Big Brother Rules!

I've decided I'm quite enjoying BB10. I know the viewership figures are down - apparently the decision to axe the live feed hasn't gone down too well - but I think it's a bit of a shame. I think this year's series is one of the best of the past few years.

So here, in no particular order, are some of the reasons why I think BB10 rules!

Big Brother Bites Back: Big Brother has become much more sarky this year. Recognising that the housemates are generally tabloid obsessed fame seekers, Big Brother has decided to get in on the act. I've loved the ban on fake romances in the house, and the much more tongue-in-cheek tone being taken. It's added a nice element of humour to the show.

Housemates "being themselves": For so long we've grown used to seeing housemates playing up to the cameras, exaggerating their behaviour, but this year I feel there are a few of the gang who are actually "being themselves", to use that overused phrase trotted out by countless ex-housemates over the years. For all his creepy behaviour, Sree's reaction to Noirin's knockback has come across as being very genuine. I know there's been a bit of a debate around Angel and her hunger strike, but again I honestly think her behaviour has been straight up. And of course, my personal favourite housemate, Siavash, is coming across as a genuine guy. Now I may be very naive (sadly, even after 10 years of the show I still have the capacity to read people appallingly badly), but I feel these guys....and maybe add Freddy to that list....are being themselves, though I guess time will tell.

No thugs: Now don't get me wrong, there are a good few argumentative, occasionally obnoxious and irritating characters in the Big Brother house. However, it's nice to see that Endemol resisted the urge to put an extreme person into the house, like the nasty Alex and Charley from previous seasons. While those two certainly stirred things up in the house, they just were not nice people. I don't think there's anyone in the house that would rank up there with those two, and for that I think it'll make for a nicer (and entertaining) house.

I'll end by saying to those BB doubters out there: give it a chance this year, it might just be worth it.