Subrideo Blog

So BB9 has begun, hurrah! Now obviously I'm only watching it for professional research purposes, so on your behalf I shall be reporting on the impact of stripping away people's human givens and how this is affecting them, together with reviewing how people are dealing with issues which will no doubt crop up.

At first glance, the house looks very similar to the normal way of BB, some sumptuous places and other stripped bare, a great swimming pool, a smoking area, plus some interesting cell type rooms just to decrease the inmates level of control even further. Add to that the lack of privacy in the bathroom (and therefore anywhere), the show will no doubt bring out some interesting patterns of behaviour as everyone scrambles to meet their basic needs.

Here are some of the more interesting characters and (only based on what the show has told us at this stage) what behaviours we might start to see … why not join me in seeing if the Subrideo predictions pan out?

The couple - Mario and Lisa
To bring you up to speed - they have joined as the first couple, but as a task from BB, they have to pretend they have only just met. Mario has to pretend he is the boyfriend of pretty young Stephanie. What they don't know is that BB is going to get Mario and Stephanie married at the weekend (it will be a pretend one, but they wont know). So how will this pan out. Will Lisa handle the lack of control and attention from her partner? My guess is that Mario will go with it, but Lisa will not handle it quite as well and if her body language and constant glances don't give her away, she could well feel the need to fill the gap with someone else in the house, or will feel the need to confide in someone.

Kathreya
She went in last, but she is certainly no means least and is already my favourite (not that I have one - just doing this for professional reasons only). Kathreya seems to have quite a lot of resources to handle events in BB house and will probably be someone who people confide in. I think the only thing which she may find an issue is when she runs out of cookies.

Michael
Michael is blind and is obviously incredibly self sufficient and wont need much help, however other people's need to give attention may well land at his door. In particular, I think Rachel and Rebecca (aka Vicky Pollard) could well try to forge a relationship here, but I have a feeling Michael may push back as he does not display the same level of need to receive attention. More likely he will try to forge out the position as comic in the house.

Darnell
Darnell has obviously been through quite a lot and depending on how he has learned to handle these situations will result in how he handles it in the house.

In addition, it was mentioned that quite a few of the people have religious beliefs, so perhaps this will help them as BB strips away everything else which is familiar to them and puts them under the spotlight, although the beliefs do seem to differ, so maybe the need to be understood might be more difficult?...

So watch this space and feel free to make your own comments about what you think!

Juliet