground floor layout by the end of the week.

[Brekkie]

Good news bad news guys. I've got the builders in as Matt has very kindly agreed to sketch-up my house for me - though I'm sure he'll regret it when I tell him the angle of the stairs is 1° out and get him to start again! :laugh:

So I'm going to hold off revealing the rest of the floorplan at the minute. In the mean time then I'm going to go into more detail about the plans for the series itself.


As I've said before it's more about re-establishing the show than reinventing it - so it's going to be about rediscovering our love for Big Brother. There will still be new features and the occasional twist, but the backbone of the series will be the core format of nominations, evictions and tasks - though this year more competition will be encouraged.


As I've said, it's 90 days and launches on Sunday 1st June, which conveniently means the first eviction takes place on Friday 13th!!!! 13 housemates will move in on launch night - oh, and the jackpot is going up to a more desirable £250,000.

More later.

[Brekkie]

RULES
The basic rules remain unchanged. Nominations will generally be the traditional method - nominate two, two with the most votes up, public evict.

Discussion of nominations remains banned, but the three-strike rule returns to deal with rule breakers. Three strikes and your out. No exceptions.

Any quitters or kicked out housemates are replaced by Big Brother directly as soon as possible.

And of course, no contact with the outside world.


HOUSE RULES
Nobody likes the phrase "back to basics", but that will be a key feature of the house set up. Hot water is back to one hour a day during the morning, although housemates can buy extra hours through their shopping budget.

And with food there is a big change - ready made food is banned, so everything they eat they make from scratch. It's not going to be advertised as the selling point of the series - but it's one of those changes which should help change the feel of the show and remind both housemates and viewers of the original ideas behind the show.

Apart from that Big Brother stays out of the running of the house - as much as possible is down to the housemates. Only other major rule is on eviction night only the evictee can climb the stairs - meaning we don't have that annoying "Housemates please close the front door" announcement at the end of the countdown.


TASKS
Tasks will once again be put at the centre of the format, with the general format being a weekly task for the food budget (Sun-Wed) and the Saturday Challenge for luxuries and other prizes, along with the occasional additional challenge. There will be some key challenges throughout the series which are far more important than others.


HOUSEMATES
As I've said, 13 housemates will move in on launch night. The format accommodates three more moving in later in the series (like death and taxes, new housemates are inevitable) - with just four remaining in the final week. Six has been far too many in recent years, and I still remember the final weeks of BB1-3 far more than I remember those of recent years which supposedly had more housemates to be more "entertaining". Having just four finalists forces the final four to really live together - whether they like each other or not.

[Brekkie]

OK, changed my mind about waiting for Matt to sketch-up for me. As with all builders, that's going to take a bit of time and I think if I'm going to press ahead with a series outline I need to have the floorplan to refer too. It then at least gives you some idea of the layout.


So here is THE HOUSE

As I've mentioned, it's two storey. Upstairs accommodates the entrance, a balcony over the living area, the bathroom - with a glass wall over looking the living area, and the upper part of the bedroom, which has a separate staircase linking it to the downstairs bedroom too.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/upplan.jpg
Upstairs

No bath this year - but a good sized double shower. And I've deliberately made the upper bedroom sleep just 5 so they can't simply divide themselves between the two sleeping areas on the basis of male/female.


Moving downstairs, and as well as the staircase in the bedroom there is also a staircase in the living area too - and on eviction nights all other housemates must remain on the ground floor as the evictee heads off up the stairs for the exit. That means no housemates can hold up proceedings by keeping the front door open.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/downplan.jpg
Downstairs

The lounge is at the foot of the stairs, with the kitchen next to the bedroom and dining area looking out on the garden. The diary room is accessed via a corridor under the stairs, while the store room is tucked away under the balcony.

Glass double doors lead into the lower part of the bedroom, which sleeps eight.


And then we go outside into the garden - bigger, to ensure more room for tasks with a reasonably sized outdoor pool too. Smoking area to the left, sun loungers and outdoor dining area to the right.

In the "room with no name" (yet LOL) in the garden we have the gym, a hot tub and a sauna, along with a shower - but this won't be available to housemates from the offset. It will be glass fronted with doors that open it up to the outside (similarly with the house), but it's possible a screen could be used to keep it hidden from view for the first couple of weeks or so - or Big Brother could leave it all on view and just not let anyone in!


