This is not something to love at all.

The public loved her and she become the star of the series because of her tantrums and the way she was. The public then voted her back in (by a landslide) and she gave the public what they wanted and what they'd spent her money on - yet they turned on her. Nikki deserved to win.

They turned on her because her tantrums were put on and fake - none of which why the public originally loved her to begin with. Also the way she treated Aisleyne in the HND and when she re-entered - one of the reasons why the public turned on her in the first place which led to her having almost 40% on VTE against 11 other housemates.

That's why she was evicted to boos in the final. And she was never going to win because a) she was up against Pete who had literally been the winner from that moment he tumbled down the stairs on Launch night, b) the reasons I listed above, and probably most importantly c) the uproar over a housemate re-entering (this could apply to whoever re-entered not just Nikki) at the time, which is why she couldn't muster up enough votes to win because the thought of someone who had been evicted weeks ago winning it after re-entering just didn't sit too well with the viewers at the time and still doesn't to this day.

If Lea got put back in instead of Nikki I think Lea would've have a real chance of winning. The crowd seemed to love her when the 3 HND HMs left the house.

The thought of Lea winning <3

omfg Lea winning would've made BB7 my fave series.

Maybe.

Lea winning would have been perfect

I think Lea came across the best out of the re-entered HND housemates.

Grace was Grace. And her and Nikki and Mikey all seemed to have some vendetta against Aisleyne and spent all their time bitching about her. Same with Richard (ironically he was on the opposite side weeks earlier).

Lea and Imogen stayed out and didn't join the pack mentality against Aisleyne. And to think the housemates actually wanted Lea back in but because King Pete wanted Nikki, the house agreed to have Nikki back just for him

Ik my post sounds like I'm shading Grace, but I'm not. I love her <3

Realistically I could see Grace getting 5th, Mikey getting 4th at a push and Lea comfortably getting 4th with ~12/17%

I agree. None of them would make Top 3 cause of the uproar at the time.

Aisleyne should have won

Yay @ Lea getting almost double Richard's 4th place %age