Voting disabled for non Brits?
 

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I was able to vote last night and still have credits left... just went to empty my balance and i get this:

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what about my damn credits tho?

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...canadian btw.

I didn't think non-Brits could ever vote at all? It's our show after all. Good job it has been restricted.

Anyone that watches the show should be able to vote if they want to.

Not sure why its been stopped

I dont get that at all..if you watch it, you should have the right to vote on it no matter where you come from
''Its an english show yanks should **** off'' ..**** that those type of comments are so stupid

It's always been restricted for me.

but if we Brits watch other country shows surely we are allowed to vote as we wish?

ooo get you, its my ball, and Im not letting anyone else play with it...:spin:

I'm sure Brits were able to vote in X Factor US for the first series, not sure if I've made that up.

I got that page last year when I tried to vote on BB12, but this year I've been able to vote no-problem.

Ok, I managed to use a program to shield my IP and it allowed me to finish up my balance.

I didn't know anyone who lives outside of the UK or Ireland could vote
voting should only be for people living in the UK or Ireland, whatever their nationality
theoretically if a chinese celebrity was in the UK CBB and even just 10 percent of China decided to vote them a winner, it will be contest over since 10 percent of China is twice the size of the UK
I know that's unlikely but it's possible
it will descend into a eurovision type situation where people vote by nationality

Well in bbus they never let me vote online for who should return :/

Really?

It's always worked for me and others I know from the UK that have voted.

It seems to be working again just fine... I couldn't vote last year, i just thought they decided to open the voting worldwide this year. Odd that some of you cant vote.

If that is the case though we shouldnt ask our fellowmen to be in our shows. It could be an obvious fact that the majority of Brits could vote for Brits therefore any other culture doesnt have a chance to win and those Brist who have voted for them have wasted their money. To spin the coin then we shouldnt be allowed in other cultures shows.....we cant have it all ways. I love to see other people taking part with our own.

The TWAT, responsible, is a USA-TIT.

PLZ don't *UNLOAD* your **** in this country.


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In London I could vote for BBUSA. Now in the USA I can vote for BBUK. I still can :)

This. I just think it robs the show of being a UK show if people in other countries are allowed to vote on it. After all it is people in the UK who pay their TV licenses, we have to put up with all the adverts and other stuff. Sorry but the idea that somebody in a different country could change the outcome of a TV show aired in the UK for the UK just seems wrong.

I feel unloved :bawling:

For BBC TV and Radio.

This is fraud and has been reported to channel 5, offcom and press ,by several people from channel 5 facebook

Report it to offcom Loads from channel 5 forum have address for channel 5 complaints bigbrotheruk@channel5.com ,it is FRAUD

Legally they cannot vote, it is fraud ,report it here bigbrotheruk@channel5.com

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It's not fraud if it's letting them do it. Which I guess it is. I haven't checked this year, but I know last year I wasn't able to. That may have changed.

People on here have openly said they have used forged ,not their own Ip addresses ,this is fraud,It is not letting them do it with their OWN ip`s

LMAO it works fine without an IP shield. :joker:

you can remain pressed and obsessed.

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So why did you post this comment " Ok, I managed to use a program to shield my IP and it allowed me to finish up my balance. " you forged your ip address to vote ,USA votes are NOT allowed legally in UK bb ,your message has been forwarded to channel 5

That gif had me in hysterics :joker:

LMAO because their app was down on their servers. Clearly thats why it glitched which initiated this thread. It's working again, yes i said again cause C5 did no block foreign votes, without an IP Shield. Using an IP shield isnt illegal or fraud, it just means you are clever enough to think of it.

...anyway, how mad are you at last nights results?

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Can people outside the UK/Ireland vote?
 

I was just wondering if people living outside of the UK and Ireland can vote in CBB. I personally don't think they should be allowed to vote. I think voting should be restricted to only people living in the UK and Ireland, whatever their nationality. The reason is that if anyone around the world can vote it can potentially turn into a situation where people from abroad vote for the celebrity from their own country because of national preference or because that's the only one they really know and the larger countries will have more influence.

Hypothetically if there was a chinese celebrity who comes onto UK CBB and even just 5 percent of the population of China decide they want to make him win then it's contest over because 5 percent of China is the same as the entire population of the UK. He will definately will purely because of nationality.
International voting is subject to nationalist bias and can't really work.

Thinking back to the CBB where Shilpa won. I don't know if voting was open to the international audience too but if it was then maybe with india being almost as populated as China, and she is a big celebrity there, that indians voted in large numbers and influenced the vote.

If you watch BB you should be allowed vote no matter where you're from
Leaving people out cus they are from different countries is just stupid

I doubt very many Americans watch/care about BB tbh not enough to influence the vote anyway. I don't even think they can vote anyway, I know a few American members here have said they can't.

I can see this being used as the excuse though if the Twins or Michael win :rolleyes:

I can't :hmph:

I live in America and I can vote. I don't see why I shouldn't be able to - it's my favorite show and I have as much right to be a part of it as you do. I can't exactly help living here.

You would think the British public would be happy their show is popular in other countries. I wonder why you can vote though but other Americans on here can't

Exactly!

KKK meeting said he can't vote. :suspect:

O_o

in principle yes you should be allowed to but in practice there are problems associated with international voting
I know that most americans don't watch CBB UK but let's say they could vote, then in a country of 300 million, if americans who are fans of Michael Madsen or the twins decide they want them to win and organise to vote in large numbers then it's not really fair on the british housemates

perhaps it's less true for americans but for other countries, like the example of China I gave in the opening post, it could be a potential problem