[AJ.]

Originally Posted by iRyan

The basic concept of Big Brother is about strangers living in a house together isolated from the outside world and being filmed by cameras 24/7. Does that not still stand today?

"isolated from the outside world", there's a competition to win a night to a premier with the housemates.. they're allowed their ipods, apparently allowed to phone home.

The public being able to watch 24/7 was the original concept.. Endemol's description of the show;

In their fenced-off compound they're denied any contact with their loved ones, and the outside world. No phones, newspapers, radios or televisions. They're all alone... except for the millions watching and judging their every move.

Cameras and microphones are placed all over the house. Everything the housemates do is recorded and broadcast on television and the internet. They can't eat, sleep or chill out without the nation clocking their every move.

Yet somehow, the residents are desperate to stay in the Big Brother house. All the pain and embarrassment is worth the prospect of landing the title of Big Brother winner. All the stress of knowing that at any moment your housemates could be trying to kick you out!

On a regular basis, the housemates must nominate two or more of their fellow participants for eviction, but the viewers ultimately decide who has to leave. The last participant to leave the house wins the programme, and the huge cash prize that comes with it.

It's also a reality show, people keep going on about "it has to evolve". Adding music & silly effects are not evolving what is supposed to be a reality show, it being raw & real was part of the draw.