Eviction Number 2. Bodie And Tj

Well no surprises there. Australia has once again voted with emotion rather than sense. Most voters seem to like the "punishment" vote, which inevitably means the loudest, the most obnoxious and opinionated HM's get the arse first. People seem to want to take the big personalities down a peg or two and their only weapon is to vote them out. Once they're gone however, they see the damage it does to house dynamics but it's too late. You'd think after seven seasons, people would wake up and not repeat the same mistake over and over again.

So what if certain HM's are annoying, big mouth, arrogant twats! WE don't have to live with them, and really only have to put up with them on our screens for a few minutes each night. What you have to remember is that the big personalities are the ones that cause the drama, the ones that create situations others would try to avoid, the ones who force the quiet ones out of their comfort zones, the ones who MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!
What we are often then left with, is a house where no growth can take place, because nobodies buttons are being pushed, nobody is being forced to confront issues about themselves or others and it's plain boring.

I'm so disappointed that Tj went, and also surprisingly dismayed that Bodie got the boot as well.
I had a change of heart about Bodie over the weekend, and decided to throw a few SAVE votes his way because I realised, that yes he was a prick, yes he was an immature brat, but at the end of the day he was being HIMSELF. He wasn't trying to fly under the radar, he stood up for himself and refused to change to please others, he stood his ground and that, I have to begrudgingly admire about the guy.

Gretel likened him to a "lovable rogue" and while that was debatable her other comparison to him being "The Bart Simpson" of the house was more apt. Love him or hate him, he got a reaction from people, and that is why he was a good HM. It's the ones that you feel little or nothing for that are a waste of space.

I firmly believe that if they changed the voting to make it purely vote to save's that count, the larger personalities would remain in the house a lot longer, and the ones flying under the radar or "playing the game" would find themselves in all kinds of trouble.

The way it stands, the house always loses the "out there" personalities first, and it really is to it's detriment.

Losing TJ was no surprise. I knew that the teenie girls would get her out, and get her out fast. The same way that Emma will be gone the very first time she's up for eviction.
There is a very large voting demographic out there that does not like good looking, outspoken, bitchy women to last long in the game. Again, much to the detriment of the show.

TJ, is still totally deluded about the whole "relationship" deal with Bodie, and I really feel for him in the coming weeks as they will be joined at the hip doing their promo rounds. Can you imagine when chicks start to hit on him in clubs? Tj will go ballistic!
It was interesting to hear her comment that the thing worrying her most about Bodie being in the house and her out of it, was him "getting close to Emma" while she was gone. And that she "just wants to be loved".
Bodie is in all kinds of trouble now. He may have to take out a restraining order. Haahahaha!!

The only big surpise for me tonight was seeing the Fembot, aka Emma, crying when Bodie was evicted. That is the first time she has shown any emotion in the house, and I think it was more for the fact that she had lost a core member of the "A Team" as Bodie likened them, than the fact that she will actually miss him.

Emma is playing this game as hard as HayDrew (Hayley and Andrew) she's running around recruiting members for her cause, and sticking the knives in left and right while at the same time condemning HayDrew for doing the exact same thing.
Prior to last nights streaming and today's daily show, I really didn't think she was playing to win, but having seen how hard she is working to build up a posse, there can be only one explanation for it. She wants to win.

I know people will say that Bodie/Tj were annoying to watch, and at times they were, but you have to realise what they gave to the show was so much bigger than what they took away from it. I would sooner watch a house full of Bodie's and Tj's than one filled with Rebecca's and Hayley's.

Bodie and TJ were like big fat Cactus plants in a bed of roses. They were ugly, prickly and harsh, but boy did they stand out amongst those roses, and we'll remember them a lot longer than the roses in that garden. Awww, what an analogy. I'm fucking poetic so I am!! Haaaaaa!

Nominations tomorrow night and I'm tipping Emma, Hayley and Demet, to find themselves in hot water.
Andrew will most definately save Hayley, and probably put Zoran in his place.