Talking about noms
 

We all know its wrong but this week the noms are up for grabs due to the task and the bunker crew. However Danny, Cristian, chloe and their leader Jack, with Joel and nick in the background with jade, are setting up future noms by openly planning a vote strategy prior to the ensuing weeks nominations, which is bang wrong.

Why doesent BB do something as these twats are forming an unbroken alliance which will get them all into the finals.

Talking about noms should not be against the rules anyway

But it is

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Meh they don't need to talk about it to know that they're all going to be going for Marc, sam and Simon once they get their nomination rights back

...and it shouldn't be, which is my point.

Just because something's a rule or law doesn't make it right or mean we have to put up and shut up. Women voting used to be illegal, that doesn't mean it's right.

They should be reprimanded for it. We will have to see in tonights highlights show if any action was taken

Careful Jack, weren't you telling people who watched X Factor yesterday that they should just stop watching if they weren't happy with the way they run it? :fan:

BB only takes action when it suits them to do so, they are never consistent

Nominations are largely irrelevant these days as are the rules so it's not really that much of an issue, X Factor concentrating on entertainment over talent is though, nice try :nono:

This is very true especially since the move to channel 5

Not talking about nominations is one of BB strictest rules

there is difference about talking about noms and then talking about a pack mentality and sticking together - the question is - did they break the rules or bend them.?

in your opinion of course, personally i hated when they were allowed to discuss nominations and I hate how they don't stick to normal nominations anymore for the most part

And? It shouldn't be, discussion of noms is far more interesting

Of course, but my initial post was that in my opinion noms discussion shouldn't be against the rules and Chuff's rebuttal was that 'it is', which isn't really a justification :laugh: lots of things are rules that shouldn't be

I know, I was just trying to be smart really, everyone is entitled to have their own thoughts and opinions about shows they watch without being told to watch something else :smug:

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Likewise, a show shouldn't have to change an aspect it's had since the day it started just because some viewers, who've chosen to watch the show regardless, decide they don't like it. They held a vote during BB13 and the overwhelming majority wanted the usual rule reinstated, so it was.

Hardly comparable.

I've always liked the "don't discuss nominations" rule. It stops the show being bogged down in tedious and so called "gameplay". BB15 gave us some kind of insight into BBUK as a full on gameshow and weeks like Chris being the secret power housemate were some of the worst BB I've ever seen.

Having said that, when they all nominate face to face week after week allowing them to follow the crowd, or play nominations into the house, and don't punish rule breaks and let people constantly get away with it allowing them then it's a largely irrelevant and pointless "rule" that is no longer even enforced.

Also, I don't see why BBUK should do things like that to morph into its American cousin. :nono:

Keep BBUK as BBUK please. :smug:

As if the "He/She is playing a game" talk isn't tedious enough. D:

they seem happy to sacrifice the rules if it encourages confrontation, similarly, they enforced the rule with Nick and Jade to create their confrontation with the twins etc

I'm definitely not getting into a discussion about that comparison between female voting rights and this which I knew would be started up when it would be quite obvious to most people that I was using it as an example of how just because a rule exists, doesn't mean it's right or should be agreed with, which is what Chuff's initial rebuttal was. Obviously there's no comparison between a real life democratic social issue and a rule on a reality television show, I'm not comparing like with like, just demonstrating how rules shouldn't just be accepted because they exist. If you agree with them, fine, however 'but it is' is hardly a defence of a rule's existence is it.

Never said they weren't, my point yesterday was that X Factor does primarily favour entertainment over talent, and that if people disagree with that principle and all of the instances I listed, I don't see why they would waste their time watching it. If they want to then so be it, but it doesn't make sense to me. The same doesn't apply to me here because the rule regarding noms discussion is so lax these days anyway and nominations barely ever happen that it's not enough to put me off watching the show.

Yes, but a real world law isn't the same as a rule within a reality show. :laugh:

Especially a show based on a dystopian dictator known as Big Brother. :smug:

I'm fully aware of that, my point is that a rule or law's existence shouldn't just be accepted because, well...it exists. If Chuff had said 'yes it should be a rule, because...' then that'd be fine, but 'well it is a rule' is hardly a justification for its existence :shrug:

Actually that's the best thing this show could do tbh

That talk makes me laugh because barely anyone on BBUK plays a game, but since people are so intent on discussing it every year, they may as well turn it into the game that it should be

But there's already a BBUSA that does that, wouldn't you rather a variety and not two shows that are carbon copies of eachother?

