THE Diary Room

The Last Hurrah! The Nanna Takes It Out!!

2008-07-21T22:04:00.005+10:00

Right now I have 20 odd people (and I mean ODD people) in my house, half drunk and bleary eyed after watching the finale of Big Brother Australia.

Maybe right now isn't a great time to post about it, but I'm afeared if I don't do it now, I may never.
I was prepared for tears, jeers and cheers but was sadly underwhelmed. The show didn't go off with a bang but rather a whimper, and I am genuinely sad about that.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the show immensely, I just expected it to tug at a few more heartstrings and make us all lament the loss of BB for days to come. I don't think that will happen though.

The format was good, everything ran smoothly, Kyle and in particular Jackie-O (who btw has really grown into the role of hostess amazingly well) were awesome tonight. Even the little dance by the HM's wasn't as cringeworthy as last years panto. I loved the Sandra Sully segment as always, loved that Rory and Terri's family came in to see them, loved all the footage, and loved seeing Mikey, Bree and Fitzy getting a role to play too.

My only criticisms are that not enough time was spent talking to the past winners, but ok, time constraints were probably the reason for that, the whole Gretel bit........wtf was THAT? I understand they fired her arse, but you'd think she'd have some skerrik of emotion or affection for the show that made her a household name! How devoid of warmth and how staged was her little message? Very dissapointed. The ending of the finale once Terri had been announced as the winner had me feeling a little "Is that IT?". I wanted to cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Anyway, all in all the production was very slick and enjoyable to watch, but like the typical diehard BB lover, I wanted MORE!!

So, as I mentioned, Tezza won, and the only shock for me was that it wasn't Ben standing beside her on the stage. Rory came from nowhere to be runner up and it still baffles me as to how he survived soooooo long!

I guess she is deserving, she did go through a lot and the other HM's seemed to have genuine affection for her in the end, and quite frankly, compared to the other two I'm happy she got the cash.

Big Brother has polarised Australia. People either hated it or loved it, but where ever you stand on that barometer, you have to admit, it changed the landscape of Australian television and introduced a whole new dimension to our pop culture. Being allowed to spy on a house full of random strangers was unique, it was fascinating and sometimes downright cringeworthy, but over all it was without a doubt the BEST reality TV show Australia has ever produced.

It was a talking point in every school, workplace and internet chat site. It extracted so much passion and emotive debate, whether that be about homosexuality, racism, sexism, bullying or a myrid of other controversial topics. It made people THINK and it made people FEEL and that is what made it great. We welcomed strangers into our homes every night, and they became friends......Sure sometimes you hated them, wanted to strangle them or give them a slap, but for the most part, all the HM's will hold a special place in the diehards hearts, if only for making us view the trainwreck when every fibre of our being was telling us to look away.

I will miss you Big Brother. I sincerely hope you come back to us sooner rather than later, and rock our tv worlds again.

In other news,I'm also closing the door on this little diary room, but before I do, I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of the 51,000 people who have viewed this blog. A special thank you to the people who left me a comment so I didn't feel like I was talking to myself the last two years. In particular, Bonnie, The Luli, Erk, Steve, Sparsely Kate, Mez, Ro, Scorpy, Bkeela, ms Smack, Figerx, Nina, Kara, Suee and firehorse. You guys have been TONNES of fun to play with and I'll miss you.

To my wonderful Insiders, in particular one laydee who is the cats fucking pyjamas, I heart you very much and I can't thank you enough for taking me on this BB ride vicariously through you.

I'm a pit tipsy, but I mean this sincerely, I luvs yas all!!

Vale Big Brother!! Never was there a show like you on Aussie TV, and unless you return there will never be another again. Thanks for the memories.

This is an amazingly wonderful tribute that Will from the forum created. This is the type of thing we should have seen at the finale. Watch it all the way through to the end and see if you don't get a little tear in the eye. Well done Will. You are a legend.

And Then There Were Three!

2008-07-20T20:53:00.008+10:00

Well, were you all as shocked as I was, or am I just that bad of a judge? I thought for all money Rory would be gone tonight, and possibly even Ben, but it wasn't to be. In a repeat performance of last weeks fake eviction, Alice and Travis were given the boot.

Alice being evicted I can somewhat understand. For mine she really hasn't offered all that much as a housemate, and I'm one of the people who were really bored watching her on that bloody treadmill. Having said that, I think she was portrayed in a bad light re the whole Terri care package fiasco, and she should feel somewhat ripped off. As Jackie-o, aka- the kiss of death, rightly pointed out, when it comes down to the final weeks, it only takes one false move to see your arse kicked out, and that's what happened with Alice.

As a housemate I found her to be cold and aloof and I could not warm to her personality at all. Even Brigitte pointed out that Alice was like "a machine". It shocked me that she survived as long as she did as I thought she would have been evicted weeks ago, but she played it down to the wire staying just under the radar since the "spa incident",that was until last week when she flat out refused to even consider giving up her beloved treadmill in return for Terri's care package.
She was portrayed as selfish and uncaring and I think that is the reason she was shown the door this week.

Unfair? Maybe. But would she have been a worthy winner? I don't think so. I honestly do not think she was being herself in there, and that isn't totally her fault. She was intimidated by some of the housemates, even bullied to the point of her withdrawing into herself for a little while, and although she did stand up for herself when pushed, for the most part she tried to keep the peace and laid low....It almost worked too.

The second eviction was a huge shock to me. I really did believe that Travis would make it through to the finale. When I asked myself why, I really couldn't come up with much. Yes he was interesting and unusual, but it was more a case of who else DOESN'T deserve to win and that's why I was gobsmacked that Rory and Ben have made it through ahead of him.

It was interesting to see the footage of Travis' time in the house and one of the major incidents involved Ben and Rory when they sprayed the body wash into his eyes. I find it odd that the two remaining black crows, the last of the bully boys, have prevailed over the victim, but I guess that is often the case in real life too. Nice guys finish last, and that is what has happened to Travis.
He was sweet and adorable in a slightly uncomfortable way, but it wasn't enough to save him in the end.

Ben and Rory would definitely have the teenage girl vote, but how does that explain the survival of Terri?
Terri was supposed to be this brash, racist, cantankerous old witch, and instead she morphed into everyone's favourite Nanna. A little old lady who loved a laugh, peered over the glasses perched on her nose and knitted socks. At the same time she wasn't afraid to mix it up with the young ones and get amongst the hijinks going on, so she endeared herself to the viewing public.

It could also be argued that the producers have a vested interest in seeing one of their "freaks" make it to the finale. Many people who watch the live streams have said that the daily shows have been very favourable to Terri. Incidents like the one last week where she sprayed oil on Alice's dance mat, were not shown. If Terri were to win, it would be a world first and BB08 would be guaranteed to make yet more headlines in it's final year.
Conspiracy? lulz.

Even though I think Terri has had an easier ride portrayal wise, I do think she deserves to win more than the other two. Rory has grown on me more lately, his relationship with Terri and Travis was very sweet, but I really can't forgive him for his bullish behaviour earlier on, and some of the things he has said and done. Ben I just don't want to win. I hated him from the get-go and although he has changed and grown somewhat, I still do not think he is being 100% genuine, and doesn't deserve to be rewarded. He just seems to be playing a role, and to me, it's wearing thin.

Who will win it, is anyone's guess. I'm thinking it will come down to Rory and Terri, with Terri just prevailing in the end. But then we can't discount Ben either who obviously has a large support base. It's a fucking lottery I tells ya!

SO, I ask you. Who do you WANT to win, and who do you think will win the last Big Brother Finale?

The Final FNL- EVAH!

2008-07-19T12:40:00.003+10:00

Call me soft, call me a sooky la-la, I don't care, I bawled my freaking eyes out watching this last night.

Yes, FNL was for the kiddies, it was all rather pointless, but it was good, clean, fun, and it made me laugh out loud nearly every week. (So what if I was a little pissed at the time, shaddap).

I am going to miss it.

To Mike, Bree and Fitzy, you guys did an outstanding job every week. Live TV is hard, and you all made it look so easy.
To the crew behind the scenes, the fabulous art and task departments, and all the ninja's, you were outstanding! Well done, and I hope you all go on to bigger and better things.

We'll miss you!

Goodbye Big Brother! In Song!

2008-07-16T14:07:00.003+10:00

I was laying in bed the other night, contemplating life after Big Brother (fucking sad I know) when the song "Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt, popped into my head, only the lyrics were slightly different.

Please enjoy my farewell tribute to Big Brother, sing along to the clip, but change the lyrics as set out below.

Goodbye Big Brother!

You disappointed me, and let me down
You should be feeling guilty, watching ratings drown.
Cos I saw the end when '08 began
Yes you were blinded, no time slot you won.

So I took what's mine, by eternal right
Threw my remote out, into the night.
It may be over, but it won't stop there
I am here for you, if only TEN cared!

You touched my heart, I sold my soul
You changed my life, I lost my goals
An addiction is blind, and that I knew when
Live streams were censored byyyy you.
You killed Uncut, Uplate made dead
FNL shattered dreams and Rima's leg
I know you well, you began to smell
when Gretel Killeen was boned byyy you!

Goodbye Big Brother
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me.

I am a forumer, but when I wake
You will break my spirit, if BBBA you take.
And as you move on, remember me
Remember us, the voyeurs you made us be.
We watched them cry, saw their smiles
Watched them sleeping for a while
Saw Rory almost father a child
We've spent a lifetime with youuuu
Not enough beers and not enough wine
Created doubts and crap storylines
But I love you, I swear it's true
How will I live without youuuuuuu!

Goodbye Big Brother
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one,
You have been the one for me.

Goldman, I hold your hand in mine,
In mine when I'm asleep
And Kyle's the biggest dick of all time
His fat face I want to beat (with a crowbar)

Goodbye Big Brother
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me.
I'm so hollow baby, I'm so hallow
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hallow!!

Fake Snap Evictions? Examples of Why BB was AXED!

2008-07-15T13:03:00.003+10:00

Watching a tape of last night's fake snap evictions of Alice and Travis, I recalled something I had read in the newspaper today, it was a quote by the dreaded Helen Coonan, someone who had campaigned very heavily to have BB removed from our screens, she said " BB had sunk to being plain nasty", and last nights episode was a prime example of that.

When you look back to the first four or five seasons of BB, the show didn't NEED to push hm buttons with snap evictions, or try to make them turn on each other as they did during the great mole hunt of a week ago. The characters and personalities were big and they were enough to carry the show.

Now, the whole thing has become so contrived, so geared towards extracting a reaction from these people no matter what they have to do to get the fodder for the daily show, that it's almost become cringeworthy to watch.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the head games, I like to see the HM's put in situations that they'd rather not face, but I really don't see the need for the button pushing to be so mean spirited.

