Celebrity Big Brother: the final, review It turns out that Jim Davidson and Celebrity Big Brother have rather a lot in common. Both once enjoyed sustained periods of success and popularity, but both have also been shunned by the British public in recent years. Now, following the comedian's victory in series 13 of the show, the most compelling to date, both can also celebrate remarkable, against-the-odds comebacks. In the end, Wednesday's final came down to two completely contrasting characters: the 60-year-old tweed-suited Davidson and the 26-year-old N-Dubz rapper Dappy. There was plenty of glitz, an exhaustingly enthusiastic crowd and a steady stream of celebrities squarely in the limelight but, given how captivating the series has been, the final itself was a disappointingly tedious string of interviews and highlights packages. Indeed, there was a palpable sense that the whole charade had run out of steam. After three dramatic weeks, all we wanted to know was the name of the winner, but first there was two hours of filler to be negotiated. The housemates who had not made the final were reluctantly wheeled back out through the drizzle for no obvious reason other than to absorb time, while predictably there were advert breaks aplenty. In fairness, there was an awful lot for presenter Emma Willis to get through. Willis has been outstanding throughout the series, her obvious fascination with the show and interest in its characters both believable and infectious. But even she had a difficult time during the final and struggled to keep her interviews on track as Dappy played up to the crowd and fifth-placed Sam Faiers and third-placed Ollie Locke resolutely refused to open up. It was a shame that the final was such an underwhelming affair, as the month-long show has been a thoroughly entertaining spectacle. The love-triangle between boy band singer Lee Ryan, glamour model Casey Batchelor and socialite Jasmine Waltz has been captivating, the fiery sun in the house around which everything else has revolved. Arguments have been rife, venomous spats between fourth-placed Luisa Zissman and Dappy were a feature of the early stages of the series, their animosity upstaged only by that harboured between Davidson and Linda Nolan. OPINION: Celebrity Big Brother: the purest form of reality television Celebrity Big Brother will always have its critics, those who argue that it is the most puerile form of television, populated only by attention-hungry narcissists who stretch the term "celebrity" to breaking point. And yes, there have certainly been times this series when all of those accusations have been true. You would do well, for example, to find an attention-hungry narcissist the equal of Waltz, Zissman or Dappy. The producers have occasionally meddled too freely with the show's format, introducing twists when none were needed and orchestrating increasingly bizarre challenges for the group. The attraction of Celebrity Big Brother has always been observing how the housemates interact with each other on a day-to-day basis: the more contrived the scenario, the less interesting it becomes. All of this is entirely forgivable, however, when you have a group of housemates quite so entertaining. Celebrity Big Brother has limped along over the past few years, barely even raising a disapproving eyebrow from a disinterested nation. Davidson would have sympathised. The final may have done this stand-out series of Celebrity Big Brother little justice but its future, along with that of its winner, is assured. GALLERY: Celebrity Big Brother 2014: the contestants