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Paige
Member
11-15-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 12:18 am
Thank you for the link Naja 
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 12:21 am
True; I tend to only watch the daily shows but download all of the sub-shows just in case I hear later something interesting was on them. I definitely don't feel like I am missing big things not watching the feeds, which is entirely different than the US experience. In any given day on the US feeds there's probably only 30-40 minutes of truly interesting stuff, although I am curious about certain things, like what do you talk to Jermaine Jackson about all day? (Who would've thought a Jackson would be the most level headed, kind, and thoughtful person in the house? ;) ) And I also think that Dirk is living in an entirely different house, on a different plane, than any of them. The way he floats in and out of the show as if he just shows up occasionally is creepy. (kinda like Florence Henderson not sleeping at the Surreal Life house) BB US with 3 shows per week, with no real discussion, must be awful. I can see why no one watches it. ;) I am sure Shapiro/Grodner have too much pride in their baby to even let hints of BB UK elements back into the show, but you can't tell me that the way the show is done in the UK isn't 100x more compelling to watch. It's just a better show all around, and it's probably even cheaper to produce! The lack of artificial story lines, the lack of contestants in the DR narrating and re-narrating and re-re-re-narrating every event til they take all the life out of it... I'm so sad when Celebrity Big Brother is over. Maybe I need to try this year to get into UK Big Brother but I always worry I'll be burned out by the time BB US starts..
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 12:57 am
You speak of being burnt out on BB, Justin...I think that's why I love the Celebrity version so much...only 20-something days. As much as I love Celebrity BB UK, I have never been able to get into to their regular BB season. I watch here and there when I am bored. I think BB Au and our US BB are enough BB to ruin my summer...LOL But yeah, after 3 years of trying, I still can't bring myself to be a BBUK regular season fan. I know why but I don't want to offend anybody..LOL
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 2:12 am
The one big difference between BBUK and BBUS is that they stick to the rules. Right out of the gate they had penalty nominations with Carole ending up getting evicted. When they say no discussing nominations they mean it and that really does change the whole dynamic of the game when they dont know who is going to be nominated. I also like the idea of the HGs nominating and the public evicting. As much as I want to see Jade suffer for her behavior I think BB has a responsibility to her as well. They cant have her subjected to a public humiliation on her eviction after having been secluded in the house for nearly three weeks. They are going to handle her eviction carefully as all the others. I subscribed to the livestream but for some reason I could only get the audio up and not the video, I tried everything with my real player and with winamp but there was some conflict with my computer that I couldnt get resolved. I too have found that downloading the shows from demonoid are enough to keep me busy. I also find that digitalspy is a great site to keep you up on what is going on in the house as it happens. That is where I learned that Jade was in and out of the diary room practically all day yesterday and she spent much of the day crying so I suspect that BB is preparing her for what she is going to face when she is evicted and I am pretty sure that she will be the one evicted (even if BB has to hire people to do the dialing )
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Paige
Member
11-15-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 3:19 am
Nightline ABC had a segment on what's been going on on BBUK, so I got to see more of what's been going on from this show. Here's the link to the story. Nightline ABC's "Britain's 'Big Brother' Bother"
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Finqwik
Member
09-23-2000
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 5:38 am
For anyone interested in downloading the daily show. Demonoid's registration is now open (it's only open on Fridays GMT hours) Heres hoping Jade is evicted today (how can she not be?)
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 7:09 am
ok, I'm NOT happy. just read on DigitalSpy that there will be no crowd tonight, just a studio audience for the eviction. Justin, StreamTV isn't obligated to stream the live feeds, but someone (Groove) is kind enough to do so, but I really don't understand how it all works. I believe it is private people doing something hinky behind the curtain to bring these televised events to StreamTV. it is a confusing set up, but once it works (I had to start over twice) it's pretty cool. BB streams from early morning until about 11:00 p.m. EST. sometimes the link is down for a few hours, and for the last 24 hours it's been down for an unknown reason. but to me it's a cool tool
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Kellee
Member
07-07-2004
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 7:21 am
I think the lack of crowd is not really fair she should have to face the music. But the lack ofcrowd and the security measures mught truly make more of an impact on Jade. Davina always tells them the booing is just pantomine and that it is allokay she wont be able to say it is all okay this time.
