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Originally Posted by thediaryroomchair
I am a huge Big Brother fan since my good friend and I were required to study the show for General Studies back in sixth form in 2000 when the series began.
I watched as we all did as the series grew and housemates like Kate went on to become presenter of Channel 4 show RI:SE, Jon Tickle became a contributor to Brainac, Jade launched her own perfume and had her own television shows and Alison has been on This Morning for years.
The show gave opportunities to members of the public which were undreamed off. Friendships were formed, sometimes there would be tears but there would be a lot of fun along the way.
It could be argued Channel 4 tired of the format the same they did of their other success The Big Breakfast which was similarly as ground breaking.
Whatever Channel 4 say, 10 million tuned into the final of Big Brother 3, ratings that the show have not bettered since.
When the show ended in 2010, people had fond memories of the series. It was a show that divided the nation. People loved to hate it and the last series and Ultimate Big Brother showed there was still life in the format.
Channel 5 then bought the rights to the show in March 2011 and promised 2 years of 2 Celebrity Big Brother series a year and a civilian Big Brother. Great, we thought as many put forward that a new channel could breathe new life into the franchise.
How wrong we have been. Big Brother has turned into a bastardized version of TOWIE and the insufferable incarnations of Geordie Shore and other shows of a similar name.
Gone are the days you would get housemates from auditions in the house. They are now seemingly plucked from agencies or have appeared from TV before.
The age group is now predominantly 18-30 and viewing figures are plummeting because there is too much manipulation from producers who do not know or care for Big Brother.
Timebomb has bombed and I am very concerned as a fan and someone who is creatively minded that this series could have killed Big Brother off altogether. Forums are awash with disaffection towards the producers for their mismanagement of the series, poorly executed and forgettable twists that have backfired spectacularly.
I do not know what you guys think but I cannot see no way back for this production team at least for Big Brother. They for me do not have any idea what to do and have alienated fans.
What do you think they need to do to save the civilian Big Brother?
1. Tone back Marcus Bentley- get rid of that stupid 10...9...8 and klaxon it's ridiculous
2. Have live tasks to determine the fate of housemates
3. Reintroduce live feed
4. Go back to live auditions
5. Have an evening magazine show, maybe the reintroduction of Big Brother's Little Brother as Big Brother's Big News on at 6pm on 5 or 5*
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I do agree with a lot of what you have said there, and you have put it in words so well. You could do no worse than to voice those feelings to C5, they likely wouldn't take note but at least they would read what is being said and some of it 'might' sink in, you never know. The biggest injustice to the paying viewers is that they have very little live feed to get a bit of a balance before voting, and I feel this is done on purpose these days of BB.
I like yourself have been a massive fan of BB to the embarrassing point of staying up late watching them sleep just incase some woke and something kicked off like an arguement or something, I even remember staying up just whilst Kate and Alex played follow the van
I have to add though, that we can't expect the almost media innocence of the earlier shows where housemates had to feel their way through how to beat BB and win, we can't expect that back. That said it has now gone way beyond that to the point of no return and it think it might just be best to scrap at least the regular BB now. It is getting harder and harder to tolerate a so heavily manipulated show.
Aaron,
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