Big Brother will ruin yet more people's lives!
By gemini_rose
@gemini_rose (16264)
June 16, 2008 2:58pm CST
UK is in its 9th year or season or whatever you want to call it of Big Brother, Big Brother 9. I admit I am sad and watch it every night, simply because 1) there is nothing else on and 2) I just cannot help it.
What gets me is that people put themselves in this show expecting I don't know what. Fame and fortune I am guessing mostly,hoping that they will be loved by the nation. But what they do not seem to think about is that the nation might hate them on sight. That the nation might not see in them what they themselves think they are! The papers have been full of the usual antics and news that they have, but one housemate has made herself a target by her ways and when it was eviction night last Friday, the audience were screaming for her to be thrown out.
This is the link to the latest story of this housemate, and some of the antics she has been up to:-
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/big_brother/article1295207.ece
I seriously dread to think what her life is going to be like when she gets out, I am also seriously glad that I am not in her shoes. I have seen it happen to previous contestants and even celebrities and they have suffered death threats and all sorts, it is not nice at all.
So if you were a contestant on a show like Big Brother, would you be loved by the nation or hated?
How would you feel if you came out to find that no one had liked you, would you be bothered by it?
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13 responses
@mummymo (23706)
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17 Jun 08
I am fascinated by Big Brother Gemini - I don't watch it every night but I do kep up to date with what is happening! I know exactly which housemate you are talking about without even going to the link. The way she bullies the others left me feeling very gobsmacked - I really don't think she has any idea how aggressive and nasty she comes across as. I think when she does come out and sees the way she behaved she may be shocked into changing her ways but then again she will probably deny that she was in the wrong! I can't imagine why people would want to go on the show apart from being fame hungry or looking for approval from the general public and I do think there is far too much hype and people take it far too seriously!
As for me - I think I would be the one they would all forget about! lol xxx
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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17 Jun 08
It fascinates me too, but she is a bad girl and she is in for some severe stick when she gets out.
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@cortjo73 (6498)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I am a huge fan of BB in the U.S. I can't get enough of it! The crazier people are, the more I love it! LOL! But, I do get a bit fanatical about hoping for the eviction of those that I despise on the show!
As for me...I don't know whether I would be liked on the show. I think I might be tolerated because I would be as careful as I could be not to offend anyone. I am very conscious of the world around me. I don't like to offend people and, I really sort of hate it when I am not liked! LOL! As for how well I would be able to keep that up, I don't know. I have a feeling I would slip and say something to someone else and it would get back to that house guest and then some of the house guests may dislike me and America may dislike me. LOL! I don't know! I like to think I am a pretty likable person! LOL! But, who really dislikes themselves, right? LOL!
And, yes...I would be bothered to come out of BB and find out that no one liked me. LOL! So, that danger alone would likely have me trying to maintain my best behavior so as not to come out being hated!
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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16 Jun 08
I think that here in UK it gets taken way more serious, it does not seem to be as much fun anymore. There is always real nastiness in it and it spoils it.
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@bellaofchaos (11538)
• United States
17 Jun 08
i have no clue wether I'd be loved or hated. I would live how I live at home their I would treat my housemates as I wanted to be treated but I also know that i myself am a pretty private person so I would hate to say shoved in a house of new people I would most likely make sure I had something to read and just keep to myself which might lead to a alimination of me before the audiance had a chance to make up there mind.
How would I feel if I came out and found no one liked me. Well I would be hurt but I would also realize that these people only saw portions of me that the tv station felt like putting up there and that they didn't get to truly know me and I would go back to my friends and family.
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I am not big on watching TV, and rarely watch those reality shows, they just annoy the heck out of me. To be honest I don't even know what Big Brother is about. I watched a season of survivor a few years ago, but then got annoyed at all the reality shows they had to put on TV and I think most of it is disgusting, especially the bachelor/bachlorette shows.
That of course is the main reason I'd never be on one of those shows, also because I have no talents that would help me on those shows. Also I'm not interested in fame or fortune, I believe that only brings worse problems and I'm happy being a broke nobody :)
Now of course is there was a show I was suited for, and I did happen to get on, I think I'd be one of the ones that was hated. I don't believe in backstabbing or manipulating to get ahead, but I am not a team player in the least. I am opinionated, hard headed, and stubborn, and usually will do what is in my best interest regardless what it does to someone else.. so that would make my team mates dislike me and probably every one else too.
I'm okay with that. The only person in this world who needs to like me... is me.
