Can I just say I really enjoyed reading machotrout's write-up. I agreed with a lot of it. Nice to see Angel as the top housemate.
I have a couple of things to say about the vote to save.
Originally Posted by machotrouts:
“11: Caroline (BB13) (the perfect villain: evil enough to boo, but with enough flashes of likeability that I almost find myself rooting for her, and amusing either way – strange that she finished last in an 8-way eviction against many nastier characters with no entertainment value, because I'm sure she's exactly the kind of controversial figure the "vote to save" system is supposed to keep)
56: Hira (BB10) (never understood how she lost a vote to save against the likes of Lisa, David and Charlie after that Alice in Wonderland task – did they close the lines a week early or what?)”
I think vote to save allows controversial characters to scrape through by the skin of their teeth rather than have them nowhere near the danger zone. Caroline and Luke S were the bottom two all the way until it became a head to head between them. Had they done a normal eviction without reopening the lines I bet Luke S would have gone, but I think for whatever reason they decided they wanted Caroline out that week.
I remember hearing when Hira went it was very, very close between the bottom 4. I think what might have done it for Hira was she had barely any screen time on the Friday show because it became all about all the arguments that were going on. Screen time makes a difference, it does in a vote to evict as well, but the other way round. Less screen time is better then. I always think it's a shame that Hira went though, I loved her in the Alice In Wonderland and that dance she did earlier in the week. I think the problem was she kind of disappeared again after that.