Big Brother UK -- Celebrity Big Brother 2009!

[~Dan~]

Back to the UK...

The twins are too popular, and Jonty is funny and weird, so one of the girls will probably go.  I don't have much of an opinion of either of them so I dunno which I'd like to go.  Then next week they'll all vote for the noobs again.  I hate BB's manipulation of the nominations but next week I hope they do.  It's be funny if the twins went this week to shock the others.

I don't think Brian was drunk, I think he was pretending.  On the live feed he sobered up VERY quickly.  Also I thought Amanda looked really uncomfortable about it half the time, as if she was thinking "I wish he'd stop bothering me."

As for the Shilpa Shetty thing with Jade.  Jade was an awful bully with an ugly nasty loud mouth, but racism is more serious than bullying and it semed like they used the racist thing as an excuse to slap her down.  If anyone noticed the timeframe, the bullying and Jade's nasty big mouth started first, then people started complaining about bullying, then after all that happened Jade came out with her racist remarks.

[shirenuファクトリー]

I kinda hope that Amy wouldn't go... I think most of the housemates have just misunderstood her very badly, I really don't think she's a bitch or anything. She's just an easy target cuz of her profession and looks and because she made the mistake of answering to Liam's flirting. If I heard someone say the stuff about me that people said about her in the nominations, I'd fricking blow up on people. Amy was angry but acted cool about it.. She's more mature than some people there... Guhh

And I fricking hate Carole, that miserable old cow! She's so judgemental and vicious when she stubbornly decides to dislike someone, and won't give them a chance to prove her wrong. Then she talks as if her opinion is completely justified and well-thought when in reality she's just superficial, biased and PARANOID.

I didn't like watching Brian and Amanda's kissing, it felt mad awkward...

[Tuffty]

Oh well, guess the Brian/Amanda relationship isn't going anywhere. Nothing's happened since the kiss, and when asked 'who, besides Sam, do you feel closest to?' by BB in the Diary Room, she said it was Liam. Tragic I think Amanda was embarrased yes, but I assumed it was because of this all happening on national tv.

Carole's had a go at everyone just recently. She suggested for the others to not use some of the shopping budget on alcohol and cigs. Go away you cleanliness Nazi!! You're in no position to start denying anybody anything! And since when was singing to one song a major talent?? Stupid woman.

**EDIT**

I thought Amy gave the best eviction interview of the series so far. Articulate, fair, not bitchy and just plain nice. Even when talking about Carole she came across as the better person (wouldn't be hard). For once, I'm hoping a BB housemate goes on to do well. BB shot themselves in the foot by making Amy out as an evil housemate I think. There's people in there who should have gone weeks ago, like Ziggy. Now I'm sad we're stuck with dull Kara-Louise and car-crash TV Jonty.

[Chatin]

Finally caught up with both BBs!

BBUK: I really, really liked Amy.  I wanted her to stay so badly, but I knew there was no hope.  I agree that her eviction interview was excellent. 

Carole and Ziggy have to leave the house.  Now.  I don't really care for Jaunty and Kara-Louise, but they don't make me want to break things.  I don't understand how Ziggy made it this far, to be honest.  Same with Carole.  And Gerry too.  Everyone else in the house has had bad things to say about them at one point or another.. but no, they'd rather "stick together" as the "originals".  Carole, Sam and Amanda, and Tracey are the only real originals left. 

I really don't like Liam anymore.  He's really shown a new side to himself these past couple of weeks, and it's horrible.  That exactly why he gets along with Ziggy.

At first I thought I enjoyed the Brian x Amanda shipping, but I'm bored of it already.  Too bad Samanda and Brian will likely be the last people around.

BB US:
At first I was routing for Eric just because I hate ED... but him using Amber's secrets against her.. that was horrible.  Eric needs to go.  And I hate Amber too, but I'm glad she finally stuck up for herself a bit rather than just sob in the diary room.  Jameka is getting scary.. I'm nervous she's going to stab someone in the house soon.  It's horrible to say it, but I found it humorous when she was praying in the garden and the camera zooms out to show Jen all shallow with her new bunny suit.

Sad to see Kail go.  Still backing Jen right now, and I hope she doesn't stick in with Daniele, because D and ED are just mean.  Zach isn't even really there...

