Mike Goldman "Not Needed" for Finale

Are the producers morons or something?

Mike Goldman showed up for work on BB on Launch Night 2001, and has not missed a day in 8 years. He has done:

• voice overs for about 600 Daily Shows
• live crowd warm-ups for 6 years of Evictions, Nominations and specials
• hosted about 260 episodes of UpLate by himself for up to 2 1/2 hours a night
• co-hosted 54 episodes of Friday Night Live
• co-hosted 2 live evictions when Kyle got sick

And the producers have the nerve to call and say they don't need him to be there for the Finale of all Finales.

From the response Mike got to this revelation on his live blog on the Courier Mail website it is obvious fans want to see him at the Finale, if not hosting it over Kyle "I always hated BB" Sandilands. He did say things could change at any time and we may still see Mike, Bree and Fitzy make an appearance during the final show. Let's hope they come to their senses and let Mike give his show a big send-off.

Unfortunately chances are looking slim that Gretel Killeen could possibly make an appearance as she is in the middle of a month's run in The Rocky Horror Show in Sydney.

Terri Turns on Travis

Terri's had some words to say about Travis lately.

In The Big Sting on Sunday night, Terri voted for Travis to be "evicted" from the House. She claimed he would not spend the prize money wisely if he won.

On Monday when they got their ironing task and were told to cover the clothing from the rain, Terri had a go at Travis for mucking around too much instead of getting a job done, which she reiterated on Tuesday.

In tonight's Family Dinner, Terri said that living with Travis is getting difficult with less people in the House to distract him.

Does she see him as her threat? Is Terri out to eliminate the competition and win?

Alice Selfish in Final Days

Did no one tell Alice how to win BB? Surely a selfish act like keeping the treadmill in the House instead of letting Terri get her care package from home, including a gift from her grandson, won't do her any favours. Couldn't she just jog around the backyard for 4 more days?

I don't think Ben's decision to buy himself and Travis their care packages and leave Terri out was selfish, because she did get a letter from home the previous week, and Ben and Travis had gotten nothing. When Terri missed out on her package, Alice and Rory both concurred that they would have sacrificed their own packages to get Terri's, but when they got the second chance to get Terri's as well in exchange for Alice's beloved treadmill, her generosity was revoked and she flat out refused to give up her luxury for Terri.

This... is Big Brother?!

He's only been the main Big Brother for one year, but he has come to be known as "the funny Big Brother" after taking over from past Big-BBs Peter Abbott (01-03) and Nick Colquhoun (04-07). So after all this time, what does BB08's BB look like?


Not what you expected, right? Leon Murray has been with BB for many years and even had some on-screen time in BB04's UpLate where he would read a poem about the events of the week every Friday night. Here's his name in the credits of BB05 UpLate as an Editor:


It's weird putting a face to the voice. Like finding out Daniel Stern was Kevin Arnold's uncredited grown-up voice in The Wonder Years, or that Drew Forsythe (who I remember from The Miraculous Mellops!) was the man behind David Tench.

Now that BB has been outed, can he go on if the show is picked up by Channel 9 next year? Or would they source their own BB voice? Surely Mr Channel 9, Eddie McGuire, could do it. "This is Big Brother... the winner of BB09 will be a quarter of a mi-yen-airre!"

Cast Members Jump From Sinking Ship

No loyalty around here anymore! 2 BB hosts have come out after the announcement of the show's axeing and said they wanted to leave the show.

Kyle Sandilands who only signed onto the show last year for the BB08 season says he is glad the show was axed and now he gets 6 months of his life back (presumably the period of next season). Was his plan to sign on to a show he hated and bring it down from the inside?

Even Mike Goldman told the Courier Mail that if the show was picked up for a 9th season, "I probably wouldn't want to work on it". Seems a bit funny that later in the article he says he doesn't know what he's going to do next. You'd think if he was planning on quitting at the end of the season he might have thought about future prospects!

I get the feeling they are distancing themselves from the doomed program to save face. (Gee, Kyle wouldn't be underhanded and selfish now would he?) Would they really have left if the show hadn't been axed? Only 2 days earlier Mike Goldman was saying on his live blog on the Courier Mail site that BB09 was defintiely on and how much he loved the show.

Also on the finale of Big Mouth last night, semi-regular panelist Tom Gleeson turned his back on the show, saying he was only upset that he had attached himself to a dud. I'm sure you had heaps of other offers Tom with that one joke you know-- "I have red hair!"

Brigitte Turns Orange

In the House her hair extensions turned green from the chlorine in the spa, and her roots turned black from too long between hairdresser visits. But who can explain why 4 days after leaving the House, Brigitte's skin has turned orange? She's either been on an all-carrot diet, or paid a visit to the Gold Coast's budget spray tan salon.

Ten Dumps BB (The Logistical Viewpoint)

I really didn't think it could happen. Ten have announced it is dropping BB from its 2009 schedule. Regardless of the declining ratings, BB08 has been Ten's top rating show every night and has still done well in the all-important 18-49 age group.

BB is an established show with an existing infrastructure at Dreamworld, and a huge crew. Piloting new programs is so hit and miss these days, it would take forever for Ten to produce new programming that would find an audience, or to find a balance of existing shows that will rate any better.

Without BB Ten have to fill 120 hours of primetime programming, not to mention it was a huge chunk of its required Australian programming quota.

Idol's ratings are also dropping massively year by year, and with no Mark Holden this year it may cause another drop. Could Ten possibly axe its 2 reality staples in one year? Will they spread So You Think You Can Dance and The Biggest Loser across more of the year to fill the gaps?