'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Monday Evening 9/04

Here are tonight's events from the Big Brother House of Desperation:

• Janelle asked Will what he's called her and he admitted to "band groupie." He also admitted to FemBot, the Terminator, S6 was Seasick and more. He wanted to know where she heard about it. [Editor's note: As if he doesn't know, eh?]
• Erika complained that the "hooks were faulty" in the recent POV comp that Janelle won. She wanted to know why the one HOH with the malfunctioning buzzers was done over, but not the POV.
• Erika told Mike that she finds Janelle and Will's whispering to each other so much annoying.
• Will told Janelle that Jase didn't like her.
• The HG were put on an indoor lockdown. When they were allowed out, Janelle noticed the camera on a post in the yard had gone missing. She figured BB might be planning to set up an endurance comp out there.
• Erika pried Will for info asking all kinds of questions about whether he really cared for Janelle and the final two. He just kept saying nice things.
• Will told Janelle that Erika has been prying him for information regarding how he feels about her, so he told her that he thinks she (Janelle) is adorable.
• Will reported Erika's questioning back to Mike.
• Mike told Will he didn't think Janelle would do too well in a physical HOH comp because she's been eating ice cream and smoking all summer.
• Mike thinks Will has concentrated too much on Janelle all along while he was busy working James, working Erika, etc. Will told him the plan was still for both of them to be in the final two.
• Will doesn't want to upset Janelle - she's been good to them both.
• Erika told Janelle that if she takes either Mike or Will to the final two, she lost her vote.
• She also told her that Danielle and James won't vote for her and neither Woogie needs the money, so they don't need to win.
• Erika told Janelle that Will called her a slut after the band/shower thing. [Editor's note: Actually, though semantics, he said "she looks like a band slut" as she stood under the outdoor shower during their BB Backyard Band. Not quite the same as saying she is a slut.]
• Erika told Janelle that she told Mike last night that she was going to tell all today. Janelle said, "That's why Will confessed to so much today."
• Will got more antsy the more time Erika was alone with Janelle.
• Woogie decided to tell Janelle that Erika's lying.
• Will quote of the night: "Operation Double Date has now turned into Operation Stomach Ulcer."
• Erika kept working on Janelle, telling her that CT got her to vote out all of her friends.
• Janelle told Erika that she will go to the final two with her, but she has to keep saying that she's voting her out until the eviction.

Now, will the latest last? I don't know, but that's the latest in Janelle's Everchanging Mind. We've seen it before. And, what of the POV Ceremony? I don't know! It's kind of moot as Janelle will remove herself and Will is the only one who can be put on the block with Erika. But, it hasn't happened and I don't know when it will.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Monday 9/04 Through The Afternoon

Gee, the comments section is more volatile than the show. I certainly hope that stops. I've asked several times that folks treat each other with respect and realize that not everyone has the same favorites. If you see a comment which bothers you, you can ignore it and move along or state your own reasons for supporting/not supporting a houseguest. Remember, this is just a show we're watching.

Here are today's events from the Big Brother House of Smile On Your Brother:

• Once again, the houseguests slept in until around 12:30 PM their time.
• "How are we supposed to clean anything if Big Brother won't give us paper towels?"
• The houseguests were taken a bit aback when they were each called in the Diary Room to tape goodbye messages. They realized there will be an eviction tomorrow and decided that the finale date was indeed moved up (as they speculated yesterday).
• Will thinks one of the producers (Cory) hates him.
• BB only told the houseguests that they were taping the messages to get them out of the way, but the houseguests figured otherwise.
• They think they may still be in for a luxury comp. [Editor's note: I sincerely doubt they'll see one. It's been a sad season for luxuries and America's Choice. These guys got almost nothing in the way of any rewards. To me, a Will Farrell movie just doesn't cut it.]
• They discussed the pronunciation of the word "February." [Editor's note: And that's a highlight of the day, mind you!]
• Erika packed her bag for tomorrow's live eviction show.
• Mike Boogie said Kaysar looked like Osama bin Laden. [Editor's note: Chalk up another reason I don't like Mike.]
• Janelle packed even though she plans to use the veto to save herself.
• Janelle and Erika looked over their clothes trying to decide what to wear for the show tomorrow.
• Big Brother finally gave them a game which has pigs used like dice. They also got stuff to make bracelets/necklaces and model airplane kits. Wow.
• Will wants to spray a model plane with hairspray and catch it on fire as it flies.

