From a reddit post early this morning:
“The A team has clocked off. I'm wired from a long week, I'm at the end of my rope with this nightmare of a job and want to get some shit off my chest so I can enjoy my rest day tomorrow. So here, have some BTS tea, brain dump incoming.
There's a lot of tension behind the scenes. The metrics are amazing, but network hates the production quality, production is working with no budget, the crew is lean and lacks experience. We're making what changes we can but we're working with no support and no resources. We know that the live segments are a big issue but the crew we have can't solve that.
A certain person in charge of editorial direction is ramming the Love Island format down your throats because that's their personal taste level (and experience). Everybody else hates it. There have been heated conversations about it. It is not Big Brother. And it's not even authentic. Holly has zero interest in Colin, she's just being encouraged to play it up.
Holly is a plague on this production. She threatened to walk in week one and there's a good reason she ultimately didn't. Keen observers of the live feed might have noticed that she goes to the diary room a lot more than anyone else and that's no coincidence. I can't say what (not everyone on crew knows the details, I can't dox myself), but she's being given a lot of privileges that you won't ever see on air. The extent of it is actually really bad.
I saw some speculation that Michael didn't choose Holly for Head House. He did, but it was suggested to him by production and he loved the chaos of it. They were prepared to incentivise him but didn't need to in the end.
The "allegations" around Colin were known by production before he went into the house. Network liked him but the full picture wasn't disclosed by production and he wouldn't have been signed off on had network known the whole story. He's not the only ticking bomb they're sitting on, but he is the worst.
Two intruders may be going in next week. It sounds weird but it may or may not happen (we're not exactly working to a coherent plan here). I know they were contacted a few days ago and are on "standby". One male one female.
That's enough for me from now. I might check in tomorrow to answer any questions (I know most of you won't believe me anyway).”
