Chima, We Hardly Knew Ya!

Big Brother has always been thought of as a less than stellar reality television program. For those people hooked on shows like The Real World and the endless string of VH1 reality programs, Big Brother may appear boring and monotonous. The fact is that it is one of the more complex game shows on television. These aren't simply thirteen strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped. These are thirteen game players looking to lie, cheat and back stab their way to a half a million dollars. Even if you aren't one of the die hard fans who subscribes to the live, twenty four hour video feed; it's arguably one of the more addictive summer guilty pleasures (it's on three days a week!). For me it is the cure for my unemployment boredom. It's easy to pick your favorites and those who you can't wait to see get what's coming to them.

Last weekend, the show made headlines when one of the houseguests got booted by producers. Although CBS issued a statement verifying it and prior to the feeds cutting out online, volatile contestant Chima Simone was seen flipping off the cameras, yelling obscenities and throwing $5,000 microphones in the jacuzzi, she has issued a statement urging that she quit. Chima, for me, was one of the worst things to happen to Big Brother in the past eleven seasons...or is she one of the best?

Over the past few weeks she has been very open with her feelings about other contestants, mostly directing angry racial tirades at Russell. Her power was overthrown by a vote from America to give a special power of Coup D'etat to Jeff. He ensured Russell's safety and got muscleheaded Jessie out of the house. Chima and her partners in crime, Lydia and Natalie, literally sat around the dinner table drinking wine and eulogizing Jessie as if he was just gunned down by the rival gang. Of course, Jeff and his showmance Jordan were quick to point out that Chima and her cronies had been picking off their friends one by one and they weren't acting that way. Somewhere along the line several of the housemates forgot they were competing for money. Kevin, one of the less dramatic contestants finally confronted members of his alliance and told them that they aren't on The Real World.

Chima's petty antics may have gone too far, but we won't know for sure whether or not she was removed by production or removed herself. Personally, I don't care, as I have been humming ding dong the witch is dead to myself over and over. But, I would be lying if I said I wasn't the least bit interested in finding out what went down in the wee hours of the night that led to Chima's exit.

Tune in tomorrow night to find out what happened to the diva Chima.