Hey all
. I've been away for the past week to Cornwall (it was amazing) and have only just catched up on the past week of BB. Here are some of my thoughts.
Firstly, I'm absolutely gutted that Adjoa was evicted. She had so much potential to give more and her interview let on that there was a lot that we hadn't seen of her. Also, the crowd were vile towards her (more on that in a bit).
The whole "Jade's luxury clique" twist was completely pointless. What was the point of the shopping task if they were just going to let the majority of the house have a luxury budget anyway? Just showed that the producers are still hoping for a 'drama drama drama' series even though the series was flowing nicely.
I enjoyed the 2050 shopping task, apart from the endgame where the producers tried to stir up drama with the housemates quotes. Though I did laugh when it did the opposite and the twins ended up burying the hatchet with Jade
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Why can't the producers ever let nominations play out normally? You could tell that they cooked up the 'let's show the housemates who nominated each other' twist overnight to, you guessed it, stir up even more drama. As for the '4 in: 4 out' twist, they obviously came up with that to bring in the ratings and (beginning to sound like a broken record now) stir up drama. Also, I thought Aaron being ejected was a shame. He was a great housemate.
The '4 in: 4 out' show was a shambles. As I previously stated, they obviously did it to stir up drama and, as Emma said, 'ditch the deadwood'. Well, it didn't quite work like that, did it? Instead, they ended up getting rid of some of the biggest characters and the show will suffer for it. Like, seriously, what was the actual point in that? It's far too early for new housemates and it just felt like the producers had actually stopped caring. I thought it was quite unfair the way that they interviewed Harriet without giving her a break, yet they let Kieran have a break for his. As for Showbiz returning, I don't quite know how to feel about that yet.
Marc seems like a twat and I don't see him delivering that much more than the argument last night. Harry-Amelia seems like a bit of a dullard, and I really like Sam. Jade was also grating on me a bit over the past week, but I loved her last night. If she can get along with Eileen again then that would be amazing, but it probably won't happen.
The way it played out was just embarrassing. The 'timebomb machine' - really? That has to be the tackiest thing I've ever seen in the Big Brother house. Marcus Bentley was unbearable as ever - perhaps even more with the amount of times he screamed at Amy & Sally to 'PLEEEEAAAAASSSSEEE LEEEEAAAAAVEEE THEEE HOOOUUUSSSEEEEE IMMEEEADIIAAATTLLEEEEYYY'. It just felt rushed and very last-minute and made me feel quite embarrassed to watch for the first time in a while.
The crowd needs sorting out. For the past two eviction nights they've been absolutely vile. Chanting 'off, off, off', 'who are ya?' 'boring!' etc. completely ruins the interviews and probably the eviction experience for some of the members of the audience who don't chant along and have probably paid a lot to travel down to Elstree. The live producer/Emma needs to tell them to shut up either before returning from an ad break or when one of the VTs are being played during an interview. Emma also need to start doing eviction announcements from inside the eye, the crowd shouting over her is just tedious now.
The producers need to learn that 'twist, twist, twist' and 'drama, drama, drama' just doesn't work. Let things play out naturally for once and don't force it. That's what driving viewers away. Perhaps if both Endemol/Channel 5 started listening to viewers the figures would start rising. Also, I feel that Live Feed would keep more viewers watching. It gives them a reason to get more invested in the series, but it could also make a profit for Channel 5 if they had it as an online paid feed, so both parties would be happy. It would also let us see all the stuff that we don't get to see. Also, for me, it would restore some faith in the show for me that was lost in both Power Trip and over the past week.
Criticising the show isn't a bad thing either. It's certainly not moaning as well. It's simply giving an opinion + shows that people are still interested in the show and just want it to be better than it currently is.
TL;DR - gutted Adjoa's gone, unhappy about producers meddling, 4 in: 4 out was a shambles, loving Jade and still want Live Feed to come back.
Aaron,
Thoughts on the past week.
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