"No One's Irreplaceable"

That's what my high school musical director used to say to us every year (in a pledge to combat inflated egos and misbehaviour at rehearsals). It never worked, but it's a line I've always remembered.

And it seems Big Brother agrees.

Meet John & Ashley's replacements:



Max (left) and Chris

And just in case you thought that perhaps BB would have put completely new characters into the House at this late stage to at least make it interesting, here's a brief description of the boys:

Max (NSW), 20, Cafe manager. Big Brother says: "Likeable and energetic, Max is a 'real lad'."

Chris (NSW), 22, Singer/Waiter. BB says: "Chris is independent and has a lovable arrogance."

So it looks like the guys really are interchangeable with the two they're replacing. I think one of them might even be into cars (in an unhealthy way, just like Ashley*), but at this stage I'm not sure if it's the guy who's checking his own pulse in the photo. He must certainly be the life of the party if he has to check to see if he's dead!

All this will happen tonight at 7:30pm, so make sure you're watching!! (Or find out all about it tomorrow in the Daily Show -- either way, they'll be sure to cover it ad nauseum.)

Neither of these new guys are free from nomination next Monday, so it doesn't take a genius to know that after Darren is evicted this week (sorry, dude, but it's a given), then these guys will be voted out over the next two weeks. They don't have a chance. I don't think anything they do will endear themselves to the public more than the five remaining original Housemates (even Claire and Krystal). I'd almost ask what the point is of putting in two more Housemates if they're not even going to be given a sporting chance (despite Gretel's ridiculous and completely unsupported claims that "they could very much win it"), except that it's not hard to work it out for yourself.

It sends a message to any other future Housemates (if a future for the show even exists) that "no one's irreplaceable"; it enables the show to last the extra two weeks it was intended to last (therefore keeping the sponsors and Network Ten programmers happy); it means they can continue to dive in and swim around in all the mountains of money they receive when silly teenage girls go crazy trying to vote the new guys out; and most importantly it means that my own Big Blogger can continue at the same pace I initially set out for it to run. Thank you, Big Brother! (They must also be fans.)


Off topic: You may have noticed that I'm up extremely early today. I'm not sure why this is; I just couldn't sleep. I wonder if my job interview on Friday afternoon might be playing on my mind already? ...



* Although who am I to talk? Note my own many unhealthy obsessions!


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