Overall, it's been a very uneventful day in the house. The POV Ceremony hasn't been held, but I expect it should be sometime tonight.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Overnight Into Monday 9/04

I'm going to go off topic for a moment. I feel I must comment on the sad news that Steve Irwin was killed by a manta ray sting while filming a documentary off the coast in Australia. I adored him - his enthusiasm, his dedication, his abilities to handle wild animals. He was a fine ambassador for Australia and a really interesting, entertaining and enjoyable man to observe. He lived his life doing something he loved and the world is a better place for his efforts. He touched a lot of lives. He will be missed.

Sigh.

Onto the late night and overnight events from that Big Brother House of Misguided Malcontents:

• Mike told Erika that the jury can't really think that Janelle won all those comps due to ability because others were always throwing them.
• Will said his thumb hurt. [Editor's note: It's certainly been an injury-plagued season this year!]
• Will told Erika he was going to be up all night with Janelle. Erika looked irked behind her sunglasses.
• Mike told Will that Erika planned to tell Janelle about his "band slut" comment so that he could damage-control before it happens.
• They played cards. The guys talked about the restaurants. They're bored. I'm bored. I beseech thee, BB... give them back the trampoline! Give them a Twister game... something! Anything!
• Erika said she's been wearing her sunglasses because the lights are too bright. [Editor's note: Did they brighten in the past few days? She started wearing the sunglasses all the time around the time Janelle won POV. Coincidence? I think not!]
• Will quote about Erika: "She looks like an x-ray with hair."
• Will and Janelle flirtmanced some more. "Has anyone ever told you that you have beautiful eyes?" "Oh, Will!"
• Will and Janelle headed to bed where Will made his pillow wall between them once again.
• Janelle told Will that she can't win anyway. So, if it's up to her, she'll take him to the final two.
• Will asked Janelle what she would do with the money if she won. She said she has no real debt - her car and house are paid for. He talked to her about investing in his group.
• Will prepared Janelle for the things Erika plans to say to her - saying she looked like a "band slut" during the rock video segment they made and such.
• He also talked a lot about his personal life - his practice, tests, etc.
• Meanwhile, Mike Boogie and Erika were talking, too. Mike told her he wants to be the winner of the season - his ego wants it. [Editor's note: @@ - a well-deserved eyeroll to Mike Boogie!]
• Mike claimed that he wishes he could have regular pastimes like reading and such, but he feels the need for fame.
• Mike told Erika that he thinks Will's own ego and selfishness has kicked in and that he (Will) wants to be in the final two with Janelle, thus robbing Mike of the win.
• Erika told Mike that Janelle said she would take him (Mike) to the final two. [Editor's note: Which would be the strategic choice - she should win against him. With Will, it could go either way.]
• Erika stayed up roaming the night (well, the backyard) once again... smoking, playing pool by herself, mumbling about the [bleepin'] veto that Janelle won.
• All are sleeping as I post this entry.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Sunday Evening 09/03

After my bit of disappointment with tonight's show, at least the feeds had a bit o' juicy stuff!

Here are the events from the late afternoon hours into the late evening from that Big Brother House of Soon To Be Broken Hearts:

• Mike complained about Big Brother allowing Janelle and Will to sleep all day. [Editor's note: Go ahead and complain, Mike. I've complained all season and it's done me no good!]
• Erika is depressed. Depressed and bored. She wants BB to give them something new to do. I agree.
• Big Brother announced an indoor lockdown. Would this lead to excitement?
• Erika wore her sunglasses while indoors playing cards. [Editor's note: She must think her future's so bright that she has to wear shades?]
• The lockdown ended and it was all just to fix a camera. Bummer, eh?
• Will thinks the show is going to end early this season due to the number of houseguests left. He thinks it may be because of the fall TV schedule.
• Mike told Will that he's concerned that Janelle will go to the finals with him (Will). If that's the case, "the winner takes half and the other two split the remaining half."
• Will thinks Mike is just getting paranoid.
• Mike thinks that Janelle would have a hard time beating either Woogie in the finals. [Editor's note: I think she'd easily beat Mike - he's not popular with the jury and a lot of his game was masterminded by Will. I think she'd have a run for her money against Will, though.]
• Mike doesn't want Janelle with Will in the Final Two. He wants to be there.
• Will and Janelle talked. Will said their relationship is an odd relaxed brother/sister sort of thing. He seems to feel very comfortable with her.
• Janelle cut Will's hair at his insistence. No more lice-cam.
• He worried about the haircut every moment during it - "I feel like I have mudflaps! Oh, no! I have mudflaps! Do I have a rat-tail?"
• Will panicked when he saw his haircut in a mirror. And he wanted to look so nice for Julie Chen!
• Erika campaigned Janelle while Will freaked out about his haircut and Mike napped.
• Erika said that she'll pull out all stops on Thursday (they don't know about Tuesday yet) and told the camera that she'll tell Janelle that Will called her a "band slut."
• Janelle went to Will and told him that Erika said he wouldn't take her to the final two. Will told her that if it were he and Mike, they would each take each other, Janelle would take Will. They talked about the money split.
• Janelle agreed that she would take Will to the final two and also vote out Erika this week.
• Mike told Erika that Will would take him to the final two, not Janelle.
• Erika made sure she stuck around the others so no more scheming on Will's part for Janelle's vote can happen. She did that sort of thing during her own season, too.
• BB gave them more wine for tonight.
• Erika told Mike that if he goes to the final two with Will, chances are he won't win.
• Will and Janelle play-flirted more.
• Will also pried Janelle for information about what Erika's been saying about him.

