Changes to Eviction Show

There were slight changes made to the Eviction format this week. It could have been taken further, but it was a big improvement already.

Firstly, more happened on stage. This is good news for those who paid $80 for an Eviction Show ticket. They had the chat with Mrs Travis, discussing her son's sexuality and constant questions posed about it. And also Corey live on stage-- although he said about 15 words during the 4 minute interview, it was good to have a send-off for him after his interesting stint in the House.

The nominations and voting worked the same way. It was still a bit drawn out, but as the number of HMs gets smaller the voting process will get shorter and shorter, but I guess so will the length of the whole Eviction Show.

Announcing the "safe" HM seemed a bit awkward as well. Kyle just blurted it out and no one was really sure if he had meant it. It could have been made a bit more official. But why announce a safe HM? Why not have the 3 of them fearing eviction until the last moment?

But then the way they pre-recorded the announcement during the commercial break and played it to the audience on delay so Rebecca could be backstage straight after the announcement was a good move. It keeps the suspense, but also allows them to go straight into the interview. While we know the evictee has really had 2 or 3 minutes by themselves on the buggy ride to the stage and getting mic'ed up, it still makes it seem more spontaneous. And some people who don't know the intricacies of the show might believe their fake little revolver on the back of the stage is really attached to the House.

The interview was still way too short, but maybe they will get longer as the show goes on and they have more to talk about. Also, maybe they don't have as many video packages edited together this year because they are not really sure who the nominees would be before the show. Crossing back to the House after the interview is almost unneeded. The segment could be better used for a longer interview.

The show was a lot better this week and hopefully more small improvements happen over the next few weeks. Hopefully the ratings will show an improvement this week as well.