's popularity on here is ridiculous.

[Pro Sniper]

Come on man, the boy is a pretty hopeless HM. He's about on a par with those rubbish sisters :bored:

[Shaun]

To be expected really since he's been an established member since 2009 :shrug:

[Pro Sniper]

So he's a member? big deal? Does that mean people "must" give him silly praise when it's clearly unwarranted?

[Marsh.]

Yes. I can't imagine the 100% adulation I'd get if I were in there.

[Shaun]

No one's asking you to do that, feel free to criticise him as a housemate and/or praise the others.

I wouldn't just write it off as a 'TiBB Thing' though because he's gaining a lot of traction elsewhere.

[Pro Sniper]

"he's gaining a lot of traction elsewhere." No doubt from the LGBT community? Again, ridiculous.

[Marsh.]

What does it matter if it is LGBT? Are they not allowed to have favourites?

[Withano]

"he's gaining a lot of traction elsewhere." No doubt from the LGBT community? Again, ridiculous.

Lol wot

[Shaun]

Yup. Big gay agenda. You cracked the code.

[armand.kay]

So he's a member? big deal? Does that mean people "must" give him silly praise when it's clearly unwarranted?

He's friends with a lot of the people on here why are you surprised at the support?

[Locke.]

TiBB favourite, Digital Spy favourite, currently storming the Tellymix eviction poll, and now the support seems to have spread to Twitter and Facebook. It's not just a TiBB thing now. A week ago, yeah. But not now.

[Pro Sniper]

Friends are supposed to be honest with each other. If one of your friends went on x factor and butchered a song, would you lie to yourself and to them by telling them how great they were? or be honest with them and tell them they sucked, and singing simply ain't for them. He seems a decent enough lad but he's an extremely uninteresting HM. He'd have been much better off on the US/CAN version..

[Shaun]

If "being a good housemate" were as clearcut and easily definable as "having a good voice on the X Factor" you'd have a point but the fact is Big Brother is open to all sorts of interpretation and he's coming across as a relatively nice guy with a touch of popularity. Why is this surprising to you? lol

[Jian Yang]

I like him. He's a nice guy. Being nice in BB is a sin nowadays though!

[Novo]

Doubt he would really be championed by many LGBT people anyway, he's been pretty mellow in the house, hes mentioned he is gay and had a few conversations about it but I wouldn't really say he is there to represent the LGBT community he's more there to do with the fact he loves the show, don't think he's really assed about a certain section of the audience liking him otherwise he wouldn't have said the Trump thing to get in.

[DouglasS]

I'm a loyal friend and I'll support him regardless, but he is popular regardless of TiBB, you can look on other websites and he's the favotire on there also. yes he is easily leading these polls and moreso than other websites, but he is also leading on almost all other websites, and its because hes genuinely a nice person. He is one of the only few people that actually kept in touch with me by text/skype/FB/other social media, and he genuinely does care about people.

[Mystic Mock]

If "being a good housemate" were as clearcut and easily definable as "having a good voice on the X Factor" you'd have a point but the fact is Big Brother is open to all sorts of interpretation and he's coming across as a relatively nice guy with a touch of popularity. Why is this surprising to you? lol

Also The X Factor has alot of different variables than just one good or bad performance in itself, so a show like Big Brother will interpreted in alot more different ways as people like different personalities, we're not all a hive and that goes for straight or LGBT.

[Amy Jade]

I don't think it's ridiculous at all he's been great since day 3 onwards.

I must confess though the first few days some of the support here was cringe worthy, if you dared even criticise Raph you faced a barrage of 'you don't know him like me' or being called jealous, that has settled down though.

[Vanessa]

Raph popular is growing at an alarming rate. He's topping all the who to save polls and his winning odds are also climbing fast. He's not just popular in here, but also DS, Facebook and Twitter. Even I can't believe how popular he is. I'm shocked! But he is a nice guy and he is extremely likable. I think the public love an underdog.

[Vanessa]

TiBB favourite, Digital Spy favourite, currently storming the Tellymix eviction poll, and now the support seems to have spread to Twitter and Facebook. It's not just a TiBB thing now. A week ago, yeah. But not now.

It's amazing! I knew he would do well, but this? I can't believe it:amazed:

[y.winter]

I don't think I've spoken to Raph before he entered, though I did see his posts.
Was his launch night was good? No, the VT was terrible and didn't give a good impression. Is he the best housemate ever to enter BB? No, and he should definitely start doing more. Is he a good person and the nicest in that group? so far, yes, he is. Him being a TiBB member is another good reason to support him, and there's nothing wrong about that - we are proud that "one of us" is there and we support a dear friend of this forum - and he's doing nothing wrong in the house, so I don't see why we shouldn't.

[jennyjuniper]

I like him. He's a nice guy. Being nice in BB is a sin nowadays though!

I agree with this.:wavey:

[Novo]

I don't think it's ridiculous at all he's been great since day 3 onwards.

I must confess though the first few days some of the support here was cringe worthy, if you dared even criticise Raph you faced a barrage of 'you don't know him like me' or being called jealous, that has settled down though.

Did anyone actually say " you dont know him like me " ? Ffs :laugh:

[Amy Jade]

Did anyone actually say " you dont know him like me " ? Ffs :laugh:

Not exactly but words to that effect.

[bots]

There is no relationship between popularity on this forum and a successful result. I wouldn't associate any bias as an unfair advantage. This forum is littered with the debris of a hundred failed popularity polls :laugh:

[Locke.]

Not exactly but words to that effect.

Think it was drew

[Gusto Brunt]

Come on man, the boy is a pretty hopeless HM. He's about on a par with those rubbish sisters :bored:

You say what I've been saying. He's one of the dullest housemates I have seen.

He smiles, he grins, constantly,which is so annoying.

For someone who wanted to be in BB for so long, he doesn't look like he's happy he's in there.

[Parmy]

He is growing on me.

[Locke.]

You say what I've been saying. He's one of the dullest housemates I have seen.

He smiles, he grins, constantly,which is so annoying.

For someone who wanted to be in BB for so long, he doesn't look like he's happy he's in there.

"he smiles, he grins, constantly"

"he doesn't look like he's happy he's in there"

You bloody what

[Novo]

Explain yourself Gusto

https://i.imgur.com/giXs3MT.gif

[Jake.]

Wow it's almost as if people like watching different types of housemates or something

[Slevin]

as i said yesterday. i like him as member here & i have interacted with him a few times over the years but so far as a HM hes a bit boring to me. as i also said its early so i could come around to liking him as a HM.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yes people have overreacted a lot and yes he has not really featured a lot, just a quiet nice guy. I guess if he had not been a member (and lets face it he was not really known to all of tibb) he would have been hammered for being dull.

I am not sure all of that is a crime however?

[Vanessa]

I would much rather support normal guy Raph than that horrible lot, who most were horrible to Arthur. But I genuinely like him. Love the way he got his own back on Joe in a clever way. Also like Chanelle, she makes me laugh.

[BBUKAUSFAN]

You say hopeless?

He seems like the most down to earth guy who is genuinely there for the experience and not for the FAME.

[mizzy25]

I like him and I didn't know he was a member on here.

[Epic.]

So what if he's not a loudmouth? He doesn't need that to have so many people warm to him

[Crimson Dynamo]

You say hopeless?

He seems like the most down to earth guy who is genuinely there for the experience and not for the FAME.

he is a C4 hm in a c5 house tbh

[Vanessa]

So what if he's not a loudmouth? He doesn't need that to have so many people warm to him

He's a nice normal guy, but that's exactly why I like him so much. He's very likable and relatable. Also the voice if reason.

[Niamh.]

"he smiles, he grins, constantly"

"he doesn't look like he's happy he's in there"

You bloody what
:laugh2:

[Niamh.]

he is a C4 hm in a c5 house tbh
Thats a goid thing imo.C5 HMs are s**t [emoji23]

[Vanessa]

Thats a goid thing imo.C5 HMs are s**t [emoji23]

It's a very thing. Some of the best housemates were not loud at all. Like Alex Sibley for example.

[snail69]

I don't think at this point in time he's deserving of either the over the top praise or the hate. I'm still on the fence with him massively. Last night's episode was a good one for him and in general it felt like housemates we've hardly seen so far were more involved.

