An average of 5.1million viewers tuned in to the Big Brother 10 launch show last night, according to unofficial overnight figures.

We’ve said a lot about the negatives around the show at the moment - too much in some people’s opinion - so time to take a look at the positives from BB9…

Channel 4 has noted that Big Brother has ‘changed public perceptions’ of certain ‘backgrounds, cultures, races and values’ in its annual report for 2008.

There’s a lot of talk going on that Big Brother will be axed after its’ eleventh series next year. Is there any chance it could survive?

We can reveal today that approximately 3 million votes were cast throughout Big Brother 9 last year, an increase of around 50% on BB8’s total.

A Middle Eastern gambling syndicate is set to fix Big Brother 10 in order to gain £2million… according to the Daily Star.

Nearly five thousand complaints about the ninth series of Big Brother last summer have been thrown out by Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator.