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I feel the decision has already been made, it seems like C4 / Endemol have lost interest in it, and the sponsorship/advertising seems to reflect this on the advertiser's part.
There was a very interesting piece in the Guardian yesterday about BB, and how very rarely does a series go past 8 series, and about series 8 was when BB's audience went into serious decline. However, I think BB does itself no favours in choosing largely formulaic housemates year after year, which is why characters like Freddie stand out so much.
This series BB seems to have lost all imagination, tasks were so much more creative last year.
Ironically though, because BB has so little involvement, and there is so little stimulation, the house dynamics and the character changes have been fascinating at times this year.