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Originally posted by ElProximo
Canada did have its own version of Big Brother and it was called 'The Lofters' and sucked because it was mainly Toronto-centric and other reasons,
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I had always assumed it was canceled mid-way through its second season because it was about petty urban liberal Torontonians - but a wiki page says its because it couldn't afford the internet bandwidth?
Sadly Canada never got its own version of Big Brother even though many other countries with much smaller populations had their own versions.
A relative sort of comparison (in a sense) would be like trying to give Scotland its own version with a competing English version.
BBUSA is 10 times massive and so we just watch that rather than make our own.
In previous seasons - Canadian viewers of BBUSA was a HIGHER % (per capita) than it was among Americans. How odd.
But BBUK is just an entire level beyond BBUSA. It really is another league.
Even a bad season (like BB10) is still a whole league above a BBUSA season.
but,
granted two different things with the USA version running a lot of its own rules and no public votes (except for prizes etc) and the US version is properly an 'ongoing scripted drama' and is not a 'game show'.
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Interesting post. I can see how Scotland/England can be compaired to Canada/USA especially having watched South Park. I think though Scottish people may hold more resentment towards the English though at times.
Always interesting to see the views of you guys over there and see how they compair to those over here.
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it's like when people say "end of story" as if their point is absolutely uncounterable and sums up the entirety of the point of contention.
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If it is me it tends to be.
For the housemates I think it is often just a mannerism in the same way as saying "like" at the end of sentences and my own over use of the word "though".
