Jade Goody's mum Jackiey Budden has been evicted from the Celeb Big Brother house in a surprise eviction (a surprise to the celebs, not to the viewers, the viewer-voted eviction process not really working if you keep it a secret from the viewers). Jade's boyfriend Jack Tweedy was actually the bookie's favourite to be voted off the show, but it transpired that being the most irritating person on the show (possibly in the world) does sometimes get you kicked off.
As previously reported, Jade Goody, her boyfriend and her mother all moved into the CBB house last week, much to the annoyance of the celebs already in the house (and especially Towers Of London man Donny Tourette and film director Ken Russell who both promptly quit the show). Actually, the celebs are going to be even more annoyed with Jade et al when they get out of the house, because her arrival on the show has seriously dented viewing figures and therefore will impact on the publicity they get out of appearing. In fact bookies are reporting that they are now taking more bets on ITV's rival show Soapstar Superstar than on CBB.
William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams: "Before the new series started, it would have been unthinkable that any show would turn over more than Big Brother, which has always been the powerhouse of TV betting. But Soapstar has comfortably done that this week. We are putting it down to the Goody factor, which has confused punters. We can only hope that they will be voted out before everyone turns off."
In case anyone out there is interested, former A-Team actor Dirk Benedict and former Kenny Everett sidekick Cleo Rocos are now favourites to win.