World Of Big Brother Blog

Posted in Graham's Blog, Website on April 12th, 2010 by World of BB

Important news about the World of Big Brother Blog.

The World of Big Brother Blog has now moved into the forum. Please click here to visit the new Blog -

http://forum.worldofbigbrother.com/index.php?board=10.0

Any blog posts made before 12th April 2010 can be found at here at the old blog location. Blog posts made around the transfer period will be shown at both locations.

The main reasons for moving to blog into the forum are -

1) To encourage more people to post comments to blog posts.
2) To have the blog and forum all in the same place.
3) To encourage more forum members to participate in the blog.

Each new blog post will have it’s own thread and only Official Bloggers can start a new thread (Blog Post). However, any registered forum member can reply to a post with their comments. Please keep any reply on the topic of the blog post.

If you would like to become a Blogger, please let me know which reality show you would like to blog about and I will amend your username to be able to make blog posts. At the moment each reality show will have one blogger – but we have lots of vacant shows. To express an interest in blogging, either reply to this post or drop me an email to webmaster@worldofbigbrother.com

Any questions then ask away.

Current Discussions at the Forum

Posted in Authors, Dan's Blog, Forum, Website on February 27th, 2010 by Dan

Hello, this is Dan, the blogger for WoBB and the Admin for WoBB Forum. I would like to say that we’re just a day over one month in, and we’ve made it to 805 posts in 47 topics by 32 members. We are encouraging you to come post and tell us your thoughts of any Reality-Non Reality-Off Topic discussion, as we are looking for making the forum a success. Our most widely discussed topic is right now, Big Brother Germany, with 11 pages and over 160 posts.

Our Staff, if you didn’t know consists of the other Admin, Graham, webmaster of WoBB and two highly contributing moderators, Art and Joako. I feel the four of us are doing a very good job managing the forum, giving as much time as we can to it. A lot of us, including myself are eager to find someone telling us exactly what is going on, rather than just looking at eviction/nominaton results.  You can go to register at anytime, the link is posted on the forum under I believe it’s Register. We do indeed look forward to hearing from you.

Currently there is at least one topic in every one of the boards. We have just about every Big Brother show currently on in discussion, along with a few posts about the Survivor series. There is a discussion for I believe two Farm Series, TAR’s current season, a couple talent shows. There’s also discussions on Star Acedemy series, including the Arabian one on now. Also, we have a discussion about the Olympics and Eurovision in other topics. It’s a lot of fun; post what you know and think, and we’ll be happy.

If you have any questions, you can always make a comment here and either me or a staff member will post back. In some more exciting news, I have asurprise for current members, and for members who get in on the action now. I plan on opening up something I’ve seen for years, and am bringing it to the forum. You may want to check back later on the Forum to see what’s up. I promise, some of you will love what I want to make in adition to the forum. All you have to do is be a member in order to join.

See you at the end ofthe weekend to blog for TAR’s next episode. Have Fun o nthe forum! Here’s the link: http://forum.worldofbigbrother.com/index.php

Current Blog Status

Posted in Graham's Blog, Website on February 19th, 2010 by World of BB

Hi everyone.

I thought I would steal this post as it is the 250th post on the blog!!!

Dan, who has been blogging with us since the blog started is not able to blog about all the shows that he previously did due to his current living arrangements. But don’t worry, Dan will still be blogging for us when he can.

I just wanted to let you know what to expect from the blog over the next few weeks / months. This is a summary of the shows that will be blogged.

The Amazing Race 16 USA
Dan is still going to blog this show. Although there may be some episodes that are missed.

Survivor 20 USA
I’d like to welcome new blogger Nemle. Nemle will be giving us his opinions on the survivor episodes each week.

American Idol 9 USA
Dan will be blogging this show when he can. I am also watching the show, so I will blog for any episode that Dan is not able to watch. As I am in the UK and the episodes are shown here a day or 2 after the US airing, any blog posts I make will be up a few days later than normal.

Big Brother 10 Germany
Holger has been very busy recently, which is why he has not been able to post as frequently. There is a discussion going on BB Germany over on our forum, so if you haven’t already done so, you can check that out.

Veliki Brat VIP4 Serbia
velikibrat started off blogging this, but his university studies have left him with less spare time than he thought. Hopefully I can persuade him to do a summary of the final and the show as a whole once it is over.

There are many other shows currently airing around the world that are not being blogged about. If you are watching one and would like to be a World of Big Brother blogger, please do get in touch with me and I will get you set up. The email is webmaster@worldofbigbrother.com

Looking ahead to the near future. Alexander will be joining the blog to let us have his thoughts about the upcoming Big Brother Family Bulgaria edition and Dan will hopefully be telling us all about Celebrity Apprentice 3 USA.

