The Winner is… Jamie!

There you have it, the end of BB06 and Jamie was the winner.  I’m glad that someone interesting with a real personality won it this year.  He really did contribute to the drama in the house and for that reason, I think him a worthy winner.

Camilla did put her heart into it and showed her true character.  She was the mouthpiece for the other housemates when they wouldn’t speak out against new personalities, in particular, Perry.  I do think she would have been extremely difficult to live with, but she also was a major contributor to the drama and interest in the house.  I think the final three were all worthwhile finalists.

This year’s grand finale show was a massive effort.  I think it is the biggest production yet.  It was nice to see all of the former housemates come back to watch the show with Jamie and Camilla.  The dramatic lovers reunion with Jamie and Katie was as well staged as their farewell kiss.  The drinks in the house were a nice touch too, but for the housemates it would have seemed far too short a time.  It was more for the benefit of the viewers.

The announcement of the winner was shifted back into the house this year.  I think they must have realised that the way they did it last year was a disservice to the runner up.  I think it is better in the house… we get to watch the winner pace around the house in hysterics!

John and Ashley weren’t invited back to the grand finale which must have made them feel awful.  I know I would feel like crap if that was me.  I’m glad that their ejection from the house wasn’t excluded in the season recap.

The Underneath the Radar cover version that Danielle performed with the aid of the housemate dancers was fun.  It would have taken a lot of guts for me to go out dressed like Gaelan and Dino!  Rob was funny with his cheerleader skirt too!  I bet Krystal was pissed off that she missed to opportunity to sing instead of Danielle.

It was also good that the Friday Night Games people got to make an appearance on the final show.  They have been a big part of the show this year and should be acknowledged.  I can’t believe last night was the first time that Gretel Killeen and Mike Goldman have appeared on camera together.  Is it just me or did Gretel seem to have a kind of arrogance toward Mike as if she thinks is the true star of the show.  Mike works a lot harder each series with his voiceovers, Up Late and Friday Night Games.

So, all in all, it has been an interesting season.  As I have mentioned previously, I think the actual show would have been more interesting if the housemates had have been more diverse and Big Brother was more cheeky than mean.  There were a lot of good points, with the addition of the one hour weekend recap on Sunday nights before the eviction show.  The added dimension of the 2SAVE votes was also good.  I thought it was a pity that Adult’s Only didn’t make it to the end of the season.  Next year, if there is a series, AO should be more personality than sex driven… but make sure the humorous montages are retained!

Finally I would personally like to thank all of visitor to Brad’s Big Brother Blog.  It has been an interesting ride for someone with very little previous success in blogging.  I have had over 57,000 hits since the start of the series.  I would also dearly like to thank all of the regular commenters… you most of all have made this worthwhile.  It’s nice to talk about Big Brother and to me, discussing it is what it’s all about.

All the best,

Brad.

Ashley and John – Further Writings

In all of this frenzied media surrounding the eviction of Ashley and John, my blog has rocketed to the number 4 position on WordPress.com’s top blogs.  This is out of 243,000 blogs, so I am feeling pretty amazed!  If the popularity of my blog can be correlated to that of the current series of Big Brother, this event is completely off the scale!

Since my last entry about this scandal, I have seen last night’s daily and eviction show, listen to conservatives crap on about axing the show and seen the actual footage with my own two eyes.

I think that they handled the daily show quite well in terms of explaining what transpired while being sensitive to the fact that children would be watching.  What I couldn’t believe was how the housemates reacted.  They were seemingly all comforting each other… except for Camilla.  For Jamie, the whole incident seemed to be about him, which was in character.  Perry did lot’s of mumsy type things.  Claire felt sorry for Ashley and John, Gaelan didn’t say a damn thing and Krystal thought she could negotiate their return.  David was criticised for not saying anything much, but I think he knew the whole thing wasn’t about him, he seemed to be the most concerned for Camilla.

There have been further calls by conservative politicians and the like for Big Brother to be axed.  I can’t believe the kinds of issues that mobilise such passion in these people.  Get a life.  I don’t agree with what happened, but this is hardly the thing that is going to bring down our civilisation is it?  Maybe you could focus on the fact that Global Warming is a reality and stop worrying about other (not you) people watching a television show.

I saw the footage thanks to a few commentors on this blog and found the behaviour dissapointing.  John and Ashley seemed to conspire the situation in bed as a joke.  There wasn’t any hyperactivity before it and Camilla seemed to suspect what they were going to do.  Despite her protestations, she still got into the bed.  I don’t think she was truly offended, but I think their activity was degrading towards her and they wouldn’t have done it to any of the other housemates.

This situation has boosted Big Brother’s popularity at time when interest was flagging.  Will they bring new housemates in at this late stage?  Or maybe bring back two previously evicted housemates.  They could have phone vote for who to reinstate.

Beannachd Leat Gaelan

So this week it was Gaelan to be evicted, and he got 51% of the merged vote! I’m quite surprised that the margin was so large, but considering it was his first time up for eviction, there wasn’t any information from the past to analyse.

Gaelan claims that he is the sort of person that avoids conflict. Maybe it’s true, but there were definitely times in the house where all housemates were participating in a discussion except for him. Everybody else seemed to be cool with this, but not sticking up for people when called for is a character flaw in my opinion.

