Holiday House to Return

Just noticed when Kyle and Jackie introduced the BB aeroplane and Holiday House, Kyle said the plane could take them to heaven or could take them to hell, and this time it will take them heaven. Sounds like what I mentioned before about BB scrapping the Bali resort and building a new holiday location there to use later in the series will come true. But what kind of hell holiday could they produce? Maybe if they installed sprinklers on the roof they could have the yard start "raining" whenever one of them goes outside the bedroom.

Dixie Getting Nasty

On Monday night's DS we saw Dixie have a go at Ben just for overhearing him say her name. All he did was tell Nobbi that Dixie was enjoying watching Brigitte without her belongings. He didn't say anything bad about her. He wasn't "bitching". And when Ben explained this to Dixie she said she understood, but continued to harass him about it. It didn't sound like forgiveness to me.

Then on tonight's show Dixie took Bianca's willingness to do a lot of the cooking, made it sound as if Bianca was whinging about having to cook, when she was just saying she didn't mind if she had to cook extra meals, and again went on about it, even when the situation was explained to her.

For a mental health worker, she is not very understanding and is not a good listener. Maybe her own mental health being seen on BB will cost her a job.

There IS Less To Brigitte Than Meets The Eye

How long can Brigitte remain upset about her lost belongings? Did she expect everything to go her way when she went into the BB House? Was she not even looking for a challenge? It seems like she is far too precious to be in there.

It is so funny to watch, but unfortunately has dominated the Daily Show for 2 days. The greatest moment was when she first started crying when the reality sunk in, and she sobbed "What does 'indefinitely' mean?"

Her first reaction was to leave the show immediately because she couldn't sleep without her unicorn and bear, and she wants her mum. She has asked to leave, has gone on a hunger strike (did she get this idea from Ja'mie on Summer Heights High?), and has pestered BB to the point where he begged her to get out of the Diary Room. If this is really how her mind works, who knows how she will ever get through life.

In fact, if she wasn't in the BB House, this reaction might get her everything she wanted. Imagine an employer telling her she is fired, then she breaks down into a moronic relentless sook. She'd have her job back in 5 minutes. Thank god BB is standing strong and hasn't gone giving her back things. In fact he is even playing along with her game, talking to her through Dixie, providing her with a pillowcase and scissors to create her own Sound-of-Music-style fashions. Everything she doesn't want him to do.

I wonder how her parents feel watching their little 5 year old on Big Brother!

Updated Houseplan

I have made some changes to the floorplan for the BB House.

• The Strategy Room and Eviction Room have been fleshed out. The Strategy Room is actually part of the Eviction Room, with a false wall to make it smaller. There is a door between these rooms and the Living Room, next to the Diary Room door. When HMs accessed the Diary Room from the door at the other end of the Eviction Room, I believe this was via a short tunnel sectioned off, normally used as the camera run.


• The Holiday House has been detailed a bit more, with the garden and bedroom areas, and the rough location of the pool.


• The BB aeroplane has been labelled.


• The shape of the Living Room, entrance from the backyard, temptation screen, and dining room has been moved around a bit to match the wall positions in the House.


• The outdoor toilet has been added in.
• The eviction red carpet has been added.

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Vending Machine Watch (Updating)

THIS POST UPDATES WEEKLY

Given the light coverage BB's Vending Machine is getting this year, check here to see what they have to spend, what they have to buy, and what they choose each week.

INTRODUCTION
The BB Vending Machine appears every Tuesday and contains several sought after items in the BB House. Some are for the good of all. Some are personal items that affect only one HM. Head of Household (FNL Winner) is given a budget of up to 20 coins, based on how well behaved they have been for the week. HoH can discuss the purchase of items with HMs, but has ultimate power over what items are taken from the machine into the BB House.

WEEK 3 (Day 16)
Head of House: Nathan
Spending Money: 14 coins
Items Available:

• Hair straightener
• Chocolates
• Coffee
• Cans of soft drink
• 2 pillow slips and scissors for Brigitte
• Travis' red heart sunglasses
• Mystery Item: Nathan's cherished personal possession

Items Purchased:

• Soft drinks
• Chocolates

WEEK 4 (Day 23)
Head of House: Alice (Inherited HoH from Rebecca when evicted)
Spending Money: 16 coins
Items Available:

• Some of Brigitte's clothes
• Cans of soft drink
• Chocolates
• Cricket set
• Pamper pack
• Coffee
• Footy results
• Mystery Item: Gnocchi (Alice's favourite food)

Items Purchased:

• Chocolates
• Cricket set

WEEK 5 (Day 30)
Head of House: Alice
Spending Money: 16 coins
Items Available:

• Chocolates
• Puppy chews for Ollie
• Brigitte’s running shoes
• Ben's personal photos
• Bianca's personal photos
• Mystery Item: "Austin Powers" movie (Alice's favourite movie)

Items Purchased:

• Chocolates
• Ben's Photos

WEEK 6 (Day 37)
Head of House: Renee
Spending Money: 14 coins
Items Available:

• Dubbo Rhinos football results (Renee's favourite team)
• Invitation for Nobbi to attend the Family Dinner for 1 week
• Hair straightener
• Milo
• A movie pass

Items Purchased:

• Invitation for Nobbi to attend Family Dinner

Week 7 (Day 44)
Head of House: Nobbi
Spending Money: 18 coins
Items Available:

• Hair straightener
• Bedroom makeover, giving them some single beds
• Pamper pack
• Chocolate
• Soft drinks
• Football & frisbee
• A party dress for Brigitte's 21st birthday party this Saturday

Items Purchased:

• Brigitte's dress
• Football & frisbee
• Chocolate

Fallout: Yes, at last the Vending Machine makes it to the Daily Show because it caused some contention. Over half of the HMs wanted the hair straightener and Nobbi refused to buy it, instead buying them a chocolate bar each. This almost brough some HMs to tears! This will make the girls extra keen to win FNL this week just so they can choose the items next week. Who knows if it will even be in there though. Or will an item Nobbi would want be in there to choose?

Week 8 (Day 51)
Head of House: Nobbi
Spending Money: 18 coins
Items Purchased:

• Hair straighener
• Nobbi's boxing equipment
• Steak and wine dinner for Brigitte and Terrence (to annoy Brigitte)

Week 9 (Day 58)
Head of House: Brigitte
Spending Money: 15 coins
Items Available:

• Grenade Reversals
• Hair product
• Magnum Icecream
• Milo
• Golf set
• Dinner for Two

Items Purchased:

• Reverse Brigitte's Grenade (she gets her belongings back)
• Reverse Bianca's Grenade (Night Watchman)
• Reverse Cherry's Grenade (Housekeeper)

Week 10 (Day 65)
Head of House: Cherry
Spending Money: 10 coins
Items Available:

• Surfing Magazine
• Diary Room Dinner for Two
• Mole Clues

Items Purchased:

• 2 Mole Clues: "The Mole is not Terri" / "The Mole is not Rory"

Week 11 (Day 72)
Head of House: Cherry
Spending Money: 16 coins
Items Available:

• Letter from home for Terri
• Professional haircut and colour for Brigitte and Alice
• Indoor Tennis

Items Purchased:

• Terri's Letter
• Indoor Tennis

WEEK 12 (Day 79) - The Final Vend!
Head of House: Ben
Spending Money: 20 coins
Items Available:

• Care packages from home for 2 HMs

Items Purchased:

• Ben's care package
• Travis' care package