Big Brother 10 Betting: Time For The Dark Horse To Bolt

Big Brother 11 / Dan Fitch / 13 August 2009 / Leave a Comment

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So I’m sorry Noirin and congratulations on becoming the first black woman to appear on the front cover of Nuts. You are our generation’s Rosa Parks.

Two friends go head to head, as Marcus and Freddie are up for eviction. Dan 'The Betting Man' Fitch bids a sad farewell to the Irrepressible Dark Horse, as the monstrous Bea leads the bullying of Freddie.

Come back Noirin, all is forgiven. Just as I had to apologise to Kris, once Kenneth appeared on the scene, I now owe you an apology.

I thought that you were the uber-bitch of this series of Big Brother, but sometimes you're better off with the devil you know. So I'm sorry Noirin and congratulations on becoming the first black woman to appear on the front cover of Nuts. You are our generation's Rosa Parks.

All this backtracking is a result of the gradual transformation of Bea, from a seeming pleasant hippy chick, to one of the most truly evil people I've ever seen on TV (and I spend a lot of time watching the exploits of Hitler on the History Channel).

Having already proved her bitch credentials with various attacks on Noirin, David and Lisa, this week saw her turn against her so called friends, Marcus and Freddie.

Firstly Bea reacted to the news that Marcus had a packet of fags stored under his bed, as if they'd discovered a dead body under there, but this row was just a warm up for what was to come.

After Freddie, Marcus and Siavash had refused to get out of bed, they'd been sent to jail, only for them to break out because the sun was shining on them (bless). When called into the diary room to explain their heinous crime, Freddie made the mistake of swearing at Big Brother.

As punishment, the whole group had their food taken away and not surprisingly the group rather turned against the Three Amigos and in particular, Freddie.

Seeing the groundswell of opinion shifting against her pals, Bea decided to jump ship. Just to make sure that Lisa and Co realised where her allegiances now lie, she launched a nasty verbal attack on Freddie whilst they lay in bed.

Bea then followed this up, by having another go at Freddie as he suffered some kind of panic attack, spouting dippy-hippy rubbish about auras and negativity, whilst imitating him as he stuttered.

Well congratulations Bea, you have now done the impossible and ousted Lisa as the rank outsider to win Big Brother, at a price of [210]. Like a lot of people who spout peace, love and positive vibes, when you scratch the surface of Bea, she's got a heart like a lump of coal. I'm so hoping that they play 'Nightmare Hippy Girl' by Beck, to accompany her best bits.

Bea's actions have had some huge consequences for Freddie in the betting. Big Brother this week allowed all housemates to openly talk about nominations past and present, so it wasn't much of a surprise when the unpopular Marcus and Freddie received the most nominations.

Marcus is the favourite to go at [1.17], with Freddie at [6]. The show will be the weaker whoever goes, but I expect that the Irrepressible Dark Horse will receive the most votes.

One of the tragedies of this type of show is that the most entertaining housemates tend to leave before the most boring, although at least we saw Hira leave, as I predicted last week. It's just a shame that I decided against the 'Hira Today, Gonna Tomorrow' headline that I'd been toying with.

Freddie had been getting a bit too cocky and his price to win the show was growing with his confidence. The Bea-sting, coupled with the fact that the group as a whole are now against him, just as they were at the start of the series, has seen his price fall to [4.5].

This comes in a week when Charlie, Sophie and Siavash have all been the favourite at various points. Siavash is still in there fighting at [4.4], Sophie's price is inflating at a similar rate to her breasts at [5.0] and the betting public seem to be seeing through Charlie at [6.4].

With just over three weeks to go, it's still remarkably tight. Those that backed Freddie at short prices can take solace from the fact that he's likely to have the most momentum of the contenders, should his running feuds with Bea and Lisa continue.

There's one more thing that I need to get off my chest, that's bugged me all series. Why does everyone in the house call Freddie 'Halfwit' when nobody ever refers to Sophie as 'Dogface'? It can only be because they're intimidated by his intelligence and feel that this is the best way to belittle him.

When even David has the temerity to call you 'Halfwit', you know that there are deeper issues afoot.