[Ruth]

I was thinking about the previous winners of Big Brother, and I wondering if everyone thinks that winning is always the best thing.

What I mean is: Craig won Big Brother 1 and has done quite well out of it, but probably no better really than Anna, who was the runner up, and who if anything is now remembered more than Craig.

Brian won Big Brother 2, and did get a fair bit of work afterwards, but Helen, who was runner up, has probably done equally as well, and I would say that she is one of the most popular housemates of any series.

(I'm not knocking Craig or Brian by the way, I thought they both seemed great, although I didn't watch a whole lot of BB1 or BB2).

Kate won Big Brother 3 and seemed to do well at first, and still pops up periodically, but I don't think there's any denying that, in financial terms and in terms of getting the most publicity post-show, Jade has done better - and she wasn't even the runner up!

Cameron () won Big Brother 4, but seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth since then, which is probably his choice, so fair enough. The only one who has continued to have done reasonably well out of BB4 is Jon Tickle, who is on the show Brainiac (which is really great by the way)! And he didn't even get into the final four.

Nadia has had a lot of mileage out of winning BB5, sure and still gets a lot of publicity out of it, but I have an inkling that the person who has done best financially could well be Michelle, who was another one who narrowly missed out on getting into the final week.

What do you guys all think?

I wonder what's in store for the winner and runners up of BB6?