Due to popular request, here it is! A blog discussion post for the new season of The Bachelor: London Calling. Grab a keyboard and a comfy seat and discuss the show with your friends. It's not a show I watch, but I know many of you do, so this post is for you!
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This is who should win the season and take home the half-million!
My latest feeds report is up over on TV Squad and I'll be putting up a new discussion post for The Bachelor. I'm still not watching it, but I know many of you want a place to talk about the show!
Shhh ... don't wake up the houseguests. Actually, this screen cap of Joshuah isn't while he's sleeping. The night vision cameras aren't any good for screen caps. He's thinking, not sleeping.
Here are the late night and overnight events from inside that Big Brother House of Deluded Duos and Supercilious Singles:
- Joshuah thinks Ryan and Adam will turn against Natalie in the end. (I'm sure they will!)
- James and Joshuah told Sharon that they would vote to give Ryan the money at the end instead of Adam (if they're there). If Natalie makes it, they would vote for her.
- Joshuah thinks he'll tell everyone he and Neil were indeed a couple before the show as he goes out the door. (Lie.)
- James played more solo chess.
- Adam played with going to the HOH room, ringing the bell, and running. Ah, childhood memories!
- Natalie told James that Sheila doesn't want him to start up again with pranks.
- James once again roamed the night alone on his own Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
This screen cap I took of James is about how I feel right now. Thankfully, I don't have those tattoos and the mohawk, but ...! I wrote up the show review and it's over on TV Squad. I'll be doing the Sunday and Tuesday show reviews for the rest of the season there, but I'll continue live blogging here (complete with typos!).
Here are the Sunday night happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Hooligans and Pranksters:
- Sheila says that when she wins HOH, Ryan will have to read her letter from her son because she'd cry. I don't think she'll have to worry, but I was wrong about Natalie's possibilities of winning, so who knows?
- Adam mentioned they should throw the HOH to Sheila. He got no takers.
- Sheila thinks she's made relationships with everyone in the house and they're all real. (She should have continued on to say real fake, real bad, etc.)
- Sheila thinks James is stupid. Natalie thinks all of them are stupid.
- Natalie is still on her God kick. Sheila told her she will have a huge following for her beliefs.
- Ryan told Joshuah that Natalie is still on board with breaking the tie to keep him ... if she keeps her word.
- They're mad because James called Adam out for throwing comps in his speech (POV?). Adam says he did, but he won't throw any more comps.
- Sheila told Natalie that everyone deserves to win except Chelsia and James.
- Someone (Sheila) requested spray disinfectant to clean (the kitchen counters from the shoe prank).
- Sheila and Natalie are STILL griping about Chelsia in the house and how she left. Get over it, gals! It's now history!
- Sheila appreciates Joshuah's honesty for saying he hasn't played the game well.
- Natalie is still beaming over being more inspirational.
- Joshuah has a plan. He's hungry and he's on the block. The penalty for eating food when on slop is a penalty nomination. Two plus two equals ...? Although I recall last season they didn't give someone a penalty nom when on the block as it would screw things up. Jen when she ate, that's it!
- Natalie and Joshuah supposedly have a secret alliance because secret alliances are the only ones which work. Now, she'll show it's not an alliance if she has to break the tie as she'll show it's a lie or, if she votes to keep him, it's not a secret. Kind of a short planned secret alliance, eh?
- Joshuah told Ryan he had more tricks up his sleeve.
- Joshuah told James he wants to leave the game. He said Natalie won't stop talking.
- When asked by James, Josh told him no one gave him their word to vote to keep him. He said Natalie said yes on the tie-breaker. "Do you believe her?" James asked. (I don't!)
- Sharon made a deal with Ryan (who already has a deal with Joshuah).
- Sharon told Ryan she won't make a deal with the girls. (Ah, the hush-hush Girls Alliance is indeed a covert operation!)
- Lots of speculation of future days and small talk.
The show has started here on the East Coast. This entry will be constantly updated as it airs. As always, comments are very welcome!
