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Originally Posted by Tregard

For what it's worth, I would love to see the UK at least try out the North American format. They would be fighting an uphill battle of trying to convince people who currently dislike the show it's a different show, whilst also trying to keep hold of those who watch the show as is (probably couldn't pull that off), but there are definite benefits to the US format.

For one, you'd be a lot more likely to get smarter, more interesting players for a US format after it was established than the crop we're used to. The last few years have been rife with people there to play up to the cameras, develop a TV career etc. Just the most bland lowest-common-denominator swill that turns the entire show into a media circus, leading to a vicious cycle of getting more and more extreme "says it like it is me" personalities (See: Helen). BBUS format could, on the one hand, lead to a group of cold, strategic people sitting in a house quietly plotting against one another, but with proper casting, treating Big Brother like a gameshow again would provide us with fun contestants instead of attention seeking media trainees.

I get that people have problems with a pure US format, I don't think it would fly very well if it was a complete immediate switch. What I think would work better is if they took some elements of it whilst retaining the important parts of the UK show (i.e. The Phone Vote). Previous attempts such as BB11's Save & Replace, BB9's Head of House and BB15's baffling housemate-chosen evictions were all completely the wrong way about it. The new series could have HOH tasks, allowing the HOH to choose 3 HMs for eviction. POV would be able to switch one out, and there would be a HM vote save one of those 3 after POV, leaving the public to vote to evict between the two remaining.

That's just one route they could take (admittedly, one which would lead to quite a messy conclusion in Final 4), the UK version needs some *consistent* shake-ups and BBUS is a framework that's proven to work.

This is a good post but there's still no point adopting the US format if you're going to let the public have overall control over who's evicted still, it undoes everything else and cancels it out, making the whole thing pointless.

You're on the right lines in terms of a compromise. Let the HoH nom three people, play for Veto as normal, then have the public SAVE one nominee (that's crucial) and let the housemates vote between the remaining two. It still gives the public some control that way and actually adds a new dynamic to the game rather than removing it completely if you still let the public decide who leaves

Give the UK a jury vote and you're all sorted