Like a faithful old dog standing guard beside his masters' dead body, i continue watching Big Brother whilst feeling the slow dawn of realisation that the sell-by date has long since been and gone and the halcyon Best Bits of yore will never be revisited.

Perhaps the producers have themselves grown bored of the whole thing and instead of seeking out the brightest, most combustible and funniest characters who auditioned, have simply picked this years sorry crop at random with a That'll Do mentality?

The once-rabid eviction night crowd now dispense their boos half-heartedly and even Princess Davina herself seems happy to amble along in second gear.

I did quite like the artistic Russian boxer, Angel McKenzie, finding her fascinatingly weird, strangely charming to watch amd endearingly bizarre but with her early departure the shows failing interest has waned even further.

Siavash and Karly are the best of what remains, both mildly amusing at times but there's nobody capable of making any lasting impact on the memory in the way that housemates of the past have done...what i'd give now to see another Kinga Karolczak or Nikki Grahame...

...Emma Greenwood...Narinder Kaur...
Kate Lawler...Science...Makosi...Shabnam...(sigh)...

Even the pantomime villains that i loved to hate at the time would be dear to me now...Nasty Nick, Victor, Charley, Ahmed...dear God, even Rex and his awful Nicole would be welcomed with the fatted calf this time around!