However, I do agree with whoever said to him that "you're so caught up in the experience that you're actually forgetting to have the experience". Think it was Kieran or Lotan, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong....

He's definitely been playing it safe so far which isn't always a bad thing but sometimes the ones that play too safe at the start get evicted before they come out of themeselves. I think Raph will be okay though as long as he livens up a bit in the next couple of weeks.

I just really want him to provide a bit more entertainment. It doesn't have to be swearing non stop or getting drunk and running around naked etc. There's plenty of other ways to entertain and so far he hasn't quite managed it.

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[Kazanne]

I like him. He's a nice guy. Being nice in BB is a sin nowadays though!

It has been for a while now Jian.

[Gusto Brunt]

"he smiles, he grins, constantly"

"he doesn't look like he's happy he's in there"

You bloody what

No sincerity in the glee. Comprehend?

[Vanessa]

Raph the new Alex Sibley? :love:

[Locke.]

No sincerity in the glee. Comprehend?

Suppose we need a bit more of this from him

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[Gusto Brunt]

Suppose we need a bit more of this from him

http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/customavatars/avatar63928_136.gif

Actually Lotan is a much better housemate than dreary Raph.

It's a shame people on here can't express their true feelings about Raph. They're seemingly locked in an opinion he cannot do any wrong.

[armand.kay]

I'm really liking him these past few episodes I would rather see more Raph and Chanelle having a laugh than Sukhvinder's daily meltdowns...

[waterhog]

the truth is in the pudding ?

[Vanessa]

Actually Lotan is a much better housemate than dreary Raph.

It's a shame people on here can't express their true feelings about Raph. They're seemingly locked in an opinion he cannot do any wrong.I can't support any of the popular crew after the way they treated Arthur. I find Lotan very shallow, but to each his own.

[waterhog]

when you are in a click - its hard not to side with them - but lotan did make the wrong move there - but he has got the young girl vote to keep him safe.

just going for my work out ?

[Vanessa]

For me The Outsider lot is way more appealing. I can't stand shallow and self absorbed people.

[RhysJones]

Most of his votes are from either TIBB or pity votes cos he's been playing the victim like with going on about being in the 'unpopular group' and not being popular in the house.

[Vanessa]

Most of his votes are from either TIBB or pity votes cos he's been playing the victim like with going on about being in the 'unpopular group' and not being popular in the house.

He's winning all the polls and his winning odds are rising fast. People like him, it's obvious.

[Niamh.]

Most of his votes are from either TIBB or pity votes cos he's been playing the victim like with going on about being in the 'unpopular group' and not being popular in the house.
Master game playing by Raph, he knows exactly what works with the public :hee:

[Vanessa]

Master game playing by Raph, he knows exactly what works with the public :hee:

Yes he's very clever indeed and he's playiny a blinder. He knows the public likes an underdog.

[snail69]

I can't support any of the popular crew after the way they treated Arthur. I find Lotan very shallow, but to each his own.
This has to be a joke?!

Lotan out of anyone, not including Raph, tried to include Arthur and gave him multiple chances to be part of the group. Also when has he been shallow? It's okay not to like people but those reasons are clutching at straws to say the least.

Not looking to argue, just looking for you to be a little clearer in what you've said?

[Vanessa]

This has to be a joke?!

Lotan out of anyone, not including Raph, tried to include Arthur and gave him multiple chances to be part of the group. Also when has he been shallow? It's okay not to like people but those reasons are clutching at straws to say the least.

Not looking to argue, just looking for you to be a little clearer in what you've said?

That maybe so, but Lotan also was messing around with his things. I just don't find Lotan personality very appealing, to be honest.

[snail69]

That maybe so, but Lotan also was messing around with his things. I just don't find Lotan personality very appealing, to be honest.
So I got no answers to my questions there. Which basically says to me that you are just blindly hating.

That's fine as it's up to you but don't pretend to have objective opinions when you clearly don't.

[Crimson Dynamo]

That maybe so, but Lotan also was messing around with his things. I just don't find Lotan personality very appealing, to be honest.

agreed he does not come across well at all

[Vanessa]

agreed he does not come across well at all

He's very influenced by Tom. When Tom was going around hiding Arthur stuff some of the others were all for it.

[Withano]

This has to be a joke?!

Lotan out of anyone, not including Raph, tried to include Arthur and gave him multiple chances to be part of the group. Also when has he been shallow? It's okay not to like people but those reasons are clutching at straws to say the least.

Not looking to argue, just looking for you to be a little clearer in what you've said?

"Guys, myself including, we all had a pop at Arthur and it isnt very nice" transparent af. He used Arthur as a way to promote himself. He knew people would buy into it.

[snail69]

"Guys, myself including, we all had a pop at Arthur and it isnt very nice" transparent af. He used Arthur as a way to promote himself. He knew people would buy into it.
Well at least you answered the question with a well thought out and opinionated answer.

I can definitely see where you are coming from too. It's always hard to tell who and what is genuine and what is contrived.

Personally I do believe Lotan had time for Arthur so on this we can respectfully disagree I guess. Time will tell though I guess about who is right as I imagine if it is all contrived then he won't be able to 100% keep it up throughout the whole duration of the show.

I guess if you're right then, for now at least, I've brought into it as he's(Lotan) my current favourite.

[Vanessa]

So I got no answers to my questions there. Which basically says to me that you are just blindly hating.

That's fine as it's up to you but don't pretend to have objective opinions when you clearly don't.

I'm not hating. I just went off Lotan after the way him and some of the others treated Arthur

[snail69]

I'm not hating. I just went off Lotan after the way him and some of the others treated Raph.
Raph?! I don't remember them treating Raph badly?!

[Vanessa]

Raph?! I don't remember them treating Raph badly?!

I meant Arthur.

[Kazanne]

I like Raph,but lets be honest here he is 'nice' as was Sam,Cameron,Jason,Rachael etc who won BB and they got torn to shreds for doing nothing on here they were called dull and boring.I hope Raph is playing the game and surprises us all,I still want him to win as I like 'nice' hate it when morons win.

[Vanessa]

So I got no answers to my questions there. Which basically says to me that you are just blindly hating.

That's fine as it's up to you but don't pretend to have objective opinions when you clearly don't.

I told you why I don't like Lotan anymore. I liked him until last night episode. He's a good looking guy, but that's about it for me.

[Vanessa]

I like Raph,but lets be honest here he is 'nice' as was Sam,Cameron,Jason,Rachael etc who won BB and they got torn to shreds for doing nothing on here they were called dull and boring.I hope Raph is playing the game and surprises us all,I still want him to win as I like 'nice' hate it when morons win.

He's playing it very smart. He knows exactly what the public likes.

[snail69]

I meant Arthur.
I thought you did. You just can't stop talking about Raph hey?! 😜

Anyway I don't think anyone was particularly harsh to Arthur with the exception of Kayleigh and maybe Sukhvinder in the first couple of days.

I think Lotan, and Joe for that matter, in particular were well within their rights to have it out with Arthur because he was being a blatant dick. They both tried to reconcile with him though when they didn't have to and also tried to convince him to make up with the rest of the house.

[Vanessa]

I thought you did. You just can't stop talking about Raph hey?! 😜

Anyway I don't think anyone was particularly harsh to Arthur with the exception of Kayleigh and maybe Sukhvinder in the first couple of days.

I think Lotan, and Joe for that matter, in particular were well within their rights to have it out with Arthur because he was being a blatant dick. They both tried to reconcile with him though when they didn't have to and also tried to convince him to make up with the rest of the house.

The part I didn't like was when they were messing with his stuff. That's not acceptable for me. Doesn't that class as bullying? Or at least ganging up on someone.

[snail69]

The part I didn't like was when they were messing with his stuff. That's not acceptable for me. Doesn't that class as bullying? Or at least ganging up on someone.
Not really and it was Tom that instigated that anyway.

People need to stop with throwing the word "bully" around. When you spent a good portion of your childhood being bullied you know what bullying is and it's actually quite disrespectful to those that have been bullied and had to suffer for long periods of time against bullies when people keep throwing that word around like that, like it means nothing.