Think that's everything explained - not made any decisions on décor or anything yet - it's the layout more than the look I'm more interested in.

And just to make things a bit easier, an all in one plan - red area is upstairs, rest is down.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/bigbrother/tibb/mainplan.jpg

NEXT: The series pans out...

All replies appreciated...

[Conor]

Ooh, LOVE this house plan Brekkie! Weldone! Cant wait to see more now :) The screen hiding the Luxury room is such a good idea

[Jack]

I love the floorplan. Looks very well thought out and professional. I really like the eye too.

[Brekkie]

Thanks - I'm really happy with it, especially as I think it proves Elstree could be more flexible by adding a second floor, and I've deliberately kept that area quite small to keep it a bit more realistic considering how much the roof slants!

[Spike]

Love it, really like the circular shape of the grass. Its great :thumbs:

[Matt]

The floorpan is great - love the idea of the luxury spa/gym/sauna area. The whole project is shaping up brilliantly. I can't wait to read your series plans :thumbs:

[Brekkie]

The Series begins...
I'd better start this series plan then before BB9 comes along and uses all my ideas first! :rolleyes: So cue alot of waffle and several contradictions about what I said earlier. I'll try and stick to the key elements as if I go into too much detail I'll run out of ideas by week 4, so with tasks especially I'll just suggest a few, not ideas for every week.


Sunday 1st June: Launch Night
13 housemates move in during the live launch show, which essentially follows the same format as recent year - but would be a bit slicker in production - as I'm in charge, not those so called professionals at Endemol.

The luxury spa/gym/sauna area remains hidden from view at the start of the show, but the rest of the house is open and available to the housemates.

No twist itself plays out on opening night but Davina hints at a couple of things for the viewers. Firstly, Big Brother will providing the housemates with food and a roof over their head for the next few months - so expects something in return.

And secondly, she informs us she'll return on Friday where we'll discover just how far the housemates will go to avoid being the first evictee.

to be continued...

[Brekkie]

Week 1

As has been the case for the last few years, the housemates enter with just the basics and receive their suitcase from Big Brother later - or not.

Shortly after moving in they'll soon realise that this year it's not just food they have to buy either. It's itchy blankets on the bed - if they want comfy duvets, they'll have to buy them. And if they don't pay for hot water, well it's cold showers all round.


On Day 2 they get their budget for the first week - a flat £250 to spend on food, hot water, duvets and as many suitcases as they can afford.

However, the old chalk and blackboard is gone - we're going hi-tech with the "Shopping Screen" - with a catch. The longer they take to decide, the less money they have to spend - the available budget will gradually fall as the time passes.


... to be continued

[Jack]

Wow, I'm loving your ideas. They're are simple without being boring. I like the idea of the housemates buying everything.

[Brekkie]

Originally posted by Jack
Wow, I'm loving your ideas. They're are simple without being boring. I like the idea of the housemates buying everything.


Thanks Jack. Simple is turning out to be easier said than done when nowadays viewers expect a twist around every corner - and more importantly you need to ensure the bits between the twists are worth watching too.

[Jack]

It's going back to the show's roots, without taking a step back if you know what I mean. Loveing it so far, can't wait for more. :thumbs:

[Conor]

I abeslutley love it all Brekkie! Weldone :D

I love the first twist!

[Brekkie]

Week 1: Continued

Task: The first weekly task will be more creative based, with the housemates set a challenge to complete. It will basically be something they can't fail, for reasons which will become clear later.

NOTE: In future weeks the "Shopping Screen" will take on a slightly different role, with the housemates able to spend their budget throughout the week. They'll be able to browse through the contents for about an hour a day in the mornings and top up their stock of groceries, but in addition there will be "special offers" which randomly appear throughout the week - and are on screen just a short amount of time, so making a group decision will not always be possible. For example, during the middle of a night a HM may get the opportunity to buy their suitcase in return for the rest of the budget - or BB could be kind and have a brief two-for-one offer the next day.


Nominations: Day 5/6
The core nominations process is the same as ever for this series, with any penalty for discussing nominations being a strike, rather than making up the rules each week. Three strikes and you're out.

One element I want to introduce is the occasional chance for immunity, and in each case HMs would compete for it, rather than one HM completing a challenge in exchange for immunity.

