Launch will probably be delayed until mid June because of the General Election again
 

Delay it forever tbh.

Oh shut up

Can't wait for C5 to use that as an excuse to make the series 2 weeks long

I know you're having a tough time in your relationship at the moment but don't take Rob's cheating out on me my lad, or I'll give it you back in spade loads.

Not an epic ratings battle between BB and Revolution

I agree with this.

fucking pollyticks

Fingers crossed they remember that the election's happening this time

bitch if this clashes with r3volution bc the producers don't know what the **** they doing

I wouldn´t mind it not starting tbh. Could help me to focus BBUS more.

I'm not entirely sure Channel 5 viewers are the type to be distracted by politics

Considering Tuesday launches seem to be the 'thing' now - I'm guessing it'll launch on the 13th June which will be exactly 4 years after miss Sallie Axl strolled inside the doors!

Perched for it to be a 40 day series

day one to be a 14 in 14 out special?

We're all in for a shock whenever the launch is, because it's going to turn out that Charlie has had Jason locked in the house since 17 'ended'.

nothing should come before bb or CBB - it should have to wait :conf:

Better even if it's after June 20th

Yeah June 15th or so would be an ideal launch :clap1:

Perched for Love Island to fill the gap

That's true actually. Love Island will help the wait not drag.

What are the usual airing dates of love island?

Late May until mid July I think.

i can

I actually disagree because of 2 reasons:

1. C5 love Benefits shows and I have a feeling a fair % are people on benefits and a lot of working class people (the show has done very badly in the ABC demo, the "posh" people don't like it much), so those working classes of people will want to see how their lives will change (if it makes that much of a difference), but the working class are always affected most by these things...

#1 is quite a far fetched reason...

But:

2. Didn't some of Election debates on C5 BEFORE BB aired get higher ratings than BB16 which followed an hour later? (I know BB16 did s*** but still). I recall those debates getting between 1.2-1.4m