Big Brother

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Angela Boyko <aboyko at n...> wrote:
> Al wrote:
> 
> >Interesting how different it is here.  In the UK, Big Brother was 
an 
> >awesome success, the final episodes were drawing 9 million viewers 
> >(which is very good indeed in the UK), the website was getting 
> >hundreds of thousands of hits a day during the Nasty Nick 
debacle.  I 
> >was a very avid viewer, and I took part in the phone votes too. 
> >Anyway, we haven't had Survivor yet, though I heard somewhere 
we're 
> >making a version with an Australian network.
> 
> I've read some articles on Nasty Nick - wasn't he lying to the
> housemates about being recently widowed or something? And was 
replaced
> by the producers?
> 
> The US version was not that great. I watched it because it was like
> something gross that you couldn't help looking at. Everyone except 
for
> William was trying so hard to get along and not make waves. And 
they had
> some dumb-ass challenges too.
> 
> Angela
> 
  Nasty Nick was quite incredible.  He lied to everyone, and was Mr, 
Machiavelli, he was so manipulative.  He convinced everyone he was on 
their side, and, during some of the first evictions when the evictees 
found out who had nominated them,  when they saw the part he had 
played they were speechless with shock.  The remaining contestants 
worked it out in the end, but watching it unravel was interesting.

I watched a summary programme of the other "Big Brothers."  All I 
remember of the American one, was a young woman addressing a man 
saying "I haven't decided whether I like you or not, yet."   And 
proceeded to go into a monologue about why.  The guy just sat there 
and listened. How on earth is one supposed to react to that?!

Catherine
Catherine