'BB7' - Tonight's Live Show Blogging

As usual, I'll post important events of tonight's live show as they air here on the East Coast.

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'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Thursday 9/07 Daytime

The days are dwindling in the Big Brother house. In a shocker, tonight's final part of the three-part Head of House competition will play out between Mike Boogie and Erika. Janelle, unless the winner of HOH takes her to the final two, is out of the running and can no longer compete.

Here are the day's events from that Big Brother House of False Hopes:

• Although Erika was going on alone about hating Mike Boogie, she acted like she's forgiven him. We'll see.
• Erika told Janelle that she hates Mike even more.
• Big Brother actually put out a wake-up call before 10 AM (their time zone - PT). Yikes.
• Mike Boogie told Erika that Janelle told him that she (Erika) promised to take her to the final two. She shook her head "no" in answer.
• Erika asked Mike if he'd take her to the final two and he said he would. She asked why he had said bad things about her and he pretty much shrugged it off as part of the game. When she wanted to know why he didn't tell her that CT was doing the same things with Janelle, he told her he couldn't tell her because she'd "freak out."
• The HG were put on an outdoor lockdown - expected to be long as there was a port-a-potty in the yard.
• Erika is still mumbling as she goes by cameras, wondering what she should do and cussing about Mike Boogie. [Editor's note: This is for the cameras and Internet audience and not in earshot of Janelle or Mike.]
• Erika told Mike Boogie that she was going to throw the HOH comp and wanted to make sure he would take her to the finals. He said she would win while she told him she'd take second place to him.
• Janelle re-did her goodbye message to him. She seems to think that Erika will keep her word.
• Erika didn't tell Janelle that Mike promised to take her to the final two. [Editor's note: This could either be because she plans to be there in the F2 with Mike OR it could be because it doesn't matter as Janelle and Erika planned to string Mike along anyway. I'm not sure.]
• Janelle told Erika not to let Mike win after all the [bleep] he's done to her.
• Lots of packing going on - all have to pack this time.
• Erika mumbled for our benefit again - "I have to win this HOH. Mike has gotta go!" We'll see.
• Erika really wishes that Janelle had won last night. As do I.

The suspense builds...

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Overnight Into Thursday 9/06

Well, I'll start with the big news first... Mike Boogie won part two of the HOH Competition which was held in the wee hours of the night (here on the East Coast, anyway). So, the last part of the competition tonight will have Mike and Erika competing. Janelle is out of the running. If Mike wins HOH, he's sure to take Erika over Janelle to the final two. If Erika wins and is true to her word, she should take Janelle. I guess we'll see just how good "swearing on her mother" is.

Here are the other late night and overnight events from the Big Brother House of Buxom Blondes and Brunettes and a Weasel:

• Janelle and Danielle figured out that most of the evictees were told they were a part of Chill Town.
• Erika was alone after a Diary Room session mumbling to herself (and her teddy bear) about how stupid she had been, how embarrassed she is to have been made the fool, etc.
• Janelle and Erika studied together.
• Mike Boogie worked out thinking that would prepare him for the comp. He told Erika he planned to play to win the comp.
• Mike still thinks both girls will take him to the finals as either could win over him, but might not have clear wins against each other.
• Mike and Erika talked (remember, she and Janelle are giving Mike the impression that each will take him to the F2) and she encouraged him. She reported back to Janelle that he was going to try to win the comp even though Janelle wins so much and that she once again told him that she's totally taking him to the Final 2.
• Janelle still couldn't find her missing gloves.
• Janelle and Mike Boogie talked. He told her that he thought Will actually did have a thing for her. He also said that he thinks Will set him up - initially he (Mike) was the one who they planned to win, but Will took over and managed to sweet-talk just about everyone evicted while making Mike look like the bad guy.
• Mike Boogie told Janelle that Will indeed would have sent her home before F2.
• Then the flame/clouds with bad music and overdone BB trivia started at nearly 1 AM ET (only 10 PM there) and lasted for around 2 and a half hours.
• Mike Boogie won the second part. Eep.
• Janelle said that Mike was about two minutes faster than she was. She pouted and said she thinks "they" want him to win the whole thing. She said the comp was geared more for a male with more upper body strength.
• He also won a car. I don't know how.
• Janelle and Erika talked - Mike told them both that he'd take them to the F2 if he wins HOH. [Editor's note: I think he'd take Erika.]
• Erika talked to Mike Boogie alone, telling him all the things Janelle and she figured out. [Editor's note: Uh-oh. Is she turning?]
• Mike told Erika that Janelle is not a trustworthy person. (As if he is!)
• Argh... Erika and Mike Boogie kissed.

