Big Brother Craze

At long last! We have interviews going up at CBS2! So check it out here, as Diane interviews. It’s hard to hear Diane, as usual, so up your volume a bit! (I’m sure someone will youtube them too - I’ll embed here when that happens.)

Lydia: http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=107739@kcbs.dayport.com
- my take: Still love her! She’s actually watched the show and has a good idea of what she’s getting into. And she wants a woman to win this year too, and asked Diane good questions about why it’s so hard for the women to stick together and go to the end, voting. She seems to already be thinking - good! She does say ‘like’ a lot, but it’s not even half as annoying as when Jen(bb8) did it. Heh. See seems very confident and comfortable in her own skin.

Chima: http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=107741@kcbs.dayport.com
- my take: Oh Chima. That makeup scares me. And shiny. Oh dear. But she is certainly bubbly, and she finds herself very funny like she says. The voice isn’t quite as grating as I feared, but the laugh… oh the laugh. We’ll always know where she is! Something Diane said in the interview when talking about the money “one in 14 or 15 chance of winning half a million…” - a clue? She’s naturally a fan of Janelle. She says she’s physically inept, she can remember a whole lotta stuff but don’t ask her to climb a wall! Hah. Ok, the laugh is gonna kill me, but maybe I’ll like her a little more than I thought originally.

Michele: http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=107743@kcbs.dayport.com
- my take: She comes off very cute, uber excited, she’s a big fan of Big Brother too. She says she’s a female Eric (BB8), goofy and smart, and I can see that. She’s very much a CA girl, but she’s a lot more expressive than I expected - she’s definitely a cute nerd.

Natalie: http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=107746@kcbs.dayport.com
- my take: Haha! She’s already been warned that hitting people is not a allowed. She rolled her eyes and laughed when she said it, and I think she’s cute. When she talked about not getting to tell her dad goodbye, awwww. She swears she won’t cry - can’t wait to see her break down. Hahah! She’s another fan, which makes me happy, as we’ve got more fans than not this time around. She’s intelligent, and I think she’ll do well. They’ll certainly underestimate her since she’s so small. I love that her main worry is food and getting to eat other than slop, when she weighs all of 102. *L* Nice. She asked Diane good questions as well, and is already thinking ahead.

Russell: http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=107748@kcbs.dayport.com
- my take: Russell the Love Muscle. Oh my. He does seem to have a brain along with the muscle. He says he has a short fuse, but will be able to keep it under wraps. We shall see. What I want to know is who might win between him and Natalie in a fight. My bet on Natalie - girls fight dirty! He promises to use the gym every day - so yay, eye candy! And he really does have a nice grin. He’s also a fan, even though he was recruited in a bar. So that’s good too. Man. I might actually like this guy… I’ll feel slightly ashamed if I like someone with the nicknamed the love muscle. He’s hoping for an Evel Dick approach - in your face. Not sure how well that’s gonna work out for him…

Ronnie: http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=107750@kcbs.dayport.com
- my take: Ok, I’m gonna HAVE to root for him - my dad was born in West Virginia, and I was born in Ohio, and ya know, Ronnie was too, and hello, he’s a geek. He’s very personable actually, not as geeky as I feared. He admitted to crying when he got the key - so he’s gonna be our emotional one. Ha! He knows he’s gotta be flexible, and has a pretty good handle on how he wants to go in and play a social game. And of course, he’s a huge fan. He talks highly of his wife, often, and that’s really kinda adorable. He seems to have a pretty good take on the game and what he needs to do - though he could be in danger of overthinking… he’ll have to watch out for that.

(Keep refreshing! I’ll post the links as they become available!)

Here you go! YAY ROSS!

Ok, so we all know that Housecalls was canceled due to lack of a sponsor - but we will not be without a great many places to chat all things Big Brother, without the need to stay away from talking about the feeds, like we suffered with housecalls! We’ll have:

Big Brother Express Lunch - With Missy and Chelsia (BB9), on Thursdays and Fridays, Noon PST - this one is for Superpass Live Feeds peeps ONLY, so if you haven’t gotten your feed on, do so here! They’ll have a show on premiere day too - July 9th at Noon BBT!

Then, We Love Big Brother says they’ll get their feed fixed by next week, for their call in show Big Brother Extra. Memphis will join Bunky next week at 7pm Eastern, 6pm Central, 5pm Mountain, and 4pm Pacific (and 3pm Alaska, 2pm Hawaii!) They will be archiving the show as well for those that miss it.

