[OperaMan]

Hi TiBB
I wanted to come here and get your opinion/comments on a few serious questions about the entire BB situation and here basically:

1. Does anyone feel they were fooled or 'cheated' by last season's epic 'FINAL BB!' which featured many a 'last chance' and 'last hurrah episodes' and 'end of era' stories and hype and press... ...only to find it returned as usual with only a slight delay.
Asking this in light of the 5 choice to present.. well.. exactly the same series in the same house, presenters, former HMs, narrator etc and really, if you didn't see the number 5 on the television guide you would just think Brian is filling in for Davina but otherwise its just exactly the same series but 2011

2. Is there a glaring disconnect between the casting and the public in light of Kerry and Paddy?

Consider this - Celeb BB is the version where we especially accept and expect the glamour girls, young hot celebs, models and the superficial 'looks over substance'.
And yet, despite that and despite gearing full-on to the youngest and most dance club audience... ... The public went for the 53 year old man and (though a former glam girl) the now beleaguered full-time mother of four children who battles weight gain and running a house full of kids.

Yet - this years casting went full-on for the 20-something single good-looking models and players with fantastic abs and glam girl bods? Not to mention a Pam Anderson.
*and we have the token 'Josie' in Alex and then our Leo Sayer Jr. small and kooky kurly kamp jewish boy comedian.

3. (and maybe 1,2,3 all related) but has 5 made a terrible mistake by not only making an exact clone/continuation but they even seem to have played it safer going (if anything) for MORE typical, more standard-issue, more predictable BB choices.
If anything they just picked more gorgeous but superficial 20-somethings, use more nightclub music and playing up the standard petty jealousy angles etc.

The problem being this: Sure, they did not alienate that core BB audience of superfans (surely left-over) however they end up with what is exactly the same program that was losing ratings year after year.
With nothing new or different to draw anyone else in. Or even just stop losses.

Sorry that is a lot of question/comment/elaboration but feel free to just choose any of the angles you like.