Celebrity Big Brother [ITV]

[thr0b]

One year, some production team is going to accept that nobody likes the "letters from home" type of show. It's not what we watch it for. It's maudlin. It's deathly dull.

STOP MAKING THEM.

[Queen Peach]

I can't believe anyone stands this unmitigated fluffy shite. currently watching the mental ch5 series at the same time and this current one is just pathetic

[Noodle Lizard]

I can't believe anyone stands this unmitigated fluffy shite. currently watching the mental ch5 series at the same time and this current one is just pathetic

I remember saying during the Farrah Abraham/Bobby Davro one that people complaining that it was too nasty and stressful should be careful what they wish for.

Now we've got this, where the only source of conflict is Fern Britton being passive aggressive about someone complimenting her jumper.

[Queen Peach]

the lack of interest is palpable

[Noodle Lizard]

Yeah, it was a shiter.

I think what bothered me about David was that he reminds me a bit of Pauline from The League of Gentlemen, which in turn is my assumption about what the average Big Brother enjoyer might be like (though its popularity on CaB definitely skews that image balder and more phimotic). But yeah, he didn't actually say or do anything bad, he's just very annoying and I'm still not sure what made him a "celebrity" in the first place.

Oh well. I think the celeb seasons are always going to have trouble now given how hyper-aware they (or their agents anyway) are about #cancellation. The ordinary season last year was quite good though, I thought, though perhaps only because of Jordan.

[JesusAndYourBush]

Oh well. I think the celeb seasons are always going to have trouble now given how hyper-aware they (or their agents anyway) are about #cancellation.

They are.  They were talking about language or something and one of them said 'wagwan' and Levi told him it was Jamaican slang and he absolutely shat himself and wouldn't stop apologising, even going into the diary room and apologising in there too.

[Queen Peach]

excruciating.

[Lordofthefiles]

Just caught up on this after a week away.


It was nice to see Ronnie Barker win it after so long away from the limelight.



The only enjoyable moment of the whole series was seeing that Ekin-Su's face when she realised she was the 11th most liked person in the house, rather than the greatest thing to ever appear on TV.

Glad she's gone off in a huff too - imagine being that thin skinned and trying to climb the greasy pole of celebrity?
They've done her and her mental health a massive favour.

[Queen Peach]

couldn't agree more

[JesusAndYourBush]

Glad she's gone off in a huff too - imagine being that thin skinned and trying to climb the greasy pole of celebrity?
They've done her and her mental health a massive favour.

On the first day someone mentioned how contrived Love Island was and she got really defensive about it... then from that moment on she'd keep mentioning Love Island and then get annoyed that people kept mentioning Love Island when she was the only one mentioning it!