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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

PS: I am sorry for the site being down this weekend. You guys are once again melting my server. We will do what we can to keep it smooth sailing for the rest of the season. Thanks so much for being a part of our Blog!

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?!

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!

Lots of happenings to report after a weekend of craziness in the Big Brother house, the least of which is that either Ryan and Allison or Sheila and Adam will be going home.

As of right now, it’s almost a sure thing that Matt/Natalie and James/Chelsia will be voting to evict Ryan and Allison, and it’s not so much a Ryan issue as it is an Allison issue.

HoH couple Joshuah and Sharon initially nominated them with Matt and Natalie, but the latter won the PoV and pulled themselves off the block. And Joshuah cannot stand Allison. No siree.

But he also can’t stand a dirty butt.

Among the wonderfully nauseating happenings in the house the past few days included Joshuah (who has turned into Dustin, Part II, as HoH) detailing his gay sex practices. You think I’m kidding, but this is some fascinating stuff.

I’m such a prude, relatively. And Crazy Gay Porn James talks about anal lubing and analgasms with no questioning from Joshuah or Chelsia?

James and Chelsia have gotten particularly close, even doing a little threesome action with Allison. Not to worry, it was only a few kisses, but it’s by a mile the tenth most risque thing this season. Kidding.

What happens Wednesday night relative to the twist is big. Allison is campaigning hard, but she doesn’t realize that her eventual eviction might mean nothing.

The house has been advised to be prepared to gather in the living room upon hearing a sound, like a blaring horn or some such. The presumption by many is that this would be a cue for houseguest re-entry.

But we’ll not know at least until tomorrow night.

In the meantime, did Big Brother reach an all-time nasty low this week between the pseudo-threesome and the anal chit-chat?

In a season filled with Big Brother sexcapades (Natalie, Jen, Ryan, Mattie), voluntary withdrawals (Neil) and odd drama (everybody), Friday night will go down as one of the most dramatic nights in the show’s American history.

As one of the people on slop, Amanda started to feel like her blood sugar was way low. She is hypoglycemic, meaning her blood sugar is too low. I’m not a doctor, nor do I claim to be a scholar, but I think this is kind of the “opposite” of being diabetic.

It is a serious condition.

Natalie suggested some brown sugar, but Amanda said it would have to be more substantive. Not two seconds later, she passed out and soon went into convulsions and seizures.

Gay porn Crazy James and the other houseguests rushed out to try to get her some help, and Amanda was apparently taken to a hospital, where she was given an IV and pain medication. However, if you’ll allow me to be a bit critical, I was unimpressed with Big Brother’s lack of response time.

Historically, we have been told that if something happened in the house — a fight, a rape, a murder — that people would be busting through the doors, right? Well, while Big Brother did get Amanda to a hospital, I have to wonder why they didn’t bust through those doors when she theoretically could have been dying.

In all fairness, somebody was probably calling 911, but if a producer is watching, he or she would have known that Amanda was on shaky ground with the low blood sugar. Not saying they should have made an exception for her, just saying that — damn — they should have been ready to bust down the doors if something had happened.

Thankfully, she is OK and was told to eat five meals on Saturday, meals that presumably do not include slop.

As of 11:15 BBT, it looked like she was eating a sugary cereal.

So, good on Big Brother for being sensible here, if they are allowing her to eat real food. I don’t think Amanda is the most popular player this season, but she’s still a young woman, somebody’s daughter, somebody’s sister, somebody’s friend — and frankly, I’m not sure the show’s producers won’t have to rethink the entire concept of putting people on slop.

Let’s think from a legalistic perspective. CBS isn’t looking to get sued, right? How could they not inquire whether somebody might be hypoglycemic?

Amanda bemoaned the fact that while she works for a company that provides health insurance to major employers, her own health insurance sucks. I think if I were CBS, I would have caught the bill for Amanda’s ambulance.

In other drama, Allison was taken to the hospital, too! She suffered an allergic reaction to something or other and was taken to get some allergy shots.

By a vote of 3 to 1, Jen and Parker were evicted on Wednesday. Just like we thought.

However, might the Big Brother 9 house actually be more interesting right now with Jen and Parker gone? As of midnight, Ryan and Crazy James were being joined by bug-eyed Adam on the smoking porch discussing Operation Condor.

