The show has started here on the east coast. I'll update this post as important events (immunity, boot, and such) happen.
My full review is posted over on TV Squad.
You know ... comments are encouraged!
Favorites win reward - chickens, rooster. They send Kathy and Ozzy to Exile Island.
Ozzy found the hidden idol!
The Favorites win immunity!
Mikey B. was voted out in a blindside.
My latest Big Brother 9 live feeds report can be found over on TV Squad.
I'll be putting up an East Coast Update post for Survivor when it starts here. While my full review of the show will be on TV Squad, the post here will have the major news and discussion in the comments section.
My upstairs neighbors are playing doo-wop songs ... loudly.
I'll be taping Lost for viewing probably on Sunday. As I write up my Survivor review for TVS, I'll have an East Coast Updates post for Celebrity Apprentice and, of course, comments are welcome.
I'm going to try to catch the boot for American Idol (if you watch, tell me in comments on the Survivor post) and I'll try to get that news out to the masses, too.
Yes, Zoetawny got that one right -- it's a shame Alex couldn't have rid himself of Amanda.
With Julie's cryptic mention of changes next week, I can only assume that the couples will break up and they're not going to voted out two by two.
Alas, a week too late to save Alex.
Here are the happenings since the end of the live show last night:
- Allison thinks that she's always getting [bleeped] over in the house. Now she means with Joshuah as one of the HOH couple.
- Matt wants Joshuah to be civil to Allison for the sake of the house. Apparently there was some big blow-up between Allison and Joshuah yesterday during the blocked feeds.
- Adam latched onto Joshuah.
- Alex and Amanda left their bed area in a mess.
- Allison thinks all the shadiness in the house is due to Matt and Natalie.
- Allison told Ryan that Joshuah threatened to slit her throat and threw the HOH key at her.
- Joshuah says he's never hit a woman and all he did was get in her face.
- Allison was called into the DR, then Joshuah. Sharon got worried they'd expel him from the house.
- While Joshuah was in the DR, there was an audio leak (I always find those a bit conveniently mysterious) with Joshuah telling them he understood that Allison felt physically intimidated.
- After he came out of the DR, Joshuah said he had to stay five feet away from Allison.
- Adam doesn't think Matt is smart enough to win a HOH comp.
- Joshuah promised Adam and Sheila that they wouldn't be going this week.
- Ryan is sure that he and Allison will go on the block. He asked Adam to use the POV on him if he wins it. Adam didn't commit.
- Allison is sick of the house, the drama. After all, she has a real life on the outside.
- Allison thinks Joshuah is unstable and "lots of people have killed when they're unstable."
- Allison also confronted Sheila about what she said on the live show to Julie Chen about their fight. Sheila said she never said anything bad about Allison.
- Allison claims she doesn't know what set Joshuah off on her.
- She also reminded Matt that the only reason they're still in the house is because of her and Ryan. @@
- Joshuah thinks Ryan is scared of him.
- Adam and Joshuah told Matt not to worry because Operation Gardener is in effect -- get rid of Allison because she's always planting seeds.
- Allison thinks Joshuah and Sharon will backdoor her so she won't even have a chance.
- James worried about the Hudson River Virus thinking it might flood the house. That's the first mention I've heard of it on the feeds and I'm surprised that James doesn't remember the Hudson is in NY -- he was picked up for the show in Brooklyn!
- Joshuah said he "took a page from Dick's book and it worked."
- Allison is going all kinds of hyper -- confronting Sharon, Joshuah, and even Ryan!
- She wants out of the house if BB isn't going to take threats seriously.
- Chelsia talked with Ryan telling him Allison is just selfish if she leaves, everyone knows Joshuah isn't going to kill anybody.
- Chelsia went into detail with Ryan about the lesbian lie. He thinks that Allison is strong, but breaking under the pressure.
- Allison called Ryan names to Matt in the boat room. She thinks he's spineless for not defending her (Ryan, not Matt).
- Ryan found out Allison's talking about him and wanted to use Adam as a mediator to find out what was said.
- Adam didn't want to get involved.
- Ryan told Allison no one in the house liked her, they like him.
- He said they're in a bad place in the house because of the way she acts. (Memories of Alex and Amanda drift through my mind.)
- Natalie told Matt he never talks to her.
- Joshuah got called into the DR again and told Sharon he has a gag order and can't talk about it.
- All are in bed as I post this.
Can you feel the love?
It looks like we'll just get the show in under the wire here -- Blogger has a ten minute outage for maintenance expected at 9 PM ET. Yipes!
But the show has started here in the NYC area and this post will be updated constantly as it airs. Please share your thoughts in comments! Right now, they're recapping Operation Condor, etc. The girls went to the hospital and all have a new perspective. The veto was not used ... and now we're ready!
Oy, my. Julie Chen is wearing boots. She looks like a biker chick! But first ... she talks Operation Condor and the swinging pendulum.
