Digital Spy kirjoitti:DS:BB News Extra Day 12
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* In a rather quiet lead-up to yesterday's eviction, the housemates prepared for the night ahead in the bedroom. Nikki said that she felt "sick", a notion that Chantelle agreed with. Ulrika also told Brian that she felt "horrendous", and seemed to suggest that she wanted to be evicted.
* The housemates continued to speculate which ex-housemate would be entering the house as part of the wedding task, presuming them to be female. Housemates' guesses included Brigitte Nielsen, Jackie Stallone, Shell Jubin, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace and Charley Uchea. Victor also guessed Brian Belo, as he is "always dressed up in drag, ain't he?" Victor also pondered the possibility of Pete Burns, adding that he is not his "cup of tea".
* After the housemates were locked in the bedroom for a short while, Big Brother provided them with four bottles of champagne, appetisers, a wedding cake and decorations in preparation for the Big Brother wedding later that evening.
* Nikki proclaimed her "sadness" that Big Brother would soon be coming to an end, saying: "I'm so emotional about this." Victor added that he felt Ultimate Big Brother may have worked better if it was aired around Christmas time, so it could have some "breathing space".
* The housemates greeted Vanessa fondly when she entered in her wedding dress. Vanessa spoke about how her series was still new back then, and that she didn't know what she was letting herself in for. She said: "None of us can say that now." She also said that "ten years later, [her infamous meltdown] is the first thing people ask [her] about".
* Nick said that he felt "sad" knowing his wife would have been in the crowd. Vanessa joked: "What, your wife that perished tragically?" - referring to the infamous lie he told about his dead wife in the first series in 2000. Vanessa told him that the lie was "evil", which Nick agreed with. Victor applauded Nick's efforts in 2000, saying: "It made me love him even more. He had vision. He knew he was on a gameshow, not some Cliff Richard musical. He thought, 'This is a competition, I'm gonna manipulate.'" Nick said: "That show was ten strange people, here's a prize, go for it."
* Vanessa spoke about her love of Big Brother. She described it as a "fantastic life experiment". She slammed the "people who take the moral high ground, when they claim they don't watch it," adding: "How can you fail to be interested in human dynamics. Even when I hate it, I love it. I'm fascinated by human behaviour."
* Victor and Michelle pondered whether they will nominate again, with Michelle saying: "I hope not". They agreed that Makosi got a "rough ride" from the public. Victor also invited her to be interviewed on his 'BBLBC' show.
* A slightly drunk Nikki spoke to Vanessa about her reunion with ex-housemate and ex-lover Pete. She said: "He looks handsome but I didn't have that electricity I had before. I got the impression that he [still] did. I think Pete gets that about a lot of people. I don't think he'll settle with anybody, he's a free spirit. I'm glad I saw him today, because it puts him to bed."
* Michelle has been quizzing Victor about his spoof television programme 'Big Brother's Little Brother's Cousin'. "Why do you pretend to have a show?" asked the Geordie. "We don't pretend to have a show, we actually have one," replied Victor.
* Discussing their fictional show later on in the garden, Nick and Victor decided that they have exhausted the guest feature and will concentrate on presenting 'BBLBC' without any added input for the next couple of days. However, the pair did agree that Preston and Chantelle were likely to be their next targets.
* Nick has claimed that he initially turned down the chance to return to Big Brother. "It was quite nice to walk through a town and not be recognised," said the controversial BB1 housemate. "However, my wife said if you don't do it you'll sit at home and regret it."
Digital Spy kirjoitti:DS:BB News Extra Day 12 #2
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* Brian asked Ulrika whether the "Coolio thing" was something that Nadia "couldn't get over" during her Ultimate Big Brother stay. Ulrika replied: "All I would say is that she has a lot of anger inside her. You were the only person who could make her laugh. She didn't care at all about what other people thought."
* Victor and Nikki debated whether they will have to nominate again, with Victor hoping it would go straight to a public vote from now on. Victor said: "[In BB5] I proper loved nominating people. Now I'm dreading it. I don't know what I'd do."
* Vanessa was asked by Big Brother to tackle the shopping list by recreating her infamous meltdown in CBB1, where she scribbled various words on the table. With help from Ulrika, she had to write the shopping list on a chalk table. Once they had finished the shopping list, Vanessa jokingly began writing random words on the table, but this time they consisted of more positive ones. They included "euphoric", "ecstatic", "jubilant" and "magnificent".
* Brian had a group hug with Nikki, Ulrika and Chantelle, telling them that he had his first moment of "emotional stress" this morning. He also spoke about how Ultimate Big Brother is "almost coming 360", in that various housemates are "getting a happy ever after". Chantelle said: "Maybe we all needed to come in here." Ulrika joked: "No, just financial reasons."