Oh, and I love Jessica.  She's awesome.  I want a Jen x Jessica final two.

EDIT:

More on BBUS: So it's Dick versus Dustin.  Dustin is so gone.  Only four votes are needed to send someone packing, and Dustin will have Daniele, Zach, and Jen voting against him.  Add in that America HATES Eric now, so he will be forced to vote Dustin out too.  Bye bye, Dustin.. watch Dick dance and scream praises to his false gods to spite Jameka.

[shirenuファクトリー]

Uh oh, I've missed a lot of BBUK eps because I visited grandma for a few days and wasn't able to d/l, and now I don't know if I want to cuz those bastards evicted Amy :/

I think my favs this season have been Nicky and Amy, ROFL... And both were hated by the British public... I don't know why I seem to disagree with the British viewers on everything this season, I just think they're all on crack or something... I already knew that Gerry was going to turn incredibly annoying when he was up against Nicky, but seems like they didn't and they voted Nicky out... And now they voted Amy out when they could've got rid of Bleh-Louise or Zzzonty... Whatever -.- Idiots...

I read about the guru eviction and tho I dislike Gerry, I wanted to see Carole go, so that twist sucked arse, too -_-

There's just so much WRONG with this season :/ I think I'll not download another episode unless Carole mysteriously disappears, and then I won't watch the whole finale unless the twins win... I DO NOT want to see Brian win... He's so overrated :/ Half the time I don't even understand what he's saying, he's like dibdadabbbadibbadoonng.

[Tuffty]

Friday's 'twist' was the worst ever. All the supposed tension immediately died when Gerry elected himself to leave, and let's face it, would they have really mattered booting out either Gerry or Carole? Would have been much better if say Brian and the Twins were put up together.

It's just been so bad this year. I think some of the more interesting characters were booted out because of the higlight shows. For many, it's the only way to see what's been happening in BB, and thus only see what the editors want you to see. They did make a mistake showing Amy as some sort of evil bitch, which she wasn't. The only thing I had against her was that she wanted to jump into bed with Liam a little too easy, which kinda gave the wrong impression to many. But she's better than Jonty and hell of a lot better than Kara-Louise. That girl is just not entertaining, at all. I would have liked to see more of Emily too. Seemed like she would have stood up to Charley no problem. Shame she just blurted out racist language. Daft cow. I think she was just daft rather than a racist. Also she had the yummiest bum in the house

I think the problem with BB now is, nobody's genuine anymore.The first series was interesting, it was a genuine social experiment to see what would happen, now it's a place where people want Z-list celebrity status. I mean I just can't forgive the producers this year for letting Charley and Channelle get into the public eye. I mean, Channelle was photographed today for looking like Victoria Beckham. Let me say that again. SHE WAS IN A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER FOR LOOKING LIKE VICTORIA BECKHAM!! There's something very very wrong with that.

[shirenuファクトリー]

Would anyone in UK vote the twins to win for me? Pleeeaase :3

[~Dan~]

I was gonna vote for them anyway, so I'll vote twice!

Yesterdays eviction was very poorly done.  Tracy got a fairly decent length interview but poor Kara-Louise didn't get an interview.  Davina just rushed through it and a minute later we were wathing her video clip and it was all over.  Pathetic and shameful.  They should have made the show a bit longer.

So it's 7 (6 if you count the twins as one housemate) through to the final.  They always do this! Six is too many to do in one show (or usually 2 shows with a half hour comedy show shoved in the middle).  It's always so rushed.  They're gonna trick the housemates into thinking there's an eviction on wednesday when there isn't.  Fools!  They should evict someone for real on Wednesday.

[Tuffty]

Was actually surprised to see Tracey go I think it may have been 2 weeks ago that I heard the crowd cheering for her. How times change. Didn't think Kara-Louise should be booed though. Ok she was very dull, but she wasn't being bitchy. Her 'interview' with Davina was just shambolic. Kara even tried to expand on a point Tracey made and Davina just shut her down. Horrible.

