[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by elliebrew

Absolutely disagree

Tell me what they offer the house? really?

What do you mean?

They are the focal point of the show and have been for 15 years. They offer reassurance that I'm actually watching Big Brother.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by elliebrew

Absolutely disagree

Tell me what they offer the house? really?

Well it offers the people in there the chance to get rid of the people they don't want to live with anymore for a start and for me personally, as long as there are nominations, the show is still Big Brother, take them away and then we've lost one of the fundamental parts of the show, granted right now the nomination process isn't at it's best, but it's better than not having them at all and just letting the public vote on who they like the best out of everyone each and very week.

Think about it, you let the public have a continuous vote for who their favourite is and you can guarantee that because of the general demographic of BB viewers/voters, all the boring but good looking men would sail through on the thirsty vote, that doesn't benefit the show whatsoever.

[Ashley.]

Nominations or nothing, that's what I say.

[zakman440]

No, they need to go back to a consistent nominations format.

[Liam-]

Not every single time, that would be tiring

[Withano]

They were basically scrapped this series, and the public hated it.. So yeah they probably will, you're right.

[Josy]

Hopefully not, one of the most important parts of the show for me since day one

[JTM45]

While we're at it why don't they bring Top of The Pops back, but without the music!
The music part was so outdated and unnecessary.

[Jamesy]

Do nominations really exist now? I mean noms have moved so far away from the original concept we hardly have proper nominations these days.

[abhorson]

Please go back to the proper noms when if just two that had the most noms, they were up or if the second amount had three or four each, they were up too. Solves all the BB manipulation BS, apart from the edit. Live feed would help with that.

[Beetlejuice]

Originally Posted by elliebrew

Housemate nominations need to be scrapped.

Hand the entire vote over the public and leave it as a vote to save.

Nominations only allows the 'nice boring people' to remain safe for weeks on end.

The deadwood would be gone within a few weeks. The housemate wouldn't know who is popular or unpopular within the house and the dynamics of the house wouldn't be put in jeopardy.

When the eviction is announced don't call the names of the housemates out and allow them to hear the crowd reaction.

This often changes the way a housemate acts

The reason this show is in the dire state it is, is because they have ripped up the format and pissed all over it. Bring back normal noms, with the 24/7 live coverage. And find at least 12 good housemates so it won't matter if a big character goes.

[elliebrew]

Originally Posted by Beetlejuice

The reason this show is in the dire state it is, is because they have ripped up the format and pissed all over it. Bring back normal noms, with the 24/7 live coverage. And find at least 12 good housemates so it won't matter if a big character goes.

Live feed will NEVER come back

It's been half a decade

I think people should be over it now

[Beetlejuice]

Originally Posted by elliebrew

Live feed will NEVER come back

Came back for 2 hours for BB14. It was the highest rated series ever. According to Oathy numerous people involved in the show want it back.

It's been half a decade

I think people should be over it now

It is not a question of getting over it. It is simply the fact that the show doesn't work without it and cannot work without it.

[zakman440]

Originally Posted by Beetlejuice

The reason this show is in the dire state it is, is because they have ripped up the format and pissed all over it. Bring back normal noms, with the 24/7 live coverage. And find at least 12 good housemates so it won't matter if a big character goes.

[karezza]

Regular nominations is the best thing about BB.

[fitz2k2]

what happen to vote to save?

[T*]

i'm doing a bb project rn where the public just vote for their favourite every week and the person with the lowest amount goes

[vafunghoul]

Originally Posted by elliebrew

Housemate nominations need to be scrapped.

Hand the entire vote over the public and leave it as a vote to save.

Nominations only allows the 'nice boring people' to remain safe for weeks on end.

The deadwood would be gone within a few weeks. The housemate wouldn't know who is popular or unpopular within the house and the dynamics of the house wouldn't be put in jeopardy.

When the eviction is announced don't call the names of the housemates out and allow them to hear the crowd reaction.

This often changes the way a housemate acts

I like this idea but then it would create more people PLAYING to the camera's. I'd rather something be done to force the to settle in and be more like themselves than worry so much about how they're perceived if that makes sense.

[Daniel-X]

I think this wouldn't be a bad idea at all they'd probably make more money from doing this to be honest and it would mean all the deadwood would be go nearly on and not as many people would be trying to play the game as they don't have to be scared about being out up for eviction

[Ashley.]

If we have a ten-week series, at least seven of these weeks should be twistless nominations. I like a twist, but not when they dominate the game. The vote to save format should be implemented again to get rid of the bores, but the show need to work on looking for interesting and unique housemates rather than the token selection. Also, don't employ bullies and people who are just going to be mean the entire way through. We need housemates with layers. Get people with different beliefs and ways-of-living and you're sorted, no need for twists, they'll cause their own drama.

[Chilltown]

If anything they should just adopt the US format, one competition winner decides the 2 nominees.

[Rorkimaru]

No way give the public full control. Let them compete for immunity in various tasks and then have the public decide between the 2+ that lose.

[minny03]

Sigh... I agree with you OP, but some people here are so afraid of change and do not understand that the show does need a complete revamp to survive in today's television landscape.

[Beetlejuice]

Originally Posted by minny03

Sigh... I agree with you OP, but some people here are so afraid of change and do not understand that the show does need a complete revamp to survive in today's television landscape.

The show has had a complete revamp and that is why it is in the toilet it now is. The biggest change made to it was the lack of live coverage. The second change is the constant interference. The third change was the astonishingly bad process of casting.

You change it any further, rather than go back to a tried and tested format, and it is Big Brother in all but name. To those who have stuck with it, they will just get fed up. To those who are new to it, they'll just think "Well this is naff".

There are three things the show needs, and it was always this way...

1. A good, varied selection of housemates so that there's no such thing as a "Big character" who the show revolves around (BB3, BB5, BB6 and BB9 are good examples of this).

2. 24/7 live coverage that brings to the show a sense of urgency, allows people to talk about it throughout the day, and actually get to know the housemates properly. Just consider this a moment... You used to get 24/7 coverage for 72 days or more. Now you get about 72 45 minute HL shows and that's about it. If you don't know the HMs, you don't care. And they've made it impossible to get to know them.

3. Stay the **** out of the nomination process and stop relying on pointless twists and desperate stunts. From the house next door to bringing Nikki back, then Jade in CBB to the all girl start of BB8 and the ridiculousness of the half way house. The producers overegged the pudding and did enormous damage to the show. It never recovered of Channel 4.

[RodHull]

Originally Posted by Beetlejuice

3. Stay the **** out of the nomination process and stop relying on pointless twists and desperate stunts. From the house next door to bringing Nikki back, then Jade in CBB to the all girl start of BB8 and the ridiculousness of the half way house. The producers overegged the pudding and did enormous damage to the show. It never recovered of Channel 4.

I agree with your first 2 points but this I dont.

The producers didnt just think 'hey for s**ts and giggles lets ruin our successful show' it was dieing on its arse after BB4 and was in slow but steady decline from then on. They started ******ing with the format cause of a number of reasons, one of the main ones was the public constantly sabotaged their own viewing experience leaving the final weeks as the most boring thing on tv. Its viewing figures always started high then nosedived as the series went on and the big characters went.

TBF the producers made a hash of rectifying this and just messed it up further but they had to try something as it was not working. And largely still doesnt.