Big Brother (UK 2006) - We really should have used a Sezer-based pun in a title earlier: thread three.

Sam: 5/2
Grace: 5/2
Aisleyne: 7/1
Richard: 15/2
Nikki: 9/1
Lea: 10/1
Imogen: 11/1
Mikey: 15/1
Lisa: 33/1
Glyn: 100/1
Pete: 100/1

Yeah, this is how I understood it. Still, when they said "Big Brother takes rule breaking very seriously" I thought they were going to do something much worse than ban her from nominating again (although I'm sure in the house that punishment seems more more serious than it does to viewers).

charlie brooker, on the other thread, was very funny, i thought, esp abt pete.

nikki just looks so constantly gormless, doesn't she? like a stroke victim or something, her jaw always hanging open.

i like aisling, she reminds me of my best friend when i worked at WH Smiths as a teen.

Ainsley looks good in the morning.

I am off Nikki after her being involved in the bitching about Sam, and insisting to Mikey that Sam fancies him, like it was a hilarious joke. I hate Imogen and Grace and the 'normals' so much now that nothing Aisleyne, Lea or Sam do annoys me even slightly. I actually quite like Aisleyne.

Anyway, Lea to be next evicted at 10/1. I'm having a tenner on that, easy money.

Aish Aysh Ashleeeeen can be quite sharp! relatively speaking. When she was parading her daft bikini thing, Grace scoffed "is that your bikini??!", Aisleyne was all mock-shock "ooh, who's bikini is this?", meaning: what a stupid thing to say. Which put Grace back in her place. Momentarily.

[coughs politely, gestures in vague direction of a certain post on the very first thread]

"bail, sezer" is actually slightly better. but hey, this meta-thread-title amuses me deeply too.

anyway. i've been away and missed a lot of what's been happening since thursday night, although i did manage to catch sezer's eviction. GOD DAMN, i was cheered by that. which probably makes me a bit of a cunt - i mean, should anyone really be quite so gleeful at another's comeuppance?

ach, yes. why the fuck not. it's sezer, for chrissake.

i did think he got far too easy a ride from davina, and actually managed to come across marginally less twattishly than i expected. i see he's in the NOTW today wanking on about his "DATE-RAPE HELL" and how, ever since the accusation, he's been "careful around women". mmm, yes.

vile little man. absolutely horrible piece of work. verily, a walking penis, as i think shahbaz said.

all the grace-hate going on here sounds justified; like i say, i've not seen much of it at all but she sounds like she's behaving appallingly. boo hiss for lisa getting involved in it all too. i think i was probably spectacularly wrong about her.

ooh, it's on in ten minutes. better go and see what's up.

lisa is really starting to actively piss me off.

So I need a new least favourite housemate. Suggestions?

although nikki - "he's a man, so he MUST fancy us" - is in danger of turning into the new sezer.

WOW, lisa can fucking moan. do shut up, dear.

i'd love to know WHY richard did the imogen thing. if he was genuinely just being nice, i feel sorry for him, what with imogen being so cynical about it. still, either way: it will defuse tension in the house ... and bitching by imogen/grace will surely only turn viewers against them.

could richard have thought things through that far? i really don't know. either way, respect to him. the only downside, i s'pose, was having to endure the world's most tedious dinner with fucking imogen.

So, I'd put it down to that, unless it happens again.

Anyway, back to old history...

Davina: "So, are you going to stay faithfull to Imagen, or are you going to tom it around like a famous boy for 14 weeks?"
Sezer: "Woah, YEAH!! ohbut.. Umm... erk... bzzz...."

Imo had a megaphone because she had the quietest voice in the task.

Did nobody else notice Grace's "she thinks she's fucking black ... wigga" rant?

STOP MAKING SLIGHTLY OLD STUFF ANCIENT HISTORY!!

can't the government draft some new legislation that would make it ok to slander the shit out of people on tv?

If they say "My mother once went out to Sainsbury's, and got £10 more back in change than she paid", then that would get 'birdnoised' as potentially actionable.

This whole NUTTY GROUP vs HOLLYOAKS CUNTS GROUP is dull as shit. Been done before and just makes for vaguely uncomfortable viewing. I'd rather watch Nikki, Pete and Glyn doing their respective daft shit 24/7.

My predictions for nominations: Richard vs Aisleyne, and i'd rather Richard go, as Aisleyne as much better Grace-baiting potential. Hopefully either Grace or Sam will be up too and they'll be gone in a flash.

BB making Nikki over-pronounce the alphabet very carefully with exaggerated facial movements was sheer brilliance.

Lea's lost the mother-hen attitude big-style, hasn't she? Do you think this is a reaction to "winning" over Sezer in terms of the public vote?

Yeah, Nikki doing the alphabet was nearly as good as Pete v poolcam for top moment of the series so far.

"I will not allow anyone else to cry in this house". How many fucking control issues does Richard have exactly?

Before it all blew up did Grace not COMPLETELY lie through her teeth, thus kicking the whole thing off? Or did I misunderstand?

Frig, xpost

Richard bringing the grade a women-hating there.

Yeah Richard has control issues but he generally uses them for the overall good. He's far from my favourite housemate but he's not deliberately EVIL like Grace.

This episode is fucking horrible to watch btw. Glyn saved it just then though with his jubilant "I just learned how to wash my clothes!" outburst.

(Pete's slipped under the radar somewhat, hasn't he?)

Pete is being very sensible and staying well out of it.

When's the kit-kat-winning publicity-seeking freak going in then?

xp

xp

(xxpost to myself)

She held the same expression for 5 minutes this morning while she was attempting to clean a worktop by holding a cloth between the fingernails of her thumb and forefinger and pulling it gently across the dirty surface.
She eventually realised this was getting her nowhere and bravely donned a pink glove (are they still called marigolds if they're pink?) and continued to use the exact same technique, but with an even more screwed-up face.

Anyone else feel like shouting "LOOK BEHIND YOU!" at Lea?

Imogen and Aisleyne are in the garden, talking about Sam and how upset she was last night about mean things being said and Lea in particular and how they think it was genuine and not shit-stirring.

Grace comes along and they recap for her.

Grace goes to Lea elsewhere in the garden and says "Look, they all believe Sam – did you really say all these mean things cause I think she might have just been shit-stirring". Lea goes ballistic and says no, she didn't they agree Sam is a shit-stirring minx.

Lea causes scene about it.

Grace then says to people in the bedroom (Imogen, can't remember who else) that yes she went to talk to Lea in the garden to complain about shit-stirring but that she DIDN'T MENTION SAM, and makes out that Lea is a mad awful bitch for causing a scene.

I kind of think I must have misunderstood because although I don't like Grace much, I didn't have her down as so brazenly malicious.

They _really_ need an alpha male type in as replacement.

This was actually Lisa and Grace using Sam as a way to get at Lea, wasn't it? In the short term, that's really clever, as it essentially ensures its Sam vs Lea up for eviction. In the long term, erm, you are making yourselves look like scheming bitches on national TV, girls.

Picking a side and fighting everyone not in your gang has never worked as a tactic, has it? Anthony only won through sort of bungling on through and Nadia wasn't really involved in all that either. Glyn must be closing the gap on Pete now - that Diary Room segment was legendary.

ORLY

There's a lot of arguments resting on exact quotes vs. paraphrasing this year. I'm never sure whether the people clinging to "I didn't actually use those words therefore I will deny vehemently that I said that" defence really feel they are in the right or not.

cf. Richard denying he had called Imogen "a false bitch" (later conceding that he had called her false but that he would never use the word "bitch", and Grace denying Nikki's accusation that she had said she would never "lower herself" by appearing in Nuts or Zoo (GQ and Maxim a different matter, obv.), just that she'd said that she personally wouldn't do it. Mikey later on: "You wouldn't though [lower yourself], would ya?" "No" (laughs).

From these comments it appears that amongst the housemate intake, Grace is the Hollyoaks Alistair Campbell.

OH GAWD the DS forums.

I'm getting v.confused about the whole truth now but I'm pretty sure you're being naive if you think Sam was an innocent party here. Even from yesterday's show it was clear that she was doing her fair share of bitching (about Lea and Richard) and the DS forums are saying that she actually went on for ages and ages doing it. To try and put it all onto Lisa was deceitful of her.

LEA MUST GO!

My sister's a Fire Horse, born in 1966, and she's not a bad seed.

THAT'S FUCKING RICH COMING FROM YOU! I thought.

Nikki's "man-beast" comment won't do her any favours, but I can't take her seriously, she cracks me up.

I can't watch this programme without placing myself in the house and wondering how I'd behave and if I were Sam, I'd have asked to be let out. It must be really claustrophobic in there.

nikki reminds me a lot of vanessa feltz, for some reason.

I'm also thinking Vanessa Feltz in that period when she lost all the weight.
-- ailsa (ailsa.watso...), May 24th, 2006 11:26 PM. (ailsa)

and lol at Imogen saying something last night when she was accused of talking about the other housemates behind their back "do they think we've nothing better to talk about?".

sam v lea in noms?

"That's just me, I'm just being me"
[after putting all the food in the bin]

"You know me, I'll just tell it like it is"
[after gossipping on about other housemates backstabbing talk]

"I'm just being myself, you know, if people can't handle that then that's just their problem"
[after shamelessy flashing boobs/penis etc]

etc

That's where all the money on Betfair is going. Grace has now drifted from the near evens she was yesterday out to 7/2, so you can pretty much guarantee her safety. Lea 5/2, Sam 6/4. Lea thinking she's indestructable after she stays in this week could be pretty entertaining.

"Woods full of shitting bears"

Funniest thing I have ever seen in Big Brother, ever. Just brilliant.

'I'm... unique. [pulls face]' Can't argue there.

Nikki: "She's just a little bit annoying - and I don't think that she likes me, it's all a pretence. She turns her nose up at the things that I say."

Sam: "She's put words into my mouth, Lea's mouth and Dicky's mouth. Sometimes she's a little bit intense, she's just on my case - I just need my space."

Glyn

Sam: "She's boring - she makes me wanna fall asleep. She wants to make friends, but she tries too hard and it comes over as fake."

Nikki: "I gave her my dressing gown and she didn't say thank you. She talks too much London - she talks about stuff that I can't even imagine - I find it really boring, I feel really left out".

Grace

Aisleyne: "I just don't like her, I don't like the way she's come into the house and taken the lead. If I have to look at that arse again, I'll go mad."

Sam: "I feel that she came into the house and tried to stir up shit. I find her false as well, I can't take anything she says genuinely. She's just trying to play a game, be friends to everyone - she tries to play people off against one another."