The first chance of immunity comes with the first nominations. Each housemate will make their two nominations and then be given the opportunity by Big Brother to have all nominations against them cancelled - meaning they are immune from the first eviction.

Big Brother will remind the housemates of how much they won in this weeks task to go towards next weeks budget - it'll be around £250-£300. BB will award one HM immunity in exchange for some cash back - with the HM ruthless enough to sacrifice the highest amount winning immunity, and slashing the household budget by that amount.

However - there's a risk to consider two, as if the exact same highest amount is pledged by two or more housemates, they will be up for eviction instead.

The nominations will take place on the Thursday to air on Friday during a live show with Davina, in which the nominees will be announced to the house, along with the revised shopping budget. The first eviction takes place the next Friday, Day 13 - Friday the 13th!!!

And that's Week 1...

[Brekkie]

WEEK 2

Day 7: Saturday
The Saturday challenge returns this year and will offer different prizes each week, ranging from simple luxuries to immunity.

It's going to be a messy, fun challenge which will result in one winner. The prize - a double date, with the winner choosing two housemates to have dinner with.

The catch - the other housemates will then have to ensure it's the perfect date, cooking the food and providing the entertainment.

And after the date there's a movie too - but only one of their dates can join them at Big Brother's drive in cinema in the garden.

Weekly Task
The weekly tasks will take place from Sundays to Wednesdays. This week it'll be a 24/7 challenge called "Power House".

There will be a human hamster wheel which the housemates must keep rotating for 72 hours. If they manage to do so, they will have created enough power to run the house for the series and will win their budget for the week. If they fail, their budget goes towards the electric bill instead.

Friday the 13th: Day 13: Eviction
Unlucky!!!! The first evictee is revealed.




WEEK 3

Day 14: Saturday
With the first evictee out of the way, the screen in the garden is removed and the housemates can see what is up for grabs - the spa, the gym, the sauna.

However, the door remains locked until they complete this weeks Saturday challenge. There are 12 sunken treasure chests in the pool, each with a key which opens another chest.

The housemates must take it turns to unlock a chest and find a key, which they then pass on to the next member to unlock the next chest. The key in the final chest unlocks the luxury room.

Weekly Task
A less exhausting task this week - one about finding out as much about each other as possible. HMs will each outline 10 or so facts about themselves, and then on Wednesday HMs will each be called to the diary room and in one minute must recall as many facts about a particular housemate as possible.

If they lost the Saturday Challenge at the end of the Weekly Task they'd be the opportunity to gamble and unlock the luxury room.

Nominations/Eviction
Regular noms, regular eviction this week, and by Friday we're on Day 20 with the second of the original 13 housemates being evicted.


Next... as inevitable as death and taxes, we've got some new housemates moving in!

[_borderline]

The house plan is fantastic, brilliantly thought out and while adventurous, it fits legitimately with the existing shell at Elstree!

The eye is great too, refreshing yet simple!

[_borderline]

Love the hamster wheel task too, it's been too long since we had something like that!

I used to love the 72 hour tasks, like BB2's Camp Fire task, it ensures there's always something to watch on the live feed and allows the housemates to bond in the earlier days!

[Brekkie]

Thanks borderline, appreciate those comments.

Any more on the updates to the format would be appreciated too please - admittedly there is nothing too amazing in Week 2 and 3 - it's a couple of fairly "normal" weeks, but there are some bigger twists to come.

[Conor]

Brekkie, you NEED to produce BB9! I seriously think you could single handedly save the show for another few years. The tasks, twists and general format/way of life in the house is all so new, interesting, original and clever! I would love to watch a series by your format! :dance:

[Brekkie]

Thanks Conor. When they ring me up I'll get you in to sort the house out then! :thumbs:

[Brekkie]

WEEK 4

Day 21: Saturday Challenge
With the healthier diet this year, by now the housemates will be gagging for some takeaway food - so that is what will be on offer tonight as part of "Big Brother's House Party". All housemates have to do is win their invitation. Only 5 invitations will be available though, but luckily enough they're all "+1", meaning the winners can invite a guest. It's just a shame there are 11 housemates though, meaning one will have to sit the party out.

Sun-Wed: Weekly Task
Not quite sure what, but it'll be one of those tasks where when an alarm sounds the housemates have to rush to a location and do something.

