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Big Brother 4

Broadcast daily on Channel 4 and E4

July 26th :

contestant Cameron wins Big Brother 4

Last night Cameron won BB4, unfortunately, but then there wasn't really any one of the four I thought was worthy.

At 8.30pm Jon was called to the diary room and then told he would be leaving. The others saw him on the plasma screen but it didn't seem like they could hear what was being said, so there was no reaction to the fact he just left. Perhaps they'd been todl earlier?

First out the door was Steph. Out of the four, she only received 7% and after each vote closure the lines were re-opened. Scott came third with 26.7% out of the final three - to be shown a bland set of 'best bits' because he didn't have any, then when it came to the final the votes were split 57.5% to 42.5%.

So, what next for the housemates? The only one I want to see on TV again is Jon, but we're bound to also see Cameron on programmes such as Songs of Praise and The Heaven & Earth Show. Time will tell. P> contestant All of the main four interviews were pretty bland as well, just like all of the other housemates except Jon. Was this the best they could select out of thousands of applications? Even late entry Lisa was better than most and she said she would get her baps out after two beers but only did once and then just covered them up immediately.

On Sunday at 9pm on Channel 4 is a highlights show of the past week's events with "unseen footage" but before that at 7pm on E4 (8pm on E4+1, 11.15pm on C4) is a final "Big Brother's Little Brother" where all the housemates are reunited again and awards are handed out for the best moments in the house.

For those wanting more new BB, the USA show is being shown 'live' (well, 24 hours delayed) on E4 from 4pm today.

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July 19th :

Last night Nush was evicted with 66.87% of the vote.

Her interview went by without much of interest until the end when asked if she fancied Scott. A subdued "No" was the answer.

So, all there is left to happen now is the vote for the winner and all you're left to choose between is Cameron, Steph, Ray and Scott. I don't want any of them to win as they're such a dull bunch.

Cameron's evil, Steph has no personality, Ray's a loudmouth drunk and Scott will win only because he doesn't get on anyone's nerves. However, when it comes to showing his 'best bits' what exactly will they show?

July 16th :

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Two people up for eviction this Friday!

With Lisa having been evicted last Friday and Jon returning half-an-hour later, there were still 6 in the house. Jon is exempt from nominations and nominating for this week, the final week of nominations.

Nush's odds of staying are 1/8, while Cameron's are a better 9/2.

You can evict Cameron by phoning 09011 214402 or by texting VOTE CAMERON to 85444.

The reasons are as follows:

Cameron:

  • Nush - It's based on one incident, on eviction night when Lisa left and people were listening at the door. Nush said "I don't like hearing boos" and I know I reacted by saying get away from it then (BB: can you explain further?) What's the point of subjecting yourself to something you don't enjoy and going on about it? I'd rather subject myself to it and shut up, or get myself away from the source of pain/annoyance and thus stop mentioning it.
  • Ray - He's been throwing questions at Jon, not genuinely to trick him, but about the outside world, and today I sensed Jon getting annoyed and it wasn't fair of Ray to keep on with it. (BB: explain further how that has had an impact on you) If people keep doing a certain thing you don't like, every subsequent time it happens you think "Ssh! Man!" (BB: any other reasons?) It's a far more difficult reason for Ray this week than other weeks. I don't know what else to say. I have been full and frank and valid.

Nush:

  • Steph - Sometimes there are things about us both that get in the way of our friendship. She might find it hard being quite a girly girl, and when I think we're getting on better she might say something I find catches me off guard sometimes (BB: examples?) She said she didn't mean it exactly, but said I use my sexuality to get what I want and I find that not a nice thing to say to someone. I know she said she didn't mean it that way, but how can you take that in a positive way? And I was a bit offended.
  • Cameron - He worried too much about letting go. It's be nice to see him get tipsy and risk more in the weekly task. I don't understand what he's worried about, she said making an arse of herself whenever she's drunk. Do you know what I mean? You only live once and it's a shame to feel that someone's holding back. Be naughty sometimes. It's not always... or maybe it is about being well behaved.

Ray:

  • Nush - I think on Friday when Jon came along, it was great to see him, but it was typical of her, when having a conversation with Jon, she would more enough jump in and interrupt the story and try to give a different story to do with her.
  • Cameron - No major reason, but because again like last week, out of any of the housemates left he's had that more extra with the BB experience with going to South Africa (BB: any other reasons?) He has chosen myself and Nush this week. He's very close to Steph and I don't think he'll nominate Scott because he reminds him of his brother.

