excellent job PM, super reporting and coverage - thanks!

Many thanks Eric ... the article was quite difficult to write as various new developments came to light while I was trying to cover the story for Blogcritics.

I really appreciate the time spent by the editor on this piece, and as I write more articles for Blogcritics I will undoubtedly improve in both technique and quality of content. The experience has given me a new perspective on journalistic structure when reporting such events.

Thanks again for your encouraging comment.

very professional! Lisa McKay and Justene contributed the editing expertise

Great work, PM! This is all very bizarre. is the issue here that there was some sorta near-rape type horrors goin on, or that there was sexual conduct at all? the BB UK show (which, i might add, is the very best anywhere in the world, far as i've seen) positively encourages such debauchery. tween consenting adults, mind.

Great article, yet somewhat horrific, you will agree. Why on earth is this series still on?! Why are people still watching it?! Someone, please kill this programme!

Those damned heterosexuals, there aught to be a law!!!

Saw this mentioned in a newspaper and the writer said shows men have to change their attitudes about women.

This followed straight on from a story about a women who skinned and cooked her boyfriend and tried to feed him to his kids.

Maybe women need to change their attitudes.

Maybe women need to change their attitudes.

You're absolutely right. Every guy has the right to forcefully shove his dick in the face of any babe he wants. If she can't take it, that's her problem.

The boys got kicked out, and as much as i hate to see entertaining boys go (well, as entertaining as a reality show can get) they deserved to be kicked out. But the way people are handling this is getting alittle over the top. These 20 year old boys made a bloody stupid mistake while drunk. People are treating them like they are evil men that only have one thing in mind. If camilla had been extremely hurt and effected seriously by this incident It would be different but the fact is she wasn't. If it was up to her thje boys wouldn't have been punished further than a slap on the wrist. They stopped when they heard her so no.
By all means prosicute these boys for the crime at hand but don't prosicute them based on over the top reports and don't make the punishment larger than it needs to be.

camila is a turky slap

woooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooo i can't wait til big brother gets axed!!!. As soon as i heard that a house mate had been sexually abused, i knew that this would be the final big brother. I just hope they bring back seinfeld back into the time slot that big brother covered. woooo hoooo

Amen to that! Bring back Seinfeld!

Great piece, Poizonmyst. I wonder what is next for reality TV? Snuff It Out? Murder for fun and pleasure?

What a sick turkey slap of a culture.

Instead of mindlessly carrying on over this "incident", watch the following video (link is below) showing the whole "incident" and all it's harmlessness.

If you watch the video and are still cynical, then damn you need to get a life and stop bitching. It was honest fun between friends, taken out of context and blown out of utter proportion by media and politicians alike, pure and simple. Does she honestly look scared, intimidated or like shes been sexually victimized?

Click here for the video (2 minutes / 3.46mb)

I still say banning immoral heterosexual activity would solve the problem more effectively

I watched the clip (w/o sound). I guess my big question is why was it on camera? What a sick culture if this is broadcast TV.

i watched the clip with sound and i cant see what the fuss is about, she is laughin an jokin and knew it was gonna happen to her before he did it!

watch the clip with sound, she knows what is coming and partakes in it, just fooling around between friends, i think it should be up to the person who received the turkey slap to decide if anything improper happened from the clip its clear that everyone including her had a good laugh and didn't take it seriously.

i downloaded the vid. the day it happened - the issue that is; and you could see that it was a joke
she predicted it before it happened, she still got into their bed
if you watch the last bit, she then tries to help "john" out under the covers.
I know John from high school, hes not a bad guy but likes to have fun

It wasn't broadcast on TV, nor will it on the channel that BB is on. The cameras are always on, so naturally, it is on tape. It leaked somehow, another channel got it and played it on the news.

Even the PM (Prime Minister, not Poizon Myst) is saying "we need to take this stupid program off".

He is worrying about this vaguely, blown out of proportion incedent, more than these new IR laws? That MORE people complain about? Seriously, there are good points to the show. Say what you will, but thanks to this show, it's helped me analyze body language a bit better. Don't be so judgemental and join the "Reality shows are crap" crowd.

I bloody hate Big Brother! Now I'm no prude, I don't hate it for all the sexual content, I hate it because all the contestants are a bunch of dumbasses!

This is all too weird. I've been reading about this and was wondering what the behavior is so
thanks for the link.

I never fail to be amazed at how stupid people are - doing offensive things on camera!

wackywheelz, thank you for finding a link to the video of this incident - a very useful addition to the discussion.

No problems!! I just thought people would like an incite into what the fuss is actually about, the media went silly over the "incident" when only 2 small (low res) frames from the footage got out. Then, slowly as the movie got out (I personally put it on 4 other sites) the media frenzy has died down - mainly because they all looked stupid for making a mountain out of a molehill, even politicians and Australia's prime minister made comments, now of which look unjust and dumb.

One of the main oppositions to BB is this retarded ultra-feminist retard politician (Helen Coonan) complains that the whole show is offensive, and could screw with young girls fragile minds -- wtf, seriously, what a crusader... you never see her any other time, shes in the spotlight for a few days trying to get Big Brother 06 taken off air completely, but has failed miserably.... stupid tard :D

Whats even crazier is that the footage never made TV on the station that broadcasts Aus BB06 (only the live video feed, at 4:30am), but two rival stations (7 and 9) have played the footage at 6:30pm for their news programs, so why are they in the sh*t?

I watched these guys for 70 days, while they weren't my favourite housemates overall they were still decent people, and after 70+ days of living with someone, 24hrs a day, there is a degree of comfort and trust, none of which was breached during the incident. She didnt claim she was a victim, but the media portrayed her to be - even going as far as to interview rape counsellers, who said Camilla was behaving like a "typical sexual assault victim"...