* Brian and Chantelle laughed as they wrote their catchphrase, "Oh no you didn't, right?" on the chalk shopping list. They were called by Big Brother for a stern telling off soon after. Brian joked: "We escaped there with our lives, barely."
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* Vanessa recounted to the housemates how she felt during her last experience on Big Brother. "By the time I got in I was already a gibbering wreck," she said. "I could see my children in the distance and they already looked like they were wasting away. And they, in those days, had barbed wire and huge dogs." Vanessa then described how she lasted three nights and four days and by the end of it, had practically forgotten her own name.
* Preston found himself caught on the inflatable bride in the kitchen as he walked past it this morning, leading 'her' to follow him around the room. "Marry me!" Victor joked, voicing the figure. "It's so quick, I'm not ready," Preston laughed, as he tried to push the inflatable away. "Domestic violence - pull yourself together," Brian said while watching him, before Preston ended up bursting the bride altogether.
* Ulrika asked Victor if he was the same person as when he entered the house for Big Brother 5 six years ago. "Fundamentally, but I'm a bit more aware of my actions, I've been the same person since I was 14," he replied. After repeating the question to Ulrika, she described: "I've changed how I was in here. I kept to myself, it was a very male-dominated house, you know when there's no point having a conversation with somebody?"
* Vanessa described to the other housemates this afternoon how she was involved in the pilot episode of Hole In The Wall. "Can I make myself into the shape of a giraffe and leap into the air? I'm a small, fat person and I got thrown into the water every time," she recounted. Explaining the horror of the experience, as it was filmed in an icy cold aircraft hanger in Denmark, Vanessa stated that she was surprised that the show was later commissioned. "I did two in England and one in Denmark, I never got the hang of it," she added.
* Joking how he thought that Brian's tasks always seemed to be easier than his, Victor speculated what his part of the 'Enjoy The Silence' task could be after Brian was asked to search for a needle in nettles. "For Victor's task, he must solve the mystery of where Lord Lucan is for the past three years," he joked, mimicking Big Brother. Another possibility he considered was: "For Victor's task, he must find definitive proof of the existence of Jesus in two minutes."
* During the 'Enjoy The Silence' tasks, Michelle suddenly became very upset, and went to the bedroom crying. She could be heard saying to Ulrika, "I'm really worried", before the cameras turned away. Michelle remained upset for the rest of the afternoon, spending a long time on her own in the bedroom and visiting Big Brother in the Diary Room.
* Brian spoke about wanting to be engaged, and about his last serious relationship that ended in 2006. He said: "I was quite broken [after they broke up], and I went through a dark thing. I was being a horrible person to be around, I was annoying to all my friends. I've come out the other end." When Vanessa asked what type of man he was looking for, Brian replied: "Someone who makes me laugh, someone who can take care of me, who can look out for my best interests no matter what. It's hard to find."
Digital Spy kirjoitti:DS:BB News Extra Day 12 #4
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* As the group waited for their "very loud" party this evening, Victor commented: "We haven't had any HLA in here yet." Brian asked: "What's HLA?" A grinning Victor replied: "Hot Lesbian Action."
* The housemates discussed George Michael's latest car accident, saying that he crashed into a branch of "Snappy Snaps". "Why does he never crash into a tree at the end of his street?" Brian asked. "It's always Marble Arch or Buckingham Palace."
* Vanessa told the housemates about an incident in a French restaurant where she was criticised by the serving staff for drinking Coke with her meal. "She said that the diners were disgusted, and 'I'm disgusted'. I did tell her, 'Well, I'm disgusted at your lack of manners'."
* Nikki told Vanessa, "I feel obliged to give you my bed," before explaining: "I'm literally half the size of you." Vanessa replied: "Okay, let's not labour the point Nikki!" Nikki appeared embarrassed, saying: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to word that wrong. But I'm the smallest one in here and I've got the biggest bed!" As the group laughed, Vanessa thanked Nikki but said that she is okay in the single bed.
* While the group chatted in the kitchen, Nikki told them about a performance that she did at stage school. "You've fitted so much into your life," Ulrika said, "including not being well for some time. And you did acting school alongside all of that?" Nikki said yes, to which Vanessa replied: "She's amazing." Ulrika agreed, saying: "She's a born performer." Nikki quietly replied: "Thanks, guys."
* With the group complaining about getting drunk easily, Vanessa said that she can't drink a lot of alcohol, but her fiancé can. "I can drink a lot more vodka than I can wine, I can't drink wine," Ulrika said. "I was brought up on Chateau Neuf, my mum pretty much put it in my bottle," Preston told them.
* Victor asked Vanessa: "So when are you getting married?" Vanessa told him: "Stop asking me, I don't know!" She continued: "Yesterday when I had to become a bride and I was trying on these dresses, each time I came out he was gratifyingly emotional." She then added: "But there's no rush."
