Big Brother Power Trip has been a series full of twists. Some would say far too many. There has barely been one single week of natural and traditional Big Brother gameplay, and though some find that it makes for more exciting viewing when the rules are changed every few moments, it is starting to grate.

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The 'Power Trip' theme could have been brilliant. It hit its first hitch the week that Toya and Matthew were granted the power. The public were informed that one of the pair would actually join the already-nominated housemates in the public vote, and that led to Toya being sent home following a disastrous week and bad edit.

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Things got even worse when the power was put on hold, and we faced four days of Armageddon. Marlon was sent home through the Diary Room door without a crowd or proper eviction because he had received the most nominations from his fellow housemates. It was a major decision that the public had absolutely no influence over. The famous series tagline 'Who goes? You decide.' was well and truly buried.

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Then in came three new faces, who we imagine were told not to share any information they had gained from the outside world, but went on to do so anyway and faced no punishment. It was in fact even encouraged during tasks the same week.

Another non-public decision was made by surviving newbies Pav and Zoe, who sent Danielle home after living alongside her for only five days. They had originally wanted to kick Kimberly out, but she was made exempt by bosses when they made that decision because she was in hospital. Less than a day later, she had been removed from the process indefinitely.

This week super-fans were finally impressed with something. Ashleigh had been given the power in a swift public vote, and she had to choose two people to join her in the first ever power alliance - she chose Chris and Mark.

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The trio decided that Steven, Ash, Pav and Zoe would face the vote to evict this week, but once again just as all was seeming to go great, producers threw in another curveball. The nominated housemates would decide which out of the four of them will be saved, and which member of the power alliance will take their place. This led to Ash's removal and Ashleigh's placement on the block. A ridiculous decision when fans, press and even the show's presenters (see Rylan Clark's and Emma Willis' tweets) all were promised the power alliance members would be exempt from eviction.

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With such promise, it now feels like this is a series of Big Brother that is having its rules made up and tampered with as it goes along, for producers to do with as they see fit. I'll continue to tune in because I'm now invested in seeing this through, but for me personally, this has been one of the least enjoyable series of the show to-date, and it wouldn't surprise me if the civilian version never returned.

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