Big Brother 15: Rob Has a Podcast (featuring Ian Terry)

Although quite long, I really enjoyed Rob Cesternino's podcast from after last night's show. I love getting Ian's take on the house happenings! My one real fuss is the live-feeder. Albeit very knowledgeable, could he be any more monotone? Yikes!

Check it out!

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Overnight into the 4th of July

The new HoH ... WAH!

Yeah, Aaryn cried a lot after getting the Hoh-dom. I'm sure there were tears across the nation. Or, perhaps just frustration. If you haven't already, go read my last post about the HoH comp, then come back. I'll wait.

You're back? Good! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Hateful Hamsters:

• Just to recap a bit -- Jeremy and Aaryn won the HoH comp. Jeremy gave the HoHship to Aaryn. That's probably a fairly smart move on his part. He can still "advise" her on nominations, yet his hands remain clean.
• Or, as clean as they can be when he wipes hats belonging to other people on his butt.
• Aaryn got to choose the Have Nots. She chose Helen, Andy, Candice and Elissa.
• McCrae apparently volunteered to be a Have Not, but she didn't take him up on the offer. All of the Have Not choice stuff was blocked to the feeds.
• Aaryn said that Jeremy and Kaitlin can spend the first night up in the HoH room.
• As per the MC plan, the "hinky" votes have the house in an uproar.
• Both Spencer and David repeatedly lie and even embellish some on how loyal they were to voting out Elissa.
• Aaryn cried. She has no clue who can be trusted and who betrayed her.
• Poor hateful little baby. My heart goes out to her. Not.
• Andy admitted to Aaryn he voted to send David home. She respects that (she says) because he's being honest with her.
• Candice, on the other hand, did vote to oust Elissa yet is one of Aaryn's chief suspects in voting David out.
• Aaryn cried some more.
• Candice told her that she wanted to vote with the house and was told by (will not tell Aaryn) that someone would come to her and tell her how to vote. (That someone who told her someone would come was Helen.)
• The someone who came to her was Spencer. He told her they were all voting Elissa out. So, because she wanted to be with the house vote, she voted to keep David in, get Elissa out.
• Aaryn told Candice she believes her.
• But she really doesn't.
• Yet Aaryn is so sure that both Nick and Spencer voted to evict Elissa! So, those two votes in her mind had to be others betraying her!
• Jessie ran into the photo booth crying that she was sure she was going home.
• GinaMarie fussed with her paw, saying she hurt it in the comp when she fell. It turned out she sprained her claw finger.
• I think they're all bearing new bruises and scrapes when they already had some starting out in the comp.
• Helen told Howard that Spencer told Candice to evict Elissa. Howard told her he was supposed to tell her to evict David. They both think Spencer is playing them all.
• He is.
• Helen told Elissa they need to put on brave fronts and not let Aaryn get any satisfaction about making them Have Nots once again.
• Elissa told Helen that if they're together on the block, she'll volunteer to go home so Helen can stay.
• Hmm. Not QUITE like her sister although the editing on the show makes her seem very much like Rachel.
• Of all people, Jeremy seems to be running around trying to do damage control with crying women.
• GinaMarie told Aaryn that she's sure Nick voted with them to keep David in the house.
• Once again, the shocker is that Jeremy kept saying "That was last week. It's over. This is this week we need to think about."
• Oh my. I'm not going to let him worm into my mind that he might have a lick of common sense. The last time I thought that he stole wine and wiped Elissa's hat on his naked butt.
• Candice told Andy and McCrae that she knows Spencer had to vote to evict David despite his act.
• She's right.
• Aaryn thinks if she weren't HoH this week, she'd be going home.
• She's probably right. Little does she know her mouth has cost her not one, but two jobs. Oopsie!
• Aaryn is worried that if she puts Elissa on the block and Elissa is once again MVP, she'll put someone weak up that she can beat in PoV.
• Jeremy tried to tell Aaryn they should all sleep on things overnight and make nominations decisions when everything has calmed a bit.
• Hmm.
• Oh, but then he claimed that McCrae got "Jew'd" because Elissa stayed.
• Okay, he's still a jerk. I feel better now.
• Candice told Helen she heard the audience boo when she made her vote.
• Helen told Candice that she thinks Spencer and Jeremy might be working together and having them (Helen, Candice) do their dirty work by giving them conflicting voting target information.
• They then end up thinking it's Spencer, Nick and Jeremy ... perhaps Howard in on it.
• Smart cookies, those gals. Now, what are they going to do with their suspicions? What can they do?
• Spencer told Helen he told Candice IF ASKED to say she voted for Elissa to go, not to actually vote for Elissa to go.
• Yeah, right.
• Who wants to see my HoH?
• No one. Go away.
• Er. Ahem.
• They all put on the traditional fake act.
• Her letter started out with "My dear little princess ..."
• No wonder she's so whacked.
• GinaMarie cried because Elissa is still in the house. Now she's saying she has an eating disorder and BB is making it worse. @@
• Jeremy told Aaryn she could put him on the block because he'll surely win PoV. He pushes her for a Helen/Elissa nomination.
• I thought he said "sleep on it" before?
• Kaitlin told Aaryn the fact that the audience boo'd her when she voted to evict Elissa is scary.
• They really should soundproof that place a bit better, I say!
• Heh. Aaryn thinks she "better get a good job" after all this. BWAHAHAHA!
• BB gave them booze. There was no wine-gate this time.
• (Sidenote: Argh. My upstairs neighbor is either running in place or jump-roping up there. Who does he think he is? Helen?)
• Kaitlin is sure that if Elissa wins MVP again, she'll put her on the block because she (Elissa) called her a "whore" on national television.
• Um. Okay. I think Elissa might have bigger fish to fry. But maybe.
• Aaryn called America "stupid" and tossed out an expletive at us.
• How to win friends and influence people, eh?
• Aaryn also said that GinaMarie doesn't even realize that Nick is a "queer."
• Now, in my mind, I see her flitting about singing, "Pretty, I'm so pretty ..." But she'd probably gag when the line about "Pretty, and witty, and gay" came up.
• Aaryn is a bad example of today's youth. I don't know what else to say about her. A pretty package, but ugly within.
• They're all sleeping as I get this posted.

