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Hi, my first post this year - I'm now living in Japan, so haven't seen any of the series, but have tried to occasionally catch up by reading this forum and the official site.

But, I confess, I'm confused. My impression as an outsider is that there's no end of surprises - both in the intricacies of the role BB is playing this year (unusual eviction strategies, a "mole", garden people etc), which may or may not appeal to fans depending on the usual arguments of whether BB is purely for entertainment or as a social experiment.

And also surprises as to who gets voted and evicted.
Obviously I haven't had to listen to these people night after night for weeks on end, but I was of the impression that, for example, Derek was not well liked and thought of as arrogant and a snob(but now seems popular) and that Craig, who was labelled as "common" and "disgusting", always bitching (and even compared UNfavourably with that little bald tw*t from last year) has not been nominated and booted out - why? Makosi, who I had thought was popular, it seems is very unpopular!

The reality and the impression from only reading the news are clearly worlds apart, so I wonder if you guys, in VERY brief posts, can give a summary of who is/isn't popular and why, for the series so far.

Thanks.

hajimimashite, Nihongo ga dekimasu ka?
you might be able to get it on the pc. My bf is foreign and that's how he catches up on the tv series back home. Makosi is not popular, she seems very devious and manipulative. Kemal, Vanessa and Derek are totally sycophantic to her but Vanessa was evicted yesterday. Yoku nai dewa arimasen.Anata no shigoto wa nani desho ka? Lucky you, I've always wanted to visit Japan! maybe next year!

Sumimasen, watashi no Nihongo wa totemo heta desu yo!

Konichiwa Javi-sama

Probably a key thing this year is that opinions have changed on people as they do things and time moves on.You are right in what you say.
Derek was unpopular but his wit has won people round despite his nasty character.Makosi has just got too arrogant.Craig has been redeemed by Saskia allowing him to befriend her group where most of the reliable people lived.

I'm mightily relieved that this year is an improvement over last year. And unlike last year I've pretty much stuck to 'a' favourite instead of having wide swings of opinion week to week. I'm delighted to see Science coming through in popularity, both among the housemates and the viewing public. I'm also glad that Craig has stayed in as long as he has and I think we're seeing a lot from Craig - similarly, Anthony has retained a caring and relatively neutral stance throughout and has won many admirers for the way he's been with Craig. If Derek mentions ONCE more that he wants to leave, I'll pay the £700 Orkney-London airfare and take him out myself. Orlaith's accent is now just about the only thing I like about her - funny thing, attraction. I had tears in my eyes with Vanessa leaving - funny thing, sympathy. Somebody I know wants to have Kemal in a cage so that he can entertain her all day every day. I'd have a blanket over it mesel. I'm as bewildered with Eugene in the house as I am in real life - I don't know how he'll do. Will Makosi ever think twice about how the experience affected her, or how she affected the experience for others?

This years bb has been brilliantly produced on the tasks the timing of them and the execution of then there is never time to get truly bored before another one comes along. It has been really well thought out and done. its a pity the hms this year are so awful they really have to be the worst set ever. it has been difficult the chose any to follow or get behind as they are all so selfish and self centred. however there have been one or two. the biggest drawback has been makosi whereever they found her i wish they would send her back she has the worst character it has been my misfortune to come across. I find her so bad that i had to turn off for 1/2 weeks with all her nastyness and bitching it was unpleasant to watch and i felt sorry for all the hms she has manipulated out i dont think they deserved that sort of treatment. i have to say the i still preferred bb3/ bb5 although all the twists and turns on this one has been the best . its the hms that have spoiled it they havnt t really attempted to partake in the tasks properly. lets hope next year they will get better people to partake. this one will probably go done as bitch fest.

The big change this year is that all the housemates are (or appeared in their audition tapes) to be quite extreme characters, and they are all disliked by large numbers of people. It's unlikely that any viewer would like more than one or two of them. The fact that you see a lot of hate for Makosi in partucular on this forum is probably due to the way Makosi is often being discussed, as she is often the centre of events in the house. We probably have the same amount of venom to aim at all the others, but we've said all we need to about them. There is a limit to how many times it's worth most of us agreeing with each other about Science generally shouting and not listening to others, for example!

I think this years big brother has probably been the best ever, it hasn't been "explosive", but it's been well worth watching. I personally can't wait for the BB6 DVD to come out. There's bound to be more to come with the DVD. There's been a lot of variety this year, quite a few arguments, quite a lot of sexy antics, and quite a bit of fun. So all round entertainment really.

I can do it in one sentence.

Off the hook, until maxwell left.

It was the best of BBs, it was the worst of BBs, it was the age of mistaken wisdom, it was the age of utter foolishness, it was the epoch of self-belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the camp of White, it was the camp of Darkness, it was the spring of dopes, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the BB6 was so far like the previous series, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

[with apologies to Chuck "What the!?" Dickens]

A highly desperate group of people, spending 97% of their waking time bitching about each other. The other 3% is spent moaning about house life, and usually managing to fail to successfully complete even the most basic of tasks. The 2 newbies integrated well into the group, but will be eventually picked off by their fellow housemates. Only Science - an independent/freelance housemate, has managed to maintain any degree of integrity, although he is often rude to his fellow housemates.

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Calrissian: time for Armada

I'll go with Calrissian's paragraph because I can't be bothered typing one Except for the Science part he's straight back off to the little soundproof padded room he lives in when he gets out

All the housemates seem to do all day is bitch about one another and its getting to the stage where its irritating to watch, the thing is they bitch about the slightest thing and that so annoying and just makes them look like nasty bitching bullies! And then they wonder why they get boo's when up for eviction! For e.g looks like mostly everyone at the moment is starting to gang up on poor Science, If its not Orla shouting at him and looking down on him as if he is shite on her shoes, its Derek digging his slide comments about Science to Oompa Loompa Anthony and Twerp Craig, then they start their bitching comments about Science. It seems to me anyone that appears a threat to each house mate they decide to gang up on that person and decide right that person should leave this week! Ive never seen such an unfriendly bb house in all the six years bb has been running! Its disgusting they pretend to like one another, they enjoy backstabbing and they dont know how to share, they argue about food constantly, its like watching a vicious cycle ongoing!