We have to go through Chelsia's meltdown once again. And her eviction. And now again in black and white after the credits, Chelsia leaves and takes them all on again. Natalie tells us she was in college for three years. Sheila thinks Chelsia said a low calss and disrespecful thing to a 45-year-old. Joshua feels like he lost his sister in the house. James says it sucks that someone you're close to is gone.
Day 49 -- The aftermath of Chelsia leaving continues. Sheila thinks Chelsia was jealous of a 45-year-old woman. Joshush tells us HOH is crucial for his alliance. Natalie feels so good to know that America thinks she's inspirational. Joshuah knocks Natalie's brain power.
Nat wins HOH again. God waited for the right time for her to win. Sheila thinks Natalie deserved the win and wants vengeance or closure. James thinks Nat's win sucks. Joshuah is kicking himself for losing to Natalie in a mental comp. Adam thinks something is in that holy spirit and he's happy for her.
Ryan thinks the others are shocked and surprised that Natalie won a mental comp. Now she's quoting the bible and thanking God. Ryan names them Team Christ. Adam says he can't knock the Lord, Team Christ!
Nat's on the sevens again. Seven is all over in her life, you know. Tomorrow starts week eight. She's got Adam into it as Ryan bites his nails. Joshuah thinks she's crazy and her theories change as it suits her. Last week eight, this week seven. James points out that it's the eight week, not the seventh.
James looks ridiculous in his shortie robe and hoodie. He goes to Nat. Tells her she needs to trust him. She asks God what to do.
HOH room time. Joshuah noticed that all of Nat's pictures were of her ... except the dog ones. Her letter from home has her choked up. Quick cut to James as she reads her father writing that she was smart .. I swear he wanted to snicker. Sheila turns it to about her in the DR missing her son. Natalie says her parents don't talk and got together for the letter. Adam shed a tear or two.
Natalie hides for hide and seek and the boys look for her. Old footage! Her knee is sticking out of the laundry basket. Josh tells her. She wants to hide again. Joshuah keeps rolling his eyes. They're looking for her and find her crammed in under the sink. How did she fit in there?
Sheila asks Joshuah how he told his parents he was gay. He was 18 in Austin and wanted to go to a party. His mother told him he had to come home, finally he said he was gay. Mom told Dad, they didn't talk about it much at first. He feels better for having told them. Sheila loves his parents now. She makes valid points, but she's SHEILA! I hate agreeing with Sheila, but I must!
Joshuah and Sharon talk -- if James has to go home, he's a scary dude and fierce ... he must!
James is up visiting Natalie again. She tells him she doesn't have a partner and she trusts him more than she trusts Josh. He wants to work with her. They decide to work together and no one knows. She talks about putting Joshuah up. They call final two now. She considers it in the DR to us. She admits he kept his word to her, but Matt went. He points out Chelsia is gone. She's in a quandry.
Time for the food comp! Natalie hosts, gets food all week as HOH. One at a time BB will call them to the yard for a smashing food comp. Adam hates the thought of slop. They're isolated in separate rooms. They're kind of in Kansas. BB gives them the choice of going on slop or food. If not enough choose slop, they'll go on slop. It's all about greed. No matter what, three will get slop for the week. Sharon thinks the guys will all go on food. She chooses slop.
Adam is up, reads it. He automatically goes for food. Sheila thought it a tough choice just like Sharon. Joshuah had issues too. He picks slop thinking the four who picked food will end up on slop. Ryan is figuring out the numbers, too. He goes for slop (but I don't think they showed it). James chose slop, too.
Natalie tells them they reveal it by crushing watermelon. A mority will go on slop. Less than goes on food. Sharon, slop. James, slop. Joshuah, slop. Those three now on slop. Anyone from now on who picked slop gets slop. Ryan, slop. Sheila, slop. Adam, food. One stroke ... and he's thrilled!
James is up in the middle of the night, hard to sleep alone. He talks to himself while playing pool. He cried alone. He played chess alone. It sucks, you know.
Adam and Ryan are creating a whirlpool in the pool swamping Sunglass Duck. Okay.