Howard-a-Day

GinaMarie has an ouchie

Why did I do this? I'm not her!

I'm surrounded by weirdos, must smile

Big Brother 15: First Endurance HoH Comp of the season - 7/03

Well, it's actually more like a slip and slide than an actual endurance. It's going to be a LONG comp ... so, it's endurance on our part!

As I type this, the feeds are still blocked. But when they come back up, I'll keep up with the comp posting screencaps and the eventual winner. It's going to be a long night, for sure.

The feeds are still blocked at 9:14pm ET, but here are the pairs:

Nick/Judd
Spencer/Helen
Andy/Elissa 
Kaitlin/Amanda
Jeremy/Aaryn
Jessie/Howard
Candice/GinaMarie

9:25pm ET and still no feeds for the comp. What's up with that?

9:29 and we have audio ...!

9:32pm ET and we lost the audio. We never had video except for trivia. Someone (Nick?) said something about "exactly halfway." But since we had trivia, I don't know.

Up and running at 9:34pm ET

Amanda/Kaitlin doing well

Nick and Judd filled the smaller jug to get the bigger scoops. But will they catch up?

Nick and Judd

We're back to blocked feeds and trivia. I couldn't see all the hamsters. But it appeared that Amanda and Kaitlin were doing quite well.

9:49pm ET - Feeds back. Andy and Elissa also doing very well! Uh-oh, so are Aaryn and Jeremy. Eep.

9:53pm ET

9:55pm ET - Feeds are blocked with trivia again. Grr.

OH NOES! 10:01pm ET -- JEREMY GOT THE BALL. Rats. Andy was SO close! Either Jeremy or Aaryn will be the new HoH. When I know, you'll know.

ARGH!

There's bound to be some controversy because Jeremy used his hands instead of a cup, but I imagine they'll remain the winners.

Wah.

Aaryn, who's almost lost her voice, is trying to get people to confess to voting out David. Jeremy, for once showing smarts, says that was last week, this is this week; time to move on.

Somehow, Elissa, Helen, Andy and Candice are Have Nots. McCrae volunteered to be one, but didn't get chosen. I guess Jeremy or Aaryn named the Have Nots.
Spencer is denying voting for David to leave way too much.

I just heard Jeremy say "if I got HoH." Uh-oh. I think he gave it to Aaryn.

Yes, CONFIRMED ... AARYN is HoH.

Big Brother 15: Live Eviction Show Blog Party - 7/03

If you're following the scorecard, by the end of this evening, it will be one evicted, two fired. If you're unaware of what I'm talking about, check out my last post.

