[CapShar]

Back when Big Brother first started the crowd reactions were usually positive for the evictees unless they had done something truely dispicable. The eviction night was a special one for the evictee and they would leave to cheers and fondly reminisce about their time in there.

In the past few years though pretty much every evictee is resoundly booed by the crowd outside. It's always said that 'it's just panto' but has this continual stream of booing harmed Big Brother and contributed to its decline?

Celebs were certainly more wary about going on the show after the Shilpa debacle but even more may have been put off by the continual baying crowds. This applys to the regular contestants too. I mean who would really want to go on a show when you have a 99% chance of being booed? Would this not lead to less interesting or genuine housemates going in and instead only attract the more publicity hunting types who just want some fame even if it means being booed? Now the eviction nights must be terrifying for the evictee rather than being a special night that would celebrate their time in the house and with lower quality housemates I would think that it can only have contributed to lower viewing figures.

I used to think that it was because the evictions are held on Fridays, so there is no school the next day but it seems to have been just as bad in mid-week evictions. Sometimes it seems that the crowd just hates everyone, which makes me wonder why they even turn up.

So what do you think? Have the boo-happy crowd damaged the show or should it be a place that only masochists would want to go into?