From the 'Off The Telly' site a very interesting article by Matthew Rudd. A good read for all those of us with a concentration span of more than 30 seconds.
''...... Which makes the public's decision to kick out by far the most fascinating brace of housemates from BB4 at the end of the first month all the more frustrating. The two in question, never outcasts within the walls of the house but gratuitously standing out to Joe Public as the most debatable, got their marching orders with the usual sense of despair and resignation which has blighted so many crucial weeks of past Big Brother series'.
As with Penny in BB2 and Adele in BB3, the ejection of Jon and Federico at this stage of the game lent itself to a serious act of delusion from the voting public, with the third housemate facing the lion's den, Cameron, surviving for what seems a typically British motive of fair play for a man who had done no wrong. This might work in the law courts, but in the tense, competitive plasterwork of the Big Brother house, the nice guys will only go the distance if there is more to their character than their own inoffensiveness - see Brian, Jonny and Alex for that.
Big Brother's masters didn't help the cause at all by introducing the contentious double-eviction policy in the first place. In doing so, the law of averages suggested, along with the frequency of the two martyrs' previous nominations, that at least one would fall unworthy victim to a change in the rules which was as much needless as anything else..........
.........Whatever else occurs in BB, and the innovations ahead are at the same time teasing and predictable, it seems that the whole concept of the show has failed, for once, to stir any real emotion or warmth amongst its loyal viewers, many of whom complained at once via text message on E4 that the spark died when Federico and Jon got the boot that fateful night ("Here's to two weeks of tennis, then", said one cutting remark). The most important aspect of BB has to be the housemates themselves, but the lingering housemates after one month simply do not have the required charisma in their natures to keep the show alive in the eyes of those who commission it. Having seen one meaningless experiment fall short spectacularly with the expulsion of the house's two most charismatic housemates, it's up to BB, not the blissfully unaware remainder tenants, to rectify the situation. But that means more new trials and rule-changes, thereby rendering the whole concept of Big Brother a failure this time round. One day, hopefully, Big Brother will get back to you........''
The Full Article Can Be Found Here !!!
