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Big Brother Week 12 Winners Market: Moaner Mikey leaves way clear for Lisa

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The favourite is too grumpy and the paranoid rambler keeps shooting himself in the foot - so could it be between the ladies? Chicken Dinner reports.

Against all expectations, this has turned into a vintage year for Big Brother. Tasks have been punishing, housemates fascinating, and refreshingly, the fame seekers were evicted early on - Jennifer, Sylvia, Steph (remember them?) Hence, the house is now littered with four potential winners, making it a tough one to call.

With absolutely no chance of winning are Mohamed [70.0] and Sara [40.0]. Mo must get special praise for being one of the most impressive survivors in Big Brother history. Earmarked for an early exit, he has somehow lurched all the way to the final (as Head of House he can't get evicted this week), despite having no social skills whatsoever. Sara, meanwhile, is too female, too much of a late arrival, and too Australian. For a new arrival she has fared well, but if faced with a midweek eviction she could easily be the one to go.

Also out of the running is Rex [15.5]. It's too late in the day for him to recover from his girlfriend's god awful visit to the house. He still seems popular with his fellow inmates, but voters will find him far too posh, wealthy, and arrogant to make him the winner. His bubble was burst the minute Nicole came in and he demanded that she share her every thought with him.

Rachel [4.0] is too dull. The winner at least needs some "best bits" and she has none worth airing. That said, she has played a canny game by attaching herself to Kat, who is far more likeable, but the Welsh vote won't be strong enough to see her steal the crown.
Fellow Welshies Helen (runner up, series two) and Glynn (runner up, series seven) were both more popular but didn't romp home. Her best bet would be as top female - but that's unlikely too.

On the up and up, and worth keeping an enormous eye on is Lisa [8.0]. She has steadily grown in stature as the series has gone on, and now that Mario has demanded that she marry him, she has crafted a fantastic in-house journey. For the first few weeks she was very much in the idiotic muscleman's shadow, but as a housemate on her own she has become an important member of the inner congregation. She is the mother hen, and totally bananas. Should there be a surprise winner, she'll be it.

As for the other three - Darnell [12.5], Kat [14], Mikey [2.78] - all have a chance of winning, and all could potentially throw it away. Mikey has thrived without the likes of Mario and Luke barking over him, but his persistent moaning is still difficult to listen to. The favourite, he has yet to face eviction, so is hard to judge, but he is surely too grumpy and Scottish to win. Only one Scot has ever won (Cameron, series four) and he was unerringly sweet natured.

Darnell keeps shooting himself in the foot with his paranoid ramblings, and being mean to Kat and Sara will not endear him to big chunks of the voters. That said, his insecurity could appeal to the more sensitive viewers, and of all the housemates his back-story/journey is the most thrilling - prison, affliction, anger problems. Should the sympathy vote spread that far, he might come away with the crown.

And so to Kat - the favourite for so long, the novelty of her bouncing around cooing about biscuits finally wore off after about seven weeks, and she has been sent tumbling down the ladder. She has since been mostly weeping to people about the importance of friendship - nothing fun about that. But should her gleeful nature return for the final week, she could snare the floating voters. A hot tip for Top Female.

This week Chickendinner predicts: Darnell to win, Kathreya to come second, Lisa to come third.