NIGHT TWENTY THREE - NOMINATIONS

Tim... Really?

Ben... Really? Over coffee...

The two of you are definitely off the Christmas card list. We're obviously stoked Ed dodged nominations but I can't help but feel for Ed. I know he has some critics who are suggesting he's 'playing the game' or he's 'boring', what makes it so frustrating is that he is neither. Ask anyone close to Ed, or anyone who has worked with him, in everyday life he acts exactly the same way. He opens doors for strangers, he asks questions like 'what can I do to help?', he likes to make people feel comfortable and he doesn't generally like to argue (not to say that he never does).

Watching nominations and the show, I've been surprised by how I react to negative talk regarding Ed. Obviously I am protective of my brother, but its more the ignorance of people who suggest that he's something he's not in there that has really got to me. Why would people nominate him for being too nice? It baffles me.

I do agree that Ed maybe floating through these early stages, but I can assure you its not a tactic, he's warming to the new environment. I dont think its wrong of me to point out, but Ed would hold onto the knowledge of knowing he's being filmed 24 hours a day longer than some of the other HMs. As time passes I know we will see sides of Ed the public may not have known he possess'. I can already see that things are getting to him and trust me, when, not if, WHEN Ed gets into an argument he does not back down and it will make for fantastic viewing!

#team_ed #BBAU @edbbau

NIGHT TWENTY TWO - DOUBLE EVICTION

Dear Ed,


Good to see you are being a bit stronger with Jade now and not beating around the bush...
Jade doesn't seem to be getting the hint though!!
Double eviction tonight - it would have been better to see Tully go as I think she is being too emotional and I don't know how well she is handling it in the house. I think you and Xavier were getting quite close so I can imagine you'd be upset seeing him leave.

I bet you are loving having Mr Clooney around the place - I think you should train him like you did with your puppy Ralphy! Oh but then you gave him away....

Surely Mikkayla will be up for nomination next week... she would have to be the luckiest housemate in the history of BB to be saved twice!! I am pretty sure Caleb and Matt will nominate her as she chose to put Matt in the halfway house last week. My money is on her going next week.

Good luck and keep having fun!!

Love Milly

#team_ed #edbbau #bbau #edwillwinthisyear

SHOWDOWN NIGHT II

Good one Ed... first one to drop form the bar! How could you let Mikkayla beat you? Or... was it tactical?

It was good to see Tully win, its certainly going to send Twitter into over drive with her choice of Tahan as her Presidential suite partner! I think the majority of the Australian male public will all be wondering what they get up to... I think watch movies a braid hair!

The week to come will be huge! A double eviction, the wall falls and another twist to come! The double eviction will be a massive shock to the HMs. If I were a beating man, I think we'll see Rohan and Tully leave the house. If Mikkayla hadn't been swapped I would have put her in that category along with Rohan for sure.

Enjoy the week to come, make sure you all keep watching!!

#team_ed #BBAU @edbbau

NIGHT EIGHTEEN - CLOONEY?

Seems like it was another EDisode tonight! Continuing the theme of Ed's kissing escapades (which I have certainly seen enough of) Big Brother played the inquisitive brother and asked him every question under the sun about the two kisses. I must admit he deflected the questions nicely, using the gallantry cards of ' a gentleman never kisses and tells'... touche Ed. 

Ed and George Clooney

It was good to see Ed get involved in a practical joke about him cutting his hand last night, but I would have thought he could have played it out a little longer! It would have been hilarious to see Jade or Jas pack his bags for him! He has never been the best at keeping a straight face. I remember in year 4 we swapped classes at school. I was more than happy to play it out for the day, but of course Ed ruined it! I think he thought the teachers were onto us so he confessed to not being 'Nick'.... I'm sure we could have stayed on another for the day!

Did anyone really think the real George Clooney would make an appearance? As believable as the HMs would have liked it to be, getting a friendly dog as a new housemate was probably the next best thing- it could have been a lot worse! I know one HM that would be super excited about the new addition...ED! He absolutely loves dogs. So much so that he had a self made rule to not walk past pet shops. Although one day he forgot his rule and came home with a puppy he called Ralphy! He knew he couldn't house a dog in his apartment so 12 months later he had to pass on Ralphy to our great mate Nick Rees. Hopefully he doesn't leave the house with Mr. Clooney because our apartment isn't big enough for that thing!

