'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Update - Sunday 9/10

Too much time on their hands. What to do? What to do? Well, sleep and brag about what great game players you are! Naturally!

Here are today's events and non-events from the Big Brother House of When Bad Houseguests Go Even Worse:

• Erika slept until nearly 2 PM their time, Mike until 2 PM. Keep in mind, that becomes almost early evening in my time zone. Sheesh.
• They really want to get out of the house. Good. I really want them out of there, too.
• It dawned on Erika that Will's question of her regarding nicknames for him was meant to be answered with "Dr. Delicious."
• Erika thinks the jury members are a bunch of hypocrites.
• Mike thinks Janelle and James both hate Erika.
• Mike thinks he'll win either 6-1 or 5-2. [Editor's note: He might be right.]
• They both think they would have been perfect jury members. [Editor's note: Hey, they also think they're perfect game players.]
• Erika thinks the "others" don't qualify as "all stars." [@@]
• Erika gloated about winning over Janelle.
• Mike Boogie and Erika talked about the Legion of Doom. Erika thinks that was the stupidest name ever for an alliance.
• Mike mentioned today that George asked him if he was going to get engaged on the finale again this time. Heh.
• All of the sequestered houseguests are staying in a local hotel which Mike Boogie was stupid enough to mention to the Internet. [@@]
• Erika is fussing that she wants it all over with.
• So do I.

'Survivor 13: Cook Islands' - A Look at the Tribes - Part 3

Yes, the time is almost here! On Thursday, 8 PM ET/PT in most viewing areas, it's the premiere of the new Survivor season. I'm slowly getting to talking about all 20 castaways and, since they decided to break the tribes down by race or ethnicity... or even culture, as some say... it makes it easier for me to split the introductions, as well. Twenty is many too many to introduce in a single blog entry. And, I fear, too many for me to ever remember!

I made some initial series thoughts and introduced the Asian-American tribe members here --> Looking at the Tribes: Part One. Then I introduced the Caucasian-American tribe here --> Looking at the Tribes: Part Two. When I've written the last of the tribes, I'll make sure to link them all together in each entry so the information is easily connected.

In this entry, I'll be exploring the African-American tribe.


Nathan, though listed as from Los Angeles, was born in Staten Island (NYC borough) and attended school in San Diego. Interesting... he started studying violin at the age of 8. He's into hip-hop and aspires to be a professional musician. Currently, he's a shoe salesman with a national retailer as well as working for a NYC-based urban clothing line.

He likes basketball, sushi and Chinese food and resides in Playa del Rey, CA. I can't help but note that this aspiring musician shares a birthday with Mick Jagger. (I only remember because it was my own mother's birthday.) Hmmm... two of the three things he loves are foods. No mention of any sports background, per se.

I hope he's entertaining, but I don't know about his chances as the sole Survivor.

Now, here's a castaway with show-business ties... and even a previous Survivor tie-in! Rebecca has been a professional make-up artist for 15 years and is most recognized for her work on The View. Yep! She's still employed by them and does the make-up for previous Survivor castaway, Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Y'know, reading her bio, she so sounds like someone I'd honestly really like as a person. She collects music and works to rescue stray cats. She enjoys dancing and tennis and loves her family. She's single with two cats, Blinky and Pooky.

What are her chances on the show? I don't know. She sounds like too nice a person to be in what can be a cut-throat environment.

Sekou is yet another Californian born and raised in New York. He's currently a jazz musician and recording artist, but has always been creative. At the age of seven, one of his paintings was displayed at the NY Museum of Art. He also started dancing young and was one of the original breakdancers coming out of the Bronx. He's recorded with and played with too many artists for me to list here, but they run the gamut from Michael Jackson to Paul Anka to Ice Cube and beyond. He has also performed on musical scores for many movies.

While it's obvious that Sekou really thrives with creativity, he's no athletic slouch. He enjoys basketball, raquetball and lifting weights. He has three children, one step-daughter, a fiancee and is a grandfather of two. Whoops... you can change his age to 46. As I post this, his birthday was yesterday.

How will he do? While age sometimes is a detractor, I have to think of folks like Tom Westman. If Sekou is indeed in as good shape as he seems to be, he looks like a very strong competitor.


What? Another Stephannie? Well, this one has Flavor! (I couldn't resist.) We could very well have, albeit with a different spelling, another tough woman Steph on our hands here. She's an Army veteran who served in the Desert Storm. She already has her business degree, but is studying nursing. She likes volleyball, dancing, singing and jogging. She really enjoys gospel music, in particular.

She's married to her high school sweetheart and they have two children and one dog.

I think we have another strong competitor here. A lot will depend on her personality, I'm sure. But I want to see how this Stephannie plays the game, don't you?