Scott:

  • Steph - When in the group she seems to be one of the "parents" and it'd be good for the group to lose one of them this week so we can see what fun ensues in the final week. She's not the most troublesome but the most stubborn in the house, such as when we were betting for the weekly task. We wanted 100% but she said 80% and that should be it. She's also the most cutting person in the house, not deliberately, but says comments that are not thought out, bit mean sometimes, not to me but within the house.
  • Cameron - He's still holding back a lot, such as last week with reference to a departed housemate. Everyone was guilty, but him more than others and wouldn't let up and that was disappointing to see for someone who'd been seen as a really nice guy. He was also incredulous how people could say they were sad to see Lisa go on Friday after she'd left. No-one had his strong opinions, so he turned on members of the group, still being scathing which I thought was unnecessary.

Steph:

  • Scott - I still cannot properly make him out. He says things that he thinks you want to hear (BB: explain more) He always says your initial emotion, eg. on eviction night, is always sadness then relief that it's not you, but I don't believe him (BB: any other reasons?) No... Yes. I don't know if I have. Oh, you buggers! ("buggers" was bleeped) Yesterday I was in the garden and Nush and Scott were havin a conversatoin which I believe was in regard to choosing people in the reward room. As trivial as this might sound, as I came over, Scott started to talk as if it was for my benefit and I thought there was no need for that, just say it as it is. (obvious rant about who would pick who) Is that good enough?
  • Nush - When Jon arrived on Friday evening, we were all talking about what had been going on while he'd been away, and when we came to Cameron in South Africa, she said some rather rude things like "We've heard it all before", etc. It's clear that she didn't like that fact that he had this interesting story to say and she wasn't the centre of attention.

Cameron and Nush have 3 nominations each. Steph has 2, Ray and Scott have one each.

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July 12th :

Last night Lisa was evicted with a massive 82.25% of the vote, followed by Steph on 12.16% and Cameron on 5.59%.

Lisa seemed to take it all in her stride, so perhaps she's saving the big guns for a magazine interview as they always seem to do. She didn't flinch when being told about being a "geezerbird" because she'd told all about this to the housemates before, although apparently jokingly.

Following the interview, the result of a vote was given to let a housemate back IN. They're not allowed to win, but are just going back in to make things more interesting. The only ones not up for the vote were Anouska, who's in the Australia house, and Tania because she wasn't there and didn't want to go back in.

contestant The one who went back in was Jon with 62% of the public vote (I voted for both him and Lisa, and this is the first time I've ever placed a vote in BB history). Lisa came second in this vote, although no figures beyond Jon's were released.

Jon cannot nominate or be nominated, and has gone back in vowing to stir things up and have serious chats with Cameron now he knows what he's really like. He just waltzed back down the stairs and into the house in a suit and tie and told the housemates that he can't tell them why he's in there or how he got back in and will be playing his cards very closely to his chest. Fantastic!

Looks like BB4 finally got interesting again.

July 9th :

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Three people up for eviction this Friday!

With Gos having been evicted last Saturday, there were just 6 left. On Sunday a task was held to decide who would be the head of the household for the coming week. Courtesy of some battery-operated toys, Ray won and was exempt from nomination for the next week.

However, the double-edged sword meant that he had to do the nominating for three people...

Lisa cannot go this week because I sorely want Cameron, the evil one, to be evicted for his crimes against humanity when, on the night before Jon's eviction, he said he wanted to "urinate in Jon's shower gel, defecate in his shoes and hold him by the throat while punching his eyes into the back of his head".

You can evict Cameron by phoning 09011 214402 or by texting VOTE CAMERON to 85444.

The reasons are as follows:

Ray:

  • Cameron - He's been exempt for two weeks and the honeymoon is over and it's about time he became part of the nomination game again, and out of anyone who left he's had the extra in the BB experience by going to Africa. Also, if he did go I don't think he'd be sad about it.

  • Lisa - Where to start? Yesterday when I was told about this, I got slightly upset over it and everyone said they wouldn't take it personally, but about nominating Lisa, she said "Give me a break. I've only been here a week." and I was really wound-up like that.

    Also, she tends to give herself too much praise for saying that she's too honest or that she's lived this "hard life" and for me, a hard life is a single mum bringing up kids living on welfare, and Lisa's hard life is going out with multi-millionaire friends with £800 restaurant bills, drinking the best wine and champagne. Give me a break. If that's the hard life then mine, which I thought was alright, must be the biggest load of crap. She was just looking for the sympathy vote.

  • Steph - The only reason I can give, was that on Saturday when Gos went, Nush went over to her for a hug and she turned round to Nush and said she didn't want Gos to go, implying that she'd rather me or Nush went. She also reinforced this in the pub later the next day. I thought that you don't say that to someone who's up for the first time. You should say "Well done".

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July 6th :

Last night Gos was evicted with 46.3% of the vote. Figures weren't given for Nush and Ray, yet a RI:SE poll indicated that Ray had a clear lead over the other two, and the C4 website poll shows he's the most popular to visitors.

It was a fairly laidback interview from Gos, and surprisingly, despite the bomb scare the night before, there was no crowd to greet him. Davina said they couldn't keep them all there for 24 hours, but surely there'd be enough people to be able to turn up? Or maybe Channel 4 couldn't be bothered. Either way, she said BBLB would make up for it during the week.

She also said that the task would take place Sunday night, and that the winner will become leader of the house and gets to pick which three housemates are up for eviction. I hope Lisa wins and picks Ray, Scott and Cameron. If Lisa was up for the vote she'd be chucked out, and Ray and Scott are too popular. I'm not a fan of Lisa, but I'd do anything to have that smile wiped off evil Cameron's face!

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July 5th :

There's one more night for someone...

Last night a bomb scare put paid to the usual eviction night process, in what some might see as a cynical attempt to boost ratings and get people talking about BB4 again.

The 8.30pm and 10pm shows were replaced with repeats of the old C4 stalwart Friends while Graham Norton's pre-recorded show, which usually begins with comments on who's been evicted that night - three openings being recorded separately depending on the outcome - was badly edited to leave such traces of comments out and just make mention of Ladyboy Lisa instead.

The eviction will take place tonight in two shows at 9pm and 10pm, but at the time of typing this it's not yet known whether the task will happen on the same night or Sunday. I reckon it'll be moved to Sunday as they've moved their evening film, The Quick and the Dead, to 10.30pm.

So, tonight three housemates are up for eviction, but who's going out this week?

July 1st :

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Three people up for eviction this Friday!

With Tania having been evicted last Friday, and Cameron and new man-girl Lisa being unable to be nominated, it means there's a lack of personalities up for eviction this week. Don't vote Nush out - she's the only eye-candy in there.

The reasons are as follows:

Cameron:

  • Nush - In real life, something that annoys me is when people have had too much to drink and they labour a point too much, repeating themselves. Since coming back from Africa, there's been alcohol in the house and I've experienced that annoyance from Nush. Last night, while talking about the bullying subject, every time it was closed, it was opened back up again by using the same line.
  • Ray - In real life, I'm a stickler for the rules and Ray's flouted numerous rules, and because I try hard not to do it, it annoys me when someone doesn't try not to break them.

Gos:

  • Ray - He's finding it more difficult to be in here. That's why he's breaking the rules, which is frustrating because you know what the rules are. When you explain this to him, it doesn't sink in. He's not a child, he's an adult. He still carried on, "Whatever, man".
  • Nush - She always seems to cut in the middle of a conversation and focuses it on herself. When someone's talking you should always listen. (BB: Provide an example?) In general (and generalises about it)

Nush:

  • Steph - I don't think we've bonded massively, because of our creative tension (BB: Elaborate) It feels like an air of competitiveness. She wants to do one better. I'm quite independent and not used to being told what to do. The stupidest example I can give: Steph was making sausage sandwiches, I wanted to put some mustard on it (mimicks Steph putting her hands up to stop Nush) I can't do my own sandwich, sort of.
  • Gos - We'll be talking as a group about things and he won't give an opinion, he'll just sit. That's cool, but sometimes I would like to hear what his opinion is, and he's of the opinion that "don't say anything at all in case..." I don't know why. He's oversensitive. You just want him to join in. You've told me off for not giving good reasons, so I'm trying to be meaty and (clenches fists) GRRR!

Ray:

  • Nush - We were all asking each other questions last night, trying to get to know more about Lisa, but most of the night Nush would jump in and "me, me, me" and it was starting to annoy me. When there was just me, her and Scott, I was trying to get his opinion on things, she would keep jumping in.
  • Gos - For the last week-and-a-half he's been off with everyone. He misses home and Stacey and yesterday when it was her birthday, I could see the pain in his face. For the first couple of weeks he was chatty and outgoing. If I go and talk to him he'll put me down spirits-wise.