Natalie is looking at Matt's picture on the Memory Wall. Sharon, Ryan, Joshuah laugh about it. Joshuah thinks Matt should go in the Witness Protection Program or get a restraining order. They think she's stalking his picture.
Ryan tells Natalie that she should backdoor James. She tells us she's still contemplating the deal from James. Her "struck by a dumb stick" look comes over her face as Ryan talks to her.
Nat explains her duties as HOH. Ryan is't worried. He wants James out this week. Joshuah is concerned. James is worried but has hope. Natalie says it's her decision and she will do what's best for her. She thinks it's a good strategy and the noms won't come back to bite her.
It's time! She tells them it's difficult and she must do what's best for her in the game. Key order: Adam, (Sheila smirks), Sheila, Ryan, Sharon. James and Josh are up.
Joshuah -- you are a threat and have never been nominated. Jame s-- I want to believe your word, but ... she goes on to say James and Joshuah are probably working together. She tells us James' word means nothing to her and she can't trust him. Joshuah says he's no longer a block virgin.
As expected, James removed himself from the block and Natalie put Sharon up.
60 Minutes is on here, things seem to be running about a half hour late.
Thanks go out to Zoetawny for the graphic!
My latest BB9 feeds report is up at TV Squad. I fully expect tonight's show to be delayed by basketball, but will put up a live blogging post when it starts here in the NYC area.
I hope everybody is having a fine Sunday. Here, I heard the word "sleet" in the forecast. Wah!
Yes, it's a new version of the bible! Forget the Old Testament and St. James, it's Natalie's Bible! Thanks go out to graphic artist Zoetawny, of course.
I guess the BB9 house is a lot warmer than it is around here. We had temperatures down near the teens last night. Brr. And they say it's spring?
I left you early yesterday evening with BB playing pranks on the houseguests. Joshuah seemed to either be the target or just perhaps first discovered masked faces in the mirror/windows lining the walls and a plastic rat in the icebox. He's the one I see most often going for the icebox, so it wasn't surprising he discovered the rat. Well, it was surprising to him.
Here's the latest from that Big Brother House of Pimp My Prank:
- Sheila got sprayed with the sink hose in the kitchen. BB prank or fellow houseguest work, I don't know.
- Natalie and Sheila think a picture of Allison would really freak out Joshuah.
- Sheila heard strange voices. (In her mind or was it another prank?)
- Sheila said her boyfriend (?) George and her son will beat up James at the wrap party. (Oh, come on! Sheesh! If you sign to go on the show, you have to know people are going to say and do things you don't like!)
- At one point, an image of one of the guinea pigs showed on their plasma screen in the living room. The plasma screen usually shows a fireplace, BB announcements like "Nominations Today" and such, and is used during live shows so they can see Julie Chen.
- Ryan nixes the Soy Sauce Slop.
- The feeds were blocked for a while. When they returned, Sharon was going on about what happened to her fur-iends.
- Supposedly it was the guinea pigs doing all the pranks on the house for April Fool's Day. (Yeah, it sounds lame. I had nothing to do with it!)
- Joshuah and Sharon talked about how scripted things are with BB making things happen.
- The Girls Alliance grows stronger as the boys play pool and always exclude them.
- James, Joshuah, and Adam toilet-papered Sheila's room.
- As they wait for her to discover it, Sheila complained to Natalie about all the pranks they've pulled on her. They are not allowed to flour her! Or spray her with water! (Gremlins must not be fed flour and never get them wet after midnight!)
- Chelsia's bad behavior is still a major topic in the house.
- Sheila discovers her room TP'd and thinks her bed is broken. The bed isn't broken -- the boys just switched the mattress on it.
- Natalie thought Sheila's room bit was funny.
- Sheila didn't.
- Joshuah made floury hand prints on the refrigerator to annoy Sheila.
- Ryan and the boys plan to keep waking up Sheila during the night banging on pans. (How original, eh?)
- Adam doesn't think it's a good idea and Joshuah doesn't want to do it if he's the only one doing it.
- They decided to postpone the wake-ups until tomorrow.
