BBOTT: Care Package and More - Saturday, October 7

Doesn't want a final two with Jason

... and Scott told him as much. "Oh, I want to work long with you in the game. But I don't want to take you to the final two because you'd win."

Not really the best way to phrase the thought, eh? It would probably be best had he not phrased it at all. I'll agree that it's probably on all of those little hamster minds that being in a final two with Jason would mean second place. That doesn't mean you go ahead and tell him that! And Scott is so proud of himself for saying it. Silly hamster.

Yesterday saw the delivery of the first care package sent by America and the live diary room sessions. Here's how stuff went down:

• Kryssie got the care package -- it's Save a Friend. She can save one other hamster from nomination this week. Unfortunately, she herself is still vulnerable to being nominated. 
• She's taking it very seriously. She's thrilled that America seems to like her after being an outcast in her daily life. Or, Jason would call it, a Misfit Toy.
• She's probably going to save Jason with it.
• But, the idea of the America involvement is messing with their heads in the HoH.
• Alex doesn't want to tick off America.
• In her Diary Room, she said that she's working with Monte right now because she needs him. The divide is already in place in the house and that's the side she happens to be on ... for now.
• Monte wants her to nominate Justin and Danielle.
• She more wants to nominate Shane and Danielle.
• It seems most of the readers here on the blog (and I) would like America to nominate Monte.
• Monte still wants to work with Shane if he can get him away from Danielle. He thinks that Danielle has taken his focus off the game.
• Meanwhile, Shane feels comfortable with Danielle, Jason, Kryssie and Justin.
• Kryssie worked on trying to get Scott to go to their side. Although he told us in the DR bit that he would be open to work with them, he balked at the idea from Kryssie. He said he can't play to please America.
• Um, well, dude.
• Alex worked on Kryssie, telling her that it would be best for her (K's) game to save Jason.
• That's even though Alex hasn't really played with the notion of nominating Jason in the first place. 
• But she's not telling Kryssie that.
• Jason has worked his way in solid with both Kryssie and Justin. The latter seems unlikely, but it's true.
• Justin will be happy to keep pushing Monte's buttons.
• They're also spreading the word around that Monte is homophobic. 
• I don't know about that so much. But he does have this thing about how he needs to "protect" women. I can see him with a wife barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen.
• I'm beginning to think I would have liked to see this crew of hamsters on the last televised season more so than the ones we got.
• Tonight should be the first Safety Ceremony.
• Still got to get used to the schedule! 

Feels he will have to fight for safety each week

Probably thinking evil thoughts about Monte

Neeley keeps straddling the line

Snuggles

It's great to be picked first for once!

BBOTT: Into Friday, October 7

Jus' gliding along

Hey, BBOTT powers that be! FIX THE FLASHBACK! SHEESH.

I needed to get that out of my system.

