Victorian wife and mother Sharon met her reality television destiny as the first housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house last night after receiving the smallest percentage of public votes to keep her inside its outdoor furniture-strewn confines. The 41-year-old personal trainer had assumed the role of ‘mother hen’ in the house, offering her younger and needier housemates attentive nurturing and support, between riding their arses in intensive bouts of phys ed.
Sharon was evicted over fellow nominees Drew and Jade (who were nominated after failing to convince the other housemates that their Big Brother-anointed sham marriage was legit), Heidi, Jasmin, and ADHD poster boy with Sideshow Bob jerry curls, Tim. Sideshow Tim is the kind of character who, although excruciatingly annoying, is a necessary player in the Big Brother character tropes. He plays the role of indefatigable pest with too-positive notions of himself that viewers will want to watch in spite of themselves – and, ultimately, they will either love him or love-to-hate him. I’m predicting he’ll be one of those housemates who get nominated constantly but narrowly dodges eviction up until near the end.
We’ll find out next week if I’m totally off the mark.
See ya, Shazza.
