So we’re back to normal nominations after 5 years
 

Very happy I must say. Was so sick of having 4+ people up every week

Yep its better

Head to heads are boring and predictable. Why are they adored so much???

I doubt we'll have one surprising eviction this series.

Head to heads suck.

Far more tense actually!

People love to complain lol. It's so nice to have the format back :love:

& im genuinely surprised it exceeded the first week. must be a record for c5

They're so much more tense and unpredictable! I much prefer head to head evictions. Plus it adds an extra element of game playing to the house as housemates actually fear being nominated.

Amazing :flutter:

Head to heads are series ruining and have always been SO overrated, and they're even worse under vote to save

Everything else about this series is perfect but the rule should be 2 noms and you're up

Such a better viewing experience for me. Nominations are actually interesting because theres still hope for your fave being saved from. Also evictions don't even stand out when half the house is up.

We'd be having 5-6 housemates up every week under that rule, nty. I like that the current rule allows a minimum of 2 but the possibility for more if there is no house consensus.

It's great :love:

It's such a bloody scream that after years of moaning about the messy nominations rules, when they are made back to normal people are fumed about it :joker:

forreal omg. Some people won't be happy until the show is cancelled forever

I think for me it’s more the fact that it stops someone getting only 2 noms going over someone with like 7 noms it makes the nominations themselves actually count

Agree, it was a guarantee half the house would be up before so trying to scheme / gameplay was pointless.

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But the majority of seasons with head to head's are either good or brilliant. While the majority of c5's anyone with a nomination is up have been bloody awful.

So you all cry for back to basics then want one of the mos fundamental parts removed

It effectively cancels out the awful Vote to Save rubbish.

Want to evict Chloe - just dial Hardeep's number (and vice versa).

It's funny as well because the criticism before was that this would lead to housemates who do nothing being able to float to the final.. yet Chloe's up proabbly for that reason lmfao

Imagine any of the golden seasons with the crappy 2 noms and you're up rule. Now that would've ruined the series.

So it encourages less arguments and disagreements so they avoid being nominated? How great :rolleyes:

SO many entertaining housemates would be easily bootable under that rule, especially with VTE.

Good! All head to heads do under VTS is render it pointless and make it a reverse vote to evict, meaning the biggest character goes every time

With 4+ people up and VTS, the non-entities go 80% of the time and therefore the series isn't damaged week upon week! I'll take that thanks

Not moi! I've even said normal noms are overrated themselves before

Never ever been interested in head to heads

I don't recall Chloe being argument-hungry tbf. she's literally gotten most of her nominations for 'doing nothing' / 'being lazy' etc.

Tbf i usually agree with you on most things but you underestimate the power of the format :love:

Like.. if BB8 had C5 rules Charley would have been evicted in week 3 :laugh:

The old rules are much better.

But that was 10 years ago, we're living in an area of BB now where you get nominated for having an argument with someone else instead of the actual person nominating them, as well as people nominating someone on someone else's behalf.

Just look at almost all of Natalie's noms being to do with "making Gabby cry" or w/e... If BB8 had been done 10 years later Charley would've been gone immediately "for making Chanelle want to go home" or something :joker:

You are referring to the "current" way? (ie. the new, old way) or do you mean the "old, new" way (lack of consistent format)

the current way

Well of course there was going to be non-argumentative people up this week because all the argumentative ones have left, it's not rocket science :laugh:

It's all well and good them nominating Chloe because "she doesn't do anything" but it's laughable how unaware of themselves they are when everyone on the outside is saying the same thing about them :joker:

But you know what's to blame for that? Vote to evict. There's no bigger problem than VTE but having head to heads under VTS renders it a pointless system

The best solution is vote to save and multiple nominees, she'd never go then

If BB8 had the format of 5/6 people going up each week, Charley would've been up a lot sooner and would have been evicted. Then, the same people complaining about head-to-head evictions would have complained about that. Again, it's just a case of rules only being accepted if it suits the person.

Two people up is much better in my opinion.

Charley only escaped being up for eviction because of the nominations format though. If it was messy C5 rules (2 noms and you're up) she would have been up and out week 3 (had a cheeky wee look at the noms table)

That's because the C5 crowd are used to contrived drama and manipulated series. Give time to adjust, and the series (if it isn't axed) will surely grow in viewership over time with a consistent format.

Pretty much.

You clearly not been watching since friday then

A lot of people are forgetting that this is CBB, where deadwood and bores are pretty much inevitable -- these celebrities don't want to rubbish their careers, after all.

For Civilian BB, where hopefully the casting process has been improved (it seems like it might have), this rule will show why it is the best way to organise nominations.

I don't think there's much scope for gameplay under the UK format anyway though, not least when they can't even discuss noms

I've said before that if you can 'play a game' on BBUK it has to be one of the easiest on television. Befriend everyone, be a useful housemate, don't say or do anything the whole series, play the "nice guy/girl" role, float to the final, suddenly turn up in the last week and you've given yourself a shot. Bonus points if you're an attractive male

Not only is there no strategy involved in that, it's also completely counter productive from an entertainment standpoint

Yeah but charley was able to actually get people on her side days before nominations. She knew how to play the game and was aware that she could survive nominations if she gets a few people on her side. Charley was more self aware than Natalie and knew that her behaviour put her in the firing line, while Natalie was shocked at being put up. Had that season been 2 noms and you're up rule she wouldn't of had a chance.