Hi, everyone!

I’m sorry — this special Tuesday eviction kinda snuck up on me and I am super late opening the Diary Room!  Okay, we have about 4 and a half hours before the show so, in the time we have left, cast your vote to evict over on the right side of the page or in the comments section below!

Do you vote to evict…

AUSTIN, the smelly wrestler

or

STEVE, the guy who talks to himself?

CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

Well, the feeds are down until after Tuesday’s show and right now, we’ve got a bit of a cliffhanger on our hands.

When last I posted, I said that I was sure that John would join Liz in voting out Steve and that Austin would survive to annoy another day.

Well, I may have been wrong.  I certainly hope that I was wrong.  Last night, Vanessa apparently decided that it would make more sense for her game to get rid of Austin.  And she asked John to vote to get rid of Austin and then Vanessa will break the tie by sending Austin to the jury house.

And, since I can’t stand Austin and I dread the thought of having to listen to him give a final two speech, I am totally okay with Vanessa getting rid of him.  I’m a little bit surprised that Vanessa is willing to get blood on her hands.  That’s why I wouldn’t be surprised to see her change her mind but we’ll see.

(Though we won’t see it until Tuesday, the vote is tonight.  So, it’s not like Vanessa has a lot of time to change her mind.)

What’s especially wonderful is that Austin has no idea.  When last seen, Austin was rehearsing an extremely cruel pre-vote speech in which he would tell Steve that he could “no longer hide behind his mommy.”  (And just you watch — I bet, when we see the eviction on Tuesday, Austin will be wearing his top hat.)  Vanessa has said that she wants this to be a true blindside — i.e., Austin has no idea until he’s sent out of the house.

And if that happens, I will be ecstatic.  If anyone deserves to be blindsided, it’s Austin.  And, if Austin goes, I imagine that will end Vanessa’s final two deal with Liz.  Considering how paranoid Vanessa is about how the jury is going to vote, Vanessa is not going to want to go to the final two with Liz because she knows that Liz will already have the votes of both Julia and Austin.

So, we’ll see what happens!

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

On any other season, the news that I’m about to share would be news worth celebrating but this season …. well, this is the season where nobody’s willing to do the smart and obvious thing.

Because of the accelerated week and the upcoming eviction (which will happen on Monday and then be broadcast on Tuesday), the veto meeting was held today.  John used the veto on himself.  Vanessa nominated Austin as the replacement.

What this means is that, if John is going to make a big move, this is the time to make it.  Liz is obviously going to vote to keep Austin.  If John votes to keep Steve then there will be a tie and Vanessa will finally have to “get blood on her hands” and announce who she wants to leave the house.  As well, Vanessa won’t be able to play for HoH, so John has to decide who would be a stronger contender to win the next HoH comp — Steve or Austin.

However, as of right now, it looks like John is going to vote to evict Steve, on the understand that he, Austin, and Liz will then go after Vanessa.  So, chances are that Steve is going go on a 2-0 vote.

Earlier today, Vanessa told Steve that he needs to go make his case to John.  However, as far as I can tell, all Steve has been doing is talking to John about past seasons of Big Brother.  Steve has not been making a case for himself and he actually seems to think that he already has John’s vote to stay.  In other words, Steve is being way too confident in himself and, with the vote coming up early, Steve really doesn’t have much time to spare.

(Of course, Vanessa could change her mind and ask John to vote for Austin but I doubt she will because that would mean getting blood on her hands and we all know how terrified Vanessa is of that.)

So, as much as I would love to see Austin voted out, I’m going to guess that it’s going to be Steve.

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

Well, this has really been the season of superlong veto comps.  As I sit here typing this, I am still waiting for the veto comp to end.  It started hours ago and it’s still going.  I was really hoping to wait to update until we had a winner but who knows when that will be.

Since the feeds have hardly been on at all since Friday, this is going to be a short update but at least we’ll have a new post to comment under!  Anyway, here’s the situation (in case you missed it):

Vanessa is HoH.

John and Steve are on the block.

John is the target.

John, for some reason, promised Austin that he would throw the veto comp if Austin and Liz would vote to keep him in the house.

In other news, I have watched Big Brother since the beginning.  The only time I ever missed any episodes was when my mom was in the hospital.   Otherwise, since the 2nd season, I have always either watched or recorded every episode.  (I did watch the first season but not every episode because, back then, it was on every single night.)