Now, on another topic- hasn't the tension in the house gone to another level..? It seems that Mikkayla is now enemy #1 of Caleb, Tully and Matt. As Tim said, 'I'm glad Mikkayla got to make the decision' and I agree, it will make for great viewing. It's going to be interesting to see the pressure mount over the next few weeks within the house. I think we're on the edge of a boil over... Most likely between the girls! I think my moneys on Tully if it turns into a fist fight... I think she could throw them!

#team_ed #BBAU @edbbau

NIGHT SEVENTEEN - JadED???

MILLY-

Dear Ed,

What the hell is going on? Jade one night, Jas the next? Poor Jade was in tears when you were dared to kiss Jas... I loved that you were snoring in the bed next to her oblivious to her sobbing haha poor girl. Interesting way of trying to tell Jade you're not interested as well! You could probably work on your rambling....

Some of my favourite lines:

Ed: "So I don’t I don’t want you to feel

stupid or anything like. I feel bad even saying it but, I just, I feel weird just doing it, sleeping in a bed for some reason. I’m not s- I’m not fifteen, I know that! But it’s not a normal place you know what I mean?"

Jade: "Are you just talking about the bed situation or are you talking about the whole thing? Because now I’m starting to feel stupid..."

Ed: "NO! No don’t feel stupid at all! I meant obviously the bed sorta stuff and that sorta stuff just started from whatever and as as we said... you know I I’m happy to play along with it, but in like here’s different to what we do. If I met you anywhere else other than this. I don’t want you thinking it’s anything other than that. That, that’s all it is and I thought I’d tell you. Now I feel stupid for telling you..."

Jade : "I feel like I’m just getting dumped right now and I don’t know why."

Ed: "You’re not getting dumped at all.....We have to be going out to get dumped don’t we?" 

Hahahaha you were so confused, and made the situation even more confusing!!

I also don't know about JadEd - couldn't they have come up with something a bit better?

Your promise of not hooking up in the house has been shot down in two weeks with both Jade and Jas within a 24 hour period...

I wonder who will be swapped from the halfway house - you are one of the lucky ones having been in the safe house the whole time!
Hopefully Tahan's prediction of you winning the show will be true. Funny how some people think it's a strategy to be nice to everyone.. It will be interesting to see who votes you strategically. I was waiting to hear if one of the HMs you heard with your superpower were going to nominate you - awkward!!!! Even more than after kissing Jade if that is at all possible!

Good luck
XXX
#team_ed #bbau09

NIGHT SIXTEEN - NOMINATION NIGHT...ED'S POWER

Dear Ed,

What the hell are you doing? Watching you tonight was one of the most awkward and cringe worthy nights of television I have ever endured. Have you forgotten there are hundreds of cameras in the house? Seriously... that was embarrassing. I know how awkward the situation must have been for you after you realised that the kiss had been caught on camera. Knowing you I know exactly what you were trying to do by coming clean to Jade, but wow dude, you need to work on your delivery of awkward conversations! We'll work on it when you get out.

Not to worry, I just hope you don't let that get to you. You seemed a little down at nominations- I know you would have replayed that scenario in your head thousands of times already, but seriously, forget about it. All of Australia would have by the end of the week!

In other news good choices for nominations! Quite a bonus to listen in on some of your HM's nominations- if I were you I'd remember what Tim said about 'meat heads'. I think that was aimed at you!

Chin up little brother, tomorrows another day! All of Australia would know she was coming on strong....

#team_ed  #BBAU

NIGHT FIFTEEN - FIRST EVICTION

Eviction night saw Ed's Presidential Suite partner, Sharon, become the first evictee of Big Brother 2013. The drawn out process had us all ride the wave of emotion with her, but as I said from the beginning my gut said Sharon would go. As lovely as she maybe it must have been difficult for a mother of 3 to be away from kids for so long! Now the first eviction has passed, it will be interesting to see what affect this has on the chemistry of the house. I have a feeling the HM's may now begin to 'play the game' even more so, with the realisation now setting in that Big Brother is a game and not a holiday!

In other news... who saw Ed and Jade kiss? Yuckkkk. It's weird seeing your brother kiss at any stage, but on National T.V is 10 times worse. He's certainly going to cop a spray from my sister when he's out! Now I know everyone will be building up the fact that something might be going on, but you've heard it form his twin brother's mouth- NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. Jade is obviously an attractive girl and I'm sure very lovely, but the locking of lips was of a friendly gesture from Ed's point of view. I've studied the vision a number of times trying to decipher his body language and due to the fact we have the same moves, trust me, he wasn't pulling any!

