Talk:Big Brother (British TV series)/Archive 2

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Archive 1

Archive 2

Nominations

Why have the nominations been moved to the same page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.145.241.135 (talk) 14:42, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

They were merged by Ohconfucius (talk · contribs), who gave WP:BOLD as his reason. Tra (Talk) 16:52, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Format section

As the format of the show is relatively different to its foreign counterparts, i.e. no Head of Household, etc. should we perhaps have a brief format of the show with information about a weekly task, nominations and eviction? It only needs to be a brief format, and the things that make it different from international versions. I can make a basic format later on. - ǀ Mikay ǀ 18:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I've added a section about this. Tra (Talk) 19:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Trivia - number of celebrities

"Following the end of Celebrity Big Brother 2007, 154 housemates have inhabited the house (including the 8 participants in Teen Big Brother). 46 of those were celebrities, including Chantelle Houghton, the non-celebrity contestant in Celebrity Big Brother 2006 and Jade Goody, who appeared in two series."

Why is Chantelle counted in the "Celebrity" figure? Surely she's just as much a "celebrity" as the none "celebrity" edition contestants in that she may have become famous after the show, but she wasn't famous before she went in. If there aren't any objections then I'll reduce the number by one and remove the bit there talking about her. Sven945 01:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

She's included as a celebrity because she was in Celebrity Big Brother. — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 13:56, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Future of Big Brother

"Due to the disaster with Celebrity Big Brother's fifth series Channel 4 are in talks about the future of Big Brother, which is about to launch its eighth series, and that the axe may fall after the upcoming series and there will not be a ninth. This news comes with a blow after the axe fell on Celebrity Big Brother which will not be returning for a sixth series."

Source? 172.202.199.108 22:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I thought it was likely just CBB was up for the chop, not BB itself? Chris as I am Chris 17:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, your borth wrong, Channel 4 just last month comissioned series 9-11 of Big Brother and series 6-9 of Celebrity Big Brother.

I never heared this, sounds like big news, and I havn't seen it mentioned anywhere? Chris as I am Chris 12:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

GA review

Apologies, but I have going to have to fail the article. There are several entire sections without sources and none of the images have fair use rationale. Also, there is a trivia section which should be prosified and integrated into the main article. -- Scorpion 04:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Article names

According to WP:BIGBRO#Naming articles, "articles about a Big Brother series are named Big Brother (country series number)." Yet all the UK articles are Big Brother year (UK), can anyone give any insight as to why this is? --Lorian^T_C 11:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

They were all changed last summer, much to my objections...Dalejenkins 18:46, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

BBBM will need a re-write soon..

I think the 2004-2006/2007-present thing is okay for now.. but soon we're going to have to go about re-writing the entire section. - ǀ Mikay ǀ 15:04, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Time to move

BBLB, BBBM, BBBB and so on to a new page it's getting messy here. And with the new host of Big Mouth this summer, the whole section will need a rewrite as its currently just Russells format, which will probably be changed.

Time to remove more like.. the amount of times the page has been merged/moved.. although I think it's only one. But I guess this'll need a vote given a lot of people want to keep it as one.. but others want them split. - ǀ Mikay ǀ 10:49, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree, this main page is far too crowded, unfortunatly I don't know how to create a new page for this. If someone else could it would really help. User: Karl100589 I vote for a SPLIT. Dalejenkins 18:46, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Needs moving yes to seperates article or articles. AxG ^@ ^►talk 15:04, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I vote for split Philip1992 14:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)Philip1992

Bird ambience

Why do they insist on putting that shitty bird ambience over the live broadcast on E4? Its not like anyone who watches Big Brother is going to be offended by the bad language. And if it does why dont they just bleep out swear words, instead of that bird sound?

They have to do it for legal reasons whenever someone says something that they can't broadcast on TV, e.g. swearing before 9pm, personal info about people outside the house, copyrighted song lyrics etc. They probably use bird sound because it's easier to block out a long block of conversation than a single word. Tra (Talk) 12:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is NOT an internet forum. For more infomation on what Wikipedia is not, see WP:NOT. Happy editing, Dalejenkins 19:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC).