Scott:

  • Gos - He has withdrawn himself from the group. He's not moody, but is melancholy, doesn't seem to be enjoying himself and looks like he wants to leave. He doesn't seem to have as much fun anymore. This makes it harder to talk to him and have a laugh with him. This may then rub off on other housemates.
  • Steph - There's only 2/4 people I can choose. Everything is a little forced between us. We get on because we have to get on. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but often she'll speak over me in a discussion and stop me from making a point, and say I don't make any opinions or arguments even though there are others so it was me that she picked on.

Steph:

  • Ray - I think that he torments the chickens which bothers me for no reason and he has no respect for them.
  • Nush - On Saturday evening, when Lisa came, we were all sat round and had been chatting for ages and she said "Nobody's talking to me" and obviously wanted the limelight on her, and that was an insensitive thing to say.

Gos and Ray have 3 nominations each. Nush has 4. Scott escaped unscathed this week.

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June 29th :

There's a new housemate, Lisa, aged 35. Apparently a woman from Wales, but look at that 5 O'clock shadow! There's something not quite right about her. Is she the rumoured transexual? She loves history, Eastenders and has a tattoo on an "interesting part of her body".

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June 28th :

Last night Tania was evicted with 72.02% of the vote, the runners-up being Nush on 14.66% and Steph on 13.32%.

Tania said she never intended to win and offered the following pearl of wisdom on her time in the house:
"I've learned a lot about myself but things I already knew."

It's rumoured that a 'hot sexy girl' will be entering the house as early as this weekend to sex up the house.

June 25th :

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Three people up for eviction this Friday!

With Jon and Federico having been evicted last Friday, thus ridding the house of its two main personalities, and evil Cameron having been sent to Africa for the week (which gets him out of being nominated for two weeks for some reason) - and yes, he is evil. Last Thursday he said he wanted to put urine in Jon's shower gel, deficate in his shoes and hold him by the throat and punch his eyes into the back of his head - all of which C4 edited out of the summary because they want to portray Cameron as a loveable bloke, we're left with less people in there.

However, Cameron's temporary replacement is BB Africa housemate Gaetano, from Uganda, who has an eye for the ladies but has clearly sussed Tania out already by calling her a pig.

Anyway, onto the nominations and this week it's: Nush, Steph and Tania up for eviction. I missed the 7pm nominations programme on E4 and most of the reasons shown on Channel 4 at 10pm last night were either pathetic or simply not shown.

The reasons are as follows:

Gos:

  • Ray - Sometimes he gets a bit angry, quickly, such as when we fail the tasks he can erupt.
  • Nush - Reason... I don't know why I chose Nush. It's very difficult, Big Brother, you know.

Nush:

  • Gos - When he's cooking, he won't let me pick at the food. (BB: The nominations may lead to the housemate being evicted. Is this the only reason for this nomination?) Maybe I don't want it to be Gos then. (BB: Explain further) It hasn't really, when you put it like that and it sounds like crap. He does the most amazingly stinky farts and he farts continuously.
  • Steph - She's so busy, sometimes she leaves nothing left to be done, and sometimes doing things is fun.

Ray:

  • Tania - reason not shown on Channel 4
  • Steph - reason not shown on Channel 4

Scott:

  • Steph - reason not shown on Channel 4
  • Tania - reason not shown on Channel 4

Steph:

  • Ray - reason not shown on Channel 4
  • Nush - reason not shown on Channel 4


Tania:

    I don't have anyone to nominate. Will you be able to make a decision for me? (BB: The rules state you have to nominate two people each week)

  • Gos - Sometimes I find he can take certain things too emotionally (BB: Have you thought clearly about who you would like to nominate this week?) Not really. I really don't know.
  • Scott - Sometimes I feel he wants to put across his opinion but he doesn't, so he doesn't side with anyone. That is another, sorry to say, shit excuse, and I know that, but these people haven't affected me.


Gaetano (giving Cameron's nominations by proxy):

  • Tania - Whenever there's alcohol she ends up spilling it, she gets drunk very quickly and it frustrates other housemates.
  • Nush - I think the likelyhood is that she will be the first person to be bored out of the group that's left. (Gaetano: So you think she will bore herself to death?) I wouldn't go as far as that but that's the main thrust.

Nush, Steph and Tania have 3 nominations each. No-one escaped unscathed this week.

