Big Brother 11 Blog

It was not the “suprise of the season” like some thought it could be. It was supposed to be setup to be a “Dustin II” but it was far from it. When Julie Chen read Joshuah’s name as the evicted house guest, he nodded, stood up and shared what was on his heart. At first I thought it was lame but after thinking more, it was a classy way to go. Much differnet than Chelsia’s exodus from the game.

The vote was 3-1. I guess I was surprised that James voted for Sharon but as he showed in his goodbye tape and in hugging Joshuah before he left…he did lose a friend and part of his alliance tonight.

So…any one else guess that not only would the remain “couple” be Adam and Shelia? Plus with Adam being HoH…I am thinking they will still be together in the final 5. If Adam was smart (and I am STILL trying to give him the benefit of the doubt on that) he would start really partnering with Sheila and they will be the final 2. Ironic since after the first episode I would have said they were both done right away. Crazy how this game toys with our thoughts…

So with Adam my guess is James is a man who will have to do anything to survive. Will they nominate him or just try to back door him with the Veto.

Should be an interesting week!

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So what do you think will happen next? Will the ladies team up and go after the guys? Will James and Sharon pull off an upset? Will Adam do anything productive during his week of being HoH?

Big Brother 9 is still going….what do you think will happen next?

Peace, BBBlogger

Isn’t that a movie? No wait….that is James and the Giant Peach! Alas our person that people say is the strongest player and who should be the target to get out of the house is safe from tonights vote! Winning the Power of Veto in dramatic fashion over Shelia and Ryan who looked like a couple of crazies after James played them and walked away with POV. I loved the edited in commentary of James. It was too classic!

So tonight someone will be leaving. It will be either Sharon or Joshuah. I am 50/50 on this one.

So who do you want to see out? Who do you want to see stay? Who should win the next HoH and will it be a double elimination tonight?

All will be known tonight. Please join us in the Big Brother Blog Chat room at http://www.big-brother-blog.com/chat/flashchat.php and watch along with us. I would say there will be drinks but since this is the internet….it is Bring Your Own!

Peace, BBBlogger

Chelsia is quite the firecracker! She decided to use her 5-0 eviction to let everyone know what she was thinking…

I have to admit, for an outcome that all of us saw coming a mile away (you did not really think Sharon was in danger did you??) it sure was still entertaining to watch.

Between mashing up a bowl of hard boiled easter eggs to telling Shelia she had been “rode hard and put away wet” on live TV while she was walking out the door. WOW!

I found Chelsia to be cute and fun to watch but it was her time to go….and you the readers agreed.

Now James…man…I seem to keep going back and forth…I think he is a great player then I see him vote to evict his girlfriend, soul mate, love interest, partner in the game. I am not sure why he voted to evict her? Strategy wise it makes no sense at all. I must have missed a subplot somewhere. I guess the whole she voted for me so I am going to vote for her is probably it…but he also seemed to not like her self destructive behavior. I also found it interesting that Chelsia said she was sad that James came back? Ironic!

After her dramatic exodus from the house they played a weird politically themed game of who would…and Nat was able to finish first.

Natalie, Natalie, Natalie….she is quite the character. It is tough not to love her…she is so all over the board and yet still doing very well in this game. I think she is representing the Beaver State very well. I am confident that James is a target…it would be smart for her to set him up to be back doored but who knows what will happen. Guess we will find out soon enough.

Who should Nat target? Who should win? Do you still think James is a strong player or now that Chelsia is gone is his days numbered as well? Let us know what you think Big Brother Blog readers…the floor is yours!

Peace, BBBlogger

Big Brother 9 continues to roll on and James is becoming quite the unstoppable force in the BB9 house. Our poll over the past week also shows that most who read this blog agree with over 1/3 of the votes saying he IS the strongest player. Winning POV and removing himself from the block leaving his girlfriend Chelsia to remain and hope that the rest of the houseguests will show Sharon the boot instead.

The best part of tonights episode was the return of the Evil one himself Dick Donato came back to host the POV in which was a pivital one in the BB8 show. It was fun. My favorite comment by far was when he stated that he was using the “EXACT SAME POT” he used from last fall. Too funny. It was nice seeing him back in the house…he looked right at home and it was fun to watch the POV tonight.

So with all of that James is safe and going to be gunning for the HoH once either Sharon or Chelsia leave the house. Has Chelsia thrown in the towel and accepted that fact that she will probably be gone tomorrow night? Or will Sharon be this weeks victim of eviction?

The Big Brother Blog’s diary room is open. Who do you want to see leave? Who do you want to stay? Who will win HoH and change the game again for another week.

