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BB1 - Week 6 Rankings
1. Anna
2. Melanie (+2)
3. Darren (+2)
4. Claire (new)
5. Thomas (+1)
6. Craig (+1)
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BB1 - Week 7 Rankings
1. Anna
2. Melanie
3. Darren
4. Claire
5. Craig (+1)
So this week Claire begins the tradition of late entrants being evicted as soon as they're up - something that wouldn't be broken until - unless I'm mistaken - Orlaith in BB6.
Her reaction to her nomination is interesting. She seemed okay when the announcement was made, but not even a day later and she's descended into paranoia. While her fate was sealed as soon as she was nominated alongside Craig, the edit this reaction gives her probably would have seen her packing. In general she never really gelled in with the housemates, apart from Craig they all seemed to tolerate her. She's also trying WAY too hard as a result and it's overall quite cringe.
Of course, from what I'm gathering by public perception (there's only really the eviction shows to go on), had the original nominations stayed the same Melanie would have probably gone. She's a
black single girl who isn't ashamed of her body and has garnered the affections of more than one boy. Despite her having no commitments to anyone and it being relatively innocent, this obviously makes her the devil!
On that point, the main focal point of this week was Darren's nomination of Melanie accidentally being overheard by the other housemates. When the nominations are cancelled as a result and done over, Darren changes his nomination from Melanie to Claire. It was completely cowardly of him and made me lower my estimations of him quite a bit - he's so obsessed with what people think of him to the point where he loses all credibility. I may detest Craig, but he was 100% right in his assessment of Darren's nomination reasons.
Craig continues to have a slime about him. There's just a way he goes about things that completely turns me off him. His theorising in the diary room is pandering, and he's forced himself into the role of house leader even though all his close friends (bar Claire for this week at least) have been evicted. Nonetheless its a role the public seem to have embraced him as, all because he awkwardly confronted Nick a few weeks back. I maintain that Craig is unfairly made the star of that moment just because his name was the catalyst for the events. Anna was the only one to actually get anything of substance out of Nick and was the person who pushed the confrontation beyond 'you did this' 'no i didn't'
This week's task is a bit lacklustre. It creates some interesting tension between Claire and the other housemates because of her not 'trying as hard' but aside from that it wasn't exactly fun to watch. All of these tasks are so bare bones. While I get that that is the concept of the show, it's definitely something that only improves in future series.
The addition of the hot tub last week has definitely created a different atmosphere, particularly at night. There's a lot more 'truth or dare' style games going on and it's all a bit more wild. Or, at least, BB1's brand of wild.
This week is probably a prime example of why some might find it hard to get into the older series. Aside from a few moments the drama is really quite minimal and it really is just about getting to know the housemates. So while there's not a huge amount going on sometimes you're rewarded with the fact that you feel like you know them. The 20ish minute episode length helps with this a lot. You just can't go in expecting a screaming match every episode or a massive bitchfest because a lot of times it really isn't there. But it's still enjoyable.
This week also features a rather (in my eyes anyway) infamous moment in which Melanie is shown to be plucking her pubic hair. While it may be a little startling but ultimately harmless (and nothing compared to some of the things we'd later see), it's infamous to me because the BB1AU featured Jemma, who was constantly terrified of public perception and what would be shown, partly because of this scene. :skull: :laugh:
