Luck would suggest the report was made up - it wasn’t.
There is a reason my strike rate is pretty good, it’s because I have good sources and I don’t make things up.
That’s not to say I’m 100% correct every time of course.
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I’m not saying the report is made up. I’m thinking at the time of posting indications were that Sonia may host from your sources, but when golf was announced it turned out to be different to the original source info.
The way this has turned out in being right is what I’m saying is luck. I see it that they had an idea, changed it and then decided Sonia as a backup decision when they couldn’t get or have freaked out over another option, hence pulling her from MMG.
I feel like we are going around in circles. I’m entitled to an opinion on how I see this?
Sure you may disagree and have your view because I understand you have a website image that you want to convey and defend. That’s fine.
You guys do well, I love the podcast and the crew behind it all.
I think the Bit that irks me the most is the “nah nah nah nah - we were right! We were right!” Attitude on scenarios where it simply could be “as previously reported and has now come to fruition” it becomes a point scoring grand standing moment. It really comes across as immature and damages this credibility, which I guess may be the reason you have to defend the articles so often.
There’s always two sides. And knowing how seven operate, I think we could both be in a 50% /50% in accuracy on how this all went down.
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The first season had one of the worst winners ever and wasn’t even half as good as the Ten version. But worst thing of all Nine went down the family friendly route too much and took away all of the live aspects except the eviction for the following 2 seasons.
It appears 7 are going down the same road and I predict the show to be a big flop as they are not listening to what the fans want. It is 2020, there should be more public interaction than ever but 7 are doing the exact opposite which is a mistake IMO.
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Im not disagreeing with your review. But this doesn’t take out from the fact it rated. Therefore it was successful and was something the audience liked.
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Writing was on the wall a decade ago. I remember talking to people back then who said, “Oh Aussie TV is shit, nothing good is ever on.”
This was in 2008-09, when audiences were roughly double today.
People were DYING for an out, and they got it with Netflix and streaming.
BB on Seven is predictably not going to end well. Ten did risque live streaming back in the mid-2000s. Why aren’t Seven doing that in 2020? And why are they pursuing this family friendly nonsense? No parent is going to let their kid watch BB.
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Other reality formats from that time (Survivor, Bachelor, etc) are essentially game shows with huge fly-on-the-wall component. I they succeeded in the long term because there’s a clear structure, a story line of sorts and a purpose to the end game.
BB thrived even though its structure was well defined and its storyline hazier because, well, horny teenagers and 20-somethings want to see what other horny teenagers and 20-somethings do.
Take away the salacious element and there’s not terribly much of interest in the BB format at all.
Also, as an aside, the first BB will probably always be the best just because it felt more authentic. The contestants didn’t know how they going to be cut, edited and portrayed in the show, so they were themselves.
In subsequent seasons, almost everyone knew what would get them air time or drive their plot, so they played to that. Some were in it for the fame, the infamy or to build a career.
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Amelia Fisk confirmed as Executive Producer.
This is my biggest problem with BB today (incl the recent Nine seasons), 10 went all in back in the early 2000s, solid website, live streaming, update, uncut, nomination, evictions… it felt like a proper event series. BB today isn’t an event there’s no audience interaction. With better internet and social media BB should be bigger than ever.
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The engagement you see with the Canadian and US versions just from them having a live feed (well, 4 feeds actually) is brilliant - and that serves to be far more effective than any promos spun out by the network. Spoilers galore of course, even with live feed blackouts, but no Big Brother fan is going to be such a fan they search out the spoilers online and then don’t watch the show.
The producers also use it to their advantage - BBUSA had a massive row this year just before a live show once the usual eviction night blackout begins and rather than just cover it in the main show it conveniently “leaked” online that night and was probably the best publicity the series has had in years. And although that wasn’t live it highlighted the importance of a live feed.
Of course though with the show not being live not much point in talking about a live feed.
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Don’t know how much, but I think this explains why he is so optimistic for everything on Seven.
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Bloody hell
That’s the latest type of cruel torture.
Big Brother fans rejoice. Filming has begun.
My prediction is that the air date will be the week immediately following Easter. That’s a common time for new shows to start and gives them plenty of time to have it wrapped up before the Olympics.
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Think you might be right. If I were 7 though I would air over Easter. Away from Lego Masters and Married.
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Or do they 
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I don’t think they should try and launch Big Brother up against MAFS. Especially in those final couple of weeks when MAFS viewing numbers typically go through the roof it would be suicide.
I assumed it would be finished by easter.