That's about it.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Sunday 9/03 Show

Since the Sunday show was preempted, even canceled in some places, for the Jerry Lewis Telethon, a few folks asked that I post an entry about it.

Your wish is my command.

Or something like that.

I refuse to recap the almost 12 minutes of recaps which started the show. You heard me... almost 12 minutes! Sheesh! They even recapped their last recap.

I'll start talking about the show after they (once again) showed George leaving the house. "It's like the parents are all gone and it's the kids home alone!" In a Diary Room segment, Erika voiced her hopes that she and Mike Boogie make it to the Final Two and thinks they really have a relationship going - "Imagine that, the two lovebirds!" (Which I heard as the "two lepers" and thought it fitting. Alas, she said "lovebirds." Gag me, please.) Meanwhile, Mike's Diary Room showed he has absolutely no interest in her outside of using her in the game and his intent is to be in the Final Two with his Chill Town buddy, Will.

Then came Will talking about his "flirtmance" with Janelle and it's a totally different scene than Mike's shomance. Will admitted it's all in fun and, of course, to further him in the show. In Janelle's session, she said she doesn't really trust Chill Town because they lie so much, but she's hoping to make it to the Final Three with them.

Will suggested he has a "bromance" going on with Mike. I can just see how that will play out on the Internet - "Hey, did you know Will's gay? I thought so all along!" Heh, no I don't think he's gay.

Erika is convinced that Mike actually loves her and they did a bit about having a baby. Argh, she believes him! Boogie is very disappointed that Erika has started smoking again. He doesn't date smokers... not that he plans on dating her at all anyway. I feel sorry for her. She makes so many bad choices when it comes to men!

The HOH Competition had a football field set-up with the houseguests dressed in black and white striped referee shirts. Janelle read questions as Will, Erika and Mike competed. It was called the HOH Bowl (or BB Bowl) and each time a player answered a question wrong, they were penalized yards and had to step further away from the end zone. The questions were all regarding what day number different events occureed. It's a good thing it wasn't physical as Will's thumb is really broken and bandaged up. Mike won it, though Will actually gave it a real try. Mike got the new HOH and his room had cheap junk food in it - Spaghetti-O's, Mac 'n Cheese, Hamburger Helper. (I hope he has real food at his restaurants! I couldn't believe that mix of foodstuffs. Throw in some Ramen noodles and you have a college dorm.)

Erika immediately went into a panic and asked that Mike not put her on the block. Janelle figured she would be a shoe-in for his nomination, so she didn't sweat it. She would have been shocked if he said he wouldn't put her up. Will didn't sweat it either. Heck, he's from Chill Town, he's too cool to sweat. And, it's his boy making the noms. He's safe.

In a Happy Dance in the Storage Room segment, Will and Mike decided to focus on turning Janelle and Erika more against each other than they actually already are.

The Janelle/Will hot tub fight, which was actually much ado about nothing, was shown. They made up and are almost-best-buds once again. Or, at least best flirtmance buddies. Janelle made it clear in the Diary Room sessions tonight that she really doesn't trust him, but at least Will was only joking about marrying her and she knew that. Mike is leading Erika on and she's going to be really hurt. In a Diary Room session, he said how he's fooled her and ended with "I'm going to Hell." That might be too good for him when compared to a woman scorned.

Erika was shown eavesdropping as Will and Janelle talked about getting her (Erika) out of the house. Mike broke it up, but the damage was done. As Will told Janelle, the secret that Janelle was working with them would have been blown this week anyway.

There were bed scenes of Mike leading on Erika and, even if you don't like Erika, it would raise your hackles to see her being used like that. Sigh.

The show ended on a poignant note as Erika put on Janelle's tiara.