It Will Blow You Away

So much for the Australian First. It was pretty weak I think.

Wow! (sarcasm), they put the housemates through a piss weak lie detector with questions that were in poor taste.

Over at behindbigbrother.com, the forums are full of people annoyed at the weakness of the promise of a 'twist that will blow us away.' The cynical view is that it's another excuse to get people to spend more money on voting. As suggested, we can easily send a message to Big Brother that this is a load of crap and boycott the vote.

Behind Big Brother also has an entry on the much lower than stated reliability of voice stress analysis as a means of lie detection. Gretel Killeen stated that the tests were 90% accurate in the interests of fairness to perceived lying from the housemates. But according to the American Polygraph Association the results are no better than chance.

The more I think about this, the angrier I get. Big Brother is an interesting show if only they stop trying to pump up the viewers all the time and just let us observe and enjoy the interaction of the housemates.

The sixth series certainly feels like the producers are taking Big Brother to it's natural conclusion.

David and Michael

What’s the deal with that kiss we saw last night on Truth, Lies and Eviction?  Were there sparks starting to form with David and Michael, or was Michael once again trying to keep himself interesting enough to stay in the house?

I guess we’ll never know and because the time delay on footage reaching Adults Only is so long.  It wasn’t a very good strategy for Mikey.

I don’t expect we’ll see anything on this until the Adults Only episode next week.

Arrivaderci Michael

So long Mikey.  You were an interesting character in this year’s Big Brother House.  I think you made things interesting… but probably not in the way you thought you did.

The erratic behaviour, the torment of being the insider and wanting to be liked, the initial attraction to Krystal, the leanings toward madness, the imaginary son.  You told us so much with your eyes it was ridiculous.

It will be interesting to see how the housemates change and who they will redirect their constant suspicion towards.