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TopicSurvivor Island of Idols/BB21 Discussion - Rob and Sandra are conspiring bitches
Peridiam
09/20/19 2:42:03 PM
#38:


BB13 was bad because of the rigging, which began on Day 1 and continued potentially until finale night, or at the very least until the F6.

It's bizarre to me that you think they didn't want Rachel to win. Rachel may have been #4 or #5 on the producers list of who they wanted to win (after Dick, though that was only but a few days in), but they hedged their bets right out of the gate to ensure any of them would be in a prime position. It's the same issue I have with BB14.

For me, when you remove the stakes, you remove the sense of drama. You remove the vital ingredient that makes the show so compelling. I don't find much of a point in watching a game if there's no game to be had. I may as well switch to Real Housewives or The Bachelor. The first half of BB13 is some of the worst BB out there, a total steamroll with the producers pets. I'm not clueless enough to believe the vets were in any sense of trouble. It was terrible TV and a bad season because of how forced the setup and twists were, how low the stakes were, how poor the gameplay was (largely thanks to the twists), and how the outcome was entirely pre-ordained from the start.

It was the producers wet dream to have Rachel win, especially over Porsche, who I would argue is the #1 most screwed over player from the edit in all of Big Brother. That girl was left out in the dark all season and nobody cared, least of all when she was 1 vote shy of ruining what the producers had wished for after contorting the show.

I perhaps have a similar take on the BB producers that you do for the Survivor producers. I find it really difficult to watch when the BB producers tip the scales so far in one direction. It creates a sense of hollowness in me and mars my experience. At surface level it's exciting to see the power swing at the midway point in BB13, but it's SO unearned after the pre-jury and the setup for the vets to succeed. Compare it to BB21 right at the end of pre-jury, with the Day 44 explosion. So earned and SO satisfying. One of the best BB moments in a long while, unlike when Kalia evicted Lawon in BB13 because she feared a twist, or Brendon returned at this point in BB13 thanks to a terrible implementation of a 'battle back', or when Rachel was gifted Pandora's Box, screwing over the most compelling player of the season in Shelly.

I know you don't care so much about the integrity of the game, but to me that's the 'boring' bit. BB16 is SUPER boring because it's a steamroll, but at least it was fair play. BB13 was 50% a steamroll by the producers pets (ala Derrick & Frankie), then a bunch of bullshit back-to-back, with a wholly unearned winner by the end. No bueno.
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