[Mac Hiavellian]

Originally Posted by Stevep

Do you think the Shilpa Shetty CBB series ****ed up Big Brother? Since then they seemed to have tone down arguments,alcohol and the rest in order to please the masses and not upset the sad twats who phone in and complain.

It's a gradual thing but CBB5 was a big part of it.

Right from BB1 half the bunch admitted to seeking fame, Nick was the first controversy, and right from BB1 there's been a power struggle between HMs and BB itself

BB2 purposely looked for 'soap opera characters' as HMs, BB5 looked for HMs that would definately clash and from BB6 onwards the HMs have been extreme personalities, blatant fame seekers with no appreciation for the BB experience itself, and HMs with disablities or health issues

BB2 introduced twists, BB3 elevated that, and by BB7 we'd seen most of the twists on offer

BB7 is when BB started ignoring its own rules and original concept by sending Nikki back in, then CBB5 had HMs who were related (Jade and co), BB8 had the twins, BB9 Lisa/Mario, Rex/Nicole, BB10 Carly/Kenneth, Isaac/Noirin, the London task, BB11 the army guy, Ben's stand up, Andrew Stone, Andrew and Corin doing Glee, David Copperfield illusion, ignore the obvious task, panto horse racing etc etc and now in UBB the Tree offering to give John a newspaper each day

Fight Night was part of the reason why BB's toned down the arguments and violence. Similarly, Kinga with the bottle and Makosi in the jacuzzi are partly why BB toned down the alcohol and raunchiness.

But CBB5 was when Ofcom really stepped in and BB became too sensitised