A link from Digital Spy, to an unofficial Big Brother site, claims that talks between Five and Endemol have broken down, and that this really will be the final curtain tonight.
Although the bookies reckon Brian Dowling is to be the Ultimate BB winner, I think Nick should win it, if only for the
reason that it'd be the Ultimate irony for the Ultimate winner to be the person who was disqualified, then abruptly
and rather unceremoniously forced to leave the show by the producers for cheating in the very first series.
Mind you, I've not really been following it, so I don't know if he hasn't already been evicted by public vote anyway!
A link from Digital Spy, to an unofficial Big Brother site, claims that talks between Five and Endemol have broken down, and that this really will be the final curtain tonight.
I have no idea how reliable the website is though.
Not only the reliability of the site, but an "insider" is never a reliable source in itself. I very much doubt finance is a reason, as everyone has stated the value of the show has gone down, Endemol surely realise that themselves. And dropping the price, it better than no price at all.
The press were saying Nick wasn't going in, and he has, so press about BB is never 100%. I think it's a case of wait and see. It'd never be back the very next year anyway in my opinion.
I think there is no doubt it will be back in some form even if no one picks it up straight away. 2012 will be Channel 4's 30th birthday. A short celebrity series might be appropriate by then if there is room in the schedule amongst the Olympic programming that year. If not 2012 then maybe 2017.