I did enjoy the animated way Gaelan told stories. He seems to have a gift for physical comedy.

I saw his picture on a Piping Hot T-Shirt packet on the weekend. Maybe, he’ll go on to bigger and better things now… like a Myer Catalogue!

Long Episode

Last night we were treated to a one hour episode.  It’s funny, it didn’t seem to be longer to fit more in.  Maybe it had something to do with stopping viewers from switching over to watch the first episode of a new show on Channel 7.  Or am I being cynical again?

We were treated to…

John’s mexican hat dance.

Krystal putting the hard word on Gaelan.  Is that the most uninspiring relationship you’ve ever seen on television?

Ashley wanting to kiss Claire, while Camilla wanted to kiss Ashley. Man oh man!  Talk about cringeworthy!

I think the traffic light task is okay, but have you noticed the amber light doesn’t get used?

Nominations 9

The nominees for eviction this week are…

• Camilla
• David
• Gaelan
• Krystal

I couldn’t believe that David decided to give one nomination point to Camilla.  So what! She was acting nice over the weekend to avoid getting nominated.  Stone the crows David, would you really begrudge the woman a jolly week off from being nominated?  Too Right! 

I hope you’re feeling like shit in light of Camilla being dragged into the list after Claire’s three point deduction.

Finally, the viewers get a crack at evicting Gaelan.  I know I would be happy for him to leave as I think he is the epitome of ‘under the radar’, so much so that nobody can see it!  He is so good at keeping his mouth shut when he needs to and opening it to amuse the housemates, it is as if he has been studying how to win Big Brother under the instruction of Ben (BB01), Peter (BB02) and Trevor (BB04).  People you can barely remember even though they were in the house longer than anybody else in their respective series.

My prediction for eviction is Krystal.

Vote to evict Gaelan!

Cyclone Perry

Not a lot of time for blogging today, but I thought I should mention how much Perry is dominating the activity in the house since her arrival.  She is so energetic!  I’m tired just watching her… or is that because I’ve had a busy week?

She’s very agressive and it was interesting to see her talking to Gaelan about the ‘fling‘ he is having with Krystal.  She made him squirm a bit… and that was definitely worth seeing.  It was also interesting seeing how Krystal reacted to an interfering ‘adult’ that wasn’t her mum.

Nominations 8

The nominees for eviction this week are…

• Camilla
• Jamie
• Rob

There you go Jamie, if you didn't enjoy being unpopular with the housemates last week, I'm sure you will be pleased to find that you had so many points this week that John's 3 point deduction amounted to nothing.

Rob was an obvious choice as he can't seem to keep his mouth shut on any issue. He is really starting to become annoying.

Camilla is Camilla, and had to expect a few points just for speaking up. I was really hoping that John would take his points off her as it would have dragged Gaelan into the nomination web.

It should be interesting on the daily show tonight to see John and Jamie get slammed by Big Brother for discussing all of the ins and outs of this week's nominations and John's 3 point deduction.

Will they ever learn?

*UPDATE* – Whoops, nearly forgot.  My prediction for eviction (hey that rhymes) is Jamie! 

Ha Det Katie

Wow! I can't believe it, the most popular housemate is BB06 has been evicted at the series half way mark. It shows you what reacting badly to being nominated can do to public opinion.

Katie started off with a lot of promise and looked to me like she would win people's hearts like Sara-Marie (BB01) or Reggie (BB03). She seemed fairly together for someone her age and came out with brilliant blonde one-liners like "I think comedians are the funniest people."

Her biggest problem in going all the way to the end was hooking up with Jamie, which gave everybody an insight into her insecurities.

The farewell kiss between her and Jamie was brilliantly staged and manipulated by Big Brother. They were never planning to leave us wondering if it was David or Katie that would be evicted! Maybe I'm being cynical but I think Jamie hammed up the seperation tears.

Now, I get my wish granted to see how Jamie will behave in the house now that Katie has left. Pity Krystal and Gaelan are together.

Nominations 5

The nominees for eviction this week are…

• Camilla
• Dino
• Jade
• John
• Krystal

Gretel told us last night that it was the first time that housemates faces and percentages had been shown before a vote was finalised.  Was this because they wanted to raise more cash?

Forgive me for being cynical, but I think it’s wrong to allow the viewers to nominate housemates for eviction.

I don’t believe that John or Krystal are ‘flying under the radar’ and it was unfair to have them up for this vote based on the results of a cheesy lie detector.  I can’t believe that Ashley and Gaelan netted so few of the votes.  Ashley is pretty bland and Gaelan is flying so low, he’s a worm burner.  I don’t blame John for being pissed off about being nominated.

As it’s a double eviction this week, my tips are Jade (easy) and Camilla (not so easy guess).

SAVE JOHN!

Adults Only – Krystal and Gaelan

Well, we finally saw the footage.  A lot more happened than I thought.  Gaelan was more into it than I thought he would be, but still exercised a lot of restraint.  I think in his situation I would have done the same… being on TV and all.

Krystal must have been quite drunk with those pissy eyes and her gibberish cracked me up.  I do wonder if she is planning a career as an adult entertainer with her conditioner on the tits routine.  Maybe Gaelan and her could be a double act!