{{fact}} Patrol

I'm putting {{fact}} at the end of each phrase that doesn't have a source in an urgent hope to get some sources for this article, which it desperately needs. Dalejenkins 17:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Very silly. "The main shows are hosted by Davina McCall and narrated by Marcus Bentley." need's a source? ... 172.159.140.122 10:57, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Dale, that looks appalling. Also, citations are not required in the lead section, so long as the fact is cited later in the article. If you're worried about citations, I'd use the generic unreferenced tag. I'd save the fact tags for any particularly worrying or controversial detail (for e.g., something that violates WP:BLP). The JPS ^{talk to me} 12:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Paris Hilton, one of the contestants for the next Celebrity Big Brother?

By the way, I'm 100% sure this is true, as I heard it on Gemini T FM, and Paris was given a short interview and said that she wanted the UK public to like her more!!! So I'm not sure if Celebrity Big Brother has really been scrapped!!! from Jonni 11:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Just because she said she wants to do it doesn't mean it hasn't been scrapped. — AnemoneProjectors (会話) 11:54, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

It is also possible she was talking about the 2009 Celebrity series that is likely to happen. 12bigbrother12 20:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

She can still be in Big Brother Hijacked so it could still be true In23065 (talk) 16:45, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

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Why is this line in Criticisms and controversy?

Does anyone know why the line below is in the Criticisms and controversy section because it does not seem like a criticism... does it???? And I don't think it caused any controversy either...

"January 2008 saw the replacement for Celebrity Big Brother, Big Brother Celebrity Hijack. Talented housemates (all aged 19 to 21) replaced the usual celebrity line-up and the celebrities 'became' Big Brother for days at a time. The series was shown on E4 instead of Channel 4. 'Hijackers' included US comic Joan Rivers, previous Big Brother's Big Mouth presenter Russell Brand, ex-footballer Ian Wright and Little Britain star Matt Lucas. Dermot O'Leary hosted both Big Brother's Little Brother and the eviction shows, previously presented by Davina McCall."

--Mikey-is-lost (talk) 21:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

You're right.. this shouldn't be in the article let alone Criticisms.. *removes* »—Mikay—talk—contribs→ 15:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Series scrapped on 4th July?

on http://www.insidebigbrother.net a few ppl hav left comments saying that the current series is to end on the 4th of july but i believe that this is complete and utter rubbish.... has anyone heard anything about this??? --Mikey-is-lost (talk) 21:12, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

i heard them talking about that on the radio this morning, but theres always rumours every year about it being axed. im pretty sure its not true. Arswann (talk) 07:31, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Lock this page and all other BB UK related pages

I am considering requesting Semi-Protection for this page and other relating pages (mainly the pages about the pervious series). This will help to stop vandalism which happens a lot on the BBUK page because it is such a controversial Television Show.

Semi-Protecting a page stops that page from being edited by anonymous users of Wikipedia. Therefore only people who have set up an account may edit the page. This limits vandalism and edit wars. Look here for more information Wikipedia:Protection_policy#semi.

In May I requested Semi-protection for Big Brother 2008 (UK), and Q am glad to announce that there a been minimal vandalism and the page has not suffered because of this limitation.

So what are your views on this.