Peace, BBBlogger (anyone seen SoonerRyan??)

With Matt being evicted by a tie vote of 3 to 3 and James who was HoH sending the Boston roofer packing, we officially reached the half way point. Half time, 50/50. It sure feels different than other seasons. Still trying to understand how and if the couple angle is still working inside the house or if everyone is playing their own game. Hard to tell but I think this week we should start to see the stronger game players come to the surface.

I have to give everyone who reads this blog credit. You all picked Matt would be evicted over Ryan at a whopping 80%! Just goes to prove that you are all BY FAR the smartest Big Brother fans out there and truely have your fingers on the pulse of the show! Bravo!!

For instance, is it just me or has Shelia been pulling a lot of strings and making a lot of the moves in the house over the past 2 weeks. Not only working to get James out 2 weeks ago (which did not matter in the end) and then helping to get Matt out the back door. She is playing an interesting game to me and I think in my opinion is a stronger game player than most think.

Now, with her ex-partner Adam as HoH I am still at a loss…I honestly think he is missing something as far as playing the game. I have heard that he is actually thinking about putting up Shelia over drinking one of his beers in the HoH room. Since they have been coupled up since day one I would think they would use that to be better allies. I honestly do not think Adam has the “chops” to play this game. I think he will continue to play dumb (if it is playing) and keep floating along.

With this update I am going to pose a question to everyone. Of the remaining 8 houseguests, who do you think is the strongest player? Who do you think has a real shot at winning BB9? And who is going to go home next week?

I look forward to reading your comments below.

Peace, BBBlogger

From Zero to Hero, from down and out to king of the hill…James has made his return known in the house.

The game has changed from couples to singles and the game is finally being played. It is finally starting to feel more like the Big Brother we all know and love. With that being said, last week James received the “Golden Ticket” back into the house after being voted out and gone and so far he has made good of it. In less than a week he won the HoH in a cool endurance competition (Being a DJ I love mirror balls!), nominating Ryan and Shelia since they were 2 of the 3 responsible for his eviction, winning POV and then letting Shelia off the hook and opening the Back Door for Matt.

Whew….and you thought YOUR WEEK WAS CRAZY!

So there you have it. Tonight, Ryan or Matt will be gone. This time for real. No golden ticket back in. So who do YOU think it will be? Who deserves to go and who should stay? Tell us who you want to leave this week. The Big Brother Blog Diary room is NOW OPEN!

Peace, BBBlogger

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What if I told you that at 9:20 p.m. BBT the houseguest who was evicted tonight stood a good chance of becoming the next HoH?

Confused?

Join the club!

By a vote of 5 to 1, Crazy Gay Porn James was evicited. He walked out the door and was promptly told he might very well be returning. See, in Big Brother’s infinite wisdom (sarcasm), producers decided to have the houseguests choose between James and the evicted houseguest for whom America voted.

Those houseguests voted 5 to 3 for James to return, bringing former soulmate Chelsia to tears. Hell, she was in tears before this and had been on a rampage relative to his potential ouster the past several days.

See, the plan to evict Matty was ditched in favor of a plan to evict the former soulmate of the person who used the Power of Veto this week, Chelsia. The subsequent plan resulted in the 5 to 1 vote.

Ryan, Matt and Sheila each voted to bring in the mystery houseguest, which would have been Alex. (Parker finished second.) The others voted for James in a version of, “Pick the devil you know or the devil you don’t.”

On one hand, I see this as an interesting ploy by producers given how the vote happened. The houseguests made the more interesting choice strategically given that there is no way James will or can trust anybody but Chelsia.

On the other hand, this type of backtracking on the part of reality TV producers is foolhardy given that they did not follow through on America’s request. Give us a chance to vote on something and then pull it from under us, and you’re left with some pissed fans. It’s like we were evicted.

But all in all, I’m neither here nor there about this. The twist to the twist tonight was one of the stranger moments in Big Brother history, and the endurance competition is happening right now with James and Natalie hanging from a giant, swinging disco ball in one of those beautiful endurance challenges.

I have some news for our movie star, James, though. That disco ball is awfully similar to a stripper pole, and Natalie is quite comfortable dangling from it. It’s hard to say what will happen over the next few hours (watch the feeds!), but I will be stunned if Natalie loses this.

And then, will she proceed as a woman scorned, working to oust Matty … or will continue to allow the Boston roofer to pull her strings?

And if James somehow wins this sucker, will he automatically attack former HoH Ryan, or will he have a more strategic consideration?

