Big Brother 2009 - the winner!

Sophie Reade has won Big Brother 10.

The Artist Formerly Known As Dogface is last out of the house, struggling gamely to stay in her miniature top and skirt as she spills down the stairs. It's a great moment for the lass, only likely to be soured by facing up again to Jeff Lynne lookalike Kris.

It's been a rollercoaster for Soph, forced to change her name to the flattering sobriquet Dogface if she wanted to get into the house, and dismissed as a dumb blonde in the early days. She's come through in true style, taking a glob of red paint in the face, marginally edging David in the quest to be most convincing Beyoncé in the house, and finally beating perennial top-tip Siavash to the glittering prize.

Bravo! We'd tell you what Sophie thinks about it all, but Davina says she hasn't got enough time. Not enough time? This has been on for hours...

See you next year, kids, for the last time.

Sophie wins Big Brother! Siavash is second

 

The gallant runner-up swans out in loin cloth and stilettos - it's the latest thing, we're told - straight into the arms of Elvis McCall.

So one minute he was leaving, then he was staying, then he was leaving, then he was staying - well, now he's left, and he's trying to distract Davina from asking questions about Noirin. Be fair to the lad, the wounds are still fresh.

... and now Dav says Noirin's split with Isaac. This is shameless - they're just attempting to flap his legendary cool, but it's not going to work.

Anyway, no time to get too deep with Siav as Davina has an urgent appointment with Dogface...

The bronze medal goes to David!

 

Yes, the latecomer nearly made it all the way, but in the end Vivienne Westwood's best mate has to take the bottom step of the podium.

As we go to a half-hour break, he's got plenty of time to mull it over - and plenty of time to listen to Siavash and Sophie saying, "YOU'RE going to win", "No, YOU'RE going to win" four hundred times in a row.

He'll wish he came fourth.

Anyway, who is it going to be? Tell us, we can't wait.

Update: David is out, to be greeted by La Roux's older sister (lord knows what Davina is wearing tonight). He's getting the classic 50/50 cheers and boos and voguing like hell for the cameras. But what can we find out about David? Mystic Judi says he's a dominant male, but subservient to Lisa - which says more about Lisa, we reckon.

Big Dave is screeching like a South Yorks macaw, especially now he's heard Robbie Williams voted for him. Still Davina's quiff holds firm.

In 4th place, it's Charlie!

Mr Gay Newcastle 2007 is the next for the walk of semi-fame, bouncing down the stairs to face a fairly adoring public. He looks ecstatic, blissfully unaware of the grilling he's about to get from Davina about his feelings for Rodrigo.

So far then, our predictions aren't way off, although David's putting up a better show than we anticipated.

Back to Charlie, he's trying to pretend to Davina that he wasn't expecting to win even though everyone thought he was nailed on. Body language expert Judi James is on again, reckoning Charlie has grown as a person, but we're not sure his big sister would agree - the Geordie japester has been swearing like a trooper.

And Rodrigo? He's "just a friend", apparently. Bah. We want a wedding.

Rodrigo finishes 5th!

The Brazilian stallion is first out of the house tonight, resplendent in shocking scarlet shirt, gold tie, white trews and - erm - turquoise trainers?

The crowd loves him, so it's a cuddly start to the night. Davina's pulling the poor kid around by the ear, mind you, thrusting him towards the photographers, but he's looking pleased enough. If a little stunned.

Bless him, in homage to his adopted country Rodrigo's wearing a Union Jack belt. Given to him by "the Queen"? The psychobabble tells us all that he's a lovely lad with an impressively fiery temper, and who are we to argue with that? He was never going to win, but we'll raise a glass (the first of many) to the lad.

And is he in love with Charlie? Davina's going to smack him with that microphone until he 'fesses up, but for now he's tight-lipped. Give the poor chap some space!

Our final night predictions

Posted by Jane Murphy

The lines are still open, the votes are yet to be counted and verified – but frankly, we'd be very surprised if now-not-so-glamorous glamour model Sophie 'Dogface' Reade isn't declared the winner of Big Brother 10 in tonight's final showdown.

Admittedly, Soph's been a bit of a slow-burner in the popularity stakes. During the show's early weeks, The Artist Then Known As Dogface appeared to be playing the “get me a 96-page special in OK! magazine” card with her frankly tedious reality TV romance with Kris.

However, post-Kris, Sophie/Dogface has proved herself to be a good-natured, game-for-anything housemate who's been more than happy to laugh at herself. In that respect, she's a bit like previous winner Brian Belo (yep, only their mothers can tell them apart).

But what about the remaining housemates? Well, despite a late surge in popularity, we reckon David will be first to be evicted tonight. He was a latecomer, after all, and he spent too long hanging around the bus stop with Fag Ash Lisa.

Next up might be a bit of a shocker: despite his undeniable niceness and a hearty backing from Heat! magazine, Rodrigo could be on his way. Why? Well, he's taken it all a bit seriously at times, hasn't he? And he's got competition on the Lovely Gay Man front from David and one-time favourite Charlie, who'll probably be next out the door.

So that leaves Siavash to take second place. He's a bit of a berk at times – well, most of the time, come to think of it – and he's far less cool than he thinks he is. But he's been top entertainment throughout with several rebellious phases, a failed romance and lots of ridiculous soundbites.

What do you think of our predictions? Tell us here.

Picture: Wenn

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Lisa is evicted!

Posted by Tom Murphy

Despite lasting 90 days in the house, smoke-wreathed Brummie Lisa has just failed to reach the end of BB. Clinging firmly onto her 'baccy, she was prised away from her beloved bus stop and trotted out of the house into the arms of Davina after catching more than two-thirds of the public's eviction bullets.