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June 21st :

Last night Federico was the first to leave the house at 10pm with 40.1% of the vote at the time of his eviction, although the public were still able to vote for Cameron and Jon afterwards.

Upon his eviction, Fed said of Tania that she's like her nails, "repulsive, fake and plastic", and deftly put airhead Davina in her place over the size of his "winkle" by not playing along and taking the piss as she babbled.

Jon then left the house at 11.15pm with 37% of the vote, leaving Cameron with a mere 22.9%. Cameron's such a boring bible-bashing tosser. What do people see in that Orkney pillock?

Jon was told how his dream of an ideal toaster will come true, but it's a shame he's been evicted as he should've won. The house will be a lot worse off without him.

The rumours are that a new housemate will be joining the house shortly. Davina said to watch BBLB on Monday evening at 6pm, so that's when it'll be.

June 18th :

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Three people up for eviction this Friday!

Last Friday, Sissy the ginger whinger left the house, while this Friday it's a choice between Federico, Jon and Cameron. Jon will remain for sure!

The reasons are as follows:

    Cameron:
    • Jon - I don't think everything that goes wrong in the house is a design fault that's necessarily blameable on BB. It's chiefly the criticism aspect that's bugging me. I don't go big on negativity.
    • Federico (He usually gives a high %age bet to the food budget, yet he doesn't put in the equivalent %age effort on the task. If you bet 85% then give 85% or more effort. This week he wanted 100%, yet he doesn't give 100%


    Federico:

    • Tania - Because of Saturday night in the reward room and the dampener she put on the fare. It's the way she reacts to innocent comments, such as between me and Ray, and she'd pretend to be offended at things that made no sense.
    • Cameron - It's hard to relate to him. Sometimes he can seem quite fatherly and I don't think we need that (BB: You need to give more reasons than that) I don't have anything more to say. He's prudish as well.


    Gos:

    • Federico - Some of the comments he came out with about not trusting women - I didn't agree with. That's all I can really think about saying. It was out of order what he said.
    • Scott - When we lose a task he analyses it too much (BB: You must give a full and frank reason) He goes on about what we did wrong and what we could've done. It can be a bit annoying.


    Jon:

    • Federico - He's stated openly and honestly that it doesn't matter to him whether he stays or goes and he wants to equal my record of three nominations and no eviction, so let's give the man a chance! Let's nominate him this week. Have we talked before? When there's a silence I'm done so you can go next (BB: Please explain your reason further) Fed is confrontational with his conversational style and it gets people's backs up and it impacts on the household more than anything else.
    • Ray - He teases some members of the household, including Tania. It's an indelicate balance. You can't push teasing too far before it becomes hurtful. I had to stop him chucking her under the shower late on Saturday night and that was maybe a step too far. That's not the kind of thing I wanted to happen.


    Nush:

    • Federico - Whenever I go into the toilet after him, he leaves a really frothy dark pee and never flushes and leaves the seat up and sprinkles (BB: Give a full reason) That is it. There's nothing to elaborate on. I also tread on his pee.
    • Jon - We don't sit and talk together very often and I talk more to anyone else (BB: Any other reasons) No, and maybe I shouldn't have picked him. He's been picked enough as it is and I've just done it again. I don't even want to pick him. Can I not pick him? (BB: Who you nominate is up to you). You won't let me do the cooking one will you? He does no cooking, ever. (BB: Elaborate on the reasons) On the cooking? Ok. Because he's very particular about what he likes to eat and he enjoys his food and if you dish him up chick peas he turns his nose up a bit and it's like - if you don't like it, cook it yourself. There you go.


    Ray:

    • Jon - We all know he's an intelligent lad, but when some girls at trying to get their point across and he doesn't agree with it, he'll shout them down and totally disagree with them, and they'll look at him as if kind of give us a break.
    • Cameron - On Weds when we had the Chinese and afterwards we played Spin the Bottle, and some of the games in which we were just having a laugh he looked as if to disapprove and think it childish but we were just having a laugh.


    Scott:

    • Jon - We haven't connected, we don't have a laugh. He is also likely to cause arguments/disagreements more than anyone. This may in future weeks leads to more disagreements we don't need.
    • Cameron - Once he had a point of view about the bell task and how we should be practising that he shared with Jon and he wouldn't back him up in front of the group. It's not out of cowardice, but I don't think he wanted to upset the group or show that he had a different point of view to the others.