Evel Dick has said he’ll be doing his show again too, as well as some things in the works with the one and only Janelle. So be on the lookout for that too! I’ll post times and such when they’ve been officially announced.

And, of course, Ross over at InsideDish will have interviews with the evicted houseguests on FRIDAYS, too! And we’re waiting still for his Women of Big Brother video - soon, we hope, soon!

And as always, you can chat with us here at Big Brother Craze via the comments anytime, or pop over to the forums to join the other BBCrazies and RealityDazies, join our pool party or just dish about the guests and generally have a great time!

Here’s another promo video from CBS!

Hahah! Ok, so Casey actually made me laugh there - and hold ya horses, before you ask OMG ARE THEY IN THE HOUSE?! - that was all green screened, I’m positive of it. Just look at Casey’s part when they zoom him in and out again, etc. The room doesn’t move, so they greenscreened that and added it on the editing floor.

(Cue the More You Know rainbow! )

Don’t forget the first Big Brother Extra over at We Love Big Brother an hour from now! (4pm BBtime!) Keesha and Bunky will be taking calls and chatting about the upcoming season and Katie will be on hand to talk about her experience during Media day! You don’t wanna miss it!

ETA: I can’t get into WLBBs show - neither can a lot of other people, seems they’re at their max user limit. I don’t know if they knew they HAD a max limit, but hopefully they’ll record/archive and we can catch it later, and they fix it for upcoming shows.

So, while we’re waiting for more interview videos to be posted (Ross will have the Women of Big Brother today, and we’re still waiting on Mark from Reality Wanted, and BB Alumni Diane from CBS2 - and don’t forget Bunky and Keesha at WLBB, their first call in show is tonight!) I know you all are DYING to know what I think of the cast, right? Because I’m never wrong in my snap superficial judgments… (/sarcasm! Hee!) Dying to know or not - here we go:

Braden:
Srsly? Is this guy for real? He can’t act, he’s already got nudie pics being shared around, he’s dumber than a stump, so much so that he makes up his own words and doesn’t know the meaning of simple ones like “pet peeve” - this does not mean your “favorite” pizza, man, it’s something you hate about others. I’m blond and I know this! Nothing is more telling than his bio which says he’s “boastful of his self-perceived intelligence.” Nothings worse then an idiot thinking he’s smart. I’m fully prepared to hate this guy.

Kevin:
The season’s token gay! And he’s “Ghetto Fabulous”! It could go either way with this one. I liked Dustin at first too, until he went all douchebag on us in season 8. And Josh, well, he kinda gave the bitchy fags a bad name. Could Kevin redeem the bitchy tag and make it watchable and fun without delving into cruel and idiocy? Time will tell! I like getting my bitch on as much as the next person, so hopefully he’ll live up to the hype. I could go either way with Kevin, but on the small things I’ve seen so far, he makes me laugh, and that’s a good thing.

Laura:
Oy. Another Bikini model, this one with a Tramp Stamp. My first thought is that she’s BB8 Jen v2, but the saving grace is that Laura is at least a Big Brother Fan. She wants to use her body as a secret weapon, but how secret is it if it’s mostly undressed in a bikini? Just sayin’. I’m fully prepared to dislike her intensely, while oogling her massive cleavage.

Russell:
Ok, when I heard “Russell the love muscle” I was all INSTAHATE! And then I saw the way he interacted with Ross, and where the name came from, and how it made Ross blush and back up, and ya know, I kinda like him now. I have a feeling he’s one of those houseguests that will grow on us - if he sticks around long enough. His size and obvious strength will make him an early target, unless he keeps in the winning Clique. He does have that gentle teddy bear look to his eyes, and ya know, eye candy. And he seems to have more brains than our last musclehead… not that that is a difficult thing to achieve. Heh. So, I like him, tentatively.

Jordan:
Oh honey, these guys are gonna eat you ALIVE. This one is so naive, and she’s never seen the show, and she’s our ‘blond bimbo’ stereotype for the season. SHe did kinda win me over a bit by saying she wont “bugger” on tv - meaning having sex. In the UK, bugger involves the back door, and that made me giggle. Way to try and be prim and proper, darlin.. I’m reserving my judgment on this one, as it could go either way. I’m hoping she’s a little less naive than she comes across.