I agree, request semi-protection :) db1987db (talk) 23:01, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Non-series-specific logo

I was playing a Big Brother game on the official site and I found this logo included in one of the questions. Since this logo seems to be a general logo and does not exactly match any of the Eyes from any specific year, I thought that maybe it would be appropriate in the infobox in this article, as opposed to the Eye of the latest series. What do you think? Arswann (talk) 07:16, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

That eye is the template of the BB8 eye

It looks awfully like the series 2 logo, and the series 3 logo. I think the basic template has been the same throughout all series, except series 5 --mattymax (talk) 18:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

We have used a generic template in the past as the eye, but it was removed for a reason I forget. I was the one who originally uploaded the generic eye, so I'm all for it.. but I'm not sure how other people stand on this issue. »—Mikay—talk—contribs→ 09:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Criticism and controversy

I hope nobody does anything to the criticism and controversy section now, as it took me a long time to fix it up after someone screwed it up. Grieferhate (talk) 19:12, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Removed content

After performing a search, I was unable to find a source about the BB9 Stephanie controversy. As per WP:V I have removed the following paragraph from the article. If you can find a source for it, can you please add it back in? Thanks!

Following the eviction of Stephanie McMichael on Day 9, fans reported that her phone line had not closed when the deadline for voting was reached, while the lines of Shaun "Mario" Astbury, Luke Marsden and Lisa Appleton managed to close successfully, resulting in Stephanie receiving more votes than she should have received. Because of this, many angered fans on the BB forums demanded that Stephanie be allowed to return to the Big Brother house. Many people also thought her eviction was unfair, as she was up against a couple and an early favourite, so she had apparently been cheated of her Big Brother experience. Z1720 (talk) 21:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Dead Set

Dead Set is a Spin-off (look at that page, tell me how it isn't!) from the British version of Big Brother. It features the same presenters in cameo roles, is filmed in the actual BB house and name checks BB frequently. It is made by the same production company for broadcast on the same channel as BB. It IS a spin off and should remain on this entry as it is very relevant to the show. magnius (talk) 15:33, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

It is not a spin off it is a parody. OK you can name a lot of stuff that are similar but I can name a lot of stuff that aren't, for example, is is a drama and Big Brother is a reality Show, there isn't a public vote, the housemates weren't found by public auditions, the show isn't 24/7 live, the housemates are actors, there wont be a show every night, the wont be a live eviction every week and at the end of the series housemates aren't eaten by zombies. In23065 (talk) 15:51, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Whether it is thematically the same or not is irrelevant, it is a spin off because it is a spin off, I don't know what is so hard for you to understand! Does it hurt to keep it on the page? It is of interest to people who watch BB and is about BB. It is an official BB show. If it was about a similar show, using BB as a template but not using the BB name, then it would be questionable, but as this is a show directly about BB and made by the BB production company it IS a spin off. magnius (talk) 15:56, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I am happy for it to be on the page as long as it isnt classed as a spin off. In no way is it a spin off it isnt even the same genre. In23065 (talk) 16:00, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Genre is irrelevant to whether it is a spin-off or not. It doesn't need to be thematically the same as long as it is about the show in question, please refer to the Spin-off wiki entry. This is an official BB:UK show, as I have already said, it is made by the BB production company for broadcast on the same network, it features the same presenters in cameos, the actual BB house and promotion features the official BB logo. If it was about a show that was similar to BB (example would be that Doctor Who episode) then I would understand the need to keep it away from this article. It doesn't really hurt the BB:UK wiki entry to keep this little paragraph in place does it? I am sure that BB:UK fans are interested enough to warrant it, and hopefully someone will create a Dead Set wiki page to link too (hint hint) magnius (talk) 16:06, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Magnius. Even thought it is a different genre, it should still be included. Technically, BBLB is a different "genre" to the HL show, but that is included. The same can be said for the Doctor Who episode. Dalejenkins | 20:15, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I have no doubt that it should be included, it is whether it should be classed as a spin off that i don't like, If you read it. In23065 (talk) 20:18, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

I say it's a spin-off, on the same grounds as the others: it is a production by the Big Brother rights holders. They are "actively leveraging brand recognition". It's official, so it's a spin-off (even if it is a parody as well). Prof Wrong (talk) 17:15, 1 November 2008 (UTC) In fact, as it's a 3:1 vote, consensus rule says we can move it, so I have done. Prof Wrong (talk) 17:22, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Dalejenkins miss read me and he is not saying that it should be a spin off he is saying that it should be included in the article therefore it is a 2:2 ratio. In23065 (talk) 17:44, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Well then we're both reading different things out of Dale's post. If he has said anything to you off this page, then he needs to repeat it here if it's to be included. As what he has written is unclear then we can cut it out, which leaves a 2:1 majority in favour of spin-off.

Prof Wrong (talk) 19:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Please look here on how to conduct a proper consensus Talk:Big_Brother_2004_(UK)#Consensus as this not a consensus as there was no time limit given and there was no vote taken just opinions. In23065 (talk) 21:09, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

"Sorry But I Don't Think You Understand"

No, I don't. Please explain why you feel it is appropriate for you to continually move this to "parodies" rather than "spin-offs" without following this process. As far as I can see, it was first created as a spin-off, and the majority are currently expressing the opinion that this is the correct place. So why do you get to move it around without the vote? By your reasoning, you shouldn't have touched it until you had established the agreed consensus.

Prof Wrong (talk) 18:39, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Because me and magnius agreed that it wasnt a spin off. In23065 (talk) 21:28, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Where? Every post by Magnius here expresses his belief that it is a spin-off. You are claiming things for both magnius and dalejenkins that I just can't see on this talk thread.

Prof Wrong (talk) 15:24, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Opening lines?

Davina's opening line should be listed in/on each page Example: CBB6 (2009) "The ego's have landed" BB9 (2008) Britain's not got talent

etc... --Cooly123 (talk) 20:18, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Rewrite

I've rewritten the Overview section and feel it flows better. Comments? MegaPedant (talk) 19:37, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Series information and sponsorship - merge sections?

Just thought I'd get the general feeling before I started playing around with the two tables.

It makes little sense to me to have two sections containing tables which have every series listed as the first column. Surely it would make more sense to have Sponsorship details contained within the table in the "Series details" section.

Just a suggestion, and if there's a consensus (or no consensus) I will go ahead and make the change. »—Mikay—talk—contribs→ 22:26, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Jade Goody section

I think the Jade Goody section is awful. It's not sourced, is awfully biased towards Jade, and really shouldnt be there unless its fixed IMO. (Kyleofark (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2009 (UTC))

I think you were right to remove it. The mention of her in the "media interest" section is enough. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 16:32, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

"International broadcast"

As the article says "Internationally, it is broadcast on the Polish network TVN." I think it needs to be clarified, that BB UK used to be broadcast on TVN Lingua. It was a channel dedicated to teaching foreign languages, and BB UK was shown there as educational material. However the TVN Lingua channel no longer exists, and therefore this sentence is no longer valid. Boyau (talk) 18:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Celebrity Hijack merger

This should be included and linked to in between Celebrity Big Brother 2007 and Celebrity Big Brother 2009. Also since big brother is presume to be ending this uear 2010, lets finally put davina opening line for the preimers and finals in their seasons. "Winning isn't everything....yeah right" and "The Gloves are off, the game is on. It’s Alex verses Dane, in a fight to the finish” for Celebrity Big Brother 2010.--Cooly123 22:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooly123 (talk • contribs)

Application

Since Big Brother is coming to the end at least for the forseable future, maybe we should place a pdf file of the application in this article somewhere. Maybe put it in some other reality shows as well (the x factor, survivor, etc.)--Cooly123 16:31, 30 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooly123 (talk • contribs)

Template:BigBrotherUKFAQ

Is now up for deletion, you are welcome to comment here: Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_April_8#Template:BigBrotherUKFAQ Okip 00:28, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Caption under image

Can someone please fix the caption under the image at the top of the page? It says "celebrity" in it. The image shown is for the original series for 2010. I don't know how to --Kei_Jo (Talk to me baby! :þ) 16:24, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

BBLB

There needs to be more information about this, celebrity guests(and hostd etc...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooly123 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

'Big Brothers Little Brother' automatically redirects to this article, even though there is barely a mention of it here. List of Big Brother (UK) shows would be a better place to redirect traffic. 88.104.54.248 (talk) 05:26, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Infobox

The infobox gives the names of those currently in the house, but does not include the three new housemates. Could someone add them please - I can't work out how to do that. Jim Michael (talk) 02:01, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Could someone also note that Nathan is evicted on Day 31 as I do not know how to do this too. 81.98.98.6 (talk) 16:52, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Updated MSalmon (talk) 17:46, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Keely broke her ankle and was forced to leave , she didn't walk Resitate (talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.76.141.252 (talk) 21:37, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

She chose not to return to the house in order to recover. Big Brother didn't tell her she couldn't return. Anemone Projectors 23:21, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Keeley's leaving status has been changed a few times back and forth on the article about the current series. She is currently listed in the infobox of both that article and this as Walked. However, she didn't leave in the same way that Shabby, Caoimhe and Laura did. Keeley is listed as Recuperating when hovering over her pic on the C4 BB site Had she not been injured, she would almost certainly have remained in the house until being evicted, so I don't think her status should be listed as the same as that for S, C & L. Jim Michael (talk) 17:06, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

New Big Brother Channel 5

As the format moves to 5, just remember it's a new series and should be given its own entry in due course. The old C4 stuff should be archived as the format will be refreshed and is a new show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.65.102 (talk) 13:30, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

I disagree.. chances are it won't be much different. It's the same show, just with a twist, which is exactly what would have happened had C4 kept it. Sgreen93 (talk) 19:52, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

You're wrong. They'll have to refresh it as it had run its course on 4. There will be a lot of changes on the way on 5. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.65.102 (talk) 20:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

The portion referencing the series number and Channel 5's decision to refer to their season as BB1. The series number has never been important in the first place and really only comes into effect in discussion by fans an the media. Channel 5 has officially referenced this season as "BB1 on Channel 5" meaning they wish to distinguish it from the Channel 4 era. It is not important and adds nothing to the article one can assume judging by the previous information that Celebrity BB will follow in the same pattern although the number has NEVER and won't even be a part of the shows official branding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.74.184.86 (talk) 10:00, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Big Brother 2011 on Channel 5 (Season 1)

Series 1 of new Big Brother is now being trailed. This needs a new entry to distinguish it from the defunct C4 series. It's season 1 of a new era, live with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.153.226.92 (talk) 10:31, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

The series are carrying on from Channel 4 regardless that they are on a new channel (Series 8 for CBB and Series 12 for the regular) --MSalmon (talk) 12:56, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Can you please provide a reliable source that states they are carrying on with the series numbers from channel 4 ? Fatty2k10 (talk) 13:41, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Housemates or houseguests?

Hasn't the idea of housemates become a bit tired. Wonder if they'll be houseguests in the new show? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.99.20 (talk) 23:26, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

We should use what they use. Housemates was used in the prev series, therefore housemates was used in Wiki. In America its houseguests, therefore in US version of BB in wiki, houseguests was used. They will use housemates in this series I presume, so its housemates to be used on wiki, tiring to use it or not. Mr tim111 (talk) 23:39, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

I "guess" we'll have to wait and see. I predict there'll be a few "big" surprises for fans of the old version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.25.193 (talk) 14:11, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Give Channel 5 own article and and hive off Channel 4 section into own artice?

As the new season approaches, there needs to be a new article devoted purely to the 5 series with a crosslink to the old one on 4. Also, Marcus Bentley is the narrator, not "presenter" as he does not appear on-screen. The only presenter is Brian Dowling (main series) and he is really a host. Also, need to standardise the format for the season old and new. It is formally BB Year, not BB 5, 11, etc. So, at least for the new series, get used to Big Brother 2011, as it is a new series with its first season (and, of course, it may overlap into 2012 if there is a big twist). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.25.193 (talk) 14:17, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

There are currently two "Big Brother UK" Wikipedia pages

One is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(UK) The other: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_UK

