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The TVClubHouse: Big Brother 8 ARCHIVES: Big Brother 8 - Part 1: Let the public vote! users admin

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Ryn
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 10:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ryn a private message Print Post    
How about they really mix it up this year and let the public vote again like in season one?

American Idol and other shows have shown that it is possible to let the public decide.

Sure a real meanie may be voteds off early but if they cast things right and set up immunities and the like surely they could set things up so that there is still conflict in the house and some scheming unlike BB1.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 1:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm all for it, but it cost me dearly in season one .. I couldn't afford it now. (the number of votes, I mean)

Kellee
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07-07-2004

Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 4:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellee a private message Print Post    
I think it could work if there was imunities involved and if the host kept reminding people you are not voting for the house you want to live in but the one you want to watch

Ryn
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07-13-2000

Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 7:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ryn a private message Print Post    
Oh - I don't think they should charge - did CBS charge for Rockstar?

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
I'm only for it to a certain degree. As we've seen here, people will jump on a certain bandwagon, put a certain contestant on a pedestal and the gang mentality will carry that contestant far, regardless of how they actually are in the house, how they play the game. I can see myself tuning out real quick because I tend to like the underdog.

Rosem4243
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06-27-2005

Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosem4243 a private message Print Post    
That has been my dream since s2!

If the public voted, the house would have to talk about something else besides strategy.

I also want the HG to have week long challenges for food money so they will be forced to interact. No more of this unlimited food of just one or two items. I think the food comps are silly, and take way too long to set up and film, depriving us live feed viewers of valuable viewing time.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I don't like the idea of voting. I like entertaining and controversial houseguests and I think that they would be the first voted off. For example, if we had voting in Season 2, I don't think any of us would even remember Dr. Will now.

The first season when they had public voting for BB1, they did charge for it (I think it was 50 cents a call).

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 2:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
Yes, Yes, Yes let us vote again.

Or better yet let ME be in charge. Rules will be followed, consequences will be dear, I will be happy. The "guests" will not be lazy lie abouts, you want $500,000.00 for 3 months of sunbathing, you earn it baby and keep me darned entertained while you do so.
No more silly challenges only non silly ones under my reign. Bread and water no peanut butter, no gruel, and stale bread at that. Constant upheavel, alliances broken, all forced to play, no riding of coattails.
No phones, no lights, no motor cars, not a single luxury. Except there will be 2 pottys one for the women and one for the men. I am a kind dictator.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thank you Gilligan.

Sheilaree
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07-19-2002

Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sheilaree a private message Print Post    
Yes, I would love public to vot people out or even get HOH

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 4:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
the only problem is that many people would be voting due to the TV show only....and we all know how reliable and accurate THAT portrayal is LOL

I'd like the public to have 'one vote' to add to the HGs. We'd be like an extra vote each week. Someone here has suggested that idea each season and yet the producers dont seem to do it.

I'd really love to see that idea come to frew-ish-on (sp?) as it would stir up the house. The negotiations and wheeling dealing would be occurring at a furious pitch after the first eviction and the HGs realize that they dont have total power over who goes.

For instance, the final two is decided by the winners of the last multipart comp. howver, Final Three is still a VOTE. If you added a Public vote, it could really change the game. Imagine a TIE for that last vote and maybe a quick LIVE comp could decide it...like the fire making on Survivor when there is a tie LOL

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
I do not like the idea of the public voting to evict as I remember the Chicken George/Brittany fiasco.

However, I do like the idea of the fans having a little impact on the nominees...like getting to vote each week who is HOH, or getting to vote for at least one (if not two) nominees.

Although if the public got to choose the nominees, then there really wouldn't be much point to winning HOH....*sighs*

HEY...maybe we could vote for the veto holder???

Scoutmom
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01-19-2006

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scoutmom a private message Print Post    
If they added a Public Vote I think it should be like Dancing the stars and you can only vote a limited number of times. Something that would do away with the multiple votes where people set up their computer to just vote over and over. That way if you wanted to vote you could and you would feel that your one or your five votes really counted.

Minerva
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02-20-2007

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Minerva a private message Print Post    
Maybe the public should vote who is the most boring, laziest, nastiest (dirty clothes, dishes, etc...) HG. It might make the show a little more interesting and let the HGs remember that they are on TV. Any more suggestions?

And what consequences should they get for their votes?

Caprica
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02-10-2007

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Caprica a private message Print Post    
If the public got to vote for the noms then HOH would be the only one who was truely safe .Might stop all that throwing of comps and later crying about how comps were thrown to other players.

Caprica
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02-10-2007

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Caprica a private message Print Post    
Also voting for HOH by the public could lead to a battle between groups of fans backing specific alliances that would harm the game playing.

Spinnaker
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07-07-2005

Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spinnaker a private message Print Post    
I vote NO! to public voting for eviction.

As much as I would have loved to influence the winner the last two seasons, it wouldn't be Big Brother - this is a winning format - don't fix what isn't broken.

I do think more America's choices would be great - better yet, if America could vote on things that could impact the game. Maybe being able to vote on a "twist" - like when there should be a double eviction, or switching up bedrooms, or picking the food comp teams. I loved the wake-up calls last season so public interaction is great. I also miss the banners so maybe America could submit "America's Message of the Week" for banners that BB would send over.

