* Gabrielle Procter
While everyone including Nigel Pickard, ITV's director of programmes, seems to have written them off, for me Celebrity Love Island is the best thing on TV.
Compared with Big Brother, which is little more than an opportunity for 12 unappealing characters to prove just how awful they are, is it any wonder the nation is coming round to charms of the Sharpster (Lee Sharp) and the Shabster (Abi Titmuss), if not Paul Danan.
This week all the Big Brother housemates face eviction after another forgettable twist in the plot ... if only we could vote the lot out.
I'm not the only one who feels this way. One of the housemates has been receiving hate mail and yesterday the bomb squad was called in to check a suspicious package. Sadly it was just a pair of stilettos.
Honestly, why should anyone care about Sam from BB's boob job hell when we can watch Lady Isabella in real time purgutory, trapped alone with Paul Danan on a deserted island?
The tide might be turning though. On Monday night Celebrity Love Island beat Big Brother in the ratings. With the addition of an ex-Playboy centrefold and the potential for some love rivalry ahead, how long before we're all switching over?