    Steph:

    • Federico - When we got the new task, he pulled a facial expression when we wanted to go with an average %age as he wanted to bet 100%
    • Ray - His fiery nature such as when we lost the cub scout task and he wanted to find out who was at fault. It's not very fair on the rest of us.


    Tania:

    • Cameron - I'm more comfortable having a conversation with other housemates... oh my god I sound like such a bitch. I don't know why. Maybe we have nothing in common. (BB: You've picked him out of the rest. Why?) Because I'm stuck with the nomination process today. I find I have more fun with the other housemates. (BB: Give full and frank reasons) I only get involved with him when we play a game in the house or we're in the reward room. I don't ever speak to him at other times (BB: You must have a reason) That is my reason. I can't tell you anything else. I'm sorry)
    • Jon - Sometimes when we do tasks, he's too authoritative and overpowering.

Federico and Jon have 5 nominations while Cameron has 4. Gos, Nush, Scott and Steph had none.

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June 14th :

Sissy was evicted last night with a massive 45% of the vote, while Federico got 38% and Jon was on 17%.

Although it was a close race I'm glad the Scouse pasty-faced ginger whinger got the boot. She was shocked to see that Tania nominated her after being so pally chatting away late on Wednesday night.

Channel 4 interestingly blanked out a conversation when the two girls chatted about last year's "Big Brother Uncut" video, Sissy stating "I was expecting people in the shower, but it wasn't much different than we saw on TV. In fact, it was rubbish. Not worth it at all".... and then the sound dipped!

June 11th :

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Three people up for eviction this Friday!

Last Friday, Justine and her J-Lo-sized butt exited from the house, while this Friday it's a choice between Federico, Jon and Sissy. Sissy, you are so gone!

The reasons are as follows:

    Cameron: Jon (Whatever topic comes up, rather than get on and follow the rules and do as we're told, he always has something to say or a complaint to make, or a way to get one over on Big Brother, rather than just knuckle down and get on with it) and Federico (he doesn't take the tasks seriously enough. I don't think he was focused enough on last week's task, although I don't know if he caused us to fail) Who should be evicted first in Big Brother 4?
    Federico: Cameron (he's a very moral person but can be quite prudish and come over a little fatherly or feel he has a right to tell you to stop saying something. He also reads the bible out to the rest of the guys. Maybe it's a bit naive to do that sort of thing) and Steph (from a personal point of view, I relate to her the least and have talked to her the least. Last week, she referred to me with a name when he had an argument/debate and she resorted to name calling)
    Gos: Federico (He seems to be misbehaving too much, sleeps too much, jumping in the pool when drunk, going too wild in the party room - chucking things around, then again that's not really misbehaving, just having a good time) and Sissy (She finds it as difficult as me to deal with Fridays, sometimes you just wanna not do this bit of the BB experience, so if she was not here she wouldn't have to do it... Not a very good reason is it? Can we vote for ourselves?)
    Jon: Sissy (she's a vegetarian and she doesn't eat meat or fish, eggs, pasta or Quorn or a certain type of vegetarian sausage. We spend money out of the shopping budget to enable her to eat and if we didn't do that we'd have money for alcohol. It's rubbish and that's the reason you're getting. I could also say she's ginger, she's from Liverpool, she's got freckles, her bubbly infectious personality is beginning to annoy me but none of those would be true) and Nush (a couple of times this week I've lost my rag, one of them has been with the discussion about rationing food and the other about using rhythm in order to learn this week's task. In both those instances, Nush shared my point of view but wasn't openly supportive. It's not overly-constructive for the group to hide your feelings and doesn't enable us to progress as a group as much as I'd like)
    Nush: Jon (he hasn't done any cooking (BB: not acceptable) Sometimes he has a good point ot make but he doesn't make it in the best way, like say you've got an idea and you could say 'let's try it and I think it's going to work' but it might come out as 'If you try it my way, I'll show you I'm right and you're wrong') and Federico (He hasn't done any cleaning.... Can I go now? (BB: you must give an honest reason). I think he could be the phantom piddler on the seat. (BB: any other reasons?) No, and I don't know even if he does pee on the seat)
    Ray: Jon (He's taking some things too seriously, such as the task yesterday and he lost his head at everyone when we didn't get the sequence right) and Cameron (I still don't believe he's being himself. In the reward room everyone was enjoying themselves and he was telling them to stop being rude, or in other words to stop enjoying themselves)
    Scott: Steph (I still don't feel I've got to know her. I'm not saying she's living within herself or shielding herself but I don't feel there's a connection between us (BB: any other reasons?) If I was on the outside world, I wouldn't have been friends with Steph) and Jon (although he's been right in his approach to how things need to be done with the task, his way has been wrong. He speaks to them as if they work for him and that's not the right way to do things in this house)
    Sissy: Scott (Sometimes he can come across as bossy, such as when we had two bottles of cider and he decided to ration them to nomination and eviction day, but the person nominated really wanted to have the last night with the two bottles and he didn't ask the girls how we felt about it) and Federico (He's a in a clique with Scott and Ray, but it's one I can't penetrate)
    Steph: Jon (I feel he sometimes underestimates your own intelligence. He always wants to take charge and I feel he thinks only his way will ever work. He's too quick to say "I told you so") and Sissy (on Saturday night after the task, she was acting all sorry for herself. Ray has never been in the treat room and I thought 'You win some and you lose some' and she could've taken it in a more adult way)
    Tania: Jon (Everyone should be heard, but he's heard too often and feels everything should be done his way) and Sissy (It's always other people that are wrong other than... oh, my god that's just so bad. So, Jon and Sissy, is that enough? (BB: Please give an example) Sissy's behaviour, the way she was, the aura around her the past two days because another housemate said something and she took it the wrong way and gave the whole group an atmosphere)

