Yes because producers can't tell how housemates will perform until they are put into the house.Producers can only assess housemates' potential during the audition process.
I don't see why a house 'representative of UK society' would be any more interesting.Maybe BB11 should comprise of Daily Mail readers.
Hira is rather boring but that is to do with her personality and nothing to do with her ethnicity.

She's just a boring woman though, same with boring white/indigenous HM's.

BB will NEVER be representative of society anyway, whether that be ethnicity or sexuality, because the majority of people applying are fame-hungry 20-somethings. It's impossible to get a representative sample, because they all have the confounding variables.

I think it is a very accurate representation of our culture today. When I visit my local shopping centre I feel like a tourist and very rarely hear english spoken.

I agree with the original poster. I just don't think it concerns BB whether the selection of housemates represents the society. They look for people with "personalities" rather than the average person in UK.

what a stupid thing to say

jesus would push you in the sea of galillee to cool off

some people are gay, get over yourself

I think it could be looked at another way : the house represents the "diversity" of society ..if that is so it does not have to proportionally represent sections of society....

the mix of culture, race, religion, class and sexuality also provides an interesting "challenge" and dimension to show ..where contestants are put outside their comfort zone and get to meet people they may not normally socialise with........

i need to dismount my high horse now

Where would you like to go on your break IsleofWeather?

OF COURSE IT IS. YOU HAVE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE IN ENGLAND NOW. NOT JUST CAUCASIONS. I HOPE YOU HAVE REALISED THAT. IF YOU HAV NOT THEN IM AFRAID WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN FOR SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MANY YEARS

This kind of thing wouldn't have even crossed my mind. Another pointless thread from Gavin. yawn.

Nah...i get what he's saying...it would be nice just to see how an all straight household would get on..maybe they could have gay neighbours next door lol
As they say " a change is as good as a rest!!
Cos this concept is getting antiquated & a little boring.

Why, The Village of Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland

You are english be default

[quote]Originally posted by maximusuk

You are english by default

I love how you said 'people' quietly and shouted the rest. :hugesmile:

Bigbrother301, calm down before you get yourself a ban.

And don't post all in capitals.

well well well , once again, another of Gavin's threads has kicked off.

You seem to have it in for Gavin.

I'm a newbie, granted. But from what i have read, gavin asked the question/or made a point that bb is supposed to be a fair representation of british culture...THEY SAY IT THEMSELVES...this year though, it is not...how many fake american accents do you hear when you wander down to liddles eh !!

How many screaming homos do you see when you nip down to aldis for a pound of grapes eh !!

How many russian boxers have you met on your way to the chippie for a battered sausage eh !!


AND WHERES THE WELSH THIS YEAR !!!

precisely

I'm an ethnic minority but I have to agree.

Maths is Maths. Most people in the UK are straight, white and indigenously British, so the majority of HMs should be as well.

I'm not saying it has to be dead exact or anything, but out of 21 HMs so far this year, you'd expect at least 14/15 to be fairly typical of the UK.

Ideally so it's fair for every applicant, in that their chances aren't enhanced/diminished because of their racial background.

But the BB producers may argue that foreign/gay/whatever applicants tend to be more interesting and entertaining in BB terms than straight/white/indigenous applicants, on average.

But who knows. In reality though, out of thousands of applicants, it should roughly balance out in terms of 'types of applicants' being comparably suitable for BB. I wouldn't imagine that one type would be much more amazing than another, overall.

I mean they've cast all types throughout the shows pretty much, with success, and also failure!

deja vu anyone?

They've gone for people who are interesting ... not "representative". Average people are be definition average and the producers want extreme characters. Why do you think that it needs to be a " fair representation of our country"... nobody thinks these muppets are representative of people in the UK so don't over thing it and just enjoy the tragedy .:P

I think this thread is a good representation of our country. There are plenty of intelligent, thinking people who realise that idiots come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Unfortunately there are also a couple of uneducated, right wing, BNP-voting plastic-Nazis who forget that this country fought a war against fascists just a few decades ago. And it's those people who make me ashamed to be British.

nice work

Yes that's what I mentioned above. Maybe because the ones that don't tick the usual boxes of most average people, tend to be more interesting/entertaining. But I felt that in general this wasn't the case, for large samples. I mean out of thousands of applicants, there's gotta be some interesting/entertaining 'typical' people; you only need 14/15 or so, can't be too hard.

this country as also just murdered 500,000 inocent iraq's
there are also black only political groups in this country
there are also asian only political groups in this country
so if your gonna call bnp right wing nazis i think you should also direct it at these.