EX-celebrity Big Brother. (Celebrity Big Brother)

Member Name: Escorcio

Product:	Celebrity Big Brother
Date:	01/10/09 (7 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great fun tasks can be extremely funny

Disadvantages: Boring parts of show remain

Celebrity Big Brother is an addition to the main Big Brother shows, shown in January, humiliating EX-celebrities.

Celebrity Big Brother shares the same basic principles as the original show with tasks, nominations and evictions but still seems to feel watered-down (especially since the Race-related issues in 2007).

It really shouldn't be called celebrity Big Brother as most of the housemates are way past their peak and often out of the business. It seems to be used as more of an opportunity for them to re-kindle their career rather than produce some real entertainment. That said, having been in the spotlight it does add to the enjoyment of watching the show knowing the celebrities.

Tasks aren't as evil as the original show but are still very entertaining and reactions are often better. Unfortunately just like the main show the tasks are the peak of the show with episodes in between not as entertaining. That said when housemates argue against each other it is more entertaining than when they are random strangers.

Thankfully CBB lasts a fraction of the main show at around 3-4 weeks, meaning it stays entertaining for the period that it's on and doesn't drag on, hogging our TV screens.

Overall Celebrity Big Brother is a slight improvement on the original show at times but still suffers from the same problem of sporadic entertainment and controversial/bad housemates.

Summary: An average celebrity reality TV show worth watching if you were an old fan