Crazybbfan
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07-06-2005

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Crazybbfan a private message Print Post    
Oh Spinnaker you have some excellent ideas...I to don't think we should vote for the out going HG each week even though I dont think the person that should have won the past 2 yrs didnt win, I still don't think they could ever control the vote fairly and or people wouldn't vote for whomever I wanted such as is the case in AI...the best doesn't always win when we vote. And I would be even more angry with those type results! lol

I would like to vote or do some of the things Spinnaker suggested and I also would support America voting for the HOH each week, this would take some of the heat off of the HOH's and also make some of them play, like say Dr Will, he never was HOH..how would people have felt of him being HOH, what would he have done. This to me could be very interesting! And very surprising for the HG's!

I would also like to see a timer of some sort with the date on the feeds..I think Krista was trying to tell us something in her chat not long ago and I think alot of us have suspected we have not always been watching "live feeds"

Cinapoo1958
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05-11-2006

Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinapoo1958 a private message Print Post    
No voting! Take away the VETO!

Jeneane
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05-18-2005

Saturday, April 21, 2007 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeneane a private message Print Post    
Maybe vote for one person to be safe that week and it is only every other week.

Steeltoe
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05-19-2007

Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Steeltoe a private message Print Post    
Yeah, let the public decide who has the possiblity of going home. The houseguest waste too much time with veto talk.

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Monday, May 21, 2007 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
The only way that I would like for the public to vote would be this: whoever the public votes as the person who should get evicted only counts as one vote and the votes of the HGs count the same as always. Does this make sense?

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Monday, May 21, 2007 - 6:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
I agree about the veto. It's gotten boring. I'd rather see them have an immunity challenge. If one of the nominees wins, the other one goes.

I'd like a rule, too, that no one who has never had HOH can win, or that the winner of HOH gets extra money or something,so that there aren't so many people UTR.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
Get rid of HOH! I have never liked it. Have them play for a "pass" at nomination time. I am sick to death of people "throwing" competitions. A person should have to work hard for $500,000.00.

Isn't Big Brother supposed to be running things? Stop letting the inmates run the asylum. And for heavens sake, have real consequences.

Steeltoe
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05-19-2007

Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 11:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Steeltoe a private message Print Post    
It would be wonderful to get rid of the dreaded HOH because they use this as a way to just lie anyways. I think that by having the public somehow involved in the game it would make for more shock value.

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 3:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
I just have to put in my here. I would like to see more real people. Not all hard bodies and beautiful...and all different ages. Mix up the people, young, middle age, older, rich, poor, funny, not so funny, beautiful and not so beautiful. Yikes sometimes i think they are all brothers and sisters.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 11:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
Yikes sometimes i think they are all brothers and sisters.

Based on the hg's behaviour, I think some of their parents were siblings, 'cause some of 'em just ain't right.

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Friday, May 25, 2007 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Maybe the viewers could vote and round it up to one vote..along with the HG's vote... they would never know if there was a swing vote or not because there would always be that hidden vote.."ours".

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Hiya Chewi! ITA, BTW, it would be great to have a vote! I THINK that Canadians were able to vote in the first one, cuz I seem to remember being able to vote for Eddy at the end.

Steeltoe
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05-19-2007

Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Steeltoe a private message Print Post    
You know what else could work, if the public decides on who should be put up along with the nominated houseguests. It should be made a rule that the HOH nominates two people and the public put up a third then those three people are the only ones allowed to play for the veto... That probably would make the eviction a little more exciting...

Kalekona
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06-12-2005

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 5:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kalekona a private message Print Post    
I like how they do it on the aussie version, each HG has so many points and they assign them to who they want nominated (1 point for X and 2 for Y) and they have to have a reason for the nomination and can not talk about nominations with the others.

then let the views vote for who they want to go and who they want to stay.. from 3 HG.

That way it isn't all up to the public yet we don't have to deal with the alliance issue so much.

Chere
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08-10-2005

Friday, June 01, 2007 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chere a private message Print Post    
I think the public vote to evict a HG would take away the strategy aspect of the game. I like the idea of the public determining the nominations while the HGs vote to evict. That would encourage HGs to cross alliance lines and play the game instead floating to the end.

Keiffer
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07-13-2001

Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 6:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Keiffer a private message Print Post    
Every year we get this same debate. I like it.

Voting - If the public votes From season 1 Jordon like she was is gone. In season 2 Will is gone - in season 3 Lisa (my all time favorite is gone).

What we would get in no showing of how a person really is. They would each act all Brady Bunch the whole time playing to the public. Talk about a boring summer.

Wanna Be's - I have to say I have no problem seeing people better looking than me on TV all summer. Besides who is going to work harder to get more TV time than a person trying to get a name?

Veto - They have to keep the veto because that at least adds something to show the few days between noms and eviction. I think adding a cash value of say $25,000 to a person that uses it would be interesting.

Ideas -
1. I would put sky lights in the bedrooms so that the rooms light up BRIGHT when the sun comes up. Make it more difficult to sleep half the day. Us east coasters would appreciate not missing half the show on feeds because they hamsters are doing their things at 3:00 A.M. east coast time.
2. Have a weekly challenge like season one, but make a cash reward, or cars, or vacations, or big screen televisions the rewards.
3. Open a side lot outside the back yard for challenges. This would offer the producers huge survivor like obstacle courses that challenges could occur on. This would stop the stupid abundance of trivia question challenges for HoH.
4. Increase the payout to the top two winners. Making the final prize a million will make the competitors much more serious. Use product placing like survivor to pay for it.