• There's been a lot of buzz about Alex cheating in the HoH comp by resting her sword hand in her pocket to steady it.
• I wouldn't know because the comp was held so late and the flashback function doesn't work.
• She is still HoH, so BB people aren't seeing an issue.
• Or, is Monte HoH once again?
• It almost seems like it.
• Alex, Morgan and Monte huddled and each one had someone they wanted safe. Alex says she won't put Shelby up. Monte wants Danielle to go to get his bro Shane's head back in the game. Alex doesn't really want to put Jason up, probably more thinking about the America's hand in things.
• None of them really want Justin in the house. Alex thinks he's too good at everything.
• Now, last season, Paul kept saying "Never cared" -- but you could tell he did. Justin is more of a true "never cared" kind of guy. He's laidback and easy going, but says what's on his mind because he really never cared what others think of him.
• It's getting all complicated in the house of hamsters. Neeley hangs out with Jason and company, yet tells Alex she's loyal to Monte.
• Monte and Justin are getting more acrimonious by the day. 
• Will there be fisticuffs?
• The latest is that Justin disrobed to take a shower in front of the girls.
• Now, it's all fine and dandy that Monte thinks he's a gentleman and I even like that he wears a shirt around the house.
• BUT ... Monte does seem to think that he's some sort of knight in shining armor going around saving damsels in distress.
• These damsels can take care of themselves.
• "Don't disrespect my friend Morgan!"
• Sheesh.
• Shane is now more subdued, more taken by Danielle thus alienating himself to others.
• Scott is leaning more towards the Jason/Kryssie, etc. side of the house.
• Boy, that early alliance of four guys certainly fell apart quickly!
• America can start voting on the first care package.
• Good. Give some of them more paranoia.
• Alex told Morgan she was the hinky vote, but didn't tell Monte that. He keeps thinking it was us.
• It looks like Morgan and Alex are going to really work together. Both say that they'll go along with Monte as he thinks he's a leader, but ...!
• Hmm.
• Now that they know America has such powers in the game, Alex is reluctant to put Jason on the block because she thinks America wants him to remain.
• I think we want him to stay, too.
• It's looking like possibly a Justin/Danielle nomination. Perhaps a Shane thrown in there, but I doubt it.  Scott is a possible, as well.
• Hmm.
• Monte's sights have changed from getting Danielle out to getting Justin out.
• Heck, I want Justin to stay for the entertainment factor. I want to see steam actually come out of Monte's ears.
• Heehee.

More of a superfan than Michelle BB18

Girls in shades, throwing shade

A subdued Shane

What does America think?

BBOTT: HoH Comp, Into Thursday - October 6

Remains a virgin

First off, I need to grouse a bit. With this online version, starting any HoH (except like last week's odd one) at midnight Eastern Time ... that's ridiculous! There's no way that someone like me living on this coast and having to be up for work in the morning (unlike the hamsters) can watch! Then, atop of that ... I get up early so I can check out the flashback for the comp and the flashback is NOT WORKING. The farthest back I can go is midnight today their time. C'mon, CBS All Access BBOTT, get it together. You gave us a "show" of stuff that wasn't any new news and now the flashback feature won't even work for your poorly timed HoH comp?

Anyway ...

• Alex won the HoH
• It was an endurance comp, for what that was worth. They had to stand and hold a crown on a cut-out of themselves with a sword. 

The new HoH

He's bored

Will probably be on the block again

BBOTT: Live Eviction Episode Blog Party - October 5

Well, let's hope this is a bit more exciting than last week's hamster entry fiasco!

My apologies for not posting yesterday nor earlier today. I've been a bit on the exhausted side. Yesterday, Jason saved himself with the veto and Kryssie went up on the block in his place. It's looking like Cornbread might have alienated himself with many in the house. I guess we'll see! It's Cornbread (America's nomination) along with Danielle and Kryssie on the block.

Oh, geez. It's actually the start of the season with intros such as they have for the TV show. I guess we'll see how they edit the longwinded entries from last week. Ick. I'm not going to repeat myself. The only interesting stuff so far is Diary Room reactions and the fact that there's not fifteen minutes between each hamster entering the house.

It looks like they've strung all of the daily recap videos together to make this show. 

I realize I'm not saying much. But I've already reported most of this stuff before. Now Jason is noticing that Morgan and Alex look alike.  Now it's the BB Bug being passed around.

I'm not really liking how they're handling this show. They're acting like it's a television show when it's not. It's an online show with only live feeds viewers watching. We've already seen this stuff. While it's quasi-interesting to see how they edit it, add in music and such ... we've already seen it! 

The first Safety Ceremony is done and over. We've seen it before. 

Now Danielle likes Shane (after liking Justin first). Shane likes her. too. Kryssie breaks down, not the best strategy.

Safety Ceremony number two. We know whose badges won't light. Get on with it. Surprise, surprise! Jason and Danielle are nominated. Jason is Monte's target while Danielle is purely the pawn.

