[Epic.]

Originally Posted by Epic.

Day 32/33 Highlights (Craig and Nichola nominated)
1. Darren
2. Nick
3. Anna
4. Melanie
5. Nichola
6. Tom (+1)
7. Craig (-1)

Day 34/35 Highlights
1. Nick (+1)
2. Darren (-1)
3. Anna (-)
4. Melanie (-)
5. Nichola (-)
6. Tom (-)
7. Craig (-)

That may have just been my favorite BBUK episode of all time

"If you live by the sword, you die by the sword" </3

[Macie Lightfoot]

Nick's ejection was suuuuuuch a perfect ending to his time in the house, it really is the perfect sendoff episode for one of the best characters possibly ever? He's extremely competitive but also prone to feeling guilty, he thrived in the role as the panto villain but was horrified that the public would hate him, and he was excellent at one-on-one manipulation but dreadful in a group setting, making the house confrontation his ultimate nightmare come to real life.

I think my favorite scene was the conversation between Anna and Nick after the big blowup, where she's just so desperately trying to wrap her head around why Nick was the way he was and why he built the foundation of his time in the house on a bunch of lies, but she just couldn't figure it out in the same ways that we couldn't figure it out either. It was a great character snapshot of probably the two most intelligent and observant HMs that year.


Anyway, from one iconic episode to another because I just watched Lateysha's boots and it's probably as good of an episode that BB could have delivered in 2016? The ominous DR about how Lateysha doesn't feel like it's her time to go and she just wants to make it to the final, the cries of horror from her clique when she's annihilated, pretty much the whole house confronting Jason as he changed his story from "it was completely tactical because she's a threat to win" to "she's already had her time on the television" to "we've never gotten along" to "actually I don't agree at all with her leaving her nine month old at home for this long." Just like the Nasty Nick ejection, everyone's reactions were extremely self-righteous and way beyond the nature of what actually happened, but it was the perfect nuclear bomb to rattle Lateysha's bed clique and it was the first time the obvious result didn't happen this season.

No one really came out looking good in all of this though Jason kinda came off as a contradicting hypocrite and a phony, Andy was smug as ever, Ryan and Hughie were just shrieking mouthpieces who couldn't cope with the fact that the alpha of their group was swiftly taken away from them, Lateysha was understandably upset but kinda self-righteous and fed into everyone fanning the flames of her somehow being the most deserving to win, Jayne nodded along with everyone as they said that she should have been evicted instead, and oh my god Jackson's about to get his own paragraph...

"I was gonna give everyone £2000 and nobody can dare question me because I Have Proven Myself To Be A Man of Morals (citation ****ing needed)" somehow devolved into "I hit the button and was going to evict Jayne buuuut actually I was gonna give her £10,000 and then give each other person £1000 because I don't win if the team doesn't win," and that is suuuuuuch ****ing bull**** in its own right but it looks even more false when it's off the back of him acting like a martyr when it came to seeing a video message from his son last week. He even said at one point that he could do more with £2000 and the satisfaction of making everyone else happy than he could do with £20,000 for his son I was wrong when I said that no one came off well this episode, because Laura and Evelyn ****ing RIPPED him a new one and it was glorious Laura saying he's a pussy and telling him "say it to your face? okay sure, we were just talking about how there's no way you would've actually split the money with everyone...x" and Evelyn saying "I like you but you're chatting ****E because it went from £2000 to £1000 to £10,000, and I think you're just backtracking because you weren't the first one to hit the button so technically no one can disprove your story" gave me LIFE and I'm so happy that these vapid tit girls are in it for the long run and will continue to be my surrogate into that house.

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Actually seeing as you mentioned both events in the same post, it's interesting the contrast but similarities between them. Nick being antagonized as a "master manipulator" despite the housemates already being wary of him was a slight over-reaction by them but understandable based on the time the show was meant to be a social experiment of what people living in a house is like and nothing more. Whereas with Lateysha's eviction, the 'gameplayer' tag's already a long-running aspect of the show, so when she gets evicted and the house emotionally blows up, it's a lot less righteous based on what the show's evolved into, and doing gameplaying once lead to one of the main reasons Jason won, unlike Nick who was a public enemy getting punted out the door asap for it doing recurring actions that would actually have been glorified for him to be one of the contenders to win if this was around the 2016 mark.

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That Nick interview was one of my favorites ever . He starts off still concealed in having to admit he was a gameplayer but then gradually starts being open and pretty self-deprecating about it. The meek side of him is still prevalent, like when he's asked who he had actually wanted to make it to the end with and he ends up saying Tom, Melanie, Darren and Anna (everyone except Craig and Nichola ), but he's still less uncomfortable about things than he was before, even admitting he never actually thought he'd win the show, so really he was just influencing others for the sake of it .

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

Week 6 - Amma evicted
1. Amma (+2)
2. Helen (-)
3. Elizabeth (+1)
4. Brian (-3)
5. Josh (-)
6. Dean (-)
7. Paul (-)

Week 7 - Josh evicted
1. Brian (+3)
2. Helen (-)
3. Elizabeth (-)
4. Josh (+1)
5. Dean (+1)
6. Paul (+1)

[Matthew.]

“Helloooo? We’re being held against our will! Honestly! It looks like TV but it’s not! They make us smile for bread and water! Do you believe me? My name’s not even Brian! I’m Simon! Simon O’Doherty! I’m an actor!”

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Originally Posted by Epic.

Day 34/35 Highlights
1. Nick (+1)
2. Darren (-1)
3. Anna (-)
4. Melanie (-)
5. Nichola (-)
6. Tom (-)
7. Craig (-)

That may have just been my favorite BBUK episode of all time

"If you live by the sword, you die by the sword" </3

Day 35/36/37/38 Highlights (Nicholas Ejected, Nichola Evicted; Claire Enters)
1. Nick (-)
2. Darren (-)
3. Anna (-)
4. Melanie (-)
Claire
5. Nichola (-)
6. Tom (-)
7. Craig (-)

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Jake.

Ok so we’ve just had cider-gate and wow Saskia and Maxwell looked sooo ridiculous and it was just effortless on Makosi’s part!
“I don’t wanna here from you, team-Britney!” -struts into the bedroom-

Day 30/31/32
1. Makosi
2. Science
3. Derek
4. Kemal
5. Kinga
6. Orlaith
7. Eugene
8. Craig
9. Vanessa
10. Anthony
11. Maxwell
12. Saskia

So the fifth eviction is over and this week in general has just been really interesting The Live Eviction episode itself was probably one of the best of the series too, pretty uncomfortable but some amazing arguments.

Day 33/34/35(Live Eviction)/36(Saskia Evicted)
1. Makosi
Been a bit quiet since cidergate but she’s still the most interesting and is still playing the best game.
2. Derek
I don’t think I’ll ever bore of Derek’s commentary?
“She just looks like a witch.”
“I’d rather go to a public execution.”
Vanessa: “Sorry, can you just give us five minutes?”, Derek: “No, is the short answer to that, I must get on.”
He’s just fantastic and I feel foolish for ever saying otherwise.
3. Kemal
“At least someone got wet tonight... and it wasn’t Saskia.”
Kemal helped make the fifth week legendary and it makes such a change as to how he was the week before. Literally, no fucks given. He handled himself against Maxwell and Saskia brilliantly.
4. Science
His stubbornness can sometimes be on the line of being irritating (i.e. refusing to take on any role in the task other than the narrator), but he’s still a fantastic housemate and like Kemal, his approach to Maxwell is amazing.
5. Vanessa
“GUESS WHAT THAT DIRTY LITTLE PROSTITUTE JUST SAID TO ME!”
Again, she doesn’t feature much but when she does she’s an absolute mess
6. Saskia
Ok so wait, hear me out. Saskia was awful and fuck having to live with her, but her final week was without a doubt iconic. The desperation, the fear of being evicted, shagging Maxwell (or whatever it was they were doing) thinking it would do some good, the delusion of her thinking she would beat anyone else aside from Maxwell, going off like a bomb and making herself even more disliked by the housemates and the public... It was just a perfect end to the story of someone so self-confident.
7. Orlaith
Like before, perfectly fine but I think Kemal hit the nail on the head regarding the fact that she’s probably hesitant to slag off Anthony because she’s aware of his public reception (which I’m guessing is positive? God knows why.. Oh wait, sr8 white “hunk” lol).
8. Craig
It really annoys me that he’s aligned himself to Maxwell and Anthony because we’re missing out on an amazing housemate imo. I’m hoping whenever it is that Maxwell leaves, we’ll see the best of Craig.
9. Eugene
Ok I feel kinda bad but wtf is he doing? Telling stories about washing machines and first aid courses and piloting planes to people who clearly don’t give a toss? It’s fine to be a bit odd and eccentric but it’s coming off a bit false and boring. He’s trying to find his place which I understand, but he’s not going to appeal to the likes of Derek anytime soon.
10. Maxwell
Only rated above Anthony because he’s slightly more developed but yeah, an absolute delusion div.
11. Anthony
“Orlaith, have you ever had a threesome?”, “Orlaith, have you ever made out with another girl?”, “Orlaith, have you pleasured yourself since being in here?”. FUCKING ONE NOTE DIPSHIT

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Eugene is an annoying bore later on.

And one more awful Orlaith line from Anthony to add to your list; when he asks her how many sisters she has and she starts talking about them in a civilized manner before he chimes in "I BET THEY'RE ALL FIT LIKE YOU....."

[Matthew.]

Paul: “So Helen, when you leave here, if you do go tomorrow, or if I do go tomorrow, do I get your phone number?”
Helen: “My phone number?”
Paul: “Yeah, your mobile phone number.”
Helen: “What for? ”
Paul: “WHAT? FOR? ”
Helen: “Yeah… ”
Paul: “Ok, what else are you going to use a mobile phone number for?”
Helen: “To phone somebody. ”
Paul: “Right. So…”
Helen: “Every Wednesday.”
Paul: “…Yeah. ”
Helen: “Oh yeah cool yeah you can have my mobile phone number, just tell me when to give it to you. ”

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

Week 7 - Josh evicted
1. Brian (+3)
2. Helen (-)
3. Elizabeth (-)
4. Josh (+1)
5. Dean (+1)
6. Paul (+1)

Week 8 - Paul evicted
1. Brian (-)
2. Helen (-)
3. Elizabeth (-)
4. Dean (+1)
5. Paul (+1)

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Darren: I would like to nominate... Thomas... and......................... Melanie. There's no real real reason why, we've got really close, we're really getting on, the team's bonded, and um it's really hard to do this? Um but it'd be nice if Thomas can go home and see if his farm business is okay and it'd be nice if Melanie can go home and see her mum, cause I know her mum's probably worried about her, and would like to see her again.

I did not realize Darren would pussy out of nominations literally EVERY, SINGLE, WEEK . I know the public had an issue with this but it's the first series so nominations aren't really as widely known so it verges way more on comical rather than even slightly annoying. Somehow the more pandering he gets the more I'm loving him .

He even FORGETS he nominated Melanie when asked to repeat the names of the two people he nominated and has to refresh her memory in his head, he's like some sort of emotionally stunted cartoon character .

[Macie Lightfoot]

lmfao Jackson grandstanding about all the different ways he was totally going to split the £20,000 one day, and then the very next day taking £5000 and SCOFFING at the suggestion of splitting the money because "what the hell are you gonna do with £500?" and then claiming that he DIDN'T UNDERSTAND and thought that everyone would just get £5000 like...... to famously quote DigitalSpy, "ur mask is slippin hun...x" I'm dumbfounded at how obtuse he is to think that this will work, but I'm also equally dense at whatever pregnant psychologist/analyst is having a one-on-one chat right now with Rylan saying that she believes him

Thankfully Evelyn was there to save the day and relentlessly call out Jackson on being full of ****, to the point where he screamed about how he's so kind to give her fags and baby wipes so she shouldn't dare question his generosity, only for him to storm into the DR crying about how he doesn't want the £5000 anymore It was obnoxious and put on bc he was trying soooo hard to stammer and stutter his words as his lips quivered and as he tried to force out a few more tears, but the fact that Evelyn bullied him to that point is amazing. Love Laura giving her a little peptalk in the morning too about how Alex is suddenly reciprocating during Annihilation Week and then shamelessly talking in the DR about how she regrets not taking the money Her attitude is so refreshing and her posh whisper voice is just sooooo enchanting like I could listen to her recite the ingredients off of a box of candy and I would be enthralled.

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Originally Posted by Epic.

Day 35/36/37/38 Highlights (Nicholas Ejected, Nichola Evicted; Claire Enters)
1. Nick (-)
2. Darren (-)
3. Anna (-)
4. Melanie (-)
Claire
5. Nichola (-)
6. Tom (-)
7. Craig (-)

Day 39/40/41 Highlights (Anna, Craig, Darren and Thomas nominated)
1. Darren
2. Anna
3. Melanie
4. Claire
5. Tom
6. Craig

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Originally Posted by Epic.

Day 39/40/41 Highlights (Anna, Craig, Darren and Thomas nominated)
1. Darren
2. Anna
3. Melanie
4. Claire
5. Tom
6. Craig

Day 42/43 Highlights (Thomas Evicted)
1. Darren (-)
2. Anna (-)
3. Melanie (-)
4. Tom (+1)
5. Claire (-1)
6. Craig (-)

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For anyone's forgotten, an inside joke by the BB1 housemates is using the "It's only a gameshow" catchphrase, which makes nominations easier for them to do, but now it's been used at the most inappropriate time possible

*after Darren makes his nominations in the DR and must clarify to Big Brother*
Darren: Melanie... and, Claire, NO SORRY! MELANIE... and... Craig!
Anna: Ahhhh
Melanie: ♫ ♪♫ IT'S ONLY A GAMESHOOOW IT'S ONLY A GAMESHOOOW IT'S ONLY A GAMESHOOOW, it's only a gameshooow ♫ ♪♫
Marcus: "When Darren raised his voice to clarify his nominations, some of the group overheard him say Melanie's name..."
Anna: *facepalms self with pillow*
Darren: *struts out of diary room* ♫ ♪♫ It's, only, a game, show, it's only a game shooow. ♫ ♪♫

Marcus: "Darren doesn't know he's been overheard..."

