Anthony, who at one time, had a commanding lead over the field has finally blown his chances. Last nights show was not just poor for him, in fact it was a complete disaster.
Whatever anyone thinks of Craig, a “mate” deserves support when wrongly accused. Craig’s distress in the diary room highlighted perhaps the only time he has been truly justified in his disagreements with Anthony. Anthony’s choice of timing to stand firm against Craig’s obvious obsession is ill judged and his hatred of Craig is obvious from his facial expressions. Yet he comes back for more!. Anyone who actually believes that Anthony will secure the vote of Craig’s fans after that showing needs to sit down and think about it long and hard.
Anthony’s burger moment in the garden, where he is seen chomping with open mouth and taunting the imprisoned Makosi, should rightly have left a bad taste in his mouth, as it did for many viewers. Luckily for Anthony they did not show him accepting the Judas beer, but the commentary was almost as effective in condemning him. The contrast was blatantly obvious when all of Eugene’s diary room refusal to allow the now chilled Makosi to remain in the cage, was shown. Was he tempted, no. The man refused on principle and the nation saw it very clearly. Eugene practised the moral correctness espoused by his pal Derek.
Any sympathy that may have been felt by Makosi fans towards Anthony vanished into thin air and his selfishness became abundantly and starkly clear. Makosi fans voting in the final reckoning will remember this episode and will never transfer their vote to Anthony when Makosi leaves.My feeling was that it wasn't particularly negative for Anthony, except maybe his taunting of Makosi while eating his burger. However, it WAS deliberately set up to be postive for Eugene. Endemol knew exactly what Eugene's decision would be and how he would be torn and the reaction it would provoke from him. That is the reason they called him into the DR last.
Dynamic. It tells me the same thing that I have been observing ever since Friday night. Anthony was a flakey favourite and it was just a matter of time before a new champion would emerge. Eugene just happened to be the one, but now that it has happened, every event that fails to show Anthony shining will attract more votes for Eugene. With 4 days left and no major tasks (Anthony blew his chances by refusing the cage), he will have no new opportunities.
The final nail in Anthony’s coffin came when he committed the cardinal sin of reality TV . He declared himself the winner, 1 million per cent. Not only did Anthony make an error of monumental proportions, made by several losing housemates in the past, but he also reminded everyone of his roots and clawed back the memory of the massive public rejection of Max and Saskia. One million per cent he demonstrated his arrogance and game plan.
One million per cent he answered all the questions as to why he has never rejected Craig and integrated with the rest of the group. One million per cent and he lost the favour of the remaining floating voters who had not yet decided on their winner.
It became obvious last night, through a series of brief clips in his favour, who the elect C4 champion of BB6 is, and Eugene never put a foot wrong all night. In the hour following last nights show, Eugene was polling 9-1 in his favour for a short time, before resuming his 2 votes in favour of Anthony’s 1.
Public reaction to last nights show will be swift as they dispense justice and reading many of the forum comments indicates clearly that their vote goes firmly to Eugene. No it was not a good show for him and as the sunset sinks on Anthony, we all witnessed his once winning position evaporate into the still night air.
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