Because there wasn't enough to her to be phased. Of all the people ever accused of having no personality, she is surely one of the most deserving.


That's the sort of "interesting" that conceptual art has, or that installation that was just a light going on and off, or the "oak tree" that was a glass of water on a shelf. The idea of it is enough, and the experience is distinctly underwhelming.


How is a past that was not visible in the house and a desperation she buried under blandness a reason to pick her? "Unique" housemates can be especially (even uniquely) bad ones, after all.

Boring, boring, boring. It didn't help she was in a house with such big characters.

I really liked Susie. I found her funny in a sort of "fish out of water" way, especially in the nominations week where they had her held in a phone queue. I for one for was glad to see Grace go, so the fact that Susie instigated that is a plus in my book, and Nikki wouldn't have got her often mentioned "WHO IS SHE?!" rant without her.

I quite liked Imogen and Susie when they were together on that Best Friends week, and Imogen sang that "beautiful Susie" song about her. I think it's better to have a balance of housemates, I wouldn't the whole cast to be loud in-your-face types, yeah those are needed, but I think you need more quieter, sensible ones in there as well.

My main memory of Susie though is her comforting Aisleyne after they were both nominated. Aisleyne was upset about it, and Susie said to her that it's a game so there will be backstabbing going on, and then said she didn't really care what some of the others thought about her as she didn't have to see them again in the outside world anyway.

In some ways, I found it refreshing that she was unphased about the whole programme and didn't see it as the be all and end all.

That's because BB was only a means to an end for her: she wanted to be in BB only for "exposure", as she made clear in her exit interview.

She is not the first housemate to have an eye on post-BB opportunities, without an interest in the BB experience, and normally such HMs are disliked for it and are considered wannabes, the sort of HM BB shouldn't pick (but too often does). It's hard to see why Susie should be an exception or why it would be refreshing.

I agree that it's better to have a balance of housemates, and that you need some more quieter, sensible ones in there; but I don't think that extends to HMs as dull and bland as Susie. The quieter, sensible ones still need to be interesting, unless they're there only as eviction fodder.

Spot on.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm not too bothered about housemates going on just for what they might get afterwards, I assume every contestant, certainly by the time BB7 was on, wants to get something out of it by default, even if it's just a 15 minutes of fame. If anything, I prefer those that are open about it.

What I found refreshing about Susie was less about that and more that she didn't let anything in the house get her down. Most of the contestants in that series lost their temper and dissolved in tears at some point, but Susie always kept her composure, she didn't seem to think anything that went on in the house was worth getting wound up over, which is something I found quite interesting about her. Yes housemates losing control makes good tv and is needed for the show, but I quite liked having a housemate who didn't lose it for a change. Obviously you didn't like her, but for me she came across as someone I'd get on quite well with.

well said .

she was very cool , she had a demeanor you just don't often see anymore .

The thing about Susie isn't that she wanted to get something after: it's that that's all she was there for. She had no interest in the BB experience or in immersing herself in it. It's hard to see anything refreshing in that or admirable in any way about that.


That she didn't let things get her down or lose her composure etc goes the same way as her being unphased (unfazed): it's because she saw BB only as a means to an end and thought she only had to be there to get the exposure she wanted, and because there isn't enough to her for her to have strong reactions: she was too bland and lacking in personality.

And she wasn't cool; she was vacant, and her seemingly classy demeanour was fake.

(In any other series she'd have been despised. I suspect it's only her role in the "plastics" vs Aisleyne saga that has many thinking otherwise.)

I thought she was pleasant. Quite boring, but nice enough.

I liked her as a person but as a housemate she was a bore if ever there was one.

Just watching the episode where Big Brother is on holiday, and hm's have to nominate using the automated voice service, and they kept Susie on hold for over half an hour. So funny

I am watching bb7 now & couldn't agree more, I didn't like susie first time round but hand on heart I enjoyed watching her this time around,
Some of the state of Susie task has to be one of the funniest tasks ever re watching it made me laugh out loud!


I agree she was very laid back not the type of housemate I go for at all. But watching it all again, Susie wasn't the most boring in that house!
When you look at Imogen, Glynn, Jenny, Jane Mikey, pete, George,

Lets be really honest here Nikki Graham was by far the most boring housemate of that series, Her temper tantrums was funny at first, But once you have seen it that is it. Yet they voted her back into that house & ruined the final week!
Susie was herself & wasn't in anyway spiteful or nasty to anyone else unlike Nikki who was beyond vile with her mouth behind everyone backs, Proper Nasty Spite filled horrible person & one of the oldest housemates of that series yet behaved like a two year old & was rewarded for it, Nikki will never change what she said about Grace she was actually describing herself with the, "She is so" Self-absorbed Me Me Me Me Me" Summed herself up to perfection Nikki was jealous of Grace & every other female in that house that series!
Nikki never stopped acting from day one & it was beyond boring & since she has been brought back 2 other times & they still can't get her that win!

Pmsl at this bit it was hilarious I forgot all about this task with Susie locked in the diary room

Susie locked in the diary room with automated BB was classic

BB - "You are currently 7th in the queue"

Susie - "how many other people are waiting?"

"I have things to do. I have to go shopping!"

Of all the threads in the forum to bump.
Very infrequently I wonder what she's up to these days.

I don't really remember her contributing much, but she was a nice enough lady who always managed to stay calm. I think she irked a few people in the house that night Glyn was sick from drinking and she was trying to make him get it in the bucket rather than the floor. I think it was Mikey who got mad and was doing an impression of her?

I can't remember her eviction interview, how bad was she treated? All I can remember is her saying no to being voted back in but Davina made her agree.

It's odd, the only memory of Susie that stayed with me was of her eating Greek yogurt and fruit... don't ask me why...

She was treated pretty poorly. Davina showed Susie a slow motion montage of sunbathing and tea drinking that ended with Susie tinted green by the award-winning special effects department and an evil voiceover laugh.