'BB7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Into The Evening 7/10

At least the house is a bit more interesting now that there's a bit more scheming. I think they've talked every minute, every relationship, of every season since the show's inception. Every time I think they can't come up with more to say about past seasons, they do. But, there's some scheming going on in between the reminiscing. Phew!

Here's the important scheming and a few odd (rubber) ducks thrown in since I last updated:

• Mike and Will pried Howie for information as to who he's voting to evict and general information. Will says he has a target on his back and knows he won't last long, but will Howie look out for Mike? @@ - I have to start with an eyeroll.
• Howie told them he trusts James as much as he trusts Will. Heh.
• Diane told Marcellas that she thinks everyone is voting out Danielle. (Which would thrill Marcellas to no end, but he knows that may not be the case.)
• She told him that Alison said if she gets HOH, her target is Janelle.
• Janelle and Howie won't "talk game" with Diane. [Editor's note: I don't blame them!]
• Diane said Jase won't "talk game" with her, either. [Editor's note: Want to buy a clue, Diane?]
• Janelle noticed that Nakomis studies the house, but Janelle and Howie have had extended "study" periods for possible comps. Who's she to complain?
• Will thinks the Olsen twins look like hot troll dolls. Okay...
• Alison sucked up to Erika more.
• Alison keeps asking about what Danielle's saying and doing...to the point of annoyance.
• Kaysar told Erika he's not ready to play the game yet. (What's he waiting for? By Christmas, it'll be too late!)
• Erika told Kaysar she wants to keep Alison.
• Marcellas wants to break up the S6 group, but Janelle must remain. He likes her.
• There was an outdoor lockdown - more kickball with the beachball and footraces. Boring!
• Howie, egged on by James, kissed Will for "camera time."
• Erika told Mike he's alone in voting to evict Alison.
• Now even Marcellas is confused who he's voting for. Janelle told him that if Alison stays, her and Nakomis will take over.
• Marcellas is terrified of Danielle. Janelle points out that Danielle never wins comps -- it's Alison who's the immediate threat.

That's pretty much how we stand. It went from looking at Alison being surely evicted to a "who knows?" situation.

Graphic by Zoetawny.
Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

'Hell's Kitchen' - Episode 5 -or- "Cooking Like Donkeys!"

I interrupt your regularly scheduled Big Brother Live Feeds Updates to bring you up to date on the latest Hell's Kitchen. Hey, I've been talking about it each week so far this season; I can't let a bunch of odd people in a house in California stop me now! (I will be posting feeds updates later tonight and early, early in the morning, then again tomorrow evening...I'm talking east coast time here.)

As the show opened, we had seven wannabe chefs, although not suited for fry cooks, contestants remaining out of the original twelve. Thankfully, Tom went the last episode. He should have never been there in the first place! Now I want Sara out of there just because she's an obnoxious, sneaky, so-and-so.

Chef Ramsay treated all of the contestants to what they thought was real fancy-shmancy food. Instead, the caviar came from catfish; the pate was crushed hot dogs; the fondue was Cheez Wiz, and there was a TV dinner in there posing as something as well. All of the contestants went on about how great the food was with Garrett only stumbling for a moment. After being told what they were eating, Keith said, "Hot dogs are slammin'!" No wonder he liked the pate!

The "meal" was a prelude to a taste-test contest between the teams. Blindfolded with headphones, each team member was pitted against another in identifying a spoonful of something. (No one got a spoonful of sugar, although it may have helped the medicine go down.) The women, with one sitting out to even the teams, won. Woohoo, they did a photo shoot for TV Guide.

And, that brings up the creepy Sara again! Argh! She was fondling Ramsay's leg and being blatant about gas during the shoot. What the hell is wrong with that woman? Get her gone!

As the women drank champagne, got all dolled up, and posed pretty, the men had to clean the mess left in the kitchen from the night before. Well, the men and Heather, as Ramsay put her on that team to even numbers. (Back to -- suppose a reality show put on a gender war and nobody came?)

The dinner service as the usual frantic mess as Ramsay yelled, "Where's the lamb sauce?" I don't know. I think if I were there, I could tell him where to put his lamb sauce. There were burnt ducks, well-done Beef Wellington, burnt quail, and even a hair on an entree. Horrors! Ramsay freaked that the teams weren't communicating, yet he certainly doesn't create an atmosphere of open communication. It tends to be like: "Chef, the lamb will be ten minutes!" "Off with your head and serve that on a (#&^%#@ platter!"

Ramsey showed odd familiarity with two of the contestants tonight. First, he took Rachel aside as she was screwing up right and left and gave her a pep talk. Then, it was even more weird with Keith, something about "nobody's ever told you that you could do well." I expected Keith to reply, "Mommy never loved me." Blech.

They actually got the entrees served when Ramsay did his final blow-up "shut down the kitchen" bit. But, both teams had their woes. He decided the Red Team did the worst and that Virginia was the best of the worst. It was up to her to name two nominees to get booted.

Rachel told Heather to win it and go after Sara if she got the boot. And, after a long rambling nomination, Virginia nominated both Rachel and Maribel. Ramsay booted Rachel.

Go get Sara, Heather! You can do it.

