I actually think it would be better for the show to keep Perez in but how on Earth did Nadia become more unpopular than Perez?

I know she's an interfering old cow who seems to think everyone needs her advice for some bizarre reason but how did she annoy people more than Perez? Have I missed something?

I don't think Nadia is necessarily more unpopular.

Katie and Perez both have a lot of detractors but they are talking points of the show...and its vote to save not vote to evict which means they will both be here for a while yet probably

Don't judge Perez's popularity by the chants from the morons in the eviction crowd.

Actually I'll admit to being swayed by that.

Nadia isn't unpopular, but she is the one that wants to go the most. She doesn't need to be there to get work or raise her profile. She doesn't need to be liked either. They will most likely turn on Patsy because she is his friend too. And that will backfire, because people like Patsy....

If it was vote to evict, then Perez would 100% go. But because he's a character he'll stay above Nadia who people dont really care about one way or the other.

Who cares about Alicia enough to vote for her? Won't Nadia get the Eastenders fans? I think Alicia's sympathy vote has been all used up, particularly since Hopkins switched targets and Alicia appears more ridiculous with each passing day.

BOTS tells people to keep him in. People do what they are told.

I'm pretty sure perez will go first.

Don't underestimate the sympathy vote. It's powerful, and got people to win this show many times.

I don't think there is much crossover with Eastenders fans tbh.

100% agree.

If he does stay I am hoping he will go back to his more arrogant persona, and think he has it in the bag, and then get well and truly dumped near the end when he is not expecting it.

Nadia is just a self opinionated busybody and needs to go sooner rather than later.

I simply think more people will vote to save Perez than they will Nadia.

I am puzzled by the intensity of the bitching here towards her .... indeed a thread had to be closed because it was so vitriolic towards her!!! Crazy.

I put it down mostly to the Hopkins supporters out for her blood because she dares to be Perez's friend.

Or the polls or bookmakers odds, even more so now that the viewing figures have gone up, more viewers should = more voters and whom they will vote for is anyone's guess.....

In my cynical moments I think people have just decided this is the Katie Hopkins show. Hate Perez - but at least he is a reason for Katie to mouth off and people enjoy watching her do that.

If Nadia was less classy, had risen to Katie's baiting and had a slinging match, then she'd be safe. But since the show is about Katie, if Nadia isn't going to take her on - what purpose does she serve?

The sympathy vote only wins the show when someone reaches victim status (Shilpa Shetty the classic example, most boring HM of all time but won with the victim card). Alicia is nowhere near that and comes across as more stupid every time she opens her gob.

Dunno about how strong the Eastenders crossover is but there must be enough of them to keep Nadia in over Alicia. I mean, what has Alicia ever done to have fans of any description?

Shilpa was a superb HM. She handled everyone against her with class and dignity.

Nadia deserves to go before Perez, am fed up with that smacked-arse face.

Why should Nadia have to turn against Perez? She is the one that wants to go and needs to be in there the least.

She did... but never would have come anywhere near winning if that hadn't happened. Her victory was a statement which needed to be made by the general public which I agreed with. Let's leave it there.

Don't ask me, i'd imagine a lot of people pity her.

The so-called sympathy vote only works if the voters like the housemate's personality aswell. It's been proven that if they don't then they don't bother voting, but those times are always conveniently forgotten.

It's a tired cliche that's used way too much around here.
If the sympathy vote really is the main driving force behind a result, then clearly the other options were just not likeable enough to pull in the votes.

Hate cannot take away votes.

You cannot unvote Perez with hate.

Hate is most likely to sway people towards voting for Perez you must know this by now?

Yep this is true as well. Often a vote of support classed as a sympathy vote was simply an act of defiance against all the others which viewers hated.