Was Simon a plant?
 

Shock eviction + Dramatic twist = Higher ratings


Producers I see you

Oh not another mole conspiracy this early on

doubt it

Definitely a plant.

If anything they'd have wanted to keep him in

It wouldn't surprise me

The showbiz schtick was an intentional plot tbh

An actor drafted in to get the series off to a controversial start, maybe.

He did run to that podium IMMEDIATELY preventing anyone else from taking it. V suspicious.

He did indeed :suspect:

Plant pot maybe.

Nah. I don't think so.

Yes

Maybe, and producers revealed housemates before launch to heighten his publicity giving him some benefits for being a plant

Probably.

Showbiz init.

Might be so. After Helen did win, would be nothing new.

idk it's possible

looked like a fully-fledged human man to me

Quite possible, although emma made a couple of references like saying she got it in the neck from Simon's mum which i don't think she would have done if he was a plant.

She could have easily lied about that, I wouldn't be surprised

Definitely a plank.

Well Mom wouldn't have been on the inside of that info though would she...

There are strong indications he could have been

What if Adjoa had wanted to swap?

I don't think he was. I do however think that there should have been some other housemate around the same age as him when they were picking the cast if they had wanted him to last the distance. The nearest in age to him is Kieran who is 30 I think