[Jamesy]

Bad, but there are bigger problems with the show at the moment.

I hate outside contact tasks on the first week, like Jack being voted the most popular near the start of the series resulted in people staying away from nominating him, which defeats the object of the show (not that they stick to the point of the show these days).

[JPG2502]

BAD very very BAD.

i remember the days when new housemates went in, and would be punished along with all the other housemates if they dared to talk about anything from the outside world relating to the house! now its just a free for all to discuss whatever they like!

though i would go a step further and have absolutely ZERO outside contact - i dont think they should even be allowed to hear the crowd. go back to the days where davina would go into an indoor studio to announce the evictee.

we all know Big Brother has changed/is changing, however the no outside contact rule is fundamental to the show and is actually one thing they could easily keep in place, if the producers had a brain cell between them that is....

[RichardG]

Ideally there would be none but I don't really care anymore, a series can still be good with outside contact. However a series struggles to be good with all the other problems like the manipulation and no lf and abysmal housemates.