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Earlier I read the newspaper and then I looked at Yahoo news and I copied it so you can read it.
Big Brother black out after brawl
LONDON (Reuters) - "Big Brother" was taken off air for 90 minutes early today after screaming housemates threatened to kill each other and had to be dragged apart by security guards.
Producers of the reality TV show said they pulled the plug when contestants pushed one another, hurled trays and unleashed a torrent of swearing.
Police said on Thursday they were examining the brawl.
"We've obtained a copy of the tape of last night's footage and we're looking at it with a view to seeing whether there's anything to take forward," said a spokeswoman for Hertfordshire police.
One contestant was physically sick from the shock after a food fight spiralled out of control.
Bodybuilder Jason Cowen, 30, screamed at 21-year-old student Marco Sabba: "I'll knock you out. I'll take your head off, end of story."
Legal administrator Emma Greenwood, 20, hurled insults at student Victor Ebuwa, 23, who replied: "Don't ever f*** with me Emma -- one warning, that's all. Get out of my face."
Student Vanessa Nimmo, 26, accused bank clerk Nadia Almada, 27, of calling her a **** and the pair traded insults.
The live feed on Channel 4 and digital channel E4 was cut from 1:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) to 3 a.m. on Thursday.
Viewers were shown an outside shot of the house as guards were called in for the first time in five series of the show.
"We are monitoring the situation closely," a Channel 4 spokeswoman said. "We are more concerned about their health and welfare than ratings."
Television watchdogs said the chaos marked a new low for reality TV shows desperate to attract viewers with ever more shocking scenes.
"They are really scraping the barrel by creating controversy," said John Beyer, director of Mediawatch, a TV standards campaign group. "I wish they'd take it off permanently."
There has already been nudity, the suggestion of sex and frequent argument on the show.
In a bid to attract audiences and counter accusations the formula has grown tired, its producers have deliberately tried to create a tense environment.
The slogan for the fifth series is "Big Brother Gets Evil" and among the original housemates were an aspiring glamour model, a political activist and a former asylum seeker.
They are made to perform a variety of tasks and contestants are evicted from the house each week in a public vote. The last one standing in seven weeks will win a prize of up to 100,000 pounds.
Any comments?
Is it on for TV shows to put people through this when they knew this kind of thing was gonna happen. I mean putting different personalities I mean very different personalities together is bound to cause this.
I THINK BIG BROTHER HAS GONE TOO FAR.HAVE YOU?
Big Brother black out after brawl
LONDON (Reuters) - "Big Brother" was taken off air for 90 minutes early today after screaming housemates threatened to kill each other and had to be dragged apart by security guards.
Producers of the reality TV show said they pulled the plug when contestants pushed one another, hurled trays and unleashed a torrent of swearing.
Police said on Thursday they were examining the brawl.
"We've obtained a copy of the tape of last night's footage and we're looking at it with a view to seeing whether there's anything to take forward," said a spokeswoman for Hertfordshire police.
One contestant was physically sick from the shock after a food fight spiralled out of control.
Bodybuilder Jason Cowen, 30, screamed at 21-year-old student Marco Sabba: "I'll knock you out. I'll take your head off, end of story."
Legal administrator Emma Greenwood, 20, hurled insults at student Victor Ebuwa, 23, who replied: "Don't ever f*** with me Emma -- one warning, that's all. Get out of my face."
Student Vanessa Nimmo, 26, accused bank clerk Nadia Almada, 27, of calling her a **** and the pair traded insults.
The live feed on Channel 4 and digital channel E4 was cut from 1:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) to 3 a.m. on Thursday.
Viewers were shown an outside shot of the house as guards were called in for the first time in five series of the show.
"We are monitoring the situation closely," a Channel 4 spokeswoman said. "We are more concerned about their health and welfare than ratings."
Television watchdogs said the chaos marked a new low for reality TV shows desperate to attract viewers with ever more shocking scenes.
"They are really scraping the barrel by creating controversy," said John Beyer, director of Mediawatch, a TV standards campaign group. "I wish they'd take it off permanently."
There has already been nudity, the suggestion of sex and frequent argument on the show.
In a bid to attract audiences and counter accusations the formula has grown tired, its producers have deliberately tried to create a tense environment.
The slogan for the fifth series is "Big Brother Gets Evil" and among the original housemates were an aspiring glamour model, a political activist and a former asylum seeker.
They are made to perform a variety of tasks and contestants are evicted from the house each week in a public vote. The last one standing in seven weeks will win a prize of up to 100,000 pounds.
Any comments?
Is it on for TV shows to put people through this when they knew this kind of thing was gonna happen. I mean putting different personalities I mean very different personalities together is bound to cause this.
I THINK BIG BROTHER HAS GONE TOO FAR.HAVE YOU?
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lalakersrule wrote:
> That's your take on what i said. Please don't put words in my mouth i
> haven't said.
Heh. Fair enough.
> Have you watched the 'brawl' in question? If so you would realise a
> few pathetic girly slaps was all it was, like i've said i saw far
> more vicious fighting over the paints during my work experience at my
> old primary school. A thrown plate and then lots of 'I'm going to
> kill you' rubbish. Hardly a mass brawl needing a police presence.
>
Oh, I quite agree. However, I've seen equally pathetic brawls in Newcastle city centre and the police intervened in them too. Wouldn't you agree that hindsight is 20-20; it's easy to say they weren't required after the fact.
> When you consider the show has not only cameras everywhere, a
> production team of people and security guards all around the place
> then yes in my opinion it is exempt. I don't know about where you
> live but if someone gets in a fight down the high street i don't see
> masses of production team people and security guards there to stop it
> and then preside over the people making sure nothing else happens.
> You can't compare real life situations to what is basically a
> protected television show environment. Are you really telling me the
> police don't have better things to do then investigate some pathetic
> tv show?
The Bigg Market in sunny Newcastle has CCTV camera's everywhere, bouncers on pretty much every door (so there are about 40 bouncers in an area the size of 2 football pitches), and yet the police are frequently there, getting involved in incidents that are in some cases rather more pathetic than the BB 'brawl'. But if they didn't intervene, would some of them develop into something worse? Well...possibly, possibly not.
My point is that the whole "the police have other things to do" argument is always, but ALWAYS given with the benefit of hindsight. The police are obligated to deal with whatever gets put in front of them, and it's rare indeed that they have the luxury of being able to decide whether a matter is sufficiently inconsequential to ignore.
> If we kept calling the police every time we saw some violence on the
> tv, they'd have no time to be out with their speed guns :-D
Every time? Maybe my memory is shot to hell, but I don't recall there being any other incidences of simmering tension boiling over into handbags and slaps on live reality tv.
> That's your take on what i said. Please don't put words in my mouth i
> haven't said.
Heh. Fair enough.
> Have you watched the 'brawl' in question? If so you would realise a
> few pathetic girly slaps was all it was, like i've said i saw far
> more vicious fighting over the paints during my work experience at my
> old primary school. A thrown plate and then lots of 'I'm going to
> kill you' rubbish. Hardly a mass brawl needing a police presence.
>
Oh, I quite agree. However, I've seen equally pathetic brawls in Newcastle city centre and the police intervened in them too. Wouldn't you agree that hindsight is 20-20; it's easy to say they weren't required after the fact.
> When you consider the show has not only cameras everywhere, a
> production team of people and security guards all around the place
> then yes in my opinion it is exempt. I don't know about where you
> live but if someone gets in a fight down the high street i don't see
> masses of production team people and security guards there to stop it
> and then preside over the people making sure nothing else happens.
> You can't compare real life situations to what is basically a
> protected television show environment. Are you really telling me the
> police don't have better things to do then investigate some pathetic
> tv show?
The Bigg Market in sunny Newcastle has CCTV camera's everywhere, bouncers on pretty much every door (so there are about 40 bouncers in an area the size of 2 football pitches), and yet the police are frequently there, getting involved in incidents that are in some cases rather more pathetic than the BB 'brawl'. But if they didn't intervene, would some of them develop into something worse? Well...possibly, possibly not.
My point is that the whole "the police have other things to do" argument is always, but ALWAYS given with the benefit of hindsight. The police are obligated to deal with whatever gets put in front of them, and it's rare indeed that they have the luxury of being able to decide whether a matter is sufficiently inconsequential to ignore.
> If we kept calling the police every time we saw some violence on the
> tv, they'd have no time to be out with their speed guns :-D
Every time? Maybe my memory is shot to hell, but I don't recall there being any other incidences of simmering tension boiling over into handbags and slaps on live reality tv.
Ginger Peni wrote:
> Big Brother went too far when the first series started. By all means
> put societies idiots into a house, but for god sake don't put them on
> the TV, just throw away the key or nuke the house.
Indeed, where's an errant missile when you need one eh?
> Big Brother went too far when the first series started. By all means
> put societies idiots into a house, but for god sake don't put them on
> the TV, just throw away the key or nuke the house.
Indeed, where's an errant missile when you need one eh?
I think Marco will go.
As people want to see Michelle and Stu to get it on. Plus people want to know if people will find out Nadia's secret
As people want to see Michelle and Stu to get it on. Plus people want to know if people will find out Nadia's secret
Big Brother went too far when the first series started. By all means put societies idiots into a house, but for god sake don't put them on the TV, just throw away the key or nuke the house.
I didn't expect Becky to choose Michelle. I thought maybe she might choose Victor or Jason. Out of Marco, Nadia and Michelle I want Michelle to go. Nadia and Marco are annoying but are keeping the show interesting and im waiting for the housemates to find out about Nadia's secret.
Big brother nominations.
Michelle
Marco
Nadia
So that means the Harem are all up for nominations. However it was not done in the usual way!! What way was it done in.. We apparantly have to wait till 7pm on E4 and 10pm on channel 4! And i want to know NOW
Michelle
Marco
Nadia
So that means the Harem are all up for nominations. However it was not done in the usual way!! What way was it done in.. We apparantly have to wait till 7pm on E4 and 10pm on channel 4! And i want to know NOW
I hope I don't turn into a Biosexual. Machinesexual all the way baby.
You can't trust those damn biosexuals.
Big Brother has put another housemate in apparently from what I read in the paper she is biosexual.
They clearly are the biggest bunch of losers in Britain today, that's why it's watchable. The worst TV on earth was the Pop Idol cr@p, and thankfully they've put a stop to that.
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