Oh my gosh! A commercial! Oh. Only about ten seconds for Julie's evicted houseguest tomorrow. 

Julie tells them that America will nominate a third person.  

Veto pick time is time for the third nominee announcement. It's Cornbread. But we knew that.

Jason wins veto. We knew that, too. Jason saves himself and Monte puts Kryssie up in his place.

Another message from Julie. She tells them that America will have a vite for eviction. They will not be told whom America picks. 

Ah, the live eviction, obviously not a repeat of what we know.

Danielle wants to stay. CB has had a ball, hopes to stay and have more fun. Kryssie says it's time for her to win, not done here yet.

Monte hosts, not Julie.

The votes to evict:
Neeley -- Cornbread
Jason -- Cornbread
Whitney -- Cornbread
Morgan -- Cornbread
Justin -- Cornbread
Shelby -- Cornbread
Scott -- Cornbread
Alex -- Danielle (for paranoia)
Shane -- Cornbread

Eight hamster votes for Cornbread, plus America's vote for him -- Cornbread is the first evicted hamster on BBOTT.


  
  

Survivor: Millennials vs Gen-X Blog Party - October 5

They're promising a huge twist in the game tonight. We'll be the judge of whether it's good or bad! Later on tonight, I'll be live-blogging the BBOTT CBS All Access show. My apologies for no BBOTT yesterday.

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be live-blogging with the major events.  As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please feel free to join in on the fun!

Here are the blog pool matches the Lovely Lifeguard Laurie randomly chose:

Millennials - Vanua Tribe 
Adam Klein - Brian, Kelsey NY, Sharon N 
Jessica Figgy Figueroa - Donna in Alabama, Laurie 
Justin Jay Starrett - Becky, Jackie, Shayne
Michaela Bradshaw - Donna in NY, Krysta G, Pinky 
Michelle Shubert - Ed in Ohio, Nickelpeed 
Taylor Lee Stocker - Donna in FL, Janice from GA, Stephanie in Baltimore 
Zake Smith - Beachmom, monty924, Glenn
Will Wahl - Cheryl, Indiana Jane 
Hannah Shapiro - David, meb, Terry is a Texan 

Gen-X - Takali Tribe 
Bret LaBelle - Brandi Peralta, Judi Sweeney, Skyriverblue 
Ciandre CeCe Taylor - Anonymouse, Merrilee 
Chris Hammons - Cheryl in NC, Jennasmom, Lanell from TN
David Wright - Buzzmaam, MikesGirl, Sharon C 
Jessica Lewis - Cupcake, Jean, Petals 
Ken McNickle - Dolores in Hollywood, Margo, Russ 
Lucy Huang - Delee, ML 
Paul Wachter - ChickMc, PDX Granny
Sunday Burquest - Brenda, Kristen from Ohio, SueGee

Out
Rachel Ako - As first boot, her blog pool people have been reassigned.
Mari Takahashi - cwcamper, Marthalight

Survivor fans ready? Eighteen are left. Who will be voted out tonight?

The Kids: Zeke and Adam try to make nicey-nice about them being left out of the blindside vote of Mari last night. Hannah tells them that Michelle told her to vote with the majority and she didn't know before Tribal. Hannah won't leave Zeke alone. Adam is worried about having to play up from the bottom. Zeke just wants Hannah to leave him alone for a while. I don't blame him.

Older Kids: David knows it's him, Ken and CeCe at the bottom. Of course, he does have an idol. Paul is feeling 100% once again. But he goes fishing as an expert and catches nothing but a wave. 

Tree Mail -- They have to do a random draw of rocks. The Orange rock recipients Will, Figgy, Jay and Taylor get to go do "recon" on the other tribe at a Summit. CeCe, Paul, Chris and David go as the Older Kids. Paul started thinking the kids would love him as a father figure. David hopes he can use kids after the merge to get rid of Paul. David had a good talk with Taylor, but he promised to betray his own tribemates. Will that go over well? CeCe and David both talked to Figgy and Taylor about the perils of Paul. 