Jon has 6 nominations and both Federico and Sissy had 4. Gos, Ray and Tania had none.

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June 7th :

Justine was shown the door last night after eating the housemates out of house and home, or "consuming rather a lot" as Jon put it. She was shell-shocked when shown the amount of support that Jon had from The Sun and various media outlets (while all she had was a Jewish newsletter).

The sound of booing was as deafening as she left the house - the same as Adele received last year, but what had Justine done to deserve that by comparison?

The %age split was Jon on 43% and Justine on 57%.

June 4th :

contestant
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Two people up for eviction this Friday!

Last Friday, Anouska and her 'banana boobs' exited from the house, while this Friday it's a choice between Jon and Justine.

They should keep Jon in for entertainment value as he's very weird, yet Justine's the one with massive baps and an arse that only J-Lo could pine for.

The reasons are as follows:

    Cameron: Jon (I'm in here to have a good time and I'm getting fed up of how he is criticising the whole experience) and Tania (if she got bored she might get moody, catty, unpleasant to be around)
    Federico: Justine (the other night we were having a passing conversation about Jon and she said to me she could block him out and he seemed a bit strange and I thought that was quite judgemental) and Tania (she checks herself before she says things, or I'll talk about subjects and she'll dismiss it and get back to what she wants to talk about)
    Gos: Justine (maybe it's because she hasn't done her bit in the house or pulled her weight - cooking, washing up, etc) and Jon (he can be annoying when he's slagging off Big Brother and he's doesn't seem to be enjoying the experience and always has something to moan about)
    Jon: Justine (she consumes a lot. Yesterday it was the straw that broke the camel's back when we were doing sausage sandwiches, I was putting a thin scraping of tomato sauce on everyone's sandwich and she was given the bottle and managed to use half of it. The house would be better off without her here as we'd have more to eat and drink) and Federico (I didn't want to vote for him so it wouldn't be thought of about the task's failure, but I find it hard to see what he contributes to the house)
    Justine: Jon (I can't talk to him, look at him, hear his voice. He's just creeping me out) and Ray (I've tried to get to know him better but it's not happening)
    Nush: Ray (I don't think I've seen him cook in the kitchen. He is not the culinary wizard, so he must be destroyed!) and Jon (I don't think I've seen him cook either)
    Ray: Jon (he sometimes takes the whole process too seriously, goes into the diary room too often) and Justine (I can have more of a laugh with the other girls)
    Scott: Steph (we don't connect particularly well or have much in common. We haven't got much of a laugh going on and I think the feeling's mutual) and Jon (we're not on the same level, with moments of uncomfortable silences together which I don't have with anyone else)
    Sissy: Ray (he's not one of the person in this house who makes me laugh personally in a conversation. He doesn't brighten my day by speaking to me) and Scott (pretty much for the same reason. Scott, Ray and Fed are in a clique. You have to penetrate that to speak to them and even then they're just speaking to each other. It's very rare that you have a conversation with one as where one is the other ones are)
    Steph: Scott (I feel like he's bonding with certain people in the group which is breaking the group up at times. Some of the things he says I wonder if he's a bit false) and Federico (him and Scott are breaking themselves off from the group. I can feel that.. if that makes sense)
    Tania: Cameron (I don't converse with him as much as everyone else. Sometimes I feel stupid talking to him. Don't know what it is but I can't seem to be me) and Sissy (she's a great girl and I've spoken a lot with her but she can be a bit strong with her direction towards tasks and people. You don't need to be so firm with things)

Jon has 6 nominations and Justine has 4. Only Gos and Nush had none.

