Big Brother

not followed this year at all, I only followed it last year because Pete was an interesting character

Pete was a great actor, with his tourettes aside before anyone sharpens their tounges to assissinate me with.

So far its been ok, its not brill, but its not bland. People say its boring - well what do you want to happe exactly?
Arguing - Check
Racism - Check
Laughter - Check

One of the house mates has already said (along the lines of)...
"You know what, she reminds me of someone I've seen before"
...followed by a rather quick cut to a different part of the house.

Oh and one of the house mates has seen quite a bit of the Australia Big Brother by the sound of it, either that or he's testing her out.

I wonder if they've gone to the trouble of making sure the labels in her clothes and her cosmetics/toiletries bear Australian brand names?

The producers clearly want Charley to leave this week so she can go back into the house and cause havoc...

Yeh, let's hope none of them have watched Saturday morning TV in the past...

Watching tonight's episode Charley (well I think it was her) was suspicious prior to her arrival based in part on Pauline's reaction to the news. She's also expecting there to be some sort of twist, and even mentioned "unless it's all a fake".

Interesting to see how she's picked up on things fairly quickly, considering how most of the time she is shown to be arguing.

the two are not mutually exclusive. all it shows is that these 'twists' are so common that housemates are bound to suspect everytthing and anything.

Pete an interesting character - remind me what he did again?



BB8 did get off to a slow start and is in no way a BB5 or BB6, but it really has picked up in the last couple of weeks and this Fake Week thing seems to have been well received by most people.


Finally broke the 4m barrier on Friday, though of course by now it should be around the 5m mark - but average ratings hopefully will be good for the show in the long run, meaning a much needed overhaul for BB9 (as they did after BB4).

Although the ratings havent been ground breaking, they have remained pretty consistant. This week should be good.

Yes, consistently low. I'm sure Channel 4 will be pleased with that...

It's Brian who has claimed to have watched a lot of Aussie BB before he came in. The more I watch him and listen to the things he says, the more I realise that he's a bit of a BB fanatic. It would explain the game he's playing - the loveable, thick one - as he knows these are the type of characters who are embraced by the public and housemates and who go on to be very successful in the show.

I still think he's good to watch, but there are clearly elements of his personality that are exaggerated for effect.

It also seems that most of the housemates are turning against Nicky, which isn't nice to see. I know she's hardly whiter than white but then who is in there? Ziggy is as guilty of bitching as she is.

You'd think Ziggy may know 'Pauline' (Thalia) as she was in a girl band - allSTARS around the same time he was in Northern Line. Either way, it'll be interesting to see how this progresses.

Right now the twins seem to be lusting over Liam as if he's about to run off with the new housemate.