Big Brother 9 - general thread and sweepstake

[[james]]

I don't know if it was my friend's TV but they all had fucking massive foreheads.

I already hate the glitter-hatted twat more than Stalin.

[Rad]

OK... the sweepy so far. Because it's so bloody complicated, it's in three parts: those allocated, those to be decided later in the week after we've seen some footage, those not yet in the house

Those allocated

• Mario - David Hunter - (first sex change solider, or else whoever. If a sex change solider enters you will change to them. For now you can have the one no-one wanted).
  
• Lisa - supported by CP (oldest woman#) and lostplot (first to say 'like') and JJ (woman with largest breasts#)
  
• Sylvia - supported by Joel (the black girl with the fiercest weave# - it looks like it may be a weave on close inspection) and Gordon - (poshest female# - she's not that posh, but she probably wins for now)
  
• Rachel - supported by Cherubic (first Celt) and Jode* - (poshest/richest (or first person with a degree if the house is full of non-posh types) - no posh ones really, and she is training to be a teacher so presumably has a degree) and Rad (very minor celeb)
  
• Rebecca - supported by Adrian (first person wearing blue (Mario's jeans don't count)) and georgie (because she knows her)
  
• Michael - supported by Elly - (the final blonde# - I don't think Darnell counts as blonde does he?)
  
• Dennis - supported by Bridgey (first Scot)
  
• Mohammed - supported by Muinimula (male with longest hair#)
  
• Stephanie - supported by Moondial Slater (the most likely girl to do FHM or porn#) and Jetsetwilly (woman wearing least#)
  
• Alexandra - supported by Xenomaniac (biggest entry boo#)
  
• Kathreya - supported by Greg (the fattest# AND the first Asian in. Score twice!) and Frogsley (the token foreign person - well, there are several foreign housemates, but Thailand is probably the most exotic) and JamieK (wackiest hair#)
  
• Jennifer - supported by Coxy1979 (second one who shits themself as they leave the car. Most of them seemed quite happy. She didn't so she'll do)
  
• Luke - Fezza (the first to be called to the diary room)
  
• Rex - supported by mcqueen (first shavenheaded straight man)
  
• Dale - supported by Raspberry (First guy to show his chest - unless there is proof he was beaten to it) and Steven (hipster#, although he barely fits that category, really)
  
• Darnell - McIntyreman (second shaven headed straight man. I split the sweepy cos Rex and Darnell have similar length hair).
  

Those to be allocated in the week, or soon, anyway

• Andrew* - first to say something about saying it to their face (several of them said similar in their VTs but I didn't hear the magic words)
  
• junky - first girl to fanny fart... or else say she's slept with a celeb
  
• Moog - the one who is normal at first but turns out to be a nutter
  
• FeelsLike - the most well-endowed man#
  
• Chris - the first person to be 'shitting' themselves
  
• Ceeb - the first specs wearer (unless none of them ever wear specs)
  
• SSSG - most machiavellian#
  

Those not in the house yet

• al - first clergy (or else best educated - not much mention of qualifications yet, so we'll see)
  
• Samuel - the/a ginger woman
  
• Paulie - second gay man (he may already be in the house but we need to wait until that is confirmed)
  

# means that if a new housemate enters later on who is more machiavellian, has bigger breasts etc, your sweepy will be changed to them automatically.


....And now for the SHOCK TWIST!!![/color]
Those who have entered the sweepy but do not have a housemate yet can swap their category for an already chosen housemate (and category) of their choice; meaning that person's supporter takes your category instead and waits to see what happens.

If your chosen housemate has two supporters, you can choose which of the two you usurp, according to which category you fancy most (e.g. if you choose Kathreya, would you rather have the fattest or the most exotic?). You can of course, choose to keep your original category and wait.

Clear as mud, no?

This offer closes at midnight. First come first served (i.e. you can't all pick the same one).

I have a (partially finished) graphic to represent the sweepy, but I'll wait until the whole twist thing is out of the way before I put it up.

[Muinimula]

I recognise Kathreya from a BBC quiz show, where the contestants had to think of selected answers from a top ten list (like Family Fortunes), but one of them knew the answers, and had to convince the others that they were innocent.

I probably haven't explained that very well, and I can't remember what it was called, or who presented it, but it was on the BBC not too long ago, and I'm sure she was a contestant.

Jun 6, 2008 1:00:59 GMT Rad said:

OK... the sweepy so far.
Those not in the house yet
Muinimula - first original long-haired man

Can we not tell which of the male housemates has the longest hair? Does Mohammed need to get the straighteners out?

[Rad]

OK, Mohammed is yours. And JamieK can have Kathreya, whose hair probably is a bit wackier than Mohammed's in all fairness.

[SBaholic]

Jun 6, 2008 1:00:59 GMT Rad said:

OK... the sweepy so far. Because it's so bloody complicated, it's in three parts: those allocated, those to be decided later in the week after we've seen some footage, those not yet in the house

Those allocated

• Mario - David Hunter - (first sex change solider, or else whoever. If a sex change solider enters you will change to them. For now you can have the one no-one wanted).
  
