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Originally Posted by Ammi

….Channel 4 might be the ones we most associate with the birth of BB and for me the best civilian editions were Channel 4…I think that’s because of non stop live feed that our bank accounts weren’t attacked for…plus reality TV of this type was still in a bit of an infancy so ‘social experiment’ also could be applied…well, we could say that it was while we enjoyed the dramas and the clashes etc and eviction nights…but so far as CBB goes, I think that channel 5 aired some of the most iconic ones….like David’s dead …and was Jedward, Channel 5…and the two Katie edition, Katie Hopkins and Katie Price…and Roxanne Pallett season….so I feel that Channel 4 has to share its crown for CBB with Channel 5…because channel 5 styling really seemed to suit and gel with celebrity-dom…..

I would agree that Ch5 did CBB better - channel 4 for civilian (really no contest). Tbh I think the reason Ch5 CBB is so good is really what I said above - fun and chaotic in its own way. The irreverent chaos of Ch5 Big Brother worked really, really well for the Celebrity seasons basically because it threw such well known characters into utterly farcical situations. The civi seasons only really differed frim the contestants being too self-aware sometimes, but that's not an issue for celebs (because they're media aware by default and the fun is in seeing it start to slip).

For that reason I'll give ITV celeb BB a chance. I'm just not full of hope as I honestly think the civilian season was utter garbage and did not live up to the legacy at all.