[Strictly Jake]

Wow Raph welcome back to you

You were my sweepstake on the forum you disappointed me haha but I loved Isabelle

Did anyone in the house have a feeling Isabelle was going to win?

Also is Deborah as hilarious as I think she is?

Also who did you like the least?

You did very well mate

[Raph]

Originally Posted by ShakeyJake10

Wow Raph welcome back to you

You were my sweepstake on the forum you disappointed me haha but I loved Isabelle

Did anyone in the house have a feeling Isabelle was going to win?

Also is Deborah as hilarious as I think she is?

Also who did you like the least?

You did very well mate

Ah sorry pal, but glad you were happy with the winner. I think in the house me and Deborah both knew that an Asian male/Black female could never win (we talked about this since week 1 together) so, once it was down to the final 3 I was like 99.99% positive that Isabelle would win. I was already congratulating her in the bathrooms Deborah winning would've been amazing though, would've been so great to see the money go to her child's education, and I would've killed to see the black girl curse being beaten but alas.

And yes Deborah is funny, but also lovely. She really was good friend of mine in the house. And thank you, hope you enjoyed the series!!

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Raph

once it was down to the final 3 I was like 99.99% positive that Isabelle would win.

Does this mean you expected Tom to win?

[Strictly Jake]

Wow Raph welcome back to you

You were my sweepstake on the forum you disappointed me haha but I loved Isabelle

Did anyone in the house have a feeling Isabelle was going to win?

Also is Deborah as hilarious as I think she is?

Also who did you like the least?

You did very well mate

[Wizard.]

Hi Raph,

Was it awkward knowing people were watching you on the toilet?

[Littlegreen]

Originally Posted by Riley.

Hi Raph,

Was it awkward knowing people were watching you on the toilet?

I'd genuinely like to know the answer to this! ha!


Questions:

Were there any BB "essentials" that you were expecting to experience that you didn't?

When Andrew was cutting/colouring your hair why were you so against Hannah being sat nearby?

What was the average day like in the BB house in reality (time scales etc) as opposed to what we saw as HL's?

[Raph]

Originally Posted by Littlegreen

I'd genuinely like to know the answer to this! ha!


Questions:

Were there any BB "essentials" that you were expecting to experience that you didn't?

When Andrew was cutting/colouring your hair why were you so against Hannah being sat nearby?

What was the average day like in the BB house in reality (time scales etc) as opposed to what we saw as HL's?

1) I really wanted to get a secret task so I was really sad I didn't get to experience that. Apart from that I got to experience all of it really so loved it! Only thing I didn't like was tasks that involved contact with the outside world, really made me feel like I had to diminish my personality, and I think it played the same effect on almost every other housemate too.
2) I asked her on numerous occassions before that to not watch, I also told her for a week leading up to that, that I was nervous about Andrew cutting my hair (he would ask me every day if he could) and because when I finally agreed to it, I was being a princess about it, and didn't want extra stress
3) SOOOO much amazing stuff happens during the day. Conversations about feminism, public education v private education, conversations about race, religion but I feel like most of this doesn't get shown? Would be very interesting imo. Also a day feels like a week in there, it really does cause technology is not there to make time go by faster. Each day in there was like a chapter in a fairytale

[Raph]

Originally Posted by Riley.

Hi Raph,

Was it awkward knowing people were watching you on the toilet?

Nah only maybe on Day 1 and then I got super conditioned to it. The digital team actually only have a really tiny camera looking at toilets so they only put it on a main screen if interesting convo is happening. Also, I took a tip from Cody Calafiore BB16USA so each time I was in the toilet I sat down and tugged my shirt forwards to avoid anything showing haha

[Strictly Jake]

Oh forget my question of who you liked the least I guess that was kayleigh

Out of all the cast apart from Chanelle who have you formed a life long bond with

[Raph]

Originally Posted by ShakeyJake10

Oh forget my question of who you liked the least I guess that was kayleigh

Out of all the cast apart from Chanelle who have you formed a life long bond with

Haha yes Kayleigh, for sure. Such a shame as she's also Welsh

Sukhvinder and Imran for sure. Apart from that, Tom and Kieran I see myself staying in touch with longterm. Rebecca, Deborah & Hannah, Isabelle, Ellie, Sam, Mandy, Arthur etc I still speak to and would love to stay friends with them longterm too.

[Braden]

Hi Raph,

Did you have any inkling as to who was going to win during your time in the house? And when was the moment you knew Thorn Rose Cottage was going to be an everlasting friendship group?

Well done in everything, btw. I only watched bits of the series, but it was cool watching someone from the forum in the house.

[Babayaro.]

Who did you talk to about BB with during your time in the house, and were you ever told off for doing so?

Does Big Brother actually tell housemates when they have to go to sleep, and also lock the bedroom doors too? I'm sure I read somewhere that this happens.

What was the whole eviction process like? What did it include, how nerve-racking was it, etc??

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Does Big Brother actually tell housemates when they have to go to sleep, and also lock the bedroom doors too? I'm sure I read somewhere that this happens.

I second this question, I might have misunderstood what Harry Amelia meant but I'm sure she said BB would sometimes tell them what rooms to be in?

[Eddie.]

Hey Raph!If you were to go back into time, what is something you would have done different in the house?
How hard was it for you and the other HMs to make nominations?
btw thanks for spending ur time to do this...
oh one last question, were there any moments in the house you would like to share which were not included in the Daily Highlights shows?

[Raph]

Originally Posted by Eddie.

Hey Raph!If you were to go back into time, what is something you would have done different in the house?
How hard was it for you and the other HMs to make nominations?
btw thanks for spending ur time to do this...
oh one last question, were there any moments in the house you would like to share which were not included in the Daily Highlights shows?

Hello there Eddie If I went back in, I think I would be more vocal with some of my opinions. Honestly getting told the public thought I was the most '2-faced' really stressed me out and made me not want to express my opinions as much, and I wish it hadn't been the case. But really no strong regrets, 2nd place was a beautiful feat which I was honoured to be.

I think for a lot of the other housemates nominations were tough but for me I LOVED them. I think every week I was the fastest to nominate. I spent my time always having a clear idea in my head of who my next targets would be etc, so when nomination day came I was just so excited to do it!

Honestly, there are so many moments not included in the daily highlights shows. For example, Lotan was lovely and I spoke to him quite a bit. Same with Rebecca I actually had a really good bond with Rebecca and she would always tell me how she was doing BB to grow psychologically as a person etc. Also, whenever I got upset, Rebecca was always first to comfort me.

I had lots of deep meaningful chats with Sukhvinder as well, none of which were shown I think. I actually haven't seen most of it though, so it would be hard to answer this question in more detail without having seen it.

[Raph]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Who did you talk to about BB with during your time in the house, and were you ever told off for doing so?

Does Big Brother actually tell housemates when they have to go to sleep, and also lock the bedroom doors too? I'm sure I read somewhere that this happens.

What was the whole eviction process like? What did it include, how nerve-racking was it, etc??

Me and Deborah spoke lots about past seasons of BBUK in the house. She's seen pretty much every season I think. Me and Kieran spoke a bit about BBUS/BBCAN. Sukhvinder had also seen quite a few past seasons and same with Rebecca. I remember telling Ellie she looked like Grace from BB7 in the first week too But yes we (well mainly me) got told off for this "Raph is reminded again that he is not permitted to discuss previous series of Big Brother" ha ha ha

Yes lights don't go off until everyone is in bed. If people go to bed early, they lock the bedrooms for 'essential maintenance'. Parts of the house would get locked numerous times a day tbh, usually when a task was being set up or if they wanted us all together in the same place.

Evictions were soooo stressful. It was mainly stressful because I had such a strong goal of wanting to make it to the final that the thought of being sent home, terrified me. Also, the thought of losing people I cared about was very sad too (e.g. Sukhvinder week 2 and Chanelle week 7).

[Amy Jade]

What went on between you and Rachel Rice?

Has Chanelle somewhat changed your mind about recruits?

Did you think you had won when it was you v Isabelle in the final 2?

[Raph]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

What went on between you and Rachel Rice?

Has Chanelle somewhat changed your mind about recruits?

Did you think you had won when it was you v Isabelle in the final 2?

Umm no, I still think everyone should go through the whole audition process, and I'm fundamentally against recruits whereby they start the audition process in April/May versus January like me or Sukhvinder did. It just doesn't seem very fair, but recruiting in itself is fine, as that can find really interesting housemates. Just would rather if they went through the whole process.

And no, I think i've answered this before but I felt like I had no chance. Heck, I thought I was going to finish in 4th so it meant the absolute world to me, to finish in 2nd!

[Drew.]

What do you have to say about this scandalous edit?

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by Drew.

What do you have to say about this scandalous edit?

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Drew.

What do you have to say about this scandalous edit?

Shaun made it. I think it's fab

[Vanessa]

Hi Raph! Would you appear on Bots again if you had the chance? I hope you will.

[Raph]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

Hi Raph! Would you appear on Bots again if you had the chance? I hope you will.

YES, hopefully can happen. Maybe a Raph/Joel/Glyn BOTS episode, that would be the dream

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Raph

YES, hopefully can happen. Maybe a Raph/Joel/Glyn BOTS episode, that would be the dream

OMG that would be awesome!

[Wizard.]

Originally Posted by Raph

YES, hopefully can happen. Maybe a Raph/Joel/Glyn BOTS episode, that would be the dream

Raph how do you consider yourself Welsh?