Big Brother 2014: 'Toya Washington creates her own sex wars in the house'

By Reliable Click

Monday 23 Jun 2014

 

Toya blasts Ash and Winston [Channel 5]

'Proving the saying about power corrupting absolutely, BB housemate Toya became the housemates’ first democratically-appointed power housemate. 

'Following on from Perilous Pauline with her autocratic system of rules and punishments, and hot on the heels of  shadowy ‘secret’ power player Chris with his induced paranoia, Toya was selected for her wisdom, her fairness and her ability to be calm under pressure. 

'Toya was the one to restore adult harmony to the House, with sidekick Matt there to be the Nick Clegg to her David Cameron.

'Sadly Toya turned feral after a few hours in the job, showering housemates with insults that were straight out of the box of psychological projection, as in: ‘You’ll all have to f---ing calm down’ (She was the only one who was losing it) ‘You are all showing your true colours now’ (She was the only one really revealing a nastier side) and ‘You’re disrespecting me’ (To someone she had just sworn at).

Toya and Matthew toast to the power [Channel 5]

In body language terms Toya was clearly channelling Madonna in the role of Evita as her leadership role model, sitting quaffing champagne in the power pod high above the garden, while the lower orders sat below watching as she decided their fate.

'The result was Fight Night 2 with new groups being created in a matter of moments in a bid to ward off her blistering and relentless attacks. 

'Even Helen turned peace-keeper at one stage, and anyone who has watched this series from the start will know how unlikely it was that the words ‘Helen’ and ‘Peace’ would ever appear in the same sentence together.

'I know the battles are still raging as I write but what has emerged so far has been Sex Wars, a male/female divide that was created by Perilous Pauline back in the day, as Ash, Marlon and Winston have all been put up for eviction, a slight which has had the effect of removing their collective manhoods and placing them together in a blender. 

Toya wants more drama in the house [Channel 5]

'This ‘Boys Club’ (With Steven thrown in for good measure) has remained relatively harmless so far, probably thanks to Perilous Pauline who kept them cyber-frozen in a state of childhood. 

'They guffawed over the girls and they pulled a few pranks, but for four burly lads who clearly all thought they had a bit of the reputation with the ladies outside the House, nine weeks of weeing on toilet seats and dive-bombing people in the pool was never really going to be enough, especially once Steven appeared to have pulled the only really available singleton in there in the shape of Kim.

'Toya’s mistake was to treat the housemates like low-ranking numbskulls. I said on the show that she had been cloning Pauline’s body language, all ‘don’t dare to defy me’ stares and stabbing gestures with her hands, and when Ash (the ‘cool, laid-back’ guy) dared to question Toya’s nomination decision  she kicked off, which was a grave mistake. 

'As she screamed and shouted she ensured the Boys’ Club would have to stand up to her or risk waving goodbye to their man points for ever. 

Toya says she wants to move out [Channel 5]

'Winston waded in and then Marlon. In terms of leadership Toya made so many very basic mistakes that I hardly know where to begin, but many of them were visual, like swanning off to the loo with Matt to discuss nominations in secret; or her habit of stabbing her finger towards her victims in a metronomic mimed attack as she shouts or even speaks. 

'Often it’s hard to tell if she is telling an enemy off or having a discussion with an ally. Her eyebrows raise and her eye get wide and she has even taking to wearing her sunglasses under her chin, like the strap of a military helmet.

'Matt was another mistake. Matt is smart, quiet and rather nice. Canny leaders normally choose a less popular type to act as their enforcer. 

'A bruiser of an enforcer will get things done while deflecting the resentment away from the leader. Toya clearly thought she could sort out the house single-handedly in the style of Pauline, but what she’s done is to split it into sharpened shards. 

Toya promised to cause a stir inside the nation's most famous house [Channel 5]

'What were odds and ends and stragglers are now cementing into small armies that might fight each other as well as battling her. 

'Toya is now up for nomination herself and her ego-saver is to claim she’s glad because she wants to go. But even if she does we shouldn’t expect peace. 

'The kind of power-base Pauline carved out for herself left a power vacuum when she was evicted. That vacuum could be a constant feature, meaning each time a ‘leader’ goes someone else will step up to fill the void with their own brand of bossiness.'

Judi James, body language expert [PhilipWade]