Lord Of The Flies

How funny is this weeks task! It's become a veritable Boystown in the BB house with the revelation that Big Brother has "gone fishin'" and the HM's are on their own. The boys soon assumed dominance and an election to see who would be officially crowned "leader" resulted in creepy Thomas winning the vote. However, It's safe to say that Thomas more resembled the Queen, he was the benign figurehead, while Billy "The enforcer" and Andrew, the real leader ruled from the sidelines.

Thomas, to his credit, did stand up when it counted and come out of his shell, however it didn't last long and after he blasted Laura (the only one to buck the rules) he couldn't apologise enough.
Your veneer is slipping Thomas, it was very evident just how hard you are playing this game. The fact that he DID have it in him to yell and be overbearing, and then realise, Oh noes, she'll nominate me on Monday, best I grovel and snivel and beg her forgiveness, proved just how fake he is.

Now, what do you think they'd do without BB's overbearing rules and punishments? Surely they'd party up a storm and run amok right?

WRONG!

Instead, they made hard and ridiculous rules for themselves and spent the next few days policing what each other was doing, eating and even shitting (don't scoff, the toilet roll situation is more serious than the war in Iraq you know). It seems they can't function very well without BB's authority. It's like they've been brainwashed or indoctrinated into the BB cult and couldn't even make the simplest of decisions without calling hour long meetings, or endless debates about food and toilet paper. How tedious! They're so scared of BB that even whilst he was "absent" they couldn't even fart without calling a meeting first.

There are plenty of interesting discoveries from this task. Just a few include.

* Daniela standing up as the only real opposition to Boy power in the house- She's really butting heads with Billy and Andrew, and resents them taking charge of the group. She made the comments that, "We can't be walked over by Andrew and Billy" and "We (the females) are the minority, we need to stick together".

*I can't help but wonder what the house would be like with Emma there for this task. Do you think Andrew and crew would have cracked it at HER if she scoffed some chocolate the way Daniela did? I don't think so.

*The division in the house is no longer The "cool" group VS the "Nerds", it's all about the intruders VS the Originals now. The intruders really do not have a voice in the house. No matter how loud or long Laura screams, she is always dismissed, as are the rest of them. Take for instance the debate about cooking hot meals for lunch AND dinner. Thomas wanted to put it to a house vote but Billy overruled him saying, "We ARE the majority" (meaning the boys in the house. He looked around at Jamie, Andrew, Joel and Travis for agreement, and so the motion was passed) The other people (the intruders, plus Aleisha who would have gone along with Billy anyway, were in the lounge and not considered at all).
Another example of this was Andrew going ballistic about Daniela eating the chocolate but had a good old laugh when Joel broke one of the house rules by writing on the blackboard.
Also, when Michelle discovered all the food in the diary room she beseeched the HM's to put the meat in the freezer for two hours. She was totally ignored until Andrew saw the food for himself and then decided that yes, the meat should go in the freezer ASAP.

*Andrew is also the self appointed 'policeman' of the house and couldn't be more anal if he tried.
His comments to Daniela over the chocolate incident were astounding.
Andrew- "Is chocolate essential to your journey?"
And
"It's selfish to go against majority rule"
I've already pointed out who the majority are, so basically he sets the agenda and the rules and everyone else must follow. It's only selfish if it goes against something he wants or deems just.

*Laura is once again proving her mettle and is very aware of the hierarchy in the house. To Andrew she said, "Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean everyone else should share it", and later to Daniela, "Decisions in this house are made by Andrew".

*Andrew was very clever the way he didn't even put his hand up for the leadership role, he knew very well that he could steer this ship from the background and hopefully by NOT taking on the role he'd avoid some nomination points too. Very shrewd.

*The boys are even dressing the same way, and hanging around each other even more than before. They've even discussed what it would be like to live in a house without any girls. Thomas said it would be "Awesome" and Billy agreed. I think we can see the way these twats are going to vote on Monday.

*Aleisha is an honorary bloke due to her relationship with Billy and the fact that she's the only female "original". She's been exceedingly quiet without Emma, and has hardly featured at all on the daily shows..

* The house is indeed going to end up one populated only by boys, and maybe Aleisha, because it's inevitable that Laura and Daniela will nominate each other (should they survive the eviction) and the boys will NOT nominate each other.
Judging by all the official polls it looks like Laura will be the one going home this weekend, which is a crying shame. As annoying as she is, she's the only one who isn't afraid to go against the grain and stand up for herself when she has to.

*The Laura/Daniela rift has probably contributed a great deal to her eminent eviction. She did bitch about Daniela behind her back and told not only Emma but also (with Emma's prompting) Andrew about what Daniela said about them both.
Daniela has used this rift as a platform to try and distance herself from the outspoken Laura, and also at the same time attempt to assert her Alpha female position in the house. The way she took on Aleisha immediately after Emma's eviction was a good example of this. Aleisha was clearly upset and not in the right frame of mind to hear how much Daniela didn't like Emma. She stuck up for her friend and then dumped Laura in the shite for admitting that "people" had told Emma all the things Daniela had said about her behind her back.
Daniela swore black and blue that she had "Never bitched about her, ever" whilst a whole minute before had declared Emma to be "The biggest bitch I had ever met in my life".

Both Daniela and Laura have "bitched" about others, but Daniela has been very clever the way she has voiced her denials in such a loud and convincing fashion (tears before bed time anyone?) and made herself the victim of Laura's "deceit".

*The two new intruders have been highly entertaining in the house thus far. Zack is very funny, self depreciating and full of good stories. Michelle, whilst being so loud you can barely hear what the other HM's are saying, has also been good value, if for no other reason than she's annoying the crap out of everyone including the unflappable Travis and Thomas. None the less, I'm pretty sure she'll be nominated the first week she's up and depending who she's going against could find herself on the wrong side of the tv!

*I'm still spending feverishly to get Joel out of the house. I think it would be a great shock to the other HM's who believe he'd be popular on the outside due to his humour, and in reality his funny moments are few and far between. We have to stop the house degenerating any further into the Boystown it is rapidly becoming.

SAVE THE GIRLS- VOTE OUT JOEL!!!