[alex_front2]

Evander is rumoured to be the highest paid in cbb but was tedious and evicted first. I think cb producers will reconsider booking "big " us names who may provide little value for money.

[abhorson]

The two Jacksons were dull too. Madsen great though. But if CBB don't get 1 or 2 biggies. Many complain saying who?

[Z]

Yeah he was a pointless booking. I think they should stick to booking small time stars from the UK, reality TV people, some glamour models from either side of the pond and maybe one or two relatively big names from the UK.

[HD]

I didn't even know who he was tbh.

[Chuck]

I think housemates like Evander give the show a little bit of dignity though.

[Cherie]

He was in for a week though, and big names must increase viewing figures, it didn't matter that he was booted out as people were hooked by then. I think he and Jim Davidson would have drawn the biggest audience to begin with.

[abhorson]

The best ever non HM celeb for 5 was dear Frank Carson.

[Josy]

Big names gather interest.

[Chuck]

Back in the C4 era we knew how much the celebs got paid. Remember reading somwhere that Vinnie Jones earned 350k for his appearance, wonder how much Evander got paid.

[Sophiee]

Originally Posted by HD

I didn't even know who he was tbh.

me neither the bigger names attract more viewers though I guess despite them often not being as entertaining.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Josy

Big names gather interest.

i dont think its worth paying for a big name, unless they have a wider following.
who was evander going to bring as viewers, and after his anti gay comments did more harm than good, after all he went out over liz, so had no fan base.

[MTVN]

Yeah like people have said the big names generate interest and get people to tune it at the start, stuff like having an American former world boxing champion handcuffed to someone like bloody Luisa Zissman is what CBB is all about

They've got pretty good value out of the big Americans in the last couple of years as well, particularly Madsen and the Situation

[King Gizzard]

Nah, it gets people watching the launch show, even if he's a **** housemate. and from then those people that watched for Evander might have ended up watching anyway. and the publicity for CBB. No one outside of your die hard BB fans would watch if it was just loads of low key celebrities even if they turned out to be great.

It's the same with the so called bores from MIC/TOWIE. They get you the promo

[King Gizzard]

so basically what everyone else said lol

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by abhorson

The best ever non HM celeb for 5 was dear Frank Carson.

aint that the truth

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by abhorson

The best ever non HM celeb for 5 was dear Frank Carson.

The interest in Frank Carson again following that incident is amazing, people are looking for dvds of him now.