There's where we stand.

'Survivor 13: Cook Islands' - Looking at the Tribes - Part 2

Yep, it's another nifty Cook Islands/Jackie logo made by Zoetawny!

I'm slowly making my way through the tribes and castaways for the upcoming Survivor season. For more background on the season, as well as the skinny on the Asian tribe, please check out this previous entry.

Here's a look at the Caucasian Tribe:


Adam Gentry is in copier sales and, though listed by the show as hailing from San Diego, he was born and raised in Virginia. An interesting note - he graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute where fellow castaway Cao Boi also attended. In the past, he was a personal trainer. He appeared on the MTV show The Grind in 1999. He likes basketball and swimming. No mention of a spouse or his family on the CBS site.

Um. Okay. He has a short bio and looks like someone I know (no, it's not the person I know). I have no clue how this guy will do. I think I'll call him "Mystery Man."



Candice Woodcock was born and raised in Fayetteville. In high school, she was the class president and captain for both the soccer and cross country teams. She won full merit sholarships at two schools and graduated from UNC at Chapel Hill. Unlike Adam, Candice's bio is very long. She's no mystery. A Survivor: Africa fan, she lived in a mud hut in Kenya teaching for a few months. She's active in an UNC program which provides scholarships to students from Zimbabwe and Tanzania. She also has worked at a cancer clinic and a Latino clinic. She wants to earn a medical degree to work with people from developing nations and the underserved folks in the United States.

She's single, involved with her family and her dog, Louis James. Hmmm... interesting.


Jessica Smith, a nice easy name. She was born and raised on a ranch in Palo Cedro, CA, and went to high school in Redding, CA. When she turned 18, she decided to move to the arts-supporting town of Chico. She's a performance artist/rollergirl. She sounds like a mix of Nakomis from Big Brother and the fire-swirling performance artist Courtney from Survivor last season. She's been on Roller Derby teams, managed a costume shop, designed costumes and worked in a fabric store. She seems a bit of a free spirit who lives with her cat, Alita.

How will she do? I don't know. I doubt she'll be the sole Survivor, but I could be wrong.


Jonathan is a native of New York and attended the prestigious Phillips Andover Prep School, then went on to earn his degree from Sarah Lawrence College. He's an actor who has appeared in numerousTV series over the years. He's also a producer/director/writer. But can he sing? I don't know. He seems to be very show-businessy. He likes reading, writing, cooking, baseball and traveling. He's married, has two children, a bunny rabbit, a cat, and two lizards.

What's he doing on Survivor? Maybe a mid-life crisis, maybe he wants to win a million, maybe he thinks it will be good for his career.


Okay, I won't say she's Shallow (but, she is!). She's a boxer/waitress who was born in Vero Beach, FL, but moved to Atlanta when she was 11 years-old. Her previous jobs include being a model, bartender and in public relations. She's been on her own since she was 17, putting herself through college at the University of Georgia. She's studied martial arts and enjoys boxing, running, hiking, volleyball, yoga, skiing, softball, dancing and swimming. She loves boxing and the outdoors. Her bio doesn't mention a spouse or family.

Although this photo of her reminds me of Misty from last season, I think we have a contender here. I just hope she doesn't box as she waitresses. "Leave a good tip. I know you have a glass chin!"

I'll be posting on the remaining two tribes over the next few days, or at least by Sunday.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Blurb With Screencap - Wednesday 9/06

<--- A recent quadcam screencap I snagged shows Janelle and Erika lounging about talking while Mike Boogie (bottom right) burrows under blankets in another room.

Not all that much has happened since my last feeds entry.

There was an odd inside HOH lockdown where we actually heard music... real music. Well, mostly rap music, but not the show theme. However, we saw flame/clouds.

• Erika and Janelle went over past comps and BB house events in preparation for a quiz-related competition.
• Both women still seem to be on the same Anti-Chill Town page and the plan still seems to be to evict Mike Boogie and have an all female final two.
• Mike finally joined them and they talked about show-related Internet websites... not this one. I never get a shout-out from BB houseguests. Sniffle.
• Still no word on when the next part of the HOH will happen.