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+++ THE AARON AUTOMOBILE TO WINNERSVILLE +++
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it was facebook that won it for aaron
it was known that aaron was vey popular on the internet forums alex was predicted(by some) to get the casual popular vote and overtake aaron in the final vote it was announced last night that all facebook votes had to be used by the end of lines closing last night with a minimum of a £1 purchase of face book credit and having to use them all £1 = 14 facebook votes against a £0.36 phone call being one vote, the leverage that facebook had would be hard to overcome, if i had known the facebook credits had all to be used last night i would have been a lot greener on aaron, I assumed facebook credits would be good for voting in other reality shows. doh! |
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Another sweet won.
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 Quality work cider - a classic! |
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An awful winner
 but it the last time I had a decent win on BB. And a great call from TK  |
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Another aspect of the peak period, producers doing everything to get someone beat and still being defeated by the viewers. There was a memorable DOI one where the judges were almost seen vomiting, so gutted they were with who the viewers still voted for. Sam Attwater?
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Yep, they did try to stop Aaron. Rightly so, as he was a **** But nice to see him beat the edits.
Wasn't it Helen Wood the following year? One of Tim's finest moments. Bizarrely they went out of their way to help her win. Despite her being a right wrong'un. Didn't she try to become the next Katie Hopkins? As for DOI, I can't remember that year. The only years I remember were the Ray Quinn one. Someone kindly posted a video of him with Leona Lewis, skating like a pro. So everyone smashed into him and it never looked in doubt. The other one was Nolan, who I'm sure they fiddled the voting figures in the semi final to make sure she went out |
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when*
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The last civilian BB I had more than a trivial interest in. Jay who came 2nd, was the closest I came to losing a lot of money on specials, and a real hang tough moment.
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Jay a prime example of never underestimating generic popularity
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From what I recall, coleen was injured and they had to do that high wire nonsense. Keeping her in would have seemed like punishment. Edited that way, suspect they were happy to say bye. DOI was one of the better betting events back in the day. Hayley and jai ho of course sticks out but Tweddle was also a good year.
Not all BBs live long in the memory, cbb better. Jim obviously, Julian, Vinnie's inevitable demise. Geordie shore was the horrible one, how the public went for such an individual ha. Then they voted for that rancid bear character. |
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To those horrors winning you'll need to add Rochelle 2026.
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Loved the CBBs of Julian and civi of Pete the most - prob because they were both strong jollies that I backed early heavy and sat fairly tight on them to win!
The Bear one, worst specials event in history, not just BBs. And yes, that was also pocket talking! |
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Julian was great
 Pete looked a cert as soon as he fell down the stairs on entry. Nikki was a nice trade too. It took the market an age to work out that she was a gonna in that multi way eviction.Was that the Jonty year? One of Kittens most audacious ramps. 100/1 into single figures. Hira another one |
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Not seen squares post for a while. attitude adjuster another good judge from the past. even saw some of LOU's bleating
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Yep, not sure what's happened to squares. He used to always pops up when strictly was on.
Agree about aa too. As I said elsewhere, I would never have made the profits I did without the great judges on here. In those days even though there were plenty of disagreements, we were all united in trying to beat the bookies or take the casual punters money We were so successful that the casual money eventually disappeared and the bookies stopped taking our bets |
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Yes, it was like that and the banter through the shows. As you may recall I came to specials pretty late and learned plenty and quickly from the Specials forum. Fairly embarrassing now, made that casual error of laying Rybak due to the volume of runners and the absurdly short price (or so it seemed to me at the time!). Lena came the following year though
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Lena
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Gawd what a ****, but great call from tk
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