If WE were the Producers of Big Brother next year… what would WE do to make the show better?…

[up_all_night]

I watched a lot of the live stream but towards the end that dropped off. It became boring and in large part by flamingos and censorship. Ed, Vinnie, Abs being out of the house, I get keeping the moment for TV but nothing was achieved by censoring the aftermath in the live stream besides killing interest in it. Knowing they were going didn't at all ruin the moments in the Daily Show.

My biggest issue is they need to base the edit of the daily shows around what happens organically. We did not need to see the housemates wake up every day. It just became filler content. If a produced segment like them stacking or stealing the 25K is boring, just breeze past it. Use it for a cliff hanger for an ad in the show but don't spend a good chunk of the episode on it because they planned it. It was boring AF.

Editing in general often missed the most important aspects. Mia doing the circuit, missed the most crucial part of that story when everyone went, "wait she actually thinks she can beat Bruce?" There was no arc, it was just Mia being delusional running for way too long. So many segments went way too long because the editors were just including something as content. Not conveying a story or what was happening.

The show was clearly only very loosely based on filming them 24/7 and making a show. It was a format. It wasn't an OG Big Brother. Especially early on in the season I'd be watching the daily show, perplexed why things were left out. Which in later episodes, related things came up but the daily show viewer would have no idea. I should not have that editorial insight into things needing to be included when I have the stream playing on my phone making a sandwich in my kitchen.

Something which I dropped off doing as the live stream just wasn't drawing my attention. It got too boring and mundane. I won't open up the stream on my phone when I go to make a coffee away from my home office.

The live streams on TenPlay (I use TikTok on PC but won't install that on my phone), needs to get rid of the ads on opening. It should be about sucking you in to watch. If you can sit on the toilet open it up and be done before it gets to the stream. That's a fail for driving interest to the stream. Same for public transport and many other situations. Draw people in and then play ads. It's a different use case scenario than someone wanting to catch of on Sam Pang.

 

[dasnico]

Who says it will be renewed?

I think it’s extremely likely. They didn’t bring it back to just do one half assed season

 

[dasnico]

I watched a lot of the live stream but towards the end that dropped off. It became boring and in large part by flamingos and censorship. Ed, Vinnie, Abs being out of the house, I get keeping the moment for TV but nothing was achieved by censoring the aftermath in the live stream besides killing interest in it. Knowing they were going didn't at all ruin the moments in the Daily Show.

My biggest issue is they need to base the edit of the daily shows around what happens organically. We did not need to see the housemates wake up every day. It just became filler content. If a produced segment like them stacking or stealing the 25K is boring, just breeze past it. Use it for a cliff hanger for an ad in the show but don't spend a good chunk of the episode on it because they planned it. It was boring AF.

Editing in general often missed the most important aspects. Mia doing the circuit, missed the most crucial part of that story when everyone went, "wait she actually thinks she can beat Bruce?" There was no arc, it was just Mia being delusional running for way too long. So many segments went way too long because the editors were just including something as content. Not conveying a story or what was happening.

The show was clearly only very loosely based on filming them 24/7 and making a show. It was a format. It wasn't an OG Big Brother. Especially early on in the season I'd be watching the daily show, perplexed why things were left out. Which in later episodes, related things came up but the daily show viewer would have no idea. I should not have that editorial insight into things needing to be included when I have the stream playing on my phone making a sandwich in my kitchen.

Something which I dropped off doing as the live stream just wasn't drawing my attention. It got too boring and mundane. I won't open up the stream on my phone when I go to make a coffee away from my home office.

The live streams on TenPlay (I use TikTok on PC but won't install that on my phone), needs to get rid of the ads on opening. It should be about sucking you in to watch. If you can sit on the toilet open it up and be done before it gets to the stream. That's a fail for driving interest to the stream. Same for public transport and many other situations. Draw people in and then play ads. It's a different use case scenario than someone wanting to catch of on Sam Pang.

