A little recap of who's left in the house (as Big Brother enters its final stretch), in order of "most likely to win" to "least likely"...
1. Lisa: It's easy to start singling Lisa out as The Winner now, as she stays calm and dignified as the more fame-hungry housemates metaphorically rub their hands together in glee at the prospect of reaching the end. But... hasn't she actually just been very boring? Well, yeah. There was a spark of greatness when she stood up to Rex, but she quickly returned to her occasional witchy cackles and guru-like serenity. Mind you, it's funny how this gym-freak fails in every physical task on the show: first she couldn't punch her way out of a paper bag, and then she failed the "throwing a feather" and "slow running" Olympics task!
2. Rachel: Why, oh why, does she always put her foot in it -- hm? The cake fiasco was just silly. It's like she absently decides on the least popular decision and can't budge from that, no matter what, just to prove a point about her incorruptibility. She earned some respect and credit for getting three housemates' suitcases back (using £60 of the food budget), but it was short-lived. I agree she's unfairly treated a lot of the time (usually by Rex's hateful comments), but sometimes she asks for it. And what a wet blanket to cry over a dead goldfish she'd been looking after for less than a week. Nicole summed it up best: "oh, puh-leez".
3. Darnell: I just feel sorry for him, really. I think he's a good guy, being led on by Sara (who doesn't genuinely fancy him), although he now appears to know it. Hopefully he'll stop moaning and belittling himself soon. Brave to shave all his hair off, too -- it was a mild improvement.
4. Katreya: I still find her incomprehensible. "Big Brudda" and "hirarious" are the only words I can pick out. I'm not sure if she's a "game-player" (as Luke long suspected), but she definitely seems to explode into full-on oddball mode whenever a task is being performed (i.e, she knows this bit will make the edit.)
5. Mikey: Head Of House "power" went to his head this week, meaning he quickly got everyone's backs up with his talk of zero tolerance, annoying decision to pour water on sleeping housemates, and loudly insisting everyone "gather on the sofas" for the merest of things. It's a good job he's blind, as he doesn't have to see his new skinhead haircut, which makes him look like a gurning maggot. However, his Diary Room rants (usually directed at Rex and Nicole) are excellent and spot-on.
6. Sara: I didn't like her when she arrived, but later grew an odd fascination with her wiggly mouth and nasal Aussie accent, but she's losing all her brownie points thanks to her "relationship" with Darnell -- which is pure manipulation for the cameras. She was clearly more interested in muscled Stu.
7. Nicole: It was a great idea to put her in the house. She's single-handedly destroyed boyfriend Rex's chances of winning and provided a lot of entertainment -- despite the fact her whole persona is that of a high-maintenance, mollycoddled, morose dimwit. Sadly, with the Heaven/Hell divide down, tension with Rex is beginning to dissipate. Well, either that or the editors have spared us.
8. Rex: What a detestable grump. The really annoying thing is that he only picks on the weak. He'll never bitch to Stuart, Darnell or Lisa (see the missing cider incident), who are better equipped to give as good as they get. No, it's Rachel and Mikey who bare the brunt. Rex is a miserable, domineering, egotistical, insecure, obsessive big-head. His treatment of girlfriend Nicole is tragic. I can only hope she dumps him in front of the nation on TV and moves on. Any man who refers to his girlfriend's breasts as "my boobs" needs a kick. Any man who gets in a huff because his girlfriend didn't realize his belly-button was "outy" needs psychiatric help. But, oddly, theirs seems to be a love/hate relationship: after every spiteful row they'll be seen kissing and cuddling.
9. Mohammad: The biggest mystery of BB9 is how this slobby moron has survived past week 1. He was only saved because everyone originally felt sorry for him being bullied by Alexandra and spat on by Dennis. Mo's little more than a farting schoolboy in an adult's body, scoffing any stray food lying around. There's just something... unsettling about him, too. He's creepy and smug in some indefinable way. Sorry, but I'm perversely excited to see him get boo'd when he inevitably leaves. That'll wipe that toothy grin off his face.
