[Barry.]

Raph coming 2nd is great. Legend.

[JTM45]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

Nothing worse than coming 2nd....

If you're someone who is determined to see worst in everyone and everything then i suppose (i can only 'suppose' because i have been brought up to look for the best in a person or a situation) you would have even found fault in him winning.

I'd say spending the entire Series doggedly hating on one housemate and exaggerating their flaws to the point of the ridiculous instead of actually enjoying something/someone about the series has gotta' be much, much worse than actually fulfilling a dream by getting into the house and then thriving in there, being one of the few housemates who the other housemates have only had extremely positive things to say about after leaving, and going on to outlast all but one of your closest friends and allies in there.

If anything your posts remind me to be extremely thankful that i'm the sort of person that i am.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Pro Sniper

The best the little bulsh1tter could do was finish a very poor 2nd to a 33/1 latecomer

Mollie?

[Garfie]

Raph achieved a very well-deserved second place, and I am really pleased for him. He seemed genuinely happy with that in his interview, in which he convinced me for one that he had been there, as a BB fan, for the experience. Good on him!

[bitontheslide]

clearly his popularity was deserved when he finished second

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

How on earth is second "very poor". It's better than all but one of the other housemates.

You'll literally pick at anything.

Quite humorous as if every HM other than the winner is irrelevant

Come off it

[Garfie]

Originally Posted by JTM45

If you're someone who is determined to see worst in everyone and everything then i suppose (i can only 'suppose' because i have been brought up to look for the best in a person or a situation) you would have even found fault in him winning.

I'd say spending the entire Series doggedly hating on one housemate and exaggerating their flaws to the point of the ridiculous instead of actually enjoying something/someone about the series has gotta' be much, much worse than actually fulfilling a dream by getting into the house and then thriving in there, being one of the few housemates who the other housemates have only had extremely positive things to say about after leaving, and going on to outlast all but one of your closest friends and allies in there.

If anything your posts remind me to be extremely thankful that i'm the sort of person that i am.

There are certain housemates over the years who have been deserving of negativity. I don't think anyone can say that of Raph.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by JTM45

If you're someone who is determined to see worst in everyone and everything then i suppose (i can only 'suppose' because i have been brought up to look for the best in a person or a situation) you would have even found fault in him winning.

I'd say spending the entire Series doggedly hating on one housemate and exaggerating their flaws to the point of the ridiculous instead of actually enjoying something/someone about the series has gotta' be much, much worse than actually fulfilling a dream by getting into the house and then thriving in there, being one of the few housemates who the other housemates have only had extremely positive things to say about after leaving, and going on to outlast all but one of your closest friends and allies in there.

If anything your posts remind me to be extremely thankful that i'm the sort of person that i am.

As has been the case all through BB,you have made brilliant posts.
This is another.

Runner up is an excellent result, the times on here where the runner up has even hailed more than the winner are endless.

Raph has as I said elsewhere been the one who was in the house the longest, he is the top male housemate this series and likely has been all series.
He is also runner up too.

Raph has aways indicated he wanted the BB experience,of course had he won,that would have been perfect.
For me anyway.

However to try to diminish being 2nd and calling it failure, then that means no matter who they were,all other housemates in all series were 'losers' too and anyone in 3rd doing even worse.

If medals were issued on BB,all these 3 Isabelle, Raph and Deborah would have got one.
That's not losers at all.

Congratulations to Raph,well deserved result and the only one this series to have gone all the way from day one to finish runner up.
In a series for all housemates that in my view has been one of,if not the hardest, with the endless twists on noms and evictions, to be able to survive to the final moments.

The guy did great, absolutely great.
The really best thing is he got to fulfil his dream of being on a BB series.
However he was also there from start to end too.
Well deserved for a great guy.

[Littlegreen]

Well, it can't have been just us on here if he finished 2nd and had 22% of the vote. Well done Raph.

[AnnieK]

Lol.....all this negativity just comes across as sad and bitter now. If it wasn't so sad it would be hilarious....as it is its just sad. Personally, I wanted Issy in the end to win but Raph did great, lived his dream and came across well. At least he can always say that, people talking **** about him can only do that...talk ****

[JTM45]

Originally Posted by Garfie

There are certain housemates over the years who have been deserving of negativity. I don't think anyone can say that of Raph.

Absolutely Garfie!

Originally Posted by joeysteele

As has been the case all through BB,you have made brilliant posts.
This is another.

Much thanks Joey.

I'm not always positive about all the housemates but i always try to be as honest (with myself first and foremost) and fair as i can be (much like yourself) and never forget that i'm just a tiny piece of this forum that is meant to be, and for the most part is, an enjoyable place to be.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

Nothing worse than coming 2nd....

Except coming 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th . . . .


Well done Raph, did us proud

[Nicky91]

well done Raph 2nd place is still great


and we heard it Charlotte does love Raph, what she said in the interview bit with Emma

[LeatherTrumpet]

oh he didnt win



beaten by a comedy make-uped newbie who did and said nowt?


legends only gals

[Pro Sniper]

People can pretend all they want about how "great an achievement" it was to finish as the final loser! but a loser is a loser, and that's what Raph deservedly finished as. Had he not had such silly, biased support from here, he'd most likely have finished around 7th or 8th. In the end, the biased support could only push him to the final loser spot..as he was ultimately schooled by a latecomer who no doubt sat on a bag of tricks she didn't even need to open in order to see off such weak, transparent opposition..

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

oh he didnt win



beaten by a comedy make-uped newbie who did and said nowt?


legends only gals

don't mock our friend Raphie

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Lol.....all this negativity just comes across as sad and bitter now. If it wasn't so sad it would be hilarious....as it is its just sad. Personally, I wanted Issy in the end to win but Raph did great, lived his dream and came across well. At least he can always say that, people talking **** about him can only do that...talk ****

Absolutely right.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Pro Sniper

People can pretend all they want about how "great an achievement" it was to finish as the final loser! but a loser is a loser, and that's what Raph deservedly finished as. Had he not had such silly, biased support from here, he'd most likely have finished around 7th or 8th. In the end, the biased support could only push him to the final loser spot..as he was ultimately schooled by a latecomer who no doubt sat on a bag of tricks she didn't even need to open in order to see off such weak, transparent opposition..

People can also pretend that people give a ****....its over. No amount of bleating from sad people can detract from the fact that the series is done, raph did great and yeah he came 2nd...which as niamh said is better than most of his detractors said or thought he would. Get a grip and get over it.....maybe audition, go in and win it...have something real to talk about. Sad

[LeatherTrumpet]

looks like Raph fans are, shall we say, a little miffed that he did not win like perhaps they all expected?

[chuff me dizzy]

His popularity failed to make him the winner

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

His popularity failed to make him the winner

tbh he should have walked it as there was literally no competition, he virtually pulled a loss from the jaws of victory

[Pro Sniper]

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

tbh he should have walked it as there was literally no competition, he virtually pulled a loss from the jaws of victory

A loser ,no one remembers losers without they were iconic, and he certainly wasn't

[Littlegreen]

He made it to the final, in arguably one of the tougher finals to make in BB history (due to twists and backdoor evictions).

The only people that are attempting to diminish that success are those that wrote him off weeks ago and claimed he wouldn't get anywhere near the final - let alone TOP BLOODY 2!!!

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Littlegreen

He made it to the final, in arguably one of the tougher finals to make in BB history (due to twists and backdoor evictions).

The only people that are attempting to diminish that success are those that wrote him off weeks ago and claimed he wouldn't get anywhere near the final - let alone TOP BLOODY 2!!!

Top 2 isn't the winner, its a loser