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 7:23 am
we always praise the international BB production teams for strictly sticking to the rules, and running a tight ship. I'm also disappointed in realizing that this time, the producers have really gotten involved and messed with the show by clueing in the coven to how they are being viewed by the public and allowing them the opportunity to begin doing damage control inside the house. reading the forums it's been said Jade has apologized to Shilpa (who thankfully didn't complete let her off the hook) and Jade is also making it a point to begin having discussions ... or soliloquies if no one is paying attention to her ... about how not racist she is. I'm really unhappy about that, and it's tarnished my appreciation of the UK BB. so, that's twice already I'm unhappy today. what to do, what to do ...? (chocolate)
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 8:03 am
I can understand why BB intervened. It is a tv show and it is for our entertainment but they also have to draw the line when it comes to safety issues and public interest. I always remember back to that talk show where the blonde talk show host, forget her name now, had a show where a guy thought he was going to meet a girl who had a secret crush on him but it turned out it was another guy who had the crush. That guy ended up murdering the guy who had the crush on him. The situation was becoming dangerous, at least I think so. There could have been riots in India, it could have escallated racial tensions in London, the show could have been shut down altogether by the regulators and the station could have lost their license. They had no choice but to act when the government and agencies were demanding that it be stopped. It is for our entertainment but should we be entertained by watching someone be victimized day after day? Yes Shilpa is a strong woman but what if she broke after weeks of torment? would someone be responsible? What if Jade snapped, and was so shocked at public reaction to her upon her eviction that she committed suicide? Would someone have been responsible for not preparing her for what she was going to face? What if the police told them not to have the general public there because of the death threats? What if they let the public come to the show and not protected her from a crazy assassin? There is only so much we are entitled to for entertainment and I think they were right to draw the line when they did. At least they didnt gloss over the tv show the way BB USA would. BBUSA had a history of favoring certain HGs and never presented them in a bad light.
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 9:18 am
You make very good points, Maris, with the effect on the 'game show contestants' - which is what they are - not 'celebrities' LOL! I am still wondering why American Idol is the number 1 show in the US after catching just a glimpse of the auditions last night. Sadly, I could see some possible suicides there after Simon Cowell totally humiliates people in front of an audience of 37 million.
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 9:57 am
I was just talking to someone about that-- some of these people on AI seem to be very fragile personalities. Sadly, I think a suicide related to someone's reaction of being on a reality show isn't a matter of if, it's when. And I don't blame BBUK too much for stepping in. It's been a firestorm. I usually get my shows off Usenet, and they've been posting some of the media stories the last few days. This isn't like our BB where they seem to go into the show willing to tamper with it, tweak people's heads in the DR, etc. The soon to be Prime Minister was in India yesterday for a previously scheduled trade meeting and he was called to task for Celebrity Big Brother! Basically, I doubt it was a decision made lightly to talk to the contestants, but like Maris said-- if you don't do something to calm the house down, to help calm the British public down, it could have started riots or the like. (is that stupid, to riot over a TV show? Absolutely. But I think it was getting that bad) This isn't "Hey, so-and-so is saying mean things behind your back and you thought they were your friend".. this is "Your actions are causing a police investigation, riots in India, economic damage to the country, our license may be pulled, people hate you, so you may well want to shut up now." It's a GAME.. when it starts having 'real-life' consequences (beyond the lives of the contestants-- like if all that had happened was Jade's perfume pulled, I would have been against BB saying anything), I have no problems with BB stepping in. It's not Lord of the Flies (Although that'd be interesting, too. ;) ). Like I said, I think BB UK was between a rock and a hard place, and if the decision was "Clue in the contestants" or "Stay the course and watch as the show, and our channel, go down in flames", they chose to clue in the contestants. What I think is the funny part of all this is when stuff like this happens in BB US, we can hardly get anyone to care or watch. But in Britain the show, and this story, are like the biggest thing going right now. (The LA Times had a story today)
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 10:38 am
Jenny Jones. and you're right. a much more mature viewpoint than mind. obviously I should have gotten to the chocolate much earlier.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:00 am
Lol Bourque, if you had gotten to the caffeine laden chocolate earlier, you would have been on a plane to Mumbai to join them in burning effigies. I actually think this will be a fun show to watch because I am betting that Jade will be terrified walking up those steps because I am betting they do not tell her that it is a studio audience, they have gotten them to shut up but I am betting there is no love lost at this point between the producers and Jade so making her uncomfortable might just be what they want to do. It will be a good show to watch.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:15 am
Interesting watching an interview with Fantasia and also with Taylor Hicks, they liked all the judges. Hicks commented on Simon not liking him but both he and Fantasia said that Simon is the one who really prepared them for dealing with the music industry and they appreciated it. They said Simon was most like the people they encountered in the industry. I guess it was a case of tough love.
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:23 am
OH SO HAPPY now ... the StreamTV link is back up... just in time to get my snacks arranged, my dogs fed, my comfy clothes on (heck, who am I kidding, I work from home, I'm always comfy!) ... light a few candles, take a few turns on the inversion table to ease out all the kinks ... and watch the eviction in a little while!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:41 am
So bourque, how is the mood in the house? One hour before the show? Is Jade in her eviction duds? is she looking nervous? How is Jo? Is joe sitting quietly in a pensive moment? Is Jack crying?
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:42 am
I am thinking, if they do it right (pump in crowd noise, etc) and then have Jade walk out to crickets chirping, it would get the message across more than anything. (she knows the drill) I hope it's not a quiet eviction through the back door like Jackiey (sp)... I think the point would be much better reinforced to just pull her out as normal. Capital Radio in London just reported that Channel 4 are genuinely concerned about Jade's safety, which is the only reason for no crowd. (I love how they reported it as if Jade going was entirely predestined.. which it mostly is... but who knows, I worry how they opened the phone lines late and reversed the use of the lines-- normally you vote to SAVE [like American Idol] but this week you're voting to EVICT. I hope people understand that!)
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:47 am
mood is quiet, haven't been watching for more than 20 mins., they JUST finished a task where they were a human orchestra so everyone was in evening clothes, but they're all changing now. not a lot of interaction. jade and shilpa have just been asked for their suitcases.
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:54 am
and the Crowd Noise begins!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:59 am
found this on digital spy, Jade advising Jo on how to use the negative publicity and how to spin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDcHgjtBe18
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Kellee
Member
07-07-2004
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 12:08 pm
Justin actually it was only in week one that you were voting to save. For Carole they were voting to evict, Leo had the most votes but walked,Carole was next in line. I think that they are just being realistic, the sun in their articles about the evviction are only printing the number for Jade. The Prime Minister elect is saying people should support Shetty. There were over 30,000 complaints about Jades behaviour. Yep she is going no doubt. Sad that Shilpa has forgiven her on half the truth.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 12:38 pm
apparently according to digital spy, Jade told her buddies that she and Jack had a quickie in the bathroom today. They came out buttoning their pants, Nice. I think shilpa was spoken to and was told about what was going on in the outsideworld and they may have appealed to her to say something that would diffuse the situation. Being the person she is she probably agreed and it will come out to her benefit in the end. She forgave her to keep the peace and it is better for her all around to come across as the bigger person.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 1:07 pm
I'm playing audio from the live stream in the willandjanelle.com chat room if anyone wants to come and listen....... http://www.willandjanelle.com/chat.htm
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 3:00 pm
> > > > > 82% voted for the eviction
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