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Originally Posted by Yaki da

Big Brother 8 was the death knell for BB on Channel 4. It came after the Jade Goody fiasco but so many things were wrong it...

1. The all female start

2. The drip feeding of men into the house

3. The hysterical overreaction to Emily's silly mistake

4. The appalling ejection of Emily in the middle of the night with her saying "But I'm not wearing any underwear" as she was told to exit.

5. The fixing of nominations to keep Charley in longer than anyone could bear (after bringing Nikki back the year before)

6. The abysmal Half way house idea (which they seem to have been inspired by this year and which ended up being even worse)

BB7 had, until Nikki's eviction, an average viewing audience of 4.8 million. BB10 had an average viewing audience of less than 2.5 million. They lost over 2 million viewers in a couple of years.

As for BB10. It was awful. In the first week they had Sophie and Freddie rename themselves Dogface and Halfwit. They had Noirin walking around with glasses and a moustache drawn on her face. The live coverage was seriously reduced and the tasks were utter crap.

I agree with all the points you made about BB8, exactly why i skipped BB9. BB10 i agree that the producers put no effort into tasks/twists etc but I believe that it had arguably the best mix of HMs in there and they managed to carry the series themselves and make it pretty good

[Yaki da]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I agree with all the points you made about BB8, exactly why i skipped BB9. BB10 i agree that the producers put no effort into tasks/twists etc but I believe that it had arguably the best mix of HMs in there and they managed to carry the series themselves and make it pretty good

I dunno. There was a lot of dead wood that series. New housemates that walked out pretty soon after entering, who no one remembers. I don't think the mix was as good as BB2, BB3, BB5, BB6, BB7 or BB9. I think BB11 actually provided me with more laughs. I thought Ben was hysterical that year.

I did like Sophie and Marcus a lot though. In fact, Sophie remains my fave winner.

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Originally Posted by Yaki da

I dunno. There was a lot of dead wood that series. New housemates that walked out pretty soon after entering, who no one remembers. I don't think the mix was as good as BB2, BB3, BB5, BB6, BB7 or BB9. I think BB11 actually provided me with more laughs. I thought Ben was hysterical that year.

I did like Sophie and Marcus a lot though. In fact, Sophie remains my fave winner.

Oh God, here's where we completely disagree then haha, i hated all the BB11 Hms

BB10 had some legends (love or hate)

Freddie, Marcus, Sree, Angel, Isaac, Bea, Siavash, Noirín even Rodrigo. Sophie for me was dull and a crap winner

Brian Dowling is by far the best winner imo

[Yaki da]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh God, here's where we completely disagree then haha, i hated all the BB11 Hms

Much better group in general than BB10 imo. Apart from the ones left with Josie at the end. And it wasn't the mess that BB10 was until the end.

BB10 had some legends (love or hate)

Freddie, Marcus, Sree, Angel, Isaac, Bea, Siavash, Noirín even Rodrigo. Sophie for me was dull and a crap winner

I'm at a loss as to how Angel and Isaac were "Legends". Siavash was awful. Bea was truly frightening though.

Sophie was funny when she was drunk.

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Originally Posted by Yaki da

Much better group in general than BB10 imo. Apart from the ones left with Josie at the end. And it wasn't the mess that BB10 was until the end.



I'm at a loss as to how Angel and Isaac were "Legends". Siavash was awful. Bea was truly frightening though.

Sophie was funny when she was drunk.

They were interesting HMs, fascinating to watch. Sophie imo faked being drunk and showing your knickers isn't what i consider funny