[psychtracker]

I think £50K for the winner is incredibly stingy. Back in the day on Aussie BB, they gave the winner $1Million, at least once that i remember..which is approx £650K in today's money. And i think the winner gets $500K on US BB. Maybe when BB UK was in it's prime they made a lot on magazine deals etc.. but i can't see it now.

I think they should raise the prize money to at least £250K, that ways you'd get a lot more serious game player types auditioning, a much more diverse range of people, and no need to keep picking from these model wannabe, fame desperado's! Plus, with a big increase in prize money it should add more media attention and general interest in the show.

I know C5 is likely on a tight budget, but they paid £40Million for the series, anyways. So such a small prize for the winner seems not only unfair, but irrational, imho.

(PS. i re posted this from a comment i made in the "Aaron has £10" thread, i thought it might be worthy of having a discussion about the prize money).