There’s something about Shabnam. Maybe it’s her constant preening in mirrors. Or her cold, dead eyes and that tiny mouth with the scary teeth. She reminds me a bit of a fish.

Or maybe it’s her openness about only wanting the exposure that Big Brother can give her. That kind of honesty isn’t noble or admirable. That kind of honesty makes me want to switch off my TV set and start a petition to get her banned from TV forever.

Unfortunately for Shabnam, she’s not exactly displaying any star quality. She’s another victim of the Big Brother get-famous-quick culture. Have a three month holiday in the Elstree back lot and emerge refreshed, slightly thinner and a tabloid superstar. With any luck, she could be the next…Jade Goody. Hell, even Jade with her nasty mouth could beat ol’ Shabz for entertainment value…

Dave’s post over on Available For Panto reminded me of one of Shabnam’s most ludicrous lines: “If I leave now, will I still get [magazine] deals?”

Prunella sums the awful Shabnam up perfectly:

Shabnam, another one gagging for the limelight and the deals she so did not want to lose. How cute of her to believe that any deals would be granted to her. Shabnam naively believes that the world and it’s dog were waiting for her coming, beside this stupid silly thought, she also loves posing for the mirror while talking to the others. Yet, she does not realise that she resembles a crazed up serial murderer prone to cutting off men’s ear lobes after stabbing their eyes.

For me, Shabnam is beyond liking now. Her bitchy alliance with fellow fame-seeker Charley has tainted her. She seems to have forgotten that she’ll be depending on us folks outside the house to keep her both inside and in the media afterward. Siding with Charley – possibly the most hated housemate this season – has got to be an act of career suicide.

The sick thing is, she’s an interesting housemate – a love-to-hate kind of housemate. She’s just the kind of housemate you’ll never see on TV again after her inevitable eviction. Mark my words, she’ll sink without trace.

I just can’t understand how these professional fame-seekers consistently forget that the public is watching and voting. You’d think after 7 series of BB they’d have learned to mask their hostility a bit better. Don’t they ever learn?