[jegmeister]

In the past, BB always held control of the show. Noone was bigger than the show itself.

However, this year the voting figures are so much lower than before that BB cannot afford to lose big characters like Marcus, Siavash, (to a lesser extent) Freddie and nasty characters like Bea who everyone loves to hate.

They can afford to get rid of people like Lisa and David - Lisa in particular isn't liked and is boring to watch.

Hence when rules are broken by big characters they have a dilemma - put just these people up and lose a big character or let the HMs dictate everything.

Their answer - a compromise where everyone goes up. That way it looks like everyone is punished whereas in fact only the least popular HMs are at risk.

Also, BB makes money from tactical voting as the public tries to be clever by voting for someone who they dislike to get someone else out. Even better if this backfires (as it did last week when Hira went).

The only solution would be if BB started getting more viewers and then it wouldn't need to worry about big characters leaving the show.

Any thoughts?