[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by fingers

They will NEVER give the number of votes cast. Even if they were to give percentages they'd be totally meaningless without a reference point.
10% means nowt if you have no idea what it is 10% of.

I expect a great number of people do vote in these things and many times too in some cases, I do for one and most people I know who watched CBB did too and are watching this one will vote as well.
We always got a breakdown of votes cast,even just percentages but the surprising thing is we haven't had a single percentage figure released over the whole CBB series.

That does seem odd to me. I would like to know even the percentages only, whether 500 votes were cast or 5,000,000. Since we take time to vote and spend money too, I feel we have that right to know the figures,especially at the end of a series.

[fingers]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I expect a great number of people do vote in these things and many times too in some cases, I do for one and most people I know who watched CBB did too and are watching this one will vote as well.
We always got a breakdown of votes cast,even just percentages but the surprising thing is we haven't had a single percentage figure released over the whole CBB series.

That does seem odd to me. I would like to know even the percentages only, whether 500 votes were cast or 5,000,000. Since we take time to vote and spend money too, I feel we have that right to know the figures,especially at the end of a series.

You may well vote and some of your friends as well BUT if you are a part of 500 or even 5,000 (which is stretching it a bit!) They are NOT going to release those figures!

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by fingers

You may well vote and some of your friends as well BUT if you are a part of 500 or even 5,000 (which is stretching it a bit!) They are NOT going to release those figures!

I am not bothered as to the actual voting figures but in near all things you do get the % breakdowns of votes the competitors got,that was always the case with BB before, it's one thing that should be done as a right not having to be asked for.

I said 500 or 5,000,000 not 5000, and it isn't stretching it at all you know.If you had like 3,000,000 watching the final as was stated, if just around a third of those people voted and voted say just 5 times each over the whole week of the final, you would easily have 5,000,000 votes and likely even more.

[fingers]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I am not bothered as to the actual voting figures but in near all things you do get the % breakdowns of votes the competitors got,that was always the case with BB before, it's one thing that should be done as a right not having to be asked for.

I said 500 or 5,000,000 not 5000, and it isn't stretching it at all you know.If you had like 3,000,000 watching the final as was stated, if just around a third of those people voted and voted say just 5 times each over the whole week of the final, you would easily have 5,000,000 votes and likely even more.

I used 5,000 as a more realistic figure but if you think that they could ever get close to 5,000,000 well good for you!

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by fingers

I used 5,000 as a more realistic figure but if you think that they could ever get close to 5,000,000 well good for you!

I will reveal a bit of information to you, which you may laugh at but none-the less it is a fact.

Over the week of the final I cast around 100 votes just myself,I watched the final with 19 other people who when voting for their favourites also voted at least 25 times each.

My family,near all my family, also made multiple votes for their favourites too,I think my figures would be nearer the mark than yours. If they only got the figures voting you are suggesting, we wouldn't ever have these shows to vote in, it wouldn't be worth their while at all.

5000 votes for instance would only bring in £1750 total,it wouldn't even go anywhere near covering some of the lines needed for voting let alone bring revenue to the programme.