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Originally Posted by Lex
I really hope you're joking Alex!  ... wonder if he'll get booed on his way out tonight?  |
Don't get me wrong, I dislike Sam but he appeared at the begining to be the sort of housemate who would go far and probably win and tbf his game plan worked:
- bland non threatening boy band looks as loved by younger females
- innocuous, he never appeared to offend as all his crude sexist bits were edited out
- the deaf sympathy vote
- he'd appeal to mums and nans
- lads would like him as he played footy and talked sport ie he's not camp
- he'd sit back and be the voice of reason when others such as gina dexter and callum imploded
- he'd appear not to want to win money whilst subtly letting us know he needs th cash as he's in dead end job (job chat with dan)
Sam's odds drifted really rapidly in the early days that I put a bet on as Sam as winner and Dexter runner up, Gina finishing third*. I never predicted Sam's final week implosion as I thought he'd keep his head down, lie in bed, crack a few well rehearsed one-liners and win.
I annoyingly sigh at another boring (white) male winner but at least I'd make some cash. It's backfired in my face as I know that even if Sam survives tonight which I suspect he will. His unpopularity has rapidly built up momentum, the yob Daily Star story won't help and old Dexter has regained his mojo. Sam might even finish behind Gina. Great result as a fan. Awful result as a bet.
* the British public would find any excuse to vote out a black female e.g. Ify BB11 was sweeter than Sophie and non the aggressive stereotype she went as soon as she was up for eviction. Heaven only survived narrowly against complete cow Rebecca. Makosi only survived against Vanessa as Vanessa was also (mixed) black and nice Vanessa got a tomato lobbed at her eviction