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Big Brother: Revenge of the Sixth.

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Whisky Priestess

22:52 / 27.05.05

And I also love how the cardiac nurse came in dressed as Foxy Cleopatra and the sales assistant came in dressed as ... a nurse.

I think it should be a rule that one of the hosuemates should always be a medical professional. Just, y'know, in case.

Alex's Grandma

22:53 / 27.05.05

On the other hand though, ( 'blinks, pushes up bra' ) the camera does rather like Mary, it seems.

Ganesh

22:57 / 27.05.05

It was Lesley in the pool exposing herself btw.

Silly Lesley. Already busting her one measly (and, in that house, largely devalued) flush...

As with previous years, there's a distinct sense that these guys have honed the tactics they used at school to avoid always being last-picked, or to preserve their self-esteem in the face of always being last-picked. Craig's pushing pantomime hatefulness (suspect he's more yer bog-standard morose, confidence-free Lonely Gayer In The Village). Mary's frantically pushing Intense Spooooky Girl, unconvincingly. Anthony (hairdresser, lives with Mum) is doing Sexed-Up Lothario. Poor Moonpig Lesley's working the only trick she's got: her tits.

Ganesh

23:02 / 27.05.05

Sorry, to clarify, when I said "do a Nadia" I meant "win against all odds".

Ah, okay.

Kamal is quite entertaining but Nadia was 10 years older and had (inevitably) a more interesting and longer personal history. As with Cameron, I think outsider BB winners are interesting because of the "journey" they take in the house - how we get to know them, essentially. Where's Kamal got to go?

Don't know as yet; we've little idea of background/upbringing. The Muslim/gayer/drag combination is interesting, and he's more intelligent than both Nadia and Marco (superficially, he's a combination of the two) which is promising. Take your point about the "journey", but I'm not sure that anyone stands out in that regard, as yet.

Tryphena Absent

23:05 / 27.05.05

I really dislike the mirrors concealing the diary room door- not nice for the camera.

Ganesh

23:08 / 27.05.05

Hetbonding on the settee, both male and female. Gayers nowhere to be seen; if complying with BB traditions, they're off (singly) bonding with extrovert/outsidery girlies, bitching about each other. Hope Derek's not doing the oldest-housemate-bed-early thing. I wanted to hear more from him.

Tryphena Absent

23:10 / 27.05.05

Future tension between Science and Anthony... they're already having a let's talk loudly over one another competition.

Ganesh

23:12 / 27.05.05

Any guesses as to what Roberto teaches? PE?

Alex's Grandma

23:15 / 27.05.05

Sam, at the moment, seems to have the slightly startled look of someone who's woken up in the middle of a nightmare, only to realise that the dream has not ended, like in the S******.

It seems like Science has a couple of issues, also.

Tryphena Absent

23:15 / 27.05.05

I'm secretly hoping that he teaches Science but I have a really lame sense of humour.

Ganesh

23:21 / 27.05.05

Sam, at the moment, seems to have the slightly startled look of someone who's woken up in the middle of a nightmare, only to realise that the dream has not ended

I suspect she's feeling out of her depth. The Big Brother selection process presumably tends toward individuals who're able to market themselves successfully as a 'type' or have an 'angle'. Sam's is sex-feminist ("feminist" obviously having fucking mammoth air-quotes around it). Boob-job, naked podium-dancing in Tenerife, vibrators (yawn), thinks about men all the time (double-yawn). Suddenly finds herself in a situation where none of this stuff marks her out in any way - whereas it probably passes for shit-hot edge-play among the other Surrey Marketing students.

Indeed. Poor Sam.

Who are these numpties discussing real live tigers' breeding habits and whether it's better to eat and tiger or a chicken?

Ganesh

23:26 / 27.05.05

Life-destroyer Craig getting gushy-green about real live tigers. Despite his odious video, he might well develop as a sweetie, albeit a shit-haired one. We'll see.

Makosi: "the best things in life are free". C'monnnn, start talking Winnehs and Sinnehs!

Tom Tit's Tot: A Girl!

23:26 / 27.05.05

Tiger - The other stripey meat.

Tryphena Absent

23:28 / 27.05.05

Shut up virgin! (Is it wrong to assume that someone has to sex to recognise love?)

Warewullf

23:34 / 27.05.05

Poor Moonpig Lesley's working the only trick she's got: her tits.

Very true and, oddly, "moonpig" is the adjective that pops into my mind when I think of her.

Alex's Grandma

23:38 / 27.05.05

" The love of a friend is just so much more important than a relationship unless it isn't I just feel it's important to have feelings because if you don't have feelings you may as well admit on television that your father assaulted you with a can of hairspray which would be really terrible until at least week four. "

I'm trying to decide what I should drink next. Bleach and tonic ? Bleach and soda ? Neat ?

