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Gina8642

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jipped? No! Each had a one in 13 chance to win $500,000. Besides, one cast member got to go to the VMAs - which in my opinion is the biggest thing they've done yet.

Reader234

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
oh, and wait if the news is correct, they are being entertained by a Mime!!

Cajunrambler

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The evicted houseguest, with the exception of the first 3 are having a ball in their nice beach home which the cast of the first 2 shows didn't get.

Of course it could always be Arnold's private guest house.

Spunky

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think it was actually the most expensive this year, to feed all the evicted housegues and in that expensive resort must have made them cut down on the number of luxury items....

Crazydog

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The VIP treatment trip to the MTV Awards and a ride in the Goodyear blimp are two rewards that most everybody will never have an opportunity to experience. Anybody with money can buy a car, but these rewards truly are special. I agree that this BB has been expensive.

Ezgoing

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL! Remember when the BB1 hgs thought toilet paper was a luxury?!

This group has not been slighted at all. I think the extra costs for sequestering the evicted hgs has had to impact the overall budget, but hey--these guys all signed on the dotted line to live in a house for the summer and COMPETE for a half million bucks! They know ahead of time that Shapiro is expecting them to be entertaining, interesting, involved. At this point, Jun is the only hg who is even trying to make the most of this unwelcome distraction, and she is the only one remotely deserving of winning whatever the prize will be, IMO.

Sunshyne4u

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a different outlook on this situation. We know many of this years HGs had no idea about BB in the past. They were sequestered PRIOR to the start of this season and shown videos of the previous seasons. This gave the HGs the false impression that these types of rewards and comps were going to happen too.

Can't blame them for feeling ripped off! Let's take Ali for instance.....brought on the show for the EX factor...watches videos of people winning cars etc....then finds that in their season of BB they must get NAKED on camera....FOR LAUNDRY service for the week!!???? And we wonder why these last three are feeling gypped? We all feel ripped off just "watching them" LOL

R151996

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
double post

R151996

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Toilet paper normally becomes a BB luxury only when HGs forget to include it on the weekly shopping list (remember those).

Finally the new luxury prize is revealed--a pre-screening in the desert room turned into BB Theater of a movie that won't be released for another month. Only two get to see it, and Robert started to complain "why can't we all three..." and we got FOTH.

Crazydog

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd love to see these people on the new Survivor, where they don't even get a change of clothes. I bet clothing will become a reward challenge on that show.

Saggkl

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 02:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think next season they should let the evicted HG see the DR interviews. Let the voters know what the players are acting like.

Crazydog

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 02:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Saggkl, I'm not sure if you were a new viewer, but that's how BB was done in the past. Danielle was nasty and candid in the DR and she lost because the evictees were offended. BB wants the HGs to be frank and honest with the viewers in the DR so we can see their motivations. But they were afraid that no one would be so after last year.

I think the evicted HGs should be able to see more of the house conversations and activity, not just the competitions.

Saggkl

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 02:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree that is what I should have said Crazydog. Instead of the DR interviews. No I have watched since year 1 but I don't very often post anything. Just once in awhile.

Keiffer

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
More than likely the prizes won on BB are from cross promotion, and donated by the manufacturer.

THe Crowe concert was probably a promotion for her new ablbum. The car Kent won was donated to be on TV for 5-10 minutes. The blimp got TV coverage, plus that is where they train pilots for the blimps.

Just of the top of my head it seems that perhaps the BB producers maybe just werent aggresive enough getting sponders this year.

Bastable

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They got Burger King and McDonald's, and strangely, they didn't space them out in the season. One week they were eating Whoppers with BK ads, and the next week they were eating Big Macs with McDonald's ads. That must have pissed off the honchos at both the companies.

Hummingbird

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 07:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Are we sure the word jipped comes from reference to gypsies? I haver never made that connection, but now that it was mentioned, I am wondering. Hmm, the things you learn here are amazing.

Meggieprice

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 07:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hummingbird- yes it does- but most people use it withut knowing that!

Now that two people get to go to a premiere in October, limo and all, perhaps their tune will change. (Doubtful- complaining is a way of life for them!).

I would think the shopping spree would have made them happy- but they complained about that too!

Bracken

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 08:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've read the whole thread and want to respond to so many of the questions posed, I'm dizzy. I still don't think the jury house is in California or Mexico, it has a feel of island. Maybe Puerto Rico, I haven't been there. Not knowing the location is just killing me, lol.

As to the compensation, it does seem unfair that the evicted houseguests continue to earn the same as those undergoing deprivation (somewhat) and getting a wonderful vacation to boot. This jury house sequestering did add to their budget considerably, I'm sure, but in comparison to paying out about $4 million an episode for Everybody Loves Raymond, this show is a bargain for CBS.

I also think that the treat of the jury house was an incentive and actually completely affected the game. Many of them just wanted to make the jury for this bonus and didn't care about making it to the final two. While they must make it attractive to continue to be locked away during the remainder of the game, I believe they have to come up with something that doesn't reward the jury more than those still playing the game. Any suggestions for how to do that I'd love to see here.

I agree that the houseguests are an ungrateful bunch, but as somebody said, they probably saw all the competitions while waiting for the show to begin and thought it was one big gift show.
The MTV VMA's was a big deal. But not costly to the network. They have Lear jets at their disposal and a garage full of limousines. The cross promotion of getting BB viewers to watch the VMA's to see Jun was genius.

What many of us forget is that those in the house are really undergoing a serious depression at this point in time. I've just watched snippets of the Reality Of Reality (taping whole series today) and the BB cast members all mention how difficult the experience was for them. I'd be going nuts within a week with no TV, computer or books, not to mention outside stimulation. Then you are living with people who are all competing and it doubles the pressure cooker atmosphere. I believe it is easy to fall into the complaining mode about their current lot in life and the evicted houseguests as the game goes on. I know if I am around a negative person, I tend to pick up those traits rather quickly, blah, blah about this and that.

Again, I'm still of the opinion that this show should no longer be called Big Brother. Even Shapiro mentioned that the only thing that was not changed during the four years this show has aired is the name of the show and the house, and even that was redecorated. The whole point of the live feeds was for the viewers to watch and judge these people with their votes each week to evict.

I still think that viewer voting should be brought back, it would significantly change the way the game is played and engage us in the process. Otherwise, this show just becomes another Paradise Hotel, without the Paradise.