Too dull.

I is well funny innit....

And funnily enough I much preferred the more "real" natural people of the the earlier shows.

Give me dull anyday.

The thing is though , the first BB was not dull because it was new and fresh and never before seen.

So it didn't matter what type of contestant was in there.

I loved the early days when it really wasn't so much about the "fame".

I agree with electric 6 - they were real people back then.
I suppose the first show was more of an experiment and therefore no one had any expectations. Even 2 & 3 still had HM's who were more interested in the whole experience rather than the deal that followed their eviction.

The housemates always go into cliques though, so there are similarities.

I much preferred the early shows- not dull at all imo...the 'wannabes' and the 'plastics' are the dull ones imo. ...BBGT- don't think I'd be paying her much for that bit of genius!

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Originally posted by ѕρι∂єямσηкєγ:
The housemates always go into cliques though, so there are similarities.

But at first, don't you think that's just down to the sheer number of people all
under one roof? You can't talk to all of the people all of the time.
I suppose it's human nature; you're drawn to people you like and avoid those that you don't.

Then it's too late - you're left with whoever the public wish onto you!

I think that's true, when you think about allegiances some HMs have made it's more a matter if survival in the house than choice.

One that springs to mind is Jade and Adele, in real life I don't think they'd have been friends, but it suited them both for a time in the house.

Thanks for that Cosmo, really interesting.

I only started watching halfway through BB3 (it was a late-night chat between Kate and Sophie that got me started). I think I was the lone person who enjoyed BB4! And was still hooked at BB5.

With hindsight I can see that BB6 was where the magic started to wane for me and even though I still watch, and enjoy to a degree, the changes that have been made to the format and the ever-increasing bizarro HM's have certainly worked towards me being less interested.

There is always something that divides the group in half. Smokers v Non Smokers... Luxury Bedroom v B Block... probably others too.

Invariabley one side of the divide becomes Team Nice in the eyes of the viewers, while the other becomes Team Nasty.

I'm interested in how this BB tradition will manifest itself this year.

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Originally posted by electric6:
I think that's true, when you think about allegiances some HMs have made it's more a matter if survival in the house than choice.

One that springs to mind is Jade and Adele, in real life I don't think they'd have been friends, but it suited them both for a time in the house.

Ooooh yeah, Jade and Adele.
Am I remembering this correctly that Adele wasn't as 'true' to the friendship as Jade?
All I recall is that Adele was a total snide by the time she was evicted.

I know this sounds daft but, during BB3 there was still that air of goodwill in the general sense.
I know there was bitching too, but they still seemed to see that pulling together was better than
dividing the group.
Maybe the rich/poor divide was the cause of that.

Fascinating article. I agree with the analysis that everything changed in BB5. Shame!

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Originally posted by ѕρι∂єямσηкєγ:
Smokers v Non Smokers...

This is one of the very early divides certainly. A natural divide of course.

There usually aren't many housemates who can flit between two groups but if you can you are usually safe for weeks.

BB10 is dull without live feed