Natalie:
Oooooh, she’s a tough little cookie, isn’t she? Bronze medalist in Tae Kwon Do, she’s a whole lotta POW in a little package! She’s also a poker player, and believes she can pick up on others lies and tells - while doing her own manipulations behind the scenes. First impressions are that I like her, and think she’ll go far? But if they realize she’s a competition powerhouse, she could be Tae Kwon Kicked right out the door early.

Michele:
Talk about an all natural girl! I love that she’s barely wearing makeup, that her hair isn’t all done up, and she’s an obvious smartypants too what with the whole brain surgeon thing. My worry is that she’ll pull a Brian and over think everything in the first week or two, instead of a Dan and take calculated risks throughout. I like her, and see her possibly going at least to the jury if the others don’t perceive her as a threat right away. She and I have the same motto, Don’t sweat the small stuff, and hopefully she’ll hang in there long enough to do the Brainiacs proud!

Jeff:
Our All American Dude! I like him - especially after seeing him with Ross. He’s a big hearted guy, and seems pretty stable and confident without being overly so. Thats a good thing for us Big Brother fans! He gives off a bit of a Memphis/Dan vibe, and I’m drawn to him, even if he says he wouldn’t mind a showmance. He’s an ex-football player. Wonder if he has a tight end… Hee! First impression is like! We’ll see how long that lasts…

Chima:
AHHHH! She looks like my 10 year old helped her with her makeup! And that VOICE! Hopefully that’s her working voice, and not her everyday chatting voice, or we’ve found this seasons Keesha (Who I adored, even as she made my ears bleed!). She has a great potential to be this seasons ABW, but if she can keep that in check and be the friendly outgoing girl she is at work, she might do alright. I’m waiting to see this one on the feeds before I make my final like/hate decision.

Ronnie:
Gamer Geeks FTW! He’s the type you imagine sitting at home surrounded by his computers, ignoring the world - wait, he IS that type. No imagining necessary! I love the way he talked about his wife, though I think his being an uberfan might be his downfall. He will need to pull back a little, else he be an early boot. Though his smallish geekish looks may give him the advantage of not seeming to be a threat. In his interview with Ross he was funny, and charming, and he’s in my like column - for now.

Lydia:
This should come as no surprise - LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE her. Please don’t be an early boot, Lydia! She’s shy, but open, she’s got body ink and I love body ink, she’s confident, yet charming, and she loves her family. This is the epitome of don’t judge a book by it’s cover, folks - not all people love the tats like I do, but I find her beautiful. I worry about her hatred of liars and disrespectful people - it might be her downfall in the house. I hope she gets people to see how sweet she is first, than blows them out of the water later on. She’s at the top of my favorite list - and that should surprise none of you regular readers! *L*

Casey:
This could be one of like, 20 different men I’ve met in my home town. The whole DJ by night, the I’m a cool teacher vibe, the rapping and bad whiteboy dancing… it’s all there. I dare say I’ll like him - but not for very long. I could be wrong, but I’ll have to wait to see him on the feeds to be sure. He does hate whiners, which usually means he’ll whine about them, which will make me go UGH faster than anything else. But I’m pulling for the “old” guy!

Mystery Houseguest:
Can’t wait to see who it is!

And there you have it - Lessa’s snap judgments! Aren’t ya glad you asked? Don’t forget to check out the original cast post here - there’s a lot of links and such added!

Here’s Ross’s first set of interviews at last! Whoo!

Here’s Mark’s (Reality Wanted) take on the houseguests, and Jen of BB8 did a write up for MSN here!

And - brand new commercials! Enjoy!

This just in! Associated Press just posted an article on Google, about the houseguests. Much of it are things we know already - but here’s the scoop on that Locked Room:

“This season, the California-themed “Big Brother” dwelling will go green with several eco-friendly touches including organic soap in the bathroom, energy-producing exercise bikes in the gym and composting bins in the backyard. Executive producer Allison Grodner teased that one of the three bedrooms, a jungle-themed enclave, will feature a nasty surprise.

“It is a room that will test their resolve,” Grodner said during a recent tour of the newest “Big Brother” house. “I will go out on a limb and say that it is the worst room to sleep in any `Big Brother.’ After 11 seasons, that’s saying a lot. This is a special treat for the houseguests. Each week, one group of houseguests will end up in this room.””

And you all thought the Pool Room would be bad!

