Josie didn’t have to pack her suitcase for Friday night’s eviction because she had a free pass to tonight’s Big Brother final. It looks like she won’t have to pack up this evening either and will stay put for the Ultimate show as series 11 winner.

John James, Steve, Sam and Corin were all evicted in Friday’s semi-final.  This caused a bit of stir with criticism that the ‘boring’ housemates (except Josie) have made it to the final.  The show’s producer Endemol has been under a bit of fire for asking viewers ‘to evict’ housemates which, it’s been claimed, meant the public was more driven to vote out the stronger personalities.  It could well have been a different line-up if the vote had been ‘to win’.

Layla Anna-Lee on the OK! blog posted: ‘Our Twitter went nuts last night and Big Brother forums all round took a big hit  … in my view, Sam Pepper would have still been in and, of course Corin – two of the most entertaining housemates of all time’. (OK! 21/8)

Anyhow, Josie, Mario, Andrew, Dave and JJ are battling it out to win tonight.  A quick look at the sentiment analysis for all five shows Josie is almost in a league of her own and is still the bookie’s favourite to win at 1/10. Mario is at 9/1, Dave 10/1, Andrew 18/1 and JJ is the outsider at 40/1.

Celebrity hairdresser Lee Stafford has been in the house to give them all haircuts as part of their ‘Perfect Day’ on Sunday, which started off with breakfast in bed from Anthea Turner and included a meal cooked by Nancy Lam.

Figure 1: Sentiment expressed towards final five housemates – 20/8 to 23/8

And, what’s the news on the Ultimate series?  Sam fans have started a Twitter campaign to get him back for the show.  Will Endemol bow to the power of the people?

Sam’s new Twitter account has also created a real buzz and 30,000 followers have signed up to his new account since Saturday night.  John James has 20,000.  Sam has more followers than previous winners Sophie Reade and Brian Belo.

Anyway, first things first, the final’s tonight and it looks like Josie will win BB 11.