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this post with major happenings -- refresh the page to get the latest news!

But, as always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join us!

The pool picks are (if you've forgotten your hamster or want to forget your hamster:

Aaryn - QuixoticElf, Isabelle, April Weaver, Donna in FL

Amanda - Petals, JimmyB, Barb S., PDX Granny

Andy - Nickelpeed, jessica Underwood, Patti, Brent McKee

Candice - Terry is a Texan!, Shannon (purrbal), cloverandthetwins, Michelle C

David - Sally, DebbieD, Sharon S, SSW

Elissa - theresa jordan, Caela, jo, Ninboh

GinaMarie - Merrlee, Jackie, Cheryl, EileenM

Helen - Dr_Celine, Sasha, Buzzmaam, RBennie

Howard - Glenn, Jennasmom, ORKMommy, Aya

Jeremy - Tami, JonMD1267, lynn1, Delee, JOKATS

Jessie - Margo, Janice from GA, Pearlgarden, Dave B.

Judd - Lili, SueGee, Karen in CaliforniaHer, Ed in Ohio, Marlol

Kaitlin - DKNYNC, Jillian's mom, BloggyMom, Billy

McCrae - Tammy, gaylos, Chacha, Joey

Nick - Witt, MikesGirl, Brian, poodlepam, Brenda

Spencer - Becky, monty924, Chris (chrob61), Carrie

Ah, they're going to show part of the brouhaha over the wine. Showing the showmances and the idea of keeping Elissa to "weaponize" her with the power of the MVP nom each week.

The three noms get a brief statement. Jessie, happy birthday dad, great week. Elissa - target since day one, keep target around, no one comes between me and my BB game. David - stand up guy, will wear pink dress again.

The vote:
Amanda - David
Aaryn - Elissa
Nick - David
Candice - Elissa
Spencer - David
Kaitlin - Elissa

More after commercial ...

Helen - David
Howard - David
GinaMarie - Elissa
Judd - David
Jeremy - Elissa
Andy - David

Julie tells them David is evicted ... Aaryn is stunned. She looks like a zombie.

David did his interview with Julie. The dude is SO clueless.

BBMVP voting is announced.

HoH comp time! Tomorrow is the 4th of July -- BB BBQ, picked balls out of a bag to pick a partner. Fill cup of BBQ sauce, down lane to partner, first one to remove ping pong ball from jug wins. Small jug has two cups for the team to remove the ball more quickly. The winning pair must decide amongst themselves which will be HoH.

Ah, an endurance. I'll post an update post when the feeds come up and keep you updated!  

 

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Pre-Eviction and GinaMarie fired, too

Today's Howard-a-Day screencap

Today's one of those days that more interesting stuff about Big Brother is coming from outside the house rather than inside it. I told you about Aaryn getting fired from her talent agency in my last post. Now GinaMarie has also been fired from her pageant gig. I feel the need to mention just yesterday in her breakdown she was saying how much she hated her job. Well, now she won't have to deal with it!

Here's the latest from inside the Big Brother House of the Rapidly Unemployed:

• My gosh, Helen trains like a prizefighter. 
• The live eviction days in the house are usually full of housekeeping and primping.
• Although this is the first live eviction show for these hamsters, they're following tradition.
• The more I see of Howard, the more I like him. I believe I respect him, too.
• I don't say that of many hamsters, past or present.
• Elissa thinks that if she gets voted out, BB will think of a way to put her back in because "they worked too hard getting me in here."
• Hmm. I don't like that.
• I have nothing against Elissa as a player in the game. At least she's not coming across as stupid and bigoted. BUT ... are they paying her more than the others? What will they stoop to to keep her in the house?
• Inquiring minds want to know.
• That said, BB seemingly has nothing to do with David being the target this week.
• About the only BB connection is that they think Elissa will keep getting voted MVP and they can use that as a back-up plan for a backdoor.
• Howard had a long talk with Helen about using her head not her heart in the game.
• Jeremy told Spencer that he (Jeremy) has a secret alliance with Helen until the fourth eviction.
• Does Helen know this?
• Lots of small talk, lots of "what if" scenarios about HoH winner.
• Typical.
• Remember -- tonight's live eviction show is at 8pm ET. Next week it moves to Thursday 9pm ET. We'll be losing the Tuesday night show next week for Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday.