I feel there just has been so much manipulation and influence from the outside that the show has lost its essence. Whether it's the party, the phone calls, the family members visiting, the host's opinion, the whole point of the show where the HM's don't get any interaction with the outside world is no longer there.
The rules are bent for certain individuals. Before it used to be that if violence was used by someone, that certain individual was evicted immediately. Here, people can slap, grab, push anyone they want, and they get away with it.
The tasks don't seem as interesting. I don't see any player that I want to root for so at this point, I don't really care who wins.