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@nicole_18 (51)
• Philippines
17 Jun 08
we also have big brother here in the philippines and i watched it,actually it was ended just a couple of days ago.For me, some of them are too good to be true,some are not showing there true feelings,some are fake because they are aware that many filipinos are watching them.Also,some innocent people which is not a part of big brother are dragging the name because they are girlfriend,boyfriend or ex of the contestant.feel so sad for them because some of the contestant here has a relationship outside and during her stay at big brother house she fell in love to her co contestant so it's really unfair to the man outside the house because he is innocent.....well,that's the consequence of entering the big brother house.
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@Browntemptation (48)
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17 Jun 08
If I came out of Big bro, and found out that everyone hated me , I would feel lonely and targeted. I would not dwell on the fact people hate me, but the fact everyone is judging me. I would try to live life and not take the media on, or people in general.
If I was to become a contestant on Big bro, I would want the nation to see me as me. I'm a humble down to earth person who generally gets along with everybody and anybody. The nation would grow to love me and not hate me. My answer to your question is that the nation would love me as a contestant.
Thanks B
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
17 Jun 08
Hi gemini, If I am in the house, I don't know if people will love me, I know some will but we can't expect to please everyone. I know it's depressing to know that a lot will start to hate me, it entirely depends on the person's personality, if he/she is strong to face criticism,judgment,rude comments of the audience. I guess they have to consider their personality first before joining this reality show since it's hard and frustrating once a lot will now like us, it's ok if they won't like us as long as there will be no harsh and rude words
@anonymili (3138)
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19 Jun 08
I think it's bizarre that someone like Alex went in there and behaved as badly as she did and then whined about being nominated. If she had watched previous years' shows she would have known that the behaviour she displayed is just what made others unpopular and got them voted out or removed from the house.
Personally speaking I like to treat others with respect. I know there might be some annoying people in the house but I would tell them nicely what was annoying me about them rather than bully them the way she did. There is just no need to be so controversial - if she thought she was going to win the show by being like that, well she couldn't have been more wrong now could she?
Of course I would hate to come out of something like that thinking the whole nation hated me, but there's not enough money in the world that would make me go into the BB house and put myself on show for people like that. I have more dignity!
@gemini_rose (16264)
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19 Jun 08
That is what I cannot understand either, why she went in there in the first place. I would definately not go in there, I would not be able to handle people not liking me!
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@carrotcake14 (361)
• Philippines
17 Jun 08
there's also a big brother here in our country. However I'm not interested watching all of them. For me, If I watch them I'm just wasting my time because i know they're just trying to please everybody even the audience to get votes. A bunch of pretenders.
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@Winter08 (441)
• Canada
17 Jun 08
What amazes me about the reality shows like Big Brother (and Survivor, The Bachelor, etc.) is that the majority of the participants have watched the previous shows. They should all know how the show works. Yet when they participate, they seem to have no clue how the game works.
And they don't seem to remember that the editing process is going to play a big part in how they are perceived by the viewing public. For instance, Evel D1ck in BB9 US was seen on TV as bullying, abrasive, rude, etc. But there were clips from the 24/7 live feeds posted on YouTube that showed him apologizing to the people he verbally abused, and it showed some of his reason/strategy for doing so.
As someone somewhere said, "It's all in the editing". And that is part of what makes these shows so fascinating and so off putting at the same time.
I could never be a contestant on a show like Big Brother. I would the first to be voted out as I have a tough time knowing when someone is lying and I have a tough time doing the lying. So I would likely align with the wrong person/group and be gone because of it.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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17 Jun 08
That is exactly what gets me too, they all know what the show involves yet as soon as they walk through those doors they seem to forget.
It is sadly a big factor, the editing, they highlight all the bad bits and make them seem worse for the person.
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@Elixiress (3878)
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17 Jun 08
I am not watching these season of Big Brother, but I have watched a few of the previous ones. I think that all the house mates in the house must have seen at least one show and the after events, so they know the risk attached to being a house mate, so I have no sympathy.
If I was in the Big Brother house I could be loved or hated just like anyone else, if I was all nice to everyone some people would love me for that and others would hate me and see it as "having a plan", whereas if I was mean some people would hate me for it, but some people would love me for being honest.
@petiksmode (2983)
• Philippines
17 Jun 08
i am not a big fan of this show but countless people here in our country are...
though they say that it is not being scripted i really doubt that...
i dunno but i am into reality shows but not this one...thnks
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