[GLENN BILL BB7]

Personally I thought the live feed was boring and who else remembers all those annoying bird noises that constantly happen? Where you cant even hear any of the housemates talking.

[BBUKAUSFAN]

If they brought in live feeds i would hope they would be like BBCAN live feeds where no conversation is bleeped out.

Also reason for wanting live feeds means production can't try to portray things that aren't really happening by manipulating the scenes which they do show.

[-Sue-]

As an old skool Channel 4 viewer the live feed made the show unmissable. The gossip at night was great - ok so we got used to the sounds of birds (sound cut when things were said we were not allowed to listen to) but it simply made the show without it an hour of catchup is simply not enough we would all watch them sleep too! someone turned over .. I see a foot a foot! lol It's hard to explain without be sounding like a babbling fool but none of us slept during BB season we would simply watch 24/7 (if we could) lol

[JTM45]

Well said Sue (i am one of those old skool C4'ers........those were the Golden Days of BB!!!!)
When we had proper livefeed we got a much better idea of the housemates true personalities and a lot of the time they were extremely different to the way they were trying to portray them on the highlight's show!
It was also far more difficult for production to give us a spoon-fed BS load of lies because we were seeing so much more.
And (apart from the annoying tweeting birds, which you do get used to!) i used to just like to have it on in the background while i was doing something else. If an argument kicked-off i could stop what i was doing (usually playing guitar or my Playstation!) and catch the full, unadulterated fight in full.

In general it was a great thing and i for one sorely miss it.

[-Sue-]

Originally Posted by JTM45

When we had proper livefeed we got a much better idea of the housemates true personalities and a lot of the time they were extremely different to the way they were trying to portray them on the highlight's show!
It was also far more difficult for production to give us a spoon-fed BS load of lies because we were seeing so much more.
And (apart from the annoying tweeting birds, which you do get used to!) i used to just like to have it on in the background while i was doing something else. If an argument kicked-off i could stop what i was doing (usually playing guitar or my Playstation!) and catch the full, unadulterated fight in full.

In general it was a great thing and i for one sorely miss it.

Great post wonderfully put

[JTM45]

Originally Posted by -Sue-

Great post wonderfully put

Thanks Sue!
I just added a line at the top because your post was there when i submitted mine and it was nice to see someone who felt the same way!

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by -Sue-

As an old skool Channel 4 viewer the live feed made the show unmissable. The gossip at night was great - ok so we got used to the sounds of birds (sound cut when things were said we were not allowed to listen to) but it simply made the show without it an hour of catchup is simply not enough we would all watch them sleep too! someone turned over .. I see a foot a foot! lol It's hard to explain without be sounding like a babbling fool but none of us slept during BB season we would simply watch 24/7 (if we could) lol

Great post, couldn't said it any better myself, BB is just not the same without LF ,....IMHO sadly

[-Sue-]

Originally Posted by JTM45

Thanks Sue!
I just added a line at the top because your post was there when i submitted mine and it was nice to see someone who felt the same way!

ahh most welcome yeah I really Miss the live feed and Dermy & Davina... am glad the show continued but deffo not the same without live feed so many magic moments found on livefeed over the years..

[JTM45]

Too right!!!
I'm sure the whole 'fight night' thing with Victor, Michelle, Jason and that lot unfolded during the Livefeed because if i remember correctly they actually cut the feed when Security had to go in.
Classic stuff!!!!

I know not everyone's a fan of Russel Brand but when he was doing Big Mouth , Dermot was doing Little Brother (especially the Friday evening pre eviction show episodes and the Sunday afternoon one!) and we had livefeed BB was just in a whole different league!!!!! I used to look forward to it so much back then.

Russel Brand was like a force of nature doing Big Mouth..................it was just incredible. Best (in my opinion!) BB Spin-Off show EVER!!!!!

[-Sue-]

Originally Posted by JTM45

Too right!!!
I'm sure the whole 'fight night' thing with Victor, Michelle, Jason and that lot unfolded during the Livefeed because if i remember correctly they actually cut the feed when Security had to go in.
Classic stuff!!!!

I know not everyone's a fan of Russel Brand but when he was doing Big Mouth (?), Dermot was doing Little Brother (?) and we had livefeed BB was just in a whole different league!!!!! I used to look forward to it so much back then.

ahh yes fight night! and of course the Jade moments (not that I relish people getting starkers) pedalo task... even BB1 moments outside and arguements & fights great stuff!

I love looking back at old series on youtube..just for old times sake

[-Sue-]

Originally Posted by JTM45

Too right!!!
I'm sure the whole 'fight night' thing with Victor, Michelle, Jason and that lot unfolded during the Livefeed because if i remember correctly they actually cut the feed when Security had to go in.
Classic stuff!!!!

