Day 4

They’re only in the house a couple of days and already the bitching has begun.

For those who think that only the first season of Big Brother was a “social experiment” and the rest isn’t, you’re doing it wrong. I always find the interaction of people in group scenarios extremely fascinating on a psychological level and this year the battle lines are getting drawn pretty early.

I mentioned in my first report that Govan was likely to create a partnership with somebody in order to gain a little power in the house. Early indicators seems that it will be Beyonce/Rachael. Which is not a bad choice for him, she seems eager to bitch about everyone in there and likes to throw her weight around a little bit.

It all started when the housemates made their first shopping list. Sunshine was trying to stress that food should be bought with the little money that they had (crazy concept, I know) and the Rachael-Govan monster had a little rant about it behind her back in the kitchen. They claim it wasn’t fair that, as a vegan, Sunshine got her own food. To a certain extent I agree with that as her veganism is a choice and not a health requirement but all she was asking for was food, not a new dress or something. I have no issue with Rachael and Govan being a little bit annoyed by it but they were talking about it as if they deserved a medal for not making it an argument.

This carried on to when Rachael found out that they didn’t buy any tokens to use with hair dryers and straighteners. The hair dresser nearly shit herself over the idea that she might have to tie her hair up for a few days.

To go from acting high and mighty about “buying for the group” during the shopping list while looking down her nose at Sunshine for asking for something personal to then moaning to everyone that they should have spent money on her hair is a pretty big drop in standards in a short period of time. Rachael is painting herself as a selfish prima-donna and I don’t think she even realises it.

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Yeah, keep quiet, you might last longer.

The housemates won their shopping budget with the first house task. They were suspended 40 metres in the air as they sat around a dinner table. One housemate needed to stay in the house and scared-of-her-own-shadow Sunshine asked to stay grounded because she is “medically” unable to stand heights. Right. Anyway, after their sky lunch Sunshine had to draw newspaper quotes in a Pictionary sort of game. For every quote they guessed right, they would get more money for their shopping budget.

I have to give her some credit, Sunshine did a decent job with some awkward phrases. One was “squatter” and I know I would have gone a much ruder route than she did, so fair play.

One thing that made me roll my eyes though was John James during this task. He is literally as dumb as a bag of bricks. You can sometimes see the brass cogs turning in his head as he tries to spell his own name. Keep an eye on him as the days go by because he’s really going to make a show of himself. He kept asking if one phrase had anything to do with Australia. I don’t know why other than it’s probably one of 18 words he knows.

Does it have anything to do with me?

Poor old Mario. I have to admit, I’m starting to fall in love with this guy. First night there, while talking to Caoimhe he was asked if he liked anyone in the house. He said plastic man Ben was nice. Caoimhe then makes a pretty rude gesture for someone you know less than 24 hours and asked Ben if he was gay. He said no. Instant rejection for poor Mario. Some nice pay back arrived for Caoimhe when Ben claimed he thought she was gay. Sorry dear, but that haircut is doing you no favours so you’ll have to accept that one.

Mario has been sneaking about as the mole fantastically. He has lied through his teeth about the whole ordeal but not once has he come across as a sneak or deceiver. Everyone is buying it hook line and sinker because of his doe eyes and softy exterior. All the while he has been planting evidence of a different mole and throwing food into the pool. He’s the perfect pick for this, even if he was picked out of a hat.

I said before that this task is possibly going to make him a show winner and I still stand by it. He is getting plenty of screen time at a stage that we’re still getting to know the housemates and he gets to have some good stuff with The Tree. For anyone who saw the Celebrity Big Brother season last Christmas will tell you, The Tree is a fantastically funny inanimate object.

Here’s hoping he passes this task and sticks around because it would be a terrible shame to lose him.

Mario, man of the people/man of the mole people

Quick round up of my other thoughts:

1) Stop talking about cameramen. They’re there to film you, its not a big conspiracy, it’s the fucking show. We don’t care.
2) I still hope Shabby dies somehow.
3) They need to stop imitating Josie’s voice, it’s kind of cruel. And an ear ache.
4) Where did Ife go? You’d forget she was in there.

I’ll be back with more nattering during the week.

– Aaron Poole
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