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Celebrity Big Brother live feed has disappeared from 5STAR ahead of January’s ‘All Stars/New Stars’ series – after the last run attracted controversy over an allegedly ‘staged’ scene.

For the last three series of CBB, Channel 5 aired an hour of live feed every weeknight at around midnight on the digital channel.

However, only two post-eviction instalments of ‘Live From The House’ are in the final schedules for the first two weeks of the new series – at 00.05am on C5 on Tuesday 3rd and Tuesday 10th January 2017.

This effectively means that bosses have axed the 5STAR feed. bbspy approached C5 for confirmation, but did not receive a response.

The move is likely to anger fans of the show, as it means producers will now be even less accountable after they were accused of staging a scene.

During the last series of CBB in August, a live broadcast appeared to show the housemates acting out a sequence, as they all went to bed at the same time – before getting up and continuing as normal moments later.

Viewers were outraged, as Big Brother is built on the principle that contestants’ behaviour isn’t set up – but C5 denied accusations that the show is scripted.

It is not known whether this scandal is the reason for the reduction in live feed.

The lack of a 24-hour live feed – a staple feature of the Big Brother format – remains a contentious issue among die-hard BBUK fans.

It remains integral to international versions of the show – such as Big Brother USA, which this year aired its first ever online-only season almost exclusively via live streaming.

http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb19/news/12...#ixzz4TVfXkyT2

Laughable that they've done this in response to the highlights staging being exposed. Hooray for more cover ups and less transparency!

[Jordan.]

[Cal.]

Iconic

[Firewire]

I didn't even watch live feed so I don't really care

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

me

[Greg!]

it's was only like 2 hours a week anyway so not that fussed!

[Jack_]

I mean it's laughable but in a weird way I'm glad? I'm so fed up of their blatant favouritism of CBB (which included loads of live feed but none for BB) so at least in this respect that's not the case

[RichardG]

Originally Posted by Fireplace

I didn't even watch live feed so I don't really care

same

[Jason.]

Meh. I doubt I'll be watching the main show yet alone live feed

[Josiah.]

I'll probably only watch the launch, first eviction, and final.

[T*]

yeah this isn't a good sign
bye bye bb

[Marsh.]

Wasn't it axed like years ago?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Black Xmas

Meh. I doubt I'll be watching the main show yet alone live feed

This.

[reece(:]

[Alf]

Why would the want to have live feed? That would be the whole concept of what the show was originally about, they wouldn't want to do that, it's TV and they have to give you fake-ness and lies.

[Jake.]

this is standard for January series (17 aside)

[y.winter]

[Will.]

I don't care, it's always on at like midnight which is far to late anyway.

[Epic.]

Digital Spy will fume

[Mrmattybeck]

Used to love live feed back in the day but not too fussed these days


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[Natalie.]

Not bothered, don't watch it really

[Lostie!]

Probably a good thing if this series is as much of a cluster**** as it sounds.