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A 30 day Big Brother: how?

I still don't believe the rumour that we're getting only 4 weeks from this season, but let's not forget they essentially had a similar turnaround for CBB in 2002. Very different premise of-course, but we can look to their outline as a rough reference of how they achieved it, though not ideal for a civilian series.

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I've been slowly creating definitive episode guides for BBAU on Wikipedia, and added CBB last night, so it made this think of the upcoming season.
 
I still don't believe the rumour that we're getting only 4 weeks from this season, but let's not forget they essentially had a similar turnaround for CBB in 2002. Very different premise of-course, but we can look to their outline as a rough reference of how they achieved it, though not ideal for a civilian series.

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I've been slowly creating definitive episode guides for BBAU on Wikipedia, and added CBB last night, so it made this think of the upcoming season.
I did wonder about tagging the nominations on to the end of eviction shows but that would make for rather long shows, though you could perhaps do a surprise eviction on nominations night, either before them with a vote amongst all HMs opening the night before or a snap public vote after the nominations.

What was the "Up Late Live Eviction"? Sadly suspect one pre-recorded overnight eviction is inevitable with a feeds block.
 
What was the "Up Late Live Eviction"?
Essentially the same as what the other Live shows were (all were set in the 2002 Nominations studio with a small audience, as opposed to the auditorium) and they showed mild Uncut-based content from the house.
 
I did wonder about tagging the nominations on to the end of eviction shows but that would make for rather long shows, though you could perhaps do a surprise eviction on nominations night, either before them with a vote amongst all HMs opening the night before or a snap public vote after the nominations.
According to the video archives I made for the Wikipedia article before the video got deleted, the episode containing the first eviction, the next round of nominations and an intruder entrance clocks in at 1:09:05 without commercials.
 
TV was so much pacier back then - all that in what likely was a 90 minute show. People say viewers have shorter attention spans yet you know an equivalent show would probably be an hour longer today.
It really was. Ten did a great job with the daily shows in particular, most of the time you really got a pretty decent grasp on what had occurred that day at least in terms of the conflict/mood of the house. I was always amazed at how the Nine episodes were longer but so much airtime was wasted on pointless stuff like tasks in the diary room and Surly that it felt like we didn't know the housemates as well.
 
Mel is 35 this year, which is just 3 years younger than Gretel was in 2001.

Don't judge a book by its cover, wait and see how she goes then make your judgement.
Ngl, she seems sweet and she reminds me of the late Christina Grimmie. I'll definitely give her a go.

It's just that my eyes were on 'notable' figures in our television. So I didn't see Mel in that radar.
 
It's just that my eyes were on 'notable' figures in our television. So I didn't see Mel in that radar.
Exactly why she was a great pick. The great BB presenters (at least in the English speaking world) were relatively obscure figures to the masses prior to taking on the role. One of the things I hate about modern TV is that they really don’t make stars anymore (to a degree) it’s all about who can we bring in to attract viewers. To me Mel’s casting says 10 more interested in letting the show speak for itself than what gimmick they can throw at it to get people watching.
 
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