It’s been a helluva night folks, hasn’t it? I’ve just come back to my hotel room from the Celebrity Big Brother final and press conference.

Let me say first, that the highlight of the entire night was Jack Whitehall on Big Brother’s Big Mouth. Okay, as one journalist next to me remarked, he was swearing much more than usual, probably on account of the final night adrenaline. But that whirlwind performance and minor bitchfight between Tina Malone and Michelle Heaton was priceless. (I heard later on that Michelle broke down in tears during the commercial break and none of her housemates comforted her – a member of the audience did instead.)

Anyway, as you might have guessed, Ulrika Jonsson’s win tonight has caused many a tabloid editor to tear up the front pages declaring Verne Troyer the winner. But more than that, her downright refusal to answer questions about her private life meant that there were no juicy details to include in tomorrow’s papers. In fact, when it came to speculation on her fee, she started to become downright hostile – finally claiming that the press wouldn’t be asking a man that question.

I remember one journalist asked whether being apart from your kids for a few weeks was worth all the fretting and crying she did. Ulrika – quite rightly – rounded on the young lady and asked her if she had any kids, concluding that if she’d had kids she would not have asked that question and would have understood how hard it was. Score 1 to Jonsson.

It surprising that anyone got a word in edgeways, because a belligerent Coolio dominated any question that was asked, to the obvious annoyance of the other housemates (Terry, Ulrika, Verne, Coolio and Ben were all present). Coolio’s a funny guy, but I’m guessing that most people were wishing someone had switched off his microphone about halfway through the interview.

I’m glad I’m a blogger though, and not a tabloid journalist. Verne’s shock exit (fourth place? wtf?) totally threw everybody. Then when Coolio went out, everybody was shocked. Mostly at how Ulrika – who I’ll admit I thought was some kind of national pariah – had managed to stay in right to the end. I’m still baffled as to how she got that groundswell of support.

Lisa mentioned in her liveblog post that she was looking out for me in the crowd. I was a little surprised to discover that the press – like you at home – got to watch the show on TV in a little cafe-type building on the studio. Yes – despite the fact that Davina was rocking the stage not five minutes from where we sat, we were watching it on telly. Bizarre beyond belief.

But better yet, during Terry Christian’s interview, the television set was drowned out to the sound of fireworks. It was only then that I was aware of the 10-15 minute gap between recording and broadcasting that they use to cut out expletives. Basically, while you were watching Terry’s interview, Ulrika was in the process of coming out of the house. How weird is that?

On The Finalists

Here’s a little bit of my impressions of the final five housemates from what I experienced of them at the press conference:

On Terry Christian: Terry was exactly like you saw on TV. Down to earth, funny, the type of guy you’d like to go out for a pint with. Seems like a really decent bloke. As a settled family man, there was no scandal, and the press were left scratching their heads for questions to ask him – apart from the obvious ‘bring back The Word’ ones.

On Ben Adams: I’m inclined not to call being quiet or slightly dull a personality deficiency like most people. Ben seems to be a nice guy, he’s just not quick with the one-liners, especially in a house with characters like Coolio and Terry and Verne.

On Verne Troyer: Verne’s an interesting character. I suspect he’s spent much of his life being patronized, but still manages to take it with such good grace. He’s a shy enough fella, but has no problem standing up for himself – he took Coolio to task for answering a journalist’s question on his behalf.

On Coolio: No joke – you could literally hear Coolio before you could see him. It was how we knew the celebs had re-entered the Big Mouth studio for the press conference. He didn’t shut up during the entire session and was funny for about 35% of it. Much as the world will always be indebted to him for Gangsta’s Paradise, he’s surprisingly annoying – I wouldn’t want to be cooped up in a house with him for a month.

On Ulrika Jonsson: I want to give Ulrika the benefit of the doubt – she’s been burned by the press on many occasions, and her attitude toward the journalists was sharp and seemed unfriendly. If you saw her on Big Mouth you’ll know what I mean. It was like she’d done her job and now wanted to go home. But on the other hand, she may have been uncomfortable being the center of attention.

Either way, as the winner of the show, she didn’t give the journalists much to work with – to be fair, the lines of questioning were either about her family or private life or about her fee. But what else do you ask Ulrika?

I’m going to bed now…

…so I’m going to sum things up. In what was largely a fairly calm household, there were very few axes to grind. And the five celebs left at the end were seasoned enough to know not to give a scandal away for free. Let’s see what comes out when the megabucks rounds of interviews and magazine deals are done.

Anyway, having seen some of the highlights on the show this evening, the 2009 celebrity housemates did a damned entertaining job, didn’t they? I don’t need to read about them hating each other in the papers.

Congratulations to Big Brother though, for managing to bounce back so well. I think this series has proved that there may well be life in the old dog yet, and that it might still be too early to write the all-seeing eye off!

My one parting comment to you though – isn’t it funny how this year was so entertaining, yet there wasn’t one mention of ‘evil’ Big Brother? Maybe it’s time to retire that tactic…

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Ben finished in fifth place, Verne in fourth, Coolio in third, Terry Christian in second and Ulrika won! Was anyone else surprised by the result?

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Ben Adams has been evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house.

Ben finished in fifth place leaving Ulrika, Verne, Terry and Coolio to battle it out for the winners title. Ben received 15.2% of the total votes cast.

I think Ben did quite well to get this far. Let’s face it, the boy was nice to look at but his personality was…..well…..nonexistant!

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The boyfriend of Celebrity Big Brother housemate, Michelle Heaton, has said that speculation of how she is ‘getting on’ with Ben Adams doesn’t worry him at all because there is no chemistry between the pair.

Hugh told New! magazine: “There’s no chemistry between them. Michelle and I wouldn’t have a good relationship if I got jealous of her just talking to a lad!”

Hugh added: “Michelle and Ben knew each other before they went into the house, so obviously they’re going to hang out together. Ben’s a lovely fella – I’m not worried. Michelle just got a bit wound up by how derogatory Coolio was about their friendship.”

I think that Hugh is either lying or slightly simple. If reports are to believed, the woman cheated on her husband numerous times earlier this year, why wouldn’t she do the same on a relatively new boyfriend.

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A male/female divide has emerged in the Big Brother house this week and Ben Adams doesn’t know which side to choose.

He’s the only man left in the girls bedroom and when the girls are ripping the back out of alpha males like Terry and Coolio, quiet little Ben just sits in the corner and quietly nods his head.

Last night even La Toya Jackson revealed that she doesn’t think he is a ‘real man’ as she compared him to her brothers. She said:

“You’re delicate, you’re like my brothers. They’re not really men.”

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Celebrity Big Brother housemate Terry Christian has been taking his powers for granted today and slated many of his fellow housemates during a rant session.

Terry was named King for the day and all the housemates had to wait hand and foot on him. During his reign he revealed:

“Honestly, I liked Liberty X but I wouldn’t have bought any of their cacky records,” he said.

“Some of them were nice to have a bop to but those leather outfits? It was just titillation for dirty old men – which reminds me – tell Coolio he can come back in.”

He also called Lucy “some bird who gets her tits out in the papers” and called A1 a “fourth rate Take That band”.

Miaowwww !

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Terry Christian has nominated a fellow housemate again today and the little known Ben Adams has been his third victim.

As head of house Terry has already nominated Ulrika Jonsson and Lucy Pinder for eviction and as part of today’s task he was asked to chose the housemate with the least integrity to join the lineup.

Terry was allowed to name three people to be called to the diary room and was played back the footage of them giving their frank and honest opinions of him. Terry asked for Ben, Mutya and Michelle to be tested but unfortunately for him they all raved about what a nice guy he was, making the decision a hard one.

In the end Terry opted for Ben as he felt he was the most able to survive eviction, but I wouldn’t be so sure. Ulrika is bound to have a fan base, even if it is just people who want to hear more sordid details of her love life and I’m sure their are loads of horny lads who will keep Lucy Pinder in, but the former boyband star turned nobody….what’s the chances?

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Celebrity Big Brother housemate, Ben Adams revealed how hard he found it after his band A1 split up and how the industry turned against him.

Ben recalled: “As soon as A1 finished, that was it. No one would answer my calls and my phone stopped ringing. I didn’t get invited to any parties or anything.”

Awww poor Ben! His phone should ring for at least two weeks after he finishes Big Brother, so that will be nice for him…..

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Ben Adams entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on the 2nd of January 2009.

Ben is probably the least famous ‘celebrity’ in the house, though people say they do remember him as a singer from the cheesy boyband A1.

Ben is now a songwriter and producer and recently worked on tracks with X Factor winner, Alexandra Burke.

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Former A1 singer, Ben Adams has been rumoured to have signed up for Celebrity Big Brother 2009.

The Daily Star have rumoured that Adams will be joining Verne Troyer, Lucy Pinder and Michelle Heaton in the Big Brother house this January.

Adams used to date S Club 7 singer and former Celebrity Big Brother 5 contestant Jo O’Meara.

“It is pure coincidence that we have a link to the past show which caused all the controversy,” said a source.

“Ben is there solely on his own merit.”

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