'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Update - Overnight Into Sunday 8/06

I think my own personal keyword for this season will be "odd." It's an odd season indeed. We started with houseguests who already knew each other or, at the very least, knew the strategy styles of others. That's odd in and of itself as the show's premise is along the lines of "12 strangers locked in a house." And it's grown even more odd since the season got underway.

The houseguests, for the most part (you can exclude George here), are demanding. Being labeled "all stars" seems to make them feel that they're special and deserve more than houseguests in previous seasons. Then there's the talk that the producers are rigging the show. There's always that talk every season, but it does seem that this season's houseguests are complaining more about the production staff than in any season I've watched before. I've always had the live feeds and this season is unbelievable. The houseguests make a mere mention of "producer" and we're blocked in a jiffy. Odd, ain't it?

I think I'll be happy when, if the series is renewed, we're back to strangers in the house. I was never too keen on All Stars seasons for reality shows and, while I am watching and admit that I'm intrigued and want to see what happens, this season is just coming up... odd.

Oh, well... here are the overnight events from that Big Brother House of Oddness and Cots:

• Danielle has a port-a-potty in her Solitary Confinement. She spent quite a bit of time reading the instructions on how to use it. I can't see the concept being that complicated!
• Will turned the showmance charm on Janelle and drew her further into his web. He and Mike Boogie had said earlier it was time to turn up their showmances with Janelle and Erika (repectively) and, so Will did. Will Janelle fall for the charm that is the Ultimate PuppetMaster? I don't know.
• Marcellas sulked, then he moped. Then he sulked some more. He should be happy -- this season is perfect for a Drama Queen!
• Mike accidentally buzzed in to receive the not participating in POV next week (POV Comp yesterday). Apparently he thought he was buzzing in for $10,000, not ten points. He did win the $5,000 and in the HOH Comp on Thursday, $10,000. So, it's not like he hasn't won cash!
• Will talked to Danielle through her slot. He seemed to be trying to make her feel better, but he's Will. He had a reason. He tried to convince her to make a truce with Janelle and oust Marcellas.
• Shades of Shannon cleaning the toilet with Hardy's toothbrush, Mike Boogie wiped the floor with Marcellas' washcloth. He then turned to a camera and mentioned it was Marcellas' washcloth. BB yelled at him to stop.
• Will and Mike are actively campaigning just about anyone who will listen to get rid of Marcellas. Um... well, they haven't discussed it with Marcellas, mind you.
• James and Howie don't want to be stuck in sequester with Marcellas.
• Erika and Kaysar had another long heart-to-heart talk. "What am I doing here?" Kaysar seems genuinely troubled by this season and his choices. With Erika, I don't know. She puts on a good interested-in-listening face, she always did. But I get the feeling that she's always playing the game.
• No one seems to be happy. Aww. Poor babies. My heart bleeds for them. I don't know what they expected, caviar and fine champagne every evening?
• Erika told Kaysar that she was very upset that one houseguest seemed to rejoice about Danielle going into Solitary. She didn't mention which one, but my own personal guess would be Janelle (although I saw nothing of the kind). I don't know if this was an Erika strategy move or reality. Kaysar told Erika he wants to leave - he'd rather go clerk in a coffee shop.
• Will and Janelle had a hot water spray fight in the kitchen (the only hot water in the house) until BB yelled at them.
• At 1:00 AM their time, BB announced it would be lights out in one hour. About time this was enforced this season!
• Despite their (Janelle and Kaysar) vow to wake up at 7 AM for exercise, Danielle is the only one awake as I post this entry at about 9:30 their time. She's moping and pacing.

Graphic by Zoetawny.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Update - Saturday Evening 8/05

<--- The cots do something to the decor, I don't know what. I'm surprised the floor isn't more littered with this crew.

Since I last posted, I've gleaned a bit more on the competition. Apparently, the POV competitors earned points for taking punishments. Before the comp, they agreed to go for the individual punishments rather than the whole or half house ones. The goal for the win was 50 points. Janelle did what she had to do to win - 55 points and whole house punishments. It was the only way the points would add up to enough to win the veto. The smaller personal punishments wouldn't add up to what was needed. Danielle took the solitary confinement, Mike Boogie gave up his right to compete in POV next week. It also seems that Mike won the Aruba vacation, not Will. I'm still piecing things together from what's been said.

