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BB live shows: what do you want to see?

Written by Tashi from the blog Tashi's TV on 08 Jun 2012
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Last weeks evictees with Mildred MIA.

The disqualification of Zainab and DKB earlier this week has another dramatic impact: no-one will be evicted on Sunday - which fills me with horror at what we’ll be getting in the weekly eviction show.

With the evicted housemates stripped away all that remains of the weekly format is a yawn fest of endless dancers, quick interviews with the evicted housemates and comments from Twitter.

I’m really feeling that the show’s taking us uhdikts for granted, assuming that we’ll tune in weekly no matter how little the eviction show delivers. Which is true, we will - we need to see who’s leaving but it doesn’t mean that the show shouldn’t be upping the game each week to make things as entertaining as possible. The Sunday show's supposed to be the show of the series, the headline attraction and yet it isn’t.

Things got so problematic two weeks ago - when Mampi left - that the show even ended five minutes early because there was only one evictee to talk to.

The overall impression is that there’s no special attention or planning given to the show weekly. Nothing changes, there’s nothing new nor different each week and yet there’s so much the show could do to be fresh.

These are 10 things I’d like to see on it:

1) Interactions with the studio audience. Definitely! There are loads of dedicated people in the audience who are watching the show and yet they get completely ignored. They’re right there, waiting, filled with opinions and yet they never get included. Instead the show only includes people on Twitter - why?

IK should be asking the audience questions, engaging with them, asking different angles each week, covering the controversies too - not just who they like and don’t. “Did Big Brother make right decision disqualifying Zainab too?” “Who’s got the best strategy and why?” etc.

2) I enjoy the inserts they have with comments from people from the nominated housemates’ countries but they need to be contextualised for us and there need to be more. Who are the people giving their views? What are their names and occupations? Introduce them to us so that we have a hook into who they are.

3) Include “professional” perspectives from people in different fields who can shed light on the social dynamics in the house. Even if they’re quacks, I don’t care – I want to be able to diss them when I don’t agree.

They used to do this on the show a couple of seasons ago - they used to chat to psychologist-types and astrologers who’d give insights into what was happening between the housemates psychologically.

Astrologers would look at their star signs and chat more about them - not that I believe in star signs, but still, it's a fun way of looking at the housemates from different angles.

4) A Fashion Police on the housemates for an episode or three. Who was Best Dressed this week? Who’s plunged into a fashion funk?

5) Camera-people secrets. Take us into the back passages of the show one week, show us some of the secrets behind-the-series. Hint at where Big Brother is. Give us juicy fast facts about the production.

6) Hit interesting hotspots of people to chat to about the show. Go into hairdressers, fast food spots, a gym e.g. use the clientele at a hairdresser for an episode - cut in views from the clients in between the evictions and other action.

7) A celebrity week with celebrities giving their views on what’s happened and happening in Upville.

8) A special insert on the prize money and what it would exchange to in each country. The show could choose a couple of countries where the money contrasts strongly and show what housemates’ could buy with it if they won.

9) Interviews with previous winners to see what they’re up to and who they think has the best shot to follow in their footsteps.

10) Stand-up routines by comedians about a specific aspect e.g. the house, particular housemates, Big Brother himself.

What would you like to see?



22 Comments

Minah
08 Jun 2012 13:10

1) For this week especially Sunday I would love to see Eve and Seydou coming back ad joing the UV.
2) I would love to see nominations from DV as well and it has to be each week that is the purpose of HEAD OF HOUSE
3) Surprice visit for a day like they did with All Stars ( I think all stars was weel planned )
4)

Gyan
08 Jun 2012 13:18

@Tashi, to be honestn all I want to c on sundays is evictions, then back to the house. No dancers, no artists, no adverts. Just IK telling us who's saved and who's leaving. That really wld be an awesome show.

Segololo
08 Jun 2012 13:28

IK needs to sort out his wardrobe... his live show performance this past week was ahem.... disturbing...

Mrs Chix
08 Jun 2012 13:58

OFF TOPIC: Tashi please write to BB that viewer want a live reunion show on stage pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Nonwe
08 Jun 2012 14:36

What i really want is for the evicted housemates to comeback to the house on the last week of the show and stay with finalists....there they have reunions, fights, reminicse, the whole shebang since the evictees already know everything but they won't be aloowed to say who africa likes. I want this to happen because every last week of the show, biggie gives the finalists a task to make a meal and set the table for the entire number of housemates that were in the show but the evictees don't come for dinner....just empty chairs and too much food....so it'd be nice if not for the whole week but for thursday dinner through to sunday evening when they'd leave the house to the stage and wait for the winner to be announced.

Minah
08 Jun 2012 14:52

They will talk they rather come ont he last day

KganyaKgethi
08 Jun 2012 15:17

This is the worst season ever, worse than season 3.

Jennifer
08 Jun 2012 15:23

Biggie must bring back Seydou, Edith & Eve jst to cause confusion in de house.

Tshd21
08 Jun 2012 15:27

During the eviction show, I would like the highlight to be just that, highlights. They are supposed to recapture whatever drama/rolling-eyes moment the idziot about to be evicted did in the house.... I hate them because they don't show anything, not even fights or heated arguments...!

Mathaz
08 Jun 2012 15:29

I want a merger, maybe the show could be interesting again.  To think that it had such potential.  He must do away with the dancers and lots of adverts please.

Segololo
09 Jun 2012 01:25

I want the molotov back... Since they can't nominate or save *bleep!* - give them the molotov to throw at someone... Hau! It must be nice molotov's as well...

Segololo
09 Jun 2012 01:27

Hoh must be able to replace - keeegs has won hoh so anytimes, e shhould have made some drama by giving us the upstairs gang long ago incl the namlish gals...

Segololo
09 Jun 2012 01:28

I want KB back... At least he seemed to watchthe show and asked what we wanted to know... He can team-up with ik but bring him back...

Segololo
09 Jun 2012 01:29

Get viwers to vote for an evicted idiot to be a mole in the house for a week... S/he must hae secret tasks whilst in there...

Segololo
09 Jun 2012 01:30

I also want mr matlala back! Lol

Segololo
09 Jun 2012 01:32

I want ess rump-shaking dancers and performers but feedback onthe preious years (all 6 BBA idziots abd what they are up to now) especially the controversial ones...

Segololo
09 Jun 2012 01:32

Less rump-shaking...

Cnglemother
09 Jun 2012 15:47

No dancers & definitely no IK!he can going to field presenting.he's a bad-bad presenter.

mbulela
09 Jun 2012 17:30

Has IK suddenly become a bad presenter? I thought he was on top of his game?

mbulela
09 Jun 2012 17:31

I want this to be the last edition of BBA. Enough of these direction-less reality shows.

Cnglemother
09 Jun 2012 18:05

WhiteSockGirl
11 Jun 2012 12:06

I am a hardcore addict,… but I started PVRing the live shows after I battled to sit through the second endless live dance auditioning show this season. I am not scout, so I am not subjecting myself to the totally unnecessary torture. The recorded shows allow me the luxury to forward to the necessary, albeit clumsy parts.

How can the show be improved? This cold mess is way beyond rescue. The whole production needs a whole new concept.

But since that is not going to happen because someone is clearly very impressed with this primary school production, here goes my list:

- Fire IK. Why is IK so special that he gets numerous chances to mess up? Simon says: Fire an incompetent presenter.
- Ok, so they are not going to fire IK because he is from 9ja. Then at least they show 1)force him to watch the show so that he at least has a clue, b) let him rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, and rehearse until he
- Fire the director or get him a gig at a dancing production/company/studio.


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