I strongly believe the main reason for Chloe's win was that she was the lone female, however, if they had just done a normal double eviction the week before she would (most likely) have left and Sam would have been the last female...

Instead the producers pretty much handpicked Sam to be the sacrificial lamb..everything about it was wrong. AND it wasn't even a dilemma as they were adding to the fund rather than taking away, not that I believe it mattered what was on Sams card

I couldn't help feeling bad for Sam last night..she must know that she has been treat appallingly and all in the name of keeping the producers pet (or pets..)

No chance...and I say that as a Sam supporter...but it doesn't excuse what they did.

Anyone who voted for one of the others hoping to save Sam was mugged off blatantly.

Sam had a hard time on that show. The housemates (not Chloe) never gave her a chance, she was always nominated, never got her luggage and never singled out for praise. I notice on BOTS she was sitting behind the housemates and this perplexes me, why was Marc sitting beside the blonde woman in between Sam and himself? If the double eviction had gone to the public instead of the housemates Sam would have been in the final and I think we knew and BB knew they would choose Sam.

Chloe evicted before Jack? Doubtful.

the final week was totally up sams street when you consider the conga lines, karaoke, cheesy music etc. She would outshined the bitchly dullards and it would have been noticable to the viewers despite crafty producer editing. I think had she stayed she may have nipped 3rd place

Not a chance simply because the final is voting for your favourite & Sam could never have won or survived as long as she did with positive voting.

I don't think she would have won but she might have taken a few votes off Chloe and lead to a different outcome.

She deserved to be in the final having made it so far imo (I wasn't a great fan of hers, but...) and the way she was evicted was a real low point for the show.

Ironically, Sam was probably the real 'nice, normal girl' in there.

No pretensions, non-judgemental, a bit annoying, a bit silly, determined to look on the bright side, generous, forgiving and, most of all, gracious in the face of the unfair treatment she was subjected to while in there and the manner in which her BB experience ended. Incredibly resilient. She would have been a lovely winner.

Great point. Sam would have nailed the wacky, tacky last week of mirth and merriment.

I don't think she would have won. She was getting terribly booed, for some strange reason. Not that that always means much.

However, that could well have been the public's favourite, in her position. Imagine if that had happened and housemates, who were less popular, had been allowed to chuck out the favourite, despite a public vote that cost real people real money.

Sam wouldn't have won no, but she would have been in the final 6 if they had done a double eviction based on the public's votes to evict, likely Chloe would have gone according to polls at that time, so BB fixed it for Chloe to stay imo.

Chloe had a big advantage being part of the clique, sam was lone wolf

No. I liked her but she probably would have been first out!

I do think Sam's eviction helped secure a Chloe win though - being the last/only girl standing was always going to be a huge advantage.

simple answer .......... NO

I think she would have gone anyway but that still doesn't excuse the way she did go. Nobody should leave any way other than by public vote.

I reckon she could have bagged third or fourth tbh - and if Chloe had gone then maybe even 2nd!

If there was only Sam in the house she'd still come second !!

I do think Sam would have won if she had been there from the beginning. They were desperate to find a fun likable person in the beginning to contrast some of the other characters and i think Sam would have been that person.