What are you most looking forward to about the new season?

TravisM

TravisM

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It is hard to believe that our loved show is almost back for a brand new era, and I am sure we are all looking forward to different things about the reboot. For me, I'm looking forward to Live streams etc, but also the little things that cost no money, and some of which were things that were so BB, but 7 didn't care about them. Things like having BB start every announcement with "This is Big Brother" and end with "That is all." And having Mel say "Its Time to go" instead of sonia's "With 3 votes, the next person evicted is..."(and yes I know they changed that in the later series".

And I thini I might just get a tear in my eye if we hear Mike Goldman with his trademark "This Program brought to you from Dreamworld, the home of Big Brother"

What are you most looking forward to?
 
I’m looking forward to simple things. Hearing a normal sounding voice interact with housemates. The classic format returning (though I’m sure there might be some changes). Just getting to watch housemates interact without producer manipulation. Traditional nominations and live evictions.

Basically, everything that’s the complete opposite of what 7 did. I’m here for it. BB has taken a crap in our current day of social media that I’ve unfortunately lost interest in most of the franchises I was at one point addicted to. It’s sad seeing what the UK version has become. Very excited to see what Australia has in store.
 
Honestly just... the vibes? BBUK started getting more and more focused on 'conflict' from BB5 onwards (and especially the entire C5 era, and the steaming pile of shit ITV has served up this year 💩). BBAU was always my escape from that, back to a more old-school style of casting. There's still drama, tension, arguments, etc., but it never gets unbearably toxic and divided in the same way as BBUK.

Ruth Wrigley (BBUK Executive Producer 2000-2001) said:
I thought, if you put people in who you knew were going to create tension and conflict, you sort of knew what you were gonna get.

If you got people who would try and get on, because they were genuinely, sort of, reasonable human beings... if there was conflict, and there was a row, they would then try and come back together, and resolve it. And it's actually the coming back together that makes relationships develop and flow, and go in ways you wouldn't expect.
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That's kinda how BBAU always felt to me. Impeccable vibes.
 
dasnico said:
I remember reading Ruth's quote. It's still true even today. Idk what she's doing these days but she'd make a killing by consulting on some of these shows.
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Maybe you've already seen it if you recognise the quote, but if not, I highly recommend the Big Brother Exposed doco from before BB11. It's really interesting hearing from past producers. Ruth, Liz Warner (BB1-2 commissioning editor), Shirley Jones (BB5 EP), Danny Bell (who was producing on Fight Night, and you may recognise as the "funny Big Brother voice" from BB5-6), and Phil Edgar-Jones (creative director from BB4 to the end of the C4 run, now commissioning editor for SNL UK).

Despite what I said about the BBAU casting, the smash cut from gentle, boring BB4 to Shirley Jones saying "I don't want to bake cakes. I want to spin people round till they're sick" cracks me up every time. 😅

Kingston said:
I know she worked on TOWIE
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Everyone makes mistakes 🤭
 
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