Forcing the housemates to evict one of their own last night, took a heavy toll on all the HM's. They have been together for so long, that finding reasons to nominate although not hard, is very gut wrenching because of the bonds they've formed.

I know it's only a game, but we have to remember these are real people in this puppet show, and although they signed up to have BB pull the strings, I don't think they expected to be pushed so hard emotionally, and toyed with the way they have.

Think how Alice and Travis must feel, knowing that ultimately, the others would rather they weren't there, and on the flipside, imagine how Rory and Ben must feel knowing that both people they nominated, were "evicted".

Rory, in particular was furious and genuinely upset at being played this way. He made the comments that "This is like kicking someone in the teeth, this is bullshit, it's inhumane, not a good experience, a dogs act, shouldn't have happened, worst experience of my life".

Ben described it as "mental torture, messing with people's brains".

I also thought making Alice do her "hand grenade" so soon after "eviction" was very unfair, she was genuinely distraught, she said she felt "gutted" and "empty" at the way things had unfolded.

Now as if that wasn't bad enough, to do a SECOND fake eviction just seemed unnecessary.
The eviction of Travis, where he was sobbing, and so very upset was just awful to watch. I didn't get any voyeuristic pleasure out of that and I don't imagine many people did. He had ME crying!!

Big Brothers assertion that messing with their minds was an "excuse to reveal more about their character to the people who will ultimately decide who wins BB", just didn't wash with me.
I know it's ONLY A GAME, and they are all willing participants and can walk away at any time, it's not a holiday, it's a tv show, but I just wish there wasn't a need to push the HM's to the brink emotionally and mentally, to get the footage they need to fill a daily show. It just feels contrived, staged, and at the end of the day not something I, or evidently, many others, DON'T want to watch.

Oh Yeah, In Other News....

2008-07-13T21:58:00.001+10:00

There was an eviction tonight, Cherry was chucked out.........Does anybody care?

BIG BROTHER AXED FOR 2009!!!

2008-07-13T14:50:00.004+10:00

In a BBBA exclusive, massive breaking news that Big Brother has been axed for 2009. There is a news embargo apparently till midnight tonight, when channel TEN plan on breaking the news.

This is truly sad. As much as people have been saying the ratings are low and the stunts crappy (and I've been guilty of that) I just can't imagine my viewing year without Big Brother.

To the hundreds of staff members who worked their arses off on this show, the producers who did their best within the framework they had, and especially my wonderful insiders who kept the interest alive, I am just gutted for you.

Apparently BB WILL be back, but when and how we don't know.

What a sad day for Big Brother.
Lets take a trip down memory lane. Do you remember this?

**Edit** To Mica who is saying it was a leaked press release, you are sadly mistaken, and it is indeed a BBBA exclusive. Bet that really makes your arse hurt.

Mid-Week Eviction and Helloooo Pammy!

2008-07-09T22:17:00.006+10:00

What a shock! So much so, I call shenanigans. Seriously, what??? Brigitte??? I thought for all money Rory was gooone, but no, it was the Brigidiot.

I call shenanigans for two reasons. 1) BB wanting to capitalise on the Eric/cherry hijinks and 2) He wanted to see the boys reaction to Pamela Anderson entering the house.

Big call, but I'm making it. I call bullshite!
Some may say the cherry/Brig doona action would equate to ratings, therefore she should have been safe, but I put it to you that BB may see the Cherry/Pamela scenario as more enticing. Their ratings are guaranteed this week, so lets whip Brig out while the controversy iron is hot.

Ok, I may be losing the plot, but I love a good conspiracy theory, leave me alone!

Now, on to the Eric interview, I was really hoping good old Albert (Brig's dad) would have been out there too, alas it was not meant to be. I found it hilarious that Kyle reads BBBA, and put it to Eric that it was him posting that horrid, vile, crap about Brig yesterday. Eric said in response to that "No comment". He may as well have said, "fuck yeah, that was me". How much as he changed his tune from yesterday. For those of you that missed it and didn't click the link, this is what he had to say;

Hi everyone this is ERIC the person that you are all talking about.

Firstly there's some things I need to clear up so you can all stop talking about someone you don't even know in the slightest. I've always been a good "FRIEND" to Brigitte and I mean "FRIEND". My following points are not lies and there is many people in Canberra that know my situation and could back these points. I also want to apologise to Brigittes family if this offends them but like them I want to clear my name truthfully.

1) I'm MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE BOYFRIEND NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL. I've told Brigitte numerous times I never have and never in my life will ever go out with her

2) I don't care in the slightest that she's even on BB or hooking up with another guy ! Since she's been on the show I feel like I've been freed. I've told her so many times to find another guy but she has been so obsessive that she refuses no matter how I treated her, for example I have hooked up with other girls in front of her, not to be mean but to give her another reason to move on. In the 2 years I have been friends with Brigitte, I have been openly involved with other girls and she accepted this and not because of me forcing her to stay. Brigitte is a good girl with a good heart and I just want to see her move on and be happy without me.

The only reason I answer her repetitive calls is out of pity and because I feel worried she will follow through, with her threats that she would hurt her herself if she couldn't see me.

3) Many times my parents to tell her to get away from my house because she would do drive bys of my house to check if there was other girls there. My house hold was constantly disrupted due to her constant calling and that my mum has to take the phone off the hook. One example I left my mobile in my car for 1 1/2 hrs and there was 112 missed calls from her !

4) I don't understand why she keeps saying that I will ruin her life if I find out she does anything with boys. I'm not a controlling guy in the slightest, I never gave her any rules before she went in the house. Quite frankly I thank Cherry for hooking up with her and now she is out of my hands =) !!

5) The only reason I went on the eviction show is because the rumors about me being her boyfriend had already started and I wanted to deeply clarify that we were only friends. Thats the one and only reason why I went on.

Just to enforce how much better my life is with her being on the show is that I can actually meet girls now without Brigitte threatening to bash them or even kill them. 2 weeks before she went on the show her and her friends bashed a girl because she was seen with me.

I'm not writing this post to attack or degrade Brigitte but because of the constant ridicule of my name on this forum. I don't appreciate me being talked about by people that don't know me, that is why I have come on here to explain my situation with her. I'm nothing more then a FRIEND and just a friend ! I hope this clears everything up about me being a controlling guy and answers all your questions about my situation with Brigitte. I don't like BB it means nothing to me, I don't watch it and I don't support her or anyone in the house, it's boring and I probably won't come on here often so your replies won't be answered promptly.

Thank YOU BYE!!!!!!!

I have added to this post because I know there will be people that won't believe I am ERIC. I have no reason to lie, I find it hard to believe that there is seriously losers with that much of a mental problem that would come on a forum and lie about being someone else. Look I have photo's to prove it, what more can I say.

EDIT : I added these normal simple photos for the weirdo's that think I'm lying and to confirm my story ! Here you go, and if you want more I'll put more up but it'll simply make you look stupid by persisting.

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Cringeworthy doesn't even come close does it! He then took his story to the Tele, and got a further fifteen minutes of fame tonight.You have to wonder if this affected the voting swing towards Brigitte at all. Teenage girls are very impressionable and could have taken up Eric's cause, because as of mid day today, Rory was very much in the lead for eviction. Interesting.

So Pamela Anderson is in the house. You can call it a stunt all you like (and it is) but you will watch and that's the point really. I loved Rory's reaction, he could barely drag his eyes away from her norks. Cherry was agog at first but then quickly slipped back into his cool, suave, Casanova persona. I bet he's thinking he can reel her in the same way he did to Brigitte. Idiot!

In other news, I'm loving Ben and Rory's defiance of BB. This has been a long time coming and it's long overdue. Why more HM's don't stand up to him is beyond me. What can he REALLY do? At the end of the day he can make your stay unpleasant, but there are only two weeks left, I hope they push the boundaries even harder. Bring it on!!
Lastly, can I IMPLORE you to throw some money towards evicting that disgusting excuse of a man, Cherry.
PLEASE!!!

**UPDATE***
Brigitte was on radio this morning revealing her "secret" and why she kept saying if she messed around with the boys her life would be "ruined". She claims that Eric threatened to expose a sex tape he has of her if she didn't "behave herself" in the house.

Can somebody call Jerry Springer????

Noms And Other Stuff

2008-07-08T12:40:00.003+10:00

Roll on the final two weeks, I'm counting the hours till I can leave the internest for a little while, it's getting six shades of crazy up in here and I'm so over it I'm looking back.

Noms!

Rory-2-Brigitte- Doesn't want her to win, doesn't like her and she wouldn't spend the money wisely. 1-Cherry-Doesn't want an intruder to win.

Rory has his game face on and rightly pinpoints the two who will leave after him.

Alice-2- Rory- Doesn't feel comfortable around him and can't be herself. 1- Hasn't been up for noms yet, so he's a threat.

Be honest Alice, you hate the pair of them.

Ben-2- Alice- Inconsistent with what she says, she may be strategic. 1-Cherry- Because he doesn't respect that Brigitte has someone on the outside.

I wish he would admit he hates Alice too.

Travis-2- Terri- She interupts his stories and points of view. 1- Rory- He questions his integrity and opinion.

I wish Travis would tell them how he feels. Him and Alice are flying so low their bellies are scraping the ground.

Brigitte-2- Rory-For lying to her during the mole task. 1-Terri- Because she's her biggest competition, and will probably win.

Cherry-2- Ben-For laying low. He hasn't been up for eviction for a while. 1- Rory- Strategic vote, he's a big competitor.

Cherry is the ultimate strategist. Good on him for stepping up and playing the "game".

Terri-2-Rory, for being arrogant and dismissing her opinions. 1- cherry- Strategic and also doesn't like comments he's made about women and "nice guys always finishing last".

Terri turning on her boy Rory? Interesting.

So, once Cherry saved himself, the four nominees for eviction became- Rory, Terri, Ben, Alice and Brigitte.

My tip is Rory to get the arse, and if it's a double, Alice may follow him.

****Notes from the Daily show***

How funny is the transformation of Ben? He went in there as a pasty white, skinny, little follower, to this bronzed, buff, rebel. The bad boy always in trouble with BB. Too funny.

The last few hand grenades have been LAME. Hand grenades should have been utilised to really torment and push the HM's, they've become farcical. The only thing "stir" worthy that came out of it, is that it pissed Alice off who assumed she'd have the kitchen to herself now BiUnca is gone.

The whole Cherry/Brigitte thing is disturbing me. He went in there with the sole purpose of toying with her, and he's achieved that. Brigitte on the other hand has just come out of a very controlling, mentally abusive relationship (if we are to believe what she's said in the house) and does seem to be falling pretty hard for him. Cherry has said about her; "My chick? Not so much, we're just cruising, just hanging out " To BB. To Ben he said; "I'm just making use of the situation while I'm in here and stirring shit on the outside".

