'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Digest - Tue. 7/11 Day

Another edge-of-your-seat day of excitement in the BB7 House today!

Well, um... okay, they're still a bit on the boring side, but that's always the case this early in the season.

Here's some of the highlights (and lowlights, and some in between stuff) from today's live feeds up until the time I post this:

• As the pattern has been going so far, Danielle and Nakomis were the early risers. We're talking early at past 9:30 AM, though. Not early like Jack was.
• Danielle tried to convince Nakomis to be her partner until the end (sort of like her alliance with Jason). Nakomis wouldn't commit -- said she got involved too early in her own season and got burnt.
• Most of the rest of the houseguests straggled through by noon their time. [Editor's note: @@ I must give an eyeroll to that. C'mon, BB...set a curfew on these guys! The only good thing about them sleeping in is that I'm home from work not long after they awaken. Sheesh.]
• BB kept reminding sleeping HG that all lights in the house must remain on during the day.
• James told Alison he wished he were gay as gay men in the house are never targets. [Editor's note: I think he may be right! None have won, but the past gay guys in the house were never immediate targets. Kind of moot in this season, though. Here, they all know each other's past season strategies.]
• Nakomis and James seem to be getting along well. They jokingly (or not) made a final two agreement.
• They still think BB will make them eat bugs instead of PB&J. No bugs eaten yet, no food comps yet.
• Lots of talks of websites, some exercise, some singing -- flame/clouds!
• Will told the HG that if they want over-the-counter drugs, they have to ask BB for them now because he can no longer give them out. BB announcement: "Do NOT discuss Diary Room sessions!" Will's reply: "You TOLD me to tell them!"
• Will said lots of nasties about Internet fans. I'm hurt. I really am.
• Will also thinks the show (producers) plays favorites. The HG concensus was they do.
• Erika told Mike that Diane and Nakomis would target him and Will if the S6 players didn't. She told him Diane and Nakomis are lying to him.
• Mike pried Howie for strategy info...again. He's also saying that James can't be trusted and trying to make the S6 players doubt his status in their alliance. [Editor's note: Duh. They already don't trust James. And, he is working a bit with Danielle. Duh.]
• Kaysar still wants Alison to be the one evicted this week.
• Danielle told James that if she stays, she won't target S6 players.
• Alison tried to get in with George. Now, that shows she's desperate.
• Nakomis told Marcellas that Alison is sloppy in her lies and that Mike/Will are trying to bully her. She thinks Alison is just a liar, but Danielle is sneaky.

And that's that for now. More later!

Graphic by Zoetawny.

Quick 'Big Brother' East Coast Update - 7/11 Show

A feeds update is in the works, but since the show just finished here in the East, here's the update:

• As we know, the POV Comp had to do with garbage
• No, we didn't see Alison get bonked in the head, but I noticed the cage she was talking about as the culprit.
• Janelle won POV
• Janelle didn't use POV
• Danielle and Alison still on the block.

A feeds update and show commentary will be posted later tonight!

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Overnight Into 7/11

Ah, finally... we'll have a new show to watch tonight! And, an eviction on Thursday. I'm still hoping Alison goes, but watching the feeds tells me nothing is certain.

Here's what's been happening since I last posted:

• Janelle thinks it would be dangerous to keep Alison.
• Marcellas wanted Janelle to use the veto, put James up with Danielle.
• Marcellas had a bouncing on the bed pounding it with his fists tantrum because he wants Danielle to go.
• When asked by Janelle, Kaysar said he was voting for Alison to leave.
• Will said he likes to make fun of show fans and live feeds watchers.
• Marcellas and Erika think Janelle needs to cut loose at least one of her alliance members. (Howie?)
• They've decided that BB will have them eating bugs instead of PB&J this season.
• Marcellas said that Mike and Will don't need the money, he does.
• They invented a game called Hopper, hopping on the furniture. BB Voice: "Houseguests, please don't jump on the furniture. We're serious. Thank you."
• Howie and James think Nakomis is "after them."
• BB gave them more alcohol.
• The hot tub is unusable as it's dirty. (Well, clean it! Sheesh!)
• The other HG felt bad for George because they thought he was sleeping outside (they complained about his snoring).
• Will told scary stories like kids at a campfire.
• Alison wants to work on George and Erika to keep the vote from being a tie.
• All are finally asleep.

And I'm awake.

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

'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.