Was the decision to put Jon back into the house (face it, it was always going to be Jon) an act of desperation or inspired genius? It’s a far better idea than the imposition of the self titled “upper class bird” Lisa. Upper Class Bird? I ask you!

Brittle is the word that comes to mind when I think of Lisa. I’m not entirely convinced she was mentally equipped to deal with the pressures of being a late arriving housemate. I just hope she copes with barrage of hardly uplifting press coverage she’s been getting. Let’s hope she doesn’t live to regret the Big Brother experience.

One person whose been loving every minute of it would seem to be the phenomenon that is Jon Tickle. Jon was playing his own weird game from he start and now armed with all the knowledge he’s gleaned from the outside, he’s in an ideal position to stir things up. The difference is that last time, Jon’s target seemed to Big Brother, this time it’s his fellow housemates that are likely to have their heads played with.

The arrival of the guru of toast should at least ensure that the last week, traditionally a bit of a low point due to lack of bodies, should be worth watching.

Scott was extremely wary when Lisa first arrived and his facial expressions when Jon appeared showed that beneath it all he was none too happy to see his former roomie back in the house. Scott has played the game brilliantly, even when faced with the Lisa wild card, but he’ll be aware that no any strategy he can come up with to cope with the current situation can be countered by Jon. The plus side for Scott must be at least that he now has someone he can have an intelligent conversation with.

Nush’s reaction to Jon’s arrival has probably put the last nail in the coffin of her relationship with Steph. She’s not exactly hurling herself at the blokes but she’d flirt with anything in trousers and Steph has finally cracked. The situation sent to her scurrying to the diary room for only her second voluntary visit. She’s clearly rattled.

Ray and Cameron seemed most pleased to see Jon, Ray excited and full of questions as to what Big Brother was up to. Both of these guys may have the most to fear from the Jedi’s return. Ray’s spat with Jon the day before his eviction had a fundamental effect on the voting in my opinion. Jon not only has that axe to grind but had said repeatedly in his first week of freedom that he wanted Ray out. His comment on entry that he wanted to find the real Cameron bodes for good viewing. Jon has never been that afraid to speak his mind and he faces a far more confident and fortright Cam than the one he left three weeks ago. Sparks could really fly.

I’m still intrigued as to why I haven’t been swept along by the small, but growing anti-Cameron faction. I think the problem is that either I’m simply not catching Cammy’s worst moments or I simply don’t see them as being that bad. I thought his attitude to Lisa was superb and the comment that he’d like to put his own thumb on her windpipe was one of the highlights’s of the show so far. I’ve really enjoyed Cameron’s revitalised persona since he returned from Randburg,

The whole anti-Cameron mob can’t all be wrong however. The editing of the highlights show could well be the reason that I’m not seeing Cameron the way others do. I also think that way it’s been cut this year has made the house seem less interesting than it actually is. A case in point was Wednesday night’s antics. There was enough material there for three or four highlights show but it was glossed over in a few minutes in Thursday’s package and the juiciest bits simply weren’t shown at all.

Nush continues to blow hot and cold with Scott and Jon’s arrival is likely to further complicate matters. While Steph is favourite to go next, Nush could be in danger of going and she may need to turn up the heat in her relationship with one of the boys to save herself.