Feature: Three is the magic number 4 mins ago We'll be subtracting two from our unfortunate pool of potential evictees this evening.
Who that unlucky pair will be is, as usual, entirely down to you. Before Brian struts his stuff and dishes out the bad news, we're scratching our heads and pondering which twosome's set to be dropped from the show this evening. We've been weighing up the odds to try and ascertain who's lost the most ground in the public's favour.
We'll be honest β we're flummoxed. We've weighed up each of their pros and cons and, as far as we can tell the trio's neck and neck.
Check it out:
Coleen
Somewhat in Julie's shadow for the majority of her time in the house, Coleen's been seen by a few social media keyboard-tappers as something of a moaning Minnie. She's arguably the most emotional of the housemates, or at least she lets it show more than others. She's made no secret of the fact she finds Julie's 'Queen Bee' status worrying and it caused her to slip into the background more than she might, admitting that it left her without a role to fulfil in the House.
Since Day 15's face-to-face nominations, however, Coleen's seen a huge upsurge of support in the forums, on Twitter and from Facebook commenters. In her tearful, emotionally-charged post noms Diary Room she let it all out without holding back, damning Julie's approach to the game and, essentially, saying out loud what a lot of viewers are thinking.
Danica
Since Day One, Danica has divided opinion. Whether you reckon she was merely massaging a few egos, pushing flattery buttons to get ahead or if you think she's a sly manipulator who deserves her comeuppance, the simple fact is Miss Thrall has got a few backs up. The House-gang of Harvey, Ashley and The Situation were furious with her over what they saw as an engineered love triangle between herself, The Sitch and Lorenzo β and a sizable chunk of the audience are with them on that.
But then again, Lorenzo (a slightly more mature corner of that triangle) has no issue with Danica's gallivanting and has even implied that it's more The Sitch's problem than anyone else's. It's fair to say that Danica's hardly broken any rules or moral codes, and the diatribes launched behind her back might seem to some to be disproportionate to any perceived offence. Julian's frequently stuck up for her (noting that The Situation's 'hardly the Virgin Mary himself) and, as far as votes go, she's made a mark and will have people voting to save because she's featured in so much drama.
Samantha
A real home-maker and tireless shoulder-to-cry on, it's only in recent days that our controversial columnist has started to get her claws out. Since being saved from eviction in Wednesday's public vote, she's started to live up to her name a little more. Working in league with Julie (who makes no bones about having a list of housemates to evict and tick off), she's more explicit in her disapproval of certain other housemates. Perhaps a stint as Apollo in the Gods and Mortals task set her off. Previously, we'd only seen traces of this attitude βwhen she sat for a minor gripe with Jasmine, for example. A little more of this and she may make more of a mark.
Though it may be a little late for that. There's only a week to go, and it's quite possible Samantha's been too anonymous to rouse a campaign in the public β most of who are wrapped up in the Coleen vs Julie saga or the Danica love triangle. When Brian reads out the names of those in line for the chop earlier this week, there were 'yay!'s and 'boo!'s for the others. When Samantha's name was called, there was no response at all. Not the most accurate gauge of popularity, admittedly. But also not the most encouraging reaction.