You may not like someone or their actions but it doesn't always make them a bully.

I hid my mates passport once when we were about to leave our hotel and head for the airport at the end of a holiday. Does that make me a bully?!

[Vanessa]

Not really and it was Tom that instigated that anyway.

People need to stop with throwing the word "bully" around. When you spent a good portion of your childhood being bullied you know what bullying is and it's actually quite disrespectful to those that have been bullied and had to suffer for long periods of time against bullies when people keep throwing that word around like that, like it means nothing.

You may not like someone or their actions but it doesn't always make them a bully.

I hid my mates passport once when we were about to leave our hotel and head for the airport at the end of a holiday. Does that make me a bully?!

Tom is definitely a bully and so is Kayleigh. The others were enabling him so not much better really.

[snail69]

Tom is definitely a bully and so is Kayleigh. The others were enabling him so not much better really.
Kayleigh said some disgusting things and Tom is just a twit however I wouldn't class either as bullies. Arthur has been pretty vocal since he left but has he used that word(I genuinely don't know as I don't have Twitter)?

I've been bullied a lot as a young kid. For the colour of my skin so I have a very dim view on bullying by the way and I will not stand for it at all. That **** stays with you forever and I just wish people would stop throwing that word around like it means nothing because then the ones who are really suffering get ignored.

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[storybrooke]

I like Raph because he isn't a reality TV expert and seems more down to earth and normal than some of the other housemates in the house. Also he seems pretty nice so far and I like that.

[Vanessa]

I like Raph because he isn't a reality TV expert and seems more down to earth and normal than some of the other housemates in the house. Also he seems pretty nice so far and I like that.

I need him to stay to see Joe's reaction. It will be priceless :joker:

[snail69]

I like Raph because he isn't a reality TV expert and seems more down to earth and normal than some of the other housemates in the house. Also he seems pretty nice so far and I like that.
Raph is a reality TV expert. He may never have been on reality TV himself but he has ridiculous knowledge of Big Brother. Not just UK Big Brother either.

This is one reason I think Joe picked him.

[Niamh.]

Raph is a reality TV expert. He may never have been on reality TV himself but he has ridiculous knowledge of Big Brother. Not just UK Big Brother either.

This is one reason I think Joe picked him.
Yeah thats what I find so interesting about watching Raph because he's a BB fan, how he uses that and so far he's being very clever with it

[caprimint]

Not even being biased, he's my favourite housemate now Arthur has gone. Everything he says (much like Charlotte) is the voice of reason and he speaks what I'm thinking most of the time and also handles every situation really well.

[snail69]

Yeah thats what I find so interesting about watching Raph because he's a BB fan, how he uses that and so far he's being very clever with it
Me too. Like I've stated a few times now he hasn't done much to be universally loved so to speak. Being a diehard Big Brother fan to other die hards will be the biggest draw at this point in time.

If you've been a fan since the start then it's hard not to like a housemate who has also been a fan since the start.

I don't think it'll be long before other housemates use this as a reason to nominate him though. Especially if he remains as reserved as he has been.

[Vanessa]

Not even being biased, he's my favourite housemate now Arthur has gone. Everything he says (much like Charlotte) is the voice of reason and he speaks what I'm thinking most of the time and also handles every situation really well.

He needs to win it now that Arthur is out.

[Niamh.]

Not even being biased, he's my favourite housemate now Arthur has gone. Everything he says (much like Charlotte) is the voice of reason and he speaks what I'm thinking most of the time and also handles every situation really well.
Him and Charlotte are my favs too, I'm worried she might be in danger Friday though

[Vanessa]

Him and Charlotte are my favs too, I'm worried she might be in danger Friday though

Same, I think she could be in danger.

[LukeB]

Him and Charlotte are my favs too, I'm worried she might be in danger Friday though

Me too.

I would have been confident if Kayleigh wasn't from EOTB and has like 63k followers. I wish people would judge Kayleigh on BB and not EOTB (I loved Kayleigh on EOTB but she's a tad awful on BB)

[Vanessa]

There is no relationship between popularity on this forum and a successful result. I wouldn't associate any bias as an unfair advantage. This forum is littered with the debris of a hundred failed popularity polls :laugh:

He's topping polls in DS and on Tellymix as well. So he's not just popular in here.

[Ant.]

Raph is a reality TV expert. He may never have been on reality TV himself but he has ridiculous knowledge of Big Brother. Not just UK Big Brother either.

This is one reason I think Joe picked him.

I agree with what you're saying, but unlike quite a few of the housemates, Raph's going on without any experience, and only knowledge. It kinda varies him and sets him apart from veterans such as Kayleigh

[King Gizzard]

If anything he'd probably be one of my favourites if he had never been on here/I'd never heard of him before

But then I tend to always Support the people who don't fit in with the populars

[snail69]

I agree with what you're saying, but unlike quite a few of the housemates, Raph's going on without any experience, and only knowledge. It kinda varies him and sets him apart from veterans such as Kayleigh
Oh yes of course and I agree on that point.

I did mention in another thread that I don't agree with people with vast amounts of onscreen/reality TV experience going on to Big Brother. I just want normal people with no experience of this sort of thing.

I'll change my statement accordingly - Raph is a Big Brother expert. 😊

[Ant.]

Oh yes of course and I agree on that point.

I did mention in another thread that I don't agree with people with vast amounts of onscreen/reality TV experience going on to Big Brother. I just want normal people with no experience of this sort of thing.

I'll change my statement accordingly - Raph is a Big Brother expert. 😊

This I agree with fully. I think the main reason people gravitate towards Raph is that he is a 'normal person'. Also, the fact he is, as you say, a Big Brother expert, does help and sets him apart from the others who do it for fame. Definitely makes him more interesting than the likes of Tom

[Vanessa]

This I agree with fully. I think the main reason people gravitate towards Raph is that he is a 'normal person'. Also, the fact he is, as you say, a Big Brother expert, does help and sets him apart from the others who do it for fame. Definitely makes him more interesting than the likes of Tom

Him being normal is the reason I love him so much. I don't want a reality TV star to win BB. They should be on cbb.

[snail69]

This I agree with fully. I think the main reason people gravitate towards Raph is that he is a 'normal person'. Also, the fact he is, as you say, a Big Brother expert, does help and sets him apart from the others who do it for fame. Definitely makes him more interesting than the likes of Tom
Oh God yeah. I can't believe I actually liked that jerk off when he first got voted by the public to be the People's Housemate!

Although my like for him only lasted pretty much up until he set foot in the house.

Him and Sukhvinder are the only ones I can't stand at all at the minute.

[Pro Sniper]

Most of his votes are from either TIBB or pity votes cos he's been playing the victim like with going on about being in the 'unpopular group' and not being popular in the house.

This is it in a nutshell.

The general viewers of this show are so easily manipulated it's embrarrassing. If it's not the pathetic producers interfering and setting things up to sway the moronic masses, it's any number of the desperate individuals who keep delivering the same tired old shyte they know has worked time and time again on the incredibly gullible viewers. Is it really too much to ask for a bit of originality? Especially from someone we keep hearing is "highly intelligent" :rolleyes:

[Cal.]

He's lovely and his friendship with Chanelle is a scream so he deserves the love.

[Vanessa]

He's lovely and his friendship with Chanelle is a scream so he deserves the love.

:love:

[T*]

It's calmed down quite a bit anyway so idgi

[Barry.]

I follow here a lot, what is his username?

[Niamh.]

I follow here a lot, what is his username?

Raph

[Barry.]

Lol.

[Niamh.]

Lol.

Raph is his username

[Barry.]

That is why I lived. so ovi.

[Rob!]

Raph

:joker:


And as it is, I've been on this forum for years and I don't think me and Raph have actually ever spoken but he's my favourite because he seems to be the nicest and most real in there :shrug:

[Barry.]

And thanks :).

[Niamh.]

That is why I lived. so ovi.

Oh I thought you thought I was being smart :laugh:



And thanks :).

You're welcome and welcome to the forum :douf:

[sampvt]

if he had not declared he was a gamer i could like him, but i hate blatant gamers. iknow they all have a gp, but i use the words blatant and obvious.

