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Originally Posted by WARING

Lol.. Good point, but what I meant is in the American Version, the Chen-Bot (Julie Chen) has to explain EVERYTHING to the audience. It's quite insulting and takes a lot of the surprise out of the show. The UK version is more sneaky with it's twists and turns and makes for a more entertaining show, but I must say this years UK series has adapted elements from the US which I find bothersome. Like the Highly recapped Saturday shows. I've watched all week, I know what happened, it's annoying to see it all again. The Recap on Friday live shows is boring as well.

They have adopted elements from the US (or the old Australian one?) and not in a good way. I totally agree about Julie Chen having to explain everything to the audience, eg before each HG votes on eviction. It's treating all the audience like they are just casual viewers. Also the narrating from the DR (something brought into the British version) just tends to repeat stuff we already know, rather than being something more personal and revealing.

Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

I think the US format is better and the concept is better because it's closer to being an actual social experiment in that it's far more self-contained than BBUK. That's because the houseguests know that ultimately they will decide who wins. BBUK ultimately is a popularity contest so the houseguests know they have to cater to the outside world as much as to each other.

That said, even though the format is superior I think the editing is bad. Hardly a minute can go by in the regular show without them using some type of dramatic music. And I hate it that the houseguests are not presented as 3 dimensional people. Instead, the people who do the editing practically decide how you feel about certain people. The "heroes" and the "villains" when in reality everyone is a mixture of both.

I don't like the use of music. But I have to say they are doing it even worse now in the British series this year. They are putting music to the most boring and badly edited montages, and are using bad music as well. The Americans actually do that part better, as well as being a bit less preoccupied with 'romances' imo.