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Big Brother 11: General Discussion; JORDAN WINS $500,000!
Topic Started: Jun 30 2009, 09:21 PM (89,557 Views)
Sweetbabygirl
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WHAT THE BLUEDILLY FUCK?!

:angry: Jesus Poinsetta Christ! Just tuned in, 'cause I didn't watch last night's eppy....FUCK!

So Ronnie won, eh? God, he's going to be as insufferable as Jessie was! And Braden was eliminated? Shocked, thought it would be Chima for sure.

Going to watch On Demand later tonight, I'll likely be screaming at the telly like you guys were.

(Stomps off)
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Jul 17 2009, 07:28 AM
Why so much Lydia hate?
Because she's a complete slut and a major bitch. Unfortunately, she's been edited pretty well on the show, so if you haven't been watching the feeds, you wouldn't know that.

And, for the record, because I'm tired of Lydiot whining that Braden called her this, that, etc...Braden did NOT call Lydia a slut, whore and a bitch. She called herself that and Braden didn't argue with her, LoL.
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Just watched last night's episode.

Lydia seems so fake to me.

I really wanted Chima to go home. I can't stand her face, laugh, hair, etc.

Braden is so fucking hot. I wanted him to stick around.
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After all... tomorrow is another day!

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Jul 17 2009, 01:29 AM
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Jul 16 2009, 07:58 PM
Casey & Jeff on the block!

Laura as replacement nom!
I'm def down with those nominees.

GO RONNIE!! THAT'S MY WV BOY!



Send Jeff home!!!
Oh gosh R!ck. I know you have some WV pride, but why oh why would you claim HIM and not just blame him on Ohio or something?

Ronnie is AWFUL.
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I'm not watching the feeds, but Jeff and Lydia are my favorites so far...And i like the blond girl..
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Ronnie is an evil troll.
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Sunday's show should be good!
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AndyAMC
Jul 17 2009, 07:28 AM
Why so much Jeff hate? Boy is HOT and so far has been bullied and thrown in the middle of things.

Why so much Lydia hate? I thought she did a great job in getting herself off the block - yes, I think it's nasty she's aligned with Russell now (the hug after the HOH competition - gross!). But Braden just straight up started calling her slut, whore, etc --- why shouldn't she get upset?
The other athletes hate Jeff because he doesn't kiss their butts. He and Russell have clashing personalities and just don't get along. Jeff hates the way Russell huffs and puffs around the house and acts like he's hot stuff.

As for Lydia, we all hate her because she just has an unlikable personality, LoL. The show really cuts out most of her nastier stuff. Plus, she's a skank and got it on with Jessie and she wants to get it on with Russell.
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I can't wait for Sunday's show
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Ronnie sucks ass.
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Julie Chen blogs 'Big Brother': Season 11's first elimination

I can't believe we are in our 11th season and 10th year! Over the years, Big Brother has almost become synonymous with summer at CBS. We have a saying now: "If it's summer...it's Big Brother!" It has become like a familiar friend you look forward to seeing every summer. A guilty pleasure where you're allowed to love, hate, and judge total strangers being real and human. I think we all see a bit of either ourselves or people we know (love 'em or hate 'em!) in all of the Houseguests.

EW asked if I would start my weekly Big Brother blog with an overview of random topics encompassing my perspective on many things Big Brother. So, here goes…

But first (wink), let's talk about the elephant in the EW blog room…The Chenbot! I was horrified when my best friend from college first told me about my Big Brother nickname. But, there was a side of me that kind of also got it right away. When I played dumb and asked her to explain it...it was exactly what I expected to hear. Then I was kind of embarrassed and yet unsure how to feel or react. (Chenbot was hurt...does this mean the Chenbot has emotions!?!?!). But, when I told my agent to get some sympathy, he made a funny remark in a robot-like voice and said something like..."Oh-yeah-you-did-not-know?" And he e-mailed me a link where someone edited together all my "But firsts…" (You know who you are, Ben Mandelker!) from the live shows and I laughed my head off. I WAS the Chenbot. Each delivery was EXACTLY the same -- different hairdos, different outfits...same damn robotic delivery with precision and zero emotion. That's when I said to myself, "Can I blame em? I AM the Chenbot!" The Beatles' lyrics of "I am the Walrus" went through my head but I substituted in Chenbot.