[T*]

if he had not declared he was a gamer i could like him, but i hate blatant gamers. iknow they all have a gp, but i use the words blatant and obvious.

Doesn't everyone use the words blatant and obvious?

[JTM45]

I hid my mates passport once when we were about to leave our hotel and head for the airport at the end of a holiday. Does that make me a bully?!

Nope, just an asshole...............who's obsessed with his poxy phone.:laugh:

[rusticgal]

I will be honest I wasn't keen at first...but I like him now. Nice guy. I wanted to judge him as a housemate not a forum member.

[Barry.]

Oh I thought you thought I was being smart :laugh:





You're welcome and welcome to the forum :douf:

Thanks.

[snail69]

Nope, just an asshole...............who's obsessed with his poxy phone.[emoji23]
Oh don't that thing ****s me off. On my old phone I could permanently remove that signature but on this one I have to do it everytime and I usually forget.

Oh and yes I'm100% an arse hole. No doubt about it.

[JerseyWins]

It's ridiculously justified. :clap1:

[Denver]

find him boring but then i think every guy in there is boring and a few gals

[Pro Sniper]

I see he mentioned the "exiled crew" again. He must be afraid nobody heard him the past 18,357 times saying it. Absolutely ridiculous how so many can pass this sort of rot off as "playing a blinder". A brainless chimp could pull off his monotonous, see-through "game"

[Shaun]

I see he mentioned the "exiled crew" again. He must be afraid nobody heard him the past 18,357 times saying it. Absolutely ridiculous how so many can pass this sort of rot off as "playing a blinder". A brainless chimp could pull off his monotonous, see-through "game"

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[bots]

i would rather a winner that could get through a few weeks in BB without being a complete a hole personally. If that's an obvious and blatant game plan, its fine and dandy to me.

[Binbin]

He seems like a reasonable young chap! I am not a particular advocate for bottom fondlers, however, I do like his style.

[Jamesy]

I know nothing about Raph but like him since he's one of the most normal ones in there, he comes across as a nice intellligent guy and hasn't acted like an a-hole like the rest of the house.

It makes a change from the groups of former reality show housemates which C5 are obsessed in casting each year. It's nice to see a normal guy you would probably bump in to in the real world.

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[snail69]

I see he mentioned the "exiled crew" again. He must be afraid nobody heard him the past 18,357 times saying it. Absolutely ridiculous how so many can pass this sort of rot off as "playing a blinder". A brainless chimp could pull off his monotonous, see-through "game"
Yeah I get your point here. The first time in the diary room was enough and was relevant for putting his point across at the time but now it does seem a little contrived when it's mentioned as often as it is. It's like he's saying it just in case the viewers can't see it for themselves or haven't heard him say it yet.

We could be wrong though of course and I do like Raph but maybe stop mentioning the divide so much as it could come across as looking for sympathy votes and turn people off of him.

[Pro Sniper]

After being virtually anonymous for the past couple of eps, Raph(the foolish fan fav) was back in action again..doing the only thing that seems to get his boring character some airtime, bitching about people being fake(oh the irony,, DRY CRYING when the delusional screwballs got the boot) and mentioning for the 50 billionth time how annoyed the "cool crew"(subbed this time for "clique") are making him..before again DRY CRYING to an excruciatingly embarrassing level when using one half of the rubbish sister act to aid his desperate cause..

[Mystic Mock]

Come on man, the boy is a pretty hopeless HM. He's about on a par with those rubbish sisters :bored:

Raph and the Sisters are probably some of the best Housemates in there at the moment.

Why on Earth should we support Joe, Tom, Charlotte, Rebecca, Kieran, Lotan, or Ellie over them? What have they done that's so much better than Raph, Deborah, or Hannah?

[Pro Sniper]

Raphy was at it again with one half of the rubbish sister act, yet again bitching behind backs and discussing the "divide". Taking it upon himself to harshly judge what was obviously banter between 2 people, in another desperate bid to make himself look good.

[Vanessa]

Why didn't Lotan me that comment to her face? Instead he did it behind her back. Spineless coward. So you see, the other talk behind people's back all the time. But for you only when Raph does it is a crime. I'm done.

[JTM45]

Why didn't Lotan me that comment to her face? Instead he did it behind her back. Spineless coward. So you see, the other talk behind people's back all the time. But for you only when Raph does it is a crime. I'm done.

I think the bitter crowd on here are clearly using Raph's popularity on the Forum as a tool to enable their baiting of his supporters sadly Vanessa.

I can totally understand that no housemate is gonna' be universally liked but the sheer amount of nasty, venomous bile being projected towards Raph on here is getting ridiculous!

I could maybe understand it slightly more if Raph was a nasty, spiteful or plain unpleasant piece of work in there but he is the complete opposite of that if anything. It's extremely sad! :shrug:

[Gusto Brunt]

After being virtually anonymous for the past couple of eps, Raph(the foolish fan fav) was back in action again..doing the only thing that seems to get his boring character some airtime, bitching about people being fake(oh the irony,, DRY CRYING when the delusional screwballs got the boot) and mentioning for the 50 billionth time how annoyed the "cool crew"(subbed this time for "clique") are making him..before again DRY CRYING to an excruciatingly embarrassing level when using one half of the rubbish sister act to aid his desperate cause..

Yeah I have noticed that side to him too. He goes up to people and says what others are saying about them.

Then he says 'keep it to yourself', as if they will. He knows the trouble it will cause.

He's starting to creep me out.

[sampvt]

Yeah I have noticed that side to him too. He goes up to people and says what others are saying about them.

Then he says 'keep it to yourself', as if they will. He knows the trouble it will cause.

He's starting to creep me out.

He has been doing it from the get go, they just havent shown him as the other biggies had the storylines. Raph is now being aired because the shows dying on its feet.

[Nicky91]

i like him because he's my friend on here, and i absolutely admire the support from his fans on here, especially Nessa :D

[Slevin]

Why didn't Lotan me that comment to her face? Instead he did it behind her back. Spineless coward. So you see, the other talk behind people's back all the time. But for you only when Raph does it is a crime. I'm done.
lol i dont think it was a big deal in any way. i dont think Lotan said it in any malicious way towards her. in a jokingly harmless way to me & i dont like that shirtless douche bro one bit.

[Vanessa]

lol i dont think it was a big deal in any way. i dont think Lotan said it in any malicious way towards her. in a jokingly harmless way to me & i dont like that shirtless douche bro one bit.

Lotan is trying to play the hero, but he's far from perfect. Every now and then his nasty side comes out. But then he's quick to try to hide it. I like him even less than Tom.

[fitz2k2]

How do praise a guy that is fake? Can't wait when he get exposed later in few weeks.

[Slevin]

Lotan is trying to play the hero, but he's far from perfect. Every now and then his nasty side comes out. But then he's quick to try to hide it. I like him even less than Tom.
i agree hes playing hero at times & of course hes not perfect but those 2 were just having a laugh. him saying bitch was not in a nasty way at all imo.

[Pro Sniper]

Why didn't Lotan me that comment to her face? Instead he did it behind her back. Spineless coward. So you see, the other talk behind people's back all the time. But for you only when Raph does it is a crime. I'm done.

What Lotan said was perfectly reasonable when viewed in the context it was delivered.

I see Raphy was at it again, negatively judging others with the help of the rubbish sisters,, old crappy Joe being the main focus of their cowardly, backstabbing verbals this time..with Raph laughably accusing crappy Joe of being the "biggest game player" of anyone in the house. I wish I'd have been in that room when he said that, for I'd have grabbed a mirror and shoved it right in front of his "super intelligent" head, and said: Nope, there is the biggest one right there. You may be fooling plenty, but don’t think your desperate, unoriginal, see-through game is fooling me, kid.

[Mystic Mock]

The biggest gameplayer in that house is between Lotan and Ellie.

Although Raph is high up as it is a game tbf, also Joe and Rebecca gave it a very good go in that last episode with their ridiculous outbursts.

[Rob!]

"he's gaining a lot of traction elsewhere." No doubt from the LGBT community? Again, ridiculous.

I'm in a generous mood so I'm going to credit you with the possibility that you didn't mean for this post to sound quite as idiotic as it does.