- Joshuah asked Adam how it looks for him. Adam was evasive.
- Adam and Ryan laughed about how Joshuah will break down when he gets evicted.
- Adam allegedly was in prison in France for three months. I didn't get the background to that story.
- James and Josh went ahead and woke up Sheila by banging pots and pans. She covered her head with the blankets and pillow until they went away.
- Joshuah told James he needs to vote to keep him in the house because he's a target and it diffuses the target on James.
- Joshuah says he brought Sharon back and now he'll leave because of her. (Well, if he thinks about it, it's because of himself.)
- James was up until the wee hours once again roaming the house. He exercised, snacked, and wandered aimlessly.
- As the HG slept, it sounds like there's a duck in the backyard. They're all still asleep as I post this.
I'm awaiting my more extensive report to go up on TV Squad, but I'm not sure when it might show, so I thought I'd do a brief update here for now.
The vote change, then re-change, and change again is still on. Even if Ryan and James vote to keep Joshuah, Natalie will vote to keep Sharon in a tie-breaker.
The biggest new news is that BB has been doing odd things in the house -- faces in the windows, a fake rat in the icebox. The HG think they're doing it for footage for the April Fool's Day show.
Natalie had another premonition -- James will leave April 9. I guess she's finished with 7s and 8s.
I took these screen caps of the hamsters in the yard last night. In the second one they were trying to signal for help from a helicopter which kept flying overhead. The helicopter flew away and the BB9 Seven remain on the island.
If you haven't read the previous entry, scroll back to read it before this one. Here's the latest from the overnight hours:
- Sheila says everyone hates her because she's so honest. @@
- Joshuah told Natalie that Adam told him he will give him his vote because James is voting for him to stay. He said Adam said he'd work on Ryan to get him to vote for him, too. (Adam is clueless of the most recent conspiring in the house.)
- Adam is worried about Sharon putting him on the block if she wins HOH.
- With Sheila, Josh was still talking as if he's going out unanimously (or near it) on Wednesday.
- Sharon said she'd do whatever it takes to stay in the game.
- Sharon talked to Natalie. She bad-mouthed Ryan to her. Now, Ryan has been telling Natalie that Sharon is the mole. How will Natalie react?
- Why, Natalie tells Sharon that Ryan, James, and Joshuah are trying to send her (Sharon) home this week! Loose lips sink ships!
- Natalie tells Sharon she wants to stick to her original plan and get rid of the boys.
- Sharon warned Natalie that James tells Joshuah everything which is said to him.
- The Girls Alliance is in full swing -- Natalie, Sharon, and Sheila.
- Ryan and Adam talked -- Ryan wants to make sure that Sharon will put up James if she gets HOH. They plan to use their voting power to get her to do what they want.
- James is still adamant that he'll be giving Joshuah a sympathy vote.
- Natalie told Adam she has to vote out Joshuah because he poured pickle juice all over her.
- Lots of small talk, sex talk and plans of pranks on each other.
- Joshuah scared Sheila by jumping out at her and laughter ensued.
So, first it looked like Joshuah was going home. Then the tides turned and it was Sharon going home. Now it's Joshuah going home again. And we still have about five days until the actual vote.
Adam supplies the secret ingredient for the meal Natalie is preparing for them. Mystery meat!
Here are the happenings since the POV in the Big Brother House of the Comeback Kid:
- Joshuah, fully accepting that he will be going home this week, told everyone he just wants to have a nice week in the house. He said he won't blow up.
- Ryan is really, really ticked off that James won POV.
- Ryan told Adam they need to keep Joshuah. It's expected that Sharon will be put on the block in place of James to (supposedly) insure Joshuah will go home.
- Even though Sheila said she wanted to go on the block, Natalie says she won't nominate her. She doesn't want to be in position of tie-breaker.
- Joshuah talked to Natalie, telling her he understands why she put him on the block and he's not mad. She apologized to him.
- Ryan told Natalie that if Joshuah isn't voted out, he'll give her safety. He once again mentioned that Sharon is the mole.
- Natalie is worried that James and Joshuah will work together if Josh stays.
