Ben was evicted.  Sam became a housemate.  Jedward played a live set in the garden.  Davina McCall presented part of her live show from the house.  An average Friday night in Big Brother land.  Oh, and on Thursday, Laura became the third girl to walk out of the back door.

The Jedward and Davina stunt was all part of an ‘Ignore the Obvious’ task for the weekly shopping budget, where loads of random people went into the house and got up to all kinds of shenanigans.

So, that’s seven lines on Big Brother and no mention of John James and Josie.  And, the good news?  The two seem to have become love birds at last.  But, Sam has been the biggest doubter so far, with questions for them both on what’s been going on and he then mentioned the ‘m’ word – magazine (deal).  That caused another row with Josie.  The consensus in the house was the relationship was real.

Figure 1: Topic cloud for the Big Brother conversation – 28/7 to 3/7

For the gazzillionth week running, John James has been the lead topic in the Big Brother conversation.  But, Corin has held on her own as the bookies’ favourite to win at 6/4 with John James and Josie hot on her heels.

Figure 2: Sentiment expressed towards favourites to win – 28/7 to 3/8

A quick look at the sentiment analysis for the three front runners showed that although John James and Josie have had the biggest buzz, Corin has had the highest number of positive mentions (68.5%) and the least number of negative mentions (6.8%).

Figure 3: Sentiment expressed towards nominated housemates – 28/7 to 3/8

And, who will go this week? John James, Rachel and Mario were put up by the house.  But, Mario saved himself in the ‘Save & Replace’ task and put Dave up instead.  On balance, it looks like Rachel could go.