RTE's Big Brother

Originally posted by Elmo
Well if its crap then say its crap just because its crap rather then:-



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i think everyone has had their fill of rubbish reality tv... im sure a low budget irish version of BB would be laughable...

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anyway... if this goes ahead it will FLOP.... no more reality tv from ireland please....

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yes it wasn't great, but it was a lot easier to watch than cabin fever.... horrible...

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Yes in comparison to Cabin Fever(Not because it was an irish show), BB was good, but BB is still crap and that because it just is crap and it would still be crap if RTE or TV3 did it. :mad:

i think you missed the point here... im not saying that ireland could not produce a good quality reality show... im saying that the attempts so far have been crap.... there is no disputing that

Originally posted by Elmo

Definately for Popstars, DVD etc that went with that even the album which got to NO. 29.

But think about it same type of show gets 990,000 viewers for the final 2 nights, 500,000 during the rest of the year plus sponsorship from O2 plus the single plus the album both of which got to NO 1 for mickey joe.

For popstars RTE had a Press Release.

Im asking for real, verifiable sources that back up your assertion that rte made a certain amount of money from these shows. Not what you think they probably made. There could have been 4,000,000 people watching the final show but this in itself does not earn rte any money. They need 4mil people to vote and then they start to make a lot of money. They can then also charge more for advertising if they can guarentee those viewing figures. The single and album does not garner them any revenues.

But a how much does a prefab cost to build?

I have absolutly no idea. Im not a builder or an engineer so i dont make wild guesses. iirc the uk bb house cost around a million for materials and construction alone, thats not including the tech required for tv.

RTE would have enough Cameras lieing around during the summer months to do the show? The dont have to move at night just place the in one place,

No they wouldnt have cameras 'lying about the place'. Have you watched big brother? Lets say there are 20 cameras. Im guessing, but id say 5 of these are 'studio' cameras as you imagine them. the other 15 would be remote controlled 'hothead' cameras that are run via the control room. Its these cameras that allow the full coverage. These cameras are not cheap. Neither is the desk in the control room that controls them. Neither is the 3 trained and experienced operators who runs them (3 x 8 hour shifts).

how many people does it take to produce the den?

Your comparing a pres show with one camera that lasts about 50 minutes of screen time with a 15+camera remote production that runs 24/7 ?

Also your not paying the contestants to be on the show €100,000 or €70,000 isn't alot of money.

No, but your paying a team of researchers standard rates to find, interview, screen, audition, and 'train' the contestants.

And 200 people in my book is to many to employ for such sh1t

Which is why your not a well paid endemol producer i guess:)

Treasure Island isnt really an irish program. Its an australian franchise. Like the way there was an Irish Popstars.

So it was good because it was an australian franchise, of course its a New Zealand Franchise but anyway. Popstars is Austrailian

Then The Irish Cele BB wont really be irish now would it. => good?

What was your point?

Cabin Fever is an original Irish format. I think theres talk of foreign sales.

Yeah thats what I heard. Just like the Lyrics Board.