Big Brother's amnesia regarding tasks and rewards, plus a general rant!
 

So we've all been distracted by the latest fiasco involving Jay and Anton after the nominations but this series has seen some real sloppiness by BB, with loose ends and unresolved matters.

Most recently, we had the 'pegs on the face' task, with the promise of a reward for the winner. Nothing has transpired so far. Do they think that we'll forget about it if they leave it long enough or is there some big pay-off waiting further down the line, part of some great cunning BB master plan?

It is hard to suspect that they're just not particularly on the ball and that it's all a bit half-arsed in the BB planning department. The latest half-formed idea is taken up without being thought through properly and the last one dropped.

You also wonder if they're not reading forums like this to find out how they should resolve the Jay/Anton task and also to work out how much they can get away with without risking losing too many viewers/potential voters.

Whatever the case, this week is rather stupid from the show's point of view, as minimising the time people have to vote will massively reduce the amount of money they make, especially if more people are using the cheaper FaceBook option to vote rather than phoning.

Part of the appeal of the programme is that the viewer is meant to have a certain amount of influence in how things proceed and the latest 'twist' could result in the biggest farce since Nikki Graham was allowed back in as a potential winner after people had spent money evicting her. Yes, BB can change the rules at any time but that should only apply to what goes on within the house.

Maybe that's why they're being so careful this time not to open any voting lines but we still end up in a situation where we're watching BB blatantly manipulate the situation beyond what is just good for the show.

didn't aaron win that crapy peg trophy as his "reward"

Yeah he did, but BB told him that he would wins something else the next day(Monday), but there has been no mention of this so far.

Great first post. I agree with everything you said there. If this twist ends badly I think It'll be my time to throw in the towel with BB :(

I must have blinked and missed that.

As rewards go, it's not quite up there with having your nomination made void, being given the food you've moaned about missing and then being able to decide who's up for eviction.

Oh yes, but of course that wasn't a prize, was it? It was just a nice gesture by Uncle BB to their chosen two...

Agreed

He(and we) were told that the second part would be revealed on monday.

Yet nothing has been revealed :bored:

I'm with you there Niamh.

Super first post there, agreed 100%!! :blush:

I am wondering now if Aaron's prize will be shown tonight?

Maybe he can save a HM from eviction regardless of whether he's up or not... oh the possibilites!! :dance:

He should really have immunity though... his peg face was EPIC!!!

I think more reprehensible is BB's failure to deal with all the nomination talk which is continuing.
I also think that having built up a really tense situation with Jay's lack of food they miss a great opportunity by taking him off and stuffing him full of crap food.

Thanks for the appreciative comments!

The ongoing nomination chat is another example of the slackness this year. It was announced that they could discuss them until further notice but, although I assumed that period would probably end by the time the next nominations took place, I don't remember the statement ever being made. Maybe I'm the one with the amnesia...

There's also a slight disparity with what's shown on BBBOTS and the main show. Potential storylines that are hinted at are not included and you end up wondering what happened, whether the events were significant or not, if they didn't fit the direction in which BB wanted to take things, etc... The task involving Jem's age just disappeared!

I thought they were allowed to talk about nominations until further notice.

well to be fair to c5 it's not like we are paying for it, they can do what they want.