Now, the more I watch these characters, the less I'm liking Heather. She was my favorite from the start. She's crumbling, though. I hope the promise to Rachel boosts her back up. I don't like Keith. It looks like Ramsay is liking him more each week, but his whole demeanor oozes burger-flipper, not a top chef. Garrett? Eh, better than Sara or Maribel. Chef Ramsay ought to kick them all out of the kitchen and get in a new cast.

'BB7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Digest - 7/10 Morning/Afternoon

Half the house stayed up more than half the night last night, as I mentioned in my first post today. If they don't watch it, BB will call a "lights out" time as they did in past seasons.

Without further ado, here's the important a-doin's from today:

• Will and Jase wanted to move George's bed to the backyard as he snores so loud.
• Janelle, Kaysar and Howie fixed and ate waffles at after 4 AM their time.
• Howie wants a threatening alliance stance while Kaysar doesn't want a mob approach.
• Howie and Janelle tried to tell Kaysar that integrity won't get him far.
• They (H, J, K) think James is working with Danielle. [Editor's note: He is, but who knows how loyal he'll be as his own needs change in the house. He doesn't like Alison and wants Danielle to stay this week.]
• Janelle told Kaysar and Howie that Marcellas wants in with their alliance.
• The 'up all night' crew went to bed after 5 AM their time; Danielle was the first 'up for the day' crew person at a bit after 9 AM, then Mike.
• Mike told Danielle that James is voting to keep her. [Editor's note: Duh. She knew that.]
• Mike starts working the thought of the S6 alliance being too strong and they must lose some members.
• BB did Beastie Boys wake-up music at about 10:15 AM their time. BB then told them, "Houseguests, you must clean the bathroom today." -- that's the first I've heard that announcement, but they need it.
• George tried to form an alliance with Danielle and Nakomis. He's still Odd Man Out. He told them he's suspicious of S6.
• Will wanted a house meeting to discuss the snorers - George, Howie and James.
• There was an outdoor lockdown.
• James and Kaysar had a long strategy talk about S6 being targeted and Danielle being an ally... or not.
• Will and Mike tried to figure out where Marcellas' loyalty is.
• Mike wants a tie to louse everything up this eviction.
• Mike told Howie he wants him in the new "Chilltown" with himself and Will. @@ Have to roll my eyes at the thought of it all!
• Lots of sleeping in the afternoon. Gee, I wonder why?
• Mike tried to swing Jase and Marcellas to his alliance.
• Marcellas called Janelle the "new Amy" and doesn't know if he can trust her to have his back through the game.
• James found change in his pocket, lied to Janelle and said he found it under the couch cushion. BB took the money away.
• James is still campaigning to keep Danielle. Marcellas still wants Danielle to be evicted.
• Nakomis had a long, long talk with George and may have him in her pocket. [Editor's note: Smart move -- everyone's ignoring him, for the most part.]
• Alison campaigned for herself to Erika, not sure if Erika was really caring or listening, maybe just soaking it all in. No promises made.

And, that's where we stand.

Graphic by Zoetawny.
Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

'BB7: All- Stars' - Live Feeds Update - Overnight 7/09-7/10

Once again, I'll first whine that this crew needs to get more exciting.

Here's some of what happened since I last posted or just stuff of interest (to me, at least):

• James is campaigning for Danielle to stay more than Danielle is campaigning for Danielle to stay.
• Erika cried about lost loves to Kaysar.
• Mike conspired with Diane, the object to get HOH power next week
• The uncertainty of Ali going this week grows and right now the house seems divided on the vote for eviction.
• Diane is allying with Ali...or is she?
• Janelle feels bad having an alliance with Kaysar, but telling Marcellas he's in it until the end -- same with Kaysar and Erika.
• Lots of past season talk.
• As I write this, some houseguests are still up making waffles. They should crash soon and probably conk out for most of the East Coast day. BB should institute a bedtime/lights out for them again.

Later!

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' - Feeds Update (Or Something Like That)

I cannot belive this crew, I just can't. They've all been having fun in the backyard playing with a big ball...for a few HOURS now. Un-freakin'-believable! No scheming, no fighting. They're playing for hours and hours! Argh.

So, here's a Zoetawny graphic inspired by Erika's infatuation with Kaysar (which seems to be cooling a bit).

The biggest news on the news front is that Howie is going all Hurricane, perhaps it's more of a tropical storm right now, on Nakomis. Janelle doesn't approve and Howie's going to find out that Nakomis isn't going to be a whimpering April if he lets loose on her. Supposedly, it dates to her aiming the meteor at him in the HOH comp. He said she made it personal. Whatever. I think this one is all in his mind.

The nominations weren't changed and it seems up in the air who's voting for whom. While it seemed Alison was a sure eviction, it's getting a bit iffy now. Neither Alison nor Danielle are campaigning. On the other hand, Marcellas really wants Danielle out -- "I'm not safe as long as she's in the game."

Waaay too much talk about past seasons. Whenever they try to talk about something relating to this season which interests me (such as their sequester, etc.), we get flame/clouds and bad music. So, they play in the backyard. No, the screaming while playing doesn't get flame/clouds; it'll just get my neighbors to call the cops if I don't keep the volume way low.

In blog stuff: The poll I posted earlier seems to be dropping off Jack votes when you look at the results. He is the discrepancy between total votes and the sum of the others. The last time I looked, it seemed he had 6 or 7 votes. If you haven't voted for the houseguest not in the house who should be there, the poll is here. Go for it! Ivette is leading with Amy on her tail!

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds