[ElProximo]

Every time I'm in the UK or just chatting with Brits and the conversation turns to Big Brother I hear it:
"Aw, they are just a bunch of nobodies seeking fame!"
"Phtt.. who wants to watch attention-seekers who think they're famous?"
"Nah, I hate those wannabe 'famous' types who just want to.."


Every country seems to have a national twist on this. Aussies have the 'Tall Poppy' syndrome where anyone getting a little too much fame better get cut down to size.
Canada is just as bad with its peculiar 'national yawn' if they believe any one of them is getting too popular.
You can even say Americans have a 'opposite problem' where they go mad lavishing celebrity upon one of their own if they so much as appear on television for 2 seconds.

Brits are funny with this one. We have a real sore spot with this. For some reason we especially resent fame-seekers!
Oh something about it just.... grrr... the contempt just boils!

Of course BB well exploits this and loves nothing more than to find the audience people like 'Mario and Lisa' and the long list of 'wannabe stars' and the more hopeless and fame-whoring the more infuriated Brits will watch and BOO and pay to evict!

But what is this peculiar thing with hating fame-seekers so much?
Why is that so bad anyways?
Why do we resent that with a special kind of contempt seemingly reserved just for them?

Is this really why people won't watch BB11.. or is it why they WILL watch BB11?