How many for launch

[Magic]

I think 12-13 is the ideal number.

[Stentionhouse]

Without the live feed, 10. Otherwise it will be impossible to get to know them all with only 45 minutes of highlights per day.

[yasene]

in heat mag it says there are gunna be 16 a few to many i think anyone agree?

[Cody™]

14 MAX.

[BIG-BRO-FAN]

16

[Mister-Darko]

There will be 16, but I'd prefer there to be less.

[Stentionhouse]

With 16 HMs, it will be impossible to even remember everyone's name before the first eviction. How can viewers reasonably be expected to make a firm judgment with the coverage spread so thinly?

[Captain.Remy]

30.

The bigger the better.

No I'm kidding, 14 is fine.

[*mazedsalv**]

14, just like in BB7 Launch, but dont throw as many people as they did during BB7/BB8.

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : *mazedsalv**
14, just like in BB7 Launch, but dont throw as many people as they did during BB7/BB8.

I agree, too many housemates have been added later on. I think 4 like in BB6 is fine.

[Stu]

I think a really high number with absoloutely no housemates added unless needed is the way to go. The original characters are always the best, new housemate twists are almost universaly lambasted, and the idea of 18-24 people jammed under one roof for at least a week could make for some very interesting television.

[Jordan.]

14 :spin2:

[Indierock&roll]

12 i think

[BigOz]

18 :P

[Benji]

Would love 12 housemates......but still on for 13 weeks - this would mean that they would have to put more housemates in - but i wouldnt mind that.

[Patrick]

12 and 14?
You people sure know how to make a entertaining summer :rolleyes:

[Lil-Lindz]

I dont want there to be too many, like 12 and 14 maybe (it has to be an even number though hehe) I think it would be cool if there was 10
as its the 10th series of big brother plus we would get to know the housemates better

[Tom]

14, then on the fourth eviction add in another 3 bringing it up to 13, then they can have a double eviction somewhere down the line and end up with 5 in the final week, evict one mid week and have 4 in the final

[Brad*]

I think that 12 or 13 is about right. 16 HM's was too many to keep up with on the BB9 launch and 10 or 11 people is too little. If you had 12 or 13 going in on launch night, you could add three or four more people throughout the series, that would be perfect.

[max]

14

[Sam!]

13 or 14. Like BB6/BB7.

[BBDodge]

I don't like latecomers (other than to replace walkers and HMs who are chucked out).

So it it's 13 weeks long with 5 in the final they would need 17 housemates to start. If they evict 1 or 2 midweek in the final week, then even more.

That's too many. I'd prefer 14 max with maybe some twists involving no evictions at the start. It's a shame to lose housemates after a week when you haven't come to hate them yet.

[thisisme2008]

I think 14 or 15 is likely but 11 or 12 would be better.

[Stu]

Originally posted by pmccaff2009
12 and 14?
You people sure know how to make a entertaining summer :rolleyes:
Yeah im not sure are their any downsides to putting a high number in on launch night. What do you guys want to do exactly, bring the launch show down to being twenty minuets in lenght?

[crossieKIDD]

Originally posted by Stentionhouse
Without the live feed, 10. Otherwise it will be impossible to get to know them all with only 45 minutes of highlights per day.
i never watch the live feed and i knew the housmates well every year.

[thisisme2008]

Originally posted by crossieKIDD
Originally posted by Stentionhouse
Without the live feed, 10. Otherwise it will be impossible to get to know them all with only 45 minutes of highlights per day.
i never watch the live feed and i knew the housmates well every year.

[Stu]

Originally posted by crossieKIDD
Originally posted by Stentionhouse
Without the live feed, 10. Otherwise it will be impossible to get to know them all with only 45 minutes of highlights per day.
i never watch the live feed and i knew the housmates well every year.
Same here. I think the other argument is a load of bollocks to be honest with you. What about the past 9 years of Big Brother? Again, from the top, because nobody seems to understand : MOST PEOPLE DID NOT WATCH THE LIVE FEED.

[BIG-BRO-FAN]

14 is a good number, 7 males, 7 females

[CallumJoshuaSturt]

10 then lots of newbeez

[Tom]

Originally posted by crossieKIDD
Originally posted by Stentionhouse
Without the live feed, 10. Otherwise it will be impossible to get to know them all with only 45 minutes of highlights per day.
i never watch the live feed and i knew the housmates well every year.

No you never, you just seen biased highlights of what C4/Endemol wanted you to see. They pick their winner from day 1 and viewers must conform to who C4/Endemol want out. Without no live feed, then we are simply being spoon fed just what they want us to see (despite cutting away to different rooms, cutting sound or pictures completely on the live feed when it suits them) and of course live feed is an integral part of BB ... the show cannot survive without it ... WAHHHHHH

Highlights are fine. They might be biased, they might be scripted, whatever. But you try fitting 24 hours into 46 minutes and not making them biased. Plus they're entertaining, the live feed isn't. Even at its worst close to 3m still watch the highlights. That figure completely dwarfs live feed. Noone (in the grand scheme of things) uses it.

[Beastie]

16 im guessing