[OperaMan]

Originally Posted by Nemo123

The OP says the public picked Paddie. I dunno. I suspect his own traveller community voted for him. I think the OP has made some rather obviously spurious points, however eloquently.

Well lets talk about points:

We suppose any one of them has a hometown, family and friends and fans and so for example Essex or Amy fans.

Fan bases are part of the public. Suppose blacks decided to vote for Lucien (just for the sake of argument) then that's part of the public.

Travelers make up a tiny % of the population. I don't know they are especially known to mega-multi-vote either.

However I think this is a great cast for this bb series. Yes a lot of them are very media aware and they're not average people from the street, but I think the show needs this kinda slick appeal even if it's somewhat manufactured.

Okay but I think we are asking 'why is that needed'?
Well, not even so much asking 'why' because we can suppose it was to get a solid grip on that specific demographic (which might include you) but really 'will it work?'.

I wasn't aware of ratings but if they are doing well then maybe 5 was right (at least for now) to aim directly at that left-over core youth fanbase.

What I'm wondering - do they do that at the peril of permanently losing any possibility of growth or even sustainability?

Mind you - they very often say the advertisers are happier with 1 million 16-22 year olds than they are with 2 million adults? So maybe 5 does know what its doing after all?

[Omen]

Paddie won because the traveller community, thrilled to have one of their own recognised this way, voted like loonies for him. It was a big deal because they are usually outcasts. Also, there may be a certain cache in being a gypsy in the wake of C4's "Gypsy Wedding".

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by OperaMan

Okay but I think we are asking 'why is that needed'?
Well, not even so much asking 'why' because we can suppose it was to get a solid grip on that specific demographic (which might include you) but really 'will it work?'.

I don't know, I can't speak for a demographic, but for myself, yep the show has me hooked already.

What I'm wondering - do they do that at the peril of permanently losing any possibility of growth or even sustainability?

The show will never have mass appeal, and probably the only way to get new viewers to to aim the show to a younger audience.

Mind you - they very often say the advertisers are happier with 1 million 16-22 year olds than they are with 2 million adults? So maybe 5 does know what its doing after all?

The show will be one of the most successful for c5, so yea I do think they know what they're doing.

Also they can add stuff that they removed from the show to refresh bb in later seasons, like having people from outside of england, and bringing back 24hour live feed coverage.