The drama was cranked up as Davina went through the housemates – "in no particular order" – to tell them they were safely through to the final. It ended up in a Charlie v Lisa showdown, recreating the other night's tray-related ding-dong. However, after the customary pause, Davina's utterance brought doom for the 41-year-old.

When the tattooed, pierced mohican burst out of the limo on Day One, we had high hopes that she'd be a bit of a rebel. However, despite expressing a few strong opinions and tearing Halfwit/Freddie to bits more than once, she showed a very compliant side when the Bad Boys began to break the rules – mainly out of fear that BB would confiscate her tobacco. Despite this, amid a series of fairly dull tasks, Lisa will live long in the memories of BB fans for her and David's alien invasion of London on an open-top bus.

She didn't give much away in a very rushed post-eviction chinwag with Davina, ubercleaner Kim Woodburn and funny-looking comedy bloke David Schneider. She claimed that she didn't have a game plan and said she'd expected to be evicted almost straightaway. However, I reckon she was a bit more gutted than she let on; her whoops of joy as she left the house weren't totally convincing.

So, David, Siavash, Rodrigo, Sophie and Charlie are bombing round the final bend and heading for the finishing line. Judging by the BB-audience-hootometer, it sounds like a close thing between Rodrigo and Sophie, with the possibility of a late charge from Siavash. What do you reckon? Should Lisa have hung around to the end? And who do you think is going to walk away with the prize on Friday night? Tell us what you think.

Picture: PA

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Marcus is evicted!

At long last Marcus has been booted out of the Big Brother house.

It seems I wasn't alone in wanting this arrogant 35-year-old kicked out. In fact 64% of the Great British public agreed.

The Wolverine wannabe was just as cocky as he left the house as he was during his time within the BB  fun house.

The window fitter seemed to enjoy the boos and soak up the atmosphere - it's just a shame he didn't change his vest.

During his chat with Davina - who was joined by Andi Peters and resident critic Grace Dent - he defended his behaviour and said his bad language and treatment of women was simply all in jest.

Speaking of women, on the topic of Noirin, Marcus claimed he was bored and that's why he pestered/stalked the Dublin maneater. We believe you Marcus!

It's a joyous night the irrepressible dark horse has left the building - yipeee!

Freddie is evicted!

Posted by Jane Murphy

Well, that was a bit of a surprise! Former favourite Freddie has been evicted. And Marcus - or Ol’ Mutton Chops, as I prefer to call him - lives to fight another day in the Big Brother house.

The artist formerly known as Halfwit left the house to a chorus of boos. So was he bothered? It’s hard to tell - seeing as he was sporting caked-on purple face paint. Apparently, it was supposed to make him look like a fox. (You know? One of those purple foxes.) “I’m Foxy Frederick,” he insisted. Say what you like, pal - but you’ll always be Halfwit to us.

Foxy/Freddie/Halfwit came in for a slightly disorganised grilling from Davina and her special guests, deeply irritating racing pundit John McCririck and perfectly pleasant body language expert Judi James.

John’s chief beef seemed to be about Freddie crying following one of his arguments with Bea. “Public schoolboys don’t blub!” he scolded - which is rich coming from a man who sulked for two days because he didn’t get his Diet Coke on Celebrity Big Brother.

Meanwhile, Judi suggested that Freddie isn’t that good at “reading” people. A case in point? His relationship with Evil Bea. “She was blaming me for all the negativity she was feeling in the house,” Freddie pondered. “I didn’t see her nasty side. I saw she was bitchy and nasty, but you always think you’re the exception.”

The interview ended shortly after John had delivered a terrifying vision of the future that‘s guaranteed to make all right-minded viewers suffer horrific nightmares. “The Tories are coming, the toffs are back - and you are the kind of person that’s going to rule us in years to come!” he told Freddie. Arrrrrggggh!

So was the right person evicted? Is Bea the most evil housemate since Wicked Grace in BB7? And should Gordon Brown step down in favour of a man who doesn’t even know what colour foxes are? Tell us what you think.

Picture: PA Photos

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Eviction prediction, Friday 14 August

Posted by Tim Carson

As we head towards the final few weeks of Big Brother 10, it's now starting to get a bit interesting. And as the numbers finally start to dwindle it means somebody's favourite is going to get the chop.

Is your top housemate in the firing line? Bea, the current Public Enemy No.1, is unfortunately sitting pretty – or at least, sitting at the bus shelter with Lisa having a bitch about Freddie.

Naturally, Bea seems convinced Freddie aka Halfwit will be going home, but this is undoubtedly coloured by the fact they've been arguing constantly and can no longer stand the sight of each other. She seems to be ignoring the fact that Halfwit is Mr Indestructible when it comes to evictions and is clearly still one of the favourites to win.

Even Charlie admitted this when arguing with Halfwit on Wednesday night, claiming that if he had a game plan, he wouldn't be arguing with one of the favourites.

That said, Halfwit has had hardly covered himself in glory this week, and while boldly proclaiming he's not going to get evicted is clearly a bit of bravado – and also deliberately aimed at winding up Bea – he's definitely making the battle between himself and Marcus a lot closer.

But not that close: Marcus has got to be the favourite to go this week. Why? Well, that hair for a start; spending half his time curled up under a duvet in the corner (even if he claims it's a tactic to get evicted); being far too self-important; his less than savoury attitude towards women; and just "being himself".

His plus points this week have been his willingness to go (hurrah) and standing up to the drama queen Bea, while trying to pass on some actual advice.

What he seemed to be trying to say was: "Bea, being negative and having a go at Halfwit – a popular figure who's survived numerous evictions already – is doing you no good. Give it a rest or you'll face the wrath of the viewing public – and you won't like it."

Naturally, Bea refused to listen and burst into tears.

Still is that enough to save "Wolverine Lite" from the exit? I don't think so, sonny Jim.