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I'm noticing a worrying pattern here the last 2 years on the executive's choice of Irish housemates. Not really any point in voicing my opinion because Big Brother isn't coming back next year, but anyway!

Last year it was Noirin, the backstabbing mynx who everyone hated.
This year it's Caoimhe, the annoying, boring, bitchy gob****e - again who everyone hated.


I just think it's unfair to have these 2 morons be a representation of the Irish on a show like this because it's not an accurate portrayal of what our country is actually like? It annoys me :P
No country or social group is 'represented' on BB.

Individuals are put in, who just happen to be from places or a social minority, but are only representing themselves.

It's not BBs job to care about how individuals make others think of their country or minority tbh.
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It seems to me to be the Irish who focus on whether someone is Irish or not on the show.
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It seems to me to be the Irish who focus on whether someone is Irish or not on the show.
sometimes yes I agree, only cos we want to like the person as they're from our country and then mostly we end up disappointed

But the fact that non Irish people choose to put "Irish" in front descriptive words about those HMs doesn't help matters either, eg. The Irish bitch, The Irish ***** etc etc
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I'm noticing a worrying pattern here the last 2 years on the executive's choice of Irish housemates. Not really any point in voicing my opinion because Big Brother isn't coming back next year, but anyway!

Last year it was Noirin, the backstabbing mynx who everyone hated.
This year it's Caoimhe, the annoying, boring, bitchy gob****e - again who everyone hated.


I just think it's unfair to have these 2 morons be a representation of the Irish on a show like this because it's not an accurate portrayal of what our country is actually like? It annoys me :P
Its true, channel4 are racist against the Irish.
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yes, your right. BB made all those Irish people look like wankers. They didnt do that on their own at all.

and all the people they have put in from the UK have been soooo nice lol.
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I'm noticing a worrying pattern here the last 2 years on the executive's choice of Irish housemates. Not really any point in voicing my opinion because Big Brother isn't coming back next year, but anyway!

Last year it was Noirin, the backstabbing mynx who everyone hated.
This year it's Caoimhe, the annoying, boring, bitchy gob****e - again who everyone hated.


I just think it's unfair to have these 2 morons be a representation of the Irish on a show like this because it's not an accurate portrayal of what our country is actually like? It annoys me :P
Rubbish. Every country has idiots in it. Big Brother looks for that
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Rubbish. Every country has idiots in it. Big Brother looks for that
Yeah, but when it's just the token Irish person on the show each year, and usually they're complete and utter idiots I think it's right to cringe and vent a little at Big Brother's woeful selections.
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Yeah, but when it's just the token Irish person on the show each year, and usually they're complete and utter idiots I think it's right to cringe and vent a little at Big Brother's woeful selections.
I think it's much better than mr or miss nice and perfect from Ireland. Like it would be in an American show. I think it shows every country has people who are twats. Caoimhe may not be a nice person. But she is not a sterotypical stupid but harmless rural fool. She is a person. That can only be a good thing.
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I think it's much better than mr or miss nice and perfect from Ireland. Like it would be in an American show. I think it shows every country has people who are twats. Caoimhe may not be a nice person. But she is not a sterotypical stupid but harmless rural fool. She is a person. That can only be a good thing.
plus if you look at all the Irish HMs down through the years, they were all very different so whether they were twats or not, it shows that we're not all the same!
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sterotypical stupid but harmless rural fool. What?
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The old view of the Irish as simple country people. Who are too stupid to even be nasty. Even a Nasty BB house mate dispels this myth.

This why I think by far the worst Irish HM was Seany from BB8. He played the role of the simple and innocet irish boy every time things got hard for him or he was confronted by someone.

I dont like Caoimhe. But she does not do that.
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Why RURAL, Now I am upset. I am sure there are stupid Dubliners too, loike!
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I think it's better than having Irish people who are saints. I find that very partronizing
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Anna Nolan was lovely. I feel like the Scots receive worst representation (and no representation so far at all this go )
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Brian Dowling is Irish and he's one of the most popular winners ever. You get idiots in every country. It'd be pretty unfair if all the Irish housemates were perfect and brilliant!
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