Big Brother Craze

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!

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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

Hey ya’ll! I thought I’d pop in, and before I do another BBi Update, see if we can’t figure out what some Big Brotehr folks are up to. After all, it’s Thanksgiving, I am nearing a food coma, and wandering around the internets is about as energetic as I’m gonna get.

Yes, I know that’s what I do all day, every day. Hush, you.

So - Renny has taken ebay by storm - and is selling everything but the kitchen sink! Props, hats, autographs - and a ‘fly to your house, pop out of a box in a bow and have a pajama party’ package! No, I’m not kidding. Check it out! Way to work your fame, girl!

Alex (BB9) is still hoping to be on BB again, or another reality show, and appreciates the support he still feels from all his fans, while Steven, Dan, Memphis and Brian are headed to Vegas this weekend - can’t wait to see pictures of THAT group out and about!

Crazy James is not only living it up in Paris still - but has gotten engaged! On his birthday even! AND he has a REAL JOB. Inorite?!

Memphis was able to get the truck he’s always wanted - a 1970 box bronco, and will be featured in the January issue of Bronco Driver Magazine. Nice! And if you send him a self addressed envelope with a picture and stamp, he’ll autograph it and send it right back to ya!

Nick and Jen (BB8) are still together, in the oddest coupling to have made it out of BB yet - or close to it anyway, as it seems that Ollie and April are still together as well. Word on the street is that they’re living together now. April’s Myspace is still set to private, and they have lain pretty low since the end of the show. We do know, however, that April will be playing for the Lingerie Football League.

Keesha just got back to LA after a long visit home with friends and family in Ohio - with a side trip to visit Dan the Man. She and her friends even watched him teach a class! She’s doing some traveling for Hooters promotion, but isn’t back to work just yet.

Dan, as mentioned above is back to teaching - his students are keeping him on his toes, and he’s happy to be back doing what he loves. He’ll also be doing some motivational speaking in the new year, which is pretty exciting!

And while I was posting this - Last, but CERTAINLY not least - the one and only Evel Dick posted a myspace blog. He has a new show being shopped around. He mentioned filming a pilot, but the details are that it’s like Kitchen Nightmares, though for clubs and bars, with Evel Dick the night club’s answer to Gordon Ramsey. It’s called EvelDick Behind Bars, and they’ve a bunch of interviews with networks in the works. Awesome!

There ya go - there’s what some of our favorites (and not so favorites) are up too! Here’s hoping your Thanksgiving was fantastic!

No, not with me, unfortunately, but with Real Superpass, which is almost as good! It’s on RIGHT NOW, so hit up feed four, and enjoy! I’ll update this post later with youtubes when someone gets them up and running. They are as funny as ever - LOVE THEM!

Here’s some screenshots - and note the new shirts! You can get your own Renegade Wear at letsdothislikejudas.com!

Best. Final. Two. Ever.

The interview, after the cut!

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Though it wasn’t for lack of trying on at least one front!

Before we get to that though, I wanted to let you all know that The Renegades, our boys Dan and Memphis - will be in Seattle on Wednesday, for a Real One interview! For those that still have the feeds, that means that Wednesday at 6pm PST, on Feed Four, they’ll be answering questions from the Superpass chat rooms. They will also be giving away 10 free-for-a-year Super Pass subscriptions at some point during the hour - so be sure to tune in for that!

For those that don’t have the feeds any longer, I’ll be sure to post it up here just as I did Keesha/Chelsia. I know. I’m such a rebel. *g*

Now - for the BBI Update!

Yes - despite the best efforts of Careyan, I remain in the Big Brother Interactive ‘house’ and intend to stay that way. For her efforts, Careyan was evicted unanimously by a 10-0 vote, with our cheers following her out the door. The extent of her last minute attempt to “expose” me for “lying” about who I am (….yeah. I know, right?) was a dismal failure, and when coupled with her slams against Danny and the BBi game itself, it resulted in her being evicted FIVE HOURS EARLY.

All together now - Hit the road, Jack, and don’t ya come back no more no more no more no MORE!

(Lessa! Please stop singing!)

When it came to the HOH competition I thought I was prepared, I’d studied everything I could possibly think of… and then I over-thought the question. I had part two, Renny, within seconds. It was the ‘riddle’ that got me, because I dug TOO deep, instead of seeing the obvious. Duh. If I had had both answers right the first time, I might have won, but I didn’t.

