-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Big Brother UK 15 - Yep, they're still making it.
- Thread starter Tregard
- Start date
- Status
Shabby was utterly robbed, that entire series was awful once we lost her and Ben though.
Two hours to go folks! 49 to 23 is a decent enough range, I'm glad the youngest is in their 20s rather than having an 18 year old annoying win via the tween vote.
I've heard one housemate is from Northern Ireland, I am praying they are infinitely better than Connor was.
So we've got Tamara- Business woman who believes she is the master manipulator and men are exposable (She'll either gather a following early on or get booted in the first three weeks IMO)
And Mark- Vain but not vain bearded man who says stupid things sometimes (Slightly interested, likely to get bitchy very quickly)
And Mark- Vain but not vain bearded man who says stupid things sometimes (Slightly interested, likely to get bitchy very quickly)
So we've now also got Helen- Wayne Rooney sex scandal infamy individual looking to escape that story and become known for herself (Predicting finalist, but not a winner)
And Steven- Suit wearing Apprentice candidate lookalike who has more money than sense and a business where his parents work for him (Probably looking to take Dexters role this series, but I don't see him being nearly as endearing)
And Steven- Suit wearing Apprentice candidate lookalike who has more money than sense and a business where his parents work for him (Probably looking to take Dexters role this series, but I don't see him being nearly as endearing)
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Sure are a lot of cunts so far 
not one of them is standing out as a person I could bear to be in a room with. The douche meter just seems off the scale. American girl is the least horrible so far I guess.
not one of them is standing out as a person I could bear to be in a room with. The douche meter just seems off the scale. American girl is the least horrible so far I guess.Half of them are pretty unlikable, especially Steven. What a cunt.
Matthew, Christopher, Kimberly and Pauline seem interesting though.
Winston is an obvious winner, he'll probably win the poll tonight as well. Hopefully it's Pauline though, that would be more interesting.
Matthew, Christopher, Kimberly and Pauline seem interesting though.
Winston is an obvious winner, he'll probably win the poll tonight as well. Hopefully it's Pauline though, that would be more interesting.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Was initially excited by Pauline until I just realised she become de facto house mum right away and those people always turn into clucking hens of resentment fairly quickly. Still, she is a breath of fresh air in there. Why are most women on these shows models? When I give it thought it's pretty gross, it's a sad way to represent an entire gender. Even the lawyer who might be one of the more intelligent or driven housemates also happens to be a glamour girl.
Will probably still watch though, love me some BB. I hope that there will be some big twists coming up, and some new housemates. Absolutely no attempt to get alternative style people in there at all, pretty disappointing. Playing to a quite narrow demographic.
Will probably still watch though, love me some BB. I hope that there will be some big twists coming up, and some new housemates. Absolutely no attempt to get alternative style people in there at all, pretty disappointing. Playing to a quite narrow demographic.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Predictions for tonight - Jazzy P has to evict half the house in order to lower the extreme douche vibes and get some cool people and/or black people in there. I'm calling it now.
Keyser Soze
Member
See, I have already forgot to watch yesterday, and am now a day behind. :/
LET ME RECORD CHANNEL 5 DAMMIT.
LET ME RECORD CHANNEL 5 DAMMIT.
Since it went to 5 the show has been focused on people Richard Desmond would want in his magazines. He basically wants a set of contestants that ensures the highest possible probability of sex.
This show was only watchable when they had a real mix of people, people like Nadia or Brian Belo could just never get on the show anymore. It's all young, white 20-somethings with a couple of token brown people thrown in. You used to get some fucking strange housemates. I'll always remember Shahbaz.
Too many models so far, hopefully none of the three ladies going in tonight will be, although given their descriptions, I don't hold out much hope :/
Early favourites for myself are Matthew, Christopher and Pauline, mainly as the others seem to have very little depth. Tamara and Steve may prove to have some potential, but only time will tell. I'm hoping tonight's bunch have a little more variety amongst them.
Put £10 on Matthew to win as he was 20/1, I reckon that's the best odds he'll have all series tbh.
Early favourites for myself are Matthew, Christopher and Pauline, mainly as the others seem to have very little depth. Tamara and Steve may prove to have some potential, but only time will tell. I'm hoping tonight's bunch have a little more variety amongst them.
