Is Annihilation Week a step towards the adoption of a BBUSA format?
 

Just wondering if this is a sort of trial :think:

I do hope so. But if they're going to go that way next time, they really need to stick to the rules of BBUSA, and not throw in these half-arsed twists. Maybe they should use a shorter CBB to fully test out the HoH, PoV and eviction rules.

you say that like they have never let the housemates decide who goes before

With any luck eh?

I hope not.

Not really. They've done it before. It's a channel 5 obsession now.

Along with "secret" rooms, cash give aways and face to face noms.

The HoH room to be revealed post-series a la the BB8 washing machine?

Not sure, I don't know if it's so much a trial, as it is a coincidence that the latest twist just happens to resemble the BBUS format. I'd be here for it though, I used to be completely against the idea but I'd like them to at least do one full (or mini) series where they try it out. I don't think you can properly trial something like that in one week.

I want another moment like Kween Maddy's "I'm letting my target be known: Cassandra, your ass is grass"

Stop trying to make the US format happen. It's not going to happen

It would make my day if this was the case

Please no

Another member who knows what's best, welcome to the club Raph :clap1:

I hope this is the case, I don't really care I just hate the UK format. It's getting awful and I just want to see people win HOH, slit some throats(not actually do that but a BBUSA/CAN fan will know what I'm saying) and make smart moves etc.

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Not being funny but if you want to watch the BBUS format, watch BBUS or BBCAN

Of all the arguments that gain traction on here, this is one of the dumbest and I don't know why it keeps being repeated

I do watch BBUS and BBCan and will continue to, but if some people who watch those versions and prefer their format think that BBUK would be better suited to adopting it - they are entitled to say so. Because it would.

It's just a silly argument. If I enjoy a format why wouldn't I want another place to be able to watch it? And one for that matter that I could watch British people competing on and also be given the opportunity to apply for it myself

That's literally like saying "I like coronation street more than eastenders so to improve eastenders they should axe the cast, move the show to Manchester and bring some northerners in because I personally find it more entertaining". Bbus and bbuk are two completely different TV shows

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That's a really weak analogy. You cannot compare two completely different serial dramas that have different casts and different scripts. People who watch only one of EastEnders and Coronation Street do so because they have no interest in the other.

You can however compare two shows with exactly the same name and exactly the same premise, just different methods of conducting nominations and evictions. Because I have an interest in both, but prefer the format of one over the other.

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This can you just watch BBUS and leave the superior format be.

I don't understand how it's better, the housemates are the one's who put the big characters up for eviction in the first place. Not having the public vote isn't going to stop that.

lol a format based on evicting people for speaking and being unfortunate enough to have a fanny, interspersed by messy and inconsistent nomination 'twists' is by no means superior

BBUS format in the UK would be awful because the UK housemates don't think the way the BBUS/CAN housemates think. With a BBUS format in the UK amazing housemates like Deana, Ashleigh, etc would have been evicted due to being disliked by the house instead of for tactical reasons, and they wouldn't have been able to have been saved by the public and therefore have amazing moments like ABCD? Stories like that would have just ended with Deana being sent home whilst her enemy and the villain Conor stayed due to being popular with the house.

Agreed

Because evictions will then be based on merit, as opposed to because someone dared to speak in an episode or because they're unlucky enough to be a woman.

Evictions don't always go my way under the US format either, but if you are evicted it is generally speaking through your own doing because your social game wasn't strong enough and you underplayed. That is far fairer than whatever bull**** the British voting public come up with as a means to evict you, and I can stomach the losses of my favourites much more.

The messy twists are nothing to do with the format though?? It's production that needs to change for the show to improve, there's no need to rip up an iconic TV show format that's been on TV for 17 years

I can't see them doing that - they'll want the income from the phone votes but I can totally see Greg and Armands point that if people prefer that format it's the one used in most formats you can watch and leave those that enjoy the UK one to enjoy it etc

The announcement of the public vote has given us some iconic moments too like Deana and Becky beating Arron or Sezer getting the boot. Even this year Marco's reaction was hilarious!

There's an argument that playing personally is the best and most entertaining way to utilise the US format (which is what would definitely happen with a bunch of messy Brits) and part of me agrees so anyone worrying about a lack of entertainment wouldn't have anything to worry about, in fact I think it may actually enhance it in more ways than one. As a side note it's weird that the producers are always seeking to incite drama these days and love face to face noms and here's a format which literally encapsulates that and they ignore it

Also you are forgetting that in order to evict someone you have to win power under the US rules and dare I say people like Ashleigh and Deana would've definitely had multiple competition wins under their belt, so your pessimistic outlook of how things would go down isn't entirely true

So by that logic, based on merit the likes of Sam and Alex deserve to be there more because they've played the game better unlike the likes of Andy and Jayne who would be out this week had BB not added some twists in :shrug:

If you hate the format, then don't watch BBUK and watch BBUS instead? :shrug:

If this series had been down to the housemates alone Natalie, Charlie, Chelsea, maybe Marco and Jayne and Andy would be out. How is that any better than the public vote?

Good point, Jayne would have been out 2 or 3 weeks ago when she got 10 noms under the US rule :worry:

Personally I think all evictions should be decided via the medium of a Lip Sync for Your Life

ugh this is such a stupid argument and it needs to stop being recited

I like the premise of Big Brother itself and that is why I watch multiple versions. I prefer however the format that is used in the US and Canada and think it should be adopted here because it's superior and would enhance the show and freshen it up. Plus I want to watch Brits playing under that format because I'm pretty sure it would be hilariously messy, and I want to be given an opportunity to apply for it myself

Again, why if I and others like a format that's used on an international incarnation of a global TV show we enjoy, would we not want it used in our home nation's version? Why would we choose to have two versions when we could have three? :conf:

It's pointless using the current series under the current BBUK format to speculate about things like that since our version isn't set up properly for people to play games (certainly not ones that require any skill, more counterproductive ones) and in fact they're actively discouraged by both internal house politics and the viewing public. There's no way of telling who would and wouldn't be entertaining under different circumstances, and also I judge people completely differently under UK rules (who contributes the most) compared to US ones (who I subjectively like as people/find entertaining) so such a question can't really be answered

If in an alternative universe these housemates were competing under US rules however and Alex and Sam were playing well enough that they weren't evicted while Andy and Jayne weren't, then yes, that would be based on merit as opposed to whatever BS the public voters had come up with and is far fairer. If they were still dull and outlasted bigger characters then yes I'd still be annoyed as I am now when I watch BBUS and BBCan, but I can stomach their evictions far better because I know for the most part it is their own doing rather than being guilty of something moronic like speaking in an episode or out of their hands like not having a penis

what if I like both versions

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Then watch Big Brother Canada http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/cust...ar60738_39.gif

You cannot guarantee that at all, because people are forgetting that to gain control over who's at risk of being evicted, you have to win power. There's absolutely no reason why people like Charlie, Marco and Andy certainly couldn't win a few HoH's or PoV's to secure their and their friends positions

So too is their no guarantee that all of the housemates would target these people for the same reasons they are now. Would Jayne be a threat to anyone under US rules? Not really

But under different rules you cannot guarantee the exact same house dynamics would exist. Sure, as I keep saying I expect most Brits would play personally and as viewers we'd be rewarded for it, but there would inevitably be some who altered the way they conducted themselves in the house to try and further themselves (including Jayne), and may be perceptible enough to know someone like her wouldn't be a competition threat in any way whatsoever and shouldn't be targeted

(I'd intended to post an image of Christine Kelsey instead there, but I'm sure a little bit of self-promotion won't hurt)