• Lisa - supported by CP (oldest woman#) and lostplot (first to say 'like') and JJ (woman with largest breasts#)
  
• Sylvia - supported by Joel (the black girl with the fiercest weave# - it looks like it may be a weave on close inspection) and Gordon - (poshest female# - she's not that posh, but she probably wins for now)
  
• Rachel - supported by Cherubic (first Celt) and Jode* - (poshest/richest (or first person with a degree if the house is full of non-posh types) - no posh ones really, and she is training to be a teacher so presumably has a degree)
  
• Rebecca - supported by Adrian (first person wearing blue (Mario's jeans don't count))
  
• Michael - supported by Elly - (the final blonde# - I don't think Darnell counts as blonde does he?)
  
• Dennis - supported by Bridgey (first Scot)
  
• Mohammed - supported by Muinimula (male with longest hair#)
  
• Stephanie - supported by Moondial Slater (the most likely girl to do FHM or porn#) and Jetsetwilly (woman wearing least#)
  
• Alexandra - supported by Xenomaniac (biggest entry boo#)
  
• Kathreya - supported by Greg (the fattest# AND the first Asian in. Score twice!) and Frogsley (the token foreign person - well, there are several foreign housemates, but Thailand is probably the most exotic) and JamieK (wackiest hair#)
  
• Jennifer - supported by Coxy1979 (second one who shits themself as they leave the car. Most of them seemed quite happy. She didn't so she'll do)
  
• Luke - Fezza (the first to be called to the diary room)
  
• Rex - supported by mcqueen (first shavenheaded straight man)
  
• Dale - supported by Raspberry (First guy to show his chest - unless there is proof he was beaten to it) and Steven (hipster#, although he barely fits that category, really)
  
• Darnell - McIntyreman (second shaven headed straight man. I split the sweepy cos Rex and Darnell have similar length hair).
  

Those to be allocated in the week, or soon, anyway

• Andrew* - first to say something about saying it to their face (several of them said similar in their VTs but I didn't hear the magic words)
  
• junky - first girl to fanny fart... or else say she's slept with a celeb
  
• Moog - the one who is normal at first but turns out to be a nutter
  
• FeelsLike - the most well-endowed man#
  
• Chris - the first person to be 'shitting' themselves
  
• Ceeb - the first specs wearer (unless none of them ever wear specs)
  
• SSSG - most machiavellian#
  

Those not in the house yet

• Rad - minor celebrity
  
• al - first clergy (or else best educated - not much mention of qualifications yet, so we'll see)
  
• Samuel - the/a ginger woman
  
• Paulie - second gay man (he may already be in the house but we need to wait until that is confirmed)
  

# means that if a new housemate enters later on who is more machiavellian, has bigger breasts etc, your sweepy will be changed to them automatically.


....And now for the SHOCK TWIST!!!

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Those who have entered the sweepy but do not have a housemate yet can swap their category for an already chosen housemate (and category) of their choice; meaning that person's supporter takes your category instead and waits to see what happens.

If your chosen housemate has two supporters, you can choose which of the two you usurp, according to which category you fancy most (e.g. if you choose Kathreya, would you rather have the fattest or the most exotic?). You can of course, choose to keep your original category and wait.

Clear as mud, no?

This offer closes at midnight. First come first served (i.e. you can't all pick the same one).

I have a (partially finished) graphic to represent the sweepy, but I'll wait until the whole twist thing is out of the way before I put it up.[/quote]

Rad! You must have had so much fun working all of this out. I would have loved to have been sat there with my pen, and all my categories, and lots of columns and things. It's the secret-wannabe-secretary in me.

[al]

Rad, you are a star - have some magical karma. Not just for your hard work but because your shock twist means I can switch to Kathreya (if possible). There clearly won't be anyone as intelligent as I was hoping for amongst that bevy of pondscum, so I'll go for clearly the most fun housemate.

(BTW - doesn't All-Hips-n-Mouth-Teacher count as your minor celebrity, having been in a film with Hugh Grant?)

[Chris]

Seeing as all the housemates remained fresh and dry, I'll swap out my category for the first listed category for the lady housemate with the smallest boobs, whoever that might be.

Because that's what I said in my sweepie post. I am in no way passive aggressively trying to use the twist to avoid having to monitor every highlights show for someone to drop a metaphorical deuce whilst simultaneously avoiding pissing anybody off who loves their sweepie. No sir.

(Oh and obviously have the requisite exalt for organising and for me be an awkward twat)

[Joel]

Surely Stephanie is a minor celebrity, having appeared on Popstars: The Rivals?

[adamski]

At the risk of sounding like an old nana:

Why oh why can't we have a regular, hot gay guy in there one year, instead of fucking freaks like Shabaz Mark Two, aka Dennis?

Also, although I think it's a pretty good mix this year, it would be good if more of them were over 25.

Lastly, I'm pleased to see that on the Channel 4 BB website, in the "Opinion" section, it's not Horseface Grace from BB7 who is a regular columnist, but the lovely Grace Dent. Yay!

