Former housemate votes to evict Kyle and Jackie O

"Will Jackie O be able to play the de facto mother to the girls and the reluctant object of affection for the boys?" asks former Big Brother housemate Tim Brunero.

"It’s quite a balancing act to make the most important show on Network Ten cheesy and fun for kids, sexy for adolescents and an interesting social experiment for adults" he writes on the LiveNews website.

Journalist Brunero was runner-up on the reality show in 2005. He casts his vote for host firmly behind Killeen.

And he doubts that new hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have the diversity of skills required to deal with the volatile juggernaut live on national TV. Big Brother evictions have seen everything from personal protests to emotional trauma.

"The host must have the authority, wisdom and wit to handle such controversies," he said.

"There are times when housemates are highly vulnerable, discussing on national TV their history of child abuse or a recent still born birth or the death of a family member," he wrote. Brunero points out that the Host is the first person housemates speak to after the most psychologically bruising experience they are ever likely to have experienced.

"It was in these situations that Gretel Killeen excelled."

You can read his full and interesting views here.