Big Brother Craze

A poster over at Reality BBQ who has been right many times in the past couple of seasons has given Spammy his list of the houseguests! If he’s right on the money as he was last year and the year before (He gave the décor of the house days before the release, also told us of America’s Player and the pre-premiere eviction of Sharon/Jacob, among other things, all days before any information was officially released) then we have a mighty diverse group of people currently in sequester - especially age-wise. The age-range reported is 22-75!

Here’s what he said:
The casting is going to have a slightly conservative vs. liberal angle.
- A recently divorced Koren-American tomboy.
- A 35 year old gay rodeo cowboy who’s a bit prejudiced himself.
- A 25 year old who doesn’t consider himself a bartender.
- A 53 year old New Orleans socialite.
- A 31 year old who’s from a predominantly white neighborhood, she’s a black mother of 3 and an Obama supporter in Bush country. She has a pair of rare twins.
- The son of a Pentecostal preacher.
- A 24 year old teacher in an all boys Catholic school. He would move out of the country if Hillary were President.
- …and a few more. Thirteen in all. Don’t want to give you all the secrets!

Here are all the names:
Renny
Dan
Steven
Michelle
Libra
The person most likely to be an early target: Jesse (Jessie?), 22.
Ollie
Jerry, 75, is the self-professed biggest Big Brother fan in the world. Everyone will love Jerry!
Memphis
Keesha, 29, blond bombshell who works at Hooters. Reminds us of Danielle D.
Angie
April
Brian

So - if that dude doesn’t consider himself a bartender, what DOES his consider himself? And 75? Holy cow. I do remember earlier during casting for BB10 that rumors about them looking for a Gay Cowboy through the Gay Rodeo Association were flying rampant, so that one certainly seems possible. He was said to be kind of a tool, a flirt who gets along with most, and wears wranglers and cowboy hats to work all the time.

The folks over at Reality BBQ are now searching Myspace for possible, and may have found Keesha and Dan. We’ll know in a few days for sure, of course, but it’s oddles of fun to speculate while we wait!

What do you think of the rundown of houseguests above? Will we all really love Jerry?! Either way, kudos to CornerOfficeX - and keep the info coming - I’ll keep posting it asap. (Keep in mind we’re still under ’server problem high load’ land. Sigh.)

First - a little BBC announcement. You’ve probably noticed that there’s been some server issues with us here at 451Press. I’m posting when I can as soon as I can, and we’ve been assured that the powers that be are working on the servers and have ordered all new equipment. We should be up and running smooth before the premiere - and as often as I can post before then, I will. If you can’t get through, or get high load warnings, please keep trying - it will work soon. Thanks!

Now, the good stuff!

That’s right - we’re all so eager for news, ANY news, and now we have a bit! We Love Big Brother spoke with Allison Grodner today and got some tidbits about the new season. The houseguests aren’t in the house yet, but Allison was watching it during the interview as cleaning crews put the finishing touches on it. Some things that are absolutely verified now:

There are 13 houseguests.
The houseguests are complete strangers.
The houseguests are diverse in backgrounds, points of view and ages.

According to Grodner:

“We have a wide range of ages this year,” she said. “There’s young, there’s old, there’s in between, there’s parents, there’s students, there’s people with white collar jobs, blue collar jobs. It’s all very different. We’ve got a lot of very specific types of people in this house, and people who have very extreme points of view than maybe we’ve had in the past.”

She said the house will also reflect this diversity.
“This year [the house] reflects the cast in all the different places and eras they come from,” she said. “It’s a very different house, it’s not our winter house. This is a very different thing and it goes with the cast.”

She also confirmed the live audiences, though it will be different then the in Big Brother 1, and they worked hard to include successful elements from the show’s past. And then there’s the twist - which she wouldn’t reveal, but said it will play out from the very first day. Says Allison:

“The game starts before these people even enter the house,” she hinted. “Expect the unexpected. Expect a completely different Big Brother from what you’ve seen this past year.”

The houseguests will be arriving in town soon, and going through press interviews in the upcoming week. There will be twists and turns, of course, along the way.

You can listen to the interview in its entirety below:

Less then two weeks to go, ya’ll!

This morning over at MySpace, Evel Dick is feeling sassy and has a whole bunch of little tidbits about Big Brother 10, HouseCalls, and even the now expected dig at Erik and Jessica. So what’s he up too?

Everyone loved his video blogs for RealPlayer last year, so we can expect more of the same on a bigger scale. (Ok, everyone except you. And maybe you. And you over there in the corner too, but we’ve been ignoring you for a long time and stop sucking your thumb already. And you over there too. LOTS of people, then - not everyone. Happy? *grin*) ANYWAY. This year while the feeds are down for the live broadcasts on Wednesdays, we’ll have something to watch instead of the screen saver and endless loop of the theme song.

Evel Dick will be broadcasting a “loosely put together show of sorts” live from the Cat Club on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. He’ll have guests, friends, random people - not just past houseguests. He says that some of the guests we’ll recognize, want to have, or want to punch. He’s going to be interviewing big fans of the show that have some type of celeb status or another.

If you don’t have the feeds, and are wondering if this is worth checking into them for, you’ll get to see the first two shows for free, available to everyone. If you like the “trainwreck in the making [he’s] calling a show”, it’ll start July 16th.

The deal with Showtime for a Dick at Night show before/after Afterdark fell through due to things out of his control, but we will get more of Dick on Housecalls on Thursdays! This year Housecalls is on at Noon PST, and Evel Dick will be co-hosting with Gretchen on Thursdays where he promises he will get to speak to evicted houseguests. Of course, we’ve heard that last part before, so we’ll see what happens.

Also co-hosting Housecalls this year? Sheila from BB9 (Know that!) will be joining Gretchen on Wednesdays. Not sure who has returned for the other days just yet, but I’ll be sure to let you know as soon as I know.

One last tidbit from Evel Dick - the live eviction audiences will not include past houseguets. They want them to be different then the finale, where all past houseguests are welcomed and invited. So it’ll be all fans, all the time, watching our beloved Chenbot oust a houseguest every week!

TWO MORE WEEKS!

I think the best part of the season, of any Big Brother season, is the two weeks or so before the premiere. We’re all so giddy with anticipation that THIS season will be the BEST season. It’s that tingly feeling we get way deep inside that’s full of hope. We’re roaming the net, hoping for someone, anyone in the know to tell us what they know - even if it’s just so that we can begin the endless debate.

So what do we know? Here’s the compilation of all the rumors I’ve heard bantered around. Keep in mind that they are rumors, and we won’t know anything for sure until it happens, but some of the sources seem to be pretty reliable. However, if they turn out to be completely wrong, don’t shoot the messenger, eh?

1. 13 houseguests - source, the commercial. Could BB be lying to us? Absolutely.

2. Season Premiere July 13th - source, CBS.

3. Network broadcasts will follow BB9 structure, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights.

4. There will be a live audience for the live eviction shows on Wednesday nights, and our beloved Chenbot will host, as always.

5. As I reported before, a gentleman who said that he made it to the top 35 posted at jokers was given his ‘regrets’ call to say he didn’t make it, so we can assume that all the houseguests have been contacted and are en route to CA and sequester if they are not there already (We’ve also heard that they are there already… and It’s also been reported that one finalist has quit already, and another flown in to take their place.)

6. Each room is decorated as if it came from a different ere/decade - 60s, 70s, 80s. I mentioned that before as well, as it came from Crazy James. That fits with the speculation that…

7. We’ll have a wider array of ages then we’re used too - 20s, 30s 40s and even one guy in his 60s. (How cool would it be if it were 3 - 20 somethings, 3 - 30 somethings, 3 - 40 somethings, 3 - 50 somethings and that one 60s fellow being our number 13?)

8. Because of the odd number of houseguests, 13, there’s speculation that we’ll have other houseguests entering the house throughout the season - complete rumor, I’ve heard nothing to substantiate it.

9. None of the houseguests are from previous seasons, and I’ve heard it said a couple of places that none of them know each other, either. But we’ve heard that last part before, huh?

10. The Twist - it’s been held EXTREMELY close, and even the one fellow who posted anonymously over with my BB-blogging BFF, Carolyn at BBDish, even he would only toss out a tidbit for us to gnaw on. He said:

Alli Grodner was quoted on BB9 finale night as saying “you will love it” regarding the twist of BB10. I know that I can’t speak for all of you, but as a die-hard Big Brother fan, I can say with complete honesty that she was telling the truth. This twist has been held very close to the vest and as a result it’s too risky to leak it all (I know, I’m sorry!) but I can tell you this much: it twist involves mirrors and a “disappearing room.”

HOW cool does that sound? A disappearing room? Here’s hoping it’s something fantastically cool. This same person also said that the houseguests were already in sequester as of the past weekend, though he had heard no reason for it being so early. He assumes it is so more detailed promos can be filmed and ready to air.

11. Together again - just as I said to begin with, it means nothing other then Summer + Big Brother = Together again.

12. The houseguests are all “Opposites”. The Joker’s dude who got to top 35 said that each houseguest will have an opposite in the house as well. It will be some hot-button issue, like religion, hunters vs. PETA, politics, vegetarians, etc. This falls into line with the rumors during casting that members of PETA were being recruited.

And lucky number 13 (yes, I totally did that on purpose. *L*). We know that no matter what, how good or how bad it gets, that I’ll be here watching and reporting it all here at Big Brother Craze - and that’s one rumor that I can 100% confirm!

That’s right, someone at Jokers has the inside scoop, as he made it all the way to the top 35 this year! He’s pretty disappointed to have gotten the ‘regrets’ phone call, but that didn’t stop him from getting us some good info from him!

The poster, DaCoach7, says that the timeline he’d been given would see the houseguests heading off to sequester early next week, where they’ll spend 4-5 days doing photoshoots, etc. That’s about the time we’ll get to see the inside of the house, and then the houseguests identities will be released the week before the premiere. Seems it’s going to be a show of opposite opinions – DaCoach7 is a hunter, and figured he would be pit against a PETA member – there were other rumors spread earlier in casting that BB was looking for a PETA member, so that falls into line with what we’ve already heard. Other possible categories were politics, religion, vegetarians and such.

He also confirms a wide range of finalists – women in their 40s-50s, and even a man in his 60s. He heard no talk of BB11, so no clue if we’ll do another winter edition next year. He couldn’t pinpoint a certain twist – just that there were a lot of polarized personalities. He also said there would be no relatives at all.

Now this could all be utter and complete bunk, but he does seem pretty well bummed that he wasn’t chosen, and some of the things he said definitely fit in with the other rumors. Here’s hoping to a nice, well rounded, controversial, argumentative cast! Less with the booty calls, and more with the conversations!

What do you think? Is this guy for real? Who’s counting the days with me?! 17 more!

Can you believe it? There’s less then three weeks before we once again sacrifice our lives in order to watch the lives of others as they’re reduced to the isolation and craziness of the Big Brother house! I know it seems just like yesterday that Big Brother 9 ended, but I don’t know a single fan who’s not got high hopes for this Summer Season, and once again is letting the hope build that this will be a season to outdo all others…

The rumor mills have been working overtime, but there hasn’t been much of anything new until recently. We won’t see the house until after the first of July at the earliest, but during a recent interview, James revealed that he does know a bit about it. He teased us with some of the info, but did confirm that the three rooms will have a “generation theme” - 60s, 70s, 80s. This goes along with Evel Dick, and Grodner’s comments that there will be a bigger age spread among the houseguests too, so we may see houseguests in their 40s, 30s, and of course the ever present 20-something beauty queens.

Here’s an excerpt from the interview with James:

There’s also the live eviction audience, and speculation that there because there are only 13 houseguests, that there will be intruders or other houseguests joining later. That’s all speculation, of course, and we won’t hear anything about those types of twists until the houseguests are in Sequester before entering the house. I’ll be on the lookout for the first house photos, and houseguest information though, as we gear up toward another 3 months without sleep!

Who needs sleep, anyway?

That’s right, according to Audiences Unlimited, Inc. This season, Big Brother 10, will bump up the live factor for eviction nights by including live audiences! The first eviction is slated as Wednesday, July 16th, just three days after the premiere on Sunday, July 13th. The current dates available are:

July 16, 23, 30 and August 6, 13, 20. With 13 houseguests, that would bring us down to 7 remaining houseguests, leading some to speculate that the jury would start then, and there would be no more live audiences because they’d be going into sequester. Or, they just might not have dates posted yet - who knows?

Here’s the complete information:

Big Brother follows a group of strangers living together in a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day, seven days a week. One by one, the HouseGuests will vote each other out of the house until at the end of three months, the last remaining HouseGuest will win the grand prize.

You are invited to be part of the studio audience for the LIVE weekly ‘elimination’ show where one HouseGuest gets voted out.

AUDIENCE INFORMATION: The studio audience at this show may appear on camera and appropriate dress is required. Business/Casual - no shorts, tshirts, ballcaps, etc. and please do not wear any clothing with large words, photographs or logos that may show up on camera. This is a LIVE show and ticketholders should plan on checking in at CBS no less than 90 minutes prior to show time. Guests will be asked to sign a ‘waiver’ prior to admission giving the production company permission to use your likeness on camera and also acknowledging that you are aware of and agree to comply with the specific rules and regulations of this show.

CBS STUDIO CENTER
4024 RADFORD AVE., STUDIO CITY, CA

Click here to get yours - and be sure to let us know if you go, and give us a full report here at Big Brother Craze! I promise not to be TOO jealous… (ok, maybe promise is a strong word…)

That’s right, boys and girls! According to the most recent commercial, we’re going to have an odd number of houseguests - 13. What could that mean? Some are already theorizing that there might be another twin twist with that number, or other houseguests coming in at some point in the season, or just it’s odd because it’s Allison Grodner. Who knows for sure? We’ve less then a month to find out though!

I’ll add the commercial as soon as it’s youtubed (it’s above!) - but in the meantime, could some of the following auditions be one of our houseguests? Time to see what kind of pain the casting directors have to go through to get us our ‘perfect mix’ cast!

All train wrecks are after the cut!

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Seems the 451press server was having a few extra hiccups this weekend and we were down for the duration. We’re back now, and hopefully they’re getting this issue taken care of before the season starts up and we really start hopping!

In the meantime - here’s some things that belong together!

27 more days to catch up on your sleep and get the snack cupboard filled with the necessary munchies before the fun begins again!

…remember that promo open call Saturday? I received an email from a reader who attended the open call - and I guess Evel Dick is losing his appeal… as of the time Fran showed up - she was the only one there! Here’s what she had to say about her experience:

Hi Lessa! Ok, well i went. this is what happened: I arrive around 1:30pm. there’s no one there but staff and a lighting and camera crew. No Evel Dick, no crowd. I’m literally the only fan there - lol.

So, basically I just show up to see if I can meet Dick. Figure it’ll be a zoo and probably just get a look at him. Didn’t really expect to be interviewed. They whisk me right back to the taping area and sit me on the directors chair in front of the lights and camera, and I’m pretty surprised and just thinking- now what…

So one person sits me down, another is powdering my face and fixing my flyaways, then a third starts interviewing me all about why i watch the show, who do i like best, favorite moments, who I disliked, what advice would I give to upcoming houseguests, etc. etc. They were so excited to have someone to interview, they were acting like I was the Queen of Sheba or something.

It was all very surreal. There was all this extra security on duty as a big crowd was expected, so everyone was just as baffled as I. It took about 15 minutes and then I left. …no one was waiting to go next.

Well, thanks for the info! We’ll see if I show up in a promo - I’m the brunette in her forties wearing the white, cap-sleeved, scoopneck blouse!

So, whatcha think!? Also, pls. let me know if you notice they start airing?

Well! At least you were treated like the royalty you are, Fran! I’ll keep an eye out for the promos to start airing, and let you know as soon as I see one! Sounds like you’ve a great shot of being the main gal, hm? Sucks that Evel Dick was a no-show, or had left already by the time you arrived. I totally would have gone with ya, if I could have!

Anyone else give that open call a try?

We all have our reasons, and now some of you can take advantage and tell the whole nation why you love the conniving, lying, backstabbing, strategizing, game play of Big Brother! With just over a month to go before the beginning of Season Ten - CBS has released a casting call for folks interested in the nationwide promo. I doubt there’s any money in it - but there IS a chance to meet and greet with the one and only Evel Dick!

Here are the official details:
You can be on National Television as part of the promotional campaign for the CBS Summer hit Big Brother. Get a chance to meet the one and only Evel Dick, Winner of Big Brother 8!

Date - Sunday, June 8th
Location - CBS Television City, 7800 Beverly BLVD. Los Angeles, CA 90036, Stage 36
Time - 12 Noon to 3pm
Parking - Enter through main gate on Beverly Blvd. Park as directed by Security
Participation - You must be 18 or older to participate. All participants will be required to sign a release form. You must have Photo ID.

Man, why can’t they have this kind of stuff while I’m visiting my friends in LA? Sheesh. If you make it out there and get in, though, be sure and let us know! We’ll be on the lookout for all of the promos that are sure to hit the air any day… right? Not that we’re addicted and eagerly awaiting it or anything. Really. Quit looking at me like that….

Of course, if you don’t make the cut, you can always go to Reality TV School and hope for better luck next time…

…eagerly waiting. I know I promised interviews, but as I sort of expected, those that did reply and say they would, have neglected to answer any of the questions or my emails since. To be honest, I’m not really surprised with this crew, that it was so difficult to get commitments out of them - we watched them avoid making a stand for three months, after all!

So what are the houseguests up to? Best way to guess and check is by taking a peek at their myspace accounts:

Adam
Alex
Allison
Amanda
Chelsia
Jacob-FB
James
Jen
Joshuah
Natalie
Neil
Parker
Ryan
Sharon
Sheila

or search them out on EBAY:

BB9 Adam on Ebay
BB9 Alex on Ebay
BB9 Amanda on Ebay
BB9 Joshuah on eBay
BB9 Matty on eBay
BB9 Natalie on eBay
BB9 Sharon on EBay
BB9 Sheila on Ebay

where houseguests are unloading a whole bunch of things - from Natalie’s fingernail polish portraits, to slop, to keys, to hats and clothing and phone calls and oh my! There’s something for everyone!

The Dish Chicks - who I adore! - have added a new (MALE!) member to their crew - he’s The Real Deal! We’re all excited to watch TRD dish next season! His videos are some of the best, and his photo sessions with the houseguests are absolutely fantastic - be sure to check him out!

I’ll still work on getting those interviews for you - if they show up, I’ll post them ASAP. And no, I’m not gonna tell you which one’s stood me up. That wouldn’t be any fun! In the meantime, we’ll have to simply look forward to BB10 - which is coming sooner then we think! The finalists have been chosen, and in a few short weeks we’ll have a brand new crop of houseguests to watch and snark about on a regular basis! Catch up on your sleep and sunshine now, kids!

July 13th can’t come fast enough!

They’ve been chosen! Robin Cass, casting director, posted on her myspace blog the following:

Big Brother 10

All finalists for BB 10 have been notified.

To all of the people who applied this year - THANK YOU!

We had a huge number of applicants this season, which made our decisions even more difficult. Thank you so much for all your efforts and as I always say, don’t give up hope….sometimes it takes a few tries before making it to finals.

Big Brother fans are truly THE BEST!
Robyn

WHOO! We’re that much closer to a brand new season!

..for the final two, that is. Love em or hate em, Adam and Ryan are all we have left in the house. At least they’re vaguely entertaining - I would have had to stab myself in the ear if they kept Sheila at this point.

Tonight was the traditional dinner for the final two - they kicked them outside for a while so they could deliver champagne and a steak dinner. This is the time where they also talk about the rest of the houseguests and the season as a whole for a segment on Sunday’s show - as such most of it was blocked. Not that we won’t know - as the Tweedles tend to repeat themselves over and over and we all know what they think of the others already.

Afterwards Ryan decided to swim, and did a running cannonball into the pool. He’s now gonna add another glass of champagne (opening the second bottle) and hit the hot tub, while Adam read, then joined him for another glass of the bubbly outside.

So here’s the question now - are YOU celebrating? Why or why not? How do you think the votes will fall - what kind of Jury questioning do we think these two will face before the finale? Dish, my darlings, dish!

Adam said “13 minutes dude.”

And we got Trivia at 5:50 PM

- so now it’s a waiting game. They’re filming the show we’ll see tomorrow night, and then move on to part one of the HOH competition. As soon as we see something on the feeds, the spoiler button will appear, and all updates will be after that and the cut. We’re in it for the long haul, ya’ll!

8:30 PM - Still Trivia after 2:40 hours. I’m beginning to doubt that we’ll get to see anything at all. And to believe I will never, ever, get the BB song out of my head…

UPDATE: Alright, according to Reality BBQ’s forums, as well as confirmed from another unnamed source of mine, someone called and talked to CBS. They were told that the feeds would return after the endurance competition. Which means that we will not get to see the final HOH endurance. Yes, it’s disappointing and it sucks - however, that does mean the feeds will come back when it’s over, and we’ll be able to deduce who was evicted and who won - like any other competition. Yes, I’ll do my damndest to stick until the end to have that info to you ASAP, and will continue to update the time we remain feedless.

9:50 PM - Still Trivia after 4 hours 00 minutes.

The question is - am I crazy to hope that since were at minimum 2 hours of competition, that Sharon is still there? The boys were so certain that Sheila would drop quickly, cold and wet and not able to handle it, then Adam said he’d throw it to Ryan…

HOLY COW. I went to the restroom - and the feeds came back at 10:07 PM - after approx 4 hours 17 minutes..

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