I’m pretty happy housemates can discuss nominations on Big Brother this year because it adds a layer of strategy and the lines between bitching and discussing nominations were so blurred anyway the rulings were often inconsistent.
BUT, I hope there are more tasks (like the Timebomb one) where people’s right to nominate are rescinded, or some people earn extra nomination rights – to keep everyone on their toes. The difference between BBUK and BBUS is that the grand final will have so many people in it you aren’t going to get the bloc infighting that provides the natural entertainment of this sort of thing.
Vote to save works better with three or more people up. So why not put three or more people up?
Edit: Oh, they’ve been banned from nom talk now.
So, Glass House. It’s… very similar to Big Brother.
Differences to Big Brother:
The contestants entered in a cool way through the floor.
Just one episode per week – I reckon this will make the narrative of the show harder to follow.
Some feedback from viewers.
Actually, that last point – I do like the fact that they can ask the viewers questions. But with one week between episodes, there’s kind of a disconnect in time between viewers deciding events in the Glass House and viewers seeing the results. In this twitter generation, people expect quicker feedback, quicker results.
What could be interesting is that the players have to remember that the audience at home are watching – so they can’t spill all their secret alliances to the audience either.
Overall, it’s ok. I’ll keep on watching it to see it evolve. But I reckon one episode per week will make it struggle.
All that, and I didn’t tell a pun. Hmm.