Nominations/Eviction
Regular rules - 11 HMs, two nominations each, two or more nominees, one eviction.


Day 27: New Housemates
Let's face it, they're inevitable - and though ideally you might prefer a series without latecomers, I personally think it's better to send a few in later in the series rather than sending too many HMs into start with. It also gives the series a mid-season boost too.

So, we started with 13 HMs, which is perfect IMO, and four weeks in we're sending in three new housemates. No secret garden, no house next door, no half way house. They go straight into the house.


Big Brother though has a gift for our three newcomers - "Immunity Passes". The holders of the three Immunity passes will be immune from next weeks nomination process - and won't nominate or be eligible to be nominated.

Now, our new housemates would never give up such a prize... Would they?

Comments welcome as always...

[Brekkie]

WEEK 5

Recap... We began with 13 HMs, have so far evicted 3 and last night 3 new housemates arrived and were each issued with Immunity Passes.

Day 28-29: Sat - Mon
On Friday night the three new arrivals were given Immunity Passes, meaning they are safe from this week's eviction...

... Unless of course they are tempted to give them up.


On Saturday morning nine envelopes will be revealed and placed in the house. Each envelope contains a pass of a different kind:

Prize Passes: As the name suggests, they offer the holder a prize. We'd have a couple of prizes worth alot outside the house, such as a Plasma TV or a holiday, and a couple smaller prizes to be won inside the house, such as a phone call home. There are 5 in total.

Pledge Passes: No prizes, but these can be exchanged for immunity in return for carrying out the stated pledge - e.g. cooking breakfast in bed for the week. There are 3 in total

Black Pass:well that's an automatic nomination for this weeks eviction for the one unlucky holder of the black pass.


Over Saturday and Sunday Big Brother will randomly play a siren into the house, at which point one housemate must pick an envelope and come to the diary room. There they will discover it's contents, but must keep it a secret. They can then choose whether to keep it, or give it to another housemate.

Once a housemate has a pass they can't pick another, and the process continues until all nine passes have been chosen, leaving one HM without a pass.


On Sunday the next stage of twist will take place. Each housemate will be given the option to either keep their pass or offer it to one of the new HMs in exchange for immunity.


The HMs will pitch in the order they went to the diary room, and have 30-seconds to convince the new HMs why they should give up their immunity. Remember nobody knows who has what - so even the holder of the Black Pass will have the opportunity to bluff the new HMs to grab onto immunity.


If one of the immunity pass holders opts to swap then they take the prize and the HM pitching take their immunity. If more than one holder of the immunity passes wishes to swap then the HM pitching will decide who's immunity pass they take.


This then continues until all HMs have pitched their passes to the immune trio (who may change a number of times throughout the process). Once someone sacrifices their immunity for a prize though, they are stuck with the prize. They can't tempt the immunity pass holders to swap again.


Once all nine pass winners have made their pitches the three housemates with immunity at that point are safe from eviction, with the nine with Prize, Pledge or the Black Pass stuck with what they have got. For one of them that means an automatic nomination, for anyone who exchanged a pledge pass for immunity it means they've got a pledge to fulfil - and for the rest, there's prizes.


On Monday the ten non-immune housemates will then nominate in the usual way, though the holder of the Black Pass is automatically up for eviction. The three immune HMs are immune for this week only - and cannot nominate.


Hopefully that's not too complicated for you... it probably needs simplifying a bit to be honest, but the basic idea is the housemates have to tempt the newcomers into giving up their immunity - and seeing how far they'd go to do so.

They'll be a weekly task too, probably a fun one where the HMs have to learn something to perform on Wednesday, and then the eviction itself on Friday, Day 34.


NEXT: Week 6

[Brekkie]

Any thoughts or have I confused you all?

[Brekkie]

WEEK 6

We're now down to 12 housemates.

Saturday Challenge
It's Cocktail night - but to win cocktails of the alcoholic variety, they'll have to get through some less appetising concoctions first. Sick buckets at the ready.


Weeky Task: Six of One... Half a Dozen of the Other
This week the housemates are split into two teams of six. They will not be told of the exact task, but will be informed that they should prepare in teams for it on Wednesday, and given the impression it will be something to test them to the absolute limits of physical and mental endurance.

And then on Wednesday the challenge will take place - a selection of children's games.