Lea

Nikki: "Sometimes she makes the group feel uncomfortable. She wants to have it all her own way and she gets angry a lot of the time - she gets irate at the smallest things."

Richard "I'm starting to distrust him a lot. He made me question our friendship. He's acting... so that people like him."

Mikey

Sam: "I just find her annoying. She walks around the house really loud. Even when Sam speaks, it winds me up - Sam's voice goes through me."

Aisleyne: "She's an inconsiderate person with her comments and her actions. She doesn't say thanks for anything, she's got no manners. She made no effort with anyone else apart from the people she gets on with... she puts on a front... she's not really being nice."

Nikki

Richard: "At first, I thought he was really nice... but he's very sneaky, very devious. I don't trust him anymore. He tries to suck up to everyone. He called me a hypochondriac behind my back."

Sam: "She's driving me up the wall... just always there, every time I breathe she's next to me... it's suffocating me."

Pete

Lisa: "I've become quite annoyed by her. When I saved a bee from the pool and she kinda like wanted to kill it, put it out of its misery. I was just trying to help it out and she was going on and on and on about it. She's really getting on my nerves... she blows smoke in my face but then the next minute she says 'you're angry with me' when I'm not and storms off. I don't feel relaxed around her."

Nikki: "She doesn't eat food that we make her. When Sezer went she whispered to me that she wanted Richard to go and I thought that was unfair because he's been really good to her."

Richard

Lisa: "She doesn't like when I confront her on things. She jumps around the room screaming like a banshee. She takes everything the wrong way - Lisa agitates everyone. She smokes like you wouldn't believe, puffing all over the place."

Grace: "She wasn't very inviting towards Sam and Aisleyne. She has a strong position with the girls, she's the leader of the pack, the queen bee of the house, the plastics. She doesn't use her influence for positive reasons, she uses them for negative reasons... the other 2 follow her lead. She's got the strongest personality - domineering, very loud... Nikki and Imogen need to be more aware of the falseness of Grace."

Sam

Lea: "I think she's been to motherly towards Pete and Pete needs to breathe. Pete needs his own space to become himself. She's got a game plan, she's tactical, bitchy and two-faced. She makes me uncomfortable whenever I'm around her, I don't know if she's bitching about me. She had said I was an arse licker and was very suspicious of me because I smile all the time - that's just me. I'm very much a people's person."

Richard: "He gets himself involved in too many situations... he's all about himself and doesn't give a toss about me. When I talk, sometimes he won't listen to my opinions."

Grace: "She's using playground tactics..."

Nikki: "She always wants to be centre of attention..."

xpost -Me two, he's my second choice to win now.

What Nikki means: "It's not enough to want to be the centre of attention.'

a) Plotting and scheming just gets a bit tiring.
b) She had an epiphany of self-realisation and was lamenting the hurt she has caused.
c) She was not crying, she was expelling the liquified remains of her victims through her tear ducts.

In a funny way, I'm not even sure that GRACE is intentionally maniulative, pre se... The way she's behaving might be more of a subconcious mechanism to ensure she's in a position of power, a hangover from being a popular girl in a posh school, maybe.

poor, poor pete. i think you're stuck with lisa for a couple more weeks, mate :)

http://vote.sparklit.com/poll.spark/988009

Sam is at 60%, Nikki at 40%

i'm in trouble at work for expressing this reservation.

Affectian - right sentiments, wrong person.

Lisa also killed a spider with a lighter, so Pete was right in finding that a bit off. Bees and spiders are, as any fule kno, too helpful in food-chain terms to go around killing.

Dawn is very stupid, isn't she?

I know. This is the first time I've felt struck by the "they must not be rewarded for horridnesss / they must stay because they are entertaining TV" dilemma that other people often seem afflicted by.

Usually I'm firmly on the kick-them-out side of things, but as I said before, no one in BB has really wound me up this year cos the villains are so ridiculous. Actually that's maybe changed since seeing Grace's behaviour over the last week.

If it was in duotone, maybe!

lea came off *far* worse on monday's show.

BBLB showed the two clips next to each other yesterday to make clear her deception. She was patting her leg as she made her "I never mentioned Sam to Lea. We've done nothing to fan the flames. We're blameless in all this" bedroom speech. A nervous tic to look out for in future?

http://hitparade.ch/cdimg/the_style_council-walls_come_tumbling_down_s.jpg

of course, i'm entirely aware that grace manipulated the fuck out of lea (and imogen). it would be evil WERE IT NOT FOR THE FACT THAT 'BIG BROTHER' IS ACTUALLY A GAME SHOW AND SHIT.

lea was worse than grace because her whole "thing", confronting people about what they said she said about other people behind their backs, is so pathetic, and so aggressive, and stupid.

It's nice to see that BB have given the HMs tasks representative of comeuppances - Grace is a promotions girl, one assumes for slagging them off, and Imogen is a scrubber.

but it's also a guarantee that you won't win - the voting audience sees all your scheming and hates you for it.

I disagree. I think it's good to check out whether what people are reporting others as saying. She was too aggressive about it and unfortunately she ended up believing the wrong person, but it's good to not rely on what shit-stirrers tell you.

xpost

I'd love to see what she'd say if BB confronted her with the evidence of her lying from Monday night's show when she gets out.

