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Ben is a character, but should he really be that much a bigger favourite than Dave? I don't really see why at all, apart from the fact that he has had loads of twists which has involved him and has had loads of airtime.

You seem to mention Marcus in your first post. Well I think Marcus was a bonafide cult favourite in BB10, the producers didn't realise what they had until later in the series, the start of the series was all about Freddie. In some ways Freddie was built up into more than he actually was and he faded in the end. I'm not saying Freddie wasn't a big character, just that Marcus had more staying power. With Ben as well I'm not sure he has had as much staying power as the producers thought, and like Shabby with all the twists and promotion they give him he gets too overexposed.