[Jack_]

6 (maybe a 7 if I factor in the winner). I’ve enjoyed it but it hasn’t been vintage and it’s had a lot of faults. From a post I made the other day:

Spoiler:

It was a promising start but on balance, I have to say I’m not impressed

Things they got right:

• Amazing house
• Diverse casting (though none of these housemates have “popped” and set the world alight)
• Someone finally telling Marcus to tone it down (I bet he was fuming)
• Consistent(ish) format

Things they got wrong:

• Censoring the live feed. They just don’t get it. House montages are supposed to be for things you GENUINELY can’t broadcast legally, same with bird noise. It’s not to cover up things for the highlights show! Expect the feed to be axed next year
• Vote to evict. Public still can’t be trusted. Also appalling format from a channel running mental health campaigns
• Building an (ugly) outdoor set again, and thus allowing the scum crowd back. Was time for a change to an indoor set up and a more intimate audience
• Incidental music on the edit. Stop trying to make nominations sound “tense”. The commercial music is annoying too but I can appreciate that’s what people expect from reality TV these days
• Far too many tasks. They’ve been ok but they’re constant
• Backdoor, pre-taped evictions. This is C5 bollocks
• Meddling with nomination thresholds
• Non-chronological editing, and splicing different shots together to literally fake scenes. This has been proven by the live feed so again, expect it to disappear!
• And finally, we’re back to civilian playing second fiddle to CBB. Do **** off

In short: longer series, 24/7 feed (and NOT constantly muted), vote to save (or change the format totally)

Originally Posted by MTVN

My only regret is I couldn't watch more live feed but I do think it's another credit to ITV that they ran that every night

I mean in fairness there were several nights where there were genuinely more bird noise and house montages than there was uncut footage across the three hours, and all because they were trying to save content for the highlights show! That’s a fundamental misunderstanding of both the purpose of the bird noise and house montages, i.e. to avoid legal issues not prevent spoilers, and the benefits of the feed in generating round-the-clock discussion (let alone it being the shows premise)