[James]

From their (C5's) point of view they don't need the hassle of a backlash.

It's the result of years of overzealous fans and haters realising they could use complaints - to Ofcom, sponsors, the channel etc. - to influence events in the house.

Plus of course the culture of complaints, and instant judgements we have on social media.

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by James

From their (C5's) point of view they don't need the hassle of a backlash.

It's the result of years of overzealous fans and haters realising they could use complaints - to Ofcom, sponsors, the channel etc. - to influence events in the house.

Plus of course the culture of complaints, and instant judgements we have on social media.

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[Santa's NaughtiNess]

You can't say anything on the show anymore. There's always someone complaining over the smallest thing.
If another channel brings it back, they will need to grow some balls and to hell with the moaners.
Geordie Shores, they show everything and they don't care about the ofcom brigade. I admire them for that.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

You can't say anything on the show anymore. There's always someone complaining over the smallest thing.
If another channel brings it back, they will need to grow some balls and to hell with the moaners.
Geordie Shores, they show everything and they don't care about the ofcom brigade. I admire them for that.

To be fair, the structure of Geordie Shore (etc.) is very different and they're condensed down from lots more material... Plus all of the cast is contracted. Which means if any of them were to slip up and say anything racist / antisemitic etc. then they would simply not show it, and the cast would be told to forget it happened and not to tell anyone about it. There's also no public vote element.

The problem BB has is that if someone says something "big n offensive" and they simply cut it from the show, they have to worry about people continuing to discuss it in the house, and also coming out later and mentioning it then people kicking off because they spent money voting for someone that they later find out has said something racist etc. and they would never have voted for them if they had known.