[karl100589]

In retrospect I would make the argument that her win is even more badly received then in the immediate aftermath of the series, there seemed to be this mindset from most people that whilst they didn't like Helen they could appreciate some of her entertainment value, yet I feel that upon re-reflection a lot of people have come to realise that Helen simply wasn't that entertaining at all, and instead of being the controversy magnet they originally thought she was instead a tiresome and frankly stale character. I'm the first to appreciate a good villain on Big Brother, you'll know that by listening to Big Archive and hearing what I think of the likes of Charley, Rex, Derek etc. but Helen as a villain was VERY one note and lacked any kind of entertainment value to make up for her lack of complexity, once you saw one Helen argument you pretty much saw all of them.

What made this worse though was the pass to the final, and because of her receiving the pass to the final there was this intention from production to be seen as having the pass given to someone who was deserving, and as a result that meant Helen receiving more airtime then what was needed and for the story of the show to be shown through her eyes, and because of Helen's personality this meant a thoroughly negative and unsatisfying tone on the entire season. Essentially she was for all extensive purposes Sallie Axl, the only difference being that Sallie left before people got sick of her whilst Helen sucked the life out of the show with her presence.

She is one of three people along with Carole and John-James that I hold responsible for single-handedly ruining a season.