Here are the events in the Big Brother House of Cold Water Only and a Prisoner:

• Danielle is really having a rough time with the solitary confinement even though others are shouting through the door and IT'S JUST 24 HOURS! Sheesh. I would take the time to get some actual sleep and think about my next moves. Instead, she's crying... and crying some more. She says she wants to go home.
• Will went to the Diary Room and came out looking like he had been crying. Or, at the very least, he looked very upset. Odd.
• Erika says she can't eat slop anymore and she wants to go home.
• Will talked Kaysar into thinking they (the two) are in a secret alliance. [Editor's note: Kaysar, don't let yourself get Jenned again. Will = Liar. I love to watch the guy, but he lies.]
• James groused about production and we got flame/clouds.
• Will took a spray bath in the kitchen sink, the only sink with hot water.
• Now James has turned the tide again against George. He says if he (James) gets HOH, he'll put up George.
• When Howie said that Marcellas was the most annoying person in the house besides himself, James told him Marcellas had him beat.
• Only four can attend the margarita party tonight. They got dressed up with sombreros and everything. Will refused to wear a sombrero. Janelle, Boogie, Will and James are the partygoers from the comp while George and Marcellas can participate as they both have Slop passes.
• Danielle is freaking out in solitary mumbling there must be a loophole and she needs to go to the Diary Room. [Editor's note: I simply cannot believe her reaction.]
• Will keeps complaining about the party - no ice, margarita machine doesn't work, etc. Whenever they bring up mention of the producers, we get flame/clouds.
  
  
  Like a prison it is, just eyes peeking though a slot--->

Will is still working on everyone, it seems. Perhaps that's why Danielle is so upset about a mere 24 hours alone - maybe she has a schedule!

Folks might be interested in looking in the comments of my previous entry. Reader Robin has some detailed information in there! Thanks, Robin!

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Saturday in the House 8/05

It's been a day of sleeping late (surprise, surprise); a day of strategizing; a day of temptations. Oh, what a day it's been.

Without further ado, here are the important happenings from that Big Brother House of Who's On First:

• At around 10 AM their time, BB announced that the POV Competition would be begin in 2 hours. [Editor's note: Never set your watch by BB... these things almost always are delayed.]
• Mike Boogie mentioned that the comp is supposed to be about temptation. [Editor's note: That fits with Julie's hint about the upcoming week.]
• Danielle played her HOH CD loud enough for the feeds to pick it up. An apt song, perhaps more suited for Thursday night - Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust."
• James thanked Danielle for her kindnesses towards him. As he left the room, she said, "See you next week!" Then she added, "If you're still here."
• James for the 875th time told Kaysar that Janelle was only looking out for herself with her nominations last week. [Editor's note: C'mon, James. Give it a break. We know. Kaysar knows. The world knows.]
• Janelle told Marcellas that she chose him to play for Veto because he's the only one who said he'd try to win it for her.
• Starting about 12:15 their time, the feeds were blocked for nearly four hours.
• When they returned, Janelle was wearing the Power of Veto necklace. Aha!
• It sounds like everyone who competed won something. James won a phone call that he doesn't seem thrilled about. Will won a trip.
• They also seem to have lost something as they talk about having to take cold showers (hot water privileges removed?) and sleeping on cots.
• Oh, I'm all confused once again. Never mind me. I'll sort it out.
• They went to a backyard lockdown after the POV Comp feed block. It must be long... they have a Port-a-Potty out there. Hmmm...
• Boogie wants to campaign to have Danielle put up Marcellas. [Editor's note: I liked Marcellas in his season, but he's WAY too negative this time 'round. I wouldn't mind a Marcellas/James nomination. I'd prefer James goes as I feel he's always too intense, too serious, too bitter, too controlling. I don't find him any fun to watch.]
• Okay, a new thing. Danielle has to go into solitary confinement for 24 hours. That's odd.
• Boogie is happy that Janelle will target Danielle and Marcellas now that she's staying. [Editor's note: It's pretty definite she will not pull a Marcellas and she will indeed save herself with the Veto.]
• Um... now I hear that Janelle somehow put the whole house on slop for the week in the comp. Interesting. I wonder if George's pass will remain good. I would think it should. So, he'd be the only one eating? Karma, baby!
• Will and Boogie talked about how they threw POV and said something about it being James' fault for the $5,000. Say what? Have I mentioned how confusing these houseguests are lately?
• Mike Boogie can't play for Veto next week. But, on the other hand, it sounds like he won a plasma television.
• James took a margarita party? I dunno. I'm just getting bits and pieces here. So...
• James fussed that he wanted to go home. [Editor's note: Go. Just go.]
• Will told Mike to turn up the showmance with Erika and he'll do the same with Janelle. [Editor's note: Aha!]
• When James complained to Kaysar that the competition wasn't really a competition, it was more of a contest and he was frustrated, Kaysar told him it was all about good and evil. [Editor's note: That, of course, is the theme for the season. The problem is that it's hard to tell who's good and who's evil. And, most of the time, the evil is more entertaining!]
• Marcellas won't complain about giving George the BB Slop pass anymore - he won a slop pass for the rest of the season. Or, at least until he's evicted!
• Danielle told Will and James that she won't put up Howie and she's reluctant to put up Marcellas. Then, after they left, she whispered to herself, "I have to put up Kaysar." [Editor's note: Hmmm... if Kaysar and James are on the block, I think James would be evicted. That would be okay with me.]
• Marcellas told James he would put up George next week if he got HOH. [Editor's note: Oh, Marcellas! How come you fussed about Janelle not putting up Chill Town? How come you said you'd put up Janelle? And, now you say GEORGE? Feh!]
• Eek! The lockdown ended... the HOH room has a cot in it and the exercise room is Danielle's solitary confinement room. Yipes.
• James fussed. James whined. Then he fussed some more. At least he's rotating it a bit. Complaining that the competitions were no good. Complaining that Janelle put them on slop. Complaining that the show's no good. [Editor's note: Such a bundle of joy.]
• Ah, but Will and Mike are also complaining that the gym equipment is gone. But, Will has a trip and Mike has a plasma TV (not in the house, of course). They said James was foolish to spend his points on a margarita party and a call, whatever that means.
• Apparently, the houseguests had tried some sort of uprising against BB and weren't going to go with the comp, but as James brought it up FLAME/CLOUDS!
• Howie still has the baggie of Kaysar's hair! Kaysar has told him to throw that out several times - he doesn't want Howie to sell it on Ebay.
• Danielle came out of solitary to get her robe and Bible. She was crying and mumbling, "idiots." Hmmm...
• Erika told Marcellas that James is dangerous and cannot be trusted.