Thanks to everyone for reading the blog and thanks to all the bloggers for their hard work. All the bloggers love to hear your comments, so please keep the comments coming. Another can make a comment, you don’t need to register.

Breaking News

Posted in Authors, Dan's Blog, Website on February 12th, 2010 by Dan

This is Dan, the blogger of several USA shows.

I am here to announce the end of my blogging, mainly because I’m in a new environment that will have me completely out of touch with television access. I will never-or very unlikely get an oppotunity to watch television shows for a while. So, we could still look forward to hearign someone else bring up the rear for any show. Please let Graham know if you’re interested in blogging for either SurvivorUS, The Amazing Race US, Big Brother US, Celebrity Apprentice, I’m A Celebrity US, or any other show followed by WoBB.

Again, it’s been one year too today since I got on the blog, and I really wish things were better for me, so yes, I’m officially ending my blogging for the shows on WoBB.

PBB DOUBLE UP Final Eviction Night(The BIG 5)

Posted in Authors, Big Brother, Big Brother 3 Philippines, Carlex's Blog, Poll on February 6th, 2010 by carlex rol

7 days to go, and who will be the public’s Big Winner?

well, its been a though week for the 6 remaining housemates. And the contenders for the Brand new House and Lot was the opening discussion for episode. (Jayson and Johan)

unknown to the two, they were being watched by the other housemates on the plasma TV and commenting on how and who will survive the challenge. well, an additional to the challenge of Jayson and Johan was the white things and everything on that room.(like their food, where everything is white like eggs and cereals.) after 12 hours, Johan felt weird for their situation. then an additional of weird sounds made the room so interrogating and suffocating. (like sounds of droplets of water and heavy rains.) another is that, a sound of a screaming woman was added to their surroundings. after 34 hours, Big Brother gave a 3 minute break for the two to talk to each other and discuss their stay in the white room.

after that, 3 hours left, and Jayson decided to surrender and gave the prize for Johan. Johan as a result, shouted and screamed for joy when Jayson pressed the Red Button. As a result, Johan won the “white room” test. After it, they were sent back instantly to the HOUSE A and decided to keep it as secret first with the other housemates. When the Live show started, Toni talked to the housemates with her greetings to Johan as the recipient of such a great prize and asked the 5 other housemates (Mariel, Tibo, Paul Jake, Jayson and Johan) why do they deserved to be in the Big 4 (the twist about Big 5 is still unknown to them). after that,Kuya (Big Brother) announced that the House and Lot was already received by his parents at the outside world.

Well, because its only about a week, and Big Brother house will be closed for the mean time, i thought that twists were not possible to occur. But, its a BIG NO! Our Big Brother is not contended on his twists and i think that every day will be a twist day. lol

The hosts of the show revealed the 5 twists to wait for.

THE BIG REVEAL

THE BIG TRUTH

THE BIG KAPAMILYA (literally means “a member of the family“)

THE BIG HI-5 CONCERT

THE BIG DEBATE

..WELL, so exciting!

a preview on the latest celebrity house guest was shown (making me more exciting for sunday’s episode). It was the young Superstar of the Philippines, who for the 1st time, entered the BB house! And that is Ms. Judy Ann Santos. A very famous and one of our finest actress of this generation. Her task was to show the housemates’ talent on acting, and i tell you guys, their preview about it was indeed! a very funny episode for sure! it will be discussed and the full story will be on tomorrow’s episode i think. (can’t wait!)

well, another House guest entered, and for the 2nd time around, another Philippine Senator entered!. It was Senator Pia Cayetano who entered for a special Physical Fitness Task. it was a three round game for Team Tibo and Mariel VS Team Paul Jake and Melai(Jayson and Johan were currently on the white room when this was happened.) 1st round was a 10 laps swimming puzzle game. 2nd round was a cycling while singing(“Pinoy Ako”, Theme song of the PBB since season 1) game and lastly was the super hero run with matching costumes. Team Paul Jake and Melai won the task were Senator Pia gave them special prizes courtesy of her (and specially made by her too.) after that, she further discussed her agendas and what really does she fights for.

well, speaking about the Last Eviction Night, the housemates have no still no idea about the Big 4 being expanded to Big 5. So what they were expecting was that it would be a double eviction. When Toni (host) started to announced that the voting lines were temporarily closed, she begun to name the safe housemates from evictions. Aside from Melai, (of course, if she will receive the least vote, she will be not evicted because she automatically qualified for the finals) it was Jayson 1st to be announce as saved. secondly was Paul Jake. then paused for a commercial break that made the housemates tense and nervous for they thought that only one will be called. when Toni returned, Johan was the 3rd housemate saved then, Mariel and Tibo gladly stand up for they thought that they will bid their farewell to the first four saved housemates. But when Toni continued to announce the name of the fourth housemate who is saved from eviction, Mariel and Tibo was shocked. they returned to their respective seats and wait for Toni. Then…

it was Tibo to be the last Housemate saved making Mariel the last evictee of the season!.

