[pinkpanther]

I have to be honest I would have turned it off on opening night

The first impressions of this years show were pretty awful

most of the women looked and sounded almost identical most with the same plastic surgeon and the usual shallow subjects

There was superstar michael madsen, entering the house to many peoples total astonishment

the only other ones who stood as individuals out was frankie and gareth

Kirk was just another leery cheeky chappie, none of the women were interesting or original.

so as the hm's left we got to know each person better and frankly none of the original impressions changed much apart from with frankie and gareth
michael remained the most deep multi faceted complex black humoured ambiguous character.

denise endless misreading of him is embarassing as it is she who has no humour. she just thinks being a bully and a nag is funny, its not. he laughs at himself about the entire fiasco, he is in awe of some of big brothers ingenious tasks. he has told people straight when necessary, hes sung hes danced badly,hes told us some movie anecdotes about pacinos plane and tarantinos direction (we want more BB) unlike everyone else hes not prepared to the show or been coached what to say, he just reacts naturally,his nominations have all been legendary, the ffing spy, the endless denise classics, his frank questioning of natasha , of natalie of gareth, but hes always done that 1 to 1 subtley away from the crowd as he doesnt wish to embarass people...people miss these subtleties

he even sussed out nasty natalie and told her to her face and she still loved him....thats how charismatic he is....the man goes to the toilet wearing a pillow on his head....

hes cried when it makes sense, for alfie, for his kids, even for nicola..not for self pity or attention seeking like so many others...hes been totally open to the experience even when hes feeling grouchy. just to show u americans can be different. when alfie was done with his letter from home and his task and his singing lol madsen gave him a heartfelt bearhug...he discussed it later and admitted it was a once in a lifetime thing to witness and that the experience had changed him and he meant it...the twin ignored it all to paint her nails. typically one dimesnional

I personally can honestly say with no madsen this show wouldnt have even existed to me. lets hope he gets rightful airtime because everything he says is thought out, brutally honest, heartfelt and hilarious...check out his impression later of the patient with the 4 hour erection being rushed to hospital