[Cal.]

Wait I don't wanna axe Carole I just saved Samanda due to my Stoke heritage

[Shaun]

it's too late now

[RileyH]

[Cal.]

Oh it's my turn next.

I have a gimmick!

[Macie Lightfoot]

126. Rodrigo Lopes (BB10 - 5th Place)



I think the forum opinion of Rodrigo (now known as "Rebekah Shelton") is mixed-leaning-towards-positive, but I can't say that I'm too much of a Rodrigo fan myself! I think a lot of the positives associated with him are his friendship with Sophie, his love for The Queen, and his "showmance" with Charlie, if you even call it that? Unfortunately, none of those things did anything for me, and the main thing I remember Rodrigo for are his INSANE and uncomfortable meltdowns. Like, we're not just talking about your Nikki Grahame-esque meltdowns or even your pathetic wannabe Nikki Grahame-esque meltdowns. Like, on the Official BBUK Meltdown Sliding Scale, pretty much all of Rodrigo's tantrums were in the "Chanelle doesn't want to take her medication" and "Chanelle has to play the violin for a task" category, which, again, is soooooooooooo much more uncomfortable than entertaining. Like, I don't end up laughing at all, I just awkwardly mute that tab on my laptop and wait for it to be over.

Most of these meltdowns were because Rodrigo had a BIZARRE obsession with following the show's rules, and unfortunately for Rodrigo he lived in a house with Freddie and Marcus and ****ing Siavash, so that meant that we were subjected to at least one meltdown a week where Rodrigo was screeching at the top of his lungs and punching the DR chair and being on the verge of destroying the DR camera. And if it wasn't people breaking the rules, it was Charlie having a weird prank war that was just them flirting, but then Rodrigo would suddenly decide ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, and then melt the **** down when he got called to the DR because he felt like the show was blaming him for the fight taking place when, again, he was just trying to follow the rules!!! Again, it might sound great on paper but in practice I felt soooooooo uncomfortable.

But again, he was a cute twink who was Brazilian but obsessed with The Queen and the BB10 cast was generally so unlikable that he came in fifth, only to have a tragic as **** post-show life including a sex change that alienated him from his family, a coma, and an appearance on Judge Rinder? It's a shame, but I literally never think about Rodrigo or Rebekah unless I am forced to so I'm ready to be done with this write up x

[Epic.]

Originally Posted by Cal.

Oh it's my turn next.

I have a gimmick!

Bye not another "gimmick" like the "Jason Burrill vs 17 good housemates" one

[Cal.]

Originally Posted by Robert.

Bye not another "gimmick" like the "Jason Burrill vs 17 good housemates" one

Go **** yourself.

[Cal.]

Gerra wash annur hurr brush ya fat bitch

[Shaun]

Cal nominating everyone that shares a name with other remaining HMs? RIP Lisas (4/9), Craigs (1/6), the BB5 Michelles and the BB4 Anouskas?

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Cal.

Wait I don't wanna axe Carole I just saved Samanda due to my Stoke heritage

[Babayaro.]

Save Melanie cut Heaven. This will be a very short write-up.

[Headie]

Caz, Trace and Dawn all axed in one round?

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Cal.

Save Samanda, cut...erm...Carole even tho I love her the rest don't seem worth writing about

Excuse me, erm... thingy...

[Jake.]

127th: Dawn Blake


Dawn is actually pretty good on paper: miserable, hates people, doesn’t believe in love etc, but we’re getting to the latter stages of the rankdown now and she wasn’t all that important in the grand scheme of things.

Dawn didn’t have an easy ride, really. She’s the only housemate in BB history to have never received a single piece of her own clothing, meaning she was sitting around for 7/8 days in the same clothes provided by Big Brother which in-turn began to stink. BB7 was filled with bitchy/horrid girls so when they picked up about her new found stench on Grace’s top (Grace lent it to her or s/t), they began sharing it around commenting about how bad she smelt.

And then she received a message from home telling her that her “sister” was “ill”, which Dawn revealed was code for things “not going well” on the outside, causing BB to remove her. She went on to claim that producers had unreleased footage of her asking to leave, so she went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks lmao.

[Shaun]

Thank you jake xo

It is a Sunday, people, I expect a rapid response to make up for the slacking!

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Daniel-X

Save Emma and axe Tracy

[Daniel-X]

Tracey Barnard:


I haven't seen a lot of BB8 so forgive me if this cutting and the write up isn't entirely justified, however, Tracey managed to offend all my senses from the clips and episodes I have seen and from my recollection. While I know Tray wasn't nasty or was Team Charley in a sense, she just REALLY gets on my nerves. Her choices of idiolect e.g. 'PHAT' just came across as cringe and desperate, especially considering she was nearly forty while she was on the show. Her whole persona just screams fake and desperate and stenches as being the type of persona a housemate will create for themselves when they try to win the show. This is why Our Tray must be cut, soz.

Also she looked like she smelled.

[Babayaro.]

Saved Melanie

Eliminated Heaven

I saved Mel, bc...idk. Apparently she was one of the better housemates from BB1. So yeah.



It's been six years since Channel 5's first civillian series graced our screens and I don't really remember much about it tbh (Shout-out to y.winter for doing fabulous write-ups about it in the rewatch thread). I remember liking Aaron and Harry(??) but not much else, as it was my first ever series of BB. Welp. Anyway, back to Heaven. I don't have an actual valid reason for cutting her lol but we're now edging closer to the top 100 and I just don't think a week 3 boot from BB12 should be anywhere near it!!

xx

[Macie Lightfoot]

okay but what about her ICONIC edgic strip???



(I actually love Tracey but alas)

[Babayaro.]

Why is this Donny Tourette?

[reece(:]

Tracey

[Epic.]

Originally Posted by Robert.

Save Becki Cut Richard

125. Richard Newman


It's pretty funny I've decided to cut Richard considering the fact I've saved him when he was up earlier about 2-3 times. And he does have some great qualities to him. But we're reaching near the Top 100 and the shitty qualities of him go without saying.

BB7 may be a series full of very unhinged and all over the place people, but I'd argue Richard is up there as one of the more self-aware and cleverly acute housemates of that series, which was the greatest strength and weakness of him. It was a strength because I found his sense of humor and mannerisms to be pretty witty and endearing, and he had fun interactions with the likes of Pete, Lea, Glyn, Aisleyne, etc. He also used his smartness to shut down the ever so filthy Sezer Salad and cause his eviction by proclaiming him as a bully for all to know. I believe Richard fully knew how to not only get the audience on the side, but how to singlehandedly entertain them through his sharp and strong personality. But this was also a huge weakness I had with Richard. He used his sharp tongue for bad too, denouncing Shahbaz and announcing he'll always act like he doesn't exist and never speak to him again whilst raving a rug or towel at Shahbaz in a patronizing manner, which looked ugly on his part.

But the worst part was his unbelievably transparent and disingenious sucking up to many housemates. After calling the Sezer/Grace/Imogen/etc. gang "The Plastics" and firmly placing himself as a dissenter of them, he becomes a really close friend of Aisleyne's as a result. But then in the return voting twist, when it transpires that Grace and Mikey were the next highest voted in besides Nikki, Richard concluded in his head that it must mean popularity of some sort, trying to impress Grace while insulting Aisleyne behind her back. This complete lack of loyalty to people he acted as though he cared about resulted in him finishing in fourth aka the middle portion of the final usually populated by supporting characters who tended to be polarizing but still easily forgotten compared to the 3 outlasting them, redeemed by his infamous reaction going up the stairs; "Don't be sorry Ais! You got third place. Or maybe second. Or maybe even won ^_^

He was also terrible to Michael. I know lots here really don't like him, but no matter how much he annoys you you don't just call a guy who just came out as gay a "she" and other derogatory terms, especially when you're a gay man and fully aware of how hurtful it would be if someone attacked your masulinity just because you're a homosexual.

But yeah anyway lots of really entertaining moments I had with Richard but lots of ones that very much irritated me too.

phew. have a lot of tests next week so this may tide me over for a while

[Babayaro.]

Great write-up Agree with it all.

[Jason.]

Richard was good value.

And eh, I agree his behaviour at times was questionable and he could be pretty awful, but then so could Derek and Pete Burns and they're hailed for it, so I've never really understood the bad rap he gets on here by a few, especially when they love the other two I mentioned.

[Macie Lightfoot]

My opinion on Richard will probably become more clear if/when I rewatch BB7 (which, YIKES bc I'm only halfway through BB9, but I have learned anything the past few months it's that BB7 is truly the only 93 day series worth it.)