I know not everyone's a fan of Russel Brand but when he was doing Big Mouth , Dermot was doing Little Brother and we had livefeed BB was just in a whole different league!!!!! I used to look forward to it so much back then.

I simply could not watch Russel agh awful man did my nut! (Rylan is not far off awful) Dermy was the best for the BB fans imho

heh I remember the 'under the table stuff Michelle n stewpot' (feet moving under the table) lol nawty buggah's

[JTM45]

Yeah, those all-night tasks were great when we had livefeed!!!!

[-Sue-]

Originally Posted by JTM45

Yeah, those all-night tasks were great when we had livefeed!!!!

oooh yes so many magic moments so much missed over last few years on BB

[Trasadkel1]

Originally Posted by JTM45

Yeah, those all-night tasks were great when we had livefeed!!!!

I cannot understand why they don't do the 3/4 day tasks anymore. They were brilliant and used to create all the storylines. There was no need for manufactured arguments. They have got lazy with the tasks. The "in the dark" task recently had potential but it was over before it had begun.

The live feed was an integral part of BB. We got to know the true personalities and not the " character" BB chose to create for them. By the end of the series you almost felt that you knew them. Seeing events unfold prior to the show created the buzz for watching the highlights and also created headlines for the newspapers. Even if you chose not to watch live feed there was always someone reporting on it to create the buzz on the forums etc.

The other thing that riles me is that the whole concept of BB has gone, meddling with noms, outside interference etc.

[Jay.]

I've been watching since about bb3/5 and i never used to watch them that much. I found it boring, it was good background tv but I'd never willingly sit there and watch it. Therefore I think it would be quite a waste on me tbh

[Trasadkel1]

Originally Posted by Jay.

I've been watching since about bb3/5 and i never used to watch them that much. I found it boring, it was good background tv but I'd never willingly sit there and watch it. Therefore I think it would be quite a waste on me tbh

That's the point though. A lot of people didn't sit and watch it but if anything unfolded news would get out and it would create interest for the highlights show etc. That in turn would result in more people tuning in.

[Jay.]

Originally Posted by Trasadkel1

That's the point though. A lot of people didn't sit and watch it but if anything unfolded news would get out and it would create interest for the highlights show etc. That in turn would result in more people tuning in.

I'd never watch it in case it ruined anything really. Reality tv has changed as well, people don't have the time anymore really, less people are watching tv, or even watching tv live in a whole. I don't think it would work anymore. Part of me would like to see it happen because it would add a sense of transparency, but it isn't something that I could see audiences of today would want.

[BBDodge]

To create a buzz and save the show (this is a good series but so few are watching).

[Trasadkel1]

Originally Posted by Jay.

I'd never watch it in case it ruined anything really. Reality tv has changed as well, people don't have the time anymore really, less people are watching tv, or even watching tv live in a whole. I don't think it would work anymore. Part of me would like to see it happen because it would add a sense of transparency, but it isn't something that I could see audiences of today would want.

I didn't watch it as such. If I was home I had it on in the background and if anything interesting cropped up you could see the events as they occurred. It's not the fact of people sitting watching it. It just created the hype for the highlights shows and the media got more involved because they could report on the events before they were shown on the highlights. All of this aids in bringing viewers in.

[Vicky.]

I liked LF because you actually got to know the housemates, not just which characters the producers had decided to edit them into...

[Calderyon]

Because without live feed it´s not really Big Brother. And without it you cannot get to know the housemates fully and truthfully as opposed to the strongly edited and only certain housemates favoring 42-45 minutes show.

Even BB Finland production (how ever incompetent they are in anything else) have understanded that a 24/7 live stream is the core of the program and without it it´s just another reality TV program. They also know that people are willing to pay for it, and that´s why we pay 39.99 € (43,90 USD/28.34 GBP) for it.

[jackc1806]

It'll never be 24hr again so don't even bother tbh. They could bring back the nightly 2hour feed next year but I don't see it happening. It's a shame but tbf we've got used to it since BB9 (minus BB11)

[Calderyon]

^ I know. It´s just odd that why it isn´t. (I don´t believe it costs too much, that is total bollocks. If countries like Serbia, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Albania and India can afford it, then it doesn´t cost too much)

But then again not really, as with limited or no live feed, they can fully control what we see and hear, and can steer the show in a preferred direction to their convenience.

[Daniel-X]

Yeah personally I was never really bothered about live feed. I watched it once or twice and whenever I watched it it would just be two housemates sunbathing for fifteen minutes barely talking with some birds tweeting in the background.

Yeah it's not on my priorities for change for the show.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I liked LF because you actually got to know the housemates, not just which characters the producers had decided to edit them into...

This basically.

Even when I was busy doing other things I always had live feed on in the background, also late at night you used to get some good lenghty unedited conversations from the housemates.