UPDATE! Julie Chen (AND OMG BABYBOT BABYBUMP!) has her house tour up with the first glimpse of the “jungle room” which doesn’t look very jungle-y, but DOES look uncomfortable as hell, AND the Right hand shower has NO HOT WATER.

If your banished to the locked room, you’re also banished to using only the cold shower! BRRR!

CHECK IT OUT!

And yay! someone put it up on youtube!

Confirmation - WLBB has just gotten off the phone with Allison - NOT jungle Themed, but as Julie shows it - beds of steel, etc. Ouch!

UPDATE: Here’s the interview with WLBB that they just finished!

The highlights:
Four groups of three
Not like season 9 soulmates where BB forced them together
This is still an individual game
Big Brother created a system where you want to be in the ‘in-crowd’
Each player wants the perks of being in the in-crowd
If one member of a clique wins Head of Household, other members of that clique cannot be nominated
Allison did not say a room had a ‘jungle theme’
Third bedroom is ‘one of the worst rooms in Big Brother history’
Instead of traditional Food Competitions, there are now ‘Have and Have Not’ competitions
Losers of the Have and Have Not competition are subject to worst living conditions in BB history
Have Nots subject to a cold room, cold showers, food restrictions, and bright lights that never turn off
No details regarding the 13th Mysterious Houseguest will be released until July 9th
Starting second week, viewers will decide the food restriction
The Have Nots will get slop in addition to America’s food restriction
The exercise bikes and lightbulbs might come into play later this summer

Here’s the houseguest reveal on the Early Show this morning with Julie Chen!

More as it comes through!
Be sure to check out all the Bios right here - including a video of Chima on the job…

Courtesy of WeLoveBigBrother.com!:
- Everyone can relate to the twist
- The cliques will be Populars, Athletes, Brainiacs and OffBeats
- 12 strangers will be ‘kickin it old school’
- They will play the game and compete in one of the cliques.
- A 13th Mystery Houseguest will join the game and give one clique an advantage.
- The houseguests will be made aware of how much waste they create, and be requireed to “sort, recycle and place all food items in an outdoor manual compost center”

They’ll be interviewing Alison later today - so more on that when it happens - and here’s the video from CBS!

Get the full press release here at BBDish!

Oh my - the rumors, the rumors! The mill is churning and OH! How I love this time of year! So much so, I’m not even napping yet, and you all know how I love my morning naps!

So, we’ve an empty picture for our 13th houseguest, and speculation is flying high that it’s going to be a second chance for one of the previous houseguests - but who?

Here’s Steven (BB10’s) most recent blog:
“Mystery Houseguest, LOL… Recycled theme means Recycled Housguest, how boring is that!! And by the way, why is it that my friends such as Jessica BB8, Sheila BB9 and Brian BB10 have mysteriously dissappeared??? If you guys read this contact me I am worried, it is as if you have taken somewhere that has no communication with the outside world????”

And then by way of Reality BBQ:
Steven Daigle at 10:31am July 1
I have no “real” inside information on this season, all I can say is that several of my friends that are former houseguests have mysteriously “dissapeared”

And, further fuel for the fire - you can find all the houseguests from seasons 9 and 10 by adjusting the links on CBS like so:

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_brother/bio/michelle/bio.php?season=11

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_brother/bio/sheila/bio.php?season=11

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_brother/bio/brian/bio.php?season=11

etc.

Possibilities? Perhaps on July 7th there will be a vote opening up, and we get to pick houseguest number 13? Perhaps a group of three will come in for the first week and compete against the newbies to stay? The possibilities are ENDLESS!

What do you think it could be? And what’s your first reactions to the houseguests bios that we know? Likes? Dislikes? Gotta say of all the pictures, I’m most drawn to Lydia - knowing my love of body ink, that can’t surprise anyone, right? *L* What do YOU think?

PS: Refresh! Got the HG’s pics on the banner!

Sorry, I didnt get these to you right away - my alarm didn’t go off! That’s alright though - I’m here now, and here are your houseguests!Like I always say - when I know, you’ll know, right?

Apparently we’ll hear more about number 13 mystery guest on July 7th - so stay tuned for that! Anything I can uncover, you know you’ll be the first to know! (could this be our returning houseguest? Speculate away!)

Here’s their bios - later today, after the interviews, I’ll give you my first impressions too.

Hit the cut for all the goodies!

