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BB15 Big Brother 15 - aka Big Brother: Power Trip. The launch date was Thursday 5th June 2014. Discuss the series won by Helen Wood here.
Housemates (tags): Ash, Ashleigh, Biannca, Chris, Christopher, Danielle, Helen, Jale, Kimberly, Mark, Marlon, Matthew, Pauline, Pavandeep, Steven, Tamara, Toya, Winston, Zoe, HM Fan clubs (appreciation),

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View Poll Results: Is the Big Brother format past its use by date?
Yes, It ended when C4 axed it. 8 23.53%
Yes, It ended when C4 axed it.
8 23.53%
No, there's still life for it. 26 76.47%
No, there's still life for it.
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Old 11-10-2014, 05:32 PM #1
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Even though the ratings are a fraction of what they used to be
Do you think the format is now past its shelf life?
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It's fine and still a great format but they should calm down with The Twists.

They need to pick a handful of interesting, diverse housemates and let them get on with it.
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No, absolutely not! The show just needs a bit of a makeover tbh, keep it more like C4 bb but keep the housemates on the tv screens because I like that feature.
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If they sack the current producers and actually listen to the fans than it can still work.
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been tripe for ages but BB13 was only 2 years ago and that is one of my fav series so idk
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Yes and no.

The format itself is timeless and could easily last for many years to come. Although with current production it's a little bit of a mess. BB14 was a huge step in the right direction. Although with BB15 having twists every week, nominations played with and generally very dragged out edits (usually on negative events) the show still feels a bit messy. Mix that in with evictions of Marcus bellowing the countdown and cameras being waved around like toys, you would swear the show is being made by college students.

I think it has a future in the UK. Although all the channels don't seemed bothered to spruce it up and make the show great once again. Creating new shows is what UK television is all about at the moment.
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I don't think it is. If they can produce a quality series then it could work for years. If they continue with BB14/15 then it has no life left at all.
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can we all agree that BB13 is in the top 5 series
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its my 2nd fav actually
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Um but BB7 > BB13
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BB7 was only good for nikki and aisleyne
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I actually think Nikki is just okay. Like yes she's iconic and she does have a lot of great moments but there are parts of the Nikki Grahame experience that are rlly uncomfortable.
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but it's a classic series tbh, BO Dawn, Bonneh, Pete, Shahbaz, Lisa, they're all great

It has the best half ever, let's just say that - and possibly the best first week
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