Nice guy huh.

In other hilarity, the real ERIC, aka Brig's supposed boyfriend, has posted on BBBA. You can see the fall out here. Even the Daily Telegraph has picked up the story. Twats. Apparently he posted the same thing on the OS forum and it was closed.
Fun times.

Sunday Eviction #8 Bianca!

2008-07-06T21:10:00.003+10:00

Once again, no real surprise there. It was pretty much painted on the wall after the way she reacted the the Rima "mole" saga. Prior to that, it looked like Rory was going for sure, so basically her temper tantrum and irrationality cost her tonight.

I thought she handled herself very well during the eviction show, except for the fact that she can't let go of the whole Rima thing, she was poised, articulate and confident. She did well.

One thing that ticked me right off during the eviction show was when they crossed live to the house and stoopid dolt Kyle said to Rory, "You're loved mate, nobody cares what you do". Whaaat the bejaysus was THAT? Firstly, um, no, Rory is not loved out here, well not by the majority, and secondly they are not supposed to give away any information about HM's popularity or lack thereof.
The other thing I thought was a bit odd, was Kyle and Jackie getting Travis to pull down his jeans so we could see his hairy legs. Ewww, just, Ewwww! Whyyyy??

In dot pointy goodness, other matters from tonights daily show;

*Cherry and Brigitte gettin' it oonnnnn! Don't believe what they showed you on the daily show, a LOT more went on under that stinky blanket. There were kisses, there was fondling, methinks Eric is gonna blow a blood vessel in his noggin.
I'm glad she's moved on from that twatface. Recently on the live streams she spoke quite extensively about this "relationship" she has and the guy sounds like an abusive, mentally manipulative bastard.

As for her and cherry, I think the guy is VERY smart and is using her, not only as a bit of tittie cuddling comfort, but because he is very astute about this game and knows that his shenanigans with Brig will get him further in the game.
For her part, I think the poor girl is smitten and will have her heart smashed to smithereens on the outside.

*The Ben/Bianca thing was soooo cringeworthy. Why could she not get it through her thick skull that he wasn't into her. At. All. The guy said she looked like a "Miserable headache girl", that she had "beady eyes" and a "pointy nose", and did you see the smile on his face when she was evicted?? lmao. The guy is breathing the biggest sigh of relief.
I still think he's gay.

*Big Brother having to constantly give the HM's these question games in order to get them to talk!! WTF? They have been there for ten weeks and they have to be forced to talk and ask each other questions?

* This weeks nominations, I predict Alice will be up again on Wednesday and hopefully she'll be GONE. She is beyond BORING. My eyes glaze over and i recite the alphabet to keep myself amused whenever she comes on screen.
I also tip that Rory, Cherry, Brig and Ben will be up for noms for the following Sunday.
What say you?

Hate The Player OR The Game?

2008-07-03T12:02:00.011+10:00

BB really set the cat amongst the pigeons when he sent Rima back into the house with the secret mission of convincing the HM's there was a "Mole" amongst them. The HM's obsessed on it for three days, as they had to tell BB who they thought it was.

BiUnca was traumatised the most by this scam, she could not stop talking about it, analysing everything that had happened to her since the very first audition and drilling everyone about who they thought the mole was. She thought about it so much she suffered migraines!
Alice was also transfixed by discovering who the mole was, but she seemed to delight in the excitement of it all, and obviously enjoyed having something else to think about besides who nominated her AGAIN that week.

In such a confined environment, and after ten weeks of these people spending every second of their time together, the whole "mole" shenanigans really did mess with their heads, as it was intended to do.
What BB couldn't have anticipated though, were the HM's reaction to the news that there was indeed NO mole amongst them, and it had in fact all been a part of the game.

In a weird turn of events, Rima was ushered out the side door of the diary room and didn't get to say a proper goodbye. This was a very smart move on her part (and I truly believe she went into that diary room to ask BB to get her the fuck outta there) because the HM's were LIVID.

Particularly BiUnca.

You simply MUST watch the daily show tonight to see her very over the top and dramatic meltdown. It's trainwreck TV at it's best and will almost guarantee her eviction this week.

What this secret mission of Rima's achieved, in effect, was to shake them all out of their comfort zones, it made them face the reality that this is a very real game, and it shook the foundations of the relationships they had built up over ten weeks. They began to question everything about each other, and it also gave them an excuse to openly bag the people they didn't get along with. It legitimised, if you will, their dislike. EG Rory and Alice, Ben and Travis, all of them against Brigitte.

It also made some of them a bit resentful of the whole BB "game". It made them realise they were just pawns in it, puppets at the whims of the producers, and their very "real" friendships/relationships in there were pretty much being stage managed.

Can you imagine what it would be like to be stripped of any outside stimuli, to have no outlet from your own thoughts, and to never, ever be alone? To be stuck with a group of people 24/7 and have literally NOTHING to do all day long?
The HM's build themselves their own little world. They have set routines, they do the same thing and speak to the same people, often about the same things, every day. Yes, on a superficial level they know they are on TV, that they are competing for a prize, but on a deeper level, the BB house becomes their world, the HM's whether they like each other or not, become integral to each others existence in THAT world.
Something like the mole mission comes along and it shakes the very foundations of their little world, and brings them back down to earth in that they realise without a shadow of a doubt, they are mere playthings for the viewers enjoyment. Welcome to the world of Big Brother.

When they learned that there was NO mole, that they had been obsessing on something for days that didn't exist, that they had been deceived, and made to look stupid, there was an uproar.

From the live streams at 2.53pm.
HM's on the lounge-
Rima appears on the plasma screen

Rima; Hi house mates as you can see I have left the house. It's time to find out if you were successful. You all decided Brigitte was the mole, you were wrong. When I left the house I didn't get to throw a hand grenade. Big Brother let me back to throw one. House mates there is no mole. My hand grenade was to mess with your heads.

Bianca: FUCK OFF, THAT'S FUCKED. SEE YOU AT THE REUNION LITTLE CHICK.

She walks outside and throws a chair. Who the fuck signs up for this shit?

Ben- She come back in to do that, that's fucked. I wouldn't have done that.
Bianca: What type of person does that? She's not even human, she's immoral. FUCK YOU BIG BROTHER

Cherry: She pulled it off, good on her.
Bianca: Shut up Cherry, just shut up alright. She's fucked she come back in here just to do that. She's not human.

3.05pm
Travis: it wasn't Rima's idea
Bianca: shut up, it is her fault. She came back in to do it, Open your head up it's like a bowl of shit. I'm sick of you defending people. It's her fault not Big Brother's just admit she's a piece of shit.
Bianca: what a dog, if I see her at the reunion I'm going to accidentally kick her in the head.
Rory: It wouldn't be hard.

BiUnca lost the freakin plot, storming out and throwing chairs, Travis and Terri were in tears and all hell broke lose.

This then begs the question, is it ok for BB to mess with the heads of the HM's this way? Sure it's entertaining for us, but is causing the HM's genuine distress, crossing the line?
Or is BiUnca just an over dramatising, attention seeking, whinger who has just realised she is part of the game?

Takes you back to the shenaningans of Michael McCoy in '06 a little bit don't you think? BB sets a task where he has to deceive the HM's in order to stay in the house. He does his job a little TOO well and very real emotions are stirred up, people get hurt be the deception and he gets evicted after stirring up the hate of the nations BB voters.
To this day he is still very bitter and twisted over the way he was treated, both by BB, being made a pawn in the game, and later by Gretel who did the hash jobs of all interviews with him when he was evicted. His integrity was questioned and he was found wanting. But should we then hate the player? Or the game that put him in that position?

The HM's in this case (apart from BiUnca) blame BB. They threaten to sabotage the family dinner by asking each other lame questions like "Is the pool bigger than the spa? True or false"?
BiUnca quips that she's sick of jumping for BB and him running her life.

Family dinner later that night, one of the questions is "Did HM's over react to 'Rima's Handgrenade?"
Travis: no I don’t think so but I didn’t expect to be told my brain was like a can of shit so maybe that was an overreaction .
Brigitte: yeah Bianca cause she was throwing stuff and calling him a shit brain can or whatever

Terri: yes Bianca I don’t think it was necessary to carry on and throw things around but we do know you are a very volatile type of person and hopefully as you get older you learn to fight with your mouth although you do do that well too.. I hope Rima doesn’t hear some of those things you called her .
Bianca: I hope she does I don’t take any of that back I think she’s a dog and she knows exactly how I feel I don’t care what impression it gives I just want her to know that I think she’s the dirtiest person on the face of the earth.

Next question; What have the last three days taught us about ourselves?
Rory: that we are guinea pigs in here, and Big Brother is a full time dog.

Travis adds that he is glad that Big Brother went easy on them for Wednesday night dinner, because he knew they were emotional wrecks.
Rory: "Some of us"
Travis wonders about Rima, could she see it?
Rory thinks she will see it, of course. They will show it.
Travis thinks maybe Big Brother put it in her contract.
Rory says that Big Brother couldn't force her to. But who knows the score, they don't know, she might have just done it for laughs.
Travis feels sorry for her.

What becomes glaringly obvious from the events of yesterday is that for all BiUnca's insistence that she is indeed mature and intelligent, she has so very much more to learn. Her over the top reaction and violent outburst proved that at least emotionally she IS a little immature and unworldly and I believe that most of her angst wasn't so much due to being "deceived" but more so because she was made to look stupid. The one thing she fears most.

At the end of the day, they DID sign up for this. Big Brother IS a game, and they are all playing it....Whether they like it or not.

I Didn't Watch!!

2008-07-01T12:53:00.003+10:00

Sometimes I actually have a life outside of BB and the internest, seriously, it's TRUE, hence why I didn't watch the noms show, or more importantly it seems, Big Mouth.
The forums are in overdrive with an outpouring of hate for one Rebecca Wilson, and I believe it has something to do with the way she treated Terrence last night. Apparently she took him to task over his behaviour in the house and also leapt to the defence of Brigitte.

So, let't take some of the quotes from BBBA, to highlight exactly what the dealio is with this Wilson character.

From Mazblo; I despise this despicable excuse for a human being. I was disgusted the way that Terrence was treated last night and annoyed that nobody really stood up for his right to be heard. It was like a bunch of Lions pawing over a dead carcass and yet amazingly Terrence got up and survived. Tim Brunero was very poor in the way he allowed Wilson to carry on when it was obvious he disagreed. I should say that I dont really like Terrence very much at all but in regards to Brigette he is spot on correct.

