BB/CBB UK - Rewatch discussions

[Zcsund1234]

The ITV revival certainly is a lot more task-driven than you’d hope from a BB series

It gets worse in BB2024 lol.

Matty’s eviction has got to be the most brutal exit ever

The most recent BBUS evictee might take that crown

I really loved the cast a lot.

I agree, there’s more likeable and root-able people in this series than the next IMO. But thankfully the better side of the house lasted.

My favourite was Yinrun but I did love Olivia’s storyline and felt she was a very deserving runner-up. Jordan was a good winner, my favourite of all the bbuk seasons I watched live (most of the ch5 era). Loved Matty but I hated how his storyline was marred by the love triangle. Chanelle, Jenkin and Tom’s downfall was an interesting storyline. I have to agree with you on Hallie as well, I found her to be a Nikki graham try hard.

I’m actually keen to watch 2024

It’s not a bad season, the storyline’s are interesting and the cast is pretty turbulent. Not as likeable as the 2023 group but the 2024 cast definitely would have done well with a longer season. My current #1 favourite (and maybe also 2nd) ITV housemate(s) come from this season. Although one is an acquired taste to say the least lol.

Loved reading your thoughts and look forward to reading what you have to say about the next one.

 

[Kingston]

Smashed out the whole 2023 season in 3 days. Yikes.

It’s been a few years since I’ve watched a foreign season of BB… or any BB series for that matter… and for the most part I truly enjoyed it. The ITV revival certainly is a lot more task-driven than you’d hope from a BB series but, perhaps it’s because I bingewatched it, I actually didn’t find that too much of a problem. There were a few episodes I felt like we could’ve skipped the fun and games for more of the real personable action, of which there was a lot there, but I actually enjoyed most of the challenges. The similarities with Seven’s BBAU were certainly evident in the beginning, though it wasn’t as bad once the season grew. I can understand how the short run really fast tracked the season and made it all feel quite rushed though, especially in the second half. The spontaneous evictions were also not it - Matty’s eviction has got to be the most brutal exit ever, he took it so well but it really upset me.

I really loved the cast a lot. I thought the dynamics were interesting, and even my own feelings toward certain HMs flip-flopped throughout the course of the season. The only HM I seriously did not like was Hallie. Everyone else had their moments. The relationships, for good or bad, were all brilliant to watch. I found these HMs all engaging in one way or another - honestly I liked ALL of them at one point - and I genuinely laughed a lot during this season, which is always a good thing. So many funny moments! I even cried a lot.

Happy with the winner, too. I always find the UK audience and the types of people they tend to like/dislike so so fascinating. Overall I was pleased with this season! I’m actually keen to watch 2024 now, then hopefully keep up with 2025 in realtime once it starts…

Liked what I saw of 2023 but for me I can’t see past the faults of this run and it’s really just giving rebranded C5 era vibes. I want to watch a series that’s made for the fans to enjoy not a series that’s trying to tell me what I should be enjoying… If that makes sense. This is just another series where stupid mandates are getting in the way of what could be.

 

[the Theorist]

Just watched the Launch of 2024. Yeah… okay…

Historically live Launches never work well. That was a mess. I’m a big advocate for a pre-recorded Launch show, period.

But another thing, twists like that on opening night are never a great way to kick things off. For a show that’s meant to be about natural social interaction and whatnot, interrupting people meeting for the first time and then causing a literal division in the dynamics from the get-go is just dumb. The live aspect really affected the flow of things here too.

No real standouts for me in the cast yet either. As opposed to 2023’s cast at the same time, I haven’t really been straight away drawn to anyone from 2024.

Let’s see how this plays out…