Noticed Chan on the first night ... loved her intro tape it really made me laugh as did the way she posed for the photographers !!
I tried to not watch too much at first ... I am a BB addict and have wasted too much of my life watching it in the past ... I watched that Friday as Ziggy entered ... That is when My daughter made her feelings about him very clear ... we both said how much we liked the Yorkshire girl ... shortly after that I got totally hooked, I realised why during the 'hair straighteners' row I had become totally emotionally involved with Chanelle ... I have no idea when or how but I spent the rest of the summer living her ups and downs and really caring about her to an amazing extent !
There are a few obvious reasons she is beautiful, kind, generous, funny, clever and a bit of a drama queen !!!! She also has a vulnerablity that is very appealing.
My addiction was very bad, I paid Ch4 for 24 hr feed and then discovered you couldn't get it on a Mac, I was so cross I bought a PC online so I could watch ... my family were disgusted and thought I might be going mad !!!
I then only went to sleep when I knew Chanelle was tucked up, the nights she didn't really sleep neither did I.
The PC came with me to my office if I had to go in and other mornings I would sit with a pot of coffee and my morning cig (sorry Blackrock) and wait for her to wake up and hope her day was good. When things were going well with Zac I was so happy for her and when they were not I hated him !! We were up on our feet cheering during the final row, I had watched it live and then watched the HL show with my daughter !! At last we thought she really does understand what a user he is ... then he spent 5 weeks making me (but not my daughter who never changed her mind about him) believe he was really heart broken. I thought she was going back in, I was pleased for me and worried for her ... her guest appearance was a highlight.
Chanelle has presence ... the camera loves her and she is very blessed as she is also intelligent ... she can really be anything she wants to be.