Silent Saturday

So what happened on Saturday?

Search me, squire. News from the C4 website is opaque at best. And by the time the LIVE FEED came on the only conversation that happened was a brief exchange between Charlie and Marcus. Everyone else was asleep. Thrill a minute stuff, or what?

I guess everyone was too worn out by the trauma of Kris leaving, and the redrawing of the battlelines. And the tears spilled over Chairgate.

However, piecing together all the threads, there are two things we know. Today, they nominate, and tomorrow we have the return of BB's original evil doer: Nasty Nick goes in.

Let's talk nominations, first. Siavash is going to be punished for asking to be nominated. We don't know how yet, but I don't see how it can be any tamer than that thrown at Charlie, Kris and Sophie. This is the second time for Siavash. Last time around he had to wear a dunce's hat. I think it has to be the silent test, at least.

The same goes for Sophie. She hasn't been told it yet - I think - but the fact that it was shown on last nights' highlights tells a tale. She asked to be nominated and they won't let her get away with it. It was probably more of a cry of self-pity than a genuine plea, given that it was Karly, Rodrigo, Lisa and Charlie who were present, none of whom are likely to waste a vote on her, but even so... rules is rules.

So, Sophie and Siavash will almost certainly be up. Freddie may well finally get a week off. I've been saying that more or less since the start mind, and he does get a lot of nominations. It's got to be more than a couple who give him a break for him to escape.

That could happen: the way Noirin and Marcus have started to cosy up again sets them up as easy targets. So... Marcus v Noirin v Sophie v Siavash. Yes, that's my guess. If I were BB I'd do it all live on tonight's early, eight o'clock programme. But that would be too obvious.

And now: Nasty Nick. Of course, to celebrate ten years ( nine, actually, but who's counting? ) BB had to do something, and bringing back some of the famous names might help the waning viewing figures as a few nostalgia freaks turn their tellies back on for old times' sake. But, frankly, they're not really going to interract, are they? If Nick wheels out his pencil and starts writing on scraps of paper we'll all know it's a set-up.

It's not like he hasn't tried this before, anyway. Channel Five had a show called Back to Reality, starring Jade, Craig from BB1, Maureen from the Driving School, and a few other reality tv show survivors. Nick was first to be voted out.

Dean from BB2 is also due back in later on in the afternoon. Good old Boring Dean. Lovely bloke and everything, but he didn't exactly set the world alight the first time around. Do we really need to see him again? And as for Nikki and Brian Belo. Please! If they really wanted to shake'em up they'd stick Beinazir in for a couple of hours. But they won't.

Still. Michelle's going in. And Makosi. So not all is bad, in BB world.