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Celebrity Big Brother UK
JamesUK:
Um, in short, no!
They've always picked contestants they knew would clash with each other, as it makes good TV, but never in any of the Celeb BB series or even the regular series have a gang of housemates teamed up to pick on one of the other housemates.
To be honest, I'm *this* close to stopping watching as it's now just too uncomfortable to watch and not only can I not believe that the producers haven't stepped in to sort this out but I have also lost complete respect for Cleo as well who seems not to want to pick sides...
In fact, no-one seems to be standing up to them at all, which leads me to believe that either:
a) The editing is such that they're making it look like Jade is out of line and Shilpa is doing nothing but in actual fact Shilpa is being just as bitchy?
b) Everyone's scared of Jade (for some reason)
My money's on b.
If it's any consolation to anyone, Jade has now completely blown any sort of career she did have over here because the press are tearing her to shreds!!!
I see that Jade and Shilpa are now up for eviction - this doesn't surprise me at all and if I were Channel 4 I would have tried my best to find a way to get her up for eviction anyway because if she stays in there much longer the whole show is going to go down the drain...
Seems like they thought putting Jade and her family back in was a good idea but it has backfired spectacularly!!
Mind you, with the amount of press coverage they're getting I can only imagine that the ratings are up a fair bit so they probably don't care!
James
Jeffrey Scott:
Yes, I think the producers are glad this is happening. Forget the image it's giving British people, this is good television! (Yes, I was being sarcastic. I don't believe that, but do believe that's how the producers feel.)
I have a few friends in the UK who actually told me they almost felt ashamed with all the coverage this is getting in India. Of course I told them they shouldn't be, but this is obviously getting out of hand. If this summers BB is like this, I may stop watching, way to much drama. Maybe Dirk had it right, it's a girlie show - like a girls locker room.
Jeffrey Scott:
Big Brother loses main sponsor
Thursday, January 18, 2007
A distraught Shilpa Shetty finally admitted on the show that she is a victim of racial abuse.
In what is seen as the first major fallout of the Shilpa’s racism row, the show's principal sponsor Carphone Warehouse has pulled out of the show. Carphone Warehouse has suspended its sponsorship with immediate effect. Carphone Warehouse founder and chief executive Charles Dunstone had earlier spoken directly to the Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan about the seriousness of the situation after reports of racial abuse towards Shilpa drew worldwide criticism. Channel 4 had given guarantees to Carphone Warehouse that any such behaviour during the rest of the series could result in removal of the offending housemate. However, Carphone Warehouse said on Thursday it was suspending its sponsorship of the current series, saying it did not want its name associated with claims of racist bullying of housemate Shilpa Shetty by fellow contestants. "We had already made it clear to Channel 4 that were this to continue, we would have to consider our position," Carphone Warehouse said in a statement. "Nothing we saw last night gave us any comfort. Accordingly we have instructed Channel 4 to remove our sponsorship name and branding with immediate effect," it added. A small spat between actor Shilpa Shetty and fellow contestants on the UK show Celebrity Big Brother has snowballed into a full fledged race-row with political, economic and diplomatic implications. So much so that the main sponsor for the show has now pulled out -- something that has made the producers of the show very edgy as they contemplate legal recourse.
TheCinera:
I just finished with Carole's eviction, and I only saw a smudge of the first part of this ordeal. The good news is that the show ends on the 28th (10 more days). I sure hope Channel 4 doesn't end this show early. I'm still watching. :groan:
Jeffrey Scott:
They have no immediate plans for ending the series.
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