When it comes to trashy summer TV, nothing's trashier than Big Brother. If you watch Big Brother, you pretty much have to either pretend you've never heard of the show or stand loud and proud. I've watched every season. As a game guy, I'm always interested in the competitions the creators devise, and the backstabbing politics is an added bonus. I eagerly awaited Survivor's all-star season, but the same concept on Big Brother gets a muted yawn from me. Survivor seems more about having a strategy and playing the game, and as such it was interesting to fill an island with veterans and see how they fared the second time around. But not only is Big Brother's stage much smaller, but its contestants are less endearing. There's almost nobody on the nomination list that I'm interested in seeing again. I'd much rather meet a new batch of players.
But that's not an option. From the list of 20 nominees, there are only 8 I'd pick: Alison, Danielle, Howie, James, Janelle, Kaysar, Marcellas, Will. I'm betting that attention whore Mike will also make it on, although one season of his limelight-hogging was plenty. I have no idea what Cowboy and Nakomis are even doing on that list (the latter was a complete non-entity the first time, and the former makes my ears bleed), but I'll give a small prayer of thanks to whatever gods kept Holly off. I hope loud-mouth Monica doesn't make the cut-- anyone who still uses the phrase "keeping it real" is dead to me (ack! On browsing the Big Brother web site, I see that Danielle not only "kept it real" but intends to continue "keeping it real 24/7" this season. Et tu, Danielle?)-- and frankly, five years hasn't made me pine for Chicken George any. If I had to fill the 3 remaining slots, I'd go with Bunky, Dana, and Lisa.
My predictions on the 3 men and 3 women America will pick: Kaysar, Howie, Will, Alison, Janelle, Ivette. And if he doesn't get picked by America, the producers will absolutely put Marcellas in the house.
Voting closes June 28.
Why in the BLUE HELL do you want to let Alison extend her fifteen minutes any further than that quick exit on TAR?
My fear is that Janelle will get put back in simply because she has ginormous hooters and the female BB contestants wear bikinis a lot. Never underestimate the power of softcore pr0n to get viewers to vote.
Posted by: Chris Lemon on June 22, 2006 11:58 AMI think Nakomis deserves credit for discovering the "six-finger strategy" to get Jase out (which I think Kaysar also used to get Eric out). But I think I'd rather see Jase back in than Nakomis. And I'm with you on Cowboy making my ears bleed-- same goes for Ivette and Dana (especially Ivette, but maybe her girlfriend managed to talk some sense into her). I think it would be amusing to see Diane go down in flames given how brilliant she thinks she was. I like Howie but it sucked how he single-handedly torpedoed the James/Janelle team-- if he makes it in, it will be interesting to see if anyone can trust him again, but I'd rather see James and/or Janelle (whose intelligence/cunning is still underestimated) go in without Howie's gullibility (or Kaysar's anger management problems) being an Achilles heel. And since I missed season 2 I'm looking forward to seeing "evil doctor Will".
Posted by: Doug Orleans on June 22, 2006 01:19 PMIs Big Brother the one on after Guiding Light, or before One Life to Live?
Posted by: Nathan Beeler on June 27, 2006 11:19 AMMy favourites are : Janelle- Howie - Kaysar and Erika.
Hopefully, they will get to the final 4.
see ya
AJ