Also, in reply to your last post to me, it does sound like, especially after reading this post that you're trying to change it into something different just like you accused people of doing yesterday regarding The X Factor

I'm good with housemates making strategic nominations (like, nominating on the basis of who they think could win, etc), I actually think having more housemates who recognise that it's a competition and aren't afraid of admitting they want to win would be a good thing.

But I don't want open nomination discussion allowed and voting alliances formed, etc. I enjoy BBUS, but as a separate show entirely.

They allowed people to discuss nominations in BB13 and look how that turned out, absolutely disastrous, the rule about discussing noms should stay as it and they should start enforcing it more severely.

Not really anymore, no. I've had ten years now of watching the BBUK format, it's been good, I've enjoyed it, but let's be honest the show is going down the pan now and is a ten week long mishmash of rule changes and manipulation that doesn't make any sense and is planned hours in advance, and they're most likely never going to go back to the straightforward BBUK format, and the ratings are plummeting, so they may as well adopt something different for a trial run.

Also I'd like to see British people playing that game and I'd like to be given the chance to play myself. The majority of people cast for BBUK in its current state completely oppose the idea of 'playing a game' (for some reason) so if it actually became a game, it'd be interesting to see what they would do about it, who would lie to each other, who would struggle, etc etc.

I don't really understand your last paragraph but if I do then I never accused anyone of trying to change X Factor, just said that this is the way X Factor is and that if people don't agree with the principle of it favouring entertainment over talent, then I don't see why they'd watch? If they want to that's fine, just seems a bit strange to me.

Again, the same doesn't apply here for me because A) the nominations discussion rule is so lax anyway and noms barely ever happen that it's not so much of an issue and B) they will never adopt the US format, so I'll just have to deal with the show how it is, but we can all dream can't we?

I personally found the first two weeks of BB13 the best and thought it went downhill after that

The insiders/outsiders strategising (especially Lydia :love:) was thoroughly interesting and entertaining

I found it deathly boring and incredibly tedious, just like the rest of the series, the only good thing that came out of it was sneaky goddess Lydia, but that's it for me

I find BB as a gameshow completely dull though which is probably 60% of the reason I hated power trip as, whilst some game tactics is fine having endless episodes of theorising and plotting is tedious to me. It's why I'm not a big fan of this week's twist.

I prefer watching strangers trying to live with one another and letting natural dynamics form rather than allowing them to form around a daft twist involving cardboard sets and the worst voiceovers I've ever heard on television.

Jack i have no problem with you expressing your opinion about wanting to change the format of Big Brother (eventhough I disagree with you) but you can't in all honesty say that you wanting to change Big Brother UK into Big Brother USA is in anyway different to people wanting X Factor to be a bit more like The Voice lol it's the same difference but instead of letting people express changes they'd like to see on X Factor you tell them they should watch a different show.

There is though, because the people in that thread were pretending that X Factor does favour talent over entertainment when it doesn't, I pointed out that it didn't and said that if people don't agree with that in principle I don't get why they'd bother watching.

This is different because I know full well we're never going to adopt the US format and can put up with the show as it is, I'm just hypothesising what I think would be good.

This made me laugh but I don't actually know what you're referring to

I never once said they favour talent over entertainment, I said I favoured talent over entertainment.

You're basically telling people that you're right and everyone else who has an opinion is wrong and should just accept it or move on.

Yes you did:

If you prefer talent over entertainment, that's fine, that is an opinion and you're entitled to it. But what I took from the discussion yesterday is that you were trying to say X Factor does favour talent over entertainment, and I was arguing that it doesn't, because it doesn't. If that's not what you think then really the discussion shouldn't have even happened (though I still think that if you prefer talent over entertainment then there's no point watching X Factor, but if it doesn't bother people that much and they can put up with it then I guess there's no issue).

People watching X Factor can obviously put up with how it is as well though otherwise they wouldn't actually be watching. there's nothing wrong with wanting some changes to a show you love though, is there? For me I hated how it was run enough to stop watching just like people have stopped watching BB because stuff going on was enough to make them not enjoy it anymore. At the end of the day if people stop enjoying either show, they will stop watching it, until then though why not voice their opinions on changes they would like?

I always saw xfactor as an entertainment show where they focus on people who have star quality. I mean for example Fleur East she didn't have the best voice but she was the star of the series.She is what X factor was all about. Why? because she entertained us with her performances.

Yes it should. This show is not strategy-based unlike BBUS/BBCan