[Yaki da]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

She did on bbbots, Chuff, she said a normal week with normal noms and the power was going on a break.

Oh dear. Probably not even an eviction twist then.

[Jamesy]

Originally Posted by Yaki da

But this time the housemate topping the popularity polls is in trouble. When your viewing figures have dropped below a million and people are fed up of the Helen show, and one of the few people who inspire positive feedback (albeit with negative) is looking likely to go out next, your show is in trouble. If Ashleigh is evicted next, all that is left is the 3 lads jumping into bed with the 3 girls. Utterly banal.

Popularity polls on fansites... and hardly any fans vote so it's hardly representative of the voting public as a whole.

[CaudleHalbard]

Originally Posted by Jamesy

Popularity polls on fansites... and hardly any fans vote so it's hardly representative of the voting public as a whole.

Spot on. There seems to be a completely different demographic as between BB fans and BB voters.

[Yaki da]

Originally Posted by Jamesy

Popularity polls on fansites... and hardly any fans vote so it's hardly representative of the voting public as a whole.

They've been very accurate over the years. They were last year with the popularity of Dexter and Gina, and Sam later on.

The year before they always had Luke A, Deana and Adam doing well. Especially Deana. When they released the percentages that year

The year before that Aaron was a massive fave on the polls and people still refused to believe he would win because they though he was hated and the kids would vote for Jay.

I've watched BB for years. The polls are in general reflective of the viewers. That's why I found the eviction result last week so baffling.

[Jamesy]

I've watched BB for years too, although you can never rely on polls on fansites... fans generally view the show differently to the general public. Most of the times polls can be right, although others times it will be an obvious case of fans viewing the show differently. Polls have not always been consistently right with the reality.

For fans Ash was horrible and Matthew was a god. For the public Matthew was a snob and thought he was superior to everyone else. I bet there was a close call between them with voting figures.

Like I said in another topic, for all we know there could have been a 2% vote difference between Matthew/Ash. Just because Matt was evicted doesn't mean it was a landslide eviction, which the majority of people automatically assume.

[beardedbloke]

Originally Posted by Yaki da

They've been very accurate over the years. They were last year with the popularity of Dexter and Gina, and Sam later on.

The year before they always had Luke A, Deana and Adam doing well. Especially Deana. When they released the percentages that year

The year before that Aaron was a massive fave on the polls and people still refused to believe he would win because they though he was hated and the kids would vote for Jay.

I've watched BB for years. The polls are in general reflective of the viewers. That's why I found the eviction result last week so baffling.

I too was baffled that Matthew got more votes to evict than Ash!!! that was until I realised that Supercasino sponsers BB and the bookies made a killing when Matthew got evicted. Where there's money, there's an opportunity for dodgy dealings. And that eviction on Friday was a definite FIX

[Yaki da]

Originally Posted by beardedbloke

I too was baffled that Matthew got more votes to evict than Ash!!! that was until I realised that Supercasino sponsers BB and the bookies made a killing when Matthew got evicted. Where there's money, there's an opportunity for dodgy dealings. And that eviction on Friday was a definite FIX

The phone votes are independently verified I believe. Had there been any leaks about who was leading the vote Matthew's odds would have changed dramatically.

It just was an anomaly imo.