Mikey brings teh comedy!

http://www.jason-cowan.com/
http://www.lesley-sanderson.com/
http://www.roberto-conte.co.uk/

the most i've laughed at TV for years.

xpost to Suzy

-- jed_ (colin_o_har...), June 7th, 2006.

OTM

"biography: text. text" it says. FFS, lesleh, you dick. the site's not written yet. why is it there?

http://www.roberto-conte.co.uk/

wants me to download his "latest news" (from december 2005) as a word file. fuck off, cunty.

http://www.jason-cowan.com/

i can't bear to click this one.

third night i've missed this. mrs F taped it but to be honest nothing in this thread makes me want to watch it. i think i'm going to become a BB viewer by proxy. you're all making glen sound lovely. suzy is doing a good job parsing bits of the female psyche i don't understand, so that's helpful. alba is being angry and confused, which is nice because it saves me the job. hurrah.

It just gets better and better towards the end.

I've been doing this for two weeks! All the fun without the horror of actually watching these dumb cummers.

Was Grace not head girl at her school? It's not so much the manipulation factor; what she's doing is gathering information in a cunning way and the people that seem 'manipulated' right now are simply reacting normally since they are all TMI types. Grace is not. Richard seems to me much more hyper-aware about outside public perceptions and acts accordingly (bouze fite nonwithstanding).

?

if you're still using a bondi REV A running OS8.6, then yes, perhaps .. but as long as you've got a half-decent version of OS X, and the free flip4mac wotsit it works fine. and i speak as someone who has an ancient white DVSE sitting on the desk here next to me.

very true, i've watched it all this week and its' been so bloody dull.

this is the first bb that i've actually voted, i texted my Nikki vote as soon as i could. am i allowed to discuss this with you guys?

THIS IS BIG BROTHER. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EACH OTHER ALL THE FUCKING TIME! GET OVER IT YOU FUCKWADS AND GIVE US SOME FUCKING DECENT TELLY!

you guys are so so wrong. this is in the top three BBs ever.

I presume we're due two new housemates, then? I sort of want them both to be male.

Nikki 2 win!

Click on the "ON TV" bit to watch Grace's audition tapes for MTV's Senseless.

Glyn to bake cake: I predict COMEDY.

Brilliant.

Sorry Suzy, I had to go out. Most of it is rub - Grace describing her "ideal man" and how he turned out to be a bit of a dick by being aggressive to someone who made a comment to her (apparently him being Northern was a factor in this behaviour). Her worst date involved her getting a swanky expensive meal with champagne and everything then offering to pay and having the bloke accept the offer - to her utter horror of course. She ranks herself at "7 to 8 out of 10" for looks.

She's cheery and nice and friendly and pleasant for the entire thing. I'm not sure it's her!

BBBM has just shown footage of Sam having a quick fiddle with her knob. Eewwwwwwww.

She had me in hysterics when she exclaimed "I'm very compus mentus for my age, I've met 25/26 year olds who aren't as compus mentus as me!"

At this rate, I may keep on watching....

o jesus.

Name: Matt
Age: 22
Lives: Coventry
Job: Barman
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Matt thought it would be good fun to become a housemate. He found his Golden Ticket in a box of KitKats that he bought from the Internet

Barman Matt, 22, is an ex-internet stripper and self-confessed virgin. He fancies Nikki, Imogen and Grace but thinks Mikey is vain and self-obsessed. If he won, he would use some of the money to help his disabled father.

Name: Nad
Age: 25
Lives: Bermondsey, London
Job: Picture sales for a celebrity and glamour photo agency
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? A family friend found the ticket and passed it over to Nad.

Self-confessed playboy Nad, 25, counts Callum Best, Michelle Marsh and the cast of EastEnders amongst his close circle of friends. He is keen on signing up Lea as a model for the glamour photo agency he works for and is glad Shahbaz has left because, as a Muslim, he finds him 'an insult to his community.'

Name: Graham
Age: 41
From: Bournemouth
Occupation: Breakfast Radio DJ
Marital Status: Married

Why Big Brother? A listener rang his radio station and offered him the ticket for ?150.

Radio DJ Graham feels he has nothing in common with the other contestants - he is teetotal, doesn't smoke and is in a stable relationship. He doesn't care about winning, but wants to go into the house to encourage the housemates to talk rather than bicker.

Name: Ed
Age: 28
From: London
Occupation: Professional gambler and journalist
Marital Status: Single

Why Big Brother? He is a big fan of the show and bought his ticket on eBay.

Journalist and professional gambler Ed is a total Big Brother fanatic - he once won ?26,000 voting on Nadia to win Big Brother 5. If he won, he would give the money away and have a few drinks with his mates in the pub. He wants to ask Nikki out, he says she is 'completely nuts but quite fit.'

Name: Mac
Age: 39
From: Faversham, Kent
Occupation: Internet Entrepeneur
Marital Status: Married

Why Big Brother? If he won, Mac would use the fame to promote his business.
Father of four Mac feels his background as an investment banker will enable him to cope with the stresses and strains of life in the Big Brother house. He feels the current housemates are a 'bunch of freaks' and that Grace deserves 'a real tongue-lashing.'

Name: Sue
Age: 34
Lives: Plymouth, though does a radio show on Q 102 in Dublin
Job: Radio presenter/producer
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Susan bought 13,000 Kit Kats

Radio DJ Sue bought 13,000 Kit Kats in her quest to find the Golden Ticket, even though she is allergic to chocolate. She thinks the housemates are a bunch of really shallow people, and that her brash Aussie manner will inject some excitement into the house.

Name: Suzie
Age: 43
Lives: West Malling, Kent
Job: Model
Marital status: Married

Why Big Brother? Suzie loves Big Brother

43 year-old model Suzie is immensely proud of her boob job and is looking forward to comparing assets with Lea. She has no fear about the prospect of entering the house.

Name: Simon
Age: 35
Lives: Eastbourne
Job: Security and Bodyguard
Marital status: Married

Why Big Brother? His wife found a golden ticket and passed it over to him.

Hardman Simon, 35, wants to go into the house to instil some discipline into the housemates - he feels the house lacks a 'real man.' He says that he will desperately miss his two young children.

Name: Su
Age: 50
Lives: Litchfield, Staffordshire
Job: Part-time secretary at her husband's engineering firm.
Marital status: Married

Why Big Brother? Bought the ticket on eBay for ?620, having previously bought 50 Kit Kats.

Glamourous Granny Su, 50, loves the limelight and previously auditioned for Big Brother 7. Her sons are mortified by her decision to register her Golden Ticket, but she undeterred and excited by the prospect of being the first ever Grandmother in the Big Brother house.

Name: PJ
Age: 30
From: Sutton Coldfield
Occupation: Tennis Professional
Status: Girlfriend of 6 months
Sex: Male

Why Big Brother? Want to win Big Brother to help young people
Tennis Professional Paul, who was once No. 5 in Great Britain, used to train with Tim Henman and has vowed to donate every last penny of his prize money to the Tennis charity 'Tennis for Free' if he wins. The charity aims to make tennis available free of charge to children across the country.

Name: Adam
Age: 22
From: Bristol
Occupation: Home support worker for disabled adults
Status: Girlfriend

Why Big Brother? Adam bought three Kit Kats on a 3 for 89p deal at Woolworths. He is very excited.

If he were to win, Adam would travel and help the people closest to him, especially his family. His friends and family are very supportive, although they were split on what they thought he should do - some suggested he sell the ticket. He thinks his patients will be very excited if they see him in the paper.

Name: Claire
Age: 28
From: Nottinghamshire
Occupation: PR for BMI
Status: Boyfriend

Why Big Brother? Her friend's niece, six-year old Jessie, gave Claire the ticket as she is a massive Big Brother fan.

Claire admits she has two men in her life - her boyfriend and her house rabbit Bob. She wants to bring fun to the house as she feels it is so depressing watching them squabbling. In her opinion Grace needs to be 'put in her place' but Pete is a total 'sweetheart.'

Name: Danielle
Age: 24
From: Liverpool
Occupation: Aspiring model/bar promotions
Status: Single
Why Big Brother? Danielle found her ticket in a KitKat she ate at a friend's house.

Aspiring model Danielle, 24, hopes to use Big Brother as a springboard to fame. She thinks this year's house is particularly intense and expects she would find Grace and Richard over-dominating.

Name: Deby
Age: 25
From: Norwich
Occupation: Works in HR for an Engineering Company
Status: Partner

Why Big Brother? Debby bought a Golden Ticket on eBay for ?500.

Debby is a massive Big Brother fan. Pete is her favourite, followed by Richard but she thinks that Grace is manipulative and unpleasant. Her Mum and Dad thought she was odd to spend ?500 on the ticket and her partner would be unhappy if she went in the house as there would be no-one to do the washing-up!

Name: Eva
Age: 22
From: Lancing near Brighton
Occupation: Student/Waitress
Status: Boyfriend

Why Big Brother? Eva won her Golden Ticket in a Daily Mirror competition.

Eva previously auditioned for Big Brother 7 and won her ticket in a newspaper competition. Her boyfriend is so nervous about the prospect that he has bitten all his nails off. She doesn't fancy any of the housemates but was shocked by the size of Pete's willy. She wants to bring more fun to the house and is worried how she'll go down as she is very loud.

Name: Hollie
Age: 20
From: Lower Sunbury, Middlesex
Occupation: Nursery Nurse
Status: Single

Why Big Brother? Nikki bought the ticket off eBay for ?400.

Bubbly blonde Hollie, 20, is a nursery nurse who is determined to bring an element of fun to the show and put an end to the moping and moaning. She thinks Pete is an absolute 'dude', fancies Mike and thinks that Glyn needs a 'bit of oomph!'

Name: John
Age: 37
From: Southend, Essex
Occupation: Sports Physio.
Status: Partner

Why Big Brother? John won his ticket through a News of the World competition.

Father-of-two John, 37, won his ticket in a newspaper competition. He would be a calming influence and plans to offer the housemates guidance should he win. John doesn't fancy any of the housemates but his mates keep telling him to go for Lea.

Name: Lorraine
Age: 27
Lives: Weston-Super-Mare
Job: Bar manager
Marital status: Boyfriend

Why Big Brother? She thought it would be a unique experience.

Lorraine bought a KitKat at Sainsburys in Worle. Her son Ethan, six, has been telling all his classmates his Mum is going into Big Brother and is getting more excited that she is. She thinks the people on Big Brother are all quite bizarre - but unlike her they have had to work hard to get on the show.

Name: Michael
Age: 22
Lives: Haverhill near Cambridge
Job: Estate Agent
Marital status: Boyfriend

Why Big Brother? Michael was given his ticket by a friend.

Michael has applied to Big Brother three times before so was delighted to be given his ticket by a friend. His boyfriend is concerned because he admits to fancying Richard.

Name: Paul F
Age: 27
Lives: Norfolk
Job: Technical manager and musician.
Marital status: Girlfriend

Why Big Brother? Paul is a massive Big Brother fan.

Multi-instrumentalist Paul, 27, is such a Big Brother obsessive that his girlfriend bought the ticket on eBay for him for ?500. He admits he is very intense and promises to bring some 'spice' to the house.

Name: Philip
Age: 21
Lives: Dundee
Job: Student
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Philip bought ticket on eBay for ?500.

Philip's whole family are Big Brother-obsessed and he was persuaded by his Mum to buy a ticket from the eBay auction site. He promises to be an individual and to speak his mind at all times. His greatest bugbear is that every time a Scot appears on Big Brother they are 'total freaks' and he intends to change that.

Name: Rachel
Age: 27
Lives: London
Job: Journalist
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Having covered Big Brother for a national newspaper for the last few years, Rachel decided that now was the time to become a housemate herself.

Journalist Rachel bought her ticket from an anonymous source for ?2,000. She says that she will take the competition seriously and would love to win, but claims she is not cunning enough to play games.

Name: Reza
Age: 29
Lives: North London
Job: Music producer and songwriter
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Was uneasy at first but now thinks it would be a great opportunity

Fame hungry Reza employs a crack team of 4 PRs to promote his music production agency 'Thabullies'. A friend found a Golden Ticket and knew instantly that Reza would be the right man. He wants to get it on with Imogen, who he thinks is 'stunning', but also a means of showing Sezer who's the boss. Reza is a romantic who loves cuddles.

Name: Richard
Age: 30
Lives: Daventry, Northamptonshire
Job: Owns a beauty salon/part time actor
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Richard bought his ticket on eBay for ?500.

Aspiring Actor Richard, 30, has played roles in Casualty and The Bill and starred in numerous television adverts. He realised a single - 'Sunrise' by Rikki DeKlerk - which had a massive internet following. He hopes that success in the Big Brother house will be a springboard to success in his acting and musical careers.

Name: Russell
Age: 23
Lives: London
Job: Engineer
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Russell bought his ticket on eBay for ?400.

Glaswegian Russell claims he is a natural leader who wants to have a say in the running of the house. A party animal, he predicts that if he were to win Big Brother he would party hard.

Name: Samuel
Age: 19
Lives: Belfast
Job: Chef
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Samuel bought his ticket from his local Co-Op

Single Samuel, 19, hopes that his culinary skills will help him found love in the house.

Name: Stuart
Age: 23
Lives: Fernhurst, West Sussex
Job: Just graduated
Marital status: Girlfriend

Why Big Brother? Friend found the ticket and decided to register Stuart 'for a laugh.'

Having just completed a degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Stuart is in need of a fresh challenge and thinks the Big Brother house will provide it, although initially his friend registered him for fun. He is worried though that Lea might get on his nerves.

Name: Tim
Age: 28
Lives: Isle of Dogs, London
Job: Audio-visual Editor
Marital status: Single

Why Big Brother? Tim Found Golden Ticket during his lunch break.

Tim was the first ever Golden Ticket winner but thought at first that he had won a football shirt. He was initially hesitant about registering but was bullied into doing so by his workmates.

Name: Vicki
Age: 27
Lives: Surrey
Job: Waitress/ Barmaid
Marital status: Boyfriend

Why Big Brother? Vikki thinks going on BB would be the experience of a lifetime.

Barmaid Vicki, 27, bought her lucky Kit Kat at the local Co-op. She thinks some of the housemates are a bit odd but she will make her own judgements if she goes into the house.

Name: Wayne J
Age: 32
Lives: Blackpool
Job: Civil servant - working in a call centre
Marital status: Boyfriend

Why Big Brother? Wayne is a massive Big Brother fan and bought his ticket from eBay.

Larger than life Wayne thinks he will really get on with Lea but she might be hostile towards him as she doesn't like fat people. He predicts he will really get on with Pete and Lisa but Richard may see him as a rival.

Name: Wayne U
Age: 45
Lives: Birmingham
Job: Foster parent to two kids
Marital status: Boyfriend

Why Big Brother? Friend found the ticket and passed it over to him.

Foster parent Wayne, 45, believes he will bring stability, comedy and honesty to the house. He might cause conflict as he is very frank in his opinions and would have to tell everyone what he thought of them.

Name: David
Age: 31
From: Torquay
Occupation: Mortgage Advisor
Status: Boyfriend

Why Big Brother? Made a spontaneous decision to buy a ticket on eBay.
David bought his ticket for ?800 on eBay. He has been with his boyfriend for seven and a half years and thinks there are too many 'extreme' gay people like Richard and Shahbaz in the house, and that he can show a different side of being gay. His previous claim to fame was appearing on a competition called The Sex Factor on gay website Gaydar, where he scored a pleasing 9 out of 10.

Name: Nev
Age: 21
From: Tamworth
Occupation: Bar Manager
Status: Single

Why Big Brother? I would do it for the fame.
Nev is wary of some of the female housemates in Big Brother - he doesn't like Grace's tactics, would be uncomfortable with Sam's touchy-feely nature and says that Nikki 'could do his nut in.' A Bar Manager, he tends to take the leadership role which he admits could cause friction, but he would adore the fame if he won.

Name: Martyn
Age: 23
From: Market Harborough
Occupation: Unemployed
Status: Single

Why Big Brother? Martin saw the ticket on eBay and went for it.
Martyn bought his ticket on eBay for ?600. He feels that the house desperately needs some lightening up and an injection of humour, but fears he will clash with Lisa, Lea and Sam. His Mum is shocked that he wants to go into the Big Brother house.

Name: Andrew
Age: 41
From: Swansea
Occupation: Web Designer
Status: Girlfriend

Why Big Brother? In search of a personal challenge.
Eccentric Andrew, 41, knows that his time in the Big Brother is likely to be tough, but at his time of life he is not ready to settle down yet. He says that his is intelligent person who will mix things up a bit and provoke arguments. Andrew sees himself as a Louis Theroux type character and wants to give other the benefits of his wisdom.

and the cast of EastEnders amongst his close circle of friends

what, all of them? even the woman who plays dot cotton? you fucking nad, nad.

If you click aldo's link, there are photographs. His surname's J0rd4n, if that helps any.

(I find it very doubtful I'll watch much of this until the World Cup ends, but still)

Big Brother (UK 2006) - So, which of these fuckwits was it then?

How are they selecting who goes in?

I'm sure they'll line up one of the others to replace Dawn/George/Shabhaz/let's just stick one in for the hell of it.

Incidentally, Dawn is my friend's yoga teacher. Or was. She aint doing much yoga teaching now. That's 2 CLAIMS TO FAME. Its nearly as good as I ONCE MET DR ROBERT!!!

Actually, nothing is as good as that.

*runs apace to DS*

http://fbi.arisia-web.co.uk/detail.asp?id=394

For the love of Christ.

LOL

XPOST

BOOBJOB!

-- Dom Passantino (juror...), June 9th, 2006.

Goodness, she didn't look ANYTHING like that when she went into the house. And I'm surprised a model, who you might assume would know what would look good on her, would choose that outfit. And then draw attention to the bloody thing as soon as they entered.

I give her 2 weeks. To follow whoever she nominates this week (reckon she'll go for the popular ones.)

Well, that's to her credit. Still, 2 weeks. Imogen to go this week?

i tried to record the show, but something seems to have fucked up 'cos it hasn't worked. judging by the crippling lack of excitement on this thread, i shouldn't worry too much about watching it tomorrow morning, eh?

Also, FOR GOD'S SAKE put a man in for Richard and make him stop talking. (He's doing himself no favours.)

Are they allowed books this year?

i'm watching the repeat of last night's show; first time i've seen any of this in a week. i'd forgotten how loathsome i find nikki. i really fail to see how she's funny or good value in any way. she's just a vacuous moaning child. yet everybody - even mrs fiendish - seems to think she's lovely. FFS, why?

x-post: see, i don't find that kind of thing "great value". i find that really fucking annoying ;)

Well, absolutely, but the housemates are generally nice about Nikki, so maybe there's something in that. And Sezer was a lot worse (although that's damning with faint praise, obv).

actually, she's much more bearable drunk because she's less whiny. although i think this whole thing with pete is about to be REALLY embarrassing.

and at least she admits that she acts like a child, but saying: "i can't help it" is a bit of a cop-out.

i wonder if the whole in-bed-with-pete business was partly to do with hoping the public kept her in? somehow i doubt it: i think she really is far too naive and daft.

Thread Four: Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound Of The Crowd, anyone?

It was shown, and if you'd have seen it instead of read about it you wouldn't pretend to be so outraged by it. It was all completely in good-humour and without malice. It was a joke about being exasperated by Glyn's cack-handed attempts at food preperation - struggling with toast! - and Glyn took it as such.

She is awful though. And impossible. But great, great, funny as fuck TV.

Sam who?

i mean glen IS an imbecile right? a 19 year old man who doesn't know what an oven is. i ask yer.

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yes then got shushed!

that golden ticket thing felt like a fix.

right, enough. i need to drive to inverness. bye for now.

This new housemate is zzzzz.

Daily occurrence now but Glyn was on fire in the diary room doing his impression of Suzie and explaining how he's "ticked the box next to kissing a blonde with big ones". And his crying over Sam's exit *surely* must have put him into pole position at the bookies.

I predict Suzie will nominate Lisa (for her pottymouth) and either Grace or Lea. And I won't shed tears over any of them.

David Orton OTM above about Nikki and the toast and the reason why she should stay, but a little part of me thought she deserved to go after the whole 'man-beast' thing.

Are Nikki and Pete a proper actual real-life couple now, or w0t?

Anyway, after spending all day on a box persuading people to step off after (rightly) guessing what the prize was, Garce has lost in lot-drawing to Lisa (who hadn't guessed). Yay!

The Veruca Salt thing Alan mentioned above is nuts.

they've been told what the prize was hence grace being upset about it.

i thought the whole point was that the housemates were meant to be isolated from the outside world; hence suzie not being allowed to tell them anything? i mean, she might as well have been allowed to go in and say: "yo, grace, the GBP thinks you're a cunt."

either endemol are spinning against grace in a bid to create some interest in what feels to me like a desperately flagging show (esp now it's up against two months of idiocy involving grass and a little white sphere) OR it's a good old-fashioned cock-up. sadly, i think the latter is more likely.

