[Epic.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Let's not twist it. Until Jade/Jo/Danielle's shocking treatment of her stepped up a gear and started to dominate highlights, Shilpa was pretty much a boring nonentity.

I disagree. Shilpa did have a personality besides all this. She was socially awkward, curious about how life from a non-wealthy background works unlike her own, faced for the first time being in an environment without an entourage, and had a quirky sense of humor. And as a side note she was funny with Dirk in early episodes, like mispronouncing his name as Duck or when she laughed off his obvious advances at her.

And to be fair, a LOT of CBB housemates were non-entities in the early days... I cannot think of one influential or important housemate in CBB1 & 2 apart from Vanessa Feltz. As someone who's watched the early episodes of CBB5 recently, the only people I saw with an over-abundance of focus was Leo, Jade, Jackiey, and Danielle

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by EpicD

I disagree. Shilpa did have a personality besides all this. She was socially awkward, curious about how life from a non-wealthy background works unlike her own, faced for the first time being in an environment without an entourage, and had a quirky sense of humor. And as a side note she was funny with Dirk in early episodes, like mispronouncing his name as Duck or when she laughed off his obvious advances at her.

And to be fair, a LOT of CBB housemates were non-entities in the early days... I cannot think of one influential or important housemate in CBB1 & 2 apart from Vanessa Feltz. As someone who's watched the early episodes of CBB5 recently, the only people I saw with an over-abundance of focus was Leo, Jade, Jackiey, and Danielle

I'm not saying she didn't have an interesting personality.

There's many people who were pretty much nonexistent on the show who would have thrived in other series/circumstances.

But prior to the race row beginning she was a background character.