[Valdora]

SO BB is dead on Channel 4. Before that Big Brother was Channel 4's Golden Boy of media attention and reality TV. That added to the fact that the ratings continued to plummet after 2007 was the end of an era for many of us. So much so that Davina won't return out of principal of having said goodbye. (Makes you think that had they found a new home sooner we might have her.)

So with many people having said goodbye to the show with the channel that everyone identified it with, will it ever be able to reach its peak again? Ratings wise that was BB3 but I think we can all agree that the golden years were 2004-2006. But will the show ever get back to the heights that evaded BB on its home station for years and forced it to be canceled. Chances aren't good.

One of two things will happen. Big Brother on Channel 5 will be seen as a cheap knock off of the Channel 4 version. Orrrr BB will put Channel 5 on the map. With a paper and magazine behind them they have a good start. But I think we can all agree channel 5 is not the first channel we tune in to. Will this work?