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Originally posted by Tom
I quite liked the twist, some of the tasks were a bit rubbish though but I liked the majority of them
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The twist was good on paper, but didn't work well. Especially because of the crap tasks involved such as picking up a telephone to become a housemate.
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And I don't think following BB7 would have helped (probably would have got the figures BB8 did anyway), I think BB7 was the saturation point for BB, the rot set in during the CBB with Jade before the race row
I just think the public has had enough of BB after almost a full decade
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I think it would have done well after BB7, but I agree that after 10 years the format is tired.
But ironically, last year was a success in a way. Despite the audience being at its lowest, voting was up on BB8 (although was still significantly lower than BB1-7) and the audience was very consistent. Except for launch and final weeks, it averaged 3.5m pretty much every week. The weeks it didn't it averaged 3.4 and 3.6m. It also only lost 0.4m between launch and the final, a much smaller drop than BB8. It was received much better critically than BB8 was, had a higher AI and generally had an all round more positive feeling and actually some buzz returned for last year.
Channel 4 have killed the show this year by getting rid of live feed and annoying the hardcore fans. IIf the contract had ended after BB9, I reckon even ITV would be fighting over it. A 3.6m average is very good for todays TV landscape and Channel 4. But after this year, nope. Channel 4 have killed it beyond repair.