Put £10 on Matthew to win as he was 20/1, I reckon that's the best odds he'll have all series tbh.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Is Matthew the nerdy one who thinks everything is terribly embarrassing? The one with a GIRLFRIEND (read: beard). I think he's OK but he did seem a bit all mouth/no trousers from VT to housemate. The idea of someone smart (like, actually smart) and scornful of idiots is delicious, but the reality is usually that the person is just a bit meek and judgey.
I quite like Winston for his characture-esque nature. A bit charming, laddishness as psychopathy (the story he told about flinging shit at someone made me howl), bland as white sauce on bread.
All the models seem so far like interchangable pairs of boobs on lollipop sticks. I hope the bigoted one gets pulled apart for being horrible fairly quickly. I think the english girls will very quickly become jealous and turn against the american who is easily the prettiest and most "unique" of them all. But really, I'd be happy if we never had a model on the show again, they're just so boring. Give us nurses, office workers, shop assistants, stay at home mums, small business owners... anything other than some dolly bird who's claim to fame is that there are pics of her boobs on the internet or that she got spunked in by Mr Potato head.
Ahh, I love Big Brother, it's like a bi-annual flushing out of my bile ducts.
Yeah, Matthew seems like a slow burner to me, rather than the likes of Winston and Pauline, both of whom I could see being loved early on and grating on people as the series progresses. I know we're getting another model tonight, and a NORTHERN IRISH one at that :/ (See: Orlaith)
Hopefully the 6 going in tonight will include some quirkier ones, there's an 'artist' right?
It needs some bigger characters, the girls especially are a bit samey, but there's potential.
Production wise it's good though, seems a bit fresher and not quite as trashy. Now they just need to explain how the game-playing side of it is going to work. Hopefully tonight's twist is something they haven't done before.
It needs some bigger characters, the girls especially are a bit samey, but there's potential.
Production wise it's good though, seems a bit fresher and not quite as trashy. Now they just need to explain how the game-playing side of it is going to work. Hopefully tonight's twist is something they haven't done before.
Well the extra 6 housemates were stronger characters, and even the 2 models (one male, one female) were picked to be a threat to the others. Both better looking but more down to earth and likable.
As a full house now it's interesting casting, and with the exception of Winston and Tamara they don't seem that stupid either. The days of BB as the psychological experiment it was created as are long gone, but the casting and the whole Power Trip thing is getting more back to it.
Even though the extra 6 only went in a day later, Pauline already started an us against them atmosphere with the knowledge of their VT's. Character assassinating Chris especially, based on not getting his humour. He's like a miserable Jack Dee sort, quite different to who they usually stick in.
Pauline also gave Helen, the ex-prostitute, a pass to the final so she's now untouchable and can't help herself in stirring things up based mostly on what Pauline thinks.
Pauline also gets to choose one housemate who's automatically up for eviction every week they are there. If she picks Chris, who they are already isolating, the public may get behind the underdog leaving them stuck with him.
The group dynamics are pretty interesting already, there will be clashes. I can see it being quite an eventful series.
If you haven't bothered with BB in a while but liked what it was in the old days it's worth checking out.
As a full house now it's interesting casting, and with the exception of Winston and Tamara they don't seem that stupid either. The days of BB as the psychological experiment it was created as are long gone, but the casting and the whole Power Trip thing is getting more back to it.
Even though the extra 6 only went in a day later, Pauline already started an us against them atmosphere with the knowledge of their VT's. Character assassinating Chris especially, based on not getting his humour. He's like a miserable Jack Dee sort, quite different to who they usually stick in.
Pauline also gave Helen, the ex-prostitute, a pass to the final so she's now untouchable and can't help herself in stirring things up based mostly on what Pauline thinks.
Pauline also gets to choose one housemate who's automatically up for eviction every week they are there. If she picks Chris, who they are already isolating, the public may get behind the underdog leaving them stuck with him.
The group dynamics are pretty interesting already, there will be clashes. I can see it being quite an eventful series.
If you haven't bothered with BB in a while but liked what it was in the old days it's worth checking out.
Yeah I'm very much backing Matthew and Chris atm. Seems as if Chris is getting ganged up on very early, and to be quite honest I feel the Killer nomination would work in his favour, people who wanted him out would get exhausted voting for him. It would be stupid of Pauline to use it on him though if she thinks the house will nominate him all the time anyway, she should use it on somebody she thinks could beat her in the final (although with the way she's acting she won't be making it to the final).
