Friend of the bar John Hoare asks a very interesting question, but first here is a clip from Bullseye:
Those were the titles, but can you think of any other show that had a different version of the theme played out over the credits depending on if they win or lose? Because I can’t but something nags at me.
The company behind Britain’s worst ever video gaming show (Ginx, Game Face on Bravo) appears to be getting its own dedicated cable and satellite channel.
It’s nice to have a video to break the text up occasionally:
But my question to you is: can anyone remember how the tournament structure worked? I think there were 32 weeks of heats leading to eight semi-finals, then somehow a final but that doesn’t sound quite right. Anyone?
Crikey, I think this is actually a bit of a great line-up. Which I wasn’t expecting:
So there we are, that’s the line-up, with an eviction on Friday and two more coming in also on Friday (but not through the front door). Really looking forward to seeing how Nasty Nick and Brian Dowling cope (Brian looked a bit put out that there were so many big personalities in the house), Chantelle and Preston were married and divorced and Chantelle and Nikki have had a falling out in the media.
John McCririck has already been hit by the Tree of Temptation at the time of writing. John Mc wants out as soon as possible, I fully expect the Tree to give him a ticket to the final night.
The Swedes were one of the first countries to try Fort Boyard as a two-team affair almost ten years ago (as Fortet) AND NOW IT’S BACK! With original hosts Gunde Svan and Agneta Sjödin. Digging the titles!
Tigers, there. And apparently Jimmy Carr is the new Fader Fouras. Hat tip to Craig for the link.
Now, you see, I went into this final series (on Channel 4, if the Five rumours are to be believed) with the best of intentions. I used to watch the show religiously, right up until the final fortnight of Big Brother 6 when I decided I couldn’t be bothered, which as I was running a Fantasy Big Brother competition at the time was a bit of a pain. I’ve always said that the show going one hour a day seven days a week for over three months of the year is too much of a commitment, that it felt like work, and it’s interesting that when I stopped watching coincided with when it went like that (although it should be pointed out that that still makes UK BB one of the shorter international series).
Still, it was the last one so for three whole weeks I watched it properly and even enjoyed it. Then I missed one for whatever reason and never looked back. This is a shame, as I’ve still been following it through the websites and Digital Spy (and I particularly enjoyed Phil Edgar-Jones’ contributions to the DS forum), and they’ve certainly had some brilliantly creative tasks this year. I also thought Emma Willis was teriffic on BBLB, although the proposed change in the spin-off show’s direction doesn’t appear to have materialised.
Tonight is the grand final where probably Josie will walk away with £100,000, then turn around and walk straight back in again for the final fortnight of Ultimate Big Brother, where the winner will be joined by housemates of the past to decide who is the best housemate of all time, or something. At the beginning of the Summer this sounded like quite an appealing prospect, and I know a lot of people (other lapsed fans) who suggested they might give the main series a miss, but might tune in for the Ultimate series. The thing is, now it’s about to arrive, I’m not sure how bothered I am about it, by the sounds of it all the really good housemates of the past don’t need to do it so who is that going to leave? Find out tonight.
So there we are: Big Brother: a victim of its own success or basically a victim of everyone being ten years older? You decide.
