Tracey, Kara-Louise and Jonty up for eviction - two to go on Friday

So, as we move towards the final week, it looks like we're going to start getting rid of some housemates at last - maybe even Tracey "Worzel Gummidge" Barnard, who knows?

Tracey, Kara-Louise and Jonty are up for eviction this week, with two to be evicted on Friday. I have to say that, aside from her copious weeping, Kara-Louise has made almost no impression on me whatsoever, so if she goes, I'm probably not going to miss her - or, indeed, notice. Jonty... well, Jonty is still an enigma to me. While he seems like a reasonably nice guy, there's still something about him that stops me liking him unreservedly. Maybe it's his predilection for teddy bears, which is just a tad unusual in a man his age, or maybe it's just that he hasn't been around for as long as the other, more familiar house mates. Let's face it, he's not going to win it, so it doesn't really matter much if he goes, either, does it?

And then there's Tracey. "Trace". 'Av it. 'Deal wiv it'. I've always been ambivalent about Worzel. During Charley's reign of terror, she wound me up big time, by her insistence on pandering to Charley's ego. I've also been made suspicious by her vehement opposition to makeup - I mean, WHY? Why does Worzel feel so threatened by lipstick and mascara, yet makes such an effort with her self-consciously "wacky" hairdo?
Ah, the wackiness. Here we start to get at the real reason why I can't love Tracey. Tracey, you see, is the quintessential Big Brother contestant. She is obsessed with the idea of being "real" and being "honest". She's "just Trace". She would say it to your face, you know. The etiquette task totally freaked her out because it forced her to compromise her "realness" - and this is what Tracey is all about. If she doesn't have the ability to tell us over and over again how "real" and "honest" she is, she doesn't really have much, does she?

I think Jonathan (remember him? ) had Tracey sussed, way back in week  whatever-the-hell-it-was. "It's impossible to get to know someone who just repeats the same stock catchphrases all the time" said Jonathan. Yes. It is. And while  I don't  dislike Tracey, I think her time is up. It's time for Tracey to be evicted - and to "deal wiv it".