'Insider' ousted
From
Sydney Confidential
29may06
SYDNEY political science student Michael has become the fifth housemate evicted from the Big Brother house.
Michael, 25, outpolled John and Camilla, with 25 per cent of the merged public eviction vote.
He was voted the Insider by a live audience, agreeing to take on a series of secret tasks set by Big Brother.
He failed the first - discovering the true relationship between two of the housemates, mother and daughter Krystal and Karen.
Successfully sabotaging the clown task earned Michael a series of culinary rewards, including a 10-minute chance to devour an entire packet of Tim Tams, while his housemates were confined to a staple diet.
Most controversially, however, was his response to the third task: getting eight housemates to nominate him for eviction in order to gain immunity.
Michael concocted a fictitious son on the outside, Reuben, whom, he told housemates, he risked losing in an impending paternity suit if he was unable to leave the Gold Coast compound.
He aced the task, earning nine nominations, and incurring the wrath of much of the house when Big Brother revealed his Insider lies.
Despite being granted a reprieve, Michael took it upon himself to continue the role of antagonist, stealing and hiding everyone's toothbrushes.
"I wanted to mix things up," he told host Gretel Killeen on last night's live eviction.
"You do things in this game that you wouldn't do in everyday life," he said.
"I would do whatever it takes."
In a special one-hour "twist" show prior to the eviction, Michael was revealed as one of the biggest liars in the house.
Big Brother asked housemates a series of questions about other people in the house, whether they had or would lie, and whether they were playing the game, whilst running a voice-based lie detector over their answers.
Of 438 questions asked, 126 returned false readings.
As a result an additional person will now be added to this week's list of nominees.
The public will decide, from a selection of housemates prepared by Big Brother, who is going "under the radar", or keeping a low profile to escape nomination.
The "under the radar" votes open tomorrow night.
