Big Brother's Big Posers

posted: 22 July 2008 by Sonja Stephen

The Big Brother House is a proper posers paradise, what with all those mirrors and all. Let's remind ourselves of a few of the worst attention-loving lads...

Mario - BB9
Not only was Mario obsessed with health and safety, he was also obsessed with himself. He was never happier than when he was working up a sweat in the garden, flexing his big man muscles or preening himself or his missus, Lisa, in the bath. That hair, that tan - those things don't come without a lot of effort, y'know.

Sezer - BB7
That Sezer was a right geezer. He may not have lasted very long in the House, but while he was in there, he made sure that every day was like a fashion show. Never a hair out of place and an outfit for every occasion, that guy had posing down to a, er, P. He really thought those scarves he was wearing were so cool too. Tragic.

Antony - BB6
Yes, thank you Antony. You're a dancer and you can bust some 70s moves. Well done. Antony was obviously oblivious to the saying 'less is more'. He bombarded us with his snake hips and general bopping because he thought he looked hot doing it. And how could we forget his catalogue poses on the stage when he was crowned winner? Taxi cab to poser school!

Jason - BB5
The guy entered the House in hotpants and a bow tie, but did Jason actually do anything apart from pull utterly ridiculous faces and make unattractive grunting noises while he pumped various House items to work his big old muscles? He was so happy to just parade around the place like a proud lion, tensing his big biceps and tight pecs, wasn't he? Still those muscles got him far - he finished in second place.

Tim - BB3
Tim, embrace your gingerness, don't try and run from it. Poor Tim really didn't think the whole colouring his hair plan through, did he? He dyed his ginger locks dark brown, but the longer he stayed in the House, the more ginger rootage began to show which meant that Tim had to spend hours and hours in front of the mirror perfecting his hair do and shaving his chest. Oh dear.

Paul - BB2
Remember Paul? He's the one that lives his life like an international popstar. Yeah, right. During his stint in the House, Paul got caught looking in the mirror a whopping 30 times in half an hour. Outrageous. He also started talking about winning the show in his sleep, blurting out: 'I'd like to congratulate everyone for voting for me.' Get over yo' self.

Sonja Stephen - Sonja Stephen got mixed up with Big Brother from an early age and spent many a summer locked away in a dark and dingy portacabin writing stories about the socially inept housemates. She had brief love affairs with MTV and then Emap, where she worked as the Mobile Producer on heat Daily, but something in that BB portacabin kept luring her back- maybe it was those long unsociable hours. After being snogged by a winning housemate, and progressing to the role of Sub-Editor, she decided it was time to call time on her BB romance. A brief stint at the BBC made her realise that life's too short, and it was then she found herself in the warm welcoming arms of Que Pasa where she's now Content Editor on Virgin BITES.