Whisky Priestess

23:41 / 27.05.05

I expect it must be Mary casting a spell or something ...

Moooooooooooooooonpig ...

Hmm, that's a point - might Mary do a bit of moon-worshipping while she's in there? Is it one of her many occult talents/interests? That would perk up the live feed no end.

Ganesh

23:47 / 27.05.05

I'll actually be quite surprised if Mary maintains her supposed psychic/witchy beliefs in any committed way during her time in the house. I suspect it's mainly window-dressing.

According to Lovely Dermot, Derek has "no friends or family", none, at least, willing to come to the BBLB studio and talk about what a fabulous person he is. I suspect a black gay Tory's life is not necessarily a happy one (happy one)...

Ganesh

23:54 / 27.05.05

Watched five minutes of coverage in which Craig came across a lot sweeter than his manufactured hate. He seemed to be bonding with Vanessa and one of the other guys (forget who) though it's early days. I think his tape was nonsense and that he's going to turn out to be quite a middle-of-the-road type of person, certainly alot calmer. Either he's illiterate or he's read a book.

Agreed. He seems much more relaxed and less defensive now he's in the house and talking to people (Makosi, Kemal and, I think, Vanessa - the usual divide between hetboys and gayers plus the females that feel most comfortable with either group; no Crossover Dan this year). Not saying "fucking" every three seconds either. When he made his audition video, was he just having a really bad day?

The Falcon

23:58 / 27.05.05

To be fair to the unwitchy girl, I'd consider it extremely unwise to mention doing magic(k!)/being from Atlantis/ loving the alien in the house.

I mean, if I was there, I'd not go on about how many comics I have.

Does no-one have those 'what I'd do in the house' conversations anymore? Did they dry up about III or IV? I always have one really vivid Big B dream, involving me, every year.

Ganesh

00:15 / 28.05.05

To be fair to the unwitchy girl, I'd consider it extremely unwise to mention doing magic(k!)/being from Atlantis/ loving the alien in the house.

It's not just unwise, it's unconvincing. She's seriously overplaying the Witchy Kookster card. I don't think there's a great deal of genuine conviction underpinning her pic 'n' mix Mystic Meggery.

Tryphena Absent

00:27 / 28.05.05

I suspect that Mary's favourite book is not the Mists of Avalon at all but The Fall of Atlantis by the same author.

Alex's Grandma

00:30 / 28.05.05

Yeah, it does seem as if Mary's angling for one of those 'God, I'm hungover' slots in the mystical section of one of the Sundays once the shackles that bind her are cut loose, etc. I predict that she will predict her eviction from the house before it happens...

Ganesh

00:33 / 28.05.05

Or even her abduction from the house, Grays willing.

Tryphena Absent

00:42 / 28.05.05

Makosi just won't shut up about Christianity. God put animals on this earth to be predators, Adam and Eve... there's been more. She's losing my support with ever biblical reference.

Ganesh

00:43 / 28.05.05

"CAN I TALK ABOUT ADAM AND EVE?! Adam and Eve were created nude... and they ate the apple... LISTEN!! and God said..."

Etc.

I suspect Makosi may not have to work too hard to be nominated by her housemates...

Ganesh

00:53 / 28.05.05

Makosi's reminding me more and more of Phil the Shouty Oxford Street Evangelist, with her constant God-bothering interrupting.

Tryphena Absent

00:54 / 28.05.05

"Are you going to shower naked?"
"Well it's not black and white"

She's working very hard to be nominated. Berating all of the others and refusing to answer the question. Betcha she showers fully dressed and is immediately nominated by all of them. Is this a conscious bid to save herself? Does she have a gameplan (ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaa).

Ganesh

01:00 / 28.05.05

Argh!

No, she's just an argumentative, opinionated individual with an apparent inability to wait for anyone to finish their sentence before shouting over them.

Tryphena Absent

01:04 / 28.05.05

Sorry, it was just like the temptation of the apple. The snake told me to use the word gameplan.

Ganesh

01:08 / 28.05.05

Unbelievably, Mary's actually growing on me a little here through the simple expedient of managing to get Makosi to shut the fuck up for more than five seconds.

"I've got a feeling everybody doesn't like me."

Well, Makosi, that's your look-out. Hint: try being more likeable.

Tryphena Absent

01:10 / 28.05.05

"I've got a feeling no one likes me"

Ganesh, you're the professional here, what was she trying to achieve with that comment?

Alex's Grandma

01:10 / 28.05.05

It does seem as if 'the writing's on the wall' for Makosi now, certainly.

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