Big Brother\'s late summer start to avoid getting the chop (and related threads merged)
 

Sorry If This Has Already Been Posted x

From Daily Mirror x

Big Brother is banking on a late start this summer to win back ratings for Channel 4.

The reality show normally kicks off in May but will begin on June 5 - avoiding a clash with its ITV rival, Britain's Got Talent which ends in May.

And, despite falling audiences, it will continue for 13 weeks just like last year.

Davina McCall will still be the main presenter but Dermot O'Leary will no longer present the spin-off show Little Brother after quitting to concentrate on The X Factor.

A show source said: "A lot is resting on the opening week.

"If it is not a big hit, the size of show could be drastically reduced next year or maybe even axed."

Tv bosses are now looking at a secret shortlist of around 50 contestants.



Link : http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/2008...9520-20372898/

So thats 2 newspapers (Sun and Mirror) It must be true :spin2:

Nope. the (Sun and the Mirror) are usually the newspapers which cover big brother anyway, usually right the way through. I get to read the Mirror but a friend gets the Sun and I know from (8)

What do you mean?

I hope it is in June.. so we're back at school for the final..

and i can annoy everyone like i do every year by going on about it lol!! x

I cant actually believe that they are looking at a secret shortlist of around 50 contestants :conf: By now the show should be completely organized

Whats going on?

and why 13 weeks? apparently they were going to ruduce (9) to at least half that length diue to last (8) having poor ratings. Perhaps its because they got the idea of introducing all women first and then bringing the guys in one by one by one and that idea was a bad one at that. So this time they are going to give it one last shot and if it works then (10) is more likely, but otherwise they shall have to think of a new idea or summin

Theres still 2 months left. The housemates go into hiding 2 weeks before launch. About 20 finalists are choosen. It won't take that long to drop 30. Obviously it's doing the show good. Auditions began in late November.

I was pointing out that the (Sun and the Mirror) are the usually the ones that cover big brother but they can certainly give us rumours which are not actually true (meaning) that any other source ie; Daily Mail or Heat, Ok will get there info probably from those main papers anyway

Its looking like June for defanate. Annoying everyone at school sounds fun, well maybe not for everylone lol :thumbs2:

Its actually two months today!! 8 Weeks

Why do you say (Obviously)? weather they have it organized nearer or further away from the actual start date shouldnt make a lot of difference imo

They don't usually both report the same thing though do they, unless it's got weight?

You cant possible know that!

Two weeks, give or take a few days perhaps at most. No start date is yet confirmed for defanate

Because they are havimg much more rigourous choosing prosedures. It seeds out dull, boring and wannabes.

I think if I remember rightly from (8) and celeb hijack both newspapers report some of the same things but each will announce something different like the Star telling about a new bedroom design and the Sun failing to report that but the Sun will talk about a theme or summin?

I would thought they would weed them out way back? a dull and boring housemate is less likely to get on with anyone else in the house anyway plus looking at Lesley who was dull and walked to, then it was pointless for housemates like her to be in there.. But wannabes arent that bad

I really am leaning towards a start of June launch. Its been reported in 2 papers and a magazine and if they are all agreeing (even if one said 6/6, its only a day out) then there definitely has to be some weight on it. Its also not been listed under the May highlights but listed under the Spring highlights, and Spring officially ends on 21st June.

For us anyway it'll be fun!!

But for all my friends who hate it - I will get them back for going on about HSM 24/7!!!!! Whoooo! x

Yes a June launch is seeming likely. I'd prefer a May begining but Oh well! I guess the more time for them to prepare the better.

we should just stop speculating about the launch, none of dates that are given so far are totally reliable and we should just wait until the official date is given out.

Then you will become miss unpopulareity, watch out:wink:

But thats ages yet and we are impatient arent you?

What! Yor the one a couple of days ago saying how it doesn't make any difference what date and asking us why we cared so much!

I have changed my mind, now I am impatient! :bigsmile:

Its me

i hope its this date because thats just when i get my Summer hoilidays from school,and im glad it finishes on the week i go back to school.

I hope it's June my daughters due date is May 26th.:bigsmile:

I don't mind a June launch, it would be better for the show with less competition.

a June 6th/5th launch is now probobaly definetly going to happen.

I think it is more likely to be early June by niow as for a 13 week affair they cant let it go on too late in the year cause otherwise there will be too much other tv programme competition

Oooooh my exams finish a week after that! Yay!

i cant see how the launch date matters to us.... delaying the start to avoid a clash with BGT is clever and as for the original post well yes each years opening week is important for the future of the series as it usually gives an indication of how well it will do... although if they shake this year up viewers may be pulled back to BB

me too!! r u doing the LC or the JC? I have Irish Orals this week... ohh pooo!!

BTW... i dont really care when it starts... just as long is is bloody excellent this year. Though Im so excited that itll be hard to wait until June!

I'm glad it's a June launch....more hype and less compitition :hello:

i herd bb9 was starting Thursday 22nd may

* Launches Thursday 22 May
* 93 days
* Monday-Thursday 10pm, Friday-Sunday 9pm
* Caroline Flack/Steve Jones presenting BBLB
* Bigger house; bigger garden; no house next door
* Public vote to follow Aus system: vote to save/evict
* Prize fund £250,000; personal banks of up to £10,000
* Live challenges on Weds E4; presented by Flack
* Eviction the day after launch; 3 ‘or more’ up depending on how they fare in a launch night task


reality fan

That rumour originated on Inside Big Brother claiming to have come in an email from an Endemol insider which began "You might not believe me, if I was in your position I too would be sceptical, but it’s still worth a try.”

Sounds more than fishy to me. In fact it reads like a fan's wishlist.

Channel 4 delays Big Brother 9 launch.
 

Big Brother 9 will launch on June 5 to avoid a ratings battle with Britain's Got Talent, according to reports today.

The Channel 4 reality series traditionally kicks off towards the end of May, but the network is believed to have delayed this year's launch because a clash with Talent would be too risky. Ratings for Big Brother 8 dropped below 3 million viewers when it competed against the ITV1 show last summer.

The new series is expected to last for 13 weeks, with the final airing on September 5.

Insiders have admitted that this year's run could be "make or break" for the show, though suggestions that the 2007 series was a flop have been played down.

One source told the Daily Star: "Last year was a success. We had superbitch Charley, the Ziggy and Chanelle romance, the sexy 'Samanda' twins and of course dopey Brian who ended up winning. But that was last summer. The new show is what matters. Big Brother 9 is make or break."

Source: Digital Spy

We have just got to think what is best for Big Brother at the end of the day. We cant be impatient, we must be vigilant. A later launch might be what BB needs.