Finished

This is the end my internet friend. The end.

Josie won – big shock, I know – and fun was had by all. I guess.

Personally, I was very underwhelmed by the final. Maybe it was due to the lack of tension. Because everyone knew how it was going to go. The only thing I was surprised by was that Dave came second. Maybe I’m alone in my hatred of him. Maybe everyone else in the world is OK with a man who thinks homosexuality is immoral. Maybe the chicken really did come before the egg. It’s a mystery I’ll never truly wrap my head around.

Anyway, Josie came out to big cheers and a psychopathic Australian eyeing her up. He has officially become Mr Creepy but before Josie could go on his wild ride she was thrust somewhere else. Straight back into the house. At first it felt like an obvious decision. Of course you want to spend two weeks in a house with famous folk and ex-housemates you might remember. Sounds like fun! And Josie’s quick answer to the question affirmed that she felt similarly too. Being on a high from her win meant that she would probably agree to shaving her hair off if you made it sound like it would be fun but that’s beside the point.

Full of giggles, smiles and the 20 minutes of freedom she got, Josie waited for the new housemates to come in. And who was to meet her? A whole host of “meh” to be honest. The highlights for me being Brian, Nikki and Nadia. They are the only ones to re-enter who had a big personality. I’m not counting the celebrity Big Brother re-entrants because… well… they’re not real people.

Hello and Goodbye

Josie seemed very overwhelmed the first night but that’s to be expected. She just won £100,000 and was greeting Coolio. It was an odd night. But that feeling wasn’t to go away and I’m going to place full blame on Big Brother for screwing the pooch on this one.

If they wanted to keep Josie around – and considering she won the show by over 77% of the vote, they really needed to keep Josie around – they should have given her a couple of days freedom outside the house. That way she would have been able to come down from the high of winning around friends and family. She could have gotten her head straight. Thus providing her with a bit of conviction for re-entering the house.

By leaving her in there, her victory quickly became a hollow one because she couldn’t celebrate it. Instead she had a bunch of strangers commenting on her life to her face. In her house no less (and lets face it, and that point it was her house). So I can completely understand

Now that she is gone, what do I think of the “Ultimate” portion of the show? LAME. Brian Dowling has been funny. If he didn’t go into the house it would have been a total washout. Boring, boring, boring. But what could we expect? Seasoned pros in this sort of environment know better than to do something stupid and embarrass themselves. Unfortunately that mean there is nothing interesting for us.

Oh well. At least the final series was a bit of fun while it lasted. Crazy Shabbys, posh Bens and horny Josies made it a laugh. It will be missed.

– Aaron Poole
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