I'm just glad they had a chance to publicly clear up the incident, Channel 10 gave them a 5-10 minute slot, and it was a very telling interview, you could see they were nervous, coming out of 70+ days away from their normal lives and loved ones, only to be thrust into a huge sex scandal, all over the headlines... sure wouldnt want it to be me!!

WACKYWHEELZ YOUR RIGHT ON THE MONEY IN ALL ASPECTS AND THANKS FOR THE FOOTAGE.I NOW KNOW IT WAS BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION!AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T LIKE THE SHOW AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT(JUST DON'T WATCH IT)WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE CRAP YOU LIKE ON TV!

So are they looking at this as an assault, or is it just too sexy? I wasn't sure.

she loved it big deal she enjoyed it and was in her total element and domain rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

i know camila me and my best freind had sex with her and she loved it we both turkey slaped her a few times it bizzare that its happened on tv and the reaction from big brother was over the top, it all fun and games thats all folks

Good Lord, the PM and MPs in Australia have nothing better to do or comment upon than BB6? I'd be less worried about who's penis slapped whomever's face and concentrate on affairs of state. Matters like this which take away from the real problems confronting government today just prove that in reality politicians have been slapping their respective genitalia in the faces of the voting public for centuries.

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!
people seriously GET OVER YOURSELFS it was a bit of HARMLESS fun. your all too fucking tight!!! camilla enjoyed it. she was laughing and thought HERSELF it was just fun. so when she said STOP THEY DID!!!!!!! I don't think you know that all you PATHETIC ladies are ruining john and ash's life!!! I am a woman here to and everyone has different views on what sexual assault is and we all have different idea's on it but SERIOUSLY IT WAS NOTHING I defiantly don't think it was bad because she enjoyed it!!! I want you to all think about your past experiences with "sex" and you'll realise it WAS NOTHING all those ladies who think it was sexual assault and "Discrimination " towards us well then I say..SHUT THE FUCK UP because you all have NO RIGHT to ruin john and ash's life by adding comments like you have!!! I think you should take a long hard look at your self's and BACK OFF!!! they learnt their lesson no give them a FUCKING BREAK all you BITCHES out there!!!!! thanks!!

And the guys convince themselves that she enjoyed it...talk about narrow minded. Wonder if any of them know how it feels to get turkey slapped..

This is hilarious,, guys hate it because they dont get any, cant take the fact that many girls just are not as sexually aroused as they are(convinced that its something the girls do on purpose!).
Maybe a guys sexual needs can only be understood and satisfied by another Guy!!!
Makes sense...the Gay Bi and curious community sure seems to be exploding with straight faces :)

I CAN NOT BELIEVE ALL THIS FUCKING FUSS! IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE FOOTAGE, I SUGGETS YOU WATCH IT BEFORE YOU COMMENT! THE WHOLE SITUATION HAS BEEN BLOWN COMPLETLY OUT OF PROPORTION!! CAMILLA KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN B4 SHE GOT IN THAT BED!! SHE CERTAINLY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A VICTIM OF 'SEXUAL ASSAULT' TO ME! WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT! JOHN & ASH OR SHOULD I SAY THE MICHAELS SHOULD SUE FOR DEFIMATION OF CHARACTOR! THEY HONESTLY HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG! AND WILL NOW FOREVER BE KNOWN AS THE TWO DIRTY BLOKES THAT 'SEXUALLY ASSAULTED' THAT POOR GIRL IN THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE!!! HOW DO YOU THINK THEY FEEL! ? NOT TO MENTION BEING KICKED OUT EARLY, NO PRIZES NO INTERVEIWS NO NOTHING!THEY DIDNT EVEN GET INVITED TO THE FINALE!!! HOW RUDE! IT WAS ALL IN A BIT OF FUN AND IM POSITIVE THAT IF THEY HAD KNOWN WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS GOING TO BE IM SURE THEY DEFFINATELY WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT! DONT GET ME WRONG, IM NOT SAYING WHAT THEY DONE WAS RIGHT! BUT IT DIDNT WARRANT THIS MAJOR OVEREXAGERATION AND CLAIMS ON 'SEXUAL ASSAULT' - GIVE THE POOR GUYS A BREAK! CAMILLA KNEW FULL WELL WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER! SHE EVEN SAID "YOUR NOT GOING TO TURKEY SLAP ME ARE YOU?"- "YOU ARE" AND GIGGLED AS SHE HOPPED INTO BED! COME ON EVERY 1 GIVE THESE GUYS A BREAK, THEY DONT DESERVE IT! THEY HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH

Keep crap like this off the air. The world is a sick place because we allow sick people to explote others.

im a huge fan of big brother and i absoultley loved camilla and was behind her all the way to win .. for those who dont watch the show a few days b4 she admited to big brother she felt something for ashley ...and guys get over it ashley and john made 1 mistake a stupid 1 but if you were in there shoes you wouldnt want ppl to punish you for it for the rest of ur life go john and ash and camilla u all rok hopefully now ur all out of the house u can put the fax straight finally and plz dnt axe big brother

SACK BIG BROTHER!!! x10

look im 19 myself and live in a house of boys, and thats that boys at that age think is funny(they dont no any better coz there still kids inside). i think that they no it was stupid and theres nothing they could have said that would have made people change there minds or opinion on what they did. im not trying to say that what they did was right but what they did was just a tipical act of teenage boys.

from maddy!!

You know without Big Brother we would be subjected to American Repeats of Long Discontinued shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond or Seinfeld all year round and who wants that?Not Me.Can You Imagine a Seinfeld House at Dreamworld?No Neither Can I.So keep your traps closed and let everyone enjoy their Big Brother and go back to your old folks home where you old farts belong.