5 years of Big Brother on Channel 5 - has it changed for better or for worse?
 

Simple question really - in the 5 years that Big Brother's been on Channel 5, would you say that it's changed in a good or bad way?

Depends, do you mean compared to c4 BB, or first c5 BB to now c5 BB?

Editing has improved but twists are just as bad if not worse.

Although Crypt in BB12 remains firmly at the bottom

Either-or really.

For worse in my opinion but I am still glad it is on and will always watch it.
Although I look at it differently than a BB series now,I see it as a more like a soap with voting involved at times.

Worse than C4 (although the last few years on C4 were really stagnant) although a lot better than the beginning of C5. Editing is better and the show feels less tacky.

This.

It's better than how it was in 2011. But C4BB is far superior, even the latter years. There's only been about 5 series I've thoroughly enjoyed on C5 but even then I don't think they were worth it for everything else we've had to endure since the move to 5

They also seem to try and make it feel like Big Brother now. In 2011/2012 it seemed like they didn't see it as Big Brother but saw it as their channel's TOWIE/Geordie Shore.

C5 are so inconsistent it's hard to say tbh :laugh:

C4 BB is far superior but C5 CBB is better imho, also if we're talking 2011 then YES. CBB8 and BB12 are tragic but we've had gems like CBB9/10/13/15/16 and BB13/14/17.

CBB9, BB13, BB14, CBB13, CBB16, CBB17 and BB17 have been really good series' of the show but yes they're really inconsistent. I know it's all really dependent on the cast but they've literally gone from one of the best Big Brothers ever to one of the worst Celebrity Big Brothers ever over this summer.

Yeah, it's crazy to think that in 2011 we got CBB8 and BB12 and then the next year they gave us CBB9, BB13 and CBB10, which were all great series, and then right after that we get CBB11 :laugh:.

Yeah :laugh: 2011 was one of the worst years for Big Brother ever and then 2012 came along and become one of the best years ever :laugh:

It's funny how the best year of C5 BB (2012) is the year where it was still tacky and gaudy.

Not that it isn't now, but you get what I mean

I'd say if I had to rank the C5 years it'd be;

2012 > 2013 > 2016 > 2015 > 2014 > 2011

Idk every year bar 2012 has always had one (or two) really awful series let it down.

2011 was crap overall. 2013 had CBB11, 2014 had BB15, 2015 had BB16, and the CBB's this year have been dire.

2012>2016>2013>2015>2014>2011 (although I haven't seen all of CBB8 or BB12).

2016 is so high for me because BB17 is my second best civilian series on Channel 5 and the civilian being good is more important than anything. I don't at all mind that CBB18 has been crap because it's completely irrelevant to BBUK and is only made to boost viewing figures by a few hundred thousand for a few weeks. It's a whole different story if January CBB is bad (and I personally thought CBB17 was good) since the whole BBUK franchise depends on January CBB to continue.

I understand that C4 were running out of steam and the figures were dwindling but the revamp hasn't really saved those figures. Overall, the format has suffered but there have been great housemates.

House: about the same
Presenter (Emma): about the same
Spin-off show: a hell of a lot worse
Spin-off show presenter: worse
Twists: worse
Housemates: much more generic than on C4 :( so unfortunately worse on the whole
Production/coverage/consideration of the fans: a hell of a lot worse.

So yeah idk why I didn't vote worse really. 13 and 17 were both great but even then through no added input from channel 5/producers.

Part of me wants to put 2015 after 2012 for its CBB's but BB16 is so bottom of the barrel I can't.

2012 > 2013 > 2015 > 2016 > 2014 > 2011

2016 has only been good for civilian.

CBB15 and BB16 were both ****e!

I didn't mind CBB15 and I'd definitely take it and its draining second half over both the CBB's we got this year.

Plus the first week was amazing and CBB16 <3

Personally I thought CBB17 was better as it focused on a wider range of housemates (Tiffany, Gemma, Angie, Megan, Stephanie, Jeremy and Danniella) than CBB15 which just focused on Hopkins and Perez.

Changed for the worse.

Looking back 2013 wasn't actually that good, I think I'd put 2016 a head of it tbh

CBB11 was crap and I actually don't like CBB12 that much. I'd take CBB17 over them any day.

oops i picked the wrong one.

They're both the same tbh. Killed in their second half by a dominating storyline (15's being a feud between two ghastly people and 17's being a showmance between two trashy people). I think CBB15's first week/half alone put its above CBB17. Plus its final was better as was the winner.

CBB17 had potential but all the good people either walked or were evicted early and Tiffany (the best HM) was even overshadowed by Stephanie and Jeremy which pissed me off.

That was my thought process too @ 2013. Seemingly the two CBB's are crap and BB17 is the third best civilian so I decided to put it third behind 2012 and 2016.

It's changed for the worse

It's so much more generic, especially the casting which seems to be geared towards TOWIE/GS types (both BB & CBB). The last few C4 years weren't great I'd take them over the majority of C5 series

2012 is by far the best year for C5 BB, 2015 is the worst imo

wayyyyyyyyyy to much political correctness, the whole voting system is rigged, they don't really bring in ordinary people, and all you get are fame seekers, or cocky guys with good bodies, and girls who are models or the slags that wave their t'ts about in dirty magazines.

I prefer it these days. On C4, the producers seemed to think the public vote was something they could manipulate, hence the annoyance about 'randy mare' Josie not being crowned best housemate ever.

2012 > 2015 > 2016 > 2014 > 2013 > 2011

All have had one or two bad series though in their year bar 2012. 2015 had BB16, 2016 has CBB18, 2014 has BB15, 2013 had CBB11 and CBB12 and 2011 has CBB8 and BB12.

2012 & 2016 are the best years, both have a average/bad summer CBBs though.

They've had 3/6 of the civilian BBs be good so half, would still prefer it on C4 though. I don't think they should of re-launched it only a year after it should of been 2013.

It's really hard to say because every series has been different.
Like BB17 being my personal favourite on C5, but CBB18 being my least favourite.

I'd say as a whole, CBB has defo improved. C5 CBB is better than C4 CBB in so many ways, and over the past 5 years I think it's gotten better each year (looking at January's CBB mostly)

I'd say the direction they're going in with BBUK is getting better too. 2011/12 was tacky and trying to be young and hot (almost like love island) when that's not what BB is. Secrets and lies was a huge step in the right direction, then they ****ed up.
But this year was another big step in the right direction, and it had the most diverse cast ever. The theme/twists worked out brilliantly in comparison to 2011/12 too, the one thing letting it down over early years is just the tasks and reality TV wannabes

It's definitely easy to predict how a series will pan out

Worse.

Bump!