I don`t care if their normal or not just as long as their great housemates, we didn`t hate last years housemates because they were in the media but because they were horrific people

He's a Tory, I believe. Looks like he is @JoelTory on Twitter?

i just want people with an education and not thick ignorant potato heads who do not know the basics

Thing is you see people moan and say this cast should be on CBB because they've been on TV. Yet if any of this cast were actually on CBB the same people would moan they are not celebs and don't deserve to be on CBB.

It's as normal of a cast as we will get on BB these days. Gone are the days you will get a house full of people who have never been on TV and have no connections to agents and celebs. As long as we don't recognize any of them (which I'm sure 90% of viewers do not) then they are 'civilians'.

The only thing I care about really is if they are a good and entertaining cast. Couldn't care less if one has a TOWIE friend or one went on a gameshow 5 years ago, if they are a good housemate that's all that counts.

They aren't classic Big Brother housemates. They aren't REAL people like Jade or Pete.

lmao what does "Real people" even mean??? How can someone not be real?

I think we would all like to go back to the days where people went onto the show without an so much of an agenda. However, what I think people forget is that the media landscape is not as it was 10 years ago in the early days of Big Brother. There are now an abundance of shows in which the most 'normal' of people can be catapulted into the limelight, whether it's just because they appeared on TOWIE or in a game show.

From looking at their bios, we have a relatively normal bunch this year, whilst there are a few people mixed in who have been on our TV screens before. It's so easy for people to try to become a 'celebrity' these days, and thanks to social media it has become easier for people to be in the 'spotlight', per se.

We are never going to get another series of Big Brother where literally everyone has no media background to a certain extent. Big Brother as a format is not what it used to be, either, and people tend to go on the show with some sort of agenda these days.

Personally, I think people should stop complaining and face up to the reality that there is always going to be a mix of some housemates who have some sort of media background.

Fantastic post :clap1: :clap1:

Also people moaning that they had links to famous people i dont understand if they went on CBB you would moan and if they go on Normal BB you moan they shouldnt be there because of there links.

Can somebody tell me why a person should not be allowed on Civillian BB because they have links to famous people/low rated TV shows

I swear one if them even has a radio station, that's a bit extreme & also I can't find any of their auditions in YT. What does this mean then???

people has to be blind to not realize this is the biggest group of recruits ever, doesnt matter how people try to spin it.

I tink it's a great mix of housemates. Quite varied. At least they're not all model types. They seem quite normal.

Stop forcing your views down others throats

We are fully aware that they are recruits. The same can unfortunately be said the majority of C5 housemates. I couldn't care less that they are recruits as long as they can entertain me for 10 weeks.

A cafe girl is not a recruit
A fast food worker is not a recruit

All the good ones are gonna get evicted early anyways.

I agree with the Facebookers, I don't understand C5's logic at all and I'm so angry at them for ruining a great show, especially when their celebrity series' are brilliant!

This could be the exact same cast as any other channel 5 series, there's nothing special about any of them, they're just young beautiful people. The old woman is destined to leave within a fortnight and the old bloke is a character I've seen 20 times over.

I dont see why people watch if they are going to constantly moan

There hasn't been one episode yet?

Just read their bios. 80% of them have some sort of claim to fame. It's like they aim for an unrealistic cast. Channel 5 basically give us three celebrity series' nowadays, 2 of which for people ending their career and one of them for people hoping to start one.

One of these has their own radio show, one is a councillor and publishes his own magazine, two of these is obviously fame hungry hence revisiting a place where shes treated like a celeb and the other being a self-proclaimed bitch. So your left with 5/14 normal people at best and even then, they're not reflective of the UK. They're just beautiful people with spare time. Same as every other C5 series.

[QUOTE=Withano;7754651]One of these has their own radio show, one is a councillor and publishes his own magazine/QUOTE]
And??? What's wrong with that. It's like people aren't alowed to have a decent job. Having your own radio show hardly qualifies as being a celebrity, maybe well known amongst your local area but not famous. Also, didn't Eugene have his own radio show iirc?

Actually the fast food worker was on Deal Or No Deal every day for nearly six months last year.

anyone can go on deal or no deal, doesn't mean anything

It honestly doesn't bother me as much anymore. None of them are really that famous, aside from a few bits and pieces, personally I didn't know any of them before this, but then again I don't watch a load of things on TV etc.

As long as they are fun housemates, it doesn't bother me. I've been hoping for a more light-hearted and comedic series, and this looks like the perfect bunch. They've all got really good qualities to them, and I've enjoyed reading the snippet of interviews we got from Digital Spy.

This is the first time in quite a while where I actually like a lot of the housemates before the show has even started.