[Patrick]

Earlier on I had an idea.

You see things like video games and television shows - expanding on their primary format in order to stay fresh and unique.

Big Brother attempted to do this when it moved to Channel 5 and all it's done is ruin the show. Reality TV nowadays is all about people's daily lives and seeing people out in and about.

To put it frankly, most of Britain is fed up watching 13 people in a house all Summer long nowadays. (I personally still love it, but anyway)

So I came up with an idea, something that will never happen but I would love to demonstrate it to you guys. I call it, Big Brother Village.

Big Brother Village is a stripped down, yet bigger version of the Big Brother format and brand. Gone are the loud audiences, they're replaced with a studio audience - only present during eviction interviews.

Let me paint a picture for everyone on what the Big Brother Village would actually look like;

bigger version here.

On Launch Night at the very start of Summer, twenty housemates will enter the village in groups of five. They make their way out of the 'studio' and into the village, greeted by a path and a huge open space covered in astro turf and trees.

The path leads the housemates to their house - which unlike previous years, has changed dramatically. The familiar 'BB Style' house has been removed and replaced with a simple, yet sexy modern condo.
Complete with a back yard, and an upstairs area.

The Big Brother Village is completely cut off from the outside world, restoring some of the original format. Huge walls isolate the housemates from the rest of the country, whilst trees cover the walls to create a more 'village-y' theme.

Housemates are free to enter and leave the Big Brother house as they please, to go to the shop, do some laundry, maybe call down to the bar for a few drinks and so on.

Housemates have to win small tokens to be able to use these stores - which they can win throughout tasks and challenges.

The format of evictions still remains the same, however - nominating is now done in a 'court' styled hall in which every housemate gathers to give their nominations infront of eachother, every week.

Housemates that are feeling lucky can make bets in the Bookies on who they think will be nominated or put up for eviction - if that housemate is evicted, the other housemate will be rewarded with tokens.

Workers from the BBV Stores will be members of production - whilst they are able to contact with the housemates, they are forbidden from discussing any knowledge of the outside world. Staff who work in the village, have their own private house located on site [but away from the housemates].

The series would come with a 24 hour live feed only online however. Enabling viewers to jump between cameras across the village, to catch up with their favourite housemates.

So yeah - just a little idea I had. Was thinking about expanding on it some day on The Sims or something if I get time, what do you guys think about it?

[Matt]

I hope you're aware they've already done a Big Brother Village in Germany?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4318943.stm

I love your idea for the Bookies though

[armand.kay]

i would love something like this for the uk!

[SharkAttack]

It'll cost a whole lot more(like 10 times more, at least, than what they already have budgeted), but yes, I would watch that. Hell, I watch this the way it already is, so why not?

There could be a small petting zoo as well, where HMs can visit their pets(if available.) Get a token for the petting zoo, choose whichever pet you'd like to... pet. To get back at a particular HM, for example, you could pet *their* pet instead of your own. The looks on the face of that housemate... TV gold.

[Jords]

Germany did this, apparently it went on forever and was crap lol

[Me. I Am Salman]

it would just be like TOWIE/Made In Chelsea/Geordie Shore with a gameshow aspect

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Salman!

it would just be like TOWIE/Made In Chelsea/Geordie Shore with a gameshow aspect

Yeah, and if you notice those shows gain more attention now than Big Brother.

And omfg Matt I didn't even know Gonna check it out now.

[Jarrod]

Yeah, Germany did it. It's a good concept but i hate the idea of having a village..

[armand.kay]

It would be cute if they made it like a real life version of the Truman show

[arista]

Originally Posted by SharkAttack

It'll cost a whole lot more(like 10 times more, at least, than what they already have budgeted), but yes, I would watch that. Hell, I watch this the way it already is, so why not?

There could be a small petting zoo as well, where HMs can visit their pets(if available.) Get a token for the petting zoo, choose whichever pet you'd like to... pet. To get back at a particular HM, for example, you could pet *their* pet instead of your own. The looks on the face of that housemate... TV gold.

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[Patrick]

Punish me Arista x

[lukee]

the german one lasted a whole year and had over a 100 housemates

[neneu10]

I like this!

[Brekkie]

Regardless of the village I love the idea of the HMs betting on nominations and evictions, although as Saturday Night Takeaway is now too scared to use the word "gamble" even though the ludicrous investigation into gambling on gameshows was quite rightly dropped I doubt they'd go for it.

And if you don't mind, a couple of "Village" style plans I did years ago (to fit into Elstree)

[DanielLuis]

Originally Posted by lukee

the german one lasted a whole year and had over a 100 housemates

Which is a bit stupid I think.