One aspect about the Channel 10 seasons was the mentality that “wanting to win the money” or “playing strategically” were the worst things imaginable. Housemates were shunned at any signs of “fakery”, trying to win, or playing strategically. Viewers also turned on those sort of housemates. “Wanting to win the money” was also frowned upon and so many housemates were going on about “I don’t care about the money” BS and housemates were nominated because they were “only here for the money”. That season when it was announced that there was no prize money, a lot of the housemates cheered and were saying how relieved they were - they’d be a mass walkout if that was announced in the Channel 7 seasons.
So assuming Channel 10 is going back to the older voting format, do you think this mentality will return or have contestants and viewers changed over the years? Will we see more housemates nominating people because “they’re a threat to win”? This happened sometimes in the old era but not often because housemates were too scared to appear strategic. Even that season where Big Brother was really strict about nominations with the timer…voting strategically was the easy way out yet most still refused to take this path and risked Big Brother not accepting it and getting a vote themselves. Will viewers care as much now? Will we see more housemates comfortable admitting that they’d like to win the money for whatever reason? Will housemates tell Big Brother that “everyone should watch out, cause I’m winning this thing”…which was unheard of in 2000-2008. Even if it’s a “no discussing nominations” rule, will there be a relaxed “everyone is playing the game” mentality or “OMG that 1 person is playing the game, what a crime” mentality?
So assuming Channel 10 is going back to the older voting format, do you think this mentality will return or have contestants and viewers changed over the years? Will we see more housemates nominating people because “they’re a threat to win”? This happened sometimes in the old era but not often because housemates were too scared to appear strategic. Even that season where Big Brother was really strict about nominations with the timer…voting strategically was the easy way out yet most still refused to take this path and risked Big Brother not accepting it and getting a vote themselves. Will viewers care as much now? Will we see more housemates comfortable admitting that they’d like to win the money for whatever reason? Will housemates tell Big Brother that “everyone should watch out, cause I’m winning this thing”…which was unheard of in 2000-2008. Even if it’s a “no discussing nominations” rule, will there be a relaxed “everyone is playing the game” mentality or “OMG that 1 person is playing the game, what a crime” mentality?