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Originally Posted by Glenn.

The problem isn't the format as Cal said, it's the production that's damaged.

I watch BBCAN and even though I like the format I wouldn't want BBUK to adopt it because the UK audience would hate it. The British public hates schemers and arse holes so it wouldn't work.

That said, I wouldn't be totally against a major format change that's similar to the US and Canadian BB.

C5 have made the show so tacky and gimmicky and repetitive it's gone beyond entertaining. It's just boring.

I hope these changes are strokes of genius like when C4 made BB evil.

People always say this and to an extent you're right because it's the main reason BBUK will never - despite how much I can hope for it - adopt the US format.

The reason UK viewers don't like gameplayers and all that though is because they've never really been given a chance to try it. I know we had Survivor and that didn't last very long but not only was that fifteen years ago but it's also not enough of a test. Britons aren't born suddenly hating strategic formats on reality shows, we've just been brought up with shows where we can have an influence - that does not however mean it cannot work. The least you can do is try. And why? Because BBUK at the moment is clearly not working. And despite what people seem to protest I really doubt a return to 'back to basics' is going to make a blind bit of difference except to placate hardcore fans. It's time we faced up to the fact that people just aren't interested anymore, so you may as well trial it out. It either works or it doesn't, but at least it's something different

Plus, there are ways that you can still have viewer influence (importantly not direct control over who's evicted though) to keep people happy but integrate the US game