The last week. Thank God, this series has gone on too long I think. I wouldn't mind so much if it was enjoyable to watch, but it's increasingly not. IMO future series need to be cut down in length and have some overhauls in it to keep the public interested, cause everyone here in the UK is suffering from BB fatigue. I think the order housemates will be evicted will be:

Jonty --> Carole --> Ziggy --> Liam --> Brian --> Samanda

I keep thinking when Jonty walks out the door he won't be met with cheers or boos, but with a destinctive 'meh'.

I see Celeb BB won't run next year, what with happening last year being a deciding factor. 'Celebs' probably saw just how destructive a move like that can be and won't go on it, making it hard for the producers to cast anybody.

[shirenuファクトリー]

Thanks Dan!!

I really hope that the twins win!

Did Tracey get boo'd?

[Chatin]

I caught up again and stuff, but too much to say on that.

Just.. tonight's Big Brother UK was AMAZING.  If it wasn't hilarious enough to see everyone watching some of the best moments in the house ever.. CHANELLE!!! SHE WAS THERE AND LOOKING GREAT AND SHE WAS THE HAPPY CHANELLE I LIKED THE FIRST WEEKS! <3

[Tuffty]

It was a good episode last night actually! My favourite had to be Liams comment, "With my wings of steel!". Missed that first time round I bet Channelle loved it. Of course she looked happier. She was going back, already with an agent and Z-list fame, for 30 mins, getting the centre of attention from all the housemates, maybe even getting paid to do it and looking good in front of Ziggy. It's what she wanted.

Liam was being a dick to Brian last night though. He basically lied to give some form of compliment to Jonty about his perception outside the house, knowing full well they heard boos from the crowd. Brian objected for some reason, and Liam just kept persisting at him about the way he worded his statement, despite prefacing his comment with 'I don't care what anybody thinks' which is absurdly hypocritical. Brian didn't come up smelling of roses either to be fair, but Liam just wouldn't drop it. Even the Twins got fed up with him. Liam may see himself end up as 3rd behind Ziggy and Brian. 

[Chatin]

To be honest, I haven't liked Liam in a long, long time.  I would have preferred he left the house alongside David and Shanessa.

Oh, and my rankings for the household now are: Samanda > Brian > Jonty > Ziggy > Carole > Liam. 

I'm iff even putting Jonty that high up because the sudden nude shots in two episodes in a row were... erm..

[~Dan~]

Did Tracey get boo'd?

There were a few boos but it seemed mostly good.  I'm disgusted at what happened with the interview.
Tracey & Kara-Louise were evicted together.  During Tracy's interview Kara spoke once and Davina said "Shut up, you'll get your turn!"  Well, she didn't!  Firstly, Tracey isn't the most articulate of people and she has a very limited vocabulary but Davina still managed to interview her for almost 10 minutes, then it was Kara's turn... but there was no time left.  Her interview lasted about a minute, they didn't even have time to show her who nominated her and then it was all over.  (They should have extended the show by 15 minutes).  Davina didn't even hide the fact that she hated Kara.  Most unprofessional.  What a horrible woman.

At the end of the Big Brother quiz Ziggy met Chanelle for 3 minutes, then Ziggy was behaving strangely, and in the next episode he was behaving strangely, apparently because of the negative comments in the quiz.  More production team manipulation!!!!  -  It wasn't because of commentS, it was because of ONE COMMENT which they didn't even show!  The question they didn't show was "Who does Richard Madeley want to win Big Brother?"  (For anyone outside the UK who doesn't know, Richard Madeley is a tv presenter.)  I don't know who they guessed for the answer, but then they showed the clip and Richard Madeley said that he wanted Ziggy to win, and he also called Ziggy an "utter c**t" (I think I should censor the word, lol).  Ziggy was completely shocked why someone would say something like that about him and it really bothered him.

Tonight as a punishment for Ziggy, Carole and Liam talking about nominations they called Brian, Jonty & the Twinnies into the diary room and told them that they had to nominate 2 people out of the other 3 to face eviction on Wednesday.  Ziggy, Liam and Carole ran to the diary room door and Ziggy was shouting "vote for me" then BB told them to shut up and go and sit back down.  Finally after a while the 4 in the diary room reasoned that it wasn't Liam's fault, and voted Ziggy and Carole, then BB yold them it was fake and there was no eviction on Wednesday.  THE BIG BROTHER PRODUCTION TEAM ARE IDIOTS!  Everything they've done this series they've messed it up in some way and this was no exception.  They should have waited until Wednesday night, made them think it was a real eviction, then told them it was fake.