After her exit, the votes tally was revealed with Mariel with the least votes to have. The “vote to Evict” system was removed last week for the votes to be accumulated was for the Big Winner to be identified.

Mariel got 3.34% of the votes while the other 5 housemates were remained secretly.

They were assigned in letters..(as of February 6, 2010, 11:00 pm)

Housemate A got 22.98

Housemate B got 14.97

Housemate C got 17.83

Housemate D got 12.25

Housemate E got 28.64

..well, honestly, i don’t have any idea on who is the housemates behind those figures. The Voting lines were open again for the public to choose their Big Winner and change the fate of each housemate.

Members of the Big 5 who will compete for the Big Winner Title on the Big Date on the Big Night that will be held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium Live on February 13, 2010 are:

Melai or Mellisa

Paul Jake

Jayson

Tibo

Johan

…Melai is originally from HOUSE B while the C4 boys(their band name in the house) was all originally from HOUSE A. It was an amazing Big 5 because the public hates the housemates on HOUSE B, and no one of them was part of the Big 5. Although Melai was from HOUSE B, she was moved to HOUSE A after 4 days of first week on PBB for a “House Swap Twist”  This was the first time in the history of PBB with only one girl competing for the Finals.

On the exact date, they will be brought LIVE on the Ninoy Aquino Stadium for the crowning for the Big Winner.

While tomorrow, The Big Debate will be held Live!! (so excited!)

and by the way, here’s MY ranking for the Big Night!

Big Winner – MELAI (because she is consistent from the start until now, very funny! and a full of sense person. She is a true person indeed!)

2nd Big Placer – Jayson or Paul Jake (i can’t choose between them coz they both deserved to be on that place, they are real persons too.)

3rd Big Placer – Jayson or Paul Jake

4th Big Placer – Tibo (sometimes i hate him but he desperately need the money for his family and i admired him for being the Father inside the BB House.)

5th Big Placer – Johan (for the reason that he had already a Brand New House and Lot).

Do you agree with me?. or you have your own Big 5 placings?.. be free to tell it so!.

(–,)

Thanks for reading! That’s for today!

(–,)

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PBB DOUBLE UP Day 123 (The White Room)

Posted in Authors, Big Brother, Big Brother 3 Philippines, Carlex's Blog, Poll on February 5th, 2010 by carlex rol

this post is about thursday and friday’s episode.

8 days to go and the Big Winner will be proclaimed!! how exciting and addicting on my part!! i would definitely miss PBB for i think their comeback on air will be TEEN EDITION 3, on which i hope, i would still have my call back to enter the house!(never lose hope! lol ).. but definitely, i know that season 4 will be possible because of the warm acceptance of the filipino people on PBB.

well, speaking about the latest happenings, theursday episode, as what i have said earlier on my post, the date of Melai and Roy on HOUSE B was discussed with subtitle for they have used a different language. (in our country, every region has its own dialect).

it was indeed, a very funny episode, of course, because of Melai. (She has really an undeniable sense of humor.)

talking about the date,  Roy talked to Melai, clearing everything that he could. another, a revelation was made by Melai when she said that Roy only broke up with her through cell phone. (how sad and BAD!) though they were laughing, it was noticed that they both felt the sadness on what happened about their relationship. Roy told Melai that he had already a new girlfriend, making Melai to broke down on tears..but wait,, its not because that she was hurt, but it was because of the happiness that she felt. She thought that it was a clear thing between them and that Roy had finally settled for peace.

Roy even said, “Si Jason na bahala sa iyo (Jason will now take care of you)” to Melai, which just showed that he was willing to entrust Melai’s heart to another person. Also afterwards, Melai told Big Brother the same deal in the confession room that she and Roy were indeed over. “Clear na, friends na lang kami (It’s all clear; we’re just friends now).”

after Melai had finally settled everything with Roy, Kuya (Big Brother) gave Jason a chance to personally meet Roy, whom he called, “Pareng Roy” (buddy Roy).

