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On opening night I complained that there was no totty for the girls this year, as their rarely is. But John James is growing on me, he’s too young for me at 24 but that doesn’t mean he’s not worth a look

In addition he seems like an alright kinda guy and I love that he reminds me of my beloved Big Brother Australia that I still miss.

It’s the little things like the fact he calls Big Brother ‘Him/He’ rather than ‘Them/They’ because in Big Brother Australia they do all see the big guy as a man, rather than just a random member of the production staff.

He’s definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer but unlike previous thicko BB pretty boys he seems to have a good heart, show a genuine interest in others and isn’t at all shallow.

So far, he’s my favourite

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I feel like I have somewhat abandoned new music recently – I have taken up running and been making my own podcasts to go along with the plan I am following so my goal recently has been to find good running songs, that’s it. It’s the first thing I think about whenever I hear a song – “Would that be good for running to?”.

So I have lots of new albums I need to listen to, not to mention loads of new artists to try out. I will probably sit down tomorrow and just have a music day, maybe invite a few of my music loving friends over to share the experience with.

I saw the following video from The Mystery Jets earlier which is what prompted me into this, it’s a preview of their new single Dreaming of Another World and it comes from the Stella Artois’ CO2 Soiree show. The video is set in 1963 and is very Beatlesesque and retro. Take a wee look for yourself:

I love it and can’t wait to hear more from them in the near future, I have really got into The Mystery Jets recently

For the final time. Though I am not convinced it really will be the final time, from what I have heard Endemol are very interested in another channel buying it so at worst I think it will be off air for a few years and then be revived on a slightly less mainstream channel.

Still, I am going to enjoy it as though it were the last.

I was lucky enough to get a free pass for the Internet feed, I was so happy that the live feed is back 24/7 that I would have been happy to pay the £14.99 actually but you know me, if I can get something for less or free then I am very happy.

So far they seem like a pretty nice bunch, and less shallow and stupid in than in previous years it has to be said. It’s very early days though and those that seem nice now could turn out to be total nightmares, we know this from 10 years of experience!

I will post again soon with my opinions on the housemates

‘Citing!

I think fruit machine games are fun, but I am not sure I could spend 7 million dollars on them like the woman I saw on a Louis Theroux documentary the other day. The show was about gambling in general and was quite eye opening – who knew that casinos actually ‘headhunt’ people they know are likely to spend a small fortune with them and some of the tactics they employ to keep people at the table.

I still love Louis Theroux, I wish he were on TV more, I remember when his documentaries used to be a big deal but now it seems like they just slip them on random channels at random times so I don’t even always know they exist until much later.

I was watching an old episode of Beauty and the Geek last night, because it was ridiculous am and I couldn’t be bothered to turn it over — I think it was from the last season, with Jennilee and the ‘horrible’ beauty. Some of those guys must get some serious acne solution when they get on the show though, because it doesn’t take very long for it to clear up and they become actually rather hot!

Is that show axed now? I can’t remember.

I wonder how many people are running out to buy the best weight loss products after watching the biggest loser finale last week? Some of the weight losses were amazing – but I do have to admit I wasn’t as in to this season as previous ones but I am not sure why. It’s also interesting to note that according to BMI both Michael and Ashley are still classed as obese – even Stephanie and Sunshine who looked smoking are still ‘overweight’, crazy isn’t it?

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I’ve had a lazy day already today so feel like I should do something productive now, but I’m not gonna – I am gonna find a movie to stream instead hehe

The whole storyline with Joe dieing in Coronation Street is stupid – I am glad he’s dead because he was always a useless fool, but it’s all just too much. Too many coincidences and silly mistakes by Gail – I mean like she didn’t know he’d taken out that life insurance policy behind her back and that the police just happened to find it.

A disappointing end to a good season for me. Again someone who sat on the sidelines walks away with the prize. As I have said countless times I know the way Sandra plays is valid, it’s won the game for her twice, it’s just not for me.

I found it quite bizarre that she highlighted at the final tribal council that her main strategy was to get Russell out, but she failed – why highlight that you had no power or sway in the game? I can only assume she was hoping to pick up anti Russell votes.

Russell blew the final tribal council no doubt (having said that does anyone really believe he’d have won if he’d pandered to the ‘oh I’m sorry, I regret everything I did’ nonsense that Danielle seemed to be trying to push him into? I’m kinda glad he stuck to his guns!) and I don’t feel like he was robbed this season as he was last one but I definitely think he and Parvati deserved it a lot more than Sandra as they both had control over the game for a large part of it where she had zero.

I don’t begrudge her the win this season but it pains me to think people are now considering her the best player of all time – we’ve had some real duds win the show over the years, winning doesn’t automatically mean you played the best game – she wouldn’t even make my personal top 10 list.

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Some other thoughts I had while watching the episode…

What was with the long pause in the Colby confessional? It almost looked like the producers forgot to cut it – maybe they were trying to build up the ‘..but I’m not giving up yet’ but it seemed a little odd.

Are Jerri and Coach not engaged/an item then? I was looking forward to that announcement at reunion.

Boston Rob refusing to shake Russell’s hand was lame. Although they all apparently hate Russell they all seemed to be getting along and playing nice at the reunion. I think once the game is over it should be the end to any nastiness (unless something really major goes down).

Does anyone know who Amanda voted for to win?

Even I was surprised that Russell won fan fave again, thought his popularity had waned somewhat and that Rupert had it in the bag.

I was bemused when he said he knew he didn’t win Samoa I am still bemused. It was interesting to hear he did change tactics because of that though and took people he perceived as unlikable to the final with him.

I have not read the other replies yet but I can bet it will be brought up that Russell was dumb to underestimate Sandra and be so cocky he could beat her – so I;d like to point out that they ALL apparently thought the same thing. Colby said as much in his final TC (We all want to be sat next to Sandra at the end because we can beat her), so it was obviously a pretty common opinion.

I was surprised Russell didn’t take out Parvati at the end, everything seemed to be pointing to him doing so and it definitely made sense to my mind. Would Jerri really have won if she’d been there? Hmm.

Biggest mistake in the game it turns out was not knocking out Sandra instead of Courtney before the merge – although as someone said upthread she’d have probably found herself in the final as well for the same reasons as Sandra, not being seen as a threat for the challenges and having coasted along not being seen as a threat to win the prize.