Originally Posted by newkid30:
“I think anthony could suffer the fate of Stu last year.
Stu was 'seen' as a clear favourite and although he was a harmless cute looking kid, he didnt incite viewers to actually pick up the phone to vote him to win.
I think Anthony could be similar in this regard.
I think VERY young girls find those pretty type boys attractive. He's way too girly for anyone above 21.
Mind it he picks up the gay vote he could turn it around.
he is threading on thin ice, it he pushes Criag too far away he will loose the gay vote, if he gets too serious wiht him he will loose the girlie vote!!
I don't think that your girl vote is that strong, Scott in BB4 was expected to maybe pull in all their votes and it didn't work either.”
I think you are right and I have pondered a similar thing myself. Every year there is the “cute boy” who is one of the bookies favourites throughout – for that very reason he is cute and they think he will pick up the teeny text vote. However, last year Stu didn’t win, in CBB Kenzie/Jeremy didn’t win, in BB4 Scott didn’t win, in BB3 Alex didn’t win. It happens every year that the punters put their money on the cute ones, thus making them favourites.
However, I do wonder whether this year might be slightly different. In previous years there has been an out and out winner from reasonably early on (only BB3 was fairly open), and the popular characters in previous years have in some respect at least been “likeable” plus entertaining, thus making people want them to win.
This year, however, although the characters in there are “entertaining” very few of them are actually likeable, and I wonder if it gets down to the final few whether Anthony might pull in the votes because the voters really do not want Mekosi, Derek, Science (or whoever else is there) to win, and therefore pick up the phone and vote for Anthony because at least he seems like a nice enough lad, has been mildly entertaining and hasn’t shot himself in the foot like many of the other HMs.
My view is that, unless BB do something with the nominations (which is quite likely), Craig is going to slip through to the end as he isn’t going to be up for eviction, Anthony will probably slip through on the same basis, that leaves probably 2 other people there with them that are saved on an eviction vote, probably Science and then either Makosi/Derek or Eugene. So many voters have issues with Craig, Mekosi, and Derek then would they not perhaps vote for Anthony on the basis that the others don’t win? The only thing that could scupper that maybe is if Eugene is there who may also get the nice guy vote.
At this stage I think Science will take it with Anthony second, but a few more outbursts from Science and its anyone’s.