That house is filled with quite a lot of unpleasant characters and Raph is by far the most genuine and least aggressive in there. THAT is why he's popular. He may not be having rows all the time, coming out with cracking quotes and one liners (yet, we are only just going into week 3 after all) but he's a nice guy that in a house full of reality rejects and shallow model types is quite refreshing and identifiable to watch.
I've been on this forum since 2009 and I can't remember having a single exchange of posts with him and I still have him down as my winner.

[Pro Sniper]

I'm in a generous mood so I'm going to credit you with the possibility that you didn't mean for this post to sound quite as idiotic as it does.

Nothing at all idiotic about it. No doubt the "big willy" filth talk he engaged in the other night was for the benefit of(to gain from) that community.

"Raph is by far the most genuine" iyBo. Anyone judging from a neutral vp could never concur.

More shyte-stirring from Raphy on the latest ep, more "divide" talk etc..
Soon he'll be in the DR drawing us pictures, pointing out all the "baddies" in a good vs evil tale..

[Binbin]

Come on man, the boy is a pretty hopeless HM. He's about on a par with those rubbish sisters :bored:

I agree. But I am unable to exercise my right of free speech on this matter - walls have ears!!:rant::rant::rant:

[joeysteele]

The biggest gameplayer in that house is between Lotan and Ellie.

Although Raph is high up as it is a game tbf, also Joe and Rebecca gave it a very good go in that last episode with their ridiculous outbursts.

For me every housemate goes in thinking they can play a game.
Often that fails.
Whatever Joe's is for example,it's falling flat.
When Rebecca mentioned daughter,Joe fired back don't bring my f....ing daughter into this.
Charming that I'm sure.

The others, the guys particularly Lotan,Kieron and awful Tom,their current game seems to be to play the role of a pack,looking alike,acting alike.
It's all false.

Now the women seem all over the place but Hannah was hilarious in her put down of Tom.
A great moment that was.

Raph is trying to have fun in a fun starved house,of course he has ideas of what to do and he needs to also capture airtime.
His diary room sessions are great viewing even just as to his noms yesterday too.
Nothing he does is malicious,to suggest otherwise is ridiculous,in my view anyway.

Obviously all housemates need to take care but for me this series without Raph would end up a likely eternal boring one.

[Pro Sniper]

I see Raphy couldn't wait to run to the DR to attack "the crew" for messing about with some food. You see, it's only him and his faux partner who are allowed to mess around with food. After that he had another bitching session with the rubbish sisters about old crappy Joe..before provoking an argument with twatty Tom..before making another mountain out of mole hill when discovering a tiny water mark(which he naturally exaggerated to "WATER ALL OVER IT") in the corner of his bitch buddies bed. His desperation to rubbish others while playing 'the righteous one' is absolutely embarrassing.

[Crimson Dynamo]

i have noticed that the fanboy love-in has greatly diminished as his sneaky furtive side has been revealed

I mean if the boy can be so easily exposed by vintage joe

that tells you an awful lot :joker:

[bots]

i don't think he is that popular given he has a profile here. Channelle is more popular, and she is a disgusting person, so that puts it in context.

[CallumJoshuaSturt]

I personally think he's a bum licking nob. A bit of a fun sponge too. I hope he sees this.

[Crimson Dynamo]

i don't think he is that popular given he has a profile here. Channelle is more popular, and she is a disgusting person, so that puts it in context.

correct. lets face it he is "friends" with the 3 most vile housemates

so much for a BB expert

:hehe:

[Kazanne]

i like him because he's my friend on here, and i absolutely admire the support from his fans on here, especially Nessa :D

However much you like someone their faults should not be defended blindly,it's hard to take some of the stuff on here seriously,he is not perfect and people should be able to say so not agree with everything he does just because he is a Tibb member,I dont like Chanelle but can see why some people think she is a good housemate.

[bots]

I personally think he's a bum licking nob. A bit of a fun sponge too. I hope he sees this.

bolded for emphasis :laugh:

[Kazanne]

bolded for emphasis :laugh:

:joker::joker:

[Vanessa]

I think he's doing very well. :)

[chuff me dizzy]

I personally think he's a bum licking nob. A bit of a fun sponge too. I hope he sees this.

:clap1:

[Jordan.]

Why is this thread attacking fans of housemates still open :eyes:

[Jordan.]

i have noticed that the fanboy love-in has greatly diminished as his sneaky furtive side has been revealed

I mean if the boy can be so easily exposed by vintage joe

that tells you an awful lot :joker:

The only person he's losing fans to is Chanelle hon

[Vanessa]

The only person he's losing fans to is Chanelle hon

I like both anyway. Will support both or any of them two who gets to the final.

[Patricia4]

I agree with you Chuff I liked him but gone off him.

[Pro Sniper]

I see Raphy was at it again with one of the rubbish sisters..bringing up "the clique" again for the 500billionth time. Feeling the desperate need to keep reminding the gullible public what they need to do to such "bad" people(those same "bad" people he sucked up to in a pathetic, cringey, disingenuous speech of what they've all "taught him") and who they need to get behind and push on to win..

So predictable and mind-numbingly boring.

Equally predicatble and boring is his faux partner Chanelle with her "I'm not having it" act. Taking on "the baddies" at every opportunity her pea brain believes will earn her brownie points. All the while banking on her hypocritical fans to continue to sweep all her numerous counts of intimidating/aggressive behaviour under the carpet..

Nauseating.

[Kazanne]

I see Raphy was at it again with one of the rubbish sisters..bringing up "the clique" again for the 500billionth time. Feeling the desperate need to keep reminding the gullible public what they need to do to such "bad" people(those same "bad" people he sucked up to in a pathetic, cringey, disingenuous speech of what they've all "taught him") and who they need to get behind and push on to win..

So predictable and mind-numbingly boring.

Equally predicatble and boring is his faux partner Chanelle with her "I'm not having it" act. Taking on "the baddies" at every opportunity her pea brain believes will earn her brownie points. All the while banking on her hypocritical fans to continue to sweep all her numerous counts of intimidating/aggressive behaviour under the carpet..

Nauseating.

How spot on you are.:wavey:

[chuff me dizzy]

I see Raphy was at it again with one of the rubbish sisters..bringing up "the clique" again for the 500billionth time. Feeling the desperate need to keep reminding the gullible public what they need to do to such "bad" people(those same "bad" people he sucked up to in a pathetic, cringey, disingenuous speech of what they've all "taught him") and who they need to get behind and push on to win..

So predictable and mind-numbingly boring.

Equally predicatble and boring is his faux partner Chanelle with her "I'm not having it" act. Taking on "the baddies" at every opportunity her pea brain believes will earn her brownie points. All the while banking on her hypocritical fans to continue to sweep all her numerous counts of intimidating/aggressive behaviour under the carpet..

Nauseating.

Agree .... He's playing the victim card "No one likes us,they are bullying us"

[chuff me dizzy]

I personally think he's a bum licking nob. A bit of a fun sponge too. I hope he sees this.

:clap1:

[Black Dagger]

Sure he will be gutted to read that when he leaves.

[supertv247]

Raphs popularity on the BBSpy poll has suddenly halved this week from 44% to 22% while Isabelle has come in at 26% - stealing half his voters!
Chanelle is now at the top with 28%

[Vanessa]

He was amazing last night. A real hero.

[Pro Sniper]

I see freaky little weirdo Raph was absolutely raging that 30+k of HIS prize money(as his "super intelligent" brain had it pinned) was stolen by a weirdo similar to himself. Which is quite surprising considering he's "not there for the money" :conf: Oh that's right, that's just some lying tripe he keeps saying as part of this silly character he's trying to live up to, to get the usual gullible massses to push him towards the win. Hopefully enough people have seen right through his tired, old, unoriginal, desperate facade..and he walks away as a penniless loser. Which he deserves to do for being one of the most pathetic HMs in the history of the game.

[rusticgal]

I just wonder if he would have sat in that diary room and called Hannah out for winning 'dirty money'...or Chanelle or Deborah?
Hannah threw herself at that podium...but Raph will dismiss that and will not hold it against her. Two faced hypocrite.

[Littlegreen]

The last remaining second-chance housemate would win the money. Andrew got that money by evicting Sam during this task, it was the obvious thing to do but in terms of earning the money - it was weak.

