BB4 was great and the winner was and still is a really nice guy. you are just jumping on a bandwaggon

I think most people agree that BB4 was the most boring ever!

Guys you're being too harsh on the OP.

He is saying that ideally BB should represent Britian, which would mean the majority being white, British and straight.

You have to agree, in theory at least, that's the ideal; it's fair and representative of the UK population.

Your odds, in terms of being a categorized applicant (which inevitably you are to some extent) will be the same no matter what you are.

e.g.) Assuming a proportionate sample of HMs that accurately reflect Great Britian:

10 HMs selected as being associated with a certain type
2 HMs selected as being associated with a certain type

etc.

But of course, with the 10 HMs chosen, they had to battle with 5 x the no. of applicants as the 2 chosen HMs from the second type.

Because whether you like or not, there is a strong degree of 1-D selection in BB applicants. They WILL see you firstly and primarily as e.g.) a black, gay, posh person, if those are characteristics of yours.

He used the word "ALL"

Everyone's perception of ''regular'' is different. For instance, you probably look at Marcus or Maxwell and think of them as regular, but I think they were both mental, scummy members of the underclass...

Basically, what you're asking for is for BB to delegate a series with housemates all sharing loads in common with yourself. Sorry buddy, but you're too insignificant to ever see that happen.

Arent Marcus and Kris white straight men?

What the hell? This thread is wrong lol

No (and you are not following the thread) I am stating a fact that the vast majority of the BB audience (90 odd percent) are white, straight, British and have no desire to become a z-lister.

why not reflect that in the house?

LOL the white englishmen is the minority in England nowsdays.

Mark my words the way the government is running our country by 2020 the white englishmen will be the old one out.

I'mnot racist in any way im just pointing out fact that everyone if their eyes were open would see.

How on earth do you know? :laugh2:

90% of audience? where are these figures from exactly?

just reflecting the UK population

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_British

On a surface level with regards to the applicants, there is always going to be some degree of regulation with regards to the types of HMs chosen.

They are always gonna need some minorities, sufficient numbers of white and/or British people, mixture of people with differing sexuality, some hot girls, etc. They will always be selecting a cast.

You're basically, to a large extent, auditioning for a certain role in the show. You might not be totally clued up on what that role is, or how closely you are going to fit that role. But that's what you're doing.

You aren't really applying as an individual, but as a categorized person. If you're a hot blonde b*tchy chick, then you will be (aware of it or not) applying for a role set by BB, which most closely resembles that.

It isn't really 'well this girl is cooler than that girl, so we'll take her, even though we've already chosen 3 other girls very similar to her.'

As Marcus said, you get on via fulfilling a 1-D role that BB were looking for. You probably aren't all that special, fascinating or unique; unless that's a component of the role you were chosen for.

The only key difference is; unlike with actors, you are pretty much that role by default and thus can just be yourself. Actors have to mould themselves into the appropriate character to play that role. But Karly will just need to be herself, Freddie as himself, etc. The character setting is automatic for BB HMs.

About 60% of the population are white and straight, yet he thinks 90% of the BB audience is white and straight. :laugh3:

This guy's just embarrassingly thick...it's not his fault. :laugh2:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_British

In 2005 the Dept. Of Trade and Industry, trying to assess the impact of the New Civil Partnership Act, and reviewing various surveys, produced an estimate that 6% of the general population could reliably be identified as gay.

Oh come one, BB4 was easily the worst of them all, even the BB producers don't like to talk about it! Ironically, the only interesting bit in it was the swap over of a housemate with Africa.:laugh:

BB10 is shaping up to be my favourite BB ever, and I'm pretty sure that has to do with the diversity of race and sexuality which bring more interesting people, rather than just white and straight, which I have nothing against obviously, but would get very boring.

The world is a diverse place, that's what makes it interesting, and BB should reflect that, and has done so very well this year.

Oh Dear no Marcus HUNTING Noirin ..... how dull
No Roderigo subliminating his passion with anger .......how dull
No Scree screaming for Ice Cream ..... very dulll
No Lisa ... a woman scorned venegeful over her loss of her one true love.. Noirin how very dull
None of Benezair's street talk I'm in danger of repeating myself .......very very dull :shrug:

Agree, Strangest thing here is I'm a quite a BB fan yet I didn't really watch BB4 YET! a girl I was in school was in that show Lisa, and it still didn't intrigue me to watch it (poor girl was well slated and undeserving too I may add)

I'm not sure why the OP thought his/her thoughts would be good, but it certainly turn out to be a good subject of discussion.

No matter what anyones viewpoint on the house mates or future h/mates, the show is not attracting the audiences it used to, I personally think it is turning into a freakshow, white and black, it needs serious work on it if it is to survive much longer!
Lisa yelling like a drunken chav does not attract viewers!

I do think that rather than sit all day bored that they should at least learn something. Basic geography would be good for them all

I thought that this would be the last BB contract ending? However, if there are to be more shows, do you think it be good if public choose HM via their VT or something would be good idea? A program a couple of months before show where we get chance to choose them, or selection that producers then choose from. This way public are involved from onset.

straight 90%
white 85%
straight AND white = 90% times 85%
= 75.6%
Not that it moves the argument forward at all.
Producers will pick hm who are in one way or another extreme. Picking a house full of "average" hms wouldn't be that entertaining. I couldn't care who they get in there as long as they're fun to watch. eg Sophie/kris were rubbish to watch... not because they were straight and white but because they were a bore.

but it is the extreme ones that they pick that always turn out to be the dullest ?

like Lisa and Angel for example

No, it is not. I know more ethnic people that watch then white people.

I think you need to brush of on the zeitgeist buddy. "White,straight,British" stopped being such a large percentage of the population many years ago. If I was to gues, I'd say that the group you mention is closer to 55 - 70 percent of the population. That means at least 1 in 3 people fall outside your category of what is "normal"