Bringing with him wine and finger food, Jason joined Roy at the table where Melai sat just minutes ago. He was also up front about what he wanted to say. “Ano pinag-usapan niyo ni Isay (What did you and Isay talk about)?” were the first words that tumbled out of his mouth. Roy followed through his directness by stating, “Kaya ako nagpunta dito para i-clear ang break-up namin ni Melai (The reason I came here was to clear the break-up).” Jason then asked why he and Melai broke up in the first place. Roy answered him with the old-age reason of not having enough time for Melai, but this time the reason can be said to be justifiable because Roy juggled a lot of jobs for being the padre de pamilya.(head of Family)

When all were said and done, Jason and Roy parted ways and gave each other souvenirs: Jason got Roy’s shiny studs(shown on the picture,Jayson showing it) while Roy received a couple of new shirts from the former. Big Brother couldn’t help but ask Jason about his generosity, to which the latter only shrugged off by saying, “Oo, ganyan talaga. Kung ano ang akin, bigay ko din sa mga kaibigan ko (That’s the way it goes. I share whatever’s mine to my friends).” Wow, just look at that. A relationship may have been over but another one just began.

well, fortunately, Roy had even a chance to talk to Kuya. He thanked him for allowing him to enter the BB house and clear everything on their relationship.(with Melai)

for friday’s episode, “THE WHITE ROOM” was discussed with the breath taking prize of a house and lot.

But before that, the third sacrifice and Big Harapan (Big Face to Face) was held. It was Tibo’s turn to did the sacrifice for Johan letting the latter to meet his father whom he had a not well relationship on the past.

Tibo’s sacrifice was to pluck his armpit’s hair one by one. (it really hurts!!) Unknown to Tibo, he was being watched by the other housemates on the TV plasma.

After the sacrifice, the Big Harapan took place and Milko(father of Johan) was able to talk to his son. (in HOUSE B)

Johan was called into the confession room and was told that Tibo was in it for him and his father Milko to have a reconciliation. Later on, he was fetched by his own father from the confession room into the House B where they could have a serious talk in a more quiet environment. But since he was blindfolded, he didn’t see all of those at first. So when his eyes got uncovered and he finally saw his father, he sobbed quietly – almost uncontrollably. Bad memories must have clouded over him and he got overwhelmed with the idea that it was the time that he would have to open and reach out to his father about them.

Milko started their conversation by asking how Johan was doing inside the house. Next up was that Johan voiced his longtime-held grudge against his father by stating how hurt he was when he saw his parents fighting a lot over financial problems when he was younger. “Iniisip ko nun eh parang gusto mo ng umalis, gusto mo na kaming iwan (I was thinking then that you wanted to go away, that you wanted to leave us already),” he explained through tears. Milko couldn’t help but defend his actions by saying that, “Ang hirap kasi noon at talagang ginawa ko na lahat (It was really difficult then and I already did everything),” pertaining to how he had gone to the lengths of doing so much just to hold his family together.

But Johan couldn’t help but ask his dad to promise about one thing: that those fights from when he was a kid are not going to happen again. This was what made Milko started crying too yet still managed to reply with a “yes” and a hug to his son. This represented that the father and son were already in good terms with each other.

“THE WHITE ROOM was also revealed making JOHAN AND JASON the two players for the new House and lot. The resident psychologist of PBB had an interview that the white room will definitely test the housemates’ real emotions and feelings that they kept within them selves. as what i remember, it was a “Selective Sensory Deprivation” test?..i can’t remember exactly.

Big Brother allotted a whole day to the housemates to come up with the decision of picking two housemates that were going to fight for the house and lot prize at stake. While it couldn’t be denied that each one of them were enticed with the idea of having their own home – especially after seeing the beautiful miniature of the actual house and lot displayed on the living room, several of the housemates acted unsurprisingly selfless about it.

For instance, Paul Jake and Melai were the first ones to remove their mini dolls of themselves from the on-set display, signifying that they were giving up their slots from the fight for the special prize. After a while, Mariel also removed hers, saying that what she really wanted was to be part of the Big Five. “Hindi ko kase ineexpect ‘to kaya mas mabuti na lang na ibigay ko sa iba (I didn’t expect this anyway, so it would be better if I give it to the others),” she said. So the choices were down to Jason, Johan and Tibo. But by late afternoon these were narrowed into just Jason and Johan because Tibo thought the two needed the house more than he does.

The challenge in exchange for the special prize was not at all easy to undergo. Jason and Johan were fetched by white ninjas at the middle of dawn and were sent to a special white-covered small room where their battle for the house and lot will commence. Not only were their sensory organs shall be put the test but also their psychology and inner peace because for the whole duration of this task, they weren’t going to be allowed to talk or to sleep. If any one of them decided to give up, Big Brother provided a red button to push and let them out of the room.

well, that’s for today, and again, thank you for reading! comments will be forever appreciated. (–,)

Tomorrow, Feb 06, 2010, the THE BIG 5 will be revealed and who among the remaining housemates will join Melai on the spot?..