The money is "tainted" because it wasn't earned through the public deciding that Andrew deserved to be the last second-chance housemate standing.

Raph is a longtime BB fan and it shows.

[Mystic Mock]

Tbf the public I think would've chosen Andrew anyway.

I feel bad for Sam that that's how he got evicted, but the show was just rigging it for what the public wanted.

[Lostie!]

The last remaining second-chance housemate would win the money. Andrew got that money by evicting Sam during this task, it was the obvious thing to do but in terms of earning the money - it was weak.

The money is "tainted" because it wasn't earned through the public deciding that Andrew deserved to be the last second-chance housemate standing.

Raph is a longtime BB fan and it shows.

Nobody who gets money from BB has "earned" it, they're sat in a house for a few months. Winning the money via a task is no less valid than getting it from the public vote.

Snatching it after preaching about not being there for the money, however, is undeniably hypocritical.

[Pro Sniper]

Spot on Rusti. The boy is so hell-bent on fooling the public and winning the game, he can't even see how pathetic he's being in daring to suggest someone taking 30k(for pressing a ****ing button the fastest) is a "weak move", especially a player who is ineligible to win the show, and had no guarantee of winning the 15k over Sam. Too bitchy and bitter to see it was actually the strongest possible move a player in his position could make. Also agree with Lostie, in that stating one thing so strongly and then acting against it at the first opportunity makes you look like a fake clown. But let's face it, he's in damn good company as far as that's concerned, none more so than when he's in the presence of ridiculous Raph.

[Mystic Mock]

I don't get how people are so bothered about Raph when Ellie, Charlotte, and Kieran are in the house?:laugh:

They've all been so rude to people throughout the series, yet Raph is the one that gets negative threads thrown his way, I don't get it and I normally try to understand the logic behind it.

[jamiewordsley]

AMEN he wouldnt be so poplour if he was not well know member hes awfull

[Ant.]

I don't get how people are so bothered about Raph when Ellie, Charlotte, and Kieran are in the house?:laugh:

They've all been so rude to people throughout the series, yet Raph is the one that gets negative threads thrown his way, I don't get it and I normally try to understand the logic behind it.

:clap1: thank you!

[Mystic Mock]

AMEN he wouldnt be so poplour if he was not well know member hes awfull

Raph would always be popular on the Forums though.

[SarenaW]

AMEN he wouldnt be so poplour if he was not well know member hes awfull I literally just joined this forum last week because I liked Raph so much on BB and wanted to discuss his development on the show with other fans. I had NO idea he was previously a member until I saw someone mention it in a thread.

[Garfie]

Raph's comment about the money being 'tainted' seemed a bit extreme to me.

I think, in his judgement of Andrew, he has been overly influenced by what he thought Josie was saying about him, and that it is actually Raph's view of him that has been 'tainted' unnecessarily. He has only shown negativity towards Andrew since meeting Josie. I also think that Raph is so immersed in the experience that he has lost track of the fact that they all have lives outside of the house which they will be returning to in a week's time.

As regards the money, I believe BB said it would be lost forever if no-one pressed the buttons so it would have been stupid for none of them to do so. Winning money is part of BB, so although I don't feel that someone who has been there such a short time should have been enabled to take so much of the prize fund, the opportunity arose so Andrew was entitled to take it. I don't blame Andrew for that, especially if financially it would benefit him in his current life circumstances.

I do wonder if Raph would have felt differently about the money being 'tainted' had Hannah won it.

[sungrass]

"he's gaining a lot of traction elsewhere." No doubt from the LGBT community? Again, ridiculous.

He is not even really gay!! He had made it up!! think about it

[Parmy]

I just wonder if he would have sat in that diary room and called Hannah out for winning 'dirty money'...or Chanelle or Deborah?
Hannah threw herself at that podium...but Raph will dismiss that and will not hold it against her. Two faced hypocrite.

Yeah lets see if the self rightious bore nominated hannah.

[AnnieK]

He is not even really gay!! He had made it up!! think about it

Really? That's a big statement to make about someone you don't know.

[Niamh.]

He is not even really gay!! He had made it up!! think about it

He's said he was gay on here for years so if he made up it wasn't just for BB.......... I don't think being gay is a good game plan anyway, isn't Brian Dowling from way back in BB2 the only ever gay winner?

[Ant.]

He's said he was gay on here for years so if he made up it wasn't just for BB.......... I don't think being gay is a good game plan anyway, isn't Brian Dowling from way back in BB2 the only ever gay winner?

Julian Clary comes ro mind, but he was CBB

[Niamh.]

Julian Clary comes ro mind, but he was CBB

Fromm civilian I meant but still even counting him that's only two out of all the shows, so it's not a great game plan anyway :laugh:

[chuff me dizzy]

AMEN he wouldnt be so poplour if he was not well know member hes awfull

:clap1:

[Denver]

He is a terrible housemate

[Littlegreen]

He's a bloody brilliant housemate, look at the threads on here this morning!!!

Legends keep 'em talking.

[Denver]

H has done nothing memorable and has had the least airtime in there

[chuff me dizzy]

He's a bloody brilliant housemate, look at the threads on here this morning!!!

Legends keep 'em talking.

99% Negative threads :joker:

[Littlegreen]

H has done nothing memorable and has had the least airtime in there

Tell me what others have done?

[Littlegreen]

99% Negative threads :joker:

Yeah, but they come from the same people.

[Denver]

Tell me what others have done?

Better pranks

[Littlegreen]

Better pranks

:joker:

I agree he hasn't had much airtime over the series, but neither has 90% of the house. Ellie's two showmances have taken up quite a bit and even though I adore her Chanelle has been featured a crazy amount.

[sampvt]

He's a bloody brilliant housemate, look at the threads on here this morning!!!

Legends keep 'em talking.

Talking about someone does not make them good. We were all talking about the ripper years ago.

Raph is just plain useless and socially inept plus he thinks he has won it already. Not a chance sonny. It. The looks of shock and aw are irrelevant now. It's oiksville for real now.

[Littlegreen]

Talking about someone does not make them good. We were all talking about the ripper years ago.

Raph is just plain useless and socially inept plus he thinks he has won it already. Not a chance sonny. It. The looks of shock and aw are irrelevant now. It's oiksville for real now.

Yet he keeps you talking.

If he was dull and didn't do anything, then isn't it a bit odd he could generate such conversation.

[Underscore]

To be expected really since he's been an established member since 2009 :shrug:

Omg what's his name on here

[Wizard.]

He'll be pleased to be on Rachel Rice's level of snore fest...

[bots]

Omg what's his name on here

funnily enough .... Raph :laugh:

[chuff me dizzy]

Yeah, but they come from the same people.

As do the "We love cute Raph" ones

[Niamh.]

Again guys can you all please keep it about the HMs and not eachother

[Crimson Dynamo]

He has just been dull, wimpy, transtalantic and spent way too long in awe of the women


he is like a mug of lukewarm water

[Niamh.]

He has just been dull, wimpy, transtalantic and spent way too long in awe of the women


he is like a mug of lukewarm water

?

[reece(:]

He'll be pleased to be on Rachel Rice's level of snore fest...

:joker:

[DouglasS]

Raph has the biggest fanclub of the past 4 years on this forum, woo.

[Vanessa]

Raph has the biggest fanclub of the past 4 years on this forum, woo.

Go Raph woooooooo :cheer2:

[Barry.]

Go Raph woooooooo :cheer2:

He has done good.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Raph has the biggest fanclub of the past 4 years on this forum, woo.

:joker:

i love sarcasm

[smudgie]

Just can't help liking the lad.
I don't think we see enough of him.
Him and Issy top two for me.

[Vanessa]

Just can't help liking the lad.
I don't think we see enough of him.
Him and Issy top two for me.

He's lovely, isn't he? :lovedup:

[Barry.]

He's lovely, isn't he? :lovedup:

Him and Izzy.

[waterhog]

Come on man, the boy is a pretty hopeless HM. He's about on a par with those rubbish sisters :bored:

back you all the way - for a bb superfan - he has been a super let down. :joker:

[Littlegreen]

I just find his awkwardness so endearing and I genuinely am intrigued by his thoughts/opinions.