- Natalie told James that Sharon will be going on the block and they're thinking of keeping Joshuah.
- Sharon is getting worried.
- Natalie told Joshuah she'd need a one week deal that Ryan and James would vote to keep him and she'll break a tie vote in his favor. Joshuah told her that he has had a deal with Ryan for a while now.
- Joshuah told her he'd give them two weeks if they give him one.
- Natalie said after this week, Adam and Sheila need to go.
- Everyone loves the new Joshuah.
- He said he'll mope around so people don't suspect anything's up.
- Joshuah told Natalie he indeed saw Matt and Chelsia making out one night.
- James agreed to the keep James deal.
- James mentioned to Sharon he might give Joshuah a sympathy vote. (He didn't give one to Chelsia when he knew she'd be unanimously voted out! She should suspect trouble ahead.)
- Continuing the ruse, Joshuah told Sheila that he will go with grace and dignity and asked that she take good care of Sharon.
- Sharon thinks James is going to win the game. Joshuah thinks he should.
- The new alliance of Natalie, Ryan, James, and Joshuah is underway.
- Sharon and Sheila think there is still a war ongoing between James and Natalie.
- James and Joshuah talked alone about feeling sorry for Sharon, but it has to be done.
- Sharon told Joshuah she feels it's her duty to win it all and have a party for him.
- Adam asked Ryan if he won HOH, would he put up James? Ryan said he would.
- Adam is worried about Sharon putting him on the block if she wins HOH. He should be worrying about his own people doing that. Little do they know, but Sheila and Adam are the targets of the new alliance.
- Sheila is very thrilled getting to know the new Joshuah.
- Sharon and Sheila have no clue that anything's going on, none at all.
Of course, it's still a number of days until eviction. But it looks like a flip-flop is going on once again.
He did it again. James won POV. Natalie is freaking. She thinks she'll put Sharon up again to get Joshuah out. Above is Joshuah's reaction.
The POV comp is underway right now -- I'll let you know when I know! My latest feeds report is up on TV Squad.
Sharon and Adam talking in the backyard last night.
Here's the latest from the Big Brother House of Abnormal Psychology:
- As I previously reported, all will play for veto except Adam who will host it.
- James picked Sharon in the random pick.
- Joshuah says he won't freak out because whatever happens he has to live with them -- either in the house or in sequester.
- They speculated about the POV but don't really know anything other than who's playing.
- Sheila and Natalie talked more about Chelsia.
- Sheila thinks it's time for her to win POV.
- Joshuah told Sharon that if he wins POV, he'll take himself off the block, but asked if she wins that she keeps the noms the same. He thinks he can win against James.
- James might be pulling a Chelsia. He thinks Sheila (or Kimberly, her alter ego) is a target. He decided he's going to make her life hell for the five days he has left.
- He screamed and swore at her.
- Sheila thinks James is insane -- she claims he was foaming at the mouth and everything.
- Sheila told Natalie to win POV, take James off, and put her on the block -- she wants to go home.
- Natalie said no, she won't put her on the block.
- James continued his meltdown, crying to Ryan and Adam. Oh, he's all alone in the game! Woe is me!
- Sheila said she's going to sleep in HOH with Natalie as long as James is in the house.
- After a DR session, James asked Sheila if she was okay. She told him that she told Natalie to put her on the block. He thinks as a pawn.
- Joshuah and James are both very subdued. They know one of them will be going this week. Joshuah said he knew he wouldn't be in with the "cool kids" in the house, he's always been one who watches from the outside.
- Before going to bed, Sheila wished James "good luck" and told him she meant it.
- James was up later than everyone else, but all are asleep as I get this posted.
It's a fine meal of fried slop with pickles for everyone except Adam and Natalie.
Here's what's happened in that Big Brother House of Sloppy Eaters:
- Natalie was worried that her speech may have been mean. She knows she just can't be mean!
- Natalie apologized to Joshuah for putting him on the block. She told him he'd have to win veto. As it stands with Joshuah and James, Josh will have the votes to stay. But he really has to go for the veto because if James wins it and takes himself off the block, it's bye-bye Joshuah!
