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I've seen this said and I say BS.
Helen hasn't controlled anything. She has no control, for if she had surely she would have made sure that Ashleigh wasn't a fave for the win; and that Christopher and Chris would have been evicted.
Helen has been nothing but an idiot and a fool who has handed those she doesn't like a pass to the final on a plate, and she was the one with the free pass. How ironic is that?
Without her in there nobody can say it would have been a bad series, because we can't possibly know that. IMO, it would have been better because no series should revolve around one person, and especially not one as utterly horrible as Helen. BB capitalized on her ugly nature by making sure her nastiness and vileness was given a top spot at the expense of the other HM's interacting and having fun. And she was good value for it and it serves her right for being such a vile cow.
The 'good guys' controlled Helen, not the other way around - and THAT is what made the show. Without Ashleigh, Christopher and Chris, Helen would have had a coven sitting around her afraid to say boo and she would never have had a reason to go haywire because she would have been sitting there all smug and self satisfied and acting the Queen Bee. She'd be sitting there with the brain - dead lads giggling and sneering and talking sex and God knows what other s*****. Riveting stuff, if that's what some want.
Added to that she has been the reason her friends Tamara and Winston were evicted before their time. She's the kiss of death, a bloody jinx.
She's been the biggest idiot ever to walk through the BB doors. Hasn't she done well?