* The housemates tried to get Preston to tell a "juicy" story that he had hinted at about someone outside of the house, but he refused to tell them until the end of the series. Nikki said to Brian: "What would you say if I said, 'I've got a really juicy story about Beyoncé'?" Brian answered: "I'd say, 'Tell me'." Nikki replied: "And what would you say if I said, 'I'll tell you when we get out'?" Brian says: "Well, you're a dick." Turning to face Preston, he repeated: "Yeah, you're a dick!" They then jokingly chanted: "Get Preston out! Get Preston out!"
Digital Spy kirjoitti:DS:BB News Extra Day 13 #1
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* Nick awoke early this morning, and cleaned as the other housemates slept. Vanessa was next to get up and said on seeing the house: "You're like one of those little elves that comes in the night and transforms the house when everyone is sleeping. This is wonderful!"
* Nick, Ulrika and Vanessa discussed the Big Brother 1 contestant's job as a travel writer. He said that two places he would love to go to are China and Japan. "So you've got your 'Bucket List' then," Vanessa said. "Do you have one? Do you spend a lot of time in Sweden?" she asked Ulrika. Ulrika said that she used to have a house there, but sold it because it was "a money pit". "We try to go back once a year now," she explained.
* Nick and Ulrika chatted about Nikki, after the Swede said that Nikki had been talking in her sleep. "She's funny, it's almost like when you talk to her, she's searching through her head to try and figure out what language you're speaking in, then she realises it's English and starts listening," Nick said. Ulrika added: "She's always somewhere else. She doesn't take anything in first time."
* The pair also discussed their concerns about going back into the Big Brother house. "I was pacing the room, trying to figure out, yes, no, back and forth," Nick said. Ulrika said that she spent a long time figuring out whether or not to enter the house, and asked a range of people in the industry. She then added: "Life isn't about risk, but some risks are worth taking."
* Vanessa, Nick and Ulrika discussed Nadia's disagreement with Coolio. Nick said: "Nadia is, well, ballsy is the wrong word, but she's very feisty. Coolio did do things wrong, he called her 'they' and stuff, but when he did the thing with her shoes he was genuinely trying to have a laugh with her and make up." He added: "I think she played the victim card a bit, and because she was one of the favoured few, he was asked to leave." Vanessa said of Nadia's eviction reception: "I think the things she said to Josie, that could have been enough to get her booed." She then said it was unfair for Nadia to suggest John James did not love Josie. "She didn't care about anyone's feelings," Ulrika replied.
* Preston and Chantelle apologised to Nick and Victor for "rumbling" their 'BBLBC' show last night. "It started when I wondered where you were and took people out to find you," Chantelle said. "We wanted to stay there for ages, but we were just like giggling little kids!" Victor reassured her that he thought it was funny, saying: "I could never stay mad at you." He added: "Getting rumbled, I think that'll be the funniest episode ever."
* Preston asked Victor if he thought they wouldn't get on. "I didn't think I wouldn't get on with you, but put it this way, some of the conversations I saw you having with Nick were dull!" Victor said. They then laughed about the conversation Preston and Nick had about "polarised lenses". Victor then says that when he was in the bedsit, he couldn't believe that Brian managed to get into every shot. "Say you two [Nick and Preston] were talking in the garden and Brian was in the bathroom, the camera would cut away from Brian and ten seconds later he was in the garden with you! How does he do it?" Victor said. "Hence the joke that it is 'The Brian Dowling Show'," Nick commented.
Digital Spy kirjoitti:DS:BB News Extra Day 13 #2
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* Vanessa spoke about how her fiancé Ben is appearing on Big Brother's Little Brother today, and so she began shouting his name in the garden. Soon afterwards, Big Brother said in a deadpan voice, "Can Vanessa stop shouting over the wall?", causing Brian and Victor to laugh.
* Victor spoke to Vanessa about how he thought Ultimate Big Brother would be an "ultimate bloodbath", similar to his time spent on Big Brother's Panto. He said the show could have been different, if they chose "a certain type" of housemate, citing himself, Science, John McCririck, Rex, Coolio, Charley and Nadia as examples. Preston pointed out that Big Brother doesn't "want to be remembered for that".
* Vanessa said that her time in the house so far is "much better" than her brief time in the CBB1 house, saying that the "barbed wire and dogs" put her off, and that she "knew" she would be evicted when she was up against Jack Dee, and none of them were paid as it was for charity.
* Once in the large task room for the TV show broadcast, Victor and Brian complimented the silent camerawoman for her "lovely cheekbones", causing her to try not to laugh. Big Brother said: "Stand away from the camera lady."
* In character, Vanessa told Victor, "Keep an eye on that floor manager", looking at Brian. In character himself, Brian asked Victor if the host has a problem with him. Victor said: "She hates your guts and wishes you were dead, but apart from that..." Victor reassured the floor manager, saying: "We're working on a small pilot for you, don't worry." Brian asked for it to be called "The Brian Dowling Experience".