We hope you've enjoyed watching Ed give more and more of his personality over the last 2 weeks. If you think Ed's just 'laying low' or may not be contributing, just give it time. Ed is currently portraying his natural qualities and as time passes he will only drop his guard even more allowing the public complete access to the Ed we all know and love. He certainly does have an wild side to him! A wild side that I'm sure we will see soon...

#BBAU #team_ed

ED WINNER OF SATURDAY SHOWDOWN!!

MILLY

Ed is the saturday night showdown winner... AMAZING!!

Wow I had absolutely no idea how good Ed is at "twerking" seeing as he's never done it before (so he said) 225 twerks a minute! Twerking has become a celebrity craze, especially with Miley Cyrus. See this clip of Miley discussing her twearking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P90tzNodVzY

I didn't think he was going to make it through after his team lost the spelling round but luckily BB gave them another chance. Good to see Ed got the most points for "Australia's population"...

Ed is becoming quite well known around Melbourne now - word is there were some excited squeals and finger pointing then shrieks of "it's Ed" from a pack of frenzied school girls as Nick was casually strolling through the city last week! hahaha

Ed choosing Sharon to take into the presidential suite was not a strategic move as some say!

Mikkalah and Tim both need to leave! Ed will choose the right housemate with his superpower so both are nominated again... both Mikkalah and Tim were really rude to poor Ed the other night so I'm sure he will nominate both again anyway....

Hilarious how Ed is being dubbed "Prince charming".... he does have good manners but there is definitely another side to him too!

#bbau #team_ed

NIGHT TWELVE - B'DAY TIME!

Dear Ed,

How are things in the house? Which are you enjoying more... being woken every morning by lights being turned on or waking up next to Ben?

Tonight was a short episode but had the most potential for entertainment. As you would know tonight was Jade's 23rd birthday. I'm sure you were looking forward to a huge night of partying (which I know all the viewers of the show were too), but unfortunately instead of the wild night of drinking, which you all would be craving, we watched you all be invited to a Princess themed party... for a 23 year old! I bet it was a hoot..!

I haven't spoken to Mum or Milly yet, but I bet they're stoked you hooked up on national T.V, especially Milly. Well even if they're not, Dad and I am. Well done bro! About time.

Although we watched you party (hardly) on TV tonight, I think as I write this you are in the middle of the Saturday night games- which you film on a Friday night. Good Luck, we all hope you take it out! If you do and you win the super powers for nomination, stick with your same votes from last week. Tim and Mikkayla will get double points... you'll want that to happen, they weren't overly nice to you the other night!

Chat soon

#BBAU #team_ed

INSIDE LOCKDOWN

Ed (back right) on a boys trip to NYC 2011. Nick Rees (front left)

Hey! My name is Nick Rees, I spent the week with Ed in lockdown on the Gold Coast. Lockdown was a strange experience, when we arrived from the airport they took us to the Hilton where we spent the week. They immediately took our mobiles and gave us a rundown, telling us that we weren't allowed to leave the room unless our chaperone 'Luke' (legend) was with us. We weren't allowed to watch T.V but we were allowed to bring in a hard drive so we loaded one up with heaps of movies and T.V series. We smashed lots of Game of Thrones, Sons Of Anarchy, Suits and How to Make It In America. Aside from the movies, Ed and I did kickboxing twice a day and found anything we could to do a workout with in the room. We wrote a shopping list every two days for the BB team to get us and cooked up healthy meals (our list was apparently about 10X bigger than any other housemates). Ed also cleaned flat out as usual!

Aside from being locked in the room, Ed was asked to do a couple of photo shoots for channel 9 and various other magazines throughout the days - a nice break from the T.V series. It seemed as though Ed wasn't exactly the natural male model - he was totally embarrassed at all the different poses they asked him to do, but in the end he got through.

During the 'down time' we talked about everything imaginable BB, particularly the twist - Ed thought there would be two houses!

Despite the relatively uneventful week in lock down, he was in good spirits when I left him. But at the last minute, it had just started to dawn on him he was about to go into the house. Like true men, we hugged it out and went our separate ways.

All in all, I think he is doing really well in the house and the way he is being portrayed is awesome.  The housemates and public still have more of his funny side to see and I am excited to see if anything happens with Jade? I'm sure you are all enjoying watching him as much as I am!  

#team_ed 

Reesy

NIGHT ELEVEN - NOT HAPPY...