The winners get the budget for the week, while the losers face the Tin Can Lottery, and can only consume what is unmarked tin cans provided by Big Brother.


Friday - Day 41
Eviction number 5, taking us down to 11 housemates.



WEEK 7

How many housemates can you fit in a Mini?
Possibly beginning at the end of the eviction show, this week's Saturday challenge answers that question, as all 11 housemates have to squeeze into a brand new mini parked in the garden.

And once they're in, they learn the last person out will win the car.


Weekly Task: Body Building
Time for a bit of fun humiliation for the housemates, with some gratuitous semi-nudity thrown in - along with buckets of fake tan.

The housemates will have to learn a number of body building poses, and then at the end of the week each housemate will not only have to perform a 30-second routine including three positions set out by Big Brother. If more than three housemates fail, the group fail.


Day 48: Eviction 6
Another Friday, another housemate booted out - and another week with absolutely no nominations twist.


NEXT: Week 8 and 9, including the biggest twist so far. All comments welcome, good or bad. At least let me know you're reading if nothing else.

[Jack]

Your ideas are fantastic Brekkie, I hope the producers are reading this forum.

[Matt]

Your series plans are fantastic Brekkie. I love the tasks, twists and immunity ideas. Well done!

[Brekkie]

Thanks guys.


WEEK 8

Day 49: Saturday Challenge - The Rank Off
A task which crops up in most series in some forms, where housemates are ranked according to certain criteria - and those at the bottom get very paranoid and arguments follow. Hopefully.

For this challenge there will be ten categories, with one HM called to the diary room to rank each category, with the other HMs having to arrange themselves outside at the same time. For every housemate ranked in the same position, the housemates get a point - and the more points they get, the better the party that Big Brother throws that night.


Weekly Task: Picture That
A 72-hour challenge where housemates have to remain on watch for the period.

Over three days a number of pictures will be briefly shown into the house, sometimes in full, sometimes in part. Housemates will have to keep an eye out for them and have a n easel to recreate the pics.

At the end of the week they will be asked a number of questions about the pics they've seen, with more correct answers meaning more money for the next week.


Day 55: Eviction 7
Another normal round of nominations, with a regular eviction - but it's the calm before the storm...

[Brekkie]

WEEK 9: WHO GOES? ONE HOUSEMATE DECIDES!

(and I'm now realising I should have just outlined the three or four big twists rather than doing a full week by week run down, but hey - not long to go)


This will be a key week for the series, beginning straight after Friday night's eviction. The nine remaining housemates are informed that this week immunity is up for grabs for one housemate - and everyone except for the winner will be at risk of eviction.


The winner will be determined with a series of EIGHT challenges. We begin after the eviction with an endurance based challenge on the Friday night.

Housemates get 1 point for coming first, 2 for second etc. and at the end of the eight challenges, the person with the lowest number of points wins.

One housemate will be eliminated at the end of each challenge, which will be a real mixture of physical, mental and skill based challenges. The first and last challenges are endurance based, with the final challenge taking place on the Tuesday in a live special.


The winner is immune - but there's a catch. This week the viewers will nominate two housemates for eviction - and Who Goes - well it's down to the immune housemate, and the immune housemate alone, to decide.

The viewers would know this, and the immune housemate would also be informed in the diary room. I think also the other housemates would watch on when the announcement was made, but be told not to let on that they know.


Then on Friday it's the eighth eviction and the viewers nominees are revealed - with the holder of immunity deciding who goes.


All comments welcome

[Spike]

Love your ideas, why couldn't we have had this instead of BB8

[Sam1994]

Great ideas! I can tell you've put millions of thought into this, more than the real producers anyway :rolleyes:

[Brekkie]

WEEK 10
And the Executive Producer is bored of his job and resigns. :xyxwave: LOL!

Not quite... but it's not as easy as it looks this Big Brother lark - but hey, I'm not getting paid.


Saturday Challenge: The Chain Gang
Eight housemates, one chain - as long as it takes. The housemates will be chained together until just one remains. They are free to move around the house, but remain chained together until they quit. The winner will get a phone call home.

Weekly Task: Watch and Learn
This week the housemates will have to learn a routine and then perform it on Wednesday. It could be anything - I'm thinking something along the lines of that treadmill music video a few other BB's have done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSmwE9mSaMY

Eviction 9: Day 69
Normal noms, normal eviction

[_borderline]

I like the treadmill task, would've loved to have seen something like that in BB7 with Nikki, haha.

But I think you're underestimating the housemates' endurance - the chained task could quite easily go on for days on end, unless it was made more of an ordeal. Either that or the HMs would come to a consensus and all agree not to bother with the task to allow a particular HM a call home. Same with the mini task, there may only be a few HMs that can drive, and they may already have a better car!

Just shows you that being a taskmaster is not as easy as we may think.

[Brekkie]

Well BB would have temptations to make people quit. Hopefully in this case though the housemates chosen would have some endurance, unlike last year when they'd have given up after 15 minutes.


WEEK 11: Thank god it's nearly over!!!

OK, not going to go in to specifics this week - but for the Saturday Challenge the HMs would have the chance to win a games room, which would be a conversion of the upper half of the bedroom, now that only beds for 7 are required.

Weekly Task: Beat Big Brother
There will be seven challenges to which housemates must challenge Big Brother. Each time BB is defeated, they win food for a day - so win all seven they get food for the week. Any days they don't have food they can only use the mystery tin cans.

Day 76: Eviction
The tenth eviction.


Now six remain, and they'll be a double eviction next week.

[Brekkie]

WEEK 12/13: THE FINAL FORTNIGHT

Saturday: Day 77 - How low will you go?
One guaranteed place in the final week is up for grabs - but at a price.

The housemates will be put into separate booths so they can't see what each other are doing. Each housemate has a button.

The jackpot stands at £250,000 - but the housemates willing to sacrifice the most off the jackpot will win a guaranteed place in the final week.

The jackpot will begin falling by £1000 a second. The housemates must press their buzzer when the jackpot falls to a level they'll no longer accept. The amount they stop at is the amount they will get if they win.

The last person to opt out wins a guaranteed place in the final - and also, if they win, they will get the full £250,000. But they won't know that until after the competition.


Nominations then take place as usual, with three or more facing a double eviction on Friday.


WEEK 13: The Final Four
The final weeks of BB1, BB2 and BB3 were classics - just a handful of housemates remaining forced to get on with each other. And who say's it wasn't entertaining - 7m were watching in the last week of BB3.

IMO since the number of HMs in the last week has increase, they've become less memorable - especially with six as that allowed HMs to remain in their groups, rather than forcing them together. And everyone, including Davina and BB themselves, agrees six on the last night is too many.

So we've got four their until Day 90, when one will become the winner. How much they win depends on the outcome of the task in Week 12.


THE END.

[Sammeth]

Ive waited for all 13 weeks to be posted, so I could read it all at once. Its amazing! Really well done, some truly good ideas here.

[Brekkie]

God, usually when I read back my own ideas some time later I'm usually quite critical of what I wrote at the time - but I'm quite happy with that, even if I do say so myself.

I must say though I have loved BB9 - not been happy with the outcomes of the evictions and think the show is suffering for it now, but on the whole the format and the housemates has been far superior to the last couple of years. Except for the fact we still have seven hundred and twenty six housemates remaining with less than three weeks to go.


Anyway, to update - the schedule:

Sunday: 9-10.30pm - highlights from Fri/Sat.

Mon-Thu: 10.00-10.50pm - highlights from the last 24 hours. I think the show would benefit from being slightly shorter and more focused - there is too much padding in the hour long version - and as 4 minutes of the time cut off is ads, we'd only be losing 6-8 minutes of action from the house. I think ending slightly earlier would help boost ratings too.

Friday: 9-10.30pm - an all in one eviction spectacular. It begins with profiles of the nominees and includes some friends and family chat, a weekly psychological feature and a look back at the week, plus around 40-minutes of highlights from Thursday.

The lines close around 10pm and we catch up with how the housemates have been preparing for the nights' eviction before the evictee is announced and booted out straight away for their interview with Davina. All 100% live.

Having it all in one slot too means it's a bit more flexible so things can be dropped or rearranged to allow time for a second eviction or new housemates moving in etc.

Viewers get Saturday night off, though Diary Room Uncut would air on E4, with just one edition a week.


BBLB - as it is now, Sundays on T4, weeknights on E4. Back to 7.30pm though.

Big Mouth - I believe firmly the eviction should be the climax of the week both for the audience and also the evictee. They shouldn't be carted around the spin offs straight after, they can do that in the next week. Therefore Big Mouth would air Monday to Thursday at 10.50pm.

Big Brother Live - Live streaming is the soul of the show, and it's an insult how much it's been scaled back this year, both on E4 and with the axing of the web stream. Without doubt the web stream would return, as would E4's daytime streaming.

I've no problem with E4 Music airing for 3 hours or so in the morning while the HMs are still asleep, but from 9/10am it should be live streaming through to E4's regular schedule around 4.30pm.


Big Brother's Big Ears - To be honest I think this is a spin-off too far, but it's actually been quite good - especially when Iain Lee was away. I think though it could be sacrificed and it's better to have the evictee appearing on BBLB and Big Mouth rather than on "internet radio", with perhaps podcast versions of BBLB and Big Mouth being made instead.

[Llamajohn]

bloody amezzin!

A few of the tasks confused me, but probably cos its 6am.


just wow!

[Llamajohn]

oh, the word bruddy is a bad one.

I built a two story house sort of...its amazing how much the house shape changes!

I did like a balcony ala US HoH room....with the stairs inside...so you walk up the stairs, along the walkway then thru the door....that makes no sense!

But yes....and again, amazing brekkie!

[Brekkie]

I know - even just putting one room upstairs would make the house feel very different. It opens up the height a bit in the living area too - the ceilings are a bit too low IMO at the moment.

Have you posted your house anywhere Llamajohn - or are you actually a builder and have just "built a two story house" because that's the day job! :bigsmile:

[Llamajohn]

I did it on the Sims and it shall stay there :p

I can just imagine evictees walking up the stairs, and waving to the housemates from the balcony...and arguments involving stairs and different floors are always better.

[Brekkie]

Ooh, I have visions of Darnell being pushed down the stairs and causing himself an injury! :spin2:

Unfortunately I also have visions of the architect getting his arse sued off as a result! :cloud:

[Conor]

Loving the plans as usual Brekkie! I really like the idea to have the Eviction the last episode of the week :)

Has Matt almost finished the house btw?

[Llamajohn]

I can't stop oming back and commenting!

The eye, LOVE IT
advertising campaign, simple and effective!
The other stuff, AMAZING.
The house, WOW, just maybe get rid of the stairs in the bedroom...still WOW.

and your week 10 task sounds familiar :conf2:

[Brekkie]

Originally posted by Conor
Loving the plans as usual Brekkie! I really like the idea to have the Eviction the last episode of the week :)

Has Matt almost finished the house btw?

I'm not sure Matt ever even started it. Builders hey - knew I should have got the Poles in!

[Brekkie]

Mmmm.... keep your eyes peeled...

[Brekkie]

Re-reading this a few months on I'm still quite impressed with myself - but although it was perfect last year for BB9, I'm not so sure it would meet the grade for BB10 - a much bigger revamp is required.

I might pick this thread up though and do a Celebrity BB series plan linked to the original series.


I've decided to get started on my Celeb BB plan and so it doesn't get too confusing I'll be posting it in a separate thread:

Brekkies' CELEBRITY Big Brother 2009 (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=107819)

[Rob]

what a load of ****

[Glenn.]

Originally posted by CBB6fanatic
what a load of ****

Thats not very nice:nono:

[Rob]

Originally posted by Glenn
Originally posted by CBB6fanatic
what a load of ****

Thats not very nice:nono:

its exactly what he said about mine :xyxwave:

[Brekkie]

Yours was **** though. Mine isn't, but obviously you don't take criticism well.

[Glenn.]

Originally posted by Brekkie
Yours was **** though. Mine isn't.

There's no need for insults:nono:

[Rob]

Originally posted by Brekkie
Yours was **** though. Mine isn't, but obviously you don't take criticism well.

i take cristism very well, i ask people to give me it most of the time.

But what you gave me was not cristism

[Brekkie]

12 years on I'm quite impressed with my efforts here - I think something similar to what I suggested harking back to the origins of the show and keeping a core simple format is what a revival needs, but with enough competitive twists to liven it up a bit.

I did a Celeb BB follow up too: https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80270&highlight=

[SelectTV]

Nice work There

[SelectTV]

Nice work There mate 😘😘