However, I — and a lot of other BB fans (including Evel Dick) — will NOT be watching the show on Sunday because Frankie Grande will be making an appearance.  He took Liz and Vanessa to an Ariana Grande concert.  (Interestingly enough, on 9-11, the luxury reward was to go a singer who says she hates Americans.)  I have a feeling that Sunday’s show is pretty much going to be the Frankie Show and I’m not going to sit through that again.

I’m not a fan of Frankie Grande’s.  I don’t like the way he was forced on us last season.  I don’t like the way the show was edited to keep viewers from hearing all of the terrible things that he said while in the house.  I hate the fact that he was never confronted with the jokes he made about raping Victoria.  And I really don’t like the fact that, even though Derrick won the game, he had to share his post-victory appearance on the View with Frankie.

In short, Frankie represents everything that occasionally drives me crazy about Big Brother.  He’s the epitome of the minor celebrity who was recruited for ratings and then basically protected by the show’s editors.  Frankie was his season’s Austin.

So, I will not be watching or tweeting about Big Brother on Sunday because I feel doing so would be the same as supporting Frankie Grande and his undeserved 15 minutes of fame.

However, I will still be updating this site!  Hopefully, by tomorrow, the veto competition will finally be over!

Lisa Marie

HOLD ON!  I just checked and it looks like John might have WON THE VETO!  YAY!

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Hi everyone!

Well, this is going to be a short post because I have no idea what’s going on in the Big Brother House right now.  The feeds are down and they’re probably going to be down for the rest of today.  BBAD is scheduled to start at midnight tonight but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything.  As we all know, Big Brother is totally willing to show us the fish during the BBAD, depending on how long the comps go.

(It’s funny that, despite the fact that the comps have been dumbed down to accomodate this season’s less-than-brilliant houseguests, it’s still taking them longer than ever to complete the veto comps.)

Since this season is coming to a close, this is an accelerated week.  The nominations are being announced today and then the HGs are going to play for the veto and I assume that the feeds will not come back until someone has got that veto medallion around her or his neck.  Someone will be evicted on Tuesday and then someone will be evicted on Wednesday and then we’ll have our final three.

So, here’s what I can tell you.

Julia was voted out last night.  No shock.  She and Julie had a really boring interview and, as I watched them talk, it occurred to me that Julia always looks like she’s trying to blow up someone’s head with the power of her stare.

After that, it was time for the HoH comp and it was one of those things where they were all trapped in a cage and had to move a certain number of eggs from one location to another.  When the show ended, it looked like Austin was in the lead but no!  Vanessa ended up winning HoH.

Liz won a luxury prize.  She gets to take a trip outside the house.  When last I heard, she was saying that if she got to take another HG with her, she would probably take Vanessa.  I don’t blame her — this trip will be her first chance to get a break from Austin in three months.

Originally, it sounded like Vanessa might end up going back on her word and nominate Austin and Liz for eviction.  However, as of today, it sounds like she was planning on nominating John and Steve and targeting Steve.

(Apparently, Vanessa has gotten it into her head that John’s family was sending him a secret message when they did the whole air guitar thing during the live show.  Paranoid much?)

Of course, it’s totally possible that Vanessa is only nominating John and Steve so that she can backdoor someone else.  Or she may actually be targeting Steve but she might end up changing her mind before the actual ceremony.  Vanessa is unpredictable like that.

So, in other words, we won’t know what’s going on until the feeds finally come back.

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

Thursday is going to be a really busy day for me so I have decided to open up the Diary Room super early!  (It’s better to be early than late.)

Who do you vote to evict?  Do you vote to evict…

LIZ, the twin who likes Austin

or

JULIA, the twin who doesn’t like Austin?

Cast your vote over on the right side of the screen or in the comments section below!  And then be sure to watch Big Brother on Thursday night to see which twin is sent to the jury!

Happy voting!

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

Well, if you’re a regular watcher of the CBS show and if you dislike Liz, I know you are probably looking forward to tonight.  Tonight, we’ll get to see Liz lose the veto and freak out.  I’ll be curious to see how much of Liz’s freakout the show’s editors will actually decide to show us.  Will we get to see Austin begging everyone in the house to go talk to Liz for him?  Will we get to see her and Julia refuse to eat the dinner that he made for them?

We’ll find out!

