Halfway through the "getting to know you" task they'll be nominating and we'll be evicting one.
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Kegztaa
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Well a month long season isn’t really BB either. The first proper eviction is going to be almost half way through the series. If it’s not going to be a full length series then I’d rather be given a chance to get to know these people.
Kingston
Canadian Royalty
NOT series 3. Also as I said before comparing the civilian series to CBB is like comparing apples to oranges. One is specifically designed to be a slow burn and the other is specifically designed to be condensed. There’s no lemonade to be made here. Now go play in traffic
T.R.
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Series 3 of BB is Reggie’s season. Celeb BB doesn’t count.
BBAU25
Active Member
They had Reggie’s season plus celebrity bb that year
T.R.
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Actually Celeb BB was in 2002 after the second series. BB3 was the next year in April 2003.
Zcsund1234
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Damn you got in before me. I so wanted to point out his mistake myself
BBAU25
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Yeah you’re right, my mistake series 2 then*
Zcsund1234
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your countdown ends tomorrow BTW
4 weeks is a complete cop out. It’s unfair to contestants and to the audience. 6 I would say is the bare minimum. It is not bigger and better. It’s not even enough as a “test run”. The og big brother is about getting to know the housemates and the dynamics. I’d assume evictions start in the first week you’d only really get to know the final 3. I would have preferred pre recorded than this. 4 weeks is going to feel like the pre recorded format anyways with the show revolving around evictions nominations and challenges. Imagine being a super fan of big brother who’s wanted to go on big brother their whole life they finally get it and it’s over in a week or two. Someone needs to write a strongly worded letter to some executives to scare them a bit. This is not what anyone wants and I can almost guarantee it won’t work. Go big or go home. It needs to be pushed back.
The only way this could possibly work and is probably what they are looking at for inspo is love island. 10 people and no one really leaves until the final week. Love island USA did pick up last year in 4 weeks but the thing with that is there’s a whole lot more people watching and tweeting about it than there would be here even in our peaks. Live shows don’t get more than a couple tweets an hour. But if we wanted love island we’d watch love island. removing noms and evictions makes big brother not big brother. I was really hoping for a return to the glory days with Friday night games too but with how this is looking I don’t have hope. So strange considering they’ve advertised this as going back to how it was and making it bigger than ever. It makes no sense whatsoever and as soon as this all becomes public it will be too late and there will be public backlash.
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If the justification is to play it safe with a shorter run to test the waters, it is sort of a lose lose in my opinion. Either it rates poorly and the execs say “Well we tested the waters and the audience clearly isn’t interested, we won’t do a longer series in 2026(Or any at all), or it rates well and they go “It appears the shorter series is a success, this must be the formula that works in the modern era”.
I do think the whole “We want to recapture the event feel of the early 2000’s” will inevitably fall flat with a shorter season. They will need to do multiple nominations & evictions a week. You can’t generate the “event feel” if the supposed live event is so frequent. You need the full week build up to the Sunday night.
I was so excited for the 10 reboot but this news almost has me considering whether I will even bother investing any time watching. Being a BBAU fan sometimes feels like torture haha. This is now the third time we’ve been teased with an exciting reboot desperate for the return of all those nostalgic memories we share with this show and once again it is almost certainly going to flop. This time feels worse because it is the return to 10 we’ve all been waiting over 15 years for…
I do think the whole “We want to recapture the event feel of the early 2000’s” will inevitably fall flat with a shorter season. They will need to do multiple nominations & evictions a week. You can’t generate the “event feel” if the supposed live event is so frequent. You need the full week build up to the Sunday night.
I was so excited for the 10 reboot but this news almost has me considering whether I will even bother investing any time watching. Being a BBAU fan sometimes feels like torture haha. This is now the third time we’ve been teased with an exciting reboot desperate for the return of all those nostalgic memories we share with this show and once again it is almost certainly going to flop. This time feels worse because it is the return to 10 we’ve all been waiting over 15 years for…
OK, looking at the options for a 4-5 week run. I'm basically assuming it'll run for 4 weeks Sun-Fri then Sun/Mon to finish up. However they do it they need to begin evictions no later than the end of week 1.
Weekly Format
If they tried to stick to a weekly format for me that doesn't work, but they could say do two single evictions, two double evictions and perhaps throw in a bonus midweek double eviction (or BBUK "backdoor eviction" if they really want to piss off viewers) which would evict 8 people. If they started with 12 HMs that leaves 4 in the final. Workable, but would feel really rushed - but has the advantage of with live shows generally being only Sunday and Monday the rest of the week you get "pure" Big Brother with the daily shows.
Twice Weekly Format - 6 nights a week
For me with such a short series you have to run two weeks in one, though you'd still wait a week for the first eviction. From the second week I'd then do evictions on Sunday and Thursday with nominations on Monday and Friday. I'm pushing noms to Fridays as it gives them excuse not to do FNL (not time for it in this format) but also means viewers get at least Tue/Wed as pure daily shows, and to an extent the pre-eviction daily show on the Thursday too. I'd run the daily at 7pm before live shows then at 7.30pm on other nights - the new 10 schedule gives them the flexibility to do that. This gives them 7 eviction shows - I'd assume 3 might be doubles so if you go for 4 in the final that's 14 HMs.
