Having returned home last night to settle down to a night of mindless television - cue Big Brother launch night - I found myself irritated and far from entertained.

It just seems that as we reach the ninth installment of the reality show the contestants are not only becoming louder and weirder but sadder and more desperate than the last lot.

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I mean just where do they find these people?

An Albino deported gangster born in Ipswich, a cookie-loving Thai massage therapist

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Even the fact that my fellow Geordies Ant and Dec are fronting it cannot stir me to watch even a milli-second of the sacrine sweet show.

Despite a dismal Bank Holiday Monday television line up I couldn't be roused to give the programme a go. Quite frankly Britain's Got Talent always leaves me reaching for the remote.

Admittedly shows like the X Factor have their fair share of tone deaf and bizarre wannabies but come on a talent contest that includes dancing dogs, a contortionist, a kung-fu troop and a belly dancer should be confined to village fairs and the such like as opposed to being broadcast on national television.

In simple terms. I'm amused by watched talentless contestants stumble through Mariah Carey songs only to be laughed off by a smug Simon Cowell.

But what most definitely does not amuse me is cabaret type circus acts taking up valuable air time. What worries me is that I fear I'm in the minority.

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How do you escape being fired once in the dreaded boardroom?

These are questions that should probably be directed at regional sales manager Alex Wotherspoon who despite being on the losing team a worrying six times has managed to escape being fired.

Whether we can see it or not he's obviously doing something right.

Described by 25-year-old Sara Dhada, who was given her matching orders on Wednesday, as "a bit slimy" it appears the spiky-haired boy-band lookalike has survived by charming his way out of difficult situations.

Or at least trying to.

His dismal success rate in the tasks was eventually pulled up by Sir Alan but despite this black mark against his name Alex was still not included in the final show down which ended in Sara's exit.

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There have been moments in this series where I was concerned that big personalities as opposed to big talent were ruling the roost but with this decision my faith has at last been restored.

Hopefully with the feisty red head out of the competition there won't be a repeat of last weeks bullying.

It appeared the pressure was started to get to the ruthlessly ambitious group when last week's episode showed the bunch of supposedly mature professionals turning on poor Sarah.

Everyone, with the exception of the eternally well mannered Raef ganged up on Sarah chastising her for being too quiet and standing back from the action.

However, and rightly so, the tables have turned with this latest eviction.

Jenny may go down as one of the show's most memorable characters but surely even she didn't think that she should get away with cheatin

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When it comes to the high octane finger pointing, 'You're fired moment,' is the man in charge driven by a desire to make good television instead of trying to find the best business brain for the job?

It was the second show of the series when Sir Alan didn't give Jenny Celerier, a woman who enjoys nothing more then the sound of her own voice, the boot following the disastrous laundry task I must admit I did slightly loose faith.

Surely he could see that Jenny, who stood on people's doorsteps begging for tips regardless of the fact that she wasn't returning a full load of washing, is never going to be deserving of the £100,000 a year job that is up for grabs. Instead of saying goodbye to the fiery redhead it was the more timid Shazia who was shown the door.

Despite doing an appalling job as team leader Jenny was saved. But was it for her business talent or her larger than life personality? Her constant spats with Lucinda do indeed make for good viewing but I doubt they warrant her being a city high flyer.

This is the difficult bit though, do we sacrifice fairness and balance in favour of entertainment?

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