Originally Posted by yohinnchild:
“85 (70) = Darnell Swallow (BB9) = 9464pts
Ranking History (X-X-18-41-50-64-48-69-77-70-85)
Ranking Performance (-3.47%)
Highest Ranking = 9
Lowest Ranking = 277
Darnell reverses his climb from last year and drop down to his lowest ranking to date. Darnell was firmly a B-Block member of BB9 and despite some arguments and also facing eviction several times managed to make it through to the final night where he finished in 5th place. I think Darnell’s treatment of Sara put a cap on his chances of winning to be honest,”
I gave Darnell his highest ranking. Admittedly this is a little uncomfortable given his treatment of Sara, but I just found him a uniquely interesting HM who unfortunately buckled under his own insecurities after about 80 days of incarceration. (Also he's only the third highest of the BB9 finalists in my list...) It made things more interesting having someone trying to analyse house dynamics, whether correctly or not, and I think he was basically a well-intentioned guy.
Early in the show I was hoping that he might win partly so that the UK could have a black winner who was clearly intelligent, rather than winning by pretending to be a moron.