Paired show Format - 4 nights a week
I think the promo suggested it would run 6 nights a week (but it also suggested "bigger and better" IIRC) but if it just ran 4 nights a week I'd run it on Sun/Mon and Wed/Thu - the first show would include the nominations and the second the eviction. Whilst I'm not convinced this absolutely works with the traditional format (but could work well with the US format or Seven format) it might be better to basically rethink how the show is scheduled rather than try and make a 14 week show fit into a 4 week timeframe. (Uncut could give them a show on Tuesdays in a later slot or just streamed)
We're basically looking at the Seven structure of the show, but doing it live and with a traditional nominations process. This might work better with the idea the show will be around on streaming for months after it finishes. You then work in additional tasks to each episode - presumably for the weekly budget and ad-hoc rewards rather than related to the power to influence nominations. Whilst you could have US style elements I think in the time frame available that would be too complicated for a "pilot" run. In this scenario you'd have 18 episodes over 4 weeks 2 days with an eviction every other episode. You'd probably skip the eviction on day 2 but can add another one in the day before the finale so potentially 8 eviction shows, perhaps with 3 doubles again so that's 15 HMs.
Ultimately though the show would have a much better schedule if they just gave them the time it really needs - I'd say 8 weeks as a minimum, but the threat of a 4 week series suddenly doesn't make 6 weeks look so bad.
Weekly Format
If they tried to stick to a weekly format for me that doesn't work, but they could say do two single evictions, two double evictions and perhaps throw in a bonus midweek double eviction (or BBUK "backdoor eviction" if they really want to piss off viewers) which would evict 8 people. If they started with 12 HMs that leaves 4 in the final. Workable, but would feel really rushed - but has the advantage of with live shows generally being only Sunday and Monday the rest of the week you get "pure" Big Brother with the daily shows.
Twice Weekly Format - 6 nights a week
For me with such a short series you have to run two weeks in one, though you'd still wait a week for the first eviction. From the second week I'd then do evictions on Sunday and Thursday with nominations on Monday and Friday. I'm pushing noms to Fridays as it gives them excuse not to do FNL (not time for it in this format) but also means viewers get at least Tue/Wed as pure daily shows, and to an extent the pre-eviction daily show on the Thursday too. I'd run the daily at 7pm before live shows then at 7.30pm on other nights - the new 10 schedule gives them the flexibility to do that. This gives them 7 eviction shows - I'd assume 3 might be doubles so if you go for 4 in the final that's 14 HMs.
Paired show Format - 4 nights a week
I think the promo suggested it would run 6 nights a week (but it also suggested "bigger and better" IIRC) but if it just ran 4 nights a week I'd run it on Sun/Mon and Wed/Thu - the first show would include the nominations and the second the eviction. Whilst I'm not convinced this absolutely works with the traditional format (but could work well with the US format or Seven format) it might be better to basically rethink how the show is scheduled rather than try and make a 14 week show fit into a 4 week timeframe. (Uncut could give them a show on Tuesdays in a later slot or just streamed)
We're basically looking at the Seven structure of the show, but doing it live and with a traditional nominations process. This might work better with the idea the show will be around on streaming for months after it finishes. You then work in additional tasks to each episode - presumably for the weekly budget and ad-hoc rewards rather than related to the power to influence nominations. Whilst you could have US style elements I think in the time frame available that would be too complicated for a "pilot" run. In this scenario you'd have 18 episodes over 4 weeks 2 days with an eviction every other episode. You'd probably skip the eviction on day 2 but can add another one in the day before the finale so potentially 8 eviction shows, perhaps with 3 doubles again so that's 15 HMs.
Ultimately though the show would have a much better schedule if they just gave them the time it really needs - I'd say 8 weeks as a minimum, but the threat of a 4 week series suddenly doesn't make 6 weeks look so bad.
Has anyone ever enjoyed when the show immediately goes to the evictions? Such as the first day or with in first few day evictions where you never get to know the contestant? I don't think I've ever enjoyed that. Vote out Terri, oh no the old hag. Bring her back to rig the show for some reason. The one time I knew someone who went on the show, immediately put in jail and out in a few days.
It's from the dark times but Justice for Soobong!
It's from the dark times but Justice for Soobong!
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Zcsund1234
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Time's up @BBAU25 wheres the big announcment after 6 weeks and 1 day mr insider?
Rison
Wahoo!
I've never understood this logic. The chances of people that were working at 10 during BBAU's original run are still working there AND still working in the same roles is pretty much zero.
Just because its airing on 10 again doesn't mean anything, because the people responsible for the original magic are long gone.
They can't do a worse job than the cringe worthy shit Nine served up: Do the Twist, Noah's Ark (housemates two by two), Gangnam Style. BEEEEEUUUUUUUUWWWWWWW!!!
10 did a great job with their BB promos and teasers. And if Peter Abbott is indeed involved again there's no reason we can't see that style again. Bring it on.