Big Brother Blows It - Big Time
Boycotting this year’s Big Brother was my first thought as I watched the parade of desperate wannabes entering the Big Brother house a few weeks ago. As they went in I sensed the one thought that was already going through their minds: “I’m already famous!”
Copycat Tactics
I was hooked on last year’s BB. Everyone was a character: Vanessa was the sexy ice maiden, Shell the dippy hippy chick with naturist tendencies. We had Dan the gay hairdresser (a Big Brother stereotype by now!), who was actually a great, down-to-earth bloke. The we had Jason and Victor (and Achmed) who were really playing the game.
I can see elements of last years contestants being copied and exaggerated this year. Firstly, nearly everyone is trying to copy Victor’s repartee in the Diary Room. As dull as dishwater in the house, the contestants step into the Diary Room and HEY PRESTO!!! Personality switches on! These people are auditioning, in case you hadn’t noticed. Look at Derek, Roberto, Makosi.
On to the sex. Stuart and Michelle caused a stir last year with the romp under the table. So what do the latest contestants do? Rump, dry hump and grind as much as possible. Saskia and “cheeky-chappy” Cockney clone Maxwell are nominated for eviction and suddenly the attraction is just too much! Come on!
When All Else Fails, Sex Still Sells
Belfast girl Orlaith can’t keep herself covered up. She’s obviously targetting herself at the lads mags. She managed to work her way in on the pool action between Makosi and Anthony. Surprising how some girls act like they invented breasts. And now there’s the “what actually happened in the pool” story. Heat magazine will pay a fortune for this crap.
When Kinga entered the house in her fig-leaf bikini, the audience reaction was terrifying and nearly reduced the girl to tears. My reaction was the same: “Busty girl goes into the house wearing next to nothing. Here we go again. . .”
Clearly upset by the audience’s reaction, she had our pity for a moment. Then in less than five minutes she had flashed a boob and made a comment about stuffing a cucumber ‘up her minge’. Classy girl. Was sorry she got booted. Not.
What does it tell you when thousands of people audition for this show and then whore themselves to the cameras in the hope of a magazine deal?
The Death Of Reality TV? I Hope So.
In short, the Big Brother experience is fast becoming a farce. Bone-idle lookers with missing personalities, bitchy homosexuals and ‘bisexual’ girls have filled this place out, knowing they don’t have to do anything interesting. Just sit around, relax, and wait for the TV jobs to come rolling in after eviction.
With the recent porn show in the pool, I wonder how long the show can continue. It has gone from cutting-edge ’social experiment’ to z-list celebrity factory. Even Davina looks bored and has been quite hostile to some of the evictees!
Is it possible that the show that started the reality TV genre could be the show that eventually kills it? Here’s hoping!