[David Hunter]

Jun 6, 2008 1:00:59 GMT Rad said:

Those allocated

• Mario - David Hunter - (first sex change solider, or else whoever. If a sex change solider enters you will change to them. For now you can have the one no-one wanted).

You mean he's not a sex change soldier?! Yes he's fine, thanks. As long as I don't have to pretend he's my boyfriend.

[fused]

On first impressions, I love Kathreya, Rex and Sylvia seem likeable, Dale is good looking but not my type at all, and I think I might have met Lisa.

[lostplot]

Well I did tune in and barely a hint of a nosebleed apart from the appearance of the Vicky Pollard screamer. So I've got Lisa, haven't really got a strong feeling about her at the moment although I am pleased that she is at the higher end of the age spectrum. I must have been half asleep as I missed her 'like' and thought I was stuck with the arrogant twat Dale which would have been par for my course.

[Rad]

Jun 6, 2008 8:24:48 GMT al said:

Rad, you are a star - have some magical karma. Not just for your hard work but because your shock twist means I can switch to Kathreya (if possible). There clearly won't be anyone as intelligent as I was hoping for amongst that bevy of pondscum, so I'll go for clearly the most fun housemate.

You can swap, but you need to take on one of her existing categories (fattest, most exotic or wackiest hairdo)

[Rad]

Jun 6, 2008 9:19:07 GMT Chris said:

Seeing as all the housemates remained fresh and dry, I'll swap out my category for the first listed category for the lady housemate with the smallest boobs, whoever that might be.

You need to swap with an existing category (e.g. first Scot, last blonde).

Or you can keep your category until someone says the magic words (which will probably be tonight, let's face it).

I'll take Rachel as the minor celeb. Being in several films and commercials as a youngster is probably more celebrityish than auditioning for Popstars the Rivals when you were too young, isn't it?

[georgie]

Can I please support Rebecca in the sweepy? Posted on previous page but comment must have got lost in a sea sweepy excitement!

[[james]]

Taken the The Sun: "Blind cross-dresser Mikey Hughes, 33, entered the house using a white stick."

In other news, deaf person uses hearing aid.

[Chris]

You need to swap with an existing category (e.g. first Scot, last blonde).

Or you can keep your category until someone says the magic words (which will probably be tonight, let's face it).

Heh. Reading back I realise what little sense I made. Ok, I shall stay put where I am for the moment and hope.

(For anybody interested, the fabulous Grace Dent has just done her first official update for the Channel 4 website. It's suitably snarky, but I am worried she's going to have to curb her sarcasm to toe the party line)

[Muinimula]

Jun 6, 2008 9:36:36 GMT adamski said:

Why oh why can't we have a regular, hot gay guy in there one year, instead of fucking freaks like Shabaz Mark Two, aka Dennis?

Looking back through past years, hot gay guys are pretty thin on the ground, aren't they?

Your choices:
BB8 - Gerry, David, Seany
BB7 - Richard, Michael, Shahbaz
BB6 - Craig, Derek, Kemal
BB5 - Daniel, Marco
BB4 - none
BB3 - none
BB2 - Brian, Josh
BB1 - none

[Chris]

David wasn't gay, he was just a bit magical.

And Michael would be my choice, although admittedly Dennis does plumb new depths of fug.

[Rad]

I don't even remember David. There were way too many anonymous people last year.

georgie, strictly speaking, no you can't, because the sweepy closed days ago. But seeing as she is unlikely to be very popular and because you know her, I'll relent this once.

[MoondialSlater]

Apparently Stephanie went out with Anthony Hutton if that counts as first person to say they've slept with a celeb.

[Rad]

She hasn't announced it yet, though. And that's the key...

[al]

Jun 6, 2008 12:40:43 GMT Rad said:

Jun 6, 2008 8:24:48 GMT al said:

Rad, you are a star - have some magical karma. Not just for your hard work but because your shock twist means I can switch to Kathreya (if possible). There clearly won't be anyone as intelligent as I was hoping for amongst that bevy of pondscum, so I'll go for clearly the most fun housemate.

You can swap, but you need to take on one of her existing categories (fattest, most exotic or wackiest hairdo)

I'll take exotic then please, at the risk of Frogsley shooting me dead.

Did anyone catch the Friday Night Sunday Night Big Brother Launch Night Project afterwards? Ghastly as usual, I lasted about five minutes. However, they did have a spoof Muppet Show opening sequence that was awesome, in which Aisleyne uttered the immortal "know yourself" line.

[Rad]

I didn't last it out either, it was terrible. But as you say, the opening credits were genius.

I'll update the sweepy list after all swaps have been done, but I've taken note of your choice.

[Steven]

Isn't it lovely that the Sun has the word "mincer" on its front page today thanks to Big Brother? This show brings out the best in everyone.

My favourite bit of last night was when Mario reasoned that if he was going to be going out with someone Stephanie's age, he'd "have to be a footballer". Yep, that's totally the only time that a creepy old guy goes out with a vapid young girl...