Well the predictions were right.

Sam became the next housemate to get the boot tonight but if anything the spectacle of eviction took something of a backseat. Yes tonight wasn’t so much about who left the house, but who would actually go in.

For the last few weeks the public has been getting through an obscene amount of chocolate in a bid to win one of the vaunted Golden Tickets. In true Willy Wonka style the winner of said ticket could become a candidate for entering the house.

So after Sam became yesterday’s news, the show focussed on the sorry bunch that had got themselves on the shortlist for possible entry into the game. There was a one in thirty five chance of entry for the ticket holders so it was a lottery with better odds yet a slightly more perilous prize.

The winner was Suzi, a 43 year old from Kent who I quite frankly took an instant dislike to, why? Well…because it saved time. Cast in something of a Sloane mold this was a woman who had allegedly spent close to four grand on chocolate in a bid to secure herself a ticket. Of course who am I cast aspersions on her character but one can just imagine her sat on the sofa between face lifts watching the widescreen while stuffing bon bons, snapping her fingers and ordering a hen pecked husband down to the local shops to buy up every Kit Kat in existence.

These of course are just my thoughts.

I think it would be safe to say though there is evidence that she has been under the knife. And I did ask myself do we need another old trout in the house with fake tits and penchant for cosmetic surgery. This year will be remembered if for nothing else its high silicon quota, at this moment there are no less than eight bags of the stuff floating above the collective breastbones of the competitors.

Suzi’s entrance however is undeniably going to take out status quo with all the subtlety of dynamite. As a golden girl she gets certain exclusive privileges that the other housemates don’t enjoy. Separate sleeping and toilet facilities were among the first things that were mentioned, although the price of being a golden girl was that she has to wear gold at all times. In order to demonstrate BB made her dress up in a frankly ridiculous outfit (made of uncomfortable looking gold material), whether this has to be worn at all times isn’t 100% clear.

What Suzi doesn’t know (but the housemates do) is that this week the only person whose nominations count are going to be hers. So the power over someone’s fate is largely in her hands. And this is where things get tricky. You see Suzi we can presume has seen a lot of the show prior to entrance, she has seen what we have seen and no matter what the housemates think they know, she knows better. The benefit of the big picture means that she could effectively knock out one of the show’s big guns very quickly.

Which leads me to Grace…

Tonight the crowds on the outside were on particularly vocal form with the chant “Get Grace Out” ringing round the compound, better sound masking should have been used in my opinion because there was no way Grace didn’t hear that. Judging by her subdued demeanour throughout the night and the tears before bedtime I suspect she knows her number is up and that if she goes into a public vote she will more than likely lose. The reign of the Black Queen it would seem could be at an end.

Elsewhere prior to Sam’s exit there was tactical play at work, a drunken night of spin the bottle led to Glyn finally getting to feel Lea’s tongue draping itself all over his larynx. While Nikki decided it was time to get hot and heavy with Pete (she likes Pete’s doesn’t she…heh heh). This was undeniably the tactic of “look at me, I’m going to shag someone, keep me in”. Which could do both parties more harm than good, up till now Pete’s “housemate halo” has been undiminished but his drunken fumbling could be the first sign of him being anything less than the perfect contestant. Still everyone has to fall sometime. And while he tonsilled up with Nikki did anyone else hear Lisa’s heart develop hairline fractures?

This looks like it has the makings of an interesting week, if only to see just what Grace will do to try and ensure her survival. It’s OK bitching to the original players but when someone from the outside has been watching your every move, what do you do?

Davina promised however that this wasn’t going to be an easy week for the new arrival. What that means is anybody’s guess. If you’re a football widow this could be your reality television equivalent of the playoffs.

Game on!