BB6-ish sort of casting, although definitely without the diversity, could be a good one.
That was a good live from the house, it's all kicking off already. Shame they don't have the live feed all the time anymore.
I know there's only 3 of us watching or something but this is getting good. It gives me a BB6-vibe as well, lots of very different personalities, outspoken, and some who just won't get on. Really interesting to watch, and the way they are shaking up the house with the Power Trip stuff is working beautifully.
Jale, Tamara and Danielle up for eviction. Jale also got the killer nomination from Pauline so she's up every week. Danielle will probably get the boot which is a shame as she is the most value.
A devout Catholic who sees herself as a lady (but is a glamour model), hates swearing (but can swear like a trooper), hates talk of sex (but worked for a sex chatline). The lady doth protest too much.
I know there's only 3 of us watching or something but this is getting good. It gives me a BB6-vibe as well, lots of very different personalities, outspoken, and some who just won't get on. Really interesting to watch, and the way they are shaking up the house with the Power Trip stuff is working beautifully.
Jale, Tamara and Danielle up for eviction. Jale also got the killer nomination from Pauline so she's up every week. Danielle will probably get the boot which is a shame as she is the most value.
A devout Catholic who sees herself as a lady (but is a glamour model), hates swearing (but can swear like a trooper), hates talk of sex (but worked for a sex chatline). The lady doth protest too much.
Jeff Albertson
Member
Always been a big brother fan but just can't watch this series
Me and the wife struggled through two episodes and agreed they were the most shallow, dull bunch of people with a couple of exceptions with just nothing interesting about them
Sad as I do enjoy it normally
Me and the wife struggled through two episodes and agreed they were the most shallow, dull bunch of people with a couple of exceptions with just nothing interesting about them
Sad as I do enjoy it normally
Just watched it and if there not careful this could be the first big brother with a lynching.
There crazy, psychotic some of them, and there taking it so seriously, if they find out Chris is the Power house mate they may stop short of lynching but they wont speak to him again so he might as well be out. And the cult of Pauline is so weird. The way there all ganging up on individuals its really not pleasant to watch.
There crazy, psychotic some of them, and there taking it so seriously, if they find out Chris is the Power house mate they may stop short of lynching but they wont speak to him again so he might as well be out. And the cult of Pauline is so weird. The way there all ganging up on individuals its really not pleasant to watch.
Ash hasn't been coming across well at all. Too arrogant and there's a bit of a nasty under current to him. If he was less aware of the cameras he'd probably be a right cock, which is why he gets on with Helen.
He's now favourite to go on Friday which would be hilarious, he won't see it coming and Helen will completely lose it.
It's quite a weird series this one. None of them are that likeable really, but the rise and fall of all the different housemates is fascinating. It's always changing. The downfall of Helen as she loses her gang one by one will be great.
He's now favourite to go on Friday which would be hilarious, he won't see it coming and Helen will completely lose it.
It's quite a weird series this one. None of them are that likeable really, but the rise and fall of all the different housemates is fascinating. It's always changing. The downfall of Helen as she loses her gang one by one will be great.
Yeah. I haven't been able to see as much of it as I'd like, cos my missus is flat-out refusing to watch it this year, but it has been a weird one. And not because of the power trip stuff. Just the array of odd people they've put in.
They literally couldn't have picked a "better" person to give immunity to than Helen though. That shit has to have been planned.
And I agree about Ash's nasty steak. I just watched his reaction to the reveal that Jale nominated him. What a cunt.
Yeah, they got very lucky with Helen getting the immunity. Gives the show a built-in storyline till the end, a villain that can't be got rid of. It's changing the way the public vote as well, usually with vote to evict the biggest characters go but now they are using it to get at Helen by removing the ones closest to her.
Toya would normally be toast, but would love it if Ash goes instead. Toya's speech in the diary room after the argument with everyone was some of the funniest Big Brother in a long time. So self-important, we need to see more of Hurricane Toya.
Liking Chris as well, he's like a substitute for viewer just observing and commenting on all the madness going on around him.
ReplacementPelican
Member
I've been watching this because my housemates like it, have not wanted to slap people so much in my life as the people in the Big Brother House.
Definitely either want Toya to go. I can't believe that Helen can't be kicked out despite what an utter twat she is.
Maybe save for Luis Suarez
Definitely either want Toya to go. I can't believe that Helen can't be kicked out despite what an utter twat she is.
- Status