Why do all the East Wing women look the same apart from Asma? Toni, Patricia, Debs and Louise are almost interchangeable!

I noticed that too. When Debs had opened her box in today's show, I got confused as I thought she'd already opened it, but it was Louise who had already opened it (or the other way around ). I couldn't (easily) place the names to the faces of those four women if you asked me to.

I have a strong hunch Hilary might play today - what I do know for a fact is that there is a theme for St. Andrew's Day in today's show.

I've noticed that too!

I get confused with Toni, Patricia, Louise anyway!

Ashleigh - 24 shows (replaced Helen B)
Terry - 22 shows (replaced Michael)
Jay - 20 shows (replaced Ajay)
Olly - 19 shows (replaced Peter)
Debs - 18 shows (replaced Steff)
Joe - 17 shows (replaced Tony)
John - 16 shows (replaced Simon)
Asma - 15 shows (replaced Nicky)
Maggie - 14 shows (replaced Shaz)
Toni - 13 shows (replaced Judy)
Jonny - 12 shows (replaced Mario)
Louise - 11 shows (replaced Tink)
Ian - 10 shows (replaced Denis)
Sandra - 9 shows (replaced Anne)
Stuart - 8 shows (replaced Sarah)
Orry - 7 shows (replaced Artak)
Clive - 6 shows (replaced James)
Jules - 5 shows (replaced Loraine)
Hayley - 4 shows (replaced Colin)
Patricia - 3 shows (replaced Phyl)
Deano - 2 shows (replaced JC)
Whoever replaces Hilary - 1 show

I did notice a slight desperation today to build up the rest of the 22, now that they've lost their star attraction with JC. Ashleigh in particular was given a lot of buildup, and I presume after that she'll play tomorrow (although she is my current favourite so I hope not!) and lots of others were put in the spotlight too.

It might just be because she dealt early (which these days is anything before the final five) and they had more time to include the banter, though.

I get Debs and Toni mixed up sometimes. They've both had high numbers the last few games, which makes it worse! I'm guessing Ashleigh or Terry will play tomorrow. Hillary seemed like a weekend player, so I was really surprised they picked her today.

Ashleigh - 25 shows (replaced Helen B)
Jay - 21 shows (replaced Ajay)
Olly - 20 shows (replaced Peter)
Debs - 19 shows (replaced Steff)
Joe - 18 shows (replaced Tony)
John - 17 shows (replaced Simon)
Asma - 16 shows (replaced Nicky)
Maggie - 15 shows (replaced Shaz)
Toni - 14 shows (replaced Judy)
Jonny - 13 shows (replaced Mario)
Louise - 12 shows (replaced Tink)
Ian - 11 shows (replaced Denis)
Sandra - 10 shows (replaced Anne)
Stuart - 9 shows (replaced Sarah)
Orry - 8 shows (replaced Artak)
Clive - 7 shows (replaced James)
Jules - 6 shows (replaced Loraine)
Hayley - 5 shows (replaced Colin)
Patricia - 4 shows (replaced Phyl)
Deano - 3 shows (replaced JC)
Kerry - 2 shows (replaced Hilary)
Whoever replaces Terry - 1 show

Where's Andy Kelly and Kai when you need them.

I think the name "Orry" may be linked with origins in the Isle Of Man.

Have there been any players from IOM yet?

Ashleigh - 26 shows (replaced Helen B)
Jay - 22 shows (replaced Ajay)
Olly - 21 shows (replaced Peter)
Joe - 19 shows (replaced Tony)
John - 18 shows (replaced Simon)
Asma - 17 shows (replaced Nicky)
Maggie - 16 shows (replaced Shaz)
Toni - 15 shows (replaced Judy)
Jonny - 14 shows (replaced Mario)
Louise - 13 shows (replaced Tink)
Ian - 12 shows (replaced Denis)
Sandra - 11 shows (replaced Anne)
Stuart - 10 shows (replaced Sarah)
Orry - 9 shows (replaced Artak)
Clive - 8 shows (replaced James)
Jules - 7 shows (replaced Loraine)
Hayley - 6 shows (replaced Colin)
Patricia - 5 shows (replaced Phyl)
Deano - 4 shows (replaced JC)
Kerry - 3 shows (replaced Hilary)
Glen - 2 shows (replaced Terry)
Whoever replaces Debs - 1 show

I suspect that they won't have Olly and Jay playing consecutively as they're quite similar. I'll go for Olly tomorrow, Ashleigh possibly Wednesday, Jay Thursday, Joe Friday, Asma Saturday and John Monday.

I'm only just beginning to remember what Joe looks like and he's done 19 shows.....

Olly reminds me of Daniel early this year...

I think for the rest of the week:

Tomorrow: Jay
Wednesday: Ashleigh
Thursday: Joe
Friday: John
Saturday: Asma
Monday: Olly

It's getting quite predictable when contestants are going to play. I hope they surprise us soon by putting someone in early. I don't think we've had a really short runner since the battle of the sexes.

Ashleigh - 27 shows (replaced Helen B)
Olly - 22 shows (replaced Peter)
Joe - 20 shows (replaced Tony)
John - 19 shows (replaced Simon)
Asma - 18 shows (replaced Nicky)
Maggie - 17 shows (replaced Shaz)
Toni - 16 shows (replaced Judy)
Jonny - 15 shows (replaced Mario)
Louise - 14 shows (replaced Tink)
Ian - 13 shows (replaced Denis)
Sandra - 12 shows (replaced Anne)
Stuart - 11 shows (replaced Sarah)
Orry - 10 shows (replaced Artak)
Clive - 9 shows (replaced James)
Jules - 8 shows (replaced Loraine)
Hayley - 7 shows (replaced Colin)
Patricia - 6 shows (replaced Phyl)
Deano - 5 shows (replaced JC)
Kerry - 4 shows (replaced Hilary)
Glen - 3 shows (replaced Terry)
Glenis - 2 shows (replaced Debs)
Whoever replaces Jay - 1 show

Glen and Glenis?! Haha...

New and updated-

Wed 5th-John 19 shows
Thurs 6th-Joe-21 shows
Fri 7th-Maggie 19 shows
Sat 8th-Asma 21 shows
Mon 10th-Louise 18 shows
Tues 11th-Ian 18 shows
Wed 12th-Sandra 18 shows
Thurs 13th-Jules-15 shows
Fri 14th-Patricia 14 shows
Sat 15th-Olly-31 shows
Mon 16th-Glen 13 shows
Tues 17th-Glennis 13 shows
Wed 19th- Deano 17 shows
Thurs 20th-Stuart 24 showa
Fri 21st-Toni 30 shows
Sat 22nd-Ashleigh 42 shows
Mon 24th-Jonny 31 shows
Tues 25th-Orry 27 shows
Wed 26th-Clive 27 shows

Wow, you think Ashleigh could do 42 shows? She's my favourite so it'd be pretty fun if she did!

Anything could happen, I suppose. I remember H wondering last year whether Danny would play at Christmas, and I thought that it was ridiculous as he joined in late November so would be long gone by then. He ended up doing 32 shows and playing Boxing Day!

I guessed he and Joey would be long runners, and thought it would be good if he played at Christmas so Noel could make jokes about Father Christmas and stuff - what with Danny supposedly looking only nine years old and so on.

Whats this? :S