BB Oldies Move Into Kombi

After Nobbi's eviction tonight, the Kombi Man got to pass on his punishment to 2 HMs of his choice. Of course he repayed Terri with the honour after she bestowed it on him on Day 1. And he has chosen Terrence as her Kombi buddy.

Both HMs will be banished to outside the House. As a luxury Nobbi never got, they will be allowed inside for 20 minutes a day to use the indoor showers and ammenities. They will use separate sleeping bags.

Terri and Terrence have already started comparing stories about the worst houses they have lived in. Terri has slept in a house with fibro walls and a gap under the door "this big". Yada yada.

They are giving the bedding a good shake out after Nobbi has been in there for so long. Rory reassured Terri not to worry, Nobbi has only had a pull in there 3 times. Terri exclaimed she wasn't worried how many times Nobbi has pulled in there.

Eviction #7: Who Will Go?

In a record for the season, 6 nominees face eviction tonight, but only 3 of them know it. Plus one may think he knows it, but he is not up for eviction at all.

Rory was saved by Nobbi's Eviction Twist. I'm sure he would have figured out it was him that was saved somehow.

But will Nobbi be expecting to be on the chopping block? Especially along with 2 others?

Who are the Nominees and what do they have for and against them?

• Alice: Regular nominee, and most-saved HM for the year. She must be feeling unloved being nominated so many times by her HMs and the public. This week she is up again. While she was my least favourite in the first week, seeming a bit bland, she has grown on me over time. I don't want her to win, but she brings some stuff to the group dynamic. Maturity is one-- she doesn't fall into the kids category. She is smart. She doesn't really get involved in that much fun though. She gets into some of the spa antics with them but some of the more immature games she stays away from.
• Brigitte: She seems to think that either hating people or being hated is what is keeping her in the House. She is the ditzy blonde of the year, and has lived a sheltered life, so she brings humour to the House. Not in a good way for her, as the joke is usually on herself. Her bad moods and tantrums could work in either way for her. Watching the spoilt little girl have everything taken away from her is entertaining though.
• Cherry: Being this far up himself is probably not physiologically healthy for him. He thinks he is God's gift to women, though something tells me women like a bit of personality and likeability mixed in with their muscles. In 3 weeks he has failed to show any intelligence or charisma, and he has the nerve to tell Rhianna he "hates" her after a few days-- probably to get in further with the boys of the House, though I don't think it sat well with Travis or Rory.
• Nobbi: He's the one we're supposed to love to hate. Most years I hate that one, but this year I am actually loving hating Nobbi. He is nasty, manipulative, rude, arrogant, and has little care for even his closest HMs, but something about him being stuck outside in that bloody van makes me laugh, because no matter what he does to upset the others, he is the loser at the end of the day.
• Terrence: Give the old bloke a chance. He has more personality that any of the other boys (aside from Travis) combined. He seems like a nice guy and he really is trying to get along with everyone. The young ones won't gove him a chance, but that doesn't stop him. He is also revisiting his youth a bit too I think getting in on all the immature games and just having fun. The HMs don't like his jokes or his nudity, but they should give him more credit.
• Terri: There is 1 year and a world of difference separating Terri from Terrence. She is your old-school Nanna. And while she has come around a bit and opened up to the younger HMs a lot over the series, she is still the mother figure to them and not the friend. That's nothing bad though if that's what she wants. She is a great HM for diveristy and should hang around.

So who will go? Hopefully Cherry. I doubt he'd even be missed from the show now. The next least impact would be Alice. All the others are pretty much necessary HMs and possible finalist material.

The viewing audience might go for Cherry, Alice, or Terrence. Nobbi has plenty of anti-fans on the outisde who have probaby been waiting for just this opportunity to get rid of him, but he has a lot of fans as well who want him in there for stirring things up. I think Brigitte and Terri will be safe this week.

But then again, I haven't voted.

Will Nobbi's Penis Go In Big Mouth?

First of all, sorry, I could not help but use that title!

So, the "incident" went like this: boys in spa, Nobbi's takes nob out, Bianca calls Terri over, Terri disgusted, huge discussion about dicks ensues. Was it sexual harassment? That question is really up to the harassed to decide.

First of all, this is nothing like the Turkey Slapping of BB06. In that case Camilla was forcibly held down while John and Ashley put their bits in her face, possibly against her will. It also doesn't really hold up to the Celebrity BB incident where Warwick Capper exposed himself to Adriana Xenides and some of the other girls, just because of the nature of the Celebrity series, in that it was about celebrities raising money for children's charities, not a real reality series, nor an adult series.

Technically this would be counted as indecent exposure, which is illegal. When done in a joking way among a group of friends, there would be no problem though. If it was any of the other girls in the House there would be no fuss about this. But really it can't be categorised. It comes down to the individual and how they feel about the way they've been treated.

In this case, being just exposure, I'm sure Terri has seen her fair share of them in her life to not get too worked up over it. She is a bit of a fuddy duddy though. She would be well within her rights to go to BB and say it was the most horrific experience of her life, and BB would have no option but to evict Nobbi for breaking the rules. However I think she has more common sense than that. Going into the BB House she must have known she would be spending a lot of time with sexually-charged younger HMs and that this kind of prank might go on. Plus the fact that she is trying to be treated as an equal by them, and not a mother figure, would be affected if she did. Of course none of this gives anyone the right to make her feel uncomfortable, or takes away her right to feel uncomfortable about it. It just has to do with the way she chooses to perceive what happened.

There is also the fact that it was Bianca that called Terri's attention to what the boys were doing privately in the spa (though why they were is another question!). So is Bianca to blame for Terri seeing it?

And really, if exposing your genitals to other HMs is sexual harassment, why does BB give them the big open shower to share? Currently 3 of the men in the House are showering in all their glory (including Nobbi in the outdoor shower!). They have said it is for hygeine reasons, and because they are not ashamed of their bodies, however if it makes others uncomfortable, and if there is no way for any of them to shower privately, doesn't that count as harassment in a way too?

So the final question, and getting back to the title of this post, is what will Big Mouth make of this event tomorrow night? Will they touch it at all? Will they edit it in a positive or negative way? (Gretel, don't tell me they can't do that!) And the one thing we haven't even heard yet is, does Terri even care anymore, after her initial reaction? Maybe she did go away and have a big laugh about it. Maybe she came out 10 minutes later and gave all the boys a big flash of her own. Now that would stop them in their tracks!

Terrence Confronts Brigitte

So, Terrence finally confronted Brigitte today about her being rude to him. And it sounds like while Terrence had a lot to say, Brigitte was nothing but uninterested.

What is her problem with him? So he tells lame jokes and long winded stories. What else do they have to do in there? While Brigitte wants to spend her entire BB stay lying in the sun in a bikini and straightening her hair, some people are in there to share their lives and their life experience.

I guess that's a big call for a girl who has no life experience, and who lives off Daddy's dollar. Someone like Terrence should be good for Brigitte, telling her what life is really like out from under her parents' wings. At least she has developed a relationship with Terri, though Terri's outlook on life may be a little too bleak for the poor little girl to handle.

So Terrence even tried to play the "you're playing the game" card, telling her Australia won't like that. Brigitte's comeback was that "Australia is not her friend". I bet she is hoping Australia is her friend when it comes to eviction voting though!

HMs Passed Task, But Alice Cooks Staples

Last week HMs passed their task and won themselves a week of luxury foods. It is probably right then that the HMs are bitching about Alice's lunch menu today, cooking chicken patties and boiled cabbage-- bland foods basically made only from their staple ingredients they would have whether they passed or failed the task. Bianca and Travis said there are plenty of other ingredients left to make a much better lunch, but Alice took over the kitchen. Maybe Alice is the first HM in history to be satisfied with BB's staple diet.

FNL Week 8: Heavy Metal Night

For Heavy Metal Night there will be more games based on themed puns: Iron Maiden where HMs will be pushed around an obstacle course on an ironing board, Skid Row where HMs have to do the biggest skid, and a Pinata-type game with HMs smashing guitars into an amplifier.

What we definitely don't want to see is Nobbi win again. Terri or Bianca would be a good change. Terri would love Head of Household, getting everyone up doing chores all week.

I asked Mike Goldman on his live blog this week:

One of the FNL prizes is Head of Household, and HoH is supposed to be able to tell HMs to do certain chores whenever they want. The only time HoH uses their powers though is when BB instructs them to make decisions. Do you think this power is being wasted this year? I think maybe someone like Terri would utilise this power more effectively. I hope Terri wins an FNL this year!

His response was:

I want Terri to win too! It would be funny to see an old nanna smashing guitars tomorrow night on HEAVY METAL NIGHT!!!!! The power isnt being wasted they still have to be in charge and tell people what to do. That causes friction and that works well on BB.

Bit of a cop-out answer that just defends the prizes won out of his part of the show I guess. Where is the friction? Over the Vending Machine? Come on. Head of Household does not use the power available to them unless forced, therefore it is fake friction. I want to see a HoH boss the others around more. Of course it won't happen because it will just get them nominated.

This afternoon on live streaming I heard Travis say to Brigitte this is their week for FNL because they have come second more than anyone else. He thinks it will will be the two of them playing off against each other in the finale round. In his words "I'm always the bridesmaid, never the bride."

Also, news will come out tonight about Steve Carrell appearing on next week's show (Spy Week).

No word yet on what the "fun" prize will be for tonight's winner. No talk of another flight or movie yet. The girls are hoping for a movie if they win.

Ratings Down, But BB is Ten's Top Show

Channel 10's ratings are down overall this year, but BB is still Ten's top programme each night.

Last week:

Wednesday - Daily Show - #19 - 902,000
Thursday - Daily Show - #23 - 816,000
Friday - Daily Show - #17 - 774,000
Friday - FNL - #10 - 977,000
Sunday - Daily Show - 859,000
Sunday - Eviction - 1,009,000
Monday - Daily Show - #19 - 901,000 (GNW made #16 on the night's list)
Monday - Big Mouth - 646,000
Tuesday - Daily Show - 852,000

At least Evictions are back over the 1m mark (slightly) after the long weekend brought it down.