Darren doing that ****ing dance and acting completely oblivious, almost looking arrogant, made him look like an even bigger tit, this is gold .

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And now he pulls Melanie aside and is blaming the producers for having him be overheard

"I can't BELIEVE they just MADE that happen that's so fucking SICK! "

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"I only nominated you ONCE before! "

Um now Darren you actually nominated her TWICE before this .

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Epic.

For anyone's forgotten, an inside joke by the BB1 housemates is using the "It's only a gameshow" catchphrase, which makes nominations easier for them to do, but now it's been used at the most inappropriate time possible

*after Darren makes his nominations in the DR and must clarify to Big Brother*
Darren: Melanie... and, Claire, NO SORRY! MELANIE... and... Craig!
Anna: Ahhhh
Melanie: ♫ ♪♫ IT'S ONLY A GAMESHOOOW IT'S ONLY A GAMESHOOOW IT'S ONLY A GAMESHOOOW, it's only a gameshooow ♫ ♪♫
Marcus: "When Darren raised his voice to clarify his nominations, some of the group overheard him say Melanie's name..."
Anna: *facepalms self with pillow*
Darren: *struts out of diary room* ♫ ♪♫ It's, only, a game, show, it's only a game shooow. ♫ ♪♫

Marcus: "Darren doesn't know he's been overheard..."

Darren doing that ****ing dance and acting completely oblivious, almost looking arrogant, made him look like an even bigger tit, this is gold .

Fff it’s like something out of a sitcom

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I'm SCREAMING, Melanie has effortlessly guilt-tripped Darren into voting her to the point of him having an emotionless and forced strop in the diary room of how he MUST change his nominations, and then the producers actually let him happen, but now he's not only CHANGING his votes, but he's changed from Melanie to Claire purely on the basis of his legendarily cowardly nominations . Which can mean only one thing!

"I would like to nominate Claire and Craig. I would like to nominate Claire because um, she's just had a little baby brother born and she hasn't had the opportunity to see him? Um and she's dying to see her little baby brother, and Craig like the reason I gave before, to see if his garage, business is fallen through, it's got a bit of problems at home? Which I'd like to find out whether it's okay or not."

He's a brilliant housemate to say the least .

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Originally Posted by Matthew.

“Just thought I’d come in for a little chat because it’s doing my head in after hearing about the nominations and that and it’s really changed my opinions of some people... Darren explained his reasons for nominating and it’s like... what... that’s your reasons, you’re... these people are this close to the end and you’re nominating them because of such and such a reason? THEN, and then, he wants to change his nominations! That, to me, spoke volumes. That, to me, spoke utter guilt. It was just like, he said, oh I want to change them. He didn’t say I want to do them again, he said I want to change them, I want to change them, I didn’t mean it, I didn’t mean it, then why did you nominate them in the first place? It’s very interesting and it’s completely changed my outlook on certain people here. Craig told us also how he voted, I am GOBSMACKED by both their attitudes, by both of their ways of thinking, it’s so... wanting to win, which I suppose is fair enough, it’s a game show, there’s money up for grabs, but voting people that you get on with? I just want to go up to Darren and aay YOU... LITTLE SHIT, YOU. Craig and Melanie, fair enough, lovely girl who’s been here a week and a half, what is your reason for doing that. I just think it’s CRAP. Stupid game show. I just want to go home. Again. Don’t want to talk to anyone. Just want to switch off and get pissed. And not talk to anyone for a week until I get evicted. And sod them and their selfish ways. ”

Anna snapped?

Just reached this, it was so witty .

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That episode actually aired on my birthday as well, what a gem<3.

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The housemates reluctantly missing Nick and his presence .

Darren: I would just be like "HELLO Nick..."

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Originally Posted by Epic.

Day 42/43 Highlights (Thomas Evicted)
1. Darren (-)
2. Anna (-)
3. Melanie (-)
4. Tom (+1)
5. Claire (-1)
6. Craig (-)

Day 46/47/48 Highlights (Claire, Craig, Darren and Melanie nominated Claire and Craig nominated)
1. Darren
2. Anna
3. Melanie
4. Claire
5. Craig

[Matthew.]

“I look like Mr Potato Head”