Rounding out the tribe is Sundra, another Californian born and raised in NYC (Queens, this time). She's an actress currently paying the bills as a cocktail waitress. (Now, this is more of the background we're used to on reality shows!) She likes dancing, traveling, kung fu and capoeira (huh?). She enjoys snuggling with her young son and watching movies. Her sports are running and boxing. She seems to be single, lives with her son and her beta fish, appropriately named Beta.

I don't know.

She's pretty. She's an aspiring actress. Can she be a strong competitor?

Well, she might out-do Nathan, but I think that on her own team, she could be the possibly the weakest candidate for the win. Maybe she'll surprise me... who knows?

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Saturday 9/09 Overnight Into Sunday

Suppose they gave a television show finale and no one came?

The Internet sentiment regarding the finale is the lowest, most negative I've seen over the years of the show. Even last year's unpopular final two were more popular than this season's "All Stars."

Here are the events of yesterday and the overnight hours from that Big Brother House of Diasappointment:

• The daytime itself was lacking much noteworthy - they burned a pot of something on the stove, Erika talked to herself how she took out the brains of Chill Town, Mike napped, they smooched a bit.
• Mike said the Diary Room asked him if Will and Kaysar had a deal where Will would be evil and Kaysar good. He said that was crazy.
• There. Now you know the daytime hours happenings. It was the evening that became a bit intriguing.
• We could hear the voices, but the feeds themselves were showing Erika sitting alone at a table. The jury was in the house, or outside the house. They had microphones, anyway.
• Howie aparently had gas, Marcellas claimed he wouldn't miss that at all. George giggled. Danielle said she didn't want to go first.
• Will's voice told everyone to "stress down" and make it look as if they were angry.
• George said something about James' expressions never change.
• Howie wanted to urinate in the bushes, but was told to wait - they'd let them inside soon.
• The feeds were then blocked for more than a few hours as the jury questioned the final two.
• Mike thought they would have a more clear idea about how the jury vote would go after the Q&A period, but he's not sure. He said that one of the "fencesitters" was Janelle and she "went the other way." Erika said she never really thought she "had Janelle." [Editor's note: Hmmm... Janelle will vote for Erika?]
• James asked Erika something along the lines of: "Why should I vote for you if you deplored Alison's hooking up and flirting, yet you did it?"
• They think the vote will come down to Chicken George.
• Mike thinks the jury are all hypocrites. He said Danielle had no right to question him like she did. He lied to everyone but George and Will. He didn't lie to George because he didn't need to. Danielle asked Erika about "ass-kissing" and throwing comps.
• They said the only juror who "went off" was Janelle. Erika thinks she's jealous. Mike said, "Yeah, because she lost two years in a row." They proceeded to trashtalk Janelle and, to me, it sounds like they might be the ones who are jealous.
• Mike said Howie is a shallow person. [Editor's note: Pot. Kettle. Black.]
• Mike thinks that Howie will vote for Erika while Erika is worried that Howie will be influeneced by Janelle. I'm so confused
• They both think the vote will be very close - a 4-3 which could go either way.
• Big Brother gave them wine.
• Erika thinks that Danielle will vote for her.
• They complained more about Janelle being a "crazy _____."
• Mike told Erika that Janelle is jealous because she (Erika) is the "pretty girl" sitting in the final two. [Editor's note: Gag.]
• Mike told Erika that the jury sounded more hostile to her than to him. She said she noticed, but didn't know why - she was always the "nice girl." [Editor's note: Gag.]
• Mike thinks Will is working on the jury, but doesn't know if he'll be able to influence some of the jurors.
• They each took responsibility for Howie's eviction.
• Apparently they could only hear the jury, couldn't see them.
• They talked about the various alliances in the house - LOD, the Perfect Storm, etc.
• Erika told Mike that she knew he threw the face-morph comp when his time came in so high.
• Mike asked Erika if she was lying to Janelle when she told her she'd take her to the final two. She said no - she would have beat her in the vote (she thinks). If she hadn't let go of the key, Erika was going to throw the comp to her.
• Erika is sure that Janelle would have taken her to the final two over Mike.
• Mike thinks that if Janelle were in the final two, Will would vote for her.
• Erika thinks the whole jury is jealous of them and bitter about not being in the final two.
• They trashtalked Janelle once again. Still. Whatever.
• Alone, Mike asked the camera if he should drop Operation Double Date tonight or save it for the time being. The camera didn't answer.
• Erika told Mike she protected him the entire game. [Editor's note: @@ Eyeroll, please!]
• Erika went on again about how she singlehandedly "took out the brain of Chill Town."
• Mike found that insulting, as he should. [Editor's note: Yes, Will was the brain, but to tell Mike that to his face is a bit mean.]
• They got into a snit. Heehee! Slammed doors, grumbling at/about each other.
• They slept apart. Well, Erika mostly was awake.