And Audrey says; I have enjoyed Big Mouth and all the panellists this year, except for RW, who was always a non-entity for me, UNTIL last night. Revolting. Her comments re Terrence were utterly and completely ignorant and inane. I watch all the Daily Shows, the live stream, read the fan diary and forum, and never once did I get the impression Terrence was perving on the women (note to RW, yes, the female HM's are women, NOT "young girls"). Listening to her Terrence tirade last night, she was surely being ageist, and aggressive to boot and over what? Showering naked, telling boring stories and lame jokes?? She completely put me off side, and not because I'm a Terrence fan. The way she went on, she practically accused him of being a paedophile, when he was making such valid points about Brigitte's behaviour. I'd rather a panellist address the REAL issues (Brigitte's disrespect and uncalled-for rudeness and aggression), and I really, really wanted to hear what Tim Brunero had to say.
You can read some of Terrence's reaction here.

I cannae believe it! The one night I DON'T watch, all manner of shenanigans occurs.

Brigitte's dad made an appearance too, to defend his parenting skills and his daughter. Baaaahahahaha!!! Is anyone else picturing Violet Beauregard's father, from Willy Wonka? "I want it NOOOOOOW". "Yes, darling". Pfft!

Wynter had this to say; They say the best form of defence is attack. Albert was sure on the attack last night. He went for Terrence's throat but he never addressed any of the problems with Brigette. With all his comments on respect - or lack thereof, on Terrences part, it seems Brigitte doesn't even seem to know the meaning of the word. Terrence warned Brigitte to pull her head in or take him on and she didn't stop so the fight began. Even so, he annoyed the crap out of her but still didn't stoop to the same lows as Brigitte. I couldn't help but wonder if it was the first time Brigitte had ever been told that her behaviour was unacceptable.

And It'stimetogo agreed; I think Terrence came out of this with his dignity intact. Brigitte' father did not address his daughter's behaviour at all, he too just groundlessly verbally attacked Terrence (I agree he had a right of reply to the bad parenting accusation, but he didn't address it rationally). My guess is that when Brigitte gets out she will put on her starlet's smile and say that her bad behaviour was just her being a talented actress. Her parents will pat their little darling on the head and will add "actress" to the list of their offsprings' diverse accomplishments. And this will neatly negate any accusations of "bad parenting".
So, What did you think? Let me know and fill me in because I am about kicking myself for missing it!!

On to nominations and the three up this week are; BiUnca, Rory, Travis and Terri, after Cherry saved the hapless Alice. How lucky is that chick????

I would LOVE for the sourpuss BiUnca to go. I can't stand to watch her moping around and scrowling at every one, on a side note, anyone watching the streams last night would have seen her offer to hold Ben's balls. I. Shit. You. Not.
Of course Ben turned her down and rolled over. PUSSY.
They were snuggling in the Kombi van at the time.

My tip for eviction is Rory, by a rather large number. What say you?

Sunday Eviction #7 Terrence!

2008-06-29T20:53:00.006+10:00

And hooray for that. Sorry, I know a lot of you liked him, and he was good for the irritant factor at first, but after a while he just grated on my nerves. I have BB friends who actually LOVED him and thought he brought a lot of humour and character to the house, and maybe he did, but personally, he just annoyed me in the end.

One funny thing from the eviction show and something we will hear more of, was his slagging off at Brigitte's parents. He said "What have they done for the last 21 years?, I can't cop rudeness and bad manners like that".

Apparently her parents took Tim Brunero to task after similar comments, so lets see how they take that one. I thought it was rather funny and I whole heartedly agree.
It was also funny to see Terrence, a 51 year old, tell BiUnca to "lighten up". Hahaha! Good call.

Other matters from the daily show, in dot pointy goodness cos I'm tired and over it.

*My friends and I invented a drinking game over the weekend, every time one of the HM's said "Doing my head in" we sculled a nip of Vodka. Needless to say, watching the live streams and daily show, we were almost magotted! What is with those twits absolutely caning that saying!!!

*What is going on with Ben? Is he vying for the newly vacated "Alpha Male" role by taking on BB? It's quite funny to watch because he's fairly hard core in front of the other HM's, calling BB a "dog" and playing the rebel without a clue by threatening to reveal who he nominated so he can get a strike and trying to incite the others to boycott the party, yet when he's in the diary room he was asking BB exactly how he was being "disrespectful", and just did a lot of frustrated face rubbing and groaning when BB told him he was welcome to go.

*Also on Ben, his alpha male ploy isn't washing with BiUnca. Is he frigid? The girl wants his attention and he seems totally oblivious..............Or is he? My thoughts are that he is either woefully inexperienced with women and too scared to make a move, or he's gay. What straight guy could resist those jubblies??

*Terri swinging around the pole- I am scarred for life.

*Finally, our little Rima is back in the house. Yay to that I say! I would have loved to have seen more of her in the house and although she won't be in there for long and isn't eligible to win, I'm still rapt to see her back in there.
I'm loving her "secret mission" too. It's about time the HM's had their heads messed with a bit, lets see how they turn on each other trying to figure out who the "mole" is. My bet is that Travis and Alice come under some scrutiny for that role.

Noms this week, I'm tipping, Brigitte, Cherry and possibly Ben to be up this week. What say you?

A Pack Of Gormless Buffoons!

2008-06-26T11:26:00.006+10:00

Have we ever seen a bigger bunch of nuffies on Australian TV? I think not.
As if the bullying of Travis and Alice wasn't bad enough, the intimidation and aggression shown by these morons (I'm talking Nobbi towards Terri and Brigitte towards Terrence, and make no mistake her behaviour towards Terrence is disgusting) the sexist remarks from some of the boys, and lets not even mention the penis flashing and semi masturbation in front of Terri by Rory, now it seems these brain dead goinks are taking it to the next level with some "harmless pranks" getting way out of hand.

On Tuesday night, Brigitte, Cherry, Rory and Ben decided to have some fun at the expense of the "Grey Nomads", aka, Terrence and Terri. They decided that since they were wide awake that the oldies should be too. Cherry started off proceedings by thumping a ball against the side of the Kombi to wake them up. Not content with the zero reaction they recieved, Brigitte had the brainstorm of wetting the Kombi, knowing full well where the leaks in the roof were and aiming the hose accordingly.

Hilarious. NOT.

Terri and Terrence, although now soaked, refused to give the pack of idiots the reaction they wanted, but where highly pissed off about their soaked pillows and blankets.

From the BBBA Fan diary;
Terrence.."I still have water dripping on me"
Terri - "If my kids did something like that I would flog them to an inch of their lives"
Terrence - "My kids would never do something like that"
Terri -"Shame Ben is part of it"
Terrence-"If Ben had strong enough character...he would not be a part of it"
Terrence - "My entire pillow is saturated. I got water about down to my waste"
Terrence - "Don't worry Big Brother will take care of us".

In the Kombi, Terri and Terrence are sorting out the waterlogged things, and putting them away. Rory is telling Ben how he will have to throw the milk powder. Bianca is giggling with glee "And it will go all over everything, and ruin everything." Ben is laughing also. He is concerned with the logistics of opening a door without waking them.
While Terrence is in the loo, Rory intrudes into the Kombi to terrorise Terri.He comes back laughing to tell the others about it. Rory would like to leave the hose on the roof next time. Ben and Bianca are giggling with him at the thought that it is still leaking. Ben: "Kudos to Brigitte for thinking of it." Not happy with the lack of reaction they're getting from the oldies, they decide to up the ante by throwing flour inside the wet Kombi.
1:45 Ben and Rory then throw powdered milk into the van and run back into the house. Grey Nomads groan and attempt to ignore it. After a minute, Rory ventures out to peruse the damage. There is no sign of movement in the van. He goes to the lime green blanket to observe proceedings.
Terri groans that they have thrown powdered milk at them. Ben tells Brigitte to go now. Rory tells her to just reef the door open and chuck it in. Brigitte explains that she won't be able to open the door with her left hand. Rory instructs Cherry to open the door for her. Out they go.
1:50 Ben, Bianca and Rory come to gloat over the damage. They knock and slap the sides of the Kombi, as Cherry did after he and Brigitte hid in front of it. Bianca laughs and laughs. As they depart, Ben throws the football at the Kombi. It hits with a satisfying thud. Rory: "if it was Nobbi, he would be right out of the van", and then adds, "but if it were Nobbi, he would be out here with us." They agree it is lame of Terrence not to come out. Brigitte sees there are no more pranks for her out there for her, and goes to bed.

Now, I understand that these hapless loons are bored, but what they are doing is pure bullying behaviour. Not only that, but a pack mentality exists in that house, even after the removal of Nobbi who was considered the ring leader.
Can you imagine the bruhaha, if Terri and Terrence had thrown water and flour on Bianca, Brig, or even the boys, when they were sound asleep? Would it be so funny then?

Terri and Terrence had to sleep in a soaked kombi, in the freezing cold all night. It would have felt like they were under siege in that van as the others enjoyed their "pranking" outside. The fact that the flour and water would become glue like, and the stench of the powdered milk absolutely sick making, would only add to their discomfort in that confined space.

Travis was also the butt of a prank, although his was harmless, they put the cow and cat in bed with him, and he did get quite a fright when he woke up but saw the humour in it. What the others did to the oldies outside was neither harmless nor funny and when you consider that Brigitte has also thrown a chair at Terrence and splashed his eyes with soapy water, the behaviour seems to be escalating.

I had to laugh at Terrence's statement above; "Big Brother will look after us"....Um...yeah, maybe NOT.

I'm not enjoying watching these mindless idiots creating their vesion of "fun" anymore. It's not even High School behaviour, it's infants school and I'm over it. Where are the Tim and Chrissie's of seasons past? Where are the ADULTS??

Terri and Terrence are really feeling the seperation out there now, and although it was hard for Nobbi, the fact is he didn't become the butt of ridicule and isolation. The younger HM's are clearly drawing a line in the sand out there, and the division in the house couldn't be greater.

In other news Pammy Anderson is going into the house on the 9th of July. Yeah, it's just another gimmick and ratings grab, but I bet you watch it all the same ;)

Noms And Other Stuff

2008-06-24T12:00:00.005+10:00

How clever am I? Seriously, did I not pick the original nominees? Maybe I'm more psychic than psycho, but that's debatable.

Anyhoo, for those that missed it, shame on you, here's the run down.

Ben- 2pts Brigitte- For "tickling and playing games at night" leading to sleep deprivation. 1pt-Alice- Due to the things she said about him during last Wednesdays family dinner. Apparently she dared to say he was the typical "law student stereotype".

Ben just loathes Alice. I wish he would be honest and just admit as much. As for him being the typical law student stereotype, I think she's spot on. He's a game player who twists situations around to suit his own mind and make him appear to come up smelling of roses. Sounds like someone in law to me.

Brigitte- 2pts Terrence- Because he accused her of being fake. 1pt-Rory- for being two faced.
I knew she'd throw points Terrence's way, and no surprises with Rory either.