(–,) ..sooooooo exciting!!!!!!!!!!

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Survivor US 10 Palau’s Jenn Lyon Passed Away

Posted in Authors, Dan's Blog, Reality TV News, Survivor on January 20th, 2010 by Dan

This is a news story about one of the Survivors of Survivor USA, I am just posting the news to  you guys. This is also my 100th post here on the blog, and it’s going to be about  Jenn Lyon, the fourth place contestant on Survivor: Palau (season 10) who has lost her batle with Cancer and passed away yesterday. This is indeed sad, and I feel sorry for all the survivors she got close to, her friends and family, and Austin Carty (Survivor: Panama) who was her boyfriend. I’m not sure if they were together before she died, but they were together during her time having a cancer battle.

Out of 301 Survivors we had seen on Survivor US, Jenn is the first American Survivor to pass away. She died at the age of 37, which coincidentally, Day 37 was the day she was voted off Survivor 10: Palau. I’m sure a lot of Survivor fans are upset, as we would’ve been upset at any of the others dying as well. I remember Jenn as one of the sweetest Survivors, as she was extremely well liked by a lot of the people in her Koror tribe. She was especially close to Gregg Carey. I remember her boldest strategy was to first get either Tom or Ian out, in which at the final six, it was Her, Gregg, and Caryn on board to vote for I believe Tom, but Katie wasn’t interested in flipping her vote. At final four, Jenn got Tom, who was being targeted by Ian to team up to vote Ian, which was Jenn’s best shot to survive against The Tom/Ian/Katie alliance. Jenn was in a tie with Ian in which she lost.

Since then, I believe Jenn has dated Austin Carty, from Survivor:Panama as I said before, and she has been battling cancer most of her post-survivor time. Again, this is a very sad thing to hear. Here is a link to a Reality Blurred article about her passing away, along with a video I found on you tube via the article in loving memory of Jenn’s experience on Survivor, as it features very sad music to go along with it.

realityblurred.com/…/2010_Jan_20_jenn_lyon_died

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-zU_0TqZ4

World of Big Brother December 2009 Survey Results (Part 3)

Posted in Graham's Blog, Website on January 6th, 2010 by World of BB

Here’s the final part of the results of the World of Big Brother visitors survey.

25. Are there any other new features that you would like to see included on the World of Big Brother website?
There were plenty of suggestions here for me to think about.

One of the more common suggestions was to include details of major twists, themes and tasks. The difficulty for me here is actually obtaining this kind of information, especially for the non-English language shows. It is much easier to work out who is up for eviction and who is evicted than it is to use online translators to translate large blocks of text describing complicated twists and tasks. If I can think of a way of easily obtaining the information then I will consider including it on the website.

Another common request was for a video section. What kind of videos do you want to see? Again if there is an easily obtainable source for me to get the videos from then I’m happy to include videos.

Add other Big Brother World Firsts to the statistics section. Give me some ideas for this. If you can think of any statistics or records that you want me to add, add a comment to this post and i’ll see if I can get the answer and add it.

26. Do you think World of Big Brother should launch a forum?
Yes = 86.2%
No = 13.8%

That’s quite a comprehensive vote in favour of a forum.

27. If a forum was launched, what do you think your level of participation in the forum would be?
I would be interested in reading the forum posts = 81.0%
I would be interested in writing posts in the forum = 74.1%
I would like to be a moderator of the forum = 29.3%
I would not be interested in visiting the forum at all = 13.8%

One reason why I have been reluctant to launch a forum is I am unsure how active it would be. When I launched the blog this time last year I have struggled to find people willing to post on the blog. In fact if it hadn’t been for the great efforts of Dan, I would likely have closed the blog last year. It’s taken 12 months, but slowly we are building up a decent number of bloggers.

The survey has shown that there is a positive responce for a forum. Almost 75% said they would contribute by writing posts on the forum. So I will launch a forum on a trial basis soon.

28. If you have an comments to make, please type them in the box below.
This was the final question. I had some very positive and encouraging comments here, so thank you all for your kind words.

If you’ve got any comments or question to make about the survey or the world of big brother website, just add a comment to this post. It’s always great to hear from you.

World of Big Brother December 2009 Survey Results (Part 2)

Posted in Graham's Blog, Website on January 5th, 2010 by World of BB

Here’s part 2 of the World of Big Brother Survey results.

11. Please rate the following reality shows. (1 =hate it, 5 = OK and 10 = love it.)
Big Brother = 9.3 average
The Amazing Race = 7.6
Survivor (or Robinson) = 7.4
Idol = 6.9
The X Factor = 6.8
…. Got Talent = 6.5
The Mole = 6.4
Star/Fame/Dream Academy (or Operation Triumph) = 6.3
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! = 6.2
The Farm = 5.4
The Bar = 5.1
Dancing with Stars (or Strictly Come Dancing) = 5.1

Unsurprisingly Big Brother was the clear winner.

12. What is your all time favourite reality show format?
Big Brother = 72.4%
Survivor = 13.8%
Idol = 5.2%
The Mole = 3.5%
The Amazing Race = 1.7%
Temptation House = 1.7%
Competition = 1.7%

13. Have you ever auditioned to be a Big Brother Housemate?
Yes = 19.0%
No = 81.0%

14. Have you ever auditioned for a show like Idol, X Factor or Got Talent?
Yes = 3.4%
No = 96.6%

15. Do you use the RSS feature for getting the latest Reality show news or Website Updates? (select all that apply)
I use the News RSS feed = 10.3%
I use the Website Updates RSS feed = 6.9%
I use the Blog posts RSS feed = 10.3%
I use the Blog comments RSS feed = 5.2%
I know about the RSS feeds but do not use them = 27.6%
I don’t know what RSS feeds are = 56.9%
Other: Didn’t know you were doing RSS feeds, I might now = 1.7%
Other: I just watch the 24/7 channel for Big Brother = 1.7%

As over half of people who completed the survey didn’t know what RSS feeds were, I will soon add a page explaining what they are and how they can be used. I’ll try and make them a bit more visible.

16. When using World of Big Brother, do you usually use the main “Reality TV” index that lists all the reality show news on the same page. Or do you use the individual format sections (ie use the World of Survivor page for Survivor, World of Big Brother page for Big Brother, World of Talent page for Idol etc)?
I use the All-In-One World of Reality TV page = 27.6%
I use the separate World of Big Brother, World of Survivor etc pages = 44.8%
It depends, I use both methods = 25.9%
I have no idea what you are talking about = 1.7%

I will keep both methods of reading the website going, I was just interested to see which way people preferred.

17. Which of the following areas of the website do you go to?
Current Contestants page = 63.8%
Timetable of upcoming shows = 62.1%
The statistics pages = 55.2%
List of Housemate exits and Percentages = 53.4%
Official Websites / Links page = 51.7%
Website Updates Page = 46.6%
Big Brother Timeline pages = 41.4%
A to Z list of Big Brother Housemates = 36.2%
Missing Information pages = 20.7%
None of the above = 0.0%

I’m very surprised the current contestants paged topped this poll. I was thinking about stopping it, but it will have to stay now :)

18. Have you ever visited the World of Big Brother blog?
Yes = 67.2%
No = 32.8%

20. Have you ever done any of the following on the World of Big Brother blog? (Please leave unanswered if none apply to you)
Submitted a blog post = 6.9%
Added a comment to a post = 10.3%
Voted in a poll = 36.2%

21. Would you be willing to blog for World of Big Brother about a reality show you are watching in the future?
Yes = 41.4%
No = 27.6%
Maybe = 31.0%

22. If you would like to be a World of Big Brother Blogger, please type your e-mail address in this box.
Thank you to the 17 people who left me their E Mail address. I will be contacting you soon regarding the blog. anyone that answered Yes or maybe that didn’t leave me their e mail address. If you would like to be a blogger, you can by e mailing me at webmaster@worldofbigbrother.com.

23. As we now cover more than Big Brother, do you think the name of the website should be changed?
No – leave it as World of Big Brother = 65.5%
Yes – change it to World of Reality TV = 32.8%
Don’t Know = 1.7%

So as the majority said leave it, the name and url of the site will remain World of Big Brother.

24. Are there any shows that are not covered by World of Big Brother that you would like to see on here?
Top Model (x5)
The Apprentice (x3)
Project Runway (x2)
The Biggest Loser (x2)
Fear Factor
Fama: ¡a bailar
Desafío (Colombian show)
Dancing with the Stars
I love Money (VH1)
My New BFF (MTV)
Cooking shows
Ma Maison Rona
Real World
Road Rules
Solitary
la casa de tu vida
pekin espress
dejadnos solos
I love Scasi
Confianza ciega
So You Think You Can Dance
The “Cruel Summer/Winter/Holiday”
The All-Ireland Talent Show

Thanks for all the suggestions. Top Model and The apprentice were the most popular choices and I will look at added them to the site in 2010. A lot of the shows I have not heard of, but I will look into all of them. Though I can’t promise I will add them all.

People also asked for these following show which are already covered on the website.

grande fatello,grand hermano,veliki brat [NOTE: These are Big Brother titles and are all covered in World of Big Brother]
Survivor (x3) [NOTE: already covered, see World of Survivor]
The Farm (x2) [NOTE: already covered, see World of Other Reality]
Idol (x2) [NOTE: already covered, see World of Talent]
Got Talent (x2) [NOTE: will be covered in World of Talent]
Unanimous [NOTE: Already covered, see World of Archives section]
Reality Circus [NOTE: Already covered, see World of Archives section]

Tomorrow I will add the 3rd and final part of the results.

World of Big Brother December 2009 Survey Results (Part 1)

Posted in Graham's Blog, Website on January 4th, 2010 by World of BB

Over the Christmas period a visitors survey was available for World of Big Brother readers to complete.

A big thank you to everyone that completed the survey. I’m going to summarise the results in 2 (maybe 3) blog posts this week and this is the first.

1. Are you male or female?
Male = 98.3%
Female = 1.7%

Wow! I kind of expected there to be more male visitors than females. But 98% male was much higher than I expected. Is is that not many females visit World of Big Brother or maybe females don’t like completing surveys?

2. How old are you?
10 – 19 = 43.1%
20 – 29 = 44.8%
30 – 39 = 8.6%
40 – 49 = 3.5%

The youngest was 12 and the oldest was 44. The most common age was 18.

3. Which country do you live in?
USA = 22.4%
Philippines = 17.2%
UK = 15.5%
Canada = 8.6%
Spain = 6.9%
Germany = 5.1%
Others = 24.3%

Others were made up of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and Uruguay.

4. What is your main written language?
English = 56.9%
Spanish = 13.8%
Filipino/Tagalog = 6.9%
French = 6.9%
Dutch = 5.2%
German = 5.2%
Others = 5.1%

Others were Polish, Portuguese and Slovenian.

5. Do you understand any other languages?
34.5% said English, so adding the 56.9% who said English was their main language in question 4, totals 91.4%.

Other languages that were answered that have not been mentioned so far were Chinese, Italian, Welsh, Mexican and Russian.

6. When did you first visit the World of Big Brother website?
First visit = 3.4%
December 2009 = 5.2%
January to November 2009 = 8.6%
2008 = 17.2%
2007 = 31.0%
2006 = 10.3%
2005 = 13.8%
Can’t remember = 10.3%

7. On average, how often do you visit World of Big Brother?
More than once every day = 13.8%
Every day = 36.2%
A few times a week = 31.0%
Once a week = 5.2%
A few times a month = 3.4%
Once a month = 1.7%
Less often than once a month = 6.9%
This is my first visit = 1.7%

It’s great that half of people visit the site at least every day. It tells me that people like what they are seeing.

8. Why did you visit World of Big Brother today?
To find out the latest news = 72.4%
To look for details of a current show = 51.7%
To look for details of an old show = 34.5%
General browsing of the site = 31.0%
To read the blog = 17.2%
To find a particular picture = 13.8%
Other = 6.8%

I created World of Big Brother for 2 main reasons.
1) So that there was a place to go for people to find out the latest news for all Big Brothers worldwide.
2) There was an archive of Big Brother shows that was never removed.

Due to a change in my personal circumstances in 2009, I am not able to keep the news as up to date as I previously have. Hopefully that will change later in 2010, but for now the best I can do is adding news headlines the day after they happen and news stories 2 days after.

9. How did you first find out about the World of Big Brother website?
A Google search = 39.7%
I can’t remember = 24.1%
A post on a forum = 22.4%
Wikipedia = 7.0%
A search from another search engine = 3.4%
A Yahoo search = 1.7%
Someone told me about it = 1.7%

Website visibility is something I’ve been thinking about recently. How to get World of Big Brother more visible to searchers. One way I was told about was submitting a site map to the major search engines, but as World of BB has over 16,000 pages I haven’t been able to create one.

Another thing I am thinking about is expanding the links section on the site. At the moment only reality shows official websites are shown, but maybe listing and exchanging links with fansites, forums, blogs etc that cover the reality shows that World of Big Brother covers may be a way forward.

10. Which web browser do you mainly use when visiting World of Big Brother?
Firefox = 44.8%
Internet Explorer = 34.5%
Chrome (Google) = 10.3%
Safari = 6.9%
Opera =3.4%

When I first started the website in 2005 the majority of visitors used Internet Explorer. Firefox has now overtaken IE. I do try to make pages look correct using both browsers, but as I mainly use Internet Explorer myself, the site is designed with IE in mind. But if you see something that doesn’t display correctly with your browser then let me know and I will see if I can fix it.

That’s it for now, I’ll post part 2 of the survey results tomorrow.

Happy Christmas

Posted in Graham's Blog, Website on December 24th, 2009 by World of BB

I’d like to wish all blog readers a very Happy Christmas and hope you have a great 2010.

Thank you to all the World of Big Brother bloggers for their posts in 2009. I hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I have.

Next week, to round off the year, I will be writing my review of the year posts. The first part should be here sometime on Tuesday.

Until then, have a great Christmas.

Graham – your World of Big Brother webmaster.

World of Big Brother blog

Posted in Graham's Blog, Website on November 16th, 2009 by World of BB

Hi everyone, my name is Graham and I am the owner of World of Big Brother (so now you know who to blame for anything that goes wrong on the website).

Just to remind you that this blog is here for anyone to contribute to. Everyone can make comments on any posts on the blog, so feel free to ask questions or give your opinions on the posts, the authors would love to hear from you.

I’d like to thank the blog authors – Dan, Arthur and Isa. They are doing an amazing job. If you would like to join them and become a blogger for World of Big Brother it’s easy, all you need to do is send me an email to webmaster@worldofbigbrother.com and I will set you up with access. You can then either post to the blog directly or if you prefer, send your blog post to me and I will post it for you.

At the moment I’m looking for bloggers for –
Big Brother – Africa, Spain, Italy, Philippines, Israel, India and Serbia
The Farm – Brazil, Slovenia and Serbia
Survivor – Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria, Serbia, Sweden and Israel
Big Mama House Bosnia
La Academia Mexico
Fabrika Ukraine
The Amazing Race Latin America
The X Factor UK, I’m A Celebrity UK or Strictly Come Dancing UK
or any other reality show going on at the moment.

Who do you want to win The Amazing Race 14 USA?

Posted in Amazing Race (The), Amazing Race 14 USA, Graham's Blog, Poll on May 7th, 2009 by World of BB

It’s the final of The Amazing Race 14 USA on Sunday, with three teams racing to win $1,000,000.

Who do you want to win?

You can vote for your favourite team in the poll on this blog plus you can add your comments to any posts.

I’d like to say a big thanks to Dan who has done a great job with blogging The Amazing Race this season. Don’t forget to check back next week to read his review of the final.

Should Big Brother UK be axed?

Posted in Graham's Blog, Poll on February 6th, 2009 by World of BB

 

In our first ever World of Big Brother poll, we asked you Should Big Brother UK be axed after BB10?

A UK newspaper reported earlier this week that Big Brother would be axed by Channel 4 after this years BB10. This report was denied by Channel 4 who have said that no decision has been made about the future of Big Brother in the UK.

Thank you to everyone who voted in the poll. 75.7% thought that Big Brother UK should continue after BB10 and 24.3% thought it should be axed.

Look out for a new poll very soon.

Would you like to blog for World of Big Brother?

Posted in Graham's Blog, Website on February 2nd, 2009 by World of BB

 
World of Big Brother has been online since August 2005. Since that time the website has brought you news from reality shows (not just Big Brother) from across the world.

The main World of Big Brother website has always provided impartial news coverage and this policy will continue.

The aim of this companion blog will be to bring you thoughts and opinions on the reality shows. And to do this you can help.

Would you like to blog for World of Big Brother? Would you like your opinion to show here? If so then please get in touch with me.

The rules -
1) Blog posts must be in the English Language – so you must possess a passable knowledge of written English.
2) Blog posts must be about a reality show that is covered by the worldofbigbrother.com website. So it could be about an edition of Big Brother, Survivor, Star Academy, The Mole – or any other show covered by the website.
3) You must be watching / following the reality show that you are blogging about.
4) Although there is no rule about how often you post, if you commit to blogging about a show then it would be expected that you post at least once a week for the duration of the show.
5) The worldofbigbrother.com webmaster reserves the right to edit or delete any posts made to the blog if it is felt that the post is inappropriate in any way.

Reality shows that are starting this month that I am looking for bloggers for include -

The Amazing Race 1 Israel
Big Brother 2 Albania
Star Académie 4 Canada
Survivor 18 USA
The Amazing Race 14 USA
La Fattoria 4 Italy
Star Academy 6 Arabia
Objetivo Fama 6 Puerto Rico

Or you could blog about one of the shows that is currently on air or perhaps you just want to put your name down for a show due to start later in the year.

If you would like to blog for this site please send me an Email to -
webmaster@worldofbigbrother.com.

Note: This blog will initially run as an experimental service and may be withdrawn if it is deemed not to be a success.