[Macie Lightfoot]

There are a lot of points that need to be addressed but instead of quoting every post I'll just go by season.

BB12: Awful. It's easy to look back and retroactively say it wasn't so bad because somehow BB14 and 16 have manage to be even worse, but this ****w as virtually unwatchable. The Brigade were awful and BORING and ruined the season (Matt brought nothing other than self-congratulatory DRs and fell short because of his own ****ty gameplay, Enzo is tedious and repulsive, Lane is an actual rapist, and Hayden is just a generic str8 white male), Britney isn't nearly as funny as her fans make her out to be and she was a huge reason as to why the season was so awful, Ragan is a nuisance who cheers on drama in the DR but kills it in person (also he claims that the only reason people could possibly hate Andy in BB15 is homophobia, which is laughable), etc. The cast was filled with flat and repetitive characters, there weren't any memorable moments, and the gameplay was ****ing stagnant and predictable. Not even Rachel Reilly's shining star or Kathy Hillis's hilarious UTR journey could salvage this season.

BB13: The rigging was out of control but there was still a lot of good in this season! The Babysitters Club (Daniele/Kalia/Porsche) is one of my favorite groupings ever, and Daniele flipping on the vets set the tone for a gr8 power struggle. Yes of course Jeff and Jordan and Adam were awful, and Rachel's win is tainted by her affiliation with Jordeff and Grodner, but this season had epic highs and lows and actual human drama. Contemporary BBUS is defined by str8 white males trying to steamroll their way to the end and everyone trying to desperately vote with the house and not get blood on their hands, but BB13 was anything but. It's also worth noting that Jeff's eviction is one of the best episodes ever.

BB14: I already went on about this season before in this thread, but it's just awful and hateable. The season was defined by the rivalry between Dan and Frank, but Frank is awful and boring and smells bad and Dan is a legitimate crazy person and everything about him in BB14 was so ridiculously contrived that you could see the wheels turning in his head as he tried to calculate just how much of an impact his next ~big move~ would create. Thankfully Ian swept in to save the day and be the default winner (Dan's fanboys can attribute this to a bitter jury even though Dan's treatment of pretty much every juror is textbook on what not to do to manage a jury of your peers), except for the fact that Ian ****ing sucks too. It's also worth mentioning that Britney was a laughable choice as a coach, Boogie was still as repulsive as ever, and then for the newbies... what is a Kara, a Wil, a Jenn, a Shane, etc? All hilariously bad casting choices and they all lack any sort of charisma whatsoever. Yes, things did happen this season, but they all involved people who were duller than dish water or are genuinely repulsive human beings. BB12 and 16 are certainly more boring, but BB14 is hateable.

BB15: Yes, the racism was horrifying. Yes, all the other criticisms that people have applied do hold true. HOWEVER, the first half of the season was legitimately exciting. The Nick vote worked out beautifully and it was amazing to see Jeremy and Kaitlin follow. Everything involving Aaryn and Amanda and everyone else was without a doubt awful, but the night of the bed flip was a hugely compelling night to watch on the feeds. Candice and Jessie and Elissa were the holy trifecta and were robbed of doing well, but they're the true winners of the season considering they're three of the only people who didn't get their lives ruined as a result of their appalling behavior. The second half of the season is completely awful with Aaryn turning into a boring gamebot and the 3AM alliance **** and everything else, but I'll take this any day over BB12, 14, and 16.

BB16: We all just lived through this season so I don't think I need to get into why it's so atrocious. Derrick's win was predictable from literally as soon as he walked through the door, Battle of the Block was a terrible twist that was boring time-consuming and season-ruining, pretty much everyone in the Bomb Squad and the Detonators were repulsive human beings, Frankie Grande existed, etc. The fact that this **** got extended to thirteen weeks and forty episodes was extremely offensive, especially when you consider that the last four weeks of episodes were filled with **** like the Rewind Week and the Jordeff engagement party. There was literally ONE exciting week, and it was Devin's HoH back in Week 2. Every other week was a huge chore to get through.

So yeah, BBUS has been awful as a whole ever since Grodner took over, but if I had to rank the last five seasons it would be 13 >>> 15 >>>>>>>>> 12 > 16 > 14.