Evicted: Week 5
Mr Muscle did not have the strength to hold onto another week in the house. Mario is out.
It is the third time the 43-year-old faced the public vote - but it definitely wasn't third time lucky for the self-styled chunky hunk. So what did Mario bring to the Big Brother house? Well, he participated in the first Big Brother wedding and he was also one half of Big Brother's first couple.
Long- suffering partner Lisa stood by her man - even when he was upsetting the rest of the house. Mario was never involved in any of the huge rows in the house - but he was patronising, and he did bitch about them behind their backs. Tut, tut.
And arrogant Mario didn't think he was going to get the boot tonight - he was sure fellow nominee Bex was going to go. He told Lisa: "I've packed all my stuff, just in case. But you know I don't really think I'm... you know". And Mario said that if it was his time, he was looking forward to meeting his 'fans' and doing TV interviews. He said: "I'm used to the attention because of the TV stuff I've done, and my job. I tend to play things down and am very modest".
The self-styled Italian stallion definitely didn't get our hearts racing - more like our stomachs turning. Mario was first to enter the BB house, with girlfriend Lisa surgically attached to his side. The perma-tanned Warrington lad proved he was the one who wore the trousers in the house - he would not stop talking. "We're in the house!" he exclaimed, gasping for air. "How does it feel? Whoo, ladies first! We've done it babe! We're first in, aren't we? Let's raid the fridge! It's like being in a hotel." Shhhh!!!!!
But he was shut up when Big Brother pulled the plug on love's young dream. Big Brother summoned them to the Diary Room - with Stephanie and Luke - and told them their relationship was over. And quickly introduced Mario to his new girlfriend - Stephanie. Mario wasn't pleased with the task, but Lisa encouraged him to play along. And within a few days the 43-year-old was on bended knee popping the question to his unimpressed bride-to-be - all ready for the first Big Brother wedding. The brief romance didn't last - and the couple's hatred of each other was picked up on by their fellow housemates.
But there were happier times ahead for Mario. The self-proclaimed sex-machine turned 43 on day five of the house. He was woken by his real girl Lisa. And as a special birthday treat - and reward for putting up with moody Stephanie - Big Brother treated the lovers to 30 minutes of partying. Mario looked like he was the cat who got the cream (well, he did have the cream all over his face) as he quaffed champagne in the Diary Room chair with 40-year-old Lisa perched on his lap. They came out of the room looking worse for wear with cake smeared across their faces, swaying and telling the other housemates that they were completely out of it - but house bitch Dennis McHugh was unimpressed.
He told the other contestants that he was not convinced by the drunken show and told them that the couple could not have gotten drunk so quickly. Dennis said, "They're amazing actors. Who gets drunk that quickly? There's no way." Oooops!
Despite failing to win over Dennis, Mario did find a pal in Mikey. Mario spent his time helping the cross dresser feel his way around the house and even made him his best man for the phony wedding. Mikey is gonna miss him!
And the other housemates are sure to miss Mario for his pearls of wisdom. He often came to the rescue with useful tit bits - especially when the housemates became frustrated with the rough toilet paper. He advised: "Crumple it all up. I remember my Dad saying, 'Get it nice and soft first so it absorbs.' Otherwise it just doesn't work. That's the secret." He also came up with a not-so-difficult way to get the house alarm to stop - realising all of the housemates had to be up for the alarm to cut out. He excitedly shouted, "Oh it's Jennifer. Jennifer sit up. You're not up." "Mmm?" murmured Jennifer. "Sit up," said Mario, "It's only you that's left."
Well done Mario, you cracked it.