Folks have also expressed interest in my wardrobe. For Big Brother, I try for something more "primetime" looking...and not so business suit-like... which is what I tend to wear in the mornings for "The Early Show." Big Brother is my chance to wear some sleeveless things since it's summer time and a primetime show. I also try to have fun with some more glamorous outfits...and things that are fashion-forward. Hosting while pregnant has been fine so far but, with the season coinciding with my last trimester, finding the right clothes has been a challenge. I'm due October 4 (which is about 2 weeks after our finale). I have a beautiful tent dress ready for that show! I'm not trying to hide it. I told Allison Grodner (one of the EP's) and the director, Jim Tanker, that I am more than fine with them shooting the show the same way they always have been, which has plenty of wide and full body shots, and it's up to them if they want to make any changes.

I'm often asked how I stay informed of the Houseguests and the events in the BB House. Well, thanks to our handy, dandy daily show hightlights, watching ALL the shows (which I LOVE), watching Big Brother After Dark on Showtime Too when I can (although, I probably should be sleeping) and talking to the producers in our weekly script meetings, I really try to make the effort. The show hightlights are really key, though. They are daily logs of what is going on in the house. One person each summer is designated to watch the Houseguests and log all the highlights of what's currently happening. These are my Big Brother cliff notes that hit all the major points and events. I'm usually on a plane every three or four days during the summer to do both jobs (Big Brother and The Early Show), so that's perfect catch-up time. But, now with the pregnancy, I've had to slow it down and will have to stop traveling completely sometime in August due to doctor's orders!

What do you think of the new twist? Personally, I'm a huge fan of it because that's what Big Brother always boils down to in the end...behaving like you did in high school. There are cliques, there are fights, there are romances, and there is often betrayal. Big Brother tests how mature or immature some of us can be...it's not always pretty, but it's pretty fun to watch.

Which brings us to Jessie from Season 10 and the fact that he's back. This has certainly caused quite a stir both inside and outside the house…and I love that! A lot of people have e-mailed or commented to me saying "Oh no, Jessie's back?!?!?" To me, that's a great response because it shows he was memorable and interesting to watch. If people said "Who's back??? I don't remember him/her…" -- that would be disastrous. The most interesting people to watch are the ones who are not beloved by all. People have also asked about the reactions of the former Houseguests who were vying to get back in the BB House. During last week's premiere, we also brought back Brian from Season 10, Jessica from Season 8 and Cowboy from Season 5. As we now know, Jessie made it back in the house (and turned red with excitement when he realized he was going back in... I thought his muscles were going to explode). Cowboy seemed pretty sad that he didn't get his chance at redemption...I felt bad for him. Especially since he made it to the final two but didn't win BB 5. Brian and Jessica seemed to take it well and were good sports.

So, last night was our first live eviction and Braden was sent packing. Despite all the drama in the house, he did make an impressive effort to turn things around and almost pulled it off. But, Ronnie's last minute flip back to his original alliance with the Athletes created a tie vote which resulted in Jessie, the current HOH, making the final decision. Each week, we usually decide by committee what topics to discuss with each evictee. It's usually the same questions people are asking at home of the Houseguests...like "What made you do this...and what made you do that????" And, "What were you thinking???" But we have to be careful, if they are jury members, not to give anything away that they shouldn't be privy to. This season, I asked my executive producers to please tell the Houseguests that I am expecting so they're not surprised when they get evicted and see my big belly. They typically only see my head and shoulders on their monitor in the living room when I speak to them. I didn't want the evicted Houseguests to come out of the BB House and be caught off guard and make my pregnancy a talking point...like "What???" Or, "Congratulations!!!" I want the live shows to stay focused on them and their experience in the house.

