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One week to go and housemate eyes have been firmly focussed on Big Brother final on 24 August. The collective message was winning wasn’t important, it’s the taking part, the experience. Straightforward then? Never.
Big Brother started to stir things on Friday night by giving the housemates one minute to give a free pass to a fellow housemate for the final. It went to Josie, who’s also odds on favourite to win. Corin’s still second favourite. The eventual winner will join housemates from past shows for the two-week Ultimate Champion series starting on Tuesday.
Figure 1: Sentiment expressed towards all housemates – 11/8 to 17/8
There weren’t any nominations on Monday. Relief for about a minute … then they were told all housemates except Josie faced the vote for Friday’s eviction. Four will go. It looks like JJ and Dave could go. John James could go as well. He’s been accused of bullying Corin and Josie has had a go at him for his behaviour. Sam has also been involved in the whole Corin thing but his positive mentions may help save him. It’s tight on the fourth evictee between Steve and Andrew.
So what’s the news on the Ultimate series. Horse racing pundit and ex-celebrity housemate John McCririck has been a leading topic and widely tipped to join the new cast of housemates. The Star printed its line-up for the two-week show:
We drilled down to look at the topic cloud for racing man and as you can see the buzz echos the Star list.
It’s all a guessing game at the minute and Alex Sibley from BB3 and BB7 winner Pete Bennett have both stated they’re not going in.
Pete claimed he had been ‘snubbed’ by producers: “I will not be watching BB anymore. Good luck whoever wins.” He added that he was disappointed that he wasn’t give another opportunity to promote awareness of Tourettes Syndrome. (Digital Spy 17/8)
Alex Sibley tweeted “They don’t want me … I can’t believe who else got the call to say they weren’t going in.” (Digital Spy 17/8)
In reality, no-one knows yet. We’ll all just have to wait and see.