Cherry- 2pts-Rory- Again with the strategic thinking, he believes that if Rory is up for eviction the public will vote him out. 1pt-Ben- Because he's part of the "black crow" gang and he doesn't believe if Ben is up that Brigitte would save him.

How Canny is this guy? You'd never think it, him being blonde and all (I can say that no seeing as I'm a brunette. Bite me! ha!)

Alice- 2pts- Bianca-For her bad temper and being moody. 1pt-Ben- For not being "super nice or super mean" just "hanging on the baseline"

Rather convoluted way of saying he's flying under the radar. I really don't get the hate between these two, you'd never pick it from watching the live streams. Methinks Alice is doing a bit of low flying herself.

Rory- 2pts- Travis- For having an annoying personality and being predictable with what he says. 1pt- Brigitte- Because he "Can't stand the girl and would be happier if she left"

Pretty honest. I've watched Rory walk away from Travis mid sentence, he has zero tolerance for both the people he nommed.

Terri-2pts-Rory- For flashing his wang, especially as it's the second time he's done it. 1pt-Bianca- For being an "irritant with double standards".

How Terri can compare someone having an aversion to "Ranga's" (people with red hair) to a person having a hatred of a certain race is beyond me. The woman clearly lives in a bubble. As for the dick flashing incident, methinks Rory has a certain kinky pleasure in exposing himself. What a grot!!

Travis-2pts-Terrence- For interrupting his conversations. 1pt-Rory- For the same reason, "shutting down his points of view".

Travis really needs to re-use some of that backbone he displayed after the whole spa incident a few weeks ago. I'd like to see him give it to both those self important clowns. He gives them the courtesy of listening to their conversations, but both of these idiots don't give him the time of day anymore.

Bianca-2pts- Terrence- For being disrespectful, cutting off conversations and "putting people down". 1pt-Terri-For her "agitated mood, jumping down throats" and being "aggressive".

Bianca has little tolerance for both these characters, in fact she can barely remove the snarl from her face when ever she's around them.

Terrence- 2pts- Brigitte- Due to her "unacceptable behaviour". 1pt-Alice- For being "untrustworthy" when she picked him as her least favourite HM at the dinner, then told him later she wished she had picked someone else.

Now, this is interesting about Alice, this isn't the first time she's back tracked after saying something like that. I honestly believe she is totally intimidated by the black crows, and that is why she picked Terrence, someone she knew the others would agree with and she wouldn't create any waves. It's very similar to the time she went out of her way to smooth things over with Nobbi, even though five minutes before she was saying she'd never trust him.
Playing the game, or just feeling insecure?

So after everyone had nominated, Terrence, Brigitte and Rory were up for eviction. Brig saved herself and that put Bianca in her spot.

My tip for eviction is Rory. I don't want this dolt to be evicted as he's a huge character, but the polls so far point to people doing that retarded thing where they seek to "punish" a HM be eviction. This is where the vote to save option would have been better utilised.
If I had my way, Terrence would go and that's who I'm throwing my votes behind. He was a bit of a laugh at first, but is just plain irritating now.
What say you?

Sunday Eviction #7 Nobbi!!

2008-06-22T20:46:00.007+10:00

What a huge shock that wasn't! I was only surprised his percentage of the eviction vote wasn't higher.

The whole eviction show was very anti-climactic but I think Jackie did well calling Nobbi on his bullying behaviour in the house. Kyle the vile twit, didn't see anything wrong with anything Nobbi did, but then everybody knows he doesn't watch the show anyway and relies on what others tell him.
Nobbi was totally unrepentant about anything he'd done in the house and even seemed a little smug at times. He is totally lacking in empathy and oblivious to any of his wrong doings in the house.
I'm tipping his hand grenade will be to evict someone else to the Kombi van and you don't have to be a genius to know Terri will be spending the rest of her HM experience outside.

In other news there are a few issues that cropped up over the weekend that need discussing, things that BB has skirted over on the daily show, and issues that have resulted in people banned from the OS forums for discussing.

I'm talking about the now infamous "waving dicks" incident. It seems that Rory and Nobbi took it upon themselves to not only flash Nanna Terri, but to swing their dicks around in front of her on Saturday night. Bianca was in on the plan, as she called Terri over to cop the penis ambush near the spa.
Terri was very upset by this incident and Nobbi proclaimed it was because she "didn't like the look of Asian dick".
Rory then boasted to the other housemates about the event and even went onto say that he intentionally fondles himself and makes his penis erect in front of Terri in the shower to make her uncomfortable.

Now, I don't know about your views, but his is blatant sexual harrassment. BB would be well advised to jump on this immediately (and I don't mean by censoring the OS discussions) but by making an example of Rory, as Nobbi is now gone. Apparently the boys were made to apologise and as far as they are concerned the issue is now over.
You'd think after the Turkeygate scandal, and the promise to educate future housemates about appropriate conduct in the house, that BB would at least be awarding strikes. Not so apparently. It will be interesting to see what if anything is shown about this incident on Big Mouth tomorrow night.

Nobbi by his own admission said that Terri is "More mature, should get more respect, but in here it's an even playing field. I'd never say to a fifty year old, what I say to Terri", and that he didn't mean it "in a perverted way" I wonder how he'd feel if someone flashed a semi erect penis is his mothers or grandmothers face, and what is it about the BB house that makes peoples normal morals and ideals fly out the window?

Similarly, the mega sleazoid Cherry made a corker of a comment about Brigitte on the weekend. He admitted that they held hands in the spa, played footsies under the covers at night and he really didn't care about Eric (Brigittes boyfriend) at all. He then said that on the outside he's going to say to her, and I quote "Come here, I'm going to pump you"

Pump you????

Holy snapping duck shit, what pond did this piece of scum slink out of ???
He's made a few other derogatory comments about women, but this one takes the cake. Clearly, he sees women as mere sexual objects to be conquered and "pumped". It's sad because it appears that Brigitte genuinely likes hit boy, but he is in it purely for the chase. From day one he said he was after a bit of Brig, and I'd even go so far as to say THAT is the sole reason he is in the house. BB wanted some action, and Cherry is just the man to provide it.There is a lack of respect for the female species amongst the boys in that house.
Speaking of respect, what about the argument between Terrence and Brigitte?! How entertaining was that!!

There is no denying that Brigitte is disgustingly rude and nasty to Terrence. She has zero tolerance for him and outright states that she "hates him". However, that is no excuse to burp in his face, fling soapy water at his eyes, and constantly call him names. I think his tirade was overdue and warranted, even though what his initial argument proved false.

He claims that during their little dinner experience on Thursday, Brigitte admitted to playing a role in the house. He firmly believes she said she is the most hated HM and that is why she is still in the house. Her actual words were, "I'm still here because I'm nasty". So the argument was kind of futile, but of course it was the underlying issue of her behaviour towards him that caused all the drama.
She has absolutely no respect for anyone in that house, even the HM's she professes to "like", and I think she is merely a product of her upbringing. It's very evident she has never been taught empathy, manners or even social mores. It's quite sad that a woman of her age could have such little regard for the feelings of others, in that way, she is very much like Nobbi. The only difference is that Nobbi was much more malicious and manipulative and had active brain cells.

Nominations tomorrow and I'm tipping Brigitte will be up again, along with Terrence and Rory.

**Hand Grenade Spoiler**

Nobbi gave his Kombi van to both Terrence AND Terri! What a cosy little twosome they will be! Muahahaha!!!

Noms, Grenades and Big Mouth Stuff!

2008-06-17T11:17:00.007+10:00

The prize money was revealed last night and it's going to work like this, all HM's have been given 25k each, but when each HM is evicted they must hand over their 25k to the person of their choice. The final HM left standing wins 250k. It's just a slight twist on the normal prize money situation and a bit "meh" if you ask me, but at least the HM's were up all night digging. Idiots.

On to nominations.

Terrence- 2pts Cherry- The incident with Rhianna showed that Cherry is emotionally insensitive.
1pt Brigitte because she is rude to him and calls him names.

Terrence has taken it upon himself to be the house social worker. Maybe he should counsel himself on how not to be so cringeworthy every day. I think Brigitte is being polite with her insults to him. Ha!

Alice- 2pts Ben- Strategic reasons. She believes he is a major part of the group segregation but not a vocal part of it. He's flying under the radar. 1pt Rory- He says one thing but thinks another.

Alice has not forgiven the Kombi Mafia (Aka Black crows) for the whole Spa kerfuffle a few weeks ago. Interesting that her and Ben appeared to air their differences and move on, but then they both throw two points at each other for eviction.

Rory- 2pts- Brigitte- she's an "irritant" to him. 1pt- cherry- for being fake and manipulative, and "playing the game"

Rory despises Brigitte, he's nommed her every week. No surprises with Cherry either, obvious dislike there.

Cherry- 2pts- Rory- Tactical. He believes that since the public put him up every week when the "vote to save" situation was happening, he feels he could get Rory evicted if up for the public vote. 1pt-Nobbi- Too strong at FNL, will be there to the end if he doesn't get evicted.

Is anyone else suprised how tactical and calculating this dude is?? He's not the typical dumb blonde (don't look at me that way!!) after all. He's in it to win it.

Brigitte-2pts- Nobbi- For being leader of the crows gang, being nasty to her and getting others to join in. 1pt-Rory- For being a part of the crows, yet being civil to her when Nobbi isn't around.

She's not as dim as she makes out. She called the whole "Nobbi cult" thing, and has those boys sussed.

Nobbi- 2pts- Alice- She has no entertainment value to him and he wouldn't miss her if she was gone. 1pt- Cherry, for trying to coerce others into voting Nobbi out.

Nobbi is such an arrogant little wanker! I hate the fake smile that he flashes in the diary room, he has the face of a serial killer!

Terri- 2pts- Terrence- For being the house social worker and doing more harm than good, making people uncomfortable. 1pt-Bianca for slamming doors and swearing when the snorers wake her up.

Tezza was enjoying the matriarchal role in the house methinks and isn't happy about being usurped by Terrence. Her hatefest with Bianca continues.

Ben-2pts- Alice- For being deceptive. 1pt-Cherry- for strategising in regards to nominations and for lying.

Ben knows that Alice sees him for what he really is, a spineless little gimp! He's worried that Cherry is too smart for his own good too.

Travis-2pts- Terri- for negative comments towards him. 1pt- Terrence- for cutting him off in conversations.

Trav has had enough of the old fogies clearly. He also remains the only HM not to be given any noms points two weeks in a row.

Bianca- 2pts-Terrence-For being inconsiderate at bed time. 1pt-Terri- For the negative spin she puts on most conversations.