That's pretty much where we stand right now. I'm just getting bits and pieces about the Veto comp, but Janelle definitely won it. Some comments were asking about James' right to nullify an eviction vote. In my understanding, it's only good for one vote in all. Say that he and Janelle remained on the block. If the vote was 4-3 for Janelle to stay, he could use it to bring things to a tie to be decided by Danielle.

This is a very odd day amongst odd days in the house. More later!

Graphic by Zoetawny.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Bulletin - POV Winner

Janelle has won the Power of Veto.

A full report of the day's events will be posted a bit later. Please stop back!

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Overnight Into Saturday - 8/05

Whoa! Stop the spinning house and let me off! Well, no... if anything, I'm more interested in what's going to happen this week. I've been tracking these folks and I'm still at a loss over who's with whom, who's lying when and what's going on in the other room! But, I'll tell you what I think about it all!

Here are the late night and overnight events and/or important or confusing happenings from that Big Brother House of Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Confusion:

• When Janelle told Will that Kaysar said he wouldn't use the Veto if he played and won, Will told her he was wussing out on some sort of high moral ground or didn't want to choose. Will told her that if he (Will) won it he wouldn't use it because Mike may be put up on the block.
• Will's working Janelle against Kaysar for some reason of his own. He told her if Kaysar didn't back her up now, he never would. He also said that if Kaysar is in the end, no one would win against him.
• Meanwhile, Erika and Kaysar seem to be bonding more. She doesn't want him to be mad at her; he claims he isn't mad. She told him she didn't want HOH. She wasn't targeting Howie, but wanted to make sure she was safe before she went down.
• James told Howie that Janelle is campaigning against him (which she doesn't seem to be doing at all).
• Danielle was called to the Diary Room and was expected to have some sort of announcement from Big Brother -- so we got flame/clouds.
• When the feeds returned, the houseguests were sitting with Janelle and James in the nominations chairs. Will was telling the others that he actually does like everyone in the house, but something must be wrong with them if they're in the house. [Editor's note: He's right. I certainly wouldn't be in that house!]
• Okay, they picked POV partners... some rather odd choices. Janelle chose Marcellas (with whom she's feuding and he told her he wouldn't vote to save her). Danielle doesn't understand the choice and neither do I. Mike is playing for James and Will is playing for Danielle. Eep. Don't ask why, I have no clue. All I know is there must be a plan going on!
• Danielle told Marcellas that if Boogie wins and takes Janelle off, she'll put Will on the block. She told him she won't warn Mike, she'll just do it.
• Danielle also told Marcellas that right now she's not sure she'd pick James over Janelle. [Editor's note: I'm sure Danielle knows exactly what she's doing. I think she's just not saying.] She seems to be planting the seeds to rally against James with him, but not outright committing herself to anything.
• Will dropped by the room where all of S6 (including James) were talking. Dead silence for a bit, but they told him to stay. I noticed James quietly got up and left as the plain ol' not game talk went on.
• Danielle told Mike Boogie that if Janelle wins Veto and saves herself, Kaysar would go up. [Editor's note: Seeds. Planting. All over the place!]
• Kaysar told Janelle she would (long pause) probably have his vote to stay. He seems to have fallen for James' tales of woe and betrayal by Danielle.
• Janelle said if she goes, S6 MUST work with Chill Town to stay in the game.
• Danielle and Kaysar talked. He told her that he wasn't surprised by her nominations and he thinks she plans ahead. She didn't confirm the planning ahead at all.
• Danielle told him that she thought he was honorable, but something was wrong within his group. She seems to be working on him to desert S6.
• Janelle really thinks she's going to be the one going this week. Me? I'd prefer James gone and Janelle to remain. But I don't get a vote.

Graphic by Zoetawny.