[HettyLip]

Originally Posted by GlitterUK

I personally think the divide task right from the start doesn't help. It is hard to get to know people and groups when they have split them up. I wonder how long the task will last?

I would prefer them all together from the start and then a task like it or rich/poor half way through.

It's a macchiavellian stratagem to create an environment fertile for strife.
Division is conducive to promoting enmity. It takes less time than allowing mutual detestation to develop organically., as it did last year.
In 2023 it took quite a while for the mutual detestation that eventually defined the two groups to emerge, as they engaged in the charade of being the best of friends at the beginning. On day one they loved each other, wouldn't say a bad word about anyone but swore eternal love and fealty to the very housemates they eventually hated with a vengeance,
By creating an instant divide, Big Brother has speeded up the process of introducing fear and loathing (not in Las Vegas).
Sit back and marvel at the gorgeous butterfly metamorphosing into a rancid dung beetle.
Let the skunkfest begin.