A few thoughts on some of this season's Big Brother Houseguests…but first...I don't think there have been this many fights and outbursts so early in our BB history! Yikes! Russell vs. Jeff. Natalie vs. Jeff. Braden vs. Kevin. Jordan vs. Lydia. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few. So far, I think Lydia is playing it well...almost too well there for awhile, in that people were catching on that she is a serious threat. She needed to be a little disruptive...just enough so people could start to see her as having flaws and not as a threat...and, she certainly delivered after being saved by Russell at the POV Ceremony. (Side note: How gross was the POV Competition, "Pop Goes The Veto" - gotta hand it to production…ICK!). She obviously took a page from Evil Dick's gameplay book or Will from Chilltown. Give 'em just a little of herself to hate on and she'll be safer. (Although, I'm not sure she planned her outburst. There seemed to be a lot of genuine emotion behind it and Jordan didn't know what hit her!) Casey is playing it well, too, although a lot of the other Houseguests commented early on that he came on a bit strong trying to play the "Don't vote off the old guy!" card. He's 41, for Pete's sake…hardly about to claim senior citizen status! But, he finally got away from that and is playing it right and saving the juicy comments for the Diary Room instead of his housemates' faces. Then again, this season is changing by the hour, so who knows what's going to happen tomorrow?! Who are your favorites? Who's proving the most shocking and unexpected?

So, that's it for my first ever Big Brother blog. Looking forward to reading your thoughts. (Who knows -- could end up being another useful means to keep current with the Houseguests and events this season!) Leave questions on the comment boards and I'll do my best to answer what I can each week!
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Here's a writeup from Blistering at Sucks about her "audience experience" last night.
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I was lucky enough to get to be in the live audience for last night's live eviction show. Here is Part I of my recap of the night.

Part I: Arrival and checking in

I was able to go to three of the live shows last season, so I was curious to see if they would change things at all for the new season. For the most part, it was pretty much the same, though they used a different company to manage the audience and it was a little different but not much.

The first thing was trying to figure out the right time to get there to be sure to get in. The tickets tell you to be there no later than 3:30PM, but I remember them letting people in sooner than that last season, so I called the audience organizers to see what time they would be letting people in. They said they would be letting people in at 3:30PM which sounded late compared to last year, I checked the ticket info from last season, and it said that CBS opens the parking lot about 1 hour 45 mins before the broadcast starts. That still sounded late, so I decided to get up there a bit earlier. I was coming from Dana Point, Braden's home town and it's about an hour and a half drive up to Studio City where the BB house is. On the long drive up I ran into some traffic and the GPS got kind of confused up near the studio, so I was getting worried a bit. It's kind of nerve wracking until you actually are there and have your line number so I was trying to hustle. I finally get up to the lot about 2:20PM and asked the guard at the gate when they were letting people in. He said they will let people in at 2:30 and to turn around and come back then. So I turned around, parked across the street, walked back to the parking structure, through that to the check in point and was surprised to find I was the first person in line! The timing couldn't have been better.

They weren't ready to let us through the metal detectors and into the check-in area on the lot, so the guard had me start a line. They had just opened the parking structure and people were busy parking, but over the next 10 minutes people started piling in and getting in line behind me. (If you ever go to the show, park out on the street and walk in, you get a 10-15 minute jump on all the people parking in the structure) About 10 mins later there were probably 30 people in line there too. The guy just behind me kind of got screwed. They don't allow cameras or phones on the lot and someone had dropped him off with his fancy new iphone in pocket. They weren't going to let him in. I don't know what happened to him but I didn't see him after that, so that must have totally sucked.

After waiting for about 15 mins they started letting us in I went through the metal detectors and down to the area where they give you a line number and take your photo for the release records. I was given line #12, the first of the commoners. I was happy because that meant there would only be 11 VIPs and us commoners wouldn't be getting screwed today. So I sat down at the front of the bench where they have us all wait and filled out the release form. They also hand out questionnaires asking you who did you want to see go home tonight, who do you think will go home tonight, what question would you ask Jessie the HoH, and is there another question you would ask a different houseguest. I filled that out too and sat waiting while people started piling in.

