Big Brother

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Yes, I know, plenty of people hate it, but I love it!

I've just seen the promo clip with the falling flowers - squee!

(I'm such a geek )

me tooooooooo.

Can't wait, apparently it starts on 9th June!

only a couple of weeks then!

i know someone who know's someone who made it to the final audtitions...i haven't asked what the outcome was. quite excited. i can't believe how different it is now from the innocent days of 2000 when we were shocked by nasty nick. i was telling my ds (a new baby that year, now 10) about paul and helen - it all seems so coy now - 'outside this place i live the life of err an err international rock star!!!!' love it.

I loved the early ones best.

Hooray! I'll have something to watch all night then (in case my lovely child is still nocturnal!)

Is this one the last one?

Apparently they're going for the "fun" angle this year and having pictures of Davina up in the house

yes it is chaos

Fave housemates ever was Helen from BB2 and Jason and Victor - 'The Jungle Cats' from BB5.
And I fancied Rex BB9 a little bit. Didn't watch last year. Hope this year is going to be good!

Last one on channel 4. Davina said somewhere that if another channel buys the rights, that she would follow.

Me too wrt Rex

Favourites would be Brian, Luke & Bex and Michelle (Chicken stu!) purely for the cringe factor!

I used to like it a bit but have given up now that all the contestants are 20-year-old wannabes. Would be much more interesting with a broader social mix and age range, and some people who occasionally read a book rather than "Heat" Magazine.

They used to let them take books in but they banned them when people were using them to point at words and communicate secretly.

I often wondered how they'd handle people speaking a foreign language to each other and that was finally answered (sort of) with the 2 Welsh speakers from a couple of years ago!

Why did they ban musical instruments?...

I loved brian - my fave line was with him and narinder.She said 'I wonder which celebrities are watching and thinking that narinders hot'
he replied 'stevie wonder?'
he was great.

Best one ever was the one with Jade. It went completely downhill after that.

The earlier ones were so much more superior. Although there was a dud one wasnth there? when a really boring chap won it. I cant remember last years at all.

My favs? Anna the singing lesbian nun and Brian. I loved the Nadia one, I cant remember what number that was!!

Why did they ban musical instruments?...

To try and raise the ratings UQD

I dont know. When you look back on that first one it was so simple and perfect. Why dont they give them animals to look after like those chickens?!! Did they have less people in the house originally? Now, it just seems to be filled with loud odd bods.

Yes, the chickens gave them a sense of daily purpose and responsibility.

I think the banning of instruments was more to do with not wanting to have to pay royalties on the songs they sing or have to mask them with birdsong every time.

I like the birdsong. Its so summery.

Great moment from the first one when Anna, Craig and Darren sat around speculating whether anyone except their mums were still watching.

The first one was great because they didnt have that huge awareness of Being Watched By Millions