10.20pm: Rylan is pouting on the sofa while Speidi, Claire and Tricia debate the meaning of the word like.
10.46pm: Tricia is getting grumpy. She is requesting a cuddle from Frankie. He is more than happy to oblige.
10.34pm: Rylan has broken his silence. He isn't happy with Speidi's defence of their actions during the Big Blogger task.
I can take over Scotty
10.38pm: Tricia is getting grumpy. She is requesting a cuddle from Frankie. He is more than happy to oblige
10.48pm: Heidi is opening up about her surgery. The housemates are enthralled. #CBB
Originally Posted by erinp:
I can take over Scotty
Thanks erin
Tweet o` clocks went a bit wonky ^^^
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Originally Posted by erinp:
I can take over Scotty
Thanks erin
Tweet o` clocks went a bit wonky ^^^
cheers for the updates and have a good rest
11.00pm: Speidi are telling the HMs that they knew that they were watching earlier. We don't know if we believe it or not. #CBB
11.17pm: Spencer is giving Claire some advice "Everything you see on this show isn't real". She looks confused. #CBB
11.26pm: Claire is talking about her previous weight-loss with Speidi. #CBB
11.36pm: "What a great party we've had tonight" Tricia announces glumly. #CBB
11.45pm: After an emotional day, it looks like the HMs may be heading to bead early. #CBB
12.01am: Heidi is enjoying Rylan's silence. #CBB
Originally Posted by Yellow Rose:
Just watched the vids up there. What an obnoxious pair Speidi are. Rylan's right, they're the fakest people to walk through the door!!!
Thank God there's someone who feels like me. Can't believe people are defending them .............................if Rylan or any other HM had gone onto the blog and spouted such nastiness would that be defensible? double standards ........all the outrage when people were talking about Speidi and they listened in ..............................it was mild compared to these two.
Ha ha .........I suppose they are entertaining though aren't they?
Personally I just see it as spiteful.
12.14am: Looks like it's bedtime for the housemates. Claire is taking her face off. #CBB
one of many
12.23am: Rylan is telling Claire he doesn't like being mugged off. Razor is snoring. The bedroom is a hive of activity.. #CBB
12.30am: "I haven't got a massive brain. I can't deal with this" Rylan tells Claire. #CBB
12.42am: Claire and Rylan are having a cuddle. We guess that means everything is going to be alright. #CBB
Day 17: And the winner for best actor goes to...
After the saddest party we've ever witnessed in the Big Brother House, the housemates, full of chicken wings, potato wedges and beer, retired to the living room where an attempt at peacemaking was made. Kind of.
Speidi, high off the American festivities, tried to clear the air with the others in the only way that they could - by insulting them further.
"Regardless of whether we get on, it's been great to get to know you and hear about your lives," Heidi opened with. So far, so good.
"Yeah it's been great sharing the House with such weirdos," Spencer chided in. Not so good.
The housemates, who looked unconvinced by Heidi's nostalgic speech, were even less impressed by the couple's attempts at self-deprecation.
Talking about the reason why they're in the House, Spencer reasoned that playing a villain is not something to be proud of. "It's not a talent, anyone can be an a*****e," he claimed.
"You're last name being Pratt. It's very appropriate," Tricia retorted, before adding "I love you really," through gritted teeth.
Their next move was to tell the housemates that they knew they were being watched during the Big Blogger task, explaining that they were just playing up to the cameras. When challenged that they must be good actors, they agreed, using their 'best reality TV star' Emmy nomination as proof.
"If we weren't here, it'd be all cuddling and kissing and there'd be no drama," the said. Well, that last bit is certainly true.
But did they really know they were being watched? Was it a plan all along? Who knows, we can never tell with those two.
Tricia summed it up nicely by ending the conversation with "My head is cabbaged". Ours too.
Day 17 round-up: A bit of bother with a big blogger
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After an early start, Ryan and Razor proved to be the most productive housemates, building a snowman in the garden.
But Big Brother was not going to let the guys get away with a day of play, it was task time and it proved to be a real shocker for Speidi.
With the help of the CBB online team, Speidi were told they had been voted by the viewers to take part in an internet-based show called Big Blogger. However, it was the housemates asking the a series of probing questions to the US reality stalwarts. Rylan in particular â branded fake once again by the pair â was not happy with what he heard.
We thought this one would really knock the wind out of Speidi's sails, but when the truth of the task was revealed to them in front of their seething 'viewers', the defiant duo had plenty of excuses for their actions, turning the tables and blaming the housemates, before claiming they knew it was a task all along.
The task reward - an American themed party - was possibly the most awkward shindig the House has ever seen. Speidi loitered by the burgers celebrating all things American, Rylan sulked silently on the sofa and Ryan decided he'd rather do the dishes than get involved.
Tricia attempted to lighten the mood with some questionable dancing. As did Heidi. The Heartbeat barmaid, who Speidi had earlier declared was so funny she could be a comedian, continued to remain the focus of the evening's entertainment, using Razor's body as a canvas for a game of hangman before turning her attention to Frankie for some cheeky cuddles.
