September 2007

Said in my best Julie Chen voice…

“In a vote of 5 to 2, Dick you are the winner of Big Brother 8!”

**wild cheering and celebration occurs across the nation**

In case you missed it, the votes ended up like this…

Jen and Jameka voted for Dani
Eric, Jess, Dustin, Amber and Zach voted for Dick

The finale was entertaining. I enjoyed watching the jury questions that were asked and Dick and Dani’s responses. However to me the best part was the reveal of the big twist of America’s Player. Eric had a sheepish look and was very worried and nervous about the response of his role. He even whispered to Jess that he would expain everything later during the live show. (is the honeymoon over all ready?)

It was good and the house guests are all still kicking themselves for not breaking up Dick and Dani early in the game when they had the opportunity.

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If I was a betting man I would place all of my money and even this website on Dick taking home the big prize this evening. But this IS BIG BROTHER….anything can happen.

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Now that you West Coasters have caught up, let’s spill the beans for the rest of the world.

The Donatos are your final two in Big Brother 8.

In a season based on “frenemies,” in which the gap between father and daughter started as gaping but progressed to virtually nothing, Dick and Daniele teamed up to be unstoppable. After a Round 2 win by father E.D., Dick beat Zach 3 to 2 in a game of wits to win Round 3 of the HoH competition.

Of course, he ousted Zach, leaving father and daughter in the final two.

Julie Chen revealed that America’s Player Eric had one task left to do — to persuade the other sequestered house members to vote either for Dick or Daniele and then to cast his vote based on our wishes.

And I’ll be brutally honest. Dick Donato 100 percent, 100 billion percent deserves to win this game.

I was never crazy about the guy, but his ability to perform when needed and agitate the rest of the time truly made him not only the best player in this house, but right beside Will Kirby as the greatest player the American version of this series has ever seen.

Think about it. Sure, Daniele won several competitions throughout, but Dick paved the way for her romance and alliances to move forward without injury. He was the bad cop to her good cop, and that he survived in and of itself was a miracle. Of course, it helps when you can come through in the clutch as he did in the second week by winning HoH. As he did in winning a brief HoH a couple of weeks ago.

As he did tonight.

I’ll be honest again. I wanted Zach to win this bugger at the end. His out-of-nowhere, when-it-counted efforts were truly well done, and he’s gone from an afterthought in this game to a possible but still unlikely all-star once and if Big Brother does another.

Personally, I am not a fan of the Donatos in the least.

The scene with Zach and Dick on the pedestal, shaking and shivering from cold and pain, was the game’s best competitive moment of the season. However, I had more than a twinge of empathy for Dick, being the older guy, trying to hang in there for himself and his daughter. I’ve always said the biggest bullies are usually, dang it, the biggest softies.

I suspect we were all a bit wrong and a bit right about Dick. Both. I could care less that he “keeps it real” or that what he would do was “all strategy.” At this point, I just have to give this guy a tip of the cap for a truly, truly masterful game.

Many of us scoffed at the idea that he would become a Big Brother great at the start of the season. Heck, I was stunned he survived the second week. However, even if father and daughter plan to split the $550,000 they’ll collectively win, it would be a damned shame if Dick Donato isn’t crowned the winner.

I think the sequestered houseguests will agree. I think America will agree relative to Eric’s vote, and I predict Dick Donato will win this thing unanimously. 7 to 0.

Your thoughts?

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…but that headline does not do justice to the grueling endurance competition that was Part 1 of the HoH competition.

As expected, Jameka was evicted and the house was down to 3 people. No real suprise there.

Daniele was eliminated early and broke the rabbit that I believe was circling around them. Then for the next 7 1/2 hours it was Zach vs. Dick for the free pass to the final round of the HoH competition.

I watched the feeds for about 2 hours near the end and watching Dick struggle and shake was tough to watch. Dick earned a lot of respect from me. I was amazed that he just would not quit and his will to win was quite impressive! I actually got a bunch of great screen caps which I will post soon but in the end Dani gave Dick permission to let go…

Thank you for David for providing this exchange between Dani and Dick last night…

Daniele to her dad- are you ok?
Can’t hear him
Daniele- what do you want to do? you don’t want to win? or you don’t want him to win? Oh.. then don’t quit- he’s in a lot of pain- I can tell – don’t quit – she tells him to not doubt it – that he ( Zach ) doesn’t have anyone here for him and no one cares ( about Zach ) she goes on to say- you ( her dad ) are doing so good- you are doing so good – even if we don’t win this one – we’ll take him in round 3- Dick – I know -
Daniele- it’s ok – it’s ok – if you can’t do it – it’s ok- it’s ok – just hang in there- you are ok -
Daniele- 74 days- we’ve been here- and to go out like Kail no – it’s for this and you are doing so good SO good – are you ok ?? You are doing so good- I could have never done this-
Daniele- do whatever you want to – if you can’t do it- it’s ok it’s ok
Dick is shaking so badly …
Daniele- it’s ok it’s ok (Meaning he can quit)
Dick- shaking his head “no”
Daniele- it’s ok it’s ok
Dani – what, what,….whatever happens, its okay, its okay
ED gives up

Round 2 of the HoH will be Dani vs Dick at 3:00pm on Thursday and then the winner to compete against Zach Live on Thursday nights episode for the final HoH.

So what do you think…tell us your thoughts…this is your blog…let the world know what you think is going to happen next.

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