[Mickey2009]

Briffa could be right..

Briffa's blog NOTW.



I suppose I should be used to it by now, but even I was stunned by the "punishment".
Marcus asks to be nominated, Siavash refuses to nominate. And the punishment is... everyone is up for eviction, and it's vote to save. What kind of punishment is that? Did Marcus and Siavash look shocked, appalled, guilty?
Siavash was thrown a bit in the diary room, but he wasn't given enough time to reconsider even if he'd wanted to. I remember Charlie was given time for a rethink when he'd tried the same ploy earlier in the series. But BB gets what BB wants.

If they'd stuck with the normal nominations as usual it was going to be Marcus v Bea, but, like I predicted yesterday, BB were itching to save Bea, and now they've gone and done it by the crudest means possible.

Not surprising, and quite rightly, that David, Lisa, and Rodrigo were furious at the duo yesterday when all was explained. Why should they be put at risk? We had vote to save in the first week this year, which got rid of the hapless Beinazir. Otherwise it's only ever been done once before, in BB7. Then, with everyone except Jayne up, Nikki got accidentally kicked out on a vote to evict. Later in that series there was a paired eviction. Pete and Richard were coupled up, and BB, not wanting to repeat the mistake and have a favourite removed, made it vote to save, and Pete was duly protected.

Aside from the brutal injustice of it, voting to save also gives BB a huge advantage in the editing. With the LIVE FEED reduced to the night time already that's never been easier, but by Friday BB will know exactly how popular each and every housemate is, down to the nearest percentage point. How easy will it then be to manipulate matters to get exactly what they want?

What I don't really get is why this is considered such brilliant scheming anyway. Noirin's eviction last week got the biggest audience for a Friday of the series. If they really wanted big viewing figures they'd be trying to get rid of the "big" characters instead of saving them. Marcus, Siavash, Freddie, and Bea would go over the next few weeks, leaving the final to be contested by those who can't manage a full-length interview. I mean, who's going to stay up to see half an hour of Hira or David being grilled by the panel?

[Beastie]

i really want lisa to go

[setanta]

Originally posted by Mickey2009
Briffa could be right..

Briffa's blog NOTW.



I suppose I should be used to it by now, but even I was stunned by the "punishment".
Marcus asks to be nominated, Siavash refuses to nominate. And the punishment is... everyone is up for eviction, and it's vote to save. What kind of punishment is that? Did Marcus and Siavash look shocked, appalled, guilty?
Siavash was thrown a bit in the diary room, but he wasn't given enough time to reconsider even if he'd wanted to. I remember Charlie was given time for a rethink when he'd tried the same ploy earlier in the series. But BB gets what BB wants.

If they'd stuck with the normal nominations as usual it was going to be Marcus v Bea, but, like I predicted yesterday, BB were itching to save Bea, and now they've gone and done it by the crudest means possible.

Not surprising, and quite rightly, that David, Lisa, and Rodrigo were furious at the duo yesterday when all was explained. Why should they be put at risk? We had vote to save in the first week this year, which got rid of the hapless Beinazir. Otherwise it's only ever been done once before, in BB7. Then, with everyone except Jayne up, Nikki got accidentally kicked out on a vote to evict. Later in that series there was a paired eviction. Pete and Richard were coupled up, and BB, not wanting to repeat the mistake and have a favourite removed, made it vote to save, and Pete was duly protected.

Aside from the brutal injustice of it, voting to save also gives BB a huge advantage in the editing. With the LIVE FEED reduced to the night time already that's never been easier, but by Friday BB will know exactly how popular each and every housemate is, down to the nearest percentage point. How easy will it then be to manipulate matters to get exactly what they want?

What I don't really get is why this is considered such brilliant scheming anyway. Noirin's eviction last week got the biggest audience for a Friday of the series. If they really wanted big viewing figures they'd be trying to get rid of the "big" characters instead of saving them. Marcus, Siavash, Freddie, and Bea would go over the next few weeks, leaving the final to be contested by those who can't manage a full-length interview. I mean, who's going to stay up to see half an hour of Hira or David being grilled by the panel?

I agree with everything you've said. Baffles me that they've decided- along with Siavash and Marcus- to make a total mockery of their own show, bending and basically altering the rules at will in their own transparent efforts to save their favourites.

[SocietyIsRuined]

Thank god this Briffa gets it.

[Mickey2009]

Sorry about the double post.

This is one week were Poll's mean absolutely fk all. Because its free to do a poll but when it comes to paying its a different story altogether. So just because you see Charlie, Rodrigo,Freddie topping the polls and Lisa at the bottom, in reality it doesn't mean a thing beacuse people will say 'Oh! there safe why bother wasting 35p'' and the people who support Lisa will say ''Lordy Lord she needs our help lets get voting'' all of a sudden theres only a couple of percentages in it.

[mrs-big]

LISA HAS TO GO!
She might not be put up for eviction again, she will just end up in the final

She really needs to goooooooo

[Showstopper]

I do agree that as a punishment it was ridiculous, it has only punished Lisa and David

Siavash should have been told to nominate or get out

[bansheewails]

BB can change the rules at any time!

:c olour:

[Jezzy]

Briffa is entirely right.

As an aside, for anyone interested in the cynical politics of reality shows, I highly recommend Ben Elton's "Rockstar" - the producers try to manipulate an X-factor style show in order to get Prince Charles to win...hilarious, and so relevant to the unseen manipulation of BB too

[BBmassive]

BB KNEW if it was vote to evict Bea or Marcus would have gone ,hate vote to save ,its a con

[Shasown]

Almost makes you wonder if Siavash is who he says he is, an independent free thinking, or a BB manipulated muppet?