There you go. There's trouble in paradise and... you reap what you sow.

Regarding... Stuff

Huh... for those of you not seeing the graphic in my last entry, it should return. I got a notice that I've exceeded my bandwith for the day and access should return after 4 AM ET. Very odd as I've certainly had more traffic to this site than there has been today. It only seems to be affecting the latest animated graphic here, as well as any web pages I've set up using the FTP Space on one of my AOL names.

To respond to a few things in comments:
Of course, folks can stay around commenting! BB is wrapping up and I'll be blogging about The Amazing Race, Survivor and Lost... at a minimum. I'll also be watching for news about Big Brother off season and other television things of interest. All of this will be right here on this blog, so no need to search for my new home. I'll just change the decorations!

I've been asked what I make of the vote on the CBS website, as well as the possiblity that some jurors may not be able to vote due to "escaping" from sequester and talking with the outside world. I don't know. They definitely got out of the house and away from the handlers (show staff monitoring them to make sure they don't talk about the show). That could possibly mean that some jurors are disqualified. Or, perhaps Big Brother thinks they're throwing us a bone. Oh, you get a chance to vote for the winner out of the two losers!

The rumored fight in sequester still has no credible news source (although the escape does).

The question/answer period is supposed to be around 10 PM tonight (ET). I'll try to pick up on their reactions and get them posted. I'd post an update now, but it would be just a few sentences and not worthwhile. So, I'll wait to see what I can pick up a bit later.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Evening and Overnight Into Saturday 9/09

Argh, I don't like this final two. No, I don't. But, since I've committed myself to covering the season, I'll follow it through and keep reporting until the end.

I've always said I don't care for "All Star" seasons of reality shows. And, while I enjoyed seeing Nakomis, George and Will return this season, I personally wouldn't have even considered Mike or Erika material for any sort of "all stars" show. To me, it's a stretch that either got on the show at all. I was unimpressed with Erika in her own season and felt her only saving grace that year was her friendship with Jack. I absolutely abhored Mike in what little of his own season he lasted. I believe he was the fourth out and annoying from the first week. That season I liked Will, but he blossomed after Mike left the house. Mike shouldn't have been in this season at all and, if not for Will's insistence, he wouldn't have been. Now either Mike or Erika will win it all. Feh.

Sigh... but I'll keep reporting! However, over the next few days, I'll be finishing my introduction to the Survivor cast, getting more into The Amazing Race and, come October 4, the new Lost season starts! I'll also be occasionally blogging about other shows and television happenings, too. I hope you stick around to discuss things because it's great to get all the different perspectives!

Here are the evening and overnight events from the Big Brother House of Feh:

• Erika and Mike are still thrilled with what excellent players they are.
• Erika thinks herself to be the "new PuppetMaster" as she got Will's girlfriend to vote out Will.
• They think they'll be interviewed on The View.
• They also think the feeds should be turned off for the last few days so they can watch television and listen to music.
• They're bored. I'm bored. And, no, believe it or not, they're not snuggling or anything.
• Erika paced around a lot. It's like she can't settle down.
• The question and answer period from the jury is supposed to be at 9 PM (their time) on Saturday. What I can pick up on it, I'll report. It's midnight here and most likely blocked from the feeds, but I'll be able to get their secondhand reactions, at least. Will there be any memorable accusations? We can only hope!
• For someone who "needs money," Erika has a house that she bought for nearly a half-million which has appreciated in value.
• The quad cam went wacky at one point. While the other cams individually worked fine with the house feeds, the quad cam went to basketball and a movie being shown on HBO (with Brad Pitt!).
• That's pretty much all the news worth reporting.

Some folks asked about whether Erika was wearing Janelle's "stolen" bathing suit or not. I have to admit that I don't pay all that much attention to Erika in bikinis as she's often wearing them. So, I couldn't tell you. They were sharing clothes a lot, but I wouldn't have a clue whose bikini belongs to whom.

There are rumors about a fight in the sequester house, but I can't find any credible news sources about that. So, I'd have to dismiss that as simply a rumor. However, it is true that some of the sequestered houseguests were spotted in a bar - blog reader Cyndi (shout out to Cyndi and thanks) posted a link to the news blurb in my previous entry. So, that one is verified.

I've been thinking... what final two would I find most interesting to watch stuck in the house alone for five days? I think I'd like to see what Will and Nakomis would talk about. How about you?

Graphic by Zoetawny.