Bianca is such a SOOK! FFS, if she had it her way all the HM's would be in bed by 9pm every night. In fact most of them do go to bed early to avoid her dagger eyes and whinging! I pay for premium streaming, I want those bastards awake when I am!! Shut up Bianca!!

So the four nominated housemates were Cherry, Terrence, Alice and Rory. Once Nobbi used his HOH twist to remove Rory, the spazz then put himself up as well as Brigitte and Terri.
So in effect, what Cherry hoped would happen has accured and Nobbi will be evicted by record numbers this week. You can bet your house on it.

In dot pointy goodness, lets look at some things from the daily show and Big Mouth.

*I was so impressed with Brigitte getting in and getting her hands dirty to dig for the treasure. Even I wouldn't risk breaking a nail to win sweet FA! Well done her.
*Rhianna's grenade was GOLD. That'll teach cherry to go around hating people for no reason! well, no valid reason really.

Big mouth- Was nice to see Vesna back on our screens, but she didn't really add much to the panel. Methinks she'll go the way that Paul did, we won't see her again.

*The audience warm up guy of Big Mouth needs to STFU! Seriously what is with all the over the top woohoooing? It's not creating any atmosphere, it just sounds demented!

*Tony's cross to the house each week needs to be scrapped. There is absolutely ZERO rapport or warmth between him and the HM's and it's actually very stilted and awkward to watch.

*Rhianna and the wankfest with Rory- How crushingly embarrassing! Not only the fact that it appeared she got RSI from tossing him off, but what on earth did she get out of it? besides crusty fingers? He did nothing in return!! Is she one of those pitiful women that are total doormats for their men? There are rumours from the live stream people that she gave him a gobby too, but I'm glad we didn't see that. *GAGS*
Rhianna is the ultimate definition of a bimbo. She giggled like an absolute LOON through the whole debacle and even in the face of Rebecca's barely disguised disgust, she continued to "teehee" and squirm in her seat like a horny teenager. ARgghh! Grow up!!

My tip for eviction this week as I stated earlier- Nobbi by an absolute landslide!! Can't wait for THAT eviction show.

Sunday Eviction # 6, Rhianna

2008-06-15T21:07:00.006+10:00

Well she wasn't my tip to go, and I actually sent votes elsewhere, but overall I think Australia made the right choice.
Cherry is a ticking time bomb in that house, he thinks he's "playing the game" by dropping hints about how they can evict Nobbi, but at the same time he's too friggin STOOPID to realise his every word would be relayed back to Nobbi in record time, and he's now a sitting duck for the Kombi mafia to pick off tomorrow night.

His little hatefest with Rhianna backfired in a huge way when the inevitable pillow talk with Rory dropped his arse right in it. He did a bad job of talking his way out of it, and now he's the boys enemy number one!

Terrence is growing on me. I know, I know!! Whaaat? Sure, he's still that creepy old man who would turn their head to catch your lips instead of your cheek when you attempt a peck, BUT, he's good annoyance value towards the other HM's, and tells it like it is when pushed.

Alice, Meh! I don't think if she left tonight anyone would even notice, but at least she pisses off Nobi and that's good enough for me.

A few points from the daily show; The party looked a LOT better in that edited version than it did on the live streams. The HM's appeared to be at a wake instead of a 21st. They didn't have enough alcohol or music or atmosphere. Nothing like the parties of old, it was mega dull.

There are some major power plays going on with the Kombi van boys VS Cherry. Cherry has his eyes set on outsting the Knob, but had the rug pulled out from under him by Bianca and Rhianna. Loose lips sink ships, he needs to be a bit more cunning with his future seed planting.

Nobbi is like the freakin Godfather in there. He sits out on his throne and sends word that he wants to speak to someone. IE Rory going inside and saying to Cherry "Oi, Nobbi wants ya" and Cherry having to drop everything and run out there. It's hilarious!!

Lastly, the prize money. I don't know about you, but I'm over the gimmicks. Currently the HM's are digging up the backyard for clues. Clues to what the prize money is. How stupid are they? They're out there in the freezing cold, digging their hearts out, for what? It's not like they actually GET a prize, they're digging to find out what the friggin prize is!!

Dumbarses! Still, they're bored and at least this will give them something to do.

Noms tomorrow night, my tips are Nobbi, Cherry, Terrence and possibly Alice again.

P.S what the feck? Kyle was wanking the microphone!! I spewed a little in my mouth. God he is a disgusting FREAK!!

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Rhianna, Cherry and Rory.

2008-06-13T12:04:00.005+10:00

There appears to be another "relationship" in the house lately. The interesting little "feuxmance" going on between Rory and Rhianna is as complex as Travis' theory of Possimisticity.

On the one hand, it appears just a comfort thing, just a snuggly little bedtime friendship, but on the other we have Rory acting all possessive, putting his arm around her, groping her on the arse, stealing kisses where he can and smiling like the cat that caught the canary! As well as Rhianna admitting that he makes her "nervous" while at the same time saying his attentions are "disgusting".

Rory has also denied any feelings for her in conversations with the boys, even going so far as to tell Cherry to "go for it" in regards to his verbal attacks on Rhianna!!

What in the bejaysus is going on here!!

Here's what I think. Firstly, Rhianna is woefully inexperienced relationship wise. She has, by her own admission, dated a lot of men, but they all refuse to commit to her and end up leaving her. She did have her daughter at a very young age, and she seems stuck in that teenage fantasy of finding her Prince and riding off into the sunset with him. That's enough to scare ANY man off. For someone her age, she does seem very naive, trusting and a bit silly. She's only known Rory a few weeks and she told Terri yesterday that "When they get married, Rory is doing all the cooking". Yes, she appeared to be "joking" at the time, but many a true word is said in jest and she does seem to be looking for some kind of "saviour".

Recently in the diary room she told BB that although she was disgusted by Rory "claiming" her on the first night, at the same time she found it rather "nice", and she was happy to fall into the roll of "Rory's chick". Night time shenanigans are aplenty in that big 'ol bed too. The second night they were spooning, the third night Rory copped a feel, and there have been some major doona action going on most every night since. You have to watch the streams to see it, although I'm hoping Big Mouth will air some footage of the wandering hands next week.

Obviously, things happen a lot faster in the BB house than the real world, but their blossoming little.....whateveritis, is causing some friction amongst the boys. Nobbi has questioned Rory about his intentions with Rhianna, and even Ben has made a few comments, but the most notable reaction has come from the other intruder, Cherry.

Cherry seems to absolutely despise Rhianna, taking every oppertunity to question and belittle her. He's made it plain to everybody, including her, that he straight up "hates" her, thinks she is fake and has even told Nobbi that she is "playing Rory" because he overheard her say she was more attracted to Ben, but because of her nocturnal hijinks with Rory, she feels she has to stay with him now. Of course, this is total bollocks, she only admitted to being attracted to Ben FIRST when she entered the house, not exactly the spin Cherry put on it.

So this begs the question of why? Why is Cherry so against her?
I believe it's because of her relationship with Rory. In effect she aligned herself immediately with one of the alpha males in the house, and I believe Cherry is threatened by this. He hasn't exactly found a place for himself amongst the boys, and as the other alpha male, Nobbi, has been openly hostile towards him, Rory was really his only way "in" to that group.

Cherry also appears to be a man who enjoys and expects female attention. He's obviously used to being the boy who the girls fawn over. It's not happening in there, and seeing Rory canoodling with a fellow intruder just rubs salt into the wound.
The other thing that struck me, was when Cherry accused Rhianna of being fake, and said her "stories didn't add up", that he didn't believe her. The irony in this is exquisite, it's definitely a case of the pot calling the kettle black, as Cherry's official bio is almost a total fabrication, so maybe it's a case of him seeing in her, things he doesn't like about himself.

Whatever his reasoning, his hostility and outright rudeness to Rhianna could cost him if things do move along with Rory. He could earn himself some nomination points and as he's the most boring HM in there right now, his arse would be GONE at the first opportunity.

But what of Rory? What ARE his intentions? I think he's definitely playing the game, he knows that "relationships" in the house guarantee air time, and will buy him some more time in there. Of course he enjoys the bedtime spoonathons, and lets face it, Rhianna is a pretty girl, what guy wouldn't enjoy her attentions? As for any longevity, I highly doubt it, and that's a little sad for Rhianna, who against her better judgment does appear to be falling for the stinky, dreadlocked, puffy chest "Adonis".

Be watching this weekend for Brigittes 21st on Saturday, and a huge Sunday show where the prize money is revealed. The HM's will be going on a BB treasure hunt as the prize is buried somewhere on the compound.

Ahh the intrigue!!

2nd round HM Nominations

2008-06-09T20:23:00.005+10:00

Nominations went down like this;

Terri- 2 points Nobbi- "He has deliberately started fights between the two most popular HMs and caused them untold grief,”. 1 point Bianca- "sick and tired of hearing her complaining about people looking at her boobs,”.

It's funny watching the HM's nominate and say things to BB that they would never dream of saying to the people they're talking about. Terri gave these two points, even though she stayed well clear of both arguments, and had nothing to say about any of it at the time or afterwards.

Travis- 2 points Nobbi-“I felt that he betrayed my trust last week.” 1 point Ben- "failed to disclose all the information he should have during the spa saga - if he were a true friend."

Travis had appeared to mend his bridges with both these HM's, but he's obviously still harbouring some hurt.

Nobbi- 2 points Rhianna- "Hasn't brought anything to the house" 1 point Alice- For same reason.

Nobbi is actually spot on about with this one, but I guess you also have to ask what his motivations are. It's not like he's out here with us watching the show. Maybe in his mind, conflict and aggression are his only stimuli.

Terrence- 2 points Cherry- “Very nice guy, but I feel that his youthful exuberance will affect my time in the House,” . 1 point Rhianna- “She appears to not pull her weight and do anything in regard to any kitchen duties or cleaning up,”

Very clever throwing points towards the other intruders. I think they all cottoned on to this idea, thinking the other HM's would nominate them for sure. This way they knew their votes wouldn't be wasted and might actually save themselves.

Bianca -2 points Terrence- " aggravating me completely that he can’t wait his turn in the conversation and always butts in,” 1 point Terri- “She doesn’t have an educated opinion,”

Weak nominations there, but she does appear to be getting along with most people in the house at the moment.

Cherry = 2 points Terrence-“I find his stories long winded and annoying and I’m sick of hearing his repetitive jokes that just don’t make sense,” 1 point Rhianna- “I’m sick of hearing all these stories about how she goes out and picks up all these guys … I just don’t get along with her"

Yeah right! He's going totally strategic here, and for someone who doesn't like to hear date stories, he sure tells a lot of them.

Ben = 2 points Alice,"feelings weren’t valid to her because she talked o “I just find the way he refers to girls offends quite a few morals of mine,”1 point Cherry- “I just find the way he refers to girls offends quite a few morals of mine,”.
What a load of bollocks! Does this idiot not realise we hear all his conversations in there? Also, do you think it's a coinkydink, that Alice is copping her second lot of points from a Kombi mafia member? Collusion anyone?