Dear Tim an Mikkayla,

As Ed's older brother I didn't appreciate your words towards my little brother tonight! Tim would be amazed if he knew the things Ed got up to in the real world. To suggest he is 'boring' is laughable... Ed certainly isn't as extroverted as you Tim or as self centered, he actually just happens to be considerate of others feelings and does his best to make sure everyone else is happy, not just himself. 

As for Mikkayla, to write "Ed should drop the 'good guy act' and show his true emotions" is impossible. He is showing his true emotions, he just doesn't cry at the drop of the hat due to circumstances that are occurring within a game. Ed's a leveled headed guy and assess all situations on their merit. To suggest he may be putting on a 'good guy act' shows how little quality time you must have spent with him. All that aside, to write that down is one thing, but to not add to the conversation over dinner and only say 'I'm just glad I sat next to you' is a cop out. If you have a suggestion that you are happy to be voiced to the group, maybe add your two cents!

And that's my rant for the night!

#team_ed #BBAU

NIGHT TEN - ED'S HATES AND HABITS

Lots happened on BB tonight! We found out a few more interesting facts about our favourite HM Ed.
1) He hates bananas
2) He's a snorer
3) He may snore, but apparently (according to Ben) he looks sexy doing it!

Having shared a room with Ed up until the tender age of 12, I know first hand how his snoring can ruin a good nights sleep! If I  had the chance to speak with Ben I could fill him in on what steps I took to prevent him from snoring:
- Rule one: You must roll him on his side.
- Rule two: If that fails, hitting him in the face with a pillow always seemed to worked like a charm!

I must admit I use to snore just as badly as Ed. He would constantly tell me how my snoring was louder than anyone could possibly scream. I never believed him, as he would never believe me when I complained about his. When I was 16 I had my tonsils removed due to tonsillitis. As a resulted, it put an end to my terrible sleeping habit! Unfortunately for Ed, his opportunity to have his tonsils removed never came his way! I bet now the nation knows that he's a snorer he's regretting not pushing harder to have them out!!

The twists and turns of the BB experience is starting to rear its head. Its all getting to Makkayla and Tully and it seems we're only getting closer to a very public breakdown! Could we see the first BB contestant walk out of the house?

Keep helping keep Ed in the house. I think he's growing closer to revealing his entire personality. It seems as though he's growing more and more comfortable by the day! Not long now until he's pulling out his terrible jokes and awful dance moves!! Stay tuned! #team_ed #BBAU

NIGHT NINE - NOMINATION NIGHT

Ed in the 'Nomination Chamber'

Nomination night is here! Lucky for Ed, he got through tonight unscathed, no thanks to Tahan's 'tactical vote'!

Interesting fact: 5 out of the 6 nominees are former Safe Housemates.

Tonight's show certainly exposed Tully's 'psychopathic' side. If she's finding things hard on day 9, imagine day 10...? Maybe the stress of the looming nominations was enough to send her mad. Being a social media expert, I'm sure she'll know deep down that social media would be going into melt down over her melt down tonight!

So in case you all missed it or switched off during Ed's heart felt explanation of his reasons behind his nominations, Ed voted Mikkayla (3) and Tim (2) to be evicted, with a lot of umm and ahh'ing in the middle! Would you have voted differently if you were Ed?

The week ahead will see Ed in the Safehouse with Tahan (which will make for an interesting week of made up love stories) Matt, Caleb, Ben (maybe more made up love stories?), Xavier, Heidi, Tully and the new late comers Lucy, Katie and Rohan. In our households opinion... he's done pretty well! Stoked he's safe for another week.

Help keep Ed in the BB House..! #team_ed

NIGHT EIGHT - THREE NEW FRIENDS

Well unfortunately the Showdown didn't go to plan for poor old Ed. But as he used to say back in his hay day as an AFL player "there's always next week!"

The weekend saw a gradual build in the Tahan 'love story' (which in our view does not exist) and the creation of the 'love triangle' story line with Jade since she is actually not married! It was hard not to notice who the first person to hug the 'newly single' Jade was!

We were surprised to hear Jade mentioned its a bonus, along with his his many other traits, that Ed 'can cook'...? Well he hardly does at home! They must have low standards. Hopefully he brings that skill back with him to Richmond.

Tonight we saw the inclusion of the latecomers Rohan, Lucy and Katie. Its certainly going to be interesting to see how the overly confident Rohan fits in. Hopefully there's a smoke machine in the house to keep him entertained!

We seem to think Ed may have missed his calling... This weekend instead of competing in the Showdown games maybe Ed should umpire them.  What do you think??

NIGHT FIVE - SATURDAY SHOWDOWN EVE!!

MILLY -

So.... BB was a short show tonight and not too much was going on with our favourite HM ED...

Luckily he is saving his energy as little does he know he will need it for tomorrow night when the Saturday Showdown begins!

http://www.bigbrother.com.au/video/?videoid=B070BB4B-1CDB-4EBE-85B9-24EB2272C6BF

Saturday Showdown is a weekly live games task that is running for the first four weeks of the show. Apparently the games will involve a combination of brains, physical ability and strategy. It's suspected that the twist will somehow affect the winner of the Saturday Showdown and the winner(s) will win special house privileges... But what will they be and what will this mean for Ed????

"Results and rewards from the showdown will have something to do with making them feel there's a bit of a hierarchy in the house." Host Shelly Craft told the Sunday Telegraph

So how will Ed or "Prince Charming" perform tomorrow night?

Saturday Showdown commentator and BB 2012 finalist, Michael Beveridge, tips Ed (or "Adelaide's favourite son" and "Melbourne's favourite man") as tomorrow's winner, suspecting that his sporting abilities will set him well ahead of his opponents...

We all know Ed is physically fit but just how will he go with the mental challenges???

Here is a taste for what's to come tomorrow night... #goed #BBAU #team_ed #edlowerbb2013winner

NIGHT FOUR - ED'S NOT PERFECT... BUT HE'S CLOSE

With all three of us having lived with Ed for over two years and in Nick's case, his whole life, we can well and truly say Ed is NOT perfect... but he's close! Like most, he has flaws. Although he struggled to pin-point any in tonight's episode, we thought we would name the few we could think of:

1. He's indecisive. It takes him forever to choose where to go out for breakfast, what clothes to wear, what direction to go when driving and you don't even want to know how long it takes him to decide on what coloured shoe laces to wear!
2. He is also known for his little 'white lies'. For example, if he's supposed to catch up with someone for a drink and he can't be bothered he would probably conjure up some ridiculous excuse like "Sorry, I'd love to, more than anything, but I'm on the way to hospital. I had to take my neighbour Rob there because he got shot by an intruder. The doctors have asked me to help out with the emergency surgery. Hopefully it doesn't take too long! If I get out of surgery early I'll see if I can get there..." Any normal person would usually just tell the truth and say that they can't be bothered.
3. Uses way to many #hashtags on Instagram.
4. He can't do one handed push ups... well maybe one
5. Get's 'your' and 'you're' mixed up no matter how hard he tries.

Heidi claims Ed's "not crazy like me!", but we can say first hand that Ed certainly has a 'crazy side' to him. Not so much in his quirkiness, as what you see currently on Big Brother is what you get - but he's certainly not as 'normal' as some might think! Speak to any of Ed's mates they could tell you many wild stories of nights out with Ed. He's even managed to write his name alongside many of North Melbourne's greats when he was awarded the illustrious 'Best on Footy Trip' award during his time at the club. A feat not many can claim to hold!

The person you seen brighten up your screen at home is the genuine person we have the privilege of coming home to. We are all proud that Ed the person can be shared with the rest of Australia. Keep watching #BBAU and make sure you become a #team_ed fan!

And if you still don't believe us, check out this ridiculous video of Ed at his best below...

INTERESTING FACTS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ED.....

MILLY - So it is now day four in the Big Brother house and it seems as though Ed is settling in quite well. I'm sure it won't be too long before he shows his true colours, but for those of you that don't know him all that well, here are some interesting facts about our favourite housemate that you may not know...

• He is a clean freak - he has even been caught washing his coloured shoelaces
• When he was little he couldn't pronounce the letter "L" and would replace it with a "Y" ie instead of calling me Milly, he called me "Mi-yee"
• He has been in two long term relationships
• His first job was as a ward assistant at St Andrews Hospital
• He can play the guitar, violin and drums
• He won the North Ballarat (VFL) B&F in 2007
• He has met the Prime Minister
• He has broken multiple bones including his collarbone, leg, arm, hand, all his fingers and big toe
• He eats nutella and milo straight from the jar
• He likes watching cooking shows
• He LOVES dogs especially puppies
• He will know the words to every top 40 song
• He has a birthmark on left arm

Keep tuning into BB to keep learning more about Ed!! #BBAU #team_ed