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Check it out guys! Go HERE and see Ross The Intern on his new show, the Insider Dish - he tours the house, AND not only that? He’s the new “housecalls”! They’ll be doing the interviews after the evictions, etc, on inside dish.

Check it out below, or click here!

They’ll be doing every Friday interviews - and starting tomorrow, there will be his interviews with the houseguests from yesterday! CHeck it out!

And also YAY ROSS! I have loved Ross the Intern since he was Ross the Intern on Jay Leno’s show! I’m so excited!

Stay tuned throughout the day - I have a feeling that we’ll start hearing houseguest names and such by midnight PST - as that’s officially July 1 and when the release of the houseguests has been announced to happen. SO! We know that Reality TV’s Mark has been editing, that CBS2 has been editing, and now that Ross has been working too - so we should have a whole bunch of stuff over the next 24 hours. As always - as soon as I find it, you’ll get it!

Let the fun begin!

Me too! And we got em. They just went live on the Official CBS BB Page!

If you hate clicking as much as I do - check below!

All the pictures are after the cut!

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The videos are UP! And the house looks FANTASTIC! I really wasn’t too sure how I’d like it from the reports we’d been given, but it’s AWESOME, and my youngest wants to live in the Pool Room Forever! (She’s a swimmer. )

I’ll post as many of the screen shots and videos here for you - first up: B-Side Blog! If you don’t read B-side already, you’re totally missing out. I was SO excited to find out that he participated in Media Day! You can read his account here - as well as here - and click “read more” to enjoy the media day video from CBS!

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Not sure where this picture came from - it’s being paraded around in the last few minutes, without source credit. BUT! Here’s a picture of Julie in front of…. a recylced wall of some sort. We don’t know where the wall is - but any glance is a good glance right? Check it out!

Looks like recycled cans in the back, there’s bottles there in the wall too, cardboard rolls…

Come on folks - give us MORE!

And more there is - at 12:01 AM, BB Time, WLBB posted their girl’s account of the Big Brother Press Day Experience! They’re dvd footage is currently lost, but should be here tomorrow, as others are posting their footage too. Here’s what we’ve learned!

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The picture above is of Julie standing in the spa/workout room and was posted at Zap2It.com.

One wall had tons of plants, and the others were different colors of plywood. The Kitchen is an oriental theme with buddha statues and Chinese heirlooms. Plates were made of bamboo, and were really thin. Cabinets are bamboo, with lots of red and orange, and a place to grow their own spices. All the regular appliances were there.

There are two compost machines, one in the kitchen and one in the back yard, and the garbage containers separate recylables.

Bathroom is industrial looking - normal set up. No urinals as was reported - shower door is clear, but with a fogged middle. No motion sensors.

Exercise/Spa room - two bicles with lightbulbs next to them. Pedal and the bulb lights up.One side is as above, the other giant bubble wrap.

They were allowed into two bedrooms - the first had three bets in it, painted red with tall headboards. The second had a swimming pool theme making them feel like they were under water. The beads have giant floats on them, and there was a slide and ladder, with sunglasses and floats to make you feel like you were at the pool.

No real change to the Diary Room.

Living room: green nominee chairs, purple couches, and in the living room there as a random dish of keys.

The spiral staircase in the kitchen is now orange, with cool pictures upstairs. Sage-green couch on the balcony, with the chessboard.

HOH room, glassed picture wall with an outdoors picture behind it, like your looking out a window, with an outdoors theme and comfortable chair. Surf board in the HOH bathroom.

Backyard: Pool table, new patio furniture, hot tub, pool and hammock have returned and the mural is a windmill. And yes, there’s a washer. The compost machine is in the corner.

Check out WLBB for more!

So, like half the Big Brother Universe, I’m stalking many sites currently, just waiting for the Press Day embargo to be lifted, which will get us our first views. Ala B-Side Blog, the gag order is released as of 6am BB time (PST) - of course, we diehard fans are hoping for someone to slip up and hit “publish” early.

As promised yesterday - Corner Offices has given RealityBBQ another little tidbit - ready?

There will be four cliques: Jocks, Populars, Brainiacs, Outcasts.

Which clique would YOU fall into? Are you loving or hating this idea? Which would you choose if you had too? As for me… OUTCASTS FOR THE WIN! WHOOO!

As ever, as soon as I hear something more, you’ll be the first to know! Stay tuned!