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THE UPCOMING SERIES of Big Brother will be its last.
In a statement Channel 5, which airs both programmes, said: “The forthcoming series of Big Brother will be the last – of either celebrity or civilian versions – on Channel 5.
“We’d like to thank Endemol and all of the production team who have worked tirelessly to make the show a success.”
The station also thanked the shows’ presenters Emma Willis and Rylan Clark-Neal and voiceover Marcus Bentley for their “consummate professionalism”, as well as fans of the programmes.
Big Brother first aired on Channel 4 in 2000, before moving to Channel 5 in 2011. There has already been speculation that another channel may reboot the long-running show.
Some of the most well-known former housemates include the late Jade Goody and ‘Nasty’ Nick Bateman.
The most recent celebrity version of the show, which actor Ryan Thomas won earlier this week, was embroiled in controversy after Roxanne Pallett accused Thomas of punching her.
She later left the house and apologised, saying she had misinterpreted what happened when the two were play-fighting.
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Oh. No. Whatever. Will. I. Do.
@Eugene Tyson: point well made, full stop.
@Eugene Tyson: hopefully love island is next
@Yorkie1892: Why ? Because you don’t like it ? Either do I, so if its on I just watch something else. Whinging that it should be scrapped is just pointless.
@Tommy Roche: okay calm down there Tommy boy
@Tommy Roche: Love island the show that makes me happy I have only sons as nowadays these are seen as people to aspire to be like
@Patrick Mulligan: not like the men on it were anything to aspire to either
@Eugene Tyson: Pornhub?
Best news today. By far!
@Daniel Dunne: Think of the poor wannabee’s who are no longer able to become Z list celebrities by showing how mad/fun they are on low brow reality TV! Have a heart man……
Always amazes me how worked up people get about things that have zero impact on their life. In my house we have a remote control,we use it to move the channel to programmes we like and the others can go on or get cancelled and nobody cares either way.
@Michael Hennessy: But it has an impact on your life. By the way of social media, newspapers, news, online stories, and advertising. It infilitrates every facet of people’s lives whether they want it to or not. If only by a friend/family member/acquantance on social media talking about it, or work colleagues etc., and showing up in your news feed. Yes, we have the power to change the channel, but it gets into your life in other ways. So yes, there is a chorus of applause that it’s canceled, now get ready for a chorus of social media influx in “Should it be canceled”, “Who was the best house mate?”, “Which series was the best?”, “Vote for your favourite Presenter!!!”, and many other articles, including one from the Journal “Should Big Brother make a come back?” scheduled for 6 months and 12 months intervals for the next 5 years.
@Eugene Tyson: You mean the journal article where the headline told you what was happening,yet you clicked it,read it and the comments and then took the time to reply to one? And every facet of people’s lives? There’s plenty of shows that garner the same interest and viewing figures as Big Brother and that infiltrate next to nothing in my life because I don’t care. It takes a millisecond to scroll past a post and people talk about all types of things in work that I have no interest in without it bothering me in the slightest and I’m sure it’s the same for you,but for some reason it’s different with certain programmes like this,why?
@Michael Hennessy:
Well in my house it always amazes me how worked up people get about who has the remote…. ultimate power!
@Michael Hennessy: But you said it has no impact on your life. It clearly has, you clicked on the article, you wrote a comment based on the programme being canceled, and it connected you and I which wouldn’t have happened without BB, without this article and it’s impacted both of us, even in a small way. At the end of the day – it’s had an impact.
@Eugene Tyson: I didn’t say it has no impact on my life,it has because I choose to watch it(the celebrity version)and I clicked on the article because I’ve an interest in the show.My point is I don’t get worked up about shows other people watch and it makes no difference to me if those shows are on TV or not.Each to their own I suppose but being angry about things like that is not something I can understand.
You two would get on great in the Big Brother house.
@O Swetenham: thats the plan
@O Swetenham: :)
They promised us that before…..
About time too. Well past it’s sell by date. Now how about I’m a Celeb, Dancing on Ice, Strictly Dancing, Love Island, X-Factor, BGT, The Voice etc all have outlived their initial appeal and are stale shows. They’re just cheap lazy television productions.
