Originally Posted by chachachavvy:
“IMO before this series started the producers planned the storyline to be Katie vs Katie. KH was meant to be the rent-a-gob and KP was meant to go in there after a week and sort her out. The producers paid the most for them and always intended them to battle it out in the final. Unfortunately, for the producers, The Perez Show happened and the pre-series plans went out the window. It always seemed to me that the producers want to keep Perez in till the final week for ratings but they never wanted him to stand a chance of winning because they'd reserved that place for one of the Katies.”
'The Perez Show' only happened because the producers decided it was something that was happening, the votes show that the vast majority of the viewers didn't agree with them.
As horrible as Perez was though he should have outlasted Katie Price, for ill or good at least he actually did something.