After about 15 mins the people getting in had line #'s in the sixties and I heard they were holding people back at security now as they thought they had let enough people into the lot to fill the audience. I didn't see it, but one person that went back to use the restroom said there were a ton of people at the security checkpoint that were waiting and hoping to get in. The line of people sitting on the bench was getting pretty long and some people started standing around. Someone from production came out and started collecting the questionnaires and talking to people about their responses. She worked her way down the line and was out there for probably about 30 mins doing that.

Meanwhile a few of the VIP's started showing up and after they got their line numbers were standing around at the front of the waiting line where I was sitting. I started talking to two ladies that were VIPs and that was pretty interesting. One of the ladies was there because her son works in production for American Idol and for some reason they made some VIP slots available to Idol production. It was her birthday and her son had gotten her a VIP pass to the BB audience. Talking to her was interesting because she had just been to the American Idol finale and had some interesting stories about that. She had also dined at Hell's Kitchen several times and that was something I was always curious about. So we talked about how things work inside Hell's Kitchen, what it is like to be there and who exactly are all these people we see eating there.

At this point they had stopped letting people in. I think they were at about line number 110. So it was just bunch of people waiting around instead of a mob waiting to get photographed with their release form and line number.

Not long after that the audience organizers came out and made sure everyone was in order by line number and doing a head count to see if they had the right number. That was nice because the company that did it last season didn't do that, and it pretty much became a free for all once you were inside the area with your line number. They also told everyone we'd be heading to the set in about 20 mins, so if you need to use the restroom, do it now. A bunch of people decided to take their advice and then we all just sat waiting.

Part II: Getting Seated

After waiting in the audience holding area until about 3:50PM, they finally had us stand up and get in order of line number for the walk to the set. There were only 7 VIP's so I was the 8th person on the march to the set. The walk through the lot is always fun. It's about 150 yards or so from the holding area to the BB House and takes less than 10 minutes. Along the way you see some other sets like The Insider and numerous bungalows that serve as writing and production offices. As you walk by the bungalows they are little notices printed off a computer printer posted on the doors that let you know what the bungalow is being used for. There were several for Rita Rocks and a few others that I forget.

Along the walk you also pass by the area where they construct the sets for the comps. Last season I saw them building huge vats that looked like water towers. (Those ended up being used in the grape stomping comp last season.) There was no construction underway this time, but I did see those same vats still there stacked up on top of the construction area. I was keeping a keen eye out for any signs of what might be used in future comps. Since the area was mostly closed up this time and there was no activity, there wasn't much to see, but I did see something that looked like a giant bank vault door. I can't remember seeing that before, though it didn't look freshly painted. It is either something old they still have or could possibly be getting ready for a future competition.

That area is right next to the back of the house where the barn doors in the BY are located. Also around that area was the hammock and pillows from the back yard. The hammock is always sitting right there unguarded and you walk right by it within arm's reach. Every time I have to resist the urge to climb into the thing to see what it's like. If they let cameras in there it would be really hard to resist climbing into it for a quick photo. This time they also had the little vegetable cart out there. I guess they take all the removable things out of the back yard when they setup for the comps. So I spent a minute checking that out to see how they were doing. They have some tomatoes and peppers on the way. I didn't see the strawberry they showed on the feeds the other day.

Not long after that is the door to the set and they have everyone line up in front of the door and stand next to a chain link fence. Last season we stood there in the hot sun for a while. This time they didn't have us stand there for very long.. Another difference from last season was at this point they would walk down the line and pick out people dressed nicely for the front rows. This time they didn't do that, so I was optimistic of getting a good seat since I was in the first group of 10 people and immediately behind the 7 VIPs.

