Whilst reality TV like Big Brother offers some genuinely interesting insights into human social politics, there's no denying that there's a certain degree of subterfuge going on that relies heavily on persistent viewer gullibility. For instance - this weekend we were told that canny Ulsterwoman Orlaith waited for the results of Friday's eviction before walking out, because she sensed that Kemal "was toast".
Boo hiss, as far as fans of the spiteful Turk are concerned - but of course Endemol will have pulled out all the stops to persuade her to stay until Saturday, because the show's income depends on close-fought eviction battles such as this, and on not disappointing all the twerps that regularly spend their own money trying to influence the result. (Orlaith would also have been encouraged to know that Saturday exits are nicely timed for selling personal BB stories to Sunday newspapers. )
On Sunday evening, just as the arch-schemer Derek and mendacious Princess Micomicona were separately pouring poison into the ears of Eugene and Anthony and Craig (the likely lad and the very unlikely lad) respectively, Kinga was reinserted into the mix.
Makosi tried quite hard to look elated, but this has to be her worst nightmare - the re-arrival of someone she personally snubbed earlier on, a fan of backstabbed diva Kemal and someone that without doubt will have witnessed the full range of her fanciful attempts at malicious truth-bending.
Derek has been warning society (via Eugene) about the dangers of mediocre people. Yet for me, if the choice was between mediocrity and being a phoney and a hypocrite I'd have to choose the former. He treated Kinga to a full-on dollop of his unctious charm. "Nobody in here bitesssss", he hissed like Kaa from the Jungle Book. If she can remain under the dubious protection of his "Right Wing" until Tuesday she'll probably make it to the final week.
As Anthony capably observed on Friday night, "two words...whatever".
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