Anyhoo, what say you? Was this a good move on Big Brother’s part? My gut hunch is that it was kind of a letdown … but what do I know?!

As most of the feed watcher have known for some time now, Chelsia won the Power of Veto and was able to remove herself from the chopping block with hopes that Ryan would turn around and backdoor Matty (I really hate calling him that).

But instead, Ryan thought in order to “punish” one of the only relationships that has come out of the couple phase of the game, he put up her ex-partner James instead.

This Wednesday night it will either be James or Sharon to be the second single houseguest eliminated.

Now I know that my friend SoonerRyan who normally does the blogging on our site has well documented, James is quite the character with a quite interesting past…but does that mean it is his time to go?

Sharon was gone and then a last second replacement for Neil (remember him?) and in a way has been no real factor in the game as of yet. (At least not that I have seen)

So this one is a toss up in my book. I have heard rumblings in the house that it is time for James to exit but I would say it is anyones guess at this point. So I will leave it up to you the readers of Big Brother Blog.

WHO DO YOU WANT TO SEE ELIMINATED FROM THE BIG BROTHER 9 HOUSE THIS WEEK? JAMES or SHARON??

Also with that please let us know who you voted to come back into the big brother house and why? We want to hear from you! From the last poll, it looks like most people want to see Alex get a second chance in the Big Brother 9 house. My guess is we will know Wednesday night!

Peace, BBBlogger

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Alright, now that the Big Brother game is finally worth watching this season, how about the return of weekly rankings?

Yoo hoo! But first some business.

Given that the aired show skips from Wednesday to Sunday without word of nominations, food comps or Power of Veto, I’m going to risk your wrath and spill the beans on what I know.

Most of the big-brother-blog.com faithful already know this stuff via the comments on other posts or the live feeds. So, you likely know that Sharon and Chelsia are nominated for eviction.

There, I said it. Throw things if you must.

HoH Ryan has told Chelsia that she isn’t the target though. Either a backdoor scenario is happening, or Ryan and the boys (the guys have loosely aligned) are gunning for Jacob’s ex-girlfriend.

Given that the nature of the game changed from couples to individuals only a night ago, it’s like the houseguests are feeling each other out all over again. Matt and Natalie are no longer bed mates, and Sheila is sleeping alone, too.

Ryan’s personality is really starting to show through sans Jen, and the whole house is bonding.

Kum-ba-yah, my Lord. Kum-ba-yah.

In fact, as of 9:55 BBT, the house is drinking beer and having fun in the HoH room.

The two nominees, along with Sheila and Joshuah aren’t imbibing though because they lost the food competition. Heck, the guys are speculating tonight that Sheila might be going insane because of the slop, although Matt insists that she’s just going through her “change of life,” which I presume is a reference to menopause.

Speaking of “change of life,” everybody is reading the Bible. Adam has pledged to read the whole thing during his house stay, although he’ll have to read fast unless he’s to stay to the Final 3 or so.

Matt talked about reading Genesis, wondering why — if God is so good — would the creator breathe life into a serpent that would eventually cause man to fall. This is some deep stuff for our Boston roofer.

However, so far, there is no high-and-mighty preachin’ a la Amber and Jameka from Season 8.

Alas, Natalie puts a stop to the conversation and talks about her two abortions, one she had at 19. She referred to herself as “fertile Myrtle.”

Mattie, beware.

Also, and forgive me for rambling, but does Natalie not remind you of Cheri Oteri from Saturday Night Live? She does me.

Anyway, based on these superficial initial conversations, based on what we know about potential houseguests returning, based on what we know about nominations, who’s winning this bugger as of now?

I’ll divide the groups into The Players, The Sleepers and The Pretenders.

The Players include Matt, Ryan and James. Frankly, I liken Mattie to Eddie from Season 1 and a combination of Dr. Will and Dick Donato. He’s not terribly confrontational, but he’s chatty and uber-confident. And he’ll make a deal with anybody, including the devil, to win. He might even have sex with you.

Ryan is turning into the good guy of the house, and I think his popularity is soaring among fans of the show. He’s not confrontational. He’s not an imbecile. And he’s proven himself capable of winning competitions, given that he’s HoH. As of now, nobody would want to face him in the Final 2.

And Crazy Gay Porn James is a steady hand. He has an even-keeled personality and is good with both the boys and the girls, both literally and figuratively, if you catch my drift. Relative to the game, he’s a worthy ally to both the bros and the females.

Right now, I think one of these cats wins.

The Sleepers include Natalie, Adam and Chelsia.

Natalie has proven she can win that PoV, and she’s generally well-liked, even if she’s half-cocked and crazy. Her attachment to Mattie is both a good and bad thing relative to game play because he seems like he would be willing to protect her somewhat. On the other hand, her attachment could make her a target, a pawn to upset Matt’s game-play, perhaps.

Adam is a weird, weird dude. Reminds me of Zach. He’s a perfect ally for the bros because, as Sheila noted to him early Thursday, he can go have a smoke, drink a beer, cuss it up and generally get along with any guy’s guy. And, so far, he hasn’t been a purposeful game player. He’s stayed out of the fray.

He definitely needs the money given that he’s been fired from his real-life job for calling autistic kids “retards.”

Chelsia, like Nat, is built for Big Brother competitions, as she’s already been part of an HoH couple. She’s also kind of a guy’s girl, like Natalie, and it seems to me that this season is a bit slanted toward males in terms of the stronger players. I think that it’s advantageous for any of the women in the house to align with the dudes.

Theoretically, I could see a scenario where the guys pretty much annihilate the girls in the house, picking them off one by one, including Princess Josh.

He’s one of The Pretenders. Based on everything you guys have written and I’ve thought, Joshuah is the Dustin of Season 9. Not popular with America, and that usually translates to “not popular with the house.”

Sharon is in serious danger of leaving this week, so at this point, she’s a pretender. To be honest, she seems like she would have been a good fit for Season 8, like she could be really catty. I could totally see her in a cussfight with Dick.

And Sheila is totally worthless, in my humble Big Brother opinion, relative to game play. She tries, but she doesn’t really fit in too well, and she has the makings of an easy, easy kill. She’s Kail II.

If I had to rank them, it would go like this:

9. Sheila

8. Sharon

7, Joshuah

6. Chelsia

5. Adam

4. Natalie

3. Ryan

2. James

1. Mattie

Do you agree, disagree … Tell me why I’m a complete idiot or laud my greatness. And big thanks to those of you who update us on what’s goin’ on overnight inside them there comments.

Good stuff, amigos.

Mark down the date and time. As of March 5 at 7:30 p.m. CST, Big Brother 9 finally breathed life.

The couples are dead. Only one person went home tonight. And what the houseguests do not know is that another person will be returning.

Houseguests will be playing the game as individuals from here on out, it appears. This is the way Big Brother was meant to be played. Mano a mano. Mental combat. Each man for himself.

While my personal feelings about the game are generally not relevant, I have had a hard time getting into the season with the couples concept. Don’t like it. In fact, I hated it. Sure, I love twists, but Big Brother is the ultimate individual’s game in that it requires people to be selfish.

Even if you’re a philanthropist, you must be selfish to win Big Brother.

You could be a missionary, and you will have to be selfish to win Big Brother.

And, I love it. Literally, I got chills when the siren sounded, and you know the house was loving it, even though they had no idea what was happening. Matt jumped into James’ arms. James liked it, much to Matt’s surprise.

The only people to look disappointed about the developments were Joshuah and Sharon, and I think it’s that they looked nervous. As HoH, you want your targets gone, and the news that only one of the evicted couple would be leaving must have put them into mental overdrive.

By a vote of 6 to 0, Allison was evicted. However, she will not return home. She will be kept isolated, and America will vote for one of the evicted houseguests to return to the Big Brother house.

Personally, I will be deciding among Alex, Amanda and Allison. My case for each:

Alex — nice guy. Got screwed by being Amanda’s partner. I predict he will be returning to the house.

Amanda — smoking hot. Sorry. There is something very Fran Drescher about her, and I know I just creeped two-thirds of you out.

Allison — now, let me make my case. How messed up would it be to send the person just evicted by a vote of 6 to 0 back into the house to wreak havoc on all of them?

Yes, I think Alex will go back because he’s a nice guy, like Kaysar was in his return several years ago. However, I think Allison is how I will vote because it would be relatively twisted.

And speaking of twisted, Ryan won the HoH competition, becoming the first single HoH. Well, he’s not single; his girlfriend is in isolation.

Oh, how sweet would it be to put Jen back in the house and force her to play against Ryan. Sure, I know that this type of familiarity gave Dick and Daniele an advantage last season; however, I’m not convinced Ryan and Jen are meant to be forever and ever.

So many possibilities! And, did you see the freaking hamster superimposed onto the TV screen during the HoH competition? What was that about?

Too much to talk about at once. However, may I issue my personal thank you to CBS, to Big Brother, Allison Grodner, etc. etc. etc. for doing the right thing and killing this couples baloney. I’m willing to let bygones be bygones and am excited for the rest of the season.

Game $%^&#@ ON!