Clearly not wishing to turn into pumpkins, housemates were all in bed by midnight, although Claire and Rylan stayed up giggling like naughty children at a sleep over.
At least that meant Rylan had given up on the silent treatment. Will he have more to say on the fallout from the Big Blogger task tomorrow, or will the uncomfortable events be brushed under the carpet? We can't wait to find out.
Morning all
7.50am: All is sleepy in the #CBB House
8.14am: Still no sign of movement. It's Sunday, so we'll let them snooze on for now.
8.28am: Rylan's sleeping on his back, arms folded across his chest, looking a little bit like he's channeling Transylvania.
8.39am: We've noticed Ryan's curled up on the sofa like a hibernating amphibian. He's escaping Razor's power-drill snore, no doubt
8.52am: Coo-ee! Spencer's just popped to the loo. Or 'john' or 'washroom' in American
8.55am: We've just realised we forgot to say 'good morning' to you,#CBBfans. Sorry about that. Also - why on earth are you awake?
9.00am: Spencer's sleeping with mouth wide open. Maybe that rumour about spiders dropping into mouths at night hasn't spread to the US.
9.13am: There's movement from Razor. The ex-footballer sits up, looks around, flops back onto his belly and lets loose with a grunt.
9.25am: Goodness gracious. Snow's starting to fall again in Elstree. Is this the snowiest #CBB ever?
9.31am: The lights are up! Wakey wakey, housemates. Day 18 awaits.
9.45am: Heidi's up and showering. Rylan's burbling about his microphone under his duvet. Frankie mutters "We're still here then".
9.51am: Razor and Rylan in their dressing gowns, in the snow, having a snout. They are impervious to the cold
10.04am: Ryan's wrestling with the hoovering and it's clearly not helping other HMs get into their mornings
10.17am: After limited hoover time, HMs are told they've 30 mins to strip their beds. "It's like a marathon today" mutters Rylan.
10.28am: Speidi peer into the full fridge glumly. We're hardly in Old Mother Hubbard territory but they look concerned they'll starve.
10.34am: Rylan and Claire talk about how much reality TV they watch. Rylan's cut down (probably too busy appearing on it these days)
10.39am: Spencer heads to the toilet. Razor, in his pants, says: "I was in there 10 mins ago". Spencer covers his nose and runs away.
10.50am: Spencer chuckles while Heidi makes pasta for breakfast. "We've messed with Rylan so much it's hilarious" he says.
11.01am: Frankie's in the Diary Room, smiling and having a Tufnell with Big Brother.
11.14am: A weight-lifting Ryan is making some amazing noises right now. Grunting for Australia
11.24am: Somehow Rylan and Razor have got their hands on some doughnuts. All we can hear is delighted chomping.
Day 18: Rylan vs Speidi â real or fake?
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Day 17's Big Blogger task seems to have added fuel to those early tensions formed by Speidi's basement task. When Big Brother facilitates housemates snooping on one another, it's always interesting to see which accusations fly around when the fallout starts to settle.
This series the main bone of contention seems to have been reality versus fakery â with Rylan and Speidi being the chief accusers and main recipients of all charges.
So who's real and who's fake? What do those words even mean when applied to stars of reality TV? Is it possible both Rylan and Speidi are both a little bit real and a little bit fake? Let's apply a little pop psychology and see who's guiltiest of ramping up the drama for the cameras and to find out who's as real as a slice of real pie.
Rylan
Take a deep breath and look at Rylan. Just look at him. His beard and hair are dyed jet black. His skin's plastered with applied tanning solution. He wears clothing he's branded with his own name and catchphrases. He's even labelled some of his togs 'Team Rylan', as though he's seen the way we like to refer to evictees and he's pre-empted his own hype. Schooled by Katie Price, Rylan's no stranger to making the best and most marketable impression. But does that mean he's fake? Aspects of his look may be, but in terms of personality, Rylan seems about as real as they come. He's so sharp and quick-witted, giving him a script would murder his spontaneous entertainment value. He may surround himself by fake enhancements but, when it comes to character, we reckon Rylan's for real.
Speidi
Heidi and Spencer are so used to appearing on scripted reality shows â they've spoken at length about which aspects of The Hills are faked â that their behaviour on unscripted, CBB reality is entertainingly bizarre. They play their panto villain characters with vim and vigour and it's never less than brilliantly enthralling, but occasionally, because Big Brother is 24/7 and unrelenting, we see them drop the ball. After their time in the Igloo with dear departed Gillian, we saw a different, possibly more genuine side to them in which they expressed a little bit of love for their housemates. When they gripe about their media treatment, we see a more vulnerable side to them. It seems the brilliantly obnoxious front they put on is a completely open secret. It's not really them, but they'll happily slip into character the moment someone gives them the smallest cue.
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So who's more real and who's more fake? Maybe we're asking the wrong question. When you're talking about stalwarts of reality television programming, authenticity is so hard to discern, you're probably better off asking who's more entertaining. Both Speidi and Rylan, as far as we can tell, are running about neck and neck on that front as things stand.