[thediaryroomchair]

Being a fan of the show since 2000, when my friends at sixth form and I were made to watch it in General Studies I have stuck with the show through its many controversies, ups and downs.

However, for me Big Brother is no longer the social experiment and great show it once was when it was at its peak on Channel 4.

I had a nice reminder of the good old days when Alison appeared on Bit On The Side the other night. She brought so much humour to the house and she would cheer up the house mates. There was friction granted, but it was nowhere as near as frequent as it has been this series.

Shows, like products have a life cycle, they peak and they saturate then reach decline. It seemed Secret and Lies and the celebrity series in January revived the format and interest in the show had been rekindled. I really enjoyed BB14 as there were some good characters, the twins, Dexter, Sam, Gina, Wolfie who all added something different.

They should have kept with this. There was some manipulation but the tasks were executed better and there seemed to be less emphasis on there being tension and arguments in the house and house mates being embittered and vindictive.

Now looking at BB15, Helen has had constant personality clashes with house mates which has alienated viewers. Producers have made questionable decisions and have I feel made a huge mistake in pursuing this power trip theme. It for me has took the fun of the house. To begin with, the house mates were vying to be the power house mate which caused paranoia and a feel of who is being deceived and what one would do to secure their place week on week in the house to avoid eviction.

The Big Brother that I grew up with from the age of 16 to my current age of 30 has sadly gone. In its place, is one which is too TOWIE/Geordie Shore orientated with fame hungry guys and ladies who have already been in the newspapers or have done something of Internet fame.

What has happened to open auditions and finding the legendary housemates like Nikki Graeme, Kate Lawler, Jade Goody, Tim, PJ, Spencer, Jonny and the like.

I am not expecting us to have another BB3, 5 or 9 but I feel the producers and Endemol have gone for this trashy, tabloid Big Brother obsessed with picking those in society who are hungry for their fifteen minutes of fame and that is what probably what killed the show on Channel 4.

I am very concerned it will happen again on Channel 5. I do not want us all to lose the format altogether. I feel it can become a staple of TV like soap operas as there are always house mates to go in.

[CaudleHalbard]

The problem is thete are too many "reality" shows. There's not much the BB people can do about that!

BB is a C5 flagship. So fans of the programme should be glad about that: the show's future is much more assured on C5.

[Kai Anders]

Sadly it's like that all of the globe.. Secret Storys HMs in France are laughable.. I've never seem such a large number of ego's in a confined space!

It's nothing to do with the number of reality shows.. other countries have just as many if more and still.. their BBs do well.. like I said with Secret Story.. they regularly pull in 2.5 million viewers and a 20-30% share.

It's probably an age thing. For a public to dedicate 15 years to a show.. it's hardly going to increase in ratings each series.. I simply believe producers got it wrong. Yes the ego\s on last years show were big, but equally they were funny and entertaining.. compared with this series where nobody is fun.

I've always said I like an evil BB too.. however when it's too mean, it has a negative effect on HMs which in affect, damages the shows fun nature.. like we've seen. I suspect this is just the blip of a series. C5 BBs often do so well in one aspect and so terrible in another.. the fact that secrets and lies was near perfect for me is good.. however this series they tried way to hard to replicate that.

[Samm]

it stopped being a social experiment after BB4

[MarcusMel]

The social experiment is now public reaction to to what is shown. What goes on in the House is now irrelevant.

[Jamesy]

When BB died on C4 people never wanted to give it a go again. I've spoken to friends who haven't watched anything whatsoever since BB6/7, asked them to give the C5 ones a go and they say "no" I ask why and it's always the answer "because it's Big Brother".

The show has too much of a stigma attached to it now that it's know as the crap reality show. They will never get people back to that. They can cancel the show for 30 years and I really don't think anyone would watch the revival.

Music shows are a prime example of this, look at how many ITV have done over the years... they are all the same in effect but have different names and styles so it draws people in. When X Factor dies Cowell and ITV will just create a new music show that is pretty much the same and they will get figures sky-rocketing.

The only way Big brother would become the almighty great show again is if it is not Big Brother and a show with an entirely different name and style.

[Amy Jade]

I don't believe BB will ever hit the ratings it had on C4 simply because reality TV has much a bad name now and others are quite sick of the format.

[rionablue]

Originally Posted by thediaryroomchair

Being a fan of the show since 2000, when my friends at sixth form and I were made to watch it in General Studies I have stuck with the show through its many controversies, ups and downs.

However, for me Big Brother is no longer the social experiment and great show it once was when it was at its peak on Channel 4.

I had a nice reminder of the good old days when Alison appeared on Bit On The Side the other night. She brought so much humour to the house and she would cheer up the house mates. There was friction granted, but it was nowhere as near as frequent as it has been this series.

Shows, like products have a life cycle, they peak and they saturate then reach decline. It seemed Secret and Lies and the celebrity series in January revived the format and interest in the show had been rekindled. I really enjoyed BB14 as there were some good characters, the twins, Dexter, Sam, Gina, Wolfie who all added something different.

They should have kept with this. There was some manipulation but the tasks were executed better and there seemed to be less emphasis on there being tension and arguments in the house and house mates being embittered and vindictive.

Now looking at BB15, Helen has had constant personality clashes with house mates which has alienated viewers. Producers have made questionable decisions and have I feel made a huge mistake in pursuing this power trip theme. It for me has took the fun of the house. To begin with, the house mates were vying to be the power house mate which caused paranoia and a feel of who is being deceived and what one would do to secure their place week on week in the house to avoid eviction.

The Big Brother that I grew up with from the age of 16 to my current age of 30 has sadly gone. In its place, is one which is too TOWIE/Geordie Shore orientated with fame hungry guys and ladies who have already been in the newspapers or have done something of Internet fame.

What has happened to open auditions and finding the legendary housemates like Nikki Graeme, Kate Lawler, Jade Goody, Tim, PJ, Spencer, Jonny and the like.

I am not expecting us to have another BB3, 5 or 9 but I feel the producers and Endemol have gone for this trashy, tabloid Big Brother obsessed with picking those in society who are hungry for their fifteen minutes of fame and that is what probably what killed the show on Channel 4.

I am very concerned it will happen again on Channel 5. I do not want us all to lose the format altogether. I feel it can become a staple of TV like soap operas as there are always house mates to go in.

I still love it and the moment I don't I wont watch it anymore. My favourite Kim is gone now ( I know I am in the minority) and for the most part I cant stand the crowd that are left in there but I will still watch it as I do every year I totally agree some of the earlier years were great but time moves on and housemates vary