But, as for what’s happening in the house right now — it appears that Liz may now suddenly be safe and Julia is going to go home on Thursday.  (Julia has even agreed with Liz that Liz is the best player, just in case you were wondering who was the dominant twin in that relationship.)  Austin went to Vanessa last night and made a deal with her.  If Vanessa votes to keep Liz, Austin has promised that if he or Liz wins HoH, he will neither nominate nor backdoor her.  For obvious reasons, Austin’s target next week would be Steve and Vanessa seems to be okay with that.  Vanessa then went to John and asked him if he was okay with voting out Julia and, of course, John said yes because John is okay with just about anything.

Now, it’s debatable whether or not Austin will keep his word to Vanessa.  Last night, he and the twins finally realized that Vanessa has been playing everyone and that she literally has a final two deal with everyone in the house.  I could imagine both of them going back on their promise if either one of them should win HoH.

And, of course, Vanessa could always change her mind.  Steve wants Liz gone and Vanessa has said that she’ll do whatever Steve wants.

But, as of right now, it appears that Julia is going and Liz and Austin are going to get at least one more week together.

Bleh.

Lisa Marie

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Hi everyone!

Check out this quote from an interview with Les Moonves, president of CBS and husband of Big Brother host Julie Chen.  (The full interview can be found here: http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/leslie-moonves-on-20-years-at-cbs.html#)

Vulture: And yet you’re still involved on a micro level with a lot of decisions. I’ve heard you still play a role in signing off on the cast for Big Brother …

Moonves: By the way, this wasn’t a great year for casting on Big Brother.

Vulture: Early on, the cast seemed pretty promising!

Moonves: I agree. Usually you have one or two disappointments. I think we had five or six disappointments.

So, if nothing else, it looks like Julie’s husband agrees with us about this season’s cast!  What I find especially interesting is that the interview was not about Big Brother.  The interviewer did not say a word against the cast.  Instead, he was just citing the Big Brother casting process an example of Moonves’s administrative style.  And, almost out of no where, Moonves cuts the interviewer off and says, “By the way, this wasn’t a great year for casting on Big Brother.”

Which, to me, indicates that this season is really bothering him.  Does that mean that there could be a shakeup as far as Big Brother’s production staff is concerned?  Maybe, maybe not.  But it’s fun to speculate and, if I was involved in casting this season, I would be a little worried right now.

It’s also interesting that Moonves said there were five or six disappointments, considering that there are currently only six people left in the house.

As for what’s going on in the house right now, it’s pretty much more of the same.  Liz and Julia are on the block for eviction.  When last I checked, it looked like Liz was still Steve’s target but that could change, depending on what Vanessa tells Steve to do.  For the most part, Vanessa, Steve, and John mostly just seem to be happy about the prospect of getting rid of at least one twin.  They don’t seem particularly concerned about which twin.

Liz and Julia have been doing a lot of sobbing lately but, when you consider the way that they talked about everyone else who was ever nominated, it’s hard to have much sympathy for either of them.  And the show’s editors seem to have finally turned against both the twins and Austin.  After spending weeks playing up the Austin and Liz showmance, the Big Brother producers appear to have finally realized just how universally disliked Austin and the twins are.  Hence, on Sunday’s show, we got to Liz and Julia insisting that Sigmund Freud was a lion tamer from Las Vegas.  And we also got to hear them talking about how Austin is a terrible kisser.

One final note: Last night, Austin assured Liz that she would win America’s Favorite Player.  “I know this show,” Austin told her.

Sure, Austin.

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

I hope that all of our readers have had either a great Labor Day or a great Monday, depending on which part of the world you live in!  As for me, I am back and getting caught up on what I missed in the house.

I imagine that all of you already know this but let’s just make it “official:”

The veto meeting was held today.  Austin took himself off the block.  Steve nominated Julia in his place.  And, as of right now, it appears that Liz is the target but, regardless, one of the Hate Twins will be going to the jury house on Thursday!

If it is Liz, that means Austin will be looking for revenge.  It also means that Julia will probably be even more under the control of Vanessa.  Julia has spent this entire game doing whatever her sister did.  From several of Julia’s comments in the house, I get the feeling that she still doesn’t really understand how Big Brother works.  (Not a single day seems to pass without Julia asking whether or not the cameras are on.)  Julia is going to need someone to lead her and since she doesn’t like Austin, that person will probably be Vanessa.

Anyway, Liz and Julia have finally been nominated.  It has taken over two months for anyone in the house to make any attempt to break up the strongest and firmest alliance.  On any other season, Liz would have been voted out as soon as the other houseguests figured out that she had a twin.

It’s been a strange, strange season.

Lisa Marie

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