So, congrats to Tequila for winning HOH! Let the new week begin!

Tomorrow there’s a “Food” competition, which Danny promises will shake things up even more, so be sure you hit up the site, and the forums for all the latest drama and excitement! And if you want more of an insiders view - drop me a note with your email with the contact form, and once you clear Danny’s ip/email check, I’ll get you added right away.

One week down, 9 to go!

Did you miss the interview? That’s ok - I gotcha covered. Or rather, some nice fella who put them up on youtube does. *L* They’re all below for your viewing pleasure.

A few of you have asked how Big Brother Interactive is going - and well, you should certainly check it out to ‘watch’ the feeds. There was something of a blowup this morning, and I am somewhat involved, though not with the blowup directly. And no, mama, I didn’t start it! I’m innocent, I swear!

The vote deadline for the first HOH has been moved up to tonight, since there has been so much pre-drama, and DannyChen likes to keep us on our toes. Who will be HOH? I don’t know - it seems to be between two people, and you all know what they say about a house divided…

So check it out at Big Brother Interactive, and cross your fingers that Lessa survives the week. I may have to become BBIs POV Queen. Just sayin’….

And now - Keehsa and Chelsia’s RP interview. Enjoy!

The rest are after the cut!
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ME TOO! But the closest we can get are the pictures and recaps of others.If only I lived closer…. some day!

Anyway - here’s an excellent write up by B-Side Blog, including a ton of pictures, and also? The BEST part of every season… the GAG REAL!

And - it’s official - there IS a BB11! (at last - the whole thing in one!

Here are The Real Deal’s pictures from the All About Big Brother board. TONS of great pics! And if you have him on Myspace - there’s a ton of pictures there too.

Here’s more pictures - including a video of Renny Dancing!

And still more…

And Gretchen’s Pictures…

The Ryan OConnor Show was there, too! Check out his report below:

And here’s Jokerette talking to houseguests at the Wrap Party:

As they pop up on Youtube - I’ll get them here for you!

Dan:

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Turns out that Big Brother didn’t even OWN Memphis’ car! According to TMZ, the ‘69 Camaro that Memphis won on the first episode wasn’t even theirs to give away, someone else holds the title and they returned the car immediately to that someone after the contest. Memphis, of course, didn’t find any of this out until Tuesday - and hey, to top it all off? They repainted the car too!

So first the report said that the producers were scrambling to purchase the car, who reportedly wanted $24k for it. Then, earlier today, Big Brother set up a test drive for the car to see if Memphis wanted it for sure before they laid out the cash just to have him turn around and sell it later.

What did Memphis decide? It was a gas-guzzler and just wasn’t for him, so he settled for cash from CBS and Big Brother instead. How much cash? No one’s saying, just yet, but that’s more dough for the Trip to Vegas and upcoming Renegade Wear, hm?

The backyard interviews with Evel Dick are popping up on Real - be sure to check them out! As soon as I find them on youtube, I’ll put them up here too. Check out the comments in the post below with the interviews - Michigan Man, Billy and Samantha have some cool tidbits from the variety of interviews they’ve read too!

They have turned off the embedding on Gretchen’s CBS interviews, so I’ll have to simply link them here for you. So, here we go, I’ll link them as they become available!

Dan
Memphis
Jerry
Keesha
Renny
Ollie
Michelle
April
Libra
Jessie
Angie
Steven
Brian

And, here are the CBS2 Interviews as well! (someone will get these on youtube, and I’ll put them up as soon as it happens. For now - linkage!)
(Also - the interviewer has FINALLY learned how to handle the microphone! HURRAY! past couple seasons sucked with him. At least we can hear it all now. Thank goodness. Well done, CBS2!)

Dan, on CBS2 Newscast
Dan
Memphis
Jerry
Keesha
Renny
Ollie
Michelle
April
Libra
Jessie
Angie
Steven
Brian

Dan and Memphis on the Early show:

—- Alrighty - we’re still missing three of the CBS2 links, but it’s 3am here, and I get to get up in just 3 hours! So! Hah. Time for tired Lessa’s to sleep. Enjoy all the interviews! I’ll add the links when I get them!

We Love Big Brother has started posting Bunky’s interviews! I’ll put them here as it happens!

Dan:

Memphis:

Keesha:

More after the cut!
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I’m gonna put them behind the cut, as the west coast is still watching - I’ll fix that after the show (and after Mama says it’s ok, she’s seen it. *L* Mama says go ahead - she’s read the recap! and refresh for the new banner!)

So - the first pictures - after the cut!

Here’s Monica!

(and for those idiots who were all “OH! he just shoved her aside!” He did not. She rushed him, hugged him, held his hand until they stepped onto the main floor, then backed away to her seat so that he others could get to him. Pretty damn classy if you ask me especially as she hadn’t seen him for 3 freaking months! So get OVER yourselves already and quit looking for reasons to hate Our Man Dan! Sheesh.)

PS - LOVE THE RENEGADE BANDANAS on the family members!

CBS2, as always, is the first to get an article up! Here it is, and their video interviews tend to come in late tonight/early tomorrow. I”ll post them when I can!

More pictures after the cut!

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-:40 Wow. WOW WOW WOW. It’s almost time, it’s almost here. Can you believe it? It’s time to set up the post for our final recap of the season, where I’ll give my fingers their last uber quick workout before they get to rest until BB11. It’s bitter sweet, this final show! But hey, our Renegades are in it to win it, and I’m happy with whomever comes out on top (GO TEAM DAN!)

If you want to watch along, hit up this link right here. It’s almost time! WHOOO!

:00 71 days ago, 13 strangers moved in - tonight, 2 are left standing. Who will be crowned the winner of big brother 10? Dan or Memphis? The live final starts now!

Julie is stunning as usual in yet another LBD (Kevin, that’s Little Black Dress. *Grin*), as we go into the “previously on bb10!” for the last time this season… and of course it’s longer then usual, hitting up all the high points of Dan and Memphis, the Renegades, travel to the final two. Now after a summer of epic battles, outrageous behavior, heartache and confrontation… 11 houseguests have departed and tonight 7 return to make the difficult decision… dan or memphis? find out - RIGHT NOW!

:06 Hi Julie! Since joining forces in week 4, the Renegades have successfully made it to the end, but tonight they must face off to see who will win. Will it be Dan, or Memphis. That decision is up to the jury who will cast their votes live. But first, the jurors had no idea who member would be 7, and it turned heated when they realized they had all been played.

Time for the round table, and Jerry’s arrivial. Libra asks who it is, Keesha wants Memphis to come in because he’s arrogant, Ollie says dan disrepected him, michelle and got everyone involved which was uncalled for. Libra says if Jerry would, thank you - he wasn’t the gingerly old man… Renny doesn’t want to spend one more night with that old man, they agree they floated him, it was operation hide from Jerry. And in he comes - and he gets a cool reception… no hand shakes, nothing, and Michelle says the two evil people are in there.

Jerry tells them Dan won and evicted him, Michelle says they have an alliance, Jerry agrees and says everyone was played. Keesha says she brought Memphis a long way, and Jerry points out together, they couldn’t handle them. Keesha says that Jerry should have put him up, and Jerry points out he had an agreement, and Renny interrupts him, and she won’t let him talk, and Jerry points out Memphis took him off the block, Renny calls him a chauvinist pig. Jerry says there’s no easy choice for them, who’s the worse of two evils.

REnny calls Memphis cunning, conniving, insensitive and Keesha says he made it to the end by being cold hearted, and Dan’s best move was getting everyone to like him. Michelle says that she would have respected his game if he had put her up for a reason and didn’t try to put everyone at risk and April calls him heartless because of that. REnny says he’s immature, and Ollie wants to know if that condones it. Libra points out BB isn’t best friends, outside lying cheating putting your mother in front of the buss.. it’s a game. Ollie says that it’s part of the game he tips his hat to Dan for his game. Who played it well, who made the best decisions he made.

Michelle tells Jerry that she went on the trip, and Jerry didn’t know it, and Michelle says that it was weird, and they say it was to get a vote, Michelle says she got an earful. Keesha says that Dan worked a lot harder, played a better game, Memphis laid back. Jerry says Memphis let Dan to do all the dirty work, but Memphis was just as responsible. He showed strength and manuevering to get Dan and others to do his work. Keesha says she did all the dirty work then he cut her loose. April says good for him, he played people and not competitions, you don’t have to win HOH, he played a stronger game. Renny says you don’t play Monopoly, you don’t give them the win because they ask for it. Michelle says she has a tough decision, Jerry asks if they’re all that gullible, and Libra says apparently so - they’re all sitting there!

Coming up - the Jury questions!

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Wow. Today is the last day of BB10. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? 71 days ago the houseguests entered the house. 67 days ago we flipped on the feeds for the first time, and began our complete hamster watching experience with so many conversations it was hard to keep track of…

…remember when we were GLAD some of them went to bed so that we could listen to the rest of them? Now, we watch our boys, our Renegades, sleep all snug in their beds, and wonder when BB is going to wake them so that they can clean their house for the final time this season. And pack - boy do those guys need to pack! The house is a disaster! *L*

So today, while I nap (because what’s a Tuesday without a nap? AWFUL, that’s what!), think back over the season, drop me a comment and let me know some of your favorite moments in the house this year, or even your least favorite moment. What stands out? What will you take away from Big Brother 10, as we watch them leave it all behind and declare a winner?

One thing that will stand out to me as being unique and new and wonderful this season actually has nothing to do with the houseguests and BB house itself - it’s all of YOU! This has been the biggest year for Big Brother Craze, and you all made it possible! We’ve broken records, we have The Number ONE visited page on the entire 451 Press Network for August, and it’s all been because of you (and the help of Carolyn at the Dish who linked us often!) putting us on the Big Brother Map.

So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, and know that we’re not done here. I’m hoping for BBC interviews, and I’ll post the post finale official interviews, as we watch our hamsters resume their normal lives. So keep checking back, I’ll still be here and I look forward to sharing the Big Brother experience with you all once more for Big Brother 11 - whenever that might be.

And if you miss me too much? Be sure to click my name under the ‘about’ section and check out all the other writing I do too. We’ll have fun, I promise!

And don’t worry - I’ll be back in plenty of time to start recapping the live show as it happens, as always. Wouldn’t miss it for the world!

Ted is huge.

Ted rates his own Feed while the Renegades sleep.

Is Ted really Tedra? I don’t know.

But I do know that Ted now has his own Myspace page - which amuses me to no end.

The boys are still sleeping, resting up for their BB Olympic pentathalon later. Which means it’s naptime for tired Lessa’s everywhere - bbl! (Kevin, that’s Be Back Later. Heh.)

2:50 PM: The Renegades have been sunning themselves, eating tuna melts, picking on one another, playing in the pool, getting in trouble, making fun of Jerry (BEEN THERE!) chuckling at other antics, and generally being the boys we know and love. They’re saving all the cleaning for tomorrow, so that they have something to keep them busy while waiting for the live show, and still plan their Olympic action at 6pm.

I’ll keep you updated if anything exciting happens, or if we have a new topic of conversation. heh. In the meantime, hit up the Dish for Carolyn’s interview with Dan’s Sister, Kelly!

6:11 PM - checking in! Our Renegades are still chatting about 101 different random subjects, from movies to music to the stock market, etc. Dan went to the DR and was told they shouldn’t make their dinner tonight, which has excited the boys!

Dan: We love Big Brother! So I’m not gonna sing for the rest of the day!
BB: Thank you.

Awww… And the boys will NOT be on Craig Ferguson tonight, despite our hopes, and Memphis finds that unacceptable, but what are ya gonna do, hm? They are hoping for a Renegade banner, but no such luck. Dan hopes he won’t get fired for anything he’s done, that keeping his job is why he didn’t get into fights, Memphis is pretty sure his job is safe. Other then that, it’s still random chitchat and play.

6:44 - Sushi in the Storage Room!
Dan: Big Brother does love us! Thank you Big Brother!
Memphis: beautiful, BEAUTIFUL!

After stuffing themselves:
Dan: We gave them 70 days, 24/7, and they gave us a sushi feast. Fair trade.
Memphis: The olympics have been delayed.. due to overeating.
Dan: gluttony. sloth. We have exhibited two deadly sins tonight!

Dan: we’re gonna see our girlfriends in less then 24 hours
Memphis: I thought it was never