No. 2 For Big Brother 8: How Naive Could You Be?
One of the tenets of the Big Brother game, is that houseguests trust each other at their own peril. On one hand, we like players who tell it like it is.
On the other hand, unless you lie at some point, you will be evicted. You cannot win this game without deception.
And there was no important act of deception last season than when Danielle and Kail were hanging like bats in that mid-season HoH competition. Kail could have stayed there all night, and Dani says she could have, too.
Kail asks Dani, if she were to let her win HoH, if she would be spared eviction. Danielle swears to it, blah blah blah.
Could you not see this coming?
Kail hops off. Dani is HoH, and Kail was evicted the next week, not because of anything Danielle specifically did to target her but because Kail’s eviction was expedient.
And I thought Kail had watched Big Brother before?
Alas, Kail’s eviction was the first of two key evictions that led to Dick Donato’s win. In many ways, it was brilliant game play that led to E.D.’s victory. But in many other ways, the Donatos lucked out big time at the expense of others’ foolishness.
And relative to turning points of a Big Brother season, for BB8, there were few bigger.
Christine said,
February 10, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
That was definitely one for the memory books - but if you don’t make any promises you don’t have to lie. However, I’m not sure you’d survive without making promises and alignments in this game. Again, some of the reasons I could never go on this show. (not the least of which, I’d either be evicted right away - or kicked off the show for doing something stupid). he, he, he
Al germann said,
February 10, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
To me out and out lying, I could not do. Deceptrion is another matter, without
deception you can not win. One of the worst examples to me was both ED and Dani, out and out lying to Jessica and Eric about Jessica’s eviction. It was really not necessary.
They could haved told the truth, without hurting their chances to win.
Their lying just hurt Jessica, for no reason, and Eric indirectly.
There pact with Jess and Eric could still have worked, by getting Zach, next, remember
he could not have conpeted for the next HOH. That to me was not just lying, it was a
a personal, and hurtlful action.
Jess and Eric could have spent the time enjoying each other an forgetting the game for a week. Knowing them as well as you could from the show, they would have made the
the best of that last week.
It was just a cruel, and rotten thing to do, it turned me off, and I did not watch the rest of the show on my 24/7 feed until the last TV eposode.
Yours Al, and what would they have done if Eric won the next HOH, one of them was gone, perod.
Bonnie said,
February 10, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
Oh please….Dick and Dani didn’t do anything that the rest of the houseguests didn’t do, thats how these games are won, it just depends who does the best job of lying!
So they won BB8 fair and square.
Jessica & Eric was a joke, they were playing each other like a fiddle, Jessica was sweet to everybodies face and stabbing them in the back the whole time.
BB8 was the best BB I’ve watched so far.
So everybody needs to get over it and accept the rightfull winners……..” THE DONATO’S”
Dick Donato made that show hands down.
Gracie said,
February 11, 2008 @ 2:27 am
Bonnie, you are so right on the money, they played a better game and it was the best BB ever. Dick was so ( I don’t know what to call it ) and the daughter was the same, but they played a damn good game and they desired the win 100%. So I feel the same as you do get over it and I hope this one be just as exciting or better, because BB8 was THE BEST. GO BB9
Karen said,
February 11, 2008 @ 10:14 am
Thank you for the memory.