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Originally posted by muchadoaboutnothing
So on the USA version, apart from the weekly challenges from the public, the public are actually not involved? I think I would find that hard to stomach as with BB in UK it is very public and we get to say who we like or dislike. Do you have live audiences when someone is evicted from the house and does that evicted HM get to hear (or know) how the public feel about him or her?
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Apparently, as FE mentioned, there is no America's Player this year, so unless there's a new twist this year, there is no public interaction. Nominations are done by the HM who is Head of Household, the HM with Power of Veto can save one HM who has been nominated, and then the HM's vote to evict.
There's no public eviction / live audience either, the housemates walk onto the external TV set and are interviewed by Julie, the host.
BBUSA is not nearly as popular of a program as BBUK.
For their opening nights, BBUK 10 got 2.8MM viewers, and BBUSA had 6.7MM viewers. With the population differences, that's about 4.5% of UK vs 0.9% in the US.
I should also add, BBUSA only airs three times a week on CBS. Though I think there might be a live feed (at least there used to be) on one of our premium channels that is an additional cost.