Where to begin as my illustrious collegue pointed out. Ack..
I think it's fair to say that myself and the Wackster didn't see Nikki coming. At most I thought she was going in to be the new totally clueless housemate that didn't know that the Earth was round, or something along those lines.
Nikki was so much more than this. While not being the brightest hat in the tree (?) was far from Emma and Jade proportions of galactic stupidity and at times was infact quite shrewd and savvy with a quite developed ability to parody which I always respect. But it was the first tantrum that did it. I think it's fair to say that it took the nation by surprise when she went off the handle over the bottled water and water-proof make-up remover. The sheer triviality of it. I mean, Dawns best moment was the expression of disbelief she had plastered on her face as a tiny little pixie princess was going psycho crazy next to her. Thus began my love/hate relationship with the Nikkster. On one side I was doubled over by her antics and the sheer comedy that her daily tantrums produced but at the same time I was annoyed that anyone could be so spoilt and refuse to take other peoples considerations into account. Nikki's ability to seemingly see her own flaws and express that she was a spoilt kid who couldn't help having tantrums and was a pain-in-arse really did help her to not be so loathed and she will be remembered as the housemate of BB7.
Nikki was a bit crazy to be honest. I mean, there can be no doubt. I'm not going to go into her anorexia, her attempted suicide and being sectioned but Big Brother this year did put a lot of vulnerable people into that house.
For me she really made this BB worth watching and for that she is to be commended. She was brilliant television and really brought laughter to the nation so she cant' be all that bad. On reflection I think her eviction came a week early. She should of stayed in another week and then gone and not come back. Coming back did her no favors.
She hadn't improved and had managed to start having tantrums on even more trivial matters (how was this possible!?) and it was quite apparant that she had a bitchy side to her when it came down to slating her other housemates most notiably Aisleyene. Her slagging down of Aisleyene with Gracie in the secret house did her no favours and going on what could be described as a campaign of hate against her on the outside world by an overly dramatic person (me) while all the while Aisleyene thought they were friends and even going so far as to vote the little tyrant back in and prefusley apologise about one thing she said to her weeks ago while Nikki gave no such ground back and continued to bitch about her right to the end. That's why she got booed and she did deserve it but hell, I still felt a pang of emotion for the poor lass as she came down the stairs to that reception. The main draw of BB7 and one of the best housemates of all time.
Was she a good housemate: Yes. One of the best of all time. Whether you hated her or loved her there is no denying that she was an absolutley fierce housemate (as Gracie would say) and is responsible for ratings being higher than last year. Big Brother scored big with Nikki and she didn't dissapoint providing something to laugh about EVERY SINGLE DAY she was in the house. What more can you ask for? Some percieved journey, reflection and change? Well it would be nice but I think the girl is ill and needs to see a shrink with about 12 PhD's.
Best moment: Too many to list here, (look at Wackys list) but my personal favourite was probably the MP3 player incident. I was in tears.