Older Kids: Ken, who doesn't like to be called Ken Doll, goes fishing and (unlike Paul) catches fish. He talks to Jessica about Paul. But she thinks her commitment to the others is best for her own game. 

Kids: Taylor feels all comfortable with his Figs. Adam is worried about his own status with the tribe. He tries to talk Michaela and Hannah into voting out either Figgy or Taylor next Tribal. Michaela, sort of like Jessica, prefers the idea of sitting in with the majority players at this point.

Immunity Challenge time! Carry heavy bags over and under obstacles, over a balance beam, knock down a puzzle with the coconuts from the bags, then put together the puzzle. Reward is comfort items. 

The Kids -- Millennials -- win Immunity and Reward! 

The Kids want to switch comfort for fishing gear. Gen-X don't want to switch. So the Millennials are stuck with comfort items.

CeCe's poor performance in the challenge might have put more of a target on her back. Paul is certain it will be unanimous (so it probably won't be). Bret agrees. So does Sunday. Hmm. While she did poorly, Paul wasn't any rock star in the comp! At least she carried her own bag. Ken, David and CeCe are thinking Paul should go. 

Aha! Paul's own mouth got him in hot water. Lucy and Jessica are considering voting him out!

Tribal Council time with Probsting questions of the castaways. Paul feels little anxiety because of his six.  

The tally:
Paul, CeCe, Paul, CeCe, Paul, CeCe, Paul, Paul ... five, it's enough. They flipped the vote! 

Paul is voted out!     

BBOTT: Nominations, Power of Veto - Monday, October 3

Perpetually laid-back

Due to the late hour and the fact that most of this is old news, I'll be short and sweet tonight.

• America nominated Cornbread while Monte nominated Jason and Danielle.
• Jason is the target for Monte and many others.
• After all, he's the returning hamster!
• They had the Power of Veto comp today.
• It was slightly more "comp-ish" than was the HoH Comp.
• BB locked them outside the house and added items within the house.
• They were then allowed in and had to find and count the added items.
• They had to punch a four-digit code (made of the counts) into the Veto Vault.
• JASON WON!
• And, he needed it. He knew he needed it.
• Not sure who will go up in his place.
• Had Cornbread won veto, as America's nomination, there would be no replacement.
• But Jason is sure to save himself and Monte will have to replace him. 

Is it a pick?

But, we're good people!

Posing?

Hangin' out

Mr. Power of Veto! (And he needed it!)

BBOTT: Let's Talk Sunday - October 2

Conspiring

Hmm. So far, I'm just not getting into this as much as the real seasons. I wasn't too thrilled that the HoH "comp" we actually saw play out live wasn't really a competition, per se. Perhaps because it's all still new to me, new ways of doing things, new rules. I dunno.

• Tonight is the night to vote for America's nominee. They still don't know that's coming.
• Shane and Monte are growing closer and closer.
• Not like a real bromance close.
• But, like a solid alliance close. If they work together and stay strong, they could be a final two.
• However, the others are noticing. The target will be on their backs before long.
• Monte's plan for nominations are Jason and Danielle, with the target being Jason.
• Supposedly, Danielle will be the pawn.
• But ... a lot of the girls don't care for Danielle.
• Hmm.
• We'll see how this goes down. 
• They had their first Safety Ceremony last night. They all got these block pass necklaces that light up indicating they're safe.
• The ones who have safety as of last night are: Neeley, Whitney, Cornbread, Morgan and Shane (in that order).
• When Monte made someone safe, he'd touch the photo button of the person on the wall in his HoH room. Their image would light up green and their necklace would flash.
• Rather convoluted, methinks. 

A coonskin cap. Really?

He's jus' chillin' through life

Allergic to the sun or ... vampire?

BB didn't spring for new bowls

Hamster grooming rituals

Our boy is in trouble!