Never spoke to him on here so I had no preconceived ideas, and I don't know if we'd even get on, but I hope so because he's been a pleasure to support and one of my favourite housemates, ever.

[Vanessa]

I just find his awkwardness so endearing and I genuinely am intrigued by his thoughts/opinions.

Never spoke to him on here so I had no preconceived ideas, and I don't know if we'd even get on, but I hope so because he's been a pleasure to support and one of my favourite housemates, ever.

He's totally adorable. :love:

[chuff me dizzy]

He has just been dull, wimpy, transtalantic and spent way too long in awe of the women


he is like a mug of lukewarm water

:clap1: By far the most boring hm8 this series

[YourLAEx]

I didn't know Raph was a member on here until like three weeks in and I already liked him by that time

[joeysteele]

I just find his awkwardness so endearing and I genuinely am intrigued by his thoughts/opinions.

Never spoke to him on here so I had no preconceived ideas, and I don't know if we'd even get on, but I hope so because he's been a pleasure to support and one of my favourite housemates, ever.


He's a great guy Littlegreen, always has time for people on here.

If you come across him on here after BB in the future, I feel for sure you will have no reason to be disappointed.
Far from his popularity on here being ridiculous, it should've been more like, it is thoroughly well deserved.

[Littlegreen]

He's a great guy Littlegreen, always has time for people on here.

If you come across him on here after BB in the future, I feel for sure you will have no reason to be disappointed.
Far from his popularity on here being ridiculous, it should've been more like, it is thoroughly well deserved.

That's really nice to read, thank you. I'm so pleased my impressions were/are correct! :hee:

[Macie Lightfoot]

I mean it's to be expected since he's from here. He wouldn't be nearly as popular on these parts if people didn't come into the series with an attachment to him.

[rusticgal]

You can be very controlled posting on a forum...some people post spontaneously and some people put thought into how they say things. It's like texting...sometimes you can read a text in a different way to how it was meant.
The point is we are seeing Raph warts and all...how he is in real life. I have judged him on what I see..I remember seeing his name in the box but his posts didn't stand out to me.
We don't see everything on the highlights...but you see enough to judge people and I just find him sneaky. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him...he comes across all childlike and endearing but in the diary room he comes alive totally confident and all opinionated...so who is the real Raph? He is playing a clever game and getting away with it..the housemates are not seeing it but the public are.
I haven't formed my opinion based on how he is on here...and I don't give a **** what he thinks of me when he is back..I don't like sneaky fake people and that's exactly what he is.

[Littlegreen]

You can be very controlled posting on a forum...some people post spontaneously and some people put thought into how they say things. It's like texting...sometimes you can read a text in a different way to how it was meant.
The point is we are seeing Raph warts and all...how he is in real life. I have judged him on what I see..I remember seeing his name in the box but his posts didn't stand out to me.
We don't see everything on the highlights...but you see enough to judge people and I just find him sneaky. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him...he comes across all childlike and endearing but in the diary room he comes alive totally confident and all opinionated...so who is the real Raph? He is playing a clever game and getting away with it..the housemates are not seeing it but the public are.
I haven't formed my opinion based on how he is on here...and I don't give a **** what he thinks of me when he is back..I don't like sneaky fake people and that's exactly what he is.

Could that be because he seems quite a reserved person, in the DR it's just him and a voice/camera not the pressure of a group of people.

[Ant.]

Could that be because he seems quite a reserved person, in the DR it's just him and a voice/camera not the pressure of a group of people.

:clap1:

[joeysteele]

Could that be because he seems quite a reserved person, in the DR it's just him and a voice/camera not the pressure of a group of people.

Very fairly put Littlegreen.

[Pro Sniper]

https://media.giphy.com/media/xTkcEAi2c52ogYAn04/giphy.gifhttps://media.giphy.com/media/xTkcEYGwZazz81yTbW/giphy.gif

^
One and the same..

You can see the boy was actually holding back serious LAUGHTER..as he was thinking about all the mug votes he's going to reel in off the back of this garbage. It's obvious the game, and more importantly winning the game is all he's ever cared about. He's like a desperate robot that's going through a weak, boring, predictable, programmed script. Fortunately enough viewers seen right through the 2 disgusting females in the house and both those fake bitches got given the much needed boot..much, much earlier than they could ever have anticipated - even if they both carried on their fake shyte by pretending they would've been happy to have made it to "week 2" .. WALOFS.

IF the voting public stop Raph being crowned the winner then it can be said they've done a grand job in eliminating all the blindingly desperate, arrogant, egotistical, entitled beings..

[Mystic Mock]

He has just been dull, wimpy, transtalantic and spent way too long in awe of the women


he is like a mug of lukewarm water

The one thing that Raph cannot be accused of is him being dull.

A dull person is someone like Kieran or Charlotte who has anyone hardly ever open up discussions on them, or if they do it's to do with how boring they are rather than Raph who gets threads opened up based on his actions in the house either postively or negatively.

Raph has probably been in the top 5 most discussed Housemates of the series by BB fans, only really beaten by Chanelle, but there might also be cases made for Hannah and Deborah.

[bots]

You can be very controlled posting on a forum...some people post spontaneously and some people put thought into how they say things. It's like texting...sometimes you can read a text in a different way to how it was meant.
The point is we are seeing Raph warts and all...how he is in real life. I have judged him on what I see..I remember seeing his name in the box but his posts didn't stand out to me.
We don't see everything on the highlights...but you see enough to judge people and I just find him sneaky. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him...he comes across all childlike and endearing but in the diary room he comes alive totally confident and all opinionated...so who is the real Raph? He is playing a clever game and getting away with it..the housemates are not seeing it but the public are.
I haven't formed my opinion based on how he is on here...and I don't give a **** what he thinks of me when he is back..I don't like sneaky fake people and that's exactly what he is.

SNeaky and fAKE ... snake

[Adamw92]

Wow, are people still grasping at the same "Raphs a snake" straws?

[Pro Sniper]

Embarressed(© Tom&Issy) that Raph's only plan to stay relevant is to continue on with the silly, unfunny "pranks"(convinced by a desperate "winner" who was gifted the title after coasting through her season sucking her chubby thumb and teaching an aussie ponce how to sing "I've got a brand new combine harvester") as if that's what the viewers really want to see :facepalm:

[JTM45]

It's pretty obvious to anyone with a modicum of awareness that Raph doesn't need a 'plan' to stay relevant because, as his '2nd favourite to win' placing makes undeniably obvious, he IS relevant.
No lies spoken here, unlike the screamers dotted all over the rest of this thread. There's not too many individual false claims because that would require an imagination. Just the same old rotten chestnuts regurgitated over and over by the same old people. :sleep: :idc:

[Pro Sniper]

I see fake Raphy was at it again..putting on silly sad faces as he pretended to believe there was a chance he was saying goodbye to Issy. Later on he even brought up that "exile" shyte again. Desperate little bullsh1tter. Sadly, Issy has felt the need to tap into that desperate muck as well :facepalm: sitting in the DR forcing tears and speweing out hollow bilge about being humble :rolleyes:

What a terrible final 4. A fitting way to end this season would be to announce the following to the final 2 "And the winner..of BigBrother18 is..................................... NOBODY! You've all been a bunch of fake, pathetic losers! there wasn't one deserving winner among you..so the lot of you can immediately head off and crawl back under whatever rock you dragged your desperate ass out from! The prize fund will go to a needy Charity..as will the 30odd k the 2nd chancer thought he'd got his rotten mitts on."

[Pro Sniper]

:laugh: The best the little bulsh1tter could do was finish a very poor 2nd to a 33/1 latecomer :pat:

[Marsh.]

How on earth is second "very poor". :joker: It's better than all but one of the other housemates.

You'll literally pick at anything.

[Pro Sniper]

Marshy, a poor 2nd happens when you finish a distant runner-up to a seriously comfortable winner. Watch the following race to understand the true definition...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9DWtIldTtU&t=0m47s

Issy is obviously Black Caviar..while Raph as Karuta Queen can only manage to scrape a very poor 2nd, finishing just ahead of a few other stragglers :laugh:

[rusticgal]

Nothing worse than coming 2nd....