So, six people (7 with the twins) are through to the final night.  Six people is too many for one show.  The final show is in 2 halves.  First an hour, then a half hour comedy show shoved in the middle then another hour.  That isn't enough for 6 people.  They've done this for years and it's always completely rushed and not enjoyable at all.  The production team are total morons.  They should evict 2 on Wednesday then have 4 on the final night and it'd be much better.

[Chatin]

I'm sorry.. I have to post mid-episode... THIS is the best episode ever!    Forgot the one a couple nights ago.. 

In tonight's episode, the house guests have to dress up and shoot a movie based on the big events to happen in the house.  Ziggy and Liam have played Sam and Amanda's "IT'S PINK" entrance already, and now we have the twins as Ziggy and Emily, Liam as Chanelle, and Bryan as Charley in the argument about Emily saying she wouldn't just hop into bed with someone like that.  OMG!  PURE WIN!

[Tuffty]

Didn't see all of it last night, but I did like seeing Brian as Charley

[Tuffty]

BRIAN WON

Sorry Shi! I did vote btw!

Would have preferred the twins. Brian I think played the Jade Goody card at times, feigning stupidity to get into the public's attention and they lap it up. I think it's a sad state when the majority applaud ignorance. What kind of example is that? I think Tracey said at one point 'Just cause there's people out there who's more intelligent than me doesn't mean they're better than me'. Sorry, but it kinda does! Also had to turn the tv on mute when Davina was basically trying to force Amanda into saying there's a relationship with Brian. She's not looking for that kind of relationship with him! She's made it clear already!

So overall what did you guys think of the series? For me , it was mostly uninteresting, at times frustrating and completley predictable. Made it worse without Russell Brand as host of BBBM. And BB9 auditions start in Nov I think Producers need some kind of overhaul to the system, and definately needs to be cut down in length! Problem about getting genuine housemates is that it's reached the point where everyone knows you can go on BB and get Z-list status so you just get loads of showoffs and wannabees.

[~Dan~]

And BB9 auditions start in Nov I think Producers need some kind of overhaul to the system, and definately needs to be cut down in length! Problem about getting genuine housemates is that it's reached the point where everyone knows you can go on BB and get Z-list status so you just get loads of showoffs and wannabees.

Last week they announced they cancelled Celeb BB.  In my opinion the cancelled the wrong one.  They should have cancelled the regular one and kept the Celeb one.

Yeah, it needs updating.  Here's what I'd do to update it.

Firstly it's supposed to be a game show, so I'd have evictions 3 times a week, monday, wednesday and friday.  No nominations, just a public vote.  Whenever someone was evicted a new person would be sent in, then after 10 weeks or whatever I'd stop sending new people in so the series can end.
This fast turnaround of people would maybe help to stop the media-whore type person.

Then the series itself.  They'd have to do plenty of tasks, good tasks that last for days, not crap ones that last 20 minutes.  Anyone who refuses to do the task (like in this series with the staying awake task) would be instantly evicted.
If you go to the diary room and ask to leave then you're given three chances then you get kicked out, no eviction interview, nothing.

[Chatin]

I just watched the finale, and I feel like a proper fool.  Tearing up over a house and housemates I got quite attached to.  I almost feel like I'm friends with them, myself!

There were a couple slow weeks in the middle, but there were loads of good moments in the end.

I'll miss it for sure.  I'm totally not getting addicted again next year though...

[shirenuファクトリー]

Well I heard that every other season of BBUK is great (like, 3rd, 5th, 7th) and this one happened to be the middle season ROFL ;_;

Anyway, crappy winner to a crappy season. The tasks and all were great, but the twists sucked arse and the housemates could've been better.

I think one of the problems is that they're trying too hard to think of new twists to do. But Big Brother can be perfectly entertaining without major lame twists as long as the housemates and tasks are great. They don't need that many extra housemates and blah blah yadiyada.

And of course for me the problem was liking the housemates that the voting British public disliked. Guhh~~

I'm sure that some genuine people still audition for BB, it's just that this year they ended up selecting so many mediawhores/fakes/whatever. It's too bad :/