The UK live stream back in the day used to operate as its own channel. Ads were played at the same time as the internet streams. There would be an outro and an intro showing “Big Brother Live” title cards. This current setup just appears the platform it’s on injects its own random advertising in when it sees fit.

 

[Melore]

I think it’s extremely likely. They didn’t bring it back to just do one half assed season

David Knox, from TV Tonight, has said it is definitely returning next year.

 

[kamui]

Of course it’s coming back. The ratings are great for 10 and by their own admission, they don’t see anything wrong with how they handled the season. Online feedback from Bec from Queensland reinforces their belief that they’ve delivered the OG season that they’ve promised us.

 

[dasnico]

Of course it’s coming back. The ratings are great for 10 and by their own admission, they don’t see anything wrong with how they handled the season. Online feedback from Bec from Queensland reinforces their belief that they’ve delivered the OG season that they’ve promised us.

I know this forum is an exception, as is some of the feedback on Reddit lately (it's aligning more with views on here now), but they must be living and working under a rock. Idk what they delivered over the last 30 days but it was shite and not what they advertised. This season felt like a bunch of university film students producing their first reality show out of school and were working off of some notes they found from Channel 7. If they keep pumping this brand of Big Brother out it's not going to be long before it's canceled. Likely for the final time. There is always an appetite for Big Brother and the reboot was always going to rake in the viewing figures to begin with.

Everywhere I've read where I've seen any feedback of this season have basically all said the same things.

I'll be interested to see the rumours and announcements as the 2026 season starts gaining momentum. I know many won't care but I'll be switching off for the final time if it's a regurgitation of 2025. The show really needs to get back on track with its roots - it's what most fans were wanting since it was announced last year.

 

[kamui]

I know this forum is an exception, as is some of the feedback on Reddit lately (it's aligning more with views on here now), but they must be living and working under a rock.

I don't think this forum is an exception but rather an early warning system. I think it's true that 10 and Endemol will get away with more with the general audience but at the end of the day, the bills will stack up. And even mundane complaints might expose bigger underlying issues.

e.g. I don't think a random viewer will be annoyed by Big Brother referring to themselves as I. International viewers might not have an issue with it, because it happens on a lot of international franchises. And both type of viewers might find us complaining about this to be silly. But at the end of the day, we've been right complaining about it and it's been an early sign on how they didn't take the relationship between Big Brother and the housemates serious enough. And that will eventually trickle down to the fact that housemates won't get punished for rule breaks and getting free passes, which will eventually annoy the random viewer as well that couldn't understand the criticism about Big Brother not talking in third person, even though it's basically the see same issue.

I'd rather see Reddit, Twitter and all the socials as unreliable. For one, you get more international people watching that are usually always nicer in their feedback, in parts because their seasons have been subpar as well (e.g. the UK people that didn't see all the cracks until Bec from Queensland made her appearance). And then you also get the casual viewers that watch anything until they get served something better. Somebody watching MAFS might have been entertained by the daily shows, but what's their opinion worth if they're more interested in other shows?


Reminds me a bit a of the German production, which always has a viewer study going along with their seasons. If you want to get into their research community, you've get to ask a couple of questions. The first time they've done it, they asked about other reality shows you watch and they've put out a list of lots of dating shows that air online.. Temptation Island, Ex on the Beach, Too hot too handle. When I answered "not watching" to all of them, the questionnaire ended and it said that I don't match what they are looking for... and in that moment I knew that whatever feedback they are going to get, won't be valuable. Big Brother is not a dating show.

That's how I see a lot of posts on the socials, not all obviously. People are entitled to their opinions and it's fine if you watch the show for entertainment. But if somebody is not passionate about the show itself and just looking for entertainment, their feedback is not that valuable. Because then you'll get "Big Brother should show them our Tweets so that housemates know how we really feel about them. I don't care if that changes how housemates will behave in the long term and if that ruins the show. I want my five minutes of entertainment.".