Thursday, December 20, 2007

Blog - ETTDR MS35/2007

Erk to the Diary Room (Episode 35 - Eviction 6 Review)

I predicted that there would be a lot to fit into a 90 minute show with a double eviction and 2 intruders going in and I was correct. And it did not happen. The 2 evictees were evicted and one intruder went in but the other intruder will be going in on Up Mike with Late and Bree.


This episode isn't in the order in what happened but for the ease of reading, certain topics are together.


First to the eviction. I predicted that the Brazillian would be certain to go and the other spot would be either ETB, RTB or JTN. But that did not turn out to be the case. This afternoon, I recorded a podcast prediction for the eviction and then 5 minutes later my mate Leigh called me. He predicted that if ETB was to be evicted, her eviction would be announced first and she'd get ushered away to get told about her dad's death and I'd read reports that she'd be given the option to appear on stage or not. Then the other evictee would be announced, go direct to the stage and do their thing. By this time, ETB would have had an extended chat to her family and a counsellor if she needed it and I joked that the NRMA (or RACQ, really) would be on standby in case she needed a jump-start. And then if she decided to go onto stage, she would.


And to Leigh's credit (he's appeared in another piece!), he was pretty much correct. ETB was announced first and she went off in a golf cart and then there was a break. Gretel then said that she was speaking to her family off camera and then they did the remaining family loved one's bit. Later after evictee #2 was evicted, ETB did return to the stage, seemingly as if nothing had happened. So Gretel welcomed ETB to the stage and ETB said that she wanted to grieve in private which is fair enough. Interestingly though, she did say that she was told yesterday and not during the show tonight. Apart from that, you would have thought that nothing had happened. I do have to say that I am glad that ETB has left the house as I was getting sick and tired of watching the Big Emma House and maybe some of the tension will disappear. ETB had a rather large set of numbers, the total evict vote in the end was over 70%, daylight second and then the other HM's.


Joining ETB on the stage was RTB. I was really shocked, I thought that the Brazilian would be gone but because ETB's numbers were so large, the rest of the totals were very close and it could have been anything. However, it was time for RTB to leave the house and I think that is a shame. I thought that being an intruder would have had the Brazilian signing her eviction papers but some people probably thought DanYELLa who? RTB has come a long way in the house and to me at least, she was less and less annoying as the weeks went on and it is a shame that she won't get to experience an ETBless house.


Now to the intruders............


As usual, they promise the world and promise to be up vibe and interesting but in the end they usually turn out to be a less interesting version of Homer Simpson sitting down, smiling politely but doing not much else. Intruder #69 for the series is Michelle and she is now the oldest person in the house, not that she acts it. She is married with a child and based on what I saw of her, her husband will be glad for the peace and quiet for a week. I get the feeling that her outness and her loudness is an act and she is loud but not as loud as she is tonight. But yes, she is loud. Did I mention she's loud? She's loud and proud but not as proudly out there as Intruder #70 in the form of Zach.



Even people without a gaydar didn't need one. BB has had some gay HM's in his time (not that there is anything wrong with that) but this guy is surely the gayest and campest HM ever. Zach meeting Travo, that will be an interesting experience. And Zach has the hots for Ian Thorpe who has a new sleazebag target in the form of Intruder #69. But Ian knows that I69 has a husband so he might back off now.


Overall it was an interesting night but also a long night starting with the daily show at 6.30pm and stumps being called at 9.20pm instead of 9pm. And that was without one intruder going into the house!

"Attention passengers, the 9pm service to Rove has been delayed by 20 minutes for today only. Big Brother apologies for any inconvenience caused."


Myspace friends: Steady at 134
Stand Up Update: Might go to the Sando tomorrow night
BB Update: ETB and RTB gone, intruders 69 and 70 in
Erk Pod Update: Eps 12 and 13 produced over the weekend.

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