After a few minutes they started taking us in, collecting our line number and release sheets and making sure we threw away any water bottles and spit out any chewing gum. As we walked onto the set it was great to be back in air conditioning since it was so hot outside standing in the sun. But after entering I realized another difference this season, that they started filling the sides and the back first instead of the front rows! When they got to me, they sat me in the back row a few seats from the aisle. So much for being at the front of the line this time! But the set is so small there really isn't a bad seat in the house and I was happy to have any seat in there. It took about 15-20 more mins before they had seated everyone they way they wanted and then we sat quietly waiting for something else to happen. Time was about 4:20PM.

Part III: Waiting For the Show to Start

Once you are seated in the set, it's time to relax. It' nice and cool, you're there and you can just take in the set while you wait for things to start. I described the set in the recaps last season but for those that didn't get to see that, the set is very small. It's much smaller than you would think from seeing it on TV. From the door to the house in the back of the set to the front row of the audience is maybe 25 feet. From the front of the audience to the wall behind all the cameras is maybe another 25 feet. There are about 20-25 people from production on the set during filming. Three camera operators, a few audience coordinators, several makeup people tending to Julie Chen, the stage manager, about 10 people sitting behind monitors and a handful of other people standing around. So the set is small, cool, and quiet and it's easy to forget where you are.

But shortly after everyone is seated a guy comes out to keep the audience occupied. He talks a bit about the season so far (nothing interesting, did you see the last show? What did you think about that??) and also introduces Don Wollman, one of the producers. Don is always there (at least every time I have been there) wearing a baseball jersey with his name on the back. He is also the guy that does the BB voices on the feeds. They explain that not only is he a produce but he is also the voice of BB. Don then says a few of quotes and that's kind of cool to hear the voice. He took a request but someone asked for something stupid. It was so not interesting that I don't even remember what it is. I was hoping someone would get him to say "Jessie I said GET UP before I come in there and cut off your balls" but no such luck.

Then the first guy starts calling people down to the stage to answer trivia questions. They were giving out black "Big Brother Audience" t-shirts but they were kind of lame. It just had "Big Brother Audience" in small type on the front side breast and I don't even think it was in the BB font. But it was still kind of cool they were giving them out. So he would call people down and ask pretty simple questions like "Of these 4 previous house guests, which one was not one of the four with a chance to re-enter the house this season?". The audience was allowed to shout answers to the person so every person got it right and won a t-shirt. That went on for about 15 mins and they gave out about 15 or so t-shirts. When they were done, it was about 4:40PM.

After that the stage manager, I think his name is Eric, came out to brief everyone on what would be going down. He was the same stage manager as least season and is pretty funny. He told everyone it was going to be an exciting show and for everyone to have a good time. He cautioned everyone about staring at the overheard monitors when the camera is running as if you do you'll look like an idiot. He also told everyone to smile when you applaud as otherwise you will look like a psycho. It was pretty much the same spiel as last season. He explained a little bit more about how tonight's show would go and to watch him for signs on when to applaud and so forth. About 4:45-4:50 Julie Chen came out and the stage manager introduced her to the audience and everyone cheered and shouted complements. She looked really good in her outfit and was very friendly to the audience. After the initial hello she stood on the stage facing the cameras and rehearsed her lines off the teleprompter while the makeup people tended to her and her outfit.

About 4:55 (they have several digital clocks on the set showing the exact time) the stage manager told everyone that the show would be starting in a few minutes and to sit up straight, get ready, and have a great time. Right after 4:58 they announced 1 minute to go and the staff settled into positions. . If the clocks are correct and not adjusted for a delay, it looks like they run on about a 45 second delay. At 4:59 the stage manager started a count down. At about 4:59 and 15 seconds filming started and Julie began her opening monologue.
The rest is coming soon...
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About that, did anyone else see Simon Rex in the audience?
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This is disturbing on so many levels:

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Jul 17 2009, 03:20 PM
About that, did anyone else see Simon Rex in the audience?
Yes I did. I couldn't remember his name last night when I was watching the show...
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Myself, Steven, and my roommate...
Edited by Kevc1980, Jul 17 2009, 06:10 PM.
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Kev, you look really good ;)
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I despise Ronnie and I will hate this week. I am totally ready for Laura, Jordan or Jeff to go home this week. UGH!
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