| CharlotteSometimes |
15-08-2005 04:37 AM |
The adage 'you reap what you sow' has seldom been more fitting. Makosi fluked her way to the final night - fact. She escaped nomination and even eviction several times when she was a dead cert. to go. The BB producers play the evictions to what they perceive the majority of the audience's opinion to be, and have done since the show began. People that have been present during evictions in the past have often noted that production staff move sections of the crowd so that they're closer to or farther away from the cameras and / or microphones. The same goes for those with banners, too. Microphone placement and the volume afforded to them in the mix-down is another factor. BB had a predetermined plan of how Makosi's eviction would be handled, and they simply gave the vast majority of the public what they wanted and had craved for quite some time now.
Suggesting that Davina did nothing to stop the crowd reaction is unwarranted. She is simply the interpreter of a set of scripted questions, and constant small amendments to such through the link with production staff in her earpiece. There were a few times when she made comments that weren't addressed to Makosi, and it was obvious that, in effect, she was asking for guidance as to what she should do to remedy the situation. There was nothing that Davina could've done, but several things that the production team could've done. They could've cut the interview short, or cut to a break and moved her indoors to continue the interview there. They could've adjusted the sound levels to cut the booing, or removed the boom mics entirely. None of those things were done, because the reaction we witnessed at home was exactly what the production team wanted.
Personally, I had no time whatsoever for Makosi. But I can appreciate that there is indeed a minority that supported her. That minority would've been represented in the audience, too. For every eviction, when the evicted hm is being interviewed, the crowd surrounding them are typically made up of that hm's supporters. Why was this not the case for Makosi? Because the production team wanted booing and jeering, not cheers and applause.
Throughout the interview, Davina gave her the option to redeem herself and/or apologise for her actions on numerous occasions. She steadfastly refused to do so. If she had, that would hardly have converted the crowd instantaneously to Makosi supporters. But it would most certainly have put them on the wrong foot, and pacified them to some degree. Instead, she decided to be smug, arrogant and complacent. That could only ever have exacerbated the situation, and she knew it, too. She could've apologised to Kemal for playing him. He was sitting only feet away from her, after all. She was asked if she'd been playing a game in the house, and could've said yes and silenced a good proportion of the crowd in the process. She could've come clean about the pool incident with Anthony, but she decided to stick with her own wafer thin interpretation. She was already swimming with sharks, but instead of accepting the lifebelt she was thrown, she chose to pour petrol on top and light a match. Again, you reap what you sow.
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