As I’ve mentioned, I’m quite enjoying Big Brother so far, whether this is down to quality of the show or whether I’m being positively predesposed to it for old time’s sake remains to be seen, although it certainly helps watching it on catch-up rather than live as that cuts twenty minutes from most episodes. Anyway.
For this week (and possibly future weeks, the production is being a bit cagey on the matter) there’s going to be a nominations twist. The people up for eviction will take part in a task, and the winner of the task gets to remove themselves from the vote and choose someone to put up in their place. The intention being to mix things up a bit and to eliminate a bit of clique power. And doubtless to cause some personal friction as well.
From a gameshow perspective, this is of course a good thing, it’s always nice to see the game element get played up. But this isn’t just any old gameshow, it’s Big Brother. The UK version of which has usually rather played down its gaming elements – it’s very difficult to form any sort of strategy when you’re not actually allowed to strategize with anyone overtly. As such, I’m not entirely sure how this is going to play out – not unless they let them start talking about nominations (this would be fine by me just as long as the entire show every night isn’t sixty minutes of it). Even then, with no idea of how the public view certain housemates, there’s only so much you can strategize for.
If they’re wanting to continue with this sort of eviction immunity task, wouldn’t it be more in keeping with Big Brother UK if the top three or more nominated did a task with a view to getting off, and not replacing? You still get your task, you still get your twist and it’s more in keeping with the UK show.
I have no idea how it’s all going to play out, but I look forward to seeing.
I’ve long been in favour of BBUK shifting the focus onto gameplay with things such as Head of House and the Veto, but they’ve just screwed it up by implementing a very unfair adaptation of it.
It’s completely wrong that whilst the nominees get a chance to save themselves, the non-nominees don’t. At the very least a couple of the other HMs should be drawn at random to have a chance to keep themselves out of the replacement firing line – and then decide whether or not any of the nominees deserve saving.
Phil Edgar Jones is trying to claim this will make things more tactical, but really the way it’s implemented all they are doing is encourage the nominees to nominate someone else for personal rather than tactical reasons. Letting more people have the chance to win the “Veto” and then themselves make the tactical decision of whether or not saving one (of the houses) nominees is a good idea would be much more interesting – especially when they opt not too.
Apparently on French Millionaire last Friday night, a contestant became only the second person in eleven years to go away with nothing. So there we are.
Unrelated – Morris, a former contestant on DOND, appeared on The Chase this afternoon. Needless to say, he didn’t do well.
Heh… Morris is somewhat of a hard character to forget from his DOND game.
Thought I’d see him before – like the chap that got through to the final chase. I’ve seen him before – or maybe because there was a passing resembalance to Sir Seb Coe…
However, what was interesting about Maurice (apart from his tide of general knowledge was nowhere near the beach) was that he tried to play Mark Labett like the banker. Bit of arrogant horseplay before the game and a couple of minor air swings during the questions.
Nice try, but it’s not the same to hear the scripted ad-libs of a telephone pantomine villain against actually seeing the man fill the frame of the tv.
Mark did say to Morris he would regret it…
The Seb Coe lookalike appeared on Who Dares Wins in 2008. He has also appeared on the odd show here and there.