I know that very few of you are INTO the Big Brother series, but I'm a die-hard fan and have followed each season with equal doses of jubilation and outrage (last year's outcome was OUTRAGEOUS, but it's one instance of true losers winning).
Last night's show, pre-recorded!!!!!, saw 14 people placed in the house (8 of whom --designated by * - were the results of public votes):
From BB6 -- Kaysar*, Howie*, James* and Janelle*
From BB5 -- Jase*, Diane* and Nakomis*
From BB4 -- Alison and Ericka*
From BB3 -- Danielle and Marcellas
From BB2 -- Dr. Will and Mike "Boogie"
From BB1 -- "Chicken" George
SPOILER!
In this first show, Big Brother surprised everyone by allowing the public to put 8 people into the house because, according to Julie Chen, the voting was so close.
Once folks were settled in, Julie suprised the "houseguests" by telling them two people would be Head of Household. And their mission was to nominate two people for eviction. The catch: If they couldn't agree on both nominees, each would be placed up for eviction in place of anyone else.
Jase and Janelle were the co-Heads of Household winners.
Danielle was the one who sussed out the import of that development and tried to plant the seed of discord by suggesting to Alison and George that if Jase could be convinced to disagree with Janelle then Jase would have "numbers" on his side and Janelle would be evicted, thus eliminating one of the four BB6 alliance that returned from last year.
It was a good idea, but Danielle didn't reckon on Alison overplaying it and putting Jase on his guard.
Both HOH's agreed...and Danielle and Alison were nominated for eviction. I'm guessing there will be a veto competition, so all is not set in stone.
Mike "Boogie" and Dr. Will were both extremely obnoxious in the diary room. Personally, I'd have put up both Will and Mike...Will needs to go since he's the only "former winner" in the house.
Interestingly, Danielle and Alison are the only two in the house who finished second in their seasons...each having been reviled by most of the houseguests of their years.
Very little was seen in this first episode of Marcellas or Ericka or Diane or Nakomis, and only a bit of James, Howie and Kaysar.
Danielle and Alison did a lot of scheming and trying to get things going hardcore right off the bat.
It should be an interesting summer. I have favorites, but I'm just going to sit back and let it all happen in front of me without investing any emotions. Last year's brouhaha wiped me out.
(Players I hated seeing left out were Bunky, Monica,Dana and Ivette, especially since CBS picked "Chicken" George over them as the final contestant to enter the house. Of all who didn't get in, I was rooting mostly for Ivette since she seemed determined to be a different person from the crazed bitch she seemed to be last summer. CBS also picked Dr. Will and Mike "Boogie"...a very predictable thing, that. Oddly, Marcellas didn't get a popular vote substantial enough to put him in the house, but he was one of CBS' six entries.)
I have a feeling that the ones not placed in the house may be inserted at later dates. Just a hunch.