The OC seems to be a plan to get Alex and Amanda (because of the latter, not the former) out of the house. This plan might also include the eviction of Matt and Natalie, but I’m not down with all the specifics.

What I do know is that the three guys are smoking their li’l heads off and discussing this master plan, all the while giggling from sweet alcoholic intoxication. In James’ case, it might be that he’s celebrating his and Chelsia’s HoH win.

They won via a game of guessing what the majority of houseguests would say to a series of questions related to what they collectively could do without. Would you rather have hot food or hot water? Breakfast in bed or the women cooking for you? Would you rather be forced to wear clothes your soulmate picks out or wear bathing trunks?

The consequence of James and Chelsia’s victory is that the house will be bikini-laden with no hot water and women cooking all the food for the next 72 hours. The secondary consequence of their victory is that it looks like Alex and Amanda are getting nominated.

In real-time, those nominations happen tomorrow morning. Be sure to tune back here for spoilers, which we’ll keep hidden on an inner page.

The plan seems to be to nominate Alex and Amanda and pair somebody against them so that Matt and Natalie can be backdoored if necessary. At this point, it seems like that second couple could be Joshuah and Sharon or Adam and Sheila.

Speaking of Sheila, she did blow up at Adam again, although I couldn’t remember why for sure. What I do know is that Adam was asserting her insanity on the Big Brother smoking porch, noting that she needs to “stay on her meds.”

What Adam might not know is all the hubbub relative to his comments about autistic children being retarded. I do believe he referred to retards in an earlier episode, and that has activists all aflutter because previous Big Brother contestants in other countries have been booted for unpolitically correct speech.

We’re learning more and more about Adam, and although he’s creepy and high strung, he is also sort of entertaining. The “retard” comment was him shooting off some idiocy for the sake of idiocy, and I suspect that’s just his nature, not meant as a slight toward anybody. In fact, I think he was purposefully trying to peeve off Sheila.

It worked, and deservedly so. However, this is the nature of their relationship. If Adam could only work his Operation Condor magic on her.

The other part of the guys’ conversation early Thursday addressed their relationship relative to the game. They called it the “bro show,” and if at some point BB9 goes to an every man for himself proposition, Ryan, Crazy James and Adam could make a formidable threesome.

All in all, not terribly exciting yet. But they’re drunk, so turn on the live feeds tonight if at all possible. I’ll post a clip from the guys’ conversation tomorrow, as well as other feeds, once we know the noms.

In the tradition of the great Greek justice system and court ceremonies, Big Brother Blog has reviewed your arguments, your votes and decided …

That the team of Jen and Parker have got to be evicted from the ‘Til Death Do Us Part house of in flagrante delicto.

Personally, I think the house will be much more fascinating with Jen and Parker there, but the jury has spoken. By the way, I should note that it looks as if the vote will go 3 to 1 to evict Jen and Parker. However, I would also note that on the feeds last night, Amanda promised to tip Parker off to the vote.

If she touches her nose, he’s gone. If she winks, he stays. I’ll be looking for it …

Alrighty. Now, it’s on to the TV!

As has been revealed, Matt and Natalie won the Power of Veto this week and declined to use it on Jen and Parker or Ryan and Allison.

So, the happy couple from Cowtown (er, Columbus) will be split, leaving us with no more wonderfully humorous questions such as, “Is it in yet?” Yikes.

But which pair do you want to see gone?

The blog is leaning toward evicting Ryan and Allison on the simple but selfish grounds that Parker is much more interesting at this point, even if Jen bores us to suicide. Kidding, Amanda. Side note: That whole conversation between Joshuah and Amanda re: the noose, to me, was too much. Using a parent’s suicide as a tool in the house … c’mon, I’m not sure that Dick would have even done that. Could be wrong.

However, Parker and his diary room strike made me giggly with egocentric glee, and the only way we’re going to see Amanda shed her clothes outside a shower, methinks, is if the paparazzo sticks around.

But more than all this is the opinion that Ryan and Allison just don’t have anything to offer long-term for this game. Boring. Boring. Boring. Jen might be boring, and Parker might not be my favorite player in the world, but darn it all — he’s interesting.

Still, you know the house rules. We post an eviction notice to the houseguest(s) of your collective choice. Post your comments to this thread and tell us why you vote to evict the way you do.