[JayGreen]

I love Raph. I think he has been quiet refreshing to watch. Its nice to see big brother put an uber big b fan in. I wish they did that more.

[Barry.]

Raph coming 2nd is great. Legend.

[JTM45]

Nothing worse than coming 2nd....

If you're someone who is determined to see worst in everyone and everything then i suppose (i can only 'suppose' because i have been brought up to look for the best in a person or a situation) you would have even found fault in him winning. :bored:

I'd say spending the entire Series doggedly hating on one housemate and exaggerating their flaws to the point of the ridiculous instead of actually enjoying something/someone about the series has gotta' be much, much worse than actually fulfilling a dream by getting into the house and then thriving in there, being one of the few housemates who the other housemates have only had extremely positive things to say about after leaving, and going on to outlast all but one of your closest friends and allies in there.:shrug:

If anything your posts remind me to be extremely thankful that i'm the sort of person that i am.

[Benjamin]

:laugh: The best the little bulsh1tter could do was finish a very poor 2nd to a 33/1 latecomer :pat:

Mollie?

[Garfie]

Raph achieved a very well-deserved second place, and I am really pleased for him. He seemed genuinely happy with that in his interview, in which he convinced me for one that he had been there, as a BB fan, for the experience. Good on him!

[bots]

clearly his popularity was deserved when he finished second :laugh:

[reece(:]

How on earth is second "very poor". :joker: It's better than all but one of the other housemates.

You'll literally pick at anything.

Quite humorous as if every HM other than the winner is irrelevant

Come off it :joker:

[Garfie]

If you're someone who is determined to see worst in everyone and everything then i suppose (i can only 'suppose' because i have been brought up to look for the best in a person or a situation) you would have even found fault in him winning. :bored:

I'd say spending the entire Series doggedly hating on one housemate and exaggerating their flaws to the point of the ridiculous instead of actually enjoying something/someone about the series has gotta' be much, much worse than actually fulfilling a dream by getting into the house and then thriving in there, being one of the few housemates who the other housemates have only had extremely positive things to say about after leaving, and going on to outlast all but one of your closest friends and allies in there.:shrug:

If anything your posts remind me to be extremely thankful that i'm the sort of person that i am.

There are certain housemates over the years who have been deserving of negativity. I don't think anyone can say that of Raph.

[joeysteele]

If you're someone who is determined to see worst in everyone and everything then i suppose (i can only 'suppose' because i have been brought up to look for the best in a person or a situation) you would have even found fault in him winning. :bored:

I'd say spending the entire Series doggedly hating on one housemate and exaggerating their flaws to the point of the ridiculous instead of actually enjoying something/someone about the series has gotta' be much, much worse than actually fulfilling a dream by getting into the house and then thriving in there, being one of the few housemates who the other housemates have only had extremely positive things to say about after leaving, and going on to outlast all but one of your closest friends and allies in there.:shrug:

If anything your posts remind me to be extremely thankful that i'm the sort of person that i am.

As has been the case all through BB,you have made brilliant posts.
This is another.

Runner up is an excellent result, the times on here where the runner up has even hailed more than the winner are endless.

Raph has as I said elsewhere been the one who was in the house the longest, he is the top male housemate this series and likely has been all series.
He is also runner up too.

Raph has aways indicated he wanted the BB experience,of course had he won,that would have been perfect.
For me anyway.

However to try to diminish being 2nd and calling it failure, then that means no matter who they were,all other housemates in all series were 'losers' too and anyone in 3rd doing even worse.

If medals were issued on BB,all these 3 Isabelle, Raph and Deborah would have got one.
That's not losers at all.

Congratulations to Raph,well deserved result and the only one this series to have gone all the way from day one to finish runner up.
In a series for all housemates that in my view has been one of,if not the hardest, with the endless twists on noms and evictions, to be able to survive to the final moments.

The guy did great, absolutely great.
The really best thing is he got to fulfil his dream of being on a BB series.
However he was also there from start to end too.
Well deserved for a great guy.

[Littlegreen]

Well, it can't have been just us on here if he finished 2nd and had 22% of the vote. Well done Raph.

[AnnieK]

Lol.....all this negativity just comes across as sad and bitter now. If it wasn't so sad it would be hilarious....as it is its just sad. Personally, I wanted Issy in the end to win but Raph did great, lived his dream and came across well. At least he can always say that, people talking **** about him can only do that...talk ****

[JTM45]

There are certain housemates over the years who have been deserving of negativity. I don't think anyone can say that of Raph.

Absolutely Garfie! :thumbs:

As has been the case all through BB,you have made brilliant posts.
This is another.


Much thanks Joey. :blush2:

I'm not always positive about all the housemates but i always try to be as honest (with myself first and foremost) and fair as i can be (much like yourself) and never forget that i'm just a tiny piece of this forum that is meant to be, and for the most part is, an enjoyable place to be.

[Niamh.]

Nothing worse than coming 2nd....Except coming 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th . . . .


Well done Raph, did us proud

[Nicky91]

well done Raph 2nd place is still great :)


and we heard it Charlotte does love Raph, what she said in the interview bit with Emma ;)

[Crimson Dynamo]

oh he didnt win

:hehe:

beaten by a comedy make-uped newbie who did and said nowt?


legends only gals

:laugh2:

[Pro Sniper]

People can pretend all they want about how "great an achievement" it was to finish as the final loser! but a loser is a loser, and that's what Raph deservedly finished as. Had he not had such silly, biased support from here, he'd most likely have finished around 7th or 8th. In the end, the biased support could only push him to the final loser spot..as he was ultimately schooled by a latecomer who no doubt sat on a bag of tricks she didn't even need to open:laugh: in order to see off such weak, transparent opposition..

[Nicky91]

oh he didnt win

:hehe:

beaten by a comedy make-uped newbie who did and said nowt?


legends only gals

:laugh2:

don't mock our friend Raphie :nono:

[joeysteele]

Lol.....all this negativity just comes across as sad and bitter now. If it wasn't so sad it would be hilarious....as it is its just sad. Personally, I wanted Issy in the end to win but Raph did great, lived his dream and came across well. At least he can always say that, people talking **** about him can only do that...talk ****

Absolutely right.

[AnnieK]

People can pretend all they want about how "great an achievement" it was to finish as the final loser! but a loser is a loser, and that's what Raph deservedly finished as. Had he not had such silly, biased support from here, he'd most likely have finished around 7th or 8th. In the end, the biased support could only push him to the final loser spot..as he was ultimately schooled by a latecomer who no doubt sat on a bag of tricks she didn't even need to open:laugh: in order to see off such weak, transparent opposition..

People can also pretend that people give a ****....its over. No amount of bleating from sad people can detract from the fact that the series is done, raph did great and yeah he came 2nd...which as niamh said is better than most of his detractors said or thought he would. Get a grip and get over it.....maybe audition, go in and win it...have something real to talk about. Sad

[Crimson Dynamo]

looks like Raph fans are, shall we say, a little miffed that he did not win like perhaps they all expected?

:hehe:

[chuff me dizzy]

His popularity failed to make him the winner :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

His popularity failed to make him the winner :joker:

tbh he should have walked it as there was literally no competition, he virtually pulled a loss from the jaws of victory

:joker:

[Pro Sniper]

https://image.ibb.co/gQRd5Q/o.png


:joker::joker::joker:

[chuff me dizzy]

tbh he should have walked it as there was literally no competition, he virtually pulled a loss from the jaws of victory

:joker:

A loser ,no one remembers losers without they were iconic, and he certainly wasn't

[Littlegreen]

He made it to the final, in arguably one of the tougher finals to make in BB history (due to twists and backdoor evictions).

The only people that are attempting to diminish that success are those that wrote him off weeks ago and claimed he wouldn't get anywhere near the final - let alone TOP BLOODY 2!!!

[chuff me dizzy]

He made it to the final, in arguably one of the tougher finals to make in BB history (due to twists and backdoor evictions).

The only people that are attempting to diminish that success are those that wrote him off weeks ago and claimed he wouldn't get anywhere near the final - let alone TOP BLOODY 2!!!

Top 2 isn't the winner, its a loser :pat::laugh3: