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
I have enjoyed it but I’m also over it and don’t care if it’s axed