- Joshuah shaved a part of his body. Yikes!
- James was in the sauna alone for a long time.
- Sheila is sure James will win POV.
- Joshuah eavesdropped on Natalie and Sheila and probably only got a headache.
- Sheila told James she thinks he'll win the game. She's often told him he doesn't deserve to win because he'd just waste the winnings.
- Natalie told Joshuah that James is a threat and really must go.
- They talked about Chelsia's attitude again.
- They got creative with the slop. Sheila kept saying how good it tastes. No one else said it was good.
- Adam is hosting the POV, everyone else is playing.
That's where it stands right now as I post this. I don't think anything major will happen until the POV is played tomorrow. Right now all they can do is speculate and eat slop.
Although I won't be writing the finale up in its entirety, I will post the big news here as it airs here on the east coast.
Your comments and discussion, as always, are welcome!
Both Piers and Trace are under pressure. Aw, Trace's wife and two little girls showed up to surprise him.
Piers is doing great at the auction thanks to the head of Cantor-Fitzgerald who bid $100,000 each for tea with the Duchess and a night with the Osbournes (band included). Ivanka won a dinner with Trace for $6,000. She's sweet on him. Simon Cowell (for Piers) bid $100,000 for a $10,000 shopping spree with Ivanka.
Piers won the auction, Trace won the ticket sales.
Any juice bar in Manhattan has wheatgrass juice. But I don't see Trace as a Manhattan juice bar kind of man.
Piers is the Celebrity Apprentice, not due to his personality, but it's all about the numbers.
My latest feeds post is up over on TV Squad. The feeds just returned a few minutes ago -- blocked for the nominations ceremony. As expected, James and Joshuah are on the block.
A bit later I'll get a post up for the Celebrity Apprentice finale. I won't be live-blogging the two hour show, but will post updates and I know you want to talk about it in comments!
No Survivor tonight due to basketball and Lost is a repeat.
I was asked to write up the review/recap of tonight's live eviction show and it's now up over on TV Squad.
Here's the lowdown on what's gone on in the Big Brother House of A Change Is Gonna Come since the eviction:
- Joshuah, certain that he and James will be put on the block, asked Natalie and Ryan to PLEASE win POV and let the nominations remain the same. He thinks that he stands the chance to stay against James, but James wins every POV comp.
- Now Natalie is off her "8's" kick and onto '7's." She believes God obviously gave her His blessing -- James will NOT win POV because she'll be able to play in this one.
- Natalie said tonight was EPIC.
- James reminded Natalie that they had mended fences. She reminded him he backdoored her Mattie.
- James told her if she puts him up, he'll be evicted.
- He wants her to trust him. (Haven't we heard that before?)
- James told Joshuah he thinks he'll be backdoored. Joshuah told him he wouldn't be -- he's sure both of them will put directly on the block, no backdooring about it.
- James said Chelsia's speech and exit were a lot calmer than she had told them they would be. (Oh, my.)
- James saw his brother on the video in back of Julie when he did the HOH interview with her, but he couldn't hear what he was saying.
- James said that while everyone was upset about Chelsia and the Easter eggs, he was getting laid. (Sheila??? Heh, no. Chelsia, naturally!)
- Natalie got her HOH room -- pictures of family, dog Sampson, a Yellowbird CD, alcohol.
- James thinks that Chelsia ruined any chance he has with Sheila this week. (For her vote, not sex!)
- James also said he won't rain on Natalie's parade. She wanted HOH so much and worked hard to get it.
- Sheila and Natalie talked more about how horrid Chelsia is.
Chikeezie is in the bottom three.
Carly is not pregnant.
Syesha Mercado is in the bottom three.
Jason Castro is in the bottom three. He's safe and sent to the couch.
Chikeezie was voted off tonight.
Due to popular request, here it is! A blog discussion post for the new season of The Bachelor: London Calling. Grab a keyboard and a comfy seat and discuss the show with your friends. It's not a show I watch, but I know many of you do, so this post is for you!
