Maxus….Please Leave the Big Brother House!

By Kate Rigby, Media Manager on 03/02/2012

Now that the humiliation of the shameless Z-list celeb schmoozing has subsided, I feel able to share with you our night at the Celebrity Big Brother 2012 Final last Friday (27th Jan). A few Maxus bods were lucky enough so get VIP access to the last live show, along with Plusnet who were proud sponsors of the series.

We arrived at Elstree Studios around 7pm via a VIP coach (avec cava), courtesy of our friends at Channel 5. During pre-show drinks in the bar we’d already spotted Amy Childs and Harry from TOWIE, and BB8 winner Brian Belo. Result. Things were looking promising! We were then escorted outside (brrrrrr!!) to watch all the action unfold. We were just one row behind Amy and her TOWIE crew, and I was particularly miffed that she was allowed her diamante-encrusted phone out, yet us civilians weren’t. The injustice!

As you may know, Denise Welch was crowned the winner. I have to admit I don’t get it myself, but well done to Denise. We ended up making friends with her dad in the bar after the show. I only learnt afterwards that he’s a drag queen!

Once the CBB housemates had done their part on sister show CBB Bit on the Side, they all started piling into the bar. No one was more excited than our Stuart, who proved himself to be a bit of a closet celeb enthusiast. The initial shyness of asking celebs for a posed photo soon dissolved. Before long we were making friends with So Solid Crew, telling Lisa Maffia she was “well fit”, lecturing Natasha Giggs on her affair (but agreeing that she was in fact a lovely girl, and the most beautiful of all the housemates), telling Nicola we weren’t a fan of her in the house but loved her in real life, and watching Natalie Cassidy spend all night tweeting instead of talking to the people there.

In terms of viewing figures, Friday night’s final exceeded expectations with an average audience of just over 3m viewers (1.2m ABC1 Adults). The night peaked at 3.6m as Denise was declared the winner, beating the 3.5m viewers for last September’s final. CBB has been Channel Five’s highest rated show of the year so far, and in fact achieved a greater audience than any other programme on Five in 2011 (with the exception of CBB 2011). All in all, it’s proven to be a great start to 2012.

Any of your own celeb party stories are very welcome.