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May 31st :

Anouska was evicted last night with 47% of the votes, followed by Jon on 31%, Federico on 17% and Scott on a mere 5%.

The interview following her eviction was rather on the dull side and it looked like the only interesting thing was when two members of her family were allowed to run up to her and intercept her before Davina got a chance, the girls approaching her whispering into her ear "Don't talk about..."

About what? Could've been her Dad, but this was never explained afterwards.

May 24th :

Who should be evicted first in Big Brother 4? All the new housemates went into the house for the first time last night at 9pm in alphabetical order, and two hours later they had to nominate a single housemate each for eviction next Friday:

    Anouska: Jon - Whilst waiting to go into the rooms, conversation with him was awkward and difficult
    Cameron: Anouska - She acts quite young, everybody's getting on fine but I think she's standing out as being a bit too loud for my liking - a bit too much.
    Federico: Jon - relates to them the least.
    Gos: Anouska - She's a bit loud and a bit mental.
    Jon: Anouska - I hoped there wouldn't be someone loud in the house and she's the one. She's the one who's going to be (mimics 'yap yap' hand signal) "there" all the time.
    Justine: Anouska - There's a personality clash. You need to find someone with common ground.
    Nush: Scott - Everyone else is making the effort to come over and speak to me.
    Ray: Jon - He's the quietest of the lot and it may take a bit of time for him to settle down.
    Scott: Anouska - She called me 'Travis'. I'm warming to her not as well as the others.
    Sissy: Anouska - She come out saying "If anyone's got bitchy comments, I'm going to say..." (tell them to their face)
    Steph: Federico - Wants to be called anything but Feredico.
    Tania: Jon - He's quieter than the rest.

Hence, those up for eviction are: Anouska, Federico, Jon & Scott.


The 13 contestants

contestant Anouska, aged 20. She goes clubbing every weekend and wants to be a child psychologist in ten years time, as well as getting engaged to 'a gorgeous hunk'.

EVICTED: MAY 30TH

contestant Cameron, aged 32. He's a fish trader and a member of a Baptist church. Sounds like the new 'Sandy', in terms of dullness.
contestant Federico, aged 23, from Italy but moved to Scotland. Works for his father in a restaurant.

EVICTED: JUNE 20TH

contestant Gos, aged 31. He's a head chef, has a girlfriend, Stacy and lives with his parents. At 31? "It's an Indian thing", apparently.

EVICTED: JULY 6TH

contestant Jon, aged 29. He's given up a £70,000 job to be in BB4 and sees himself as a rebel. Others see him as quiet. Is he the new Spencer?

EVICTED: JUNE 20TH
RE-ENTERED: JULY 11TH

contestant Justine, aged 27. Like Jon, she has a twin sibling and says if you see an opportunity knocking on your door you've got to grab it.

EVICTED: JUNE 6TH

contestant Nush, short for Anouska (another one), aged 23. She loves animals, enjoys travelling but is still learning to drive, and has a boyfriend called Geoff.

EVICTED: JULY 18TH

contestant Ray, aged 25. He's a systems administrator from Dublin, now living in London.
contestant Scott, aged 27. A marketing manager for an equestrian company from Liverpool, he doesn't feel he's fulfilled his potential in life yet. contestant Sissy, aged 26. She's been seeing her current boyfriend, Julian, for three years. She moved to Manchester from Liverpool five years ago and designs childrenswear.

EVICTED: JUNE 13TH

contestant Steph, aged 27. Part of a close family who all live in the same street, and used to work in a prison before moving away with her husband. contestant Tania, aged 22. She lives at home in London with two sisters and works in a clothing shop.

EVICTED: JUNE 27TH

contestant Lisa, aged 35. Apparently a woman from Wales, but look at that 5 O'clock shadow! There's something not quite right about her. Is she the rumoured transexual? She loves history, Eastenders and has a tattoo on an "interesting part of her body".

EVICTED: JULY 11TH


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