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Originally Posted by Gavin
Big Brother wouldn't be down to a pathetic 2m though for its last series if they had made better decisions in the last few years.
Firstly, bringing back Jade Goody and her family was a huge mistake anyway. That decision was hated at the time even before the whole race row happened.
Secondly, they did nothing about the race row, ignoring the bullying and racism. Any other decent production team/channel would have kicked Jade out immediately.
Thirdly, they made no major changes to the BB format after CBB5 and the advertising campaigns were poor.
Fourthly, the twists weren't up to the standard of previous series like BB5-BB7 and the housemates weren't great. There were some fantastic ones like Marcus and Bea, but too few unfortunately.
Fifthly, getting rid of the live feed was a suicidal decision. It was the best way for the media to make stories from and create publicity. Without LF, they had to rely on press releases which weren't sent out regularly enough from Channel 4. Also the fans who watch live feed spread the word and without it, the show wasn't even what BB set out to be.
BB USA is in its 10th series in America and is still going as strong as ever. Granted, that we've had about 17 in total. But I still believe that with better decisions, BB wouldn't be in the state we are today. Look at the States, Survivor has had nearly 20 series and is still very successful. X Factor is a deviation of Pop Idol and Pop Stars which began at the same time of BB. They're still huge.
BB could have continued for many years (as Julian Bellamy- C4 editor- said a couple of years ago). But it wasn't to be due to the incompetency of certain people working on the show and at the channel.
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BBUK and BBUSA are completely different shows so there is no comparison. BBUSA is much more low key and has a cult following rather than the mass following BBUK used to have. CBB will be almost certainly up on 2m anyway because the signs are so far promising, plus its the last celebrity one.
I think the BB9 twists were v good, many think of the double eviction in the final week, especially Kat's, as one of the BB classics as well as the prisoners dilemma twist. And the 90 second nominations in BB10 went down very well, with many saying they should do it every week. BB still has it in terms of production, the public just don't like it anymore.
X Factor is as big as it is not because of the format, but because of the PR machine behind it and the production gets slicker every year. But like Big Brother, X Factor and BGT have now merged into one and they are becoming over exposed. I don't think they will be at the top of their game in 2 years time, I predict a BB style meltdown in the next year or so. BGT 2010 will be the last series imo to get massive ratings.
I think the live feed gets too much credit. It isn't a coincidence to me that the ratings went down the pan during 2 very poor series. Yes the feed was gone, but even with it nothing was probably still happening.