[InOne]

Lower East Side Manhattan

[fruit_cake]

so the BB USA doesn't have a public vote? how bizarre

[dyfed]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

so the BB USA doesn't have a public vote? how bizarre

Easier to fix the outcome....

[BBfanUSA]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

so the BB USA doesn't have a public vote? how bizarre

we do just not to evict a hg. instead we choose what snacks to give to those on slop restrictions, we choose some of the competitions, we vote back in an evicted hg. And at the end of the season we give our favorite hg $25,000 a separate prize from the main prize (500,000 dollars) which is decided by a jury of the last 7 evicted hgs from that season. They choose the winner out of two people.

[Indy]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

so the BB USA doesn't have a public vote? how bizarre

The only thing US BB has in common with UK BB is the house. They don't do daily tasks, instead they have one to choose a head of household (the only person allowed to nominate), one for food and/or luxuries (most weeks, half the house isn't allowed to eat real food, only "slop", a survivalist protein gruel that apparently tastes terrible and causes gastric distress), then one for the power of veto (only 6 people allowed to compete - HoH, the 2 nominees, and 3 chosen at random), where the winner is allowed to save and replace one nominee or leave it as it stands. 3 days with competitions, one day for voting and eviction, the other 3 days are nothing but strategy, backstabbing and whining.

The final 2 are determined by a 2 day series of endurance competitions, and all the evicted housemates choose the winner from the final 2.

[LemonJam]

Guernsey mate.

[Roy Mars III]

US BB is much better

[MatthewS]

Agreed. The only similarities is that they share the name, and both revolve around people living together in a house. Everything else is different. Never could get into BBUS personally, the whole process is unappealing to me.

[fruit_cake]

Originally Posted by Indy

The only thing US BB has in common with UK BB is the house. They don't do daily tasks, instead they have one to choose a head of household (the only person allowed to nominate), one for food and/or luxuries (most weeks, half the house isn't allowed to eat real food, only "slop", a survivalist protein gruel that apparently tastes terrible and causes gastric distress), then one for the power of veto (only 6 people allowed to compete - HoH, the 2 nominees, and 3 chosen at random), where the winner is allowed to save and replace one nominee or leave it as it stands. 3 days with competitions, one day for voting and eviction, the other 3 days are nothing but strategy, backstabbing and whining.

The final 2 are determined by a 2 day series of endurance competitions, and all the evicted housemates choose the winner from the final 2.

Originally Posted by MatthewS

Agreed. The only similarities is that they share the name, and both revolve around people living together in a house. Everything else is different. Never could get into BBUS personally, the whole process is unappealing to me.

interesting, the Spanish BB is pretty much the same as the UK one. This year they had someone who paid 50000 euros in a bid on E-bay to get into the show, turns out he's on trial for robbery now

[daniel-lewis-1985]

there are 40 Americans here? I thought there were about 3 lol.

[DanielLuis]

Im portuguese

[cell]

I am Canadian. I can deffinetly say I am super jelous of the soithern USA's weather...
I don't know when Canadian BB will start but it will air on Slice (a womens network) they air a lot of shows online, so maybe they will air BB, and maybe be can force them to go UK format!

[dyfed]

Originally Posted by cell

I am Canadian. I can deffinetly say I am super jelous of the soithern USA's weather...
I don't know when Canadian BB will start but it will air on Slice (a womens network) they air a lot of shows online, so maybe they will air BB, and maybe be can force them to go UK format!

Let's hope so.

[Livia]

Happy Independence day to all our US FMs.

[Pronshi]

Ireland

[Yayita]

Originally Posted by Pronshi

Ireland

I love the Irish accent, its my fave. The more subtle ones like the actor Gabriel Byrnes... did you see that series called In Treatment on HBO?

[dyfed]

Happy 4th July to all our American friends.
I have just returned from a two week holiday in Florida,love your country and the shopping is amazing,compared to where I live....

[erinp5]

happy 4th of july.

[Niamh.]

I never realised we had that many American forum members

[wendywillow]

BB USA is not fixed per se, a lot of "coaching" can go on in the diary room and some of the competitions can be geared towards certain people, they try to cover it up sometimes but it always comes out. The main difference is the voting is by the contestants so major alliances/betrayals etc. (the tv show itself is only so so but the feeds can be amazing at times) I like them both in different ways, i wish the US would adopt the daily tasks from the UK, oh and your host is much better than ours (sorry julie chen) at least is was when Davina was doing it....

[Yayita]

Originally Posted by wendywillow

BB USA is not fixed per se, a lot of "coaching" can go on in the diary room and some of the competitions can be geared towards certain people, they try to cover it up sometimes but it always comes out. The main difference is the voting is by the contestants so major alliances/betrayals etc. (the tv show itself is only so so but the feeds can be amazing at times) I like them both in different ways, i wish the US would adopt the daily tasks from the UK, oh and your host is much better than ours (sorry julie chen) at least is was when Davina was doing it....

Wendy I like Julie personally. but she is too stiff as a host, I would love it if they revamped the entire show and get a new host as well.

[MatthewS]

Originally Posted by Yayita

Wendy I like Julie personally. but she is too stiff as a host, I would love it if they revamped the entire show and get a new host as well.

Agreed she's so stiff. I don't like Brian really (especially compared to Davina), but at least he's fun and cheeky. Julie is all about business, she always looks like she's in a meeting.

[Yayita]

Originally Posted by MatthewS

Agreed she's so stiff. I don't like Brian really (especially compared to Davina), but at least he's fun and cheeky. Julie is all about business, she always looks like she's in a meeting.

Yes, even her clothes are like office wear and her stance as well, we need some young blood in there!

[dyfed]

Originally Posted by Yayita

Yes, even her clothes are like office wear and her stance as well, we need some young blood in there!

So true,she's boring,

[InOne]

I love it when you type Spanish fruity