Michelle’s Out!

By Peter Briffa, 20/01/2009

So the rumour mill was wrong. It was Michelle v Ulrika, and Michelle went with 67% of the vote.

I didn't quite figure where Coolio could have got that third nomination from, so to that extent I wasn't surprised. And it wasn't a double eviction either. Once Mutya walked on Friday, that plan was shelved.

Michelle took it well, though. For someone who was dead set on winning, she didn't seem to mind the boos, or even the nominations. And she didn't tear into Coolio like she could have. Instead she said that crying a lot is just what she's like, and she repeatedly said Coolio and the rest were okay. Even if she was acting, at least she was acting nice. For once, Davina got a good interview.

It did help not having to worry about it, though. As they all said, and she herself had predicted, Michelle knew there was an eviction happening last night. They just didn't know who. I'm not sure it was such a brilliant plan as the surprise element was lost. Part of the fun of this show is seeing how they react to being nominated.

Indeed, the whole nominations process has been a right mess this series, and there aren't any more to come either, as it's now Vote to Win.

Funny about Ulrika crying again during the eviction countdown. It really has to be the prospect of seeing her children that gets the waterworks going. I suppose now, in the cold light of day, she'll spend some time wondering who nominated her. But she's been up three times now, and I don't think she's going to change her ways.

Can Ulrika win? I don't think so. She's ahead of Tommy and Coolio in the polling, and creeping up on Ben and La Toya. Stranger things have happened. Remember Bez? He beat the red-hot fave Kenzie four years ago. How that happened is one of the great CBB mysteries. But it happened.

Could Terry do it? I doubt it. Calling the voters "thick" wasn't a great ploy, and he's far too grounded. Winning doesn't matter to him enough. He hasn't got that pick-up-the-phone-ability. You don't really want him to win.

Sorry, but my money's still on Verne. However, if you're looking for a dark horse it's got to be Ben.

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Exactly the show is a farce the winner a fix! no public member voted for the urika to win. SO why waste the publics money on voting when the producers rig the vote. I hope the show is scrapped. The worthy winners went out not even in the most realistic order,, latoya verne coolio they had more integrity yet an obvious fix had urika as the winner. Davina is part of the fix she is horrendous and the falseness written all over her. soon as urika came out davina went over hugging whispereing into her ear. what a Fix!! she didnt even have the audacity when latoya came out to hug her,..why is that! what is differnet about her...even in the race row davina never gave jade what for she and this patheric show is waste of time and rubbish!!!. what a fixed up show paying urika more then having to make her win do you think the public are stupid. I will never watch ths fake programme or it s pathetic unfunny davaina again!!!

By anan. Posted January 24 2009 at 12:45 PM.

I think Michelle came across very mature and gentle in her eviction with Davina. She is a very pretty girl and very natural not at all the Orange girl that the papers are always banging on about. I think she cried so much because she was in fact being bullied by Collio. I was very surprised that no one else in the house didn't point this out sooner. he kept going on and on and won't let up. If it had been the other way around and Michelle or anyone else in the house had done this to him the press and media would have declare all out war.

By Charlie. Posted January 20 2009 at 1:11 PM.

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