Just end it. It’s done, and it has been for a very long time.
The non celeb version of big brother is basically a celeb big brother it’s full of models or fame hungry vacuous tarts hoping to launch a career. Back in the early days the people that went in were nobodies regular joes.
@Tom Harpur Photography: They should have tried a celebrity version of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
All the talk on here bout people being delighted it’s over etc. is fair enough but I remember when the first season was on. Nobody had a clue what it was and I never even bothered watching it until it got peak with Nick cheating. It was an obsession for a massive percentage of the population and was a much different animal than it is now. It was the first ‘reality’ tv show ever really, and even though it spiralled into a freak show I’ll still miss it a bit. I never watch it now but feels like a part of the noutghties good ole times just died. RIP…ill have a chicken ball in remembrance.
@Tuot tuot: To be fair the earlier series were pretty harmless compared to those of recent years where we’ve seen some pretty vile incidents all in the name of ‘reality’ tv. The kind of extreme behaviour that’s encouraged on the show these days is very unpalletable. What began as a social experiment has turned into a study of sociopaths.
@Tuot tuot: I enjoyed the first few series. It was more of a social experiment back then involving relatively normal people living in abnormal circumstances, it made for compelling viewing at times. It’s no longer authentic and hasn’t been for at least a decade. Jason Cowan from BB5 was my favourite house-mate, the scottish bodybuilder who came 2nd, what a cranky bstard he was, he hated the freaks he was living with and nearly went mad lol, it was great watching him slowly lose the plot over weeks and months. I still don’t know how he nearly won it, I guess the audience either felt his pain or kept him in there as a form of torture.
Now, of only ITV would announce the end of the XFactor, today would be a perfect day!
Surprised it lasted beyond the second year
Aside from captain America, when are celebrities not civilians?
Praise the lord
I am looking forward to seeing how the Tipperary farmer gets on in this finall episode, I’m sure he’ll do the nation proud. I hope I’m not vilified too much much for admitting that i was a regular fan of the social experiment and trying to understand how the various differing personalities interact in an environment which resembles a human zoo.
@Noel Martin: Do the nation proud ? He’s appearing on a pos tv show…not volunteering for the first manned mission to Mars…
Not before time. Appalling programs with unknown entities.
About time….
Quality entertainment, sitting on a sofa watching people sitting on a sofa……Riveting
@Simon Carroll: Does it spell the end for gogglebox also?
Finally.
Great news
Big Brother is dead, along with TV….
Alleluia
Are they afraid of a big lawsuit against them by the winner over a false allegation?
About bloody time.
Thanks be the Jaysus!!
They are just making room for something worse.
The article says it’s the last big brother………on ch5. It’s not over…..
There is God…!!!
Greatest load of trash that was ever aired.
@2thFairy: yoy obviously havent seen say yes to the dress.
I find it hard to believe this was axed as ratings of the celebrity version are always through the roof. I’d imagine they cant afford to renew the contract that gives them the right to run it. Kind of like Great British Bake Off going to Channel 4 last year
When will x factor be axed :) :)
Thank f’ck.m for that. Anyone who watches that garbage needs their head examined. Get a life!!!!
What a load of rubbish
They say this every year
What a shame…i always enjoyed it. :)
What will Irish women talk about now between the next seasons of love island and I’m a celebrity
@Dave O’Hanlon: amy huberman ,sigh
About damn time. The rise of the instant celebrity and talentless goons becoming famous for no inherent reason can be laid at the door of this type of programme. No doubt some other vacuous shyte will rush in to fill the (talent) void left by the disappearance of this guff.
The program was absolute chap!!!!
Is TV still a thing ?
Really ??
Yay! Good riddance to bad rubbish!
Finally I’ll stop having to hear about this tripe!
They
Finally…….
If we want to watch a bunch of over paid, arrogant, clueless bunch of idiots sitting around a house all day doing absolutely nothing then we can tune into Oireachtas TV
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