How has this happened? One needs to be deleted! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.174.37.15 (talk) 16:17, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Someone has merged the latter one into the former one. Mr tim111 (talk) 16:44, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

nope theres still two. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.40.137.73 (talk) 15:57, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

CBB9

Maybe we should start a holding page at least since the show is due to return in Jan. 2012.--Cooly123 01:53, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Duplicate of main article

From this section onwards Big_Brother_(UK)#Channel_5_series_.282011-present.29, the content is virtually a duplicate of Big Brother 2011 (UK), even including detailed material about the housemates. Surely there is too much content here? A simple reference per

could be used with a trimmed back summary. Leaky Caldron 14:52, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Introduction.

For some reason the introduction had been changed to completely ignore the shop up until it's reprisal on Channel 5, this is clearly giving undue weight to recent events so I have cleaned it up adding in the missing information.2.28.206.165 (talk) 18:59, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Wow..

This page is a mess! I am in the process of updating all of the seasons to match the format of the new guidelines for BB pages, and I will be working on this page soon if there are no objections. There are way to many pointless sections, and some things are put in really weird places where they don't belong. -- Sethjohnson95 21, January 2013.

Could you clarify what are the pointless sections and the things in weird places? That way we can know what we're objecting to ;-) –Anemone Projectors– 12:41, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Info such as "The Shopping", "Nominations", and "Life in the house" are relevant, but I don't think they warrant their own (very small) section. This should all be explained in the "format" section. Things such as "Logo" and "Theme tune" should possibly have their own section, but why on earth is this under the "schedule" heading? -- Sethjohnson95 24, January 2013.

Agreed. Schedule and format sections need fixing. Many subsections are under the wrong heading - the house, the tasks, etc, are not part of the schedule. –Anemone Projectors– 10:43, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

The format section currently contains incorrect information, e.g. Housemates betting a portion of their weekly shopping budget to win more, as the references used are not for the uk version of big brother. Quote a lot of references on the page are not for the uk version actually and are wrong — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.185.72 (talk) 01:50, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Series' details and sponsorship

Hi, I was just wondering if we should merge the series' details and viewership tables with the sponsorship tables so we only have two tables (one for Channel 4 and one for Channel 5). Any ideas? --MSalmon (talk) 19:18, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

No, other international series with more than 1 channels have 2 separate tables. ThisIsDanny (talk) 19:50, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

I know, but the headings are the same --MSalmon (talk) 19:59, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah I think that's a good idea! ThisIsDanny (talk) 21:03, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Should the sponsors go at the end of the series' details and viewership tables? --MSalmon (talk) 21:12, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Nominations Table -Automatic Nominations

Blue square is usually given to a housemate to be put up for eviction outside of regular nominations that have taken place that week. Apparently, only housemates who received automatic nominations BEFORE nominations get a blue square. But what is the point of giving a blue square if changes to the process after nominations are completed don't get acknowledged. Surely all changes should be acknowledged regardless of whether they took place before or after. Otherwise what is the point of even using colours on the table if they only apply on occasions. Reli source (talk) 21:09, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Removed a line from Criticisms and controversy

I removed the following line from the Criticisms and controversy section, as it seems quite out of place. Im going to leave it here for archival purposes:

In the first Big brother housemate Nick Batmen broke one of the fundamental rules by convincing other housemates to nominate someone once the housemates discovered his plan he was made to leave the house. Ğavin Ťing 09:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Surely that is the one of the most controversial events in BB history? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.26.98 (talk) 19:47, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

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BBBM - Russell Brand's departure

Russell even more recently announced that he'd be presenting this series. However channel4 have removed the programme's forum from their community.

Last names of housemates from all eight series

There was Discussion on the last names of BB8 housemates and how they show be displayed in the info box. Well why dont we keep it at first names until the series is over so that the order is of the way they left the house. But for Series 1-7 It would already be displayed like that as they have finished, But intil BB8 finishe dit could be on a First name basis. I like to veiw there last names in the info box and thought this would be an good idea?.

Final episode

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