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.
