Originally Posted by summertime09:
“Maybe its her refusal to hide who she is, maybe its because she is so direct, unlike others who are keeping a lid on who they really are, maybe we realize we are NOT voting for a new BFF, sister wife or mother, JUST a contestant on an entertainment show!!!”
Where and when did it become a good thing to 'be so direct' to the point of offending and insulting and haranguing people? It's like some kind of urban myth; being rude cannot be excused away with 'she's being herself' 'she's real'. She's not. She's self-centred and rude.
Originally Posted by onfencewithrach:
“She's interesting and compelling, she has alot of strong opinions and willing to stand for them even if it causes disapproval or backlash.
She also seems to know who she is, and doesn't let other things define that.
She's also rather attractive physically, has an interesting style about her, an interesting accent... and aspects of her personality are attractive.
Also she's not that one-dimensional where you can get bored with them getting air time, there's alot of things she brings to the table to keep an observer mentally engaged.
Noone's perfect, of course she has faults but she's easily the most interesting housemate for me, all things considered.
[that could change in the future]
Destroying Dappy for his pathetic misogynist double standard attitude and views also doesn't hurt. You go, girl! *snap*.
All that being said, it's relative to the group of housemates. I don't think the others are that great and so it makes her greater relatively.”
In don't find her particularly interesting or compelling. I find her whiny and irritating and her 'points' tend to consist of well-worn populist nonsense. I agree with your final point - I've no favourite this year; I thought Ollie or Sam might be but I don't know the first thing about them.
Originally Posted by psy7ch:
“Yes things started to change on here with Gina. She was obnoxious and bitchy but people liked that. Whereas the other 2 examples Aaron and Deana stand in fine tradition on here of favouring the interesting underdog, the ones that are savaged on the likes of BOTS. It has flipped over now and large parts of this forum are now turning in to the BOTS audience.”
Completely agree with this - well said. Gina was a horrible, horrible, dull, mean housemate. That's NEVER the forum favourite on here..... not until Gina.