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Originally Posted by Jack_

And I hate it when people insist they don't want to adopt the US format when they've never even seen an episode of it (this isn't directed at you, just in general). What we have now isn't BBUK, it's so far removed it's laughable. And more to the point - the UK format sucks compared to the US and Canada one. Why would I just want it to continue just because 'that's BBUK' when the other is more interesting? Essential housemates being evicted by the clueless public and people making it far/winners being crowned cause they're attractive dull men OR letting the housemates get on with it themselves and actually have to earn their place in the house and succeed on merit and not just through virtue of never speaking a word and being a man? Yeah, I know what I'd prefer.

I know it wasn't directed at me, but I've seen half of BBCan4 and the first week of BBCan1 as well as some clips of BBUSA, so I think I know the format well enough to form my own opinion on it and come up with the conclusion that I don't want BBUK to adopt the US/Can format. Don't get me wrong though, it's a brilliant format (well BBCan is anyway).

Originally Posted by Pete.

I don't see the point in having 3 BBUSA formats especially when BBUSA and BBUK run alongside each other

This is a good point. You have BBCan which runs from March till May and then a few weeks later BBUK starts and then a few weeks later BBUSA starts and they're on at the same time. Wouldn't that just get stale, having the exact same format running for 6 months straight? You're ideally watching the same thing. It may be a good format now, but that doesn't mean it will maintain its freshness as the years go by. It's the same thing with shows like IAC/XF/BGT - they all started off as good formats, but now they're just stale. And these are shows which air once a year fgs.

Originally Posted by LukeB

The uk format these days is dusty and crap so i'll be here for a change of format, one because it be more interesting and the public doesn't make stupid choices by evicting the bigger characters and two it would make me audition.

It's not like BBCan/BBUSA's eviction orders are any better most of the time. I mean from what I watched of BBCan4, the eviction order was terrible. You had people like Sharry and Loveita who didn't even make it to jury. And don't even get me started on who ended up winning the series

Plus most of the good housemates who have made it far in BBUK wouldn't have if the USA/Can format had been implemented.

Neither are perfect.