Celebrity Big Brother

If they do that, it will be ace, and if it would happen, it should be halfway through an evening, when they are all doing stuff, and the king or queen of the jungle just walks in and starts talking about what they are talking about!

There is absolutely no one on I'm a Celeb at all who would make a potentially good housemate!

Jan Leeming? Scott Henshall?

I thought David Gest would have been quite good in CBB. I bet he was asked as well.

No they're far too famous for a start. I wonder if they can top Maggot, Preston, Tracey Bingham, Faria Alam etc this time around. Granted George Galloway & Michael Barrymore were big names but it was hardly a stellar line up.

I'm sure C4 can't wait for January to come around, they might actually get an audience over 3m in prime time. The autumn has just become the period to fill between the two versions of Big Brother. It's been nothing short of a disaster, most of the headline shows have flopped, and no stand out success outside of Deal or No Deal.

I hadn't heard the 6 weeks rumour, I'm a "fan" (did you guess?) but even I think that's too long.

Celebrity BB should be 2 to 3 weeks, especially with the easily-hateable people they've been putting in lately.

Apparently Kevin Federline is a possibility this year. Woo.

It says in the subtitle of this thread "It's that time of year again"

It's nothing of the sort. Anyone who is getting excited about a programme starting in January when there's the small matter of Christmas still to come, is quite sad

Same with those threads about Soapstar Superstar and Dancing on Ice

Agree six weeks is probably too long - I think the maximum they should go for is 30 days really, which would be a week longer than last year.


Obviously though the longer it's stretched out for the lower the calibre of celeb. I think two weeks with eight C-listers is better than six weeks with 12 Z-listers, though in reality when it comes down to it the "celebrity" of the "celebrities" doesn't really matter - it's the mix of characters which is the important thing!


P.S. Anyone know if The Games is returning next year - the line up for that is normally announced before Celebrity Big Brother.

Lol, I'll remember that line and use it elsewhere

As long as it's not in reference to Love Island I might let you!


Seriously though certainly since Celeb BB returned a couple of years ago they have pretty much got the mix of characters spot on - proving it's sometimes worth ditching the big name (who won't do the show anyhow, but that's not the point) in favour of a lesser known celeb who fills a crucial character role.

I know I'm biased, but I've always felt that I'm a Celeb is less concerned about the mix of characters - it's just a case of getting who they can.

That rings true... doesn't stop a panel of C-lists psycho-analysing the I'm A Celeb gang every weekday teatime though!

No live final for big brother next year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6188244.stm