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Originally Posted by boldjohn
Point taken aabout the Star and you rightly point out the moments which could have worked in Aisleyne's favour. The producers had no involvement in Pete's nomination choices. It was more surprising to me when he did nominate Aisleyne than when he didn't nominate her. Ash never nominated Pete.
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I wouldn't be so sure about the producers involvement in changing Pete's nomination. It was obvious that they planned for the nominated housemates in week 12 to be moved across to the HND. Logistically, seven people in the HND would have been one too many. Plus the arguments that would have arisen between Grace, Nikki, Mikey and Aisleyne would have been even greater in the even confined space.
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Originally Posted by boldjohn
My problem with your argument is that the housemates were slagging her off, the presenters slagged her off, the audiences were slagging her off and the newspapers were slagging her off. I could not relate to any of the opinions about Aisleyne on the supporting shows. It looked like a stitch up. The reaction of the public to it does not mean that the producers tried to evoke sympathy for Aisleyne. They had a lynch mob of ex-housemates threatening her with physical violence. They sent in Grace to confront her before sending her other adversary, Nikki back into the house. None of this was intended to evoke sympathy. Aisleyne was the upstart latecomer that needed to be brought down spectacularly by the perceived big players.
This was character assassination from outside which influenced the behaviour within the house. If the public did feel sympathy for Aisleyne, that was because they knew that she had be unfairly treated and the vote for Aisleyne was a reaction against the actions of the producers. Some may have been put off Nikki and found Pete shallow, but I doubt if that was the intention. Yes I agree. They didn't do a good job.
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But this worked in her favour. But sorry it did not make her a good housemate! But then again the only good housemate in the final six was Richard (people will disagree with me on that, I know).
Very similar to what happened in BB9 with Sara who somehow beat Rex, who was far and away the most memorable housemate from BB9. Sara came third because the public felt sympathy for the way she was 'bullied' by Rex, Mo and Darnell. But she was not a memorable housemate.