Jean Airoldi got out his golden claws and 25 tokens and gave his fellow Big Brother Celebrities a lesson in style by sticking a few pins in his pincushion, but without getting his skin.
Published at 1:30 am. Updated at 7:15 a.m.
Honestly, big respect for the fashion designer and real estate agent, who is one of the few on Noovo reality TV who isn't hiding behind the other competitors while he waits for the storm to pass. The dean of the house, Jean Airoldi, honest and open, plays with an open visor, a frontal strategy that will of course bring him loss in the medium term, but which accurately reflects the frustration of the hundreds of thousands of Noovo viewers five evenings a week.
There are limits to what can be filled with “Boulechit”. I can no longer hear mediocre players saying, “It's nothing personal, it's about my game” or “I don't want to go against the pulse of the house.”
Thank you to Jean Airoldi, who wore a sweater that said “my band of liars,” for this brutal and unfiltered honesty. He was the star of this last week and was as bouncy as the damn red ball of penalties.
When Olympian Charles Hamelin sent him to the elimination block twice, Jean Airoldi called him “a treacherous ostie.” For good reason.
When actor and screenwriter Daniel Savoie refused to use his veto to protect him from eviction, Jean Airoldi sent him – literally – into the shit. With a grin. There was something deeply satisfying about seeing a participant finally shed their mask of reserve and no longer speak the language of the wood.
Was Jean Airoldi injured by the machinations of his colleagues? He said it well. And he showed his anger. To our greatest happiness, Lord.
Yes, it is extremely risky and borderline suicidal to say things bluntly to the Big Brother celebs. However, with nothing left to lose and everyone demanding his head on a stake, Jean Airoldi used the scorched earth tactic by removing several grenades.
It must be said that the intransigence towards Jean Airoldi was difficult to understand. Even his Zoolander ally, comedian Erika Suarez, actively campaigned for the fifty-year-old designer's firing. Eight people per person is never a good look.
Strangely, no one in the majority alliance of Ladies of Hearts blamed Erika for hitting the golden button, cashing in five chips, and triggering a “twist” as rare as a mattifying powder in Gabrielle Marion's makeup bag: that of going back a week. We delete and start again. Like Groundhog Day.
This intense episode, broadcast on Sunday evenings and extended to 90 minutes, was considered the best suspense on Quebec television.
Production therefore postponed the tape for seven days, restocked the token vaults, and resumed the action following the firing of host and former mixed martial arts champion Pat Côté. The presenter Marie-Mai, who is more on her X than ever, even put on her white dress from last Sunday from Mônot. Then the final nine housemates repeated the boss and vet challenges with few notable changes.
Jean Airoldi and Erika Suarez landed on the block, Jean was jagged again and Big Brother's ship was sailing in the right direction (what a lame expression).
Until the designer unexpectedly returns to the catwalk for the final greeting. With the chips returned to him, Jean Airoldi purchased the precious Necklace of Redemption, which allowed him to return to his single bed in the green room after confidently winning the playing card test. Insert a “flashback” to the transparent booth from “How Old Do You Make Me?” here. on Canal Vie.
What a wonderful turnaround, really. Who could have imagined at the start of the season that Jean Airoldi would cause such a stir? The likeable designer has gained several new fans, including me. Go, Johnny, go!
After Sunday's show, I even considered tearing out my membership card from the circle of admirers of actress Joëlle Paré-Beaulieu, something I've found disappointing in recent days.
Fortunately, Jean Airoldi benefits from immunity this week as he would have been the target of attacks again. You could say he preyed on you and called all his opponents “two-faced.” TRUE. And to quote his roommate Daniel Savoie: That's what we call “making a mistake.”
The new boss, Paralympic athlete Frédérique Turgeon, has practically vowed to renovate the house, making what seem like false promises that she unfortunately won't keep.
Frédérique wants to kill Erika Suarez, and that is perfect for the survival of our hero of the day, Jean Airoldi. Yes, he annoys us a little with his clothes made of toilet paper. But he fights like a street cat and upsets the existing order.
For this reason, now is not the time to return it to Aubainerie or to replay it for an Airoldi release.