Dermot O'Leary tops list of most desirable

Don't want to alienate the boys too much (hey I give you endless pictures of Kelly Brook, don't I?) but I have to say this is a case of the evidence supporting what we've always suspected... Dermot O'Leary is the ideal partner. Well, at least 30% ideal, which is a pass mark in our book. Our maths book. Anyway, what was I saying. Oh yes. 32% of women polled by Wedding TV, which apparently is a real channel, voted Dermot as number one partner material. There's a full list after the 'continue' button, but for now I'm wondering, as the marvellous Anna Pickard in the Guardian is also wondering, were the people polled just asked to pick from a pre-set list of men? A list which, as you'll see, includes Tony Blair? And doesn't this make these boys' desirability all a bit... relative?

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Big Brother 8 - Is three months too long?

Three. Long. Hard. Gruelling. Months.Big Brother 8 has been on our TVs since time began... or at least it feels that way. When I think of when I did the liveblog of the opening night, it feels like peering into a time long forgotten... a time when BB8 didn't exist.

So, when the Big Brother producers are looking at Big Brother 9, should they think about trimming the amount of time in the house down? In my mind, nothing of real worth has happened in the past month that couldn't have been put in earlier... as in... all the best moment of late have been task related. With the show being dragged out for so long, they had to meddle with how the housemates come and go from the house... a few of them could have easily been spared from our screen (I'm thinking Shabnam, Leslie, Nikki). Should the producers be a bit more frugal next time 'round? Or am I just suffering from the BB blues?

Why is there a target on the floor of the Big Brother house?

Since Davina gave the target on the living room floor a sly wink and said words to the effect of "don't stand on the target whatever you do!", it has had me puzzling. It's still there and it has still done nothing. Nada. Zilch. So what is it? Why is it there?

Initially, I thought it may be some kind of prank. Whoever stands on it (for long enough) immediately faces the public vote. However, I've seen the BB inmates hopping around on it and to no avail. Maybe the winner stands on it and is transported to some other winner's room where Davina will hold the interview? Maybe it's going to be integral to some task? All I know is, this thing has been doing my head in and it better not be a red herring... or I'll sulk.

Has Big Brother passed its sell-by-date?

Is it me, or is BB8 already feeling a bit tired and worn out? This year, Big Brother is far from boring with a clutch of incidents to keep us twittering by the water cooler, but it feels like it has failed to really capture the nation enough to keep it well and truly rapt. If that is the case, then why do we (well, maybe it's just me) feel like this?

The third Big Brother is widely regarded as the most boring BB in history... much like a band struggling to come up with a decent third album ('difficult third album syndrome). Now, Big Brother feels like the release of a new Rolling Stones LP. Hardly offensive, but by the same token, not really received with welcoming arms and ears. Big Brother is beginning to smell a bit funky.

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Big Brother's Big Moyles

I was sat on the edge of my sofa as Big Brother's Big Mouth returned last night, genuinely undecided as to whether Moyles would manage to pull out all the stops and lay the ghost of original host Russell Brand to rest. After a cracking opening show with some of the most... well, 'interesting' housemates ever, would the BBBM ship fall flat without Brand's Captain Jack at the helm?

Well, whatever you thought of Moyles' first crack last night, it certainly came in with all guns blazing. The rowdy audience, joined by Gareth Gates and Coleen Nolan, ("What a coup for the first show, what a coup", Moyles joked at one point) made sure the content was kept pretty close to the bone.

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Contestants to be eaten by "Big Mouth"?

As Big Brother 8 prepares for launch tonight, there are loads of rumours flying around about the identities of the housemates. But one thing’s for sure - the potential evictees won’t be getting an easy ride on this year’s Big Brother’s Big Mouth.

Series 8’s contestants are rumoured to include a cleaner and a lapdancer, the oldest contestant to enter the house so far and a child genius who could read before they were three. To spice things up, nine out of the twelve contestants entering the house tonight are apparently single.

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