Big Brother 11 / Mike Norman / 16 August 2008 /

"Mystical" Mike Norman talks us through this week's task and tells us how it's shaken up the betting on Betfair's different markets.

Amazing! When a couple of groups were formed a few months back I never in my wildest dreams imagined that the not-so magnificent five would still be going strong in the Big Brother house. But that's exactly what has happened. Somehow, and rather bizarrely, Darnell, Kathreya, Mohamed, Rachel and Rex have all survived public votes, and instead, Mario, Rebecca, Luke, Dale and Stuart have all been given the thumbs down by the Great British public.

It means that Lisa and Michael (the remaining two original housemates who didn't form part of this group) are in grave danger of facing the public vote on Friday - and if this is to be the case, then Mikey should survive meaning Lisa looks a smart bet at [8.6] in the '10th Evictee' market.

A strong pointer to Mikey being up for eviction is his (almost) disastrous time as Head of House. He has been great television, but his style of leadership (waking people with cold water and adopting an aggressive tone) went down like a lead balloon, and added to the fact the every previous Head of House was up for eviction at the next opportunity, he looks certain to face the public vote on Friday. He is worth a saver at [11.5], but I think whoever he is up against (likely to be Nicole ([2.08]) or Rex ([4.5]) if it isn't Lisa), he will survive comfortably.

Mikey's ([3.75] to win outright) moment of glory last week came when he was appointed Head Coach for the Big Brother Games 2008 and became solely responsible for passing the shopping task. He had to correctly guess the winner of at least three of the five events, and he got off to a flyer when he selected Rachel ([4.7]) to beat Rex ([38.0]) in the egg and spoon race. Rex may be great at reducing women to tears, but put an egg in his hands and the ginger chef becomes a complete yoke - bum bum.

The short jump was the second event, and with Sara ([48.0]) having already triumphed in making Darnell ([4.2]) a paranoid schizophrenic through her over zealous flirting she had no problem putting in the smaller jump, giving Mikey another correct prediction.

The third event was by far the most amusing and had contestants Rex and Kat ([7.6]) floating on water for as long as possible trying not to submerge a small tropical island that was strapped to the groin area. Rex kept his palm tree erect and his coconuts dry for just five seconds before Sara screamed, "You're doing really well," - boy does that give hope to us two minute guys! Rex would eventually go on to last 28 seconds, and give Mikey the correct prediction that would win a luxury shopping budget.

The penultimate event saw Mohamed ([44.0]) beat Lisa ([9.6]) with a wind assisted feather throw, though I must stress it was Mother Nature wind, and not the natural wind that Mo normally produces. Lisa would also be defeated in the slowest race discipline with Stu proving that he is a master at biding his time - no wonder the guy is single.

So despite another successful shopping task, the housemates remain either at each others throats or show signs of needing to be institutionalised under the Mental Health Act. For someone to walk out this week you can get matched at [2.1] - if only we could get a price on someone being sectioned.

Highlights of the week included Kat in deep conversation with a bathroom tap, Lisa trying to convince housemates that some wasp bites can be as bad as being bitten by a cobra, and Rex, Nicole, Mohamed, Darnell and Lisa getting involved in Cidergate. Basically Darnell gave Lisa two cans of cider, Lisa gave them to Mo, Mo drank them, and Nicole and Rex accused Mo of being a greedy thief - charming, that greedy thieving Mo would never take anything that's not his, surely.

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