[Jason.]

Originally Posted by hownwbrowncow

I much preferred the way the HMs got out of the cars and the walkway was so much longer and there was no pop music playing in the background and no interview. It was all about the interaction between the HM and the crowd and that was fantastic.

In the final, it was good coz they constructed an elevated walkway for the HMs come down and I loved how they had a huge stage in front of the massive audience. It was just so atmospheric, and both the launches and finals are now damp squibs compared to what they were IMO.

I am at least glad that they have started doing house tours again on launch night!

Oh another thing is that the series montages have all been utter shyte! The BB14 one was in but it needs to be in chronological order with no text and only one song. I also hate the HMs best bits montages - they are just so tacky.

I loved the cars, too.
But things have changed, as has the show. I hate to say it.
I don't mind them coming out from the eye, but I would prefer they got rid of the pop music, and only saved it for their evictions, and get rid of the housemates mini-interview with Emma. I miss the housemates being excited for meeting Emma, like how they were on Channel 4, with Davina. But with those mini-interviews they've already met her.
It would be better, if Emma stood at the bottom of the stage, and the housemate came out of the eye, with only the crowd reaction, had their photo taken, and went in the house. I don't mind Marcus's commentary on the housemate.
Get rid of that stage smoke when the door closes too. It's so tacky.

I love how the house tours are back, as they were non-existent with Brian. But, CBB14 and CBB15 didn't have one. Hope they come back for BB16. They need to be longer though. On Channel 4, sometimes the house tours often lasted longer than ten minutes, like BB8's amazing house tour.
Also, Emma needs to go in-depth. I've noticed she repeats herself in her house tours. In her BB15 house tour she kept mentioning the movie Alien, and in the CBB13 house tour she mentioned bitching and gossiping about 3 times.
Davina could spend one minute on something as simple as the bath tub, and make it interesting. With Emma, it's like "here's the bath tub, can fit two housemates here", moving on to the sink, etc, and so on.
Emma's a great presenter, so I think she's capable of doing a good tour, although I do understand it's hard when she's only given 3 minutes by the rushing producers.


The finals no longer feel like an event because they are rushed and also the exterior layout is too samey with the long walkway being permanent. It just feels like any other eviction.
They need something to make it stand out from ordinary evictions.
The interviews need to be longer than 4 minutes, too. That's just a lousy amount of time, for somebody who has spent weeks in the house, and has been crowned the winner.

They need to make the final show, two hours, not one and half, as it's too short. They could fit in longer interviews and a bit more highlights with that time.

I've noticed for the last few series, they haven't re-introduced the ex-housemates coming out from the eye. Instead they've just panned the camera along the stands, where they're sitting.
That needs to come back, as it felt very Channel 4, when the ex-housemates would take their seats.

I like the new change C5 has done, where they stand at the top of the stairs in a line.
Again, with that though, ditch the pop music.

Music only allowed when housemates exit the house.

In all fairness, the launches have improved since BB12 and BB13.
Re-watch the BB13 launch and compare it with the BB15 launch.
The BB13 launch is so tacky, with the dancing drag queens, and music and lighting everywhere. It was horrible.

It's become a lot toned down now - ever since Emma has taken over, TBH.
So that's one good thing, I guess.

I think the CBB15 launch would've been perfect if they did a house tour. It had a C4 feel to it, which I really liked.