[Loukas]

I think we can safely say those of the eyes of this years housemates!

[BBDodge]

Crowded House.

But it's bigger so it won't feel cramped.

[Lostie!]

16 is a lot for a 6 week series, I was expecting maybe 10.

[DigitalSid]

The 8th and the 12th one look almost identical. Twins?

[BBDodge]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

16 is a lot for a 6 week series, I was expecting maybe 10.

They wanted a diverse cast so that's easier to do with 16.

With 10 we could have had 1 oldie, 2 BAME, 2 LGBTQ+, 1 disabled and 4 straight white with some overlaps.

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

16 is a lot for a 6 week series, I was expecting maybe 10.

I watched Physical 100 recently. A Korean game show on Netflix where 100 people compete in physical challenges and are whittled down over 9 episodes. And their solution was to split the housemates in teams and eliminate half of them each week until they were down to 4. Maybe BB will pull something similar? Split them up into groups one week and get the public to evict one.

[BBDodge]

I don't want housemates' fate decided by being on a team. Bad enough being in pairs in BB7 as there were a couple of pairs where I wanted 1 out and 1 to stay.

[BigAsher]

Too many. Not happy. Just gonna become oversaturated with pointless twists

[Cal.]

Far too many for a 6 week series.

[Babayaro.]

Yeah unless the series is extended by a week or two then 16 housemates is too much. But who knows, it might work depending on what kind of format ITV are going with.

[Dogeatdog]

Originally Posted by DigitalSid

There was me and Niamh struggling to take pictures of our eyes a couple weeks back and these lot manage to do it with ease .

[Cal.]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Yeah unless the series is extended by a week or two then 16 housemates is too much. But who knows, it might work depending on what kind of format ITV are going with.

Maybe a stunning 2 eviccys a week like CBB presented by the GORGEOUS Will Best ?

[Stu]

So about 1.6 evictions a week - including the final week - if you want to end up with six in the final. Yikes.

[UserSince2005]

Not enough blue eyes. We are always so underrepresented in the media

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Hmm. 16 seems a bit much for such a short series. That means we have to get rid of 10 people in the run up to the final just to have 6 on the last night.

So we're either going to get constant double evictions (which i cant stand) or 2 weekly evictions which wont let the house breath or the housemates chill out and settle in throughout the week. Its to many.

12 would have been the perfect spot.

But this wouldn't be Big Brother if we didn't find multiple things to complain about so lol.

I'm just happy it's back.

[BBDodge]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

Not enough blue eyes. We are always so underrepresented in the media

Recessive gene, what can you do!

My mum was blue eyed so I know I have brown & blue alleles.

[user104658]

Not necessarily multiple evictions per week, we've had seasons with mass evictions near the beginning... 4 - 5 could easily go on week 1.

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Not necessarily multiple evictions per week, we've had seasons with mass evictions near the beginning... 4 - 5 could easily go on week 1.

It'll be something like that. A launch night twist in which everyone's up for eviction and 5 go or something. Hopefully its early on before we get to like them all.

[ComingToGetYou]

I guess it's also possible they've thrown a couple of extra in, in case of drop-outs. I can imagine them not wanting to put any HMs in mid-way through, especially since the run is short compared to previous years. And if none drop out, they can simply throw a couple of extra evictions or twists in.

[Strictly Jake]

Been staring at them to try and figure out age and ethnicity but now it's grossing me out

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Been staring at them to try and figure out age and ethnicity but now it's grossing me out

And sex, you can't always tell any of those three traits from eye alone.

I bet the one with too much makeup on the second row is a drag queen

[Vanessa]

They could have mass evictions or some double ones. Six left in the final. One wins.

[Babayaro.]

Personally I would love it if they returned to a three-way final. It would make it feel much more of an event. Or, at the most 4.

[ComingToGetYou]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Personally I would love it if they returned to a three-way final. It would make it feel much more of an event. Or, at the most 4.

I always preferred 3/4 HM finals.

[Oliver_W]

Maybe there could be a "Semi Final" were 3-5 get evicted but have official "Places", if that makes sense.