The Lactating Nana Wins!

And it finally comes to an end...
The winner of Big Brother 2008, the final Big Brother (for now at least) is 52 year old nanna, Terri.

I couldn't be happier that she won. Not that I think she is the best person on the planet (Pauline Hanson sympathisers/supporters tend to shit me), but her win signifies a change in the stereotypical winner of past seasons.

Take last years winner - Alisha, a blonde bimbo. Previous year's winner, Jamie, a blonde himbo (with a donkey sized doodle though). So it's refreshing that a real person with a well developed work ethic and back story wins the prize. Maybe if they did some casting like that in previous years we wouldn't have got so bored with it all.

It wasn't much of a series. Not much prize money and not that many great prizes (sponsorship must have really dropped off) and the housemates weren't that exciting. Kyle and Jackie O really didn't cut it as hosts either.

It was good while it lasted - time to put it out of its misery.


Thanks to David at TV Tonight for the pic - I love this shot of Terri.

You know Gretel is laughing her head off...

News from TV Tonight (then later repeated on Rove) - Big Brother has been cancelled.

No surprise really. Lets look at the facts that led to its demise-

1. Worst ratings ever - the daily show was often beaten by the ABC news, making it fourth in its time slot.
2. Useless hosts - as much as old battle axe Gretel was getting on my tits every week, she was a million times better than non-blinking Kyle, and personality-lacking Jackie
3. The promise of a completely "new" and "different" series resulted in nothing but one big bed, and the same shit as last year
4. Boring housemates - some called it a "freak show", with a midget and the squeaky hairy once, but they were all equally dull.
   
5. Poor support shows - in the past we had Uncut and Up Late and even the nominations show to keep us enthralled and entertained... this year all we got was Big Mouth (which I kinda liked) and the spastic specials (Carson 1 and 2, Hypnosis, Pamela).
   

And the biggest problem in my mind;

No Gays - not only was their a distinct lack of gay talk from an over-sexed, perpetually horny gay guy, there was very little eye candy at all. The gays, bi's and closet gays all tuned out because there was nothing to look at.

So long Big Brother... I really won't miss you at all.

Blink properly

Have you noticed that Kunty Kyle on Big Brother can't blink properly?

It's kind of like he's had a stroke. The left eye goes down and back up fine. But the right doesn't move at all, or just goes down halfway, very very slowly.

It kind of makes me want to vomit a little.

I've never noticed it before, but Kat called it to my attention tonight. The next time you see him on TV look... you will be slightly amused for sure.

It's finger licking good!

This news is pretty fucking gross, but I just had to pass it on. From Defamer Australia comes this finger smelling piece of info;

"A claim by Big Brother evictee Rebecca about the filthy actions of another housemate has sparked an investigation by Channel Ten into goings on within the compound.

Rebecca claimed during an interview with the Daily Telegraph that fellow housemate Dixie routinely wiped herself "downstairs" then touched people's faces and food.

The incident was reported as the filthiest thing to happen in the house since the infamous 'turkey slap' where two male housemates were involved in rubbing genitals on a female housemate's face."

Vomit

Apparently Big Brother has investigated (some sad fucker had to watch hours and hours of footage) but could not find Dixie doing anything along those lines. They just found heaps of film of her whining and complaining constantly.

Though she does threaten to do it several times.

Big Brother '08 - yawn

I hate Kyle Sandilands more than I hate Dame Edna (which I hate quite a lot). I hate Jackie O too - not as much as I hate as Kunty Kyle - she's too insipid really. But my hate is tempered a little by how god damn boring these two are as BB Hosts.

And boring is a very apt word for this years series. The house is pretty damn boring (one big bed - that's bound to cause some riotous antics!), Big Brother's voice is all wrong and really dull (surely you have noticed), and no nominations show.

But worst of all... the house mates themselves. SO DAMN BORING!

No flamboyant gays to talk about fisting and dirty anal sex. No overtly racist bigots (Saxon was trying to be tolerant, but is too damn stupid to convey it really), and no real conniving "alpha males" trying to dominate (Ben is not hot enough to get away with it, Rory looks like a greyhound and as such cannot be taken seriously).

Worst of all...the men are all wrong. No real eye candy. No one to perve on. Dave has potential, so does Nathan.

Actually Nathan is really starting to grow on me. Nice enough bod, the balding/shaved head thing has got me going in the past. But what's the deal with the virgin thing? Hiding his gayness?

But it's not enough to keep me interested...

I hate all the old people out there that say Big Brother really needs to be cancelled, but I am in full agreement this time round... cancel it. Forget it existed. Create some new and more exciting reality TV.

Please. I beg of you. Please.

The sad thing is though... I have watched almost every night so far. Kill me now.