Episode Day 8 Eviction Show - 16/11/2025

SoftKitty said:
It definitely will be if it keeps performing well in the viewing demos like it has been so far.

Seriously, the hyperventilating and OTT complaining by some on here a) whenever something happens they don’t like and/or b) because this season isn’t a 100% complete replica of the ‘OG era’ season has become ridiculous such that it diminishes the legitimate criticisms that can be made about this season (and there’s no shortage of issues to tackle).
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I agree with your last sentence about legitimate criticisms. This alone won’t do it, but compounding it with everything else, it is not a bright future for the show. Look at the week one ratings and how it keeps going down.
 
SoftKitty said:
Seriously, the hyperventilating and OTT complaining by some on here a) whenever something happens they don’t like and/or b) because this season isn’t a 100% complete replica of the ‘OG era’ season has become ridiculous such that it diminishes the legitimate criticisms that can be made about this season (and there’s no shortage of issues to tackle).
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For sure.

There's a big difference between constructive criticism and performative outage. Some people just love to have something to complain about. Knowing that this run is a test and learn exercise, and a limited budget, there's only so much we can expect them to do. The show will never fully be what it was in the Ten era (I'm personally glad for that), but we do know they've been responsible and tweaking where they can within reason - and that shows some kind of care, whether people are willing to admit it or not.

Time and patience are our best friend. This show will be back in 2026 and I choose to remain optimistic about its potential.
 
SoftKitty said:
Seriously, the hyperventilating and OTT complaining by some on here a) whenever something happens they don’t like and/or b) because this season isn’t a 100% complete replica of the ‘OG era’ season has become ridiculous such that it diminishes the legitimate criticisms that can be made about this season (and there’s no shortage of issues to tackle).
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While some of the complaints might have been voiced in a dramatic way, they have hardly become ridiculous. Some people care more about the format than having some quick entertainment. I could talk hours about twist, format changes and adjustments made to Big Brother around the world where I feel like people should have criticized production more openly in order to preserve the original format or help with steering the format in a direction closer to the original idea of Big Brother.

You have one influencer on the show and you might excuse it with "oh, it's just one influencer" and "every other person has a social media account and some followers on them". Next thing that will happen is you have a house with half the cast being influencers and people excusing it with "every one doing social media" and "we've always had influencers on the cast". And slowly but surely the nature of the show changes.

There have been many instances where the show and its nature changed by what some people might perceive as a smaller change. People might not realize the first time, but they realize it later. People in Germany love their fifth season despite it established almost all the changes that they're complaining about these days. They just didn't mind back then because it seemed to be something minor.

All the respect from my end to the people that love and respect the format. Those are my people.

(Despite.. when you negotiate a raise at work and expect a 10% raise, you don't go to your boss and ask for 10% either. You ask for something higher so that when they negotiate you down, you'll still end up at 10%. Same here: Why should people lower their expectations and thus giving production a chance to lower them even further?)
 
Not surprised that Michael went. About the only thing in the house he got right was realising he was toast the second he saw the nomination line up. He's a prick but I do like how he immediately was contradicting the edited shows storylines on stage. I was genuinely surprised that he thinks Alanna is up tonight as well.

Just seen the twist about Holly being safe this week and can't help that feel like the show is being edited like The Bachelor now. Holly is the villain and the villain is always kept around by production for the drama. It won't be nearly as compelling as it felt like with Emma in 2007 whereby she managed to skate by for several weeks through a combo of not being nominated and having the FNL winner save her meanwhile the public were baying for her blood. With this one it's just eye rolling TBH. The show is clearly scared of letting things actually play out.
 
Contrary to much of the commentary here, i actually really enjoyed tonight's eviction episode;
  • Crowd seemed much larger and more rowdy.
  • Mel's jokes were really funny.
  • Sunset over the stage was beautiful.
  • "No swearing while we're airing"
  • "This is Big Brother, Michael you have been evicted, you have 30 seconds to say your goodbyes and leave the Big Brother house".
My only bugbear was the complete lack of any voting results graph being shown to viewers.
 
ProjectCastor said:
Conor has been studying the past seasons he’s made a lot of references to seasons gone on live, he must think he needs a Chrissy takes Ben moment and there’s nothing authentic about it.
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If Conor had tried to pull that Gordon Ramsay type shite with Merlin & Paul back in the day, he woulda been bitch slapped a dozen times before he got the chance to say 'crosses th line' the first of 6 occasions in the space of 3 minutes and 4 individual areas of the house.

Did you notice the way he grew in stature when he recounted the story and accepted each pat on the back like he was defending his next MMA world title bout?

For a brief second my total and unapologetic hatred of all things within Gretel* subsided and made room for this specimen of the kitchen

But only for a second

AG

( * Denotes : other than Saxons delicious glans penis )
 
Much to improve upon but nothing that can't be fixed - main issue is the daily show element dragged on far too long. The first 20 minutes or so being exclusively based around Holly is exactly why Vote to Save is far too open to producer manipulation.

I think having Mel chat to the nominees earlier and perhaps have time to talk to the other HMs too would break up the monotony of the show highlights, which needed to have a much tighter edit.
 
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I’m so disappointed there wasn't a couch there for the eviction interview. We didn't even get a Michael highlights package. I'm glad we are going to see him tomorrow, but the magic of Big Brother was celebrating the evicted housemates as soon as they got out of the house and having a reasonable chat about their time in the house and seeing their highlights. I think that's a big thing to miss from the OG series that they really need to recapture. 😔

Sigh. With some of their decisions, it's like they just don't get what made Big Brother special in the first place.
 
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