Rhianna = 2 points Terrence- "the most annoying HM, “I don’t find him funny,” 1 point Brigitte- “My first impression was that she was quite distant. I find some of Brigitte’s comments disturbing"

Interesting she'd go for Brigitte, who before she went into the house she stated she would most like to be friends with in the house.

Brigitte = 2 points Nobbi- "because of all the trouble he’s caused this week with all the HMs,”
1 point Cherry- “My sleep is very important,”. Apparently he was putting his legs on her.

I'm surprised with this one because it shows Brig is not TOTALLY self absorbed. I really couldn't see her caring what Nobbi did unless it affected her.

Rory = 2 points Alice- “I find Alice to be fairy boring,”1 point Brigitte- "Irritating and I'd be happy to see her go"

Once again, the Kombi mafia hits out at Alice.

Alice = 2 points Nobbi-" I believe his character is manipulative and skeptical and these are two personality traits that I believe are unhealthy to be around,”1 point Ben- "he succumbed to a pack mentality and, “not only that, he knowingly lied behind Travi and my back … and it isn’t the nicest thing to have to deal with,”

Good for you Alice. Pretty sure she realises the boys would be targeting her this week.

After Nobbi excercised his FNL twist and saved himself, Cherry and Rhianna joined Terrence and Alice in the eviction hot seats.

I'm tipping Terrence might get the arse this week and I wouldn't be that sad to see him go. My money is being thrown behind Cherry. The guys is six shades of boring and adds absolutely NOTHING to the house. Why on earth he was classed as intruder material is totally beyond me.

Sunday Eviction #5- Renee!

2008-06-08T20:41:00.003+10:00

As Renee so eloquently stated, she was "booted off" tonight, and I'm a little disappointed. I really do not understand the popularity of the likes of Terri and Brigitte. I believe that the brash and outspoken Renee was a great asset to the house, and had far more value than the vapid and the elderly. But as Australia likes to do, she was "punished" with a wave of eviction votes, and the show will be poorer for it.

Aside from that, how good was the eviction show tonight! This is the BB of old, this is what the punters want to see. We love the suspense, the build up, the interviews with the nominated HM's and "loved ones" of HM's, the walk through the crowd and having enough time to see a proper eviction interview with the evictees and see their reaction to footage of their time in the house.

Bravo! Much Better!

The daily show was an interesting journey too. It seems BB is reacting to the publics distaste for Nobbi and his bully boy tactics. I nearly wet my pants when Nobbi was yelled at by BB and told to "Stop it!!" in relation to the picking on Travis.
I would have much preferred it if he gave the turd a STRIKE! But obviously, they want this clown to stick around a little longer.

Nobbi was most unrepentant about the whole thing, he said, "It's not my responsibility that a twenty year old is not mentally capable of answering that question. It wasn't bullying at all" and his apology to Travis was one of the most insincere things I have ever seen.

Nobbi is nasty, vicious, manipulative, arrogant, fake and a complete wanker. We have another two weeks before we can evict this arseclown, and if his behaviour doesn't change, he will be voted off by a record breaking percentage.
By contrast, I was so impressed with how Travis stood up for himself and put his point across firmly. I really think he will not be targeted again, because he drew a line in the sand and the other HM's are now aware that if he will not be treated like a fool.

In other news, I feel so very sorry for Terence's children. If I were them, I would change my name and leave the country, he makes those "embarrassing dad" types look George Clooneyish by comparison! Ghastly!!

And lastly, did we all shed a tear when little Ollie left the building? I was boo hoooing like a loon!!

Noms this week, I'm tipping the idiots will waste points on Nobbi (because he will save himself) and the new intruders. What say you?

Just Deserts- Kombi Mafia in Hell

2008-06-07T12:15:00.007+10:00

Oh how I laffed and laffed. You know, this series has picked up totally in the last week or so and I'm enjoying it immensely, especially now that the karma Gods have smiled on Rory, Ben and Nobbi.

You see, in a twist that would have even Hitchcock scratching his head, bloody Nobbi won FNL. The twat is now Head of House and is guaranteed another two weeks in the house.

But take heart dear Nobbi haters, his prize for winning FNL was a nine hour flight to "Bali" with three of his besties, only Bali wasn't quite as nice as Rory remembered it.

Check the pics. They are in the bowels of hell, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of nuffies!!

Huzzah!! Prepare for threats of walking out, and "this is fucked man, this is shit" for the next two days as they pay for their sins. Muahahahaha!!

Rewarded for abysmal behaviour? I DON'T THINK SO!!!!

BB, you are back on my Christmas card list.

Nobbi- Watch Him Come Undone! Big Post, Bring A Snack.

2008-06-06T11:31:00.006+10:00

Is Nobbi the master manipulator, or just an idiot? Will you get the chance to decide for yourself by watching tonight's daily show, or will they sweep it under the carpet the way they did the whole Nobbi/Terri screaming match?

For a week now, the "boys", aka, Rory, Nobbi and Ben, have been planting seeds in Travis head about his standing in the house. They convinced him that Alice not only listed him as her least favourite HM, but that she "hated him". Travis in his usual "possimistic" way, tried to make light of it, and even tried to find some good in the situation. (There was none to be found really but this guy could be told he had three minutes to live and STILL find something positive to say about the situation).
The boys were emphatic that Alice was two faced and Travis was being gullible and looking stupid for continuing to forge a friendship with Alice. They seemed to be trying to recruit him for the boys team and keep him away from the girls, who he preferred to hang out with.

Now, the reality of the situation is that Alice, although stating that Travis was her least favourite HM, in that she wouldn't hang out with someone like him on the outside, because she didn't like the way people made a joke of him and he took it, did NOT say that she hated him at all.

Travis, believing the boys, took it to heart, and was quite upset by it, so he asked Alice about the situation. The boys, especially Nobbi were outraged that he wouldn't simply take their word.

From the OS diary;
Alice assured him she rated him highly. Nobbi has learned Travis went to Alice and is upset. "You can believe what you want Travis, but we told you because we worry about you. If you're going to keep doing things this way, then we're not going to help you anymore."
Ben asks Travis why he didn't just believe what they had told him. "We're the ones that care for you more," says Nobbi. "What's the point of us telling you in the first place?" Nobbi says, clearly frustrated. Travis says, "I am glad you value our relationship so much that you tell me." Ben retorts, "That's not the point Trav - how can you say you believe us when you had to hear it from Alice?"
He tells Travis Alice will do nothing but sugarcoat things and will not tell him her true feelings. Ben says, "I don't talk to her at all. She is deceptive and competitive and plays the game."
The duo tell Travis they're upset he doesn't trust them and yet he claims to fully believe what they say. "We're the ones looking after your back," says Nobbi, adding that Travis "spat it back" in their faces.
Travis tries to say that Alice just said they were close and the boys don't have it. "There's no reason for you to lie," says Travis. Nobbi replies, "There's no reason for you not to believe us!" Ben says the way Travis approached Alice, asking her if she did say she didn't like him, wasn't the right way to go about things as Alice would only tell him what he wanted to hear. Nobbi says he, Rory and Ben want to protect Travis as he is naive. Travis tries to explain that Alice is always nice to him. "If Nobbi was nice to my face and backstabbed me, then that doesn't mean he is my friend," explains Ben.

Last night during a spa game of "Truth or Dare", Ben thought he would test Travis "allegiance" once again by asking him who was his least favourite HM. Travis answered that Alice was, given what the boys told him she said.

Well. All hell broke loose. You can watch a clip HERE thanks to Jokers Updates.

Alice arced up immediately asking "Who would have the gall to say that to you because I've never worded it that way". Travis wouldn't tell her, and Nobbi could barely contain his glee at the drama unfolding around him.

Alice and Travis both begin to cry. Alice says to Nobbi ,"Nobbi, you constantly ridicule that boy and I'm the only one to stick up for him. Behind his back you all say shit about him now one of you have gone up to him and spun bullshit. He thinks you and Ben are his best mates but you always ridicule him. If you don't ridicule him you provoke others to."
Terrence tries to intervene and is promptly told by Nobbi to "Shut the fuck up, I'm talking to Alice"
From the BBBA fan diary entry of PaulyT "Alice explains to Travis: I may have said you were annoying and you were the least I would acknowledge on the outside world because I've never met anybody like you. I never said you were my least liked house mate. You can't trust everyone in here.

Travis says I was told you said dislike and the word hate was even thrown around.

Alice: Well I definitely said hate, I never use that word.
Travis tries to tell the story for the third time. Alice interrupts him and says "Trav, it's done, it's over, I don't want to have this conversation anymore, you said something you might end up regretting , I possibly said something I might end up regretting, that's it, it's done."

Travis goes to the locker room. Ben and Renee try to comfort him.

You can see more of that HERE.

Nobbi then tries to talk his way out of it with Alice, even going so far as to say the boys never laugh about Travis behind his back. Pfft! Does he not realise there are cameras and audio everywhere???
You can watch more on Jokers Updates.

The fallout later see's Travis realising he can't trust Nobbi, feeling betrayed and THEN telling Alice everything about what the boys have been saying about her the past week. This is some juicy shit, people. Fingers crossed it all gets aired.
From the BBBA fan diary of Medusa;
Trav:...I have been in that combi many times defending you, Alice.

Alice:...Nobbi tried to appease me...I would never use the word hate...she challenged Nobbi about who used the word hate...Nobbi denied to Alice that he used the word Hate to Trav...(PC what a liar)

Trav:...Nobbi has been filling my head with false information

Alice:...I have never felt this sad

Trav:...My real friends would never have plotted for 4 days to make me dislike you. I don't want to hang with the boys any more.

Alice:...I think I should go on Sunday...there is no where to go in here, I am so sad...I never thought peole would gang up on another...I was trying to be happy Al...I dislike confrontation.
Trav:..It is so first year...juvenile

Al:....Rory has said...I don't like Alice because she won't "put out".
Travis crying now.....I thought I had 3 close male friends and they have turned around and been bitchy and mean. i felt so close to Ben ...I couldn't talk to him.......they threatened to exclude me from the boys if I deviated from the "party line"

Alice...I have never heard of such terrible immaturity...(Alice comforting Travis now)...I have heard those boys say they love you....They say they love you.

Trav...how can they?...I really rated those guys.

Alice...I heard Nobbi's fake explanation...I didn't want to talk to you in front of the others in the spa.

Trav...I knew Nobbi was going to ask that...he was giving me weird looks...others were excusing Nobbi saying he was drunk and that is why I don't drink alchohol.

Alice...I cannot face anyone tonight....I have to go to bed...every Wed it is brought up,,,this honesty thing...and it is so fake.
(other HM's now in on conversation)
Trav - People might say everyone's laughing at me, but I don't dislike anyone. NOw I really do dislike three main housemates because of the situation they caused here tonight.
Bianca - did you feel obliged to say Al?

Trav - They were threatening to exclude me from the boys - saying the boys have done all this, what have the girls done. "We feel like you're throwing our loyalty away" and I was telling Al, the majority of my friends have been girls, I thought I had three male friends that I was close to but that just shattered me. I did have a chat to supposedly my second best friend...

Alice - I said they love you, but you've gotta realise that they really do feel that they love you

Trav - but you don't do that to friends that you love, yo udon't bully them and peer pressure them...

Alice - But if you stop hanging out you'll only condemn yourself

Trav - But in terms of going out and having chats with Nobbi... I put him on this massive pedastal... I said mate I thought you were someone in the house I could go to and talk to and you'll be there... at least Rory is man enough to admit that he thinks Nobbi made this situation tonight..

Alice - Rory said, I don't know who the two are. I just want you to know that it was so hard to hear that there was a group mentality. And I didn't want to know, I'm already sad, I"ll get over it, I"ll wake up tomorrow and go well it's bullshit. That's fine, I know that I"m above that,and travvy you'll go on and they love you, they do, but do not segregate yourself because you'll only burn yourself.

Meanwhile Nobbi was out the back, gloating about how he "broke" Alice, yet fearful of what Travis was telling the others inside, so of course, his two cronies Rory and Ben rush in to defend Nobbi's honour. What happens next is gold. Travis grows a backbone and stands up for himself.

Huzzah!!

You simply must not miss tonight's show! That's if they show it! Lets not forget the giant cover up in regards to the Terri/Nobbi fight. This incident accured around about the same time Bianca and Renee were going at it over Bianca's boobs. What I find interesting is not only that they chose to roll with the girls bitchfight, but that the girls were both given strikes for their behaviour.
Nobbi's behaviour towards Terri, getting up in her face, screaming at her and intimidating her by demanding she admit she masturbated in the toilet (I shit you not) was so much worse than the girls non-event. Yes there were threats of violence between the girls, but Nobbi was being way more threatening and aggressive, yet we weren't shown and he wasn't awarded a strike.

Read the Daily Telegraph's take on the incident HERE. You can see the footage as well.

The next few days are going to be very interesting, and my tip is for all three of those spa/Kombi mafia wankers, Rory, Nobbi and Ben to be up for eviction next week.

Don't cover up their bad behaviour, BB! Let the viewers decide whether Nobbi is a master manipulator, or just a juvenile,bully boy who needs to be taken down a peg or two, along with his band of halfwit followers.

Who To Evict???

2008-06-05T10:48:00.005+10:00

So the eviction process has been turned over to us and what a dilemma it is. Of course, true to tradition, the first lot to face the publics wrath are all girls. Boooooo!

So who do we evict?

Bianca? Nooooo. Of course she is a pain the arse, but she goes off like a fire cracker when someone stirs her up. Call me twisted, but that entertains me no end. I'm loving the angst between herself and Renee, and you must watch the daily show tonight to see them go head to head at the family dinner. Bianca could hold a grudge till her dying day and although Renee obviously hates her, the tension is getting to her. They have to stay so we can watch a full on, roll around the floor, hair pulling catfight. Quality telly.

Brigitte? This troubles me. On the one hand I don't want to see her rewarded for being a attention seeking, famewhore (Yes I do see the irony in that statement but I'm not on the show, lets talk about Brig. *cough*) Anyone who watches the streams knows that she plays up to the camera's every day and even admits it, saying things like "I bet they show that" after she says something stupid. I'm starting to wonder if she's a plant! Surely nobody behaves like that IRL??
Where was I?
Ok, on the other hand she IS good value in that she annoys the living snot out of all the other HM's. She's easy to mess with and it doesn't take much to fire her up. I'd like her to stay a bit longer.

Renee? OH MY hasn't she changed since Nathan left? She truly needs the attentions of a man to bring out her softer side. The last week has seen her fire up and really embrace her Head Of House role, strutting around that compound and barking orders like she owns the joint. I love it how she will NOT refer to the intruders by their names. Rhianna is "new chick", Cherry is "Pretty boy" and Terrence is "the old dude". They are so beneath her!! Hahaha! We have got to keep her in the house! She's on two strikes and a hairs breadth away from losing the plot entirely.

Terri? hrmm, another tough one. Although she hasn't provided as much friction and conflict as she was supposed to, she still is enjoyable to watch. I love her relationship with Brigitte and Nobbi and hard as it is to admit, she is a likeable character (racist ideologies not withstanding).
If she were to leave the house it would be all too predictable. The sad fact is that most of the teeny voters will probably be spending their money on her.

I conducted a focus group with teenage girls earlier this week. They were aged between 16-18 and we happened to chat about all things BB during a break in the session. To my abject horror they listed Nobbi, Brigitte and BEN as their faves. I could just cry! What is wrong with the youth of today? BEN!!! BEN!! FFS!

The little leg humper needs a kick in the goolies so badly! Just the other night he was lampooning Cherry for his sexist views on women. This is the same douchwagon (thanks again for introducing me to that word, you know who you are) who stated: "We asked BB for an arrogant man and a slut and we got them". He's referring to Rhianna in that comment!! He's also spoken in depth with Nobbi and Rory as to who he would "DO". Apparently Bianca is the root of choice.

Argghhh! Hypocritical fecker.

How good have this week's daily shows been? I have enjoyed them so much! Kudo's to the daily show producers, it's like watching Bold And The Beautiful on crack. About time you lot go it right.

So who do we evict? I think if the focus remains on Renee this week, she may be the one to go. I'd prefer it if Brigitte or Terri left before her, but like I said earlier, there are very good reasons why they should stay too. Who ever gets the chop, it's a bloody tragedy when the likes of Alice and Ben and Rory are still in the house.

Finally, Something To Talk About

2008-06-03T20:42:00.005+10:00

The HM's embarked on their first proper nominations experience yesterday, and already it's set the cat amongst the pigeons. Whilst I was a huge fan of the 'Vote To Save' concept, and I'm annoyed about that changing, there is a massive bonus for us as viewers. We get to see the HM's put under stress and pressure when they realise they may be evicted. Already sparks are flying and tension is in the air as Alice buckles under the strain of knowing that some of her fellow HM's don't want her there.

The one thing that pisses me about this noms process, is that straight away we see four girls up for eviction. Booo to that! But it's very typical.

Noms went down like this.

Alice- 2pts Bianca, 1pt Travis- Alice had a huge arguement with Bianca the night before, we'll talk about that later, but she clearly voted for who she got along the LEAST with.

Bianca- 2pts Alice, 1pt Terri- She did a "right back at ya" with points to Alice, but I was surprised at her throwing points at Terri. They seem to get along alright.

Nobbi- 2pts Alice, 1pt Terri- I think Nobbi just hates anyone older or in positions of assumed authority over him. I thought he would have given two to Terri, but he has Alice in his sights.

Rory- 2pts Brigitte, 1pt Terri- Does anyone else think he is just gutted that Brigitte loathes him and therefore would not touch him with a ten foot pole?

Travis- 2pts Brigitte, 1pt Renee- Both these girls are a little mean to him, and as he's desperate to be "one of the boys" I can't see him throwing too many points there way.

Ben- 2pts Alice, 1pt Brigitte- Hrmmm, seems the "Spa mafia" are voting along similar lines.

Brigitte-2pts Ben, 1pt Nobbi- No surprises there. She makes it very clear she isn't fond of them. I thought she may have had Terri in her sights but not so. I think she enjoys putting shit on Terri and Terri actually seems to enjoy it too. Definitely love/hate relationship.

Renee-2pts Bianca, 1pt Brigitte- Again, these three are in their own hate triangle. No shock there.

Terri-2pts Renee, 1pt-Nobbi- I thought she would have given two to Nobbi after their screaming match the other night. Didn't see it? That's right, BB doesn't want you to see it. He's rather fond of Nobbi and wants to keep him in the house. If you DID see it, you would have seen someone very deserving of a strike.

So, once Dixie's lame hand grenade went off (she got to save Alice) that meant the four HM's up for eviction are; Bianca, Brigitte, Renee and Terri.

My tip for eviciton is Bianca. She's doing the whole " I want to go home" schtick at the moment so the public may just grant her that wish.

Other things worth mentioning in dot form because I'm lazy are;

*The boys territorial reaction to the intruders. Nobbi saying "You're my boys" and Ben nearly peeing his pants with glee that he's finally accepted. Ben states 'They have to fit in with US". Ohh looking here, softcock Ben finally has a "crew". Gah I hate him!
They're even being nicer to TRAVIS!!

*Rory frothing at the mouth with desire for Rhianna- I haven't seen that guy smile so much! He's positively salivating!

*How awesome was the Renee/Alice/Bianca bitchfight! I have to say, I agree with Renee and Alice. Bianca goes on and on about her boobs. Anyone would think she's grown a second head or had to have a leg amputated the way she raves about her "handicap". The girls are right, if her boobs are such a hinderance and such a pain, why does she parade around in low cut tops and draw attention to them at every opportunity. Her defence of "It's my body!" in a hyper sensitive, melodramatic, shriekathon was just astounding. HOW she had the nads to offer Renee out of the van for a bit of biffo was even more gobsmacking. I'd put my last dollar on the Dubbo chick knocking Bianca on her arse within seconds! What was she thinking???

*BB handled the whole situation appallingly too. He's handing out strikes like a pedo does lollies in the playground, yet failed to give BEN a strike for his attack on Travis. How about a bit of consistency?

*Nobbi was all up in Terri's face the other day, yelling and screaming and being very intimidating yet we don't even get an edited version of this on the daily show? Have the producers picked him as the winner already?

*Terrence is CREEPY- I don't care if he's a nudist. When you are that age, parading around with your wrinkled todger out in front of twenty year old girls just smacks of WRONG. The sarong, the comment that Brigitte was "trying to get into his pants", all points to him being one of "those" fathers. Girls, you know the type. One of your friends has a dad that perves on your tits when you go over there, that goes in for a "cuddle" as a hello, or goes the peck on the cheek that sort of slips around to your lips....................*shudder*
Not only that, but his stories? Oh for the sake of fuck. Nobbi was losing the will to live. If I were in there I'd scale the walls, the guys is annoying!

*Enough with the dog already. It was cute at first but now, I think neither the HM's, nor, and most importantly, the dog are getting anything out of it now.

*I think today and yesterday's daily shows were the best we've seen this year. Lets hope things keep improving and that if there is a snap eviction, Terrence the dodgy todger is the one to go.