That made me laugh for about five minutes.

Endemol have their work cut out trying to keep Grace from leaving but I'm truly enjoying watching Grace topple from her bullying/backstabbing head-girl tower and suffer like she's never suffered before. Didn't this happen in a previous BB (ie. letting the housemates hear anti-someone chanting)?

i'm beginning to really, REALLY dislike grace here. i mean, she's so fucking stupid she can't even work out WHY people might think she's a knob. the other HMs not understanding kinda makes sense; they won't know the extent of her backstabbing and bitching. but surely she's got the mental capacity to stop and think, aaah, hang on, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M SUCH A SMUG, BITCHY CONTROL-FREAK BULLY?

she's a fucking horror.

*Smiles sweetly*

lol

keeping her in for another couple of weeks and THEN chucking her to the wolves could be even more joyous ... but what if she undergoes a personality transplant in the mean time?

[thinks]

naah. not gonna happen, is it?

the best outcome would be if suzie doesn't nominate grace. she'll be pathetically relieved and will go into bitch overdrive, thus keeping the show marginally watchable and hopefully pissing off enough of the remaining HMs that they boil her alive for dinner put her up in a "fair" eviction in two or three weeks' time.

See Grace as Makosi and Sezer as Maxwell. There are different approaches towards getting rid of people who need to be gotten rid off, and really, when there's so much expendable waste in the house, it seems stupid to kill off people who still have a, yes, story arc.

yes, i think i agree with this.

Grace isn't that bad, is she?

yes. she's an appallingly smug, spoiled little rich girl who's elbowed her way through life while wanting for absolutely nothing. she has no self-awareness at all; i mean, i think nikki's a chump but, as i pointed out upthread, at least she realises her flaws, and might one day get round to doing something about them.

sure, nobody's perfect. but grace is genuinely just ... unpleasant. and bitchy.

as someone else pointed out, though: sezer was a million times worse.

I think this might be a somewhat presumptuous statement! (If potentially true...)

Not seen this Suzie lass. Sounds like the Golden Ticket has backfired apart from killing MORE BABIES IN AFRICA.

Australia's one is still like this, and it's ridiculously boring. So much so that half the country has moved across to the UK one.

- 15-odd HMs go in, three of which are remotely interesting
- The three remotely interesting HMs are voted out
- Remaining HMs sit around doing nothing, and refuse to drink or argue or cry or be interesting in any way [apart from shagging each other loads, which isn't interesting when they're happy and content doing it]

The UK had more drama in its first two days than we've had all year, and I mean that without a trace of hyperbole.

The host trashed an entire 90-minute special one night, though. That was entertaining.

Last night's perfect example:

Lea (caressing Pete's head and face and making big eyes at him): You get some sleep now, Petey babes...
Pete(shoved up against the wall, quaking in terror): I'm trying...

can i get an amen?

enjoyed watching last night though, had a great shout at the telly!

Grace really doesn't seem to get it does she. Telling people not to eat the chocolates that Suzie offered them, dear god that was the height of playground dickishness. How quickly Grace forgot about wondering what reasons the public have to loathe her.

I want Lisa out next, she's not providing me any amusement she's just an insufferable c**t who likes to bitch seemingly to impress team grace.

When did Shania Twain go in?

you should remind yourself of his audition tape.

Richard and Lea are both leechy drama-chasers and I like them less than Grace, who has good reason for having no idea she's seen as Heather Number One (pragmatically speaking, they're all stirring and most are louder bitches). Also, the editing is over days and girls in groups say the most horrible things about a girl one day and then sort it out the next.

I wonder if Golden Housemate's husband is originally from Bearsden and the son of a really crap but wealthy Scottish architect.

I'm finding my urge to mother Glyn a little distracting. Every time he opens his mouth to say something sweet all I want to say is "Ahhh!"

I disagree that Grace = Makosi for this series - except in the GBP's hatred stakes. Makosi knew exactly what she was up to - most of it being at the instigation of BB itself - and took a certain amount of mischievous glee in what she was doing, I think Grace does what she does out of a combination of insecurity and snobbishness. (ie "I'm the best and I'm in charge and anyone who doesn't agree with that is a threat to me") And as could be seen from her diary room performance she has no self awareness whatsoever and the thought that her actions might be considered in any way questionable by a semi -objective observer hasn't occurred to her and probably never would.

you'd think it was a game show or something. dom otm, endemol = idiots for letting the chanting thing happen.

Grace breaking her heart in the diary room was pretty awful. All those gulpy sobs! I reckon she knows exactly why the crowd were chanting, but she won't have any defence if she admits it. If she deliberately remains in denial, though, she can do the contrite "I didn't realise" or the vengeful "it's how they edit it" when she comes out. She's not going to get in Zoo or Nuts with her pancakes, though, is she?

Yeah Grace's eviction is a done deal. I'd say that part of her reason for that display in the diary room was exactly because she knows this. If Suzie's smart enough to realise this, I like her more than I do already. (It's got to be the speaking voice, 'cos the basketballs she's got badly welded to her chest are very offputting. Her and Lea in the same room is the stuff of Freudian nightmares)

The one who I'm really warming to is Aislyne (or however you spell it) She actually seems to be a nice person. Lea thinks she's in there to disprove the "Blonde, big fake tits" stereotype, but Aislyne might be doing more "good" in that respect.