Big Brother Craze

Here ya go! Thanks to WeLoveBigBrother.com, here’s the clip of the Morning Show on CBS this morning, where Mike Boogie, Brian (BB10) and Robin joined Julie to chat a bit about applying for BB11!

And Chenbot hasn’t been fully charged yet. I’m pretty darn sure that Boogie won Allstars, yes - but that it was season SEVEN. Hahah!

Go Chenbot Go!

Here are some more confirmed casting call dates!

March 28, 2009
Exclusive Casting Studios
7700 W. Sunset Blvd. LA 90046
11AM- 4PM

April 1, 2009
Eastwood Towne Center
3003 Preyde Boulevard
Lansing, MI 48912
5-8pm

Spud’s Wednesday
4123 U.S. 17 Business
Murrells Inlet, SC. 29576
5-8PM

April 4, 2009
Bealls Department Store (Oakleaf Crossing)
8396 Merchants Wy.
Jacksonville, FL
11AM-1PM

April 5, 2009
Roy Arias Studios
300 W. 43rd St. 3rd Fl. Suite 301/A
New York
All day starting at 12pm

Got those applications ready? Feel you’ll do better in person rather than on just video? I let you know about the Michigan casting call coming up - but before that is one in LA, which details were just released for at CBS Casting. So grab your app, and head over here:

And then come back and let us know how it went - who ya met, who was hanging around chatting it up, anyone famous? We want all the dirt!

Also - Robin Kass, Casting director and Mike Boogie, BB2 and Winner of BB All-Stars, will be on The Early Show tomorrow, 3/19/09 as well to talk a bit more about casting, so check it out too!

Wanna brush up on your manipulation, trivia and competition skills while you wait? Check out the brand spankin new Big Brother Experience! Do to popular demand after I parted ways with another site, I’ve opened our very own forum and plan to run the first game starting soon! So go over, check it out and apply to play if you’re of a mind too! If nothing else, you can play in the arcade, and chat with other fans just as obsessed as you are!

Don’t worry - it absolutely won’t take anything away from us here at Big Brother Craze, but it does give us something to do until the season starts! Pop over, give it read, and join in if your of a mind. It’ll be fun, I promise!

Are you anywhere near Michigan? That’s where the first casting call is slated to be! Check it out:

WLNS TV-6, Lansing, Michigan’s CBS affiliate and market news leader, announces that it will be hosting Michigan’s only open casting calls for Big Brother 11.

“We are excited to bring this event to Lansing” said Julie Tadgerson, the local CBS Station official. “There are only a few places in the country hosting local casting calls. Lansing currently is the only place in Michigan. We have been receiving phone calls and emails from all over the country regarding the event and that’s pretty exciting, considering we have not run a single promotional announcement yet. Somehow the word is getting out that WLNS in Lansing is hosting this casting call. For me personally, if I were eligible (and I am not) to try out for one of those shows it would be the Big Brother! It would the experience of a lifetime to win a half of a million dollars! That would be awesome. Plus, how often do spectators get to win a $250 shopping spree from a cool mall like Eastwood Towne Center?”

Sounds like fun! Wonder if Dan’ll be there… and the biggest question - will YOU be there? If so, be sure to let us know how it goes!

ETA: Big Brother Network reports an earlier casting in the LA area - though I don’t have any other info on it - here it is: California - March 28, 2009 in Los Angeles, California

Just the other day I mentioned that we should get the first rumblings about casting gearing up soon - and Robyn Kass, casting director, must have heard my plea! She announced on her myspace blog yesterday that it is, indeed, TIME!

“BB 11
Hi BB fans! Well, the time has come once again…. BB11! Casting is gearing up. Please visit http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_brother/ and scroll down to download application and eligibility rules. Now is the time to send tapes in! Open casting call info— soon to follow! Good luck….. I look forward to meeting you guys in person!
Robyn”

So what are you waiting for? Take a gander at the eligibility rules, download the application, and get those video cameras rolling! Are YOU the next break out Big Brother Star? It’s time to prove it and get this party started!

I know, right? While we all were ready to relax after the BBfest of 2008, it’s 2009 already! And July is sooooooooo far away!

But Quirkydude, he understands our pain. In fact, he spent hours upon hours putting up every episode of every season of Big Brother to help us while away our long days and lonely feed-less nights! Hit up his youtube page here, where they’re listed in play lists and with a simple push of “play all” you can watch to your hearts content!

So how are those apps coming? Getting them in and getting ready to hit the open casting calls? The should start announcing them this month - so stay tuned for times and dates!

In the meantime, hit up the youtubes, get your Julie Chen Fix, and help me count down the days! (for the record - approximately 124!)

PS: For those that have asked - Yes. I’ve left BBi and am no longer involved. Nothing will change here though - as soon as the season starts it’ll be the coverage you’re used to right here at Big Brother Craze!