It looks stupid for the girls to be wearing bikinis while the guys are dressed. BB should have made the guys wear bathing suits, too!
I wonder how many times they'll show Amanda collapsing. Her blood sugar is still low and the doc told her to eat five meals. Of course, she's supposed to be on slop, but...
It's raining again. Matt tries to buddy up with Adam. Adam has his back.
Sharon realizes that Matt and Natalie are the strongest team and this would be the perfect time to evict them. She campaigns. People listen... even Adam, but he says he will be voting for Matt to stay.
Matt coaches Natalie on what to say to Joshuah and Sharon to keep them safe not knowing that the tide has turned. She promises Joshuah that he'll never go up. Natalie thinks she has a special job with them, but it just ain't so.
Ryan wants Amanda and Alex out while Allison wants Matt and Natalie gone.
The vote will be live, but we get taped DR segments. Adam and Sheila are pro-Mattalie.
Julie is checking in with the HG, tells Amanda and Allison that she's glad they're okay. Amanda thinks everyone is closer. Sheila thinks her relationship with Allison is fine, but goes on about things being said behind her back ... has learned to keep things to herself. She was worried about Allison's health scare. James gets applause for helping out Amanda.
Alex aid it felt great when Amanda returned. (Yeah, right.)
Life without drinking cups and hot water was miserable according to Matt. Sheila says the slop diet is the best diet ever -- she's lost five pounds and it tastes nothing like oatmeal.
Jame and Chelsia kindred spirits coming up.
DR room segment with Joshuah and Sharon -- she wants Mattalie gone, Joshuah wants Amanda gone.
James and Chelsia's friends are going to tell us why they're a perfect fit. They think they're both caring and passionate people. I notice BB hasn't mentioned the gay porn. Heh.
Julie talks to the HOH couple -- she reminds James he promised they wouldn't nominate Mattalie, he explains both couples were the strongest up so one would go. Chelsia has no regrets. It will make it hard for others to trust them, but. James says most of the HG are materialistic and have no desire to find themselves. Chelsia admits to being a girly-girl, but has common ground (dive bars) with James.
DR with Ryan and Allison -- Ryan definitely wants Alex and Amanda out, but they don't seem to care for either couple.
Time to talk to the nominees. Alex and Amanda -- She, ups and downs, apologizes and asks for one more chance and pleads for Alex. He says it's family and he doesn't want to go home, loves everyone, keepin it real.
Matt and Natalie -- Thankful and blessed, BB did great job pikcing cast, doesn't want to go back to the BEAVER State (once again), Matt -- hard decision, nervous, I love you.
If a couple doesn't agree on the vote, they're immdeiately evicted.
Votes are to evict
Sheila and Adam -- Amanda and Alex
Joshuah and Sharon -- Alex and Amanda, reluctantly
Ryan and Allison -- Amanda and Alex
Amanda and Alex are unanimously evicted.
Hugs, tears. They didn't look too shocked at all. Amanda isn't going to hold up too well with Julie.
Julie asks Alex about taking more of the blame for the eviction because he didn't campaign to save himself. He now says it's 50/50 blame. Amanda campaigned. She thought it would help them. Alex stayed true to his word. Alex still thinks Amanda is a beautiful woman.
Goodbye messages: Allison said they ignored her, Ryan said they had it out for him, Joshuah apologized for the comments he made to Amanda, Natalie loves them, Matt says Alex was his boy in the house. Nothing from Adam or Sheila.
HOH comp time. There's a nautical theme and it's called Words of Love. The questions are about the lvoe quotes all over the house. If they buzz in and are right, they eliminate another HG. Women first
Sharon eliminates Allison. Sharon eliminates Sheila. Sharon wins the ladies round.
Guys up. Ryan was wrong, eliminates himself. Joshuah eliminates Matt.
Joshuah and Sharon are the new HOH couple. Julie congratulates them and Sharon said they studied. They both want pictures from home. Matt says nice things about Alex.
Supposedly the evicted couple next week will get a surprise no one will expect and the season will begin a new chapter. I would guess it's the breaking up of the couples play. They have to do it to have a full-length season. But I wonder why the COUPLE will receive a surprise. A reprieve? Only one goes?
I apologize for being amongst the missing today. It was my day off and I slept practically all day. I blame the now ex-flu. It was the best sleep I've had in weeks!
I'll be live blogging the show tonight in a separate entry, but here's a quick rundown on some of the happenings since last night:
- Allison and Sheila are friends again, although probably not lesbian lovers ever again.
- Allison tried to reassure Amanda that she could be staying, but then told her not to bother trying to get Sheila's vote.
- Amanda fussed about Alex not being nice to her.
- Joshuah said Allison is like wallpaper, forgettable.
- Both couples packed.
- They got their drinking cups back.
- They seem to think the vote will be 3-0 tonight for Alex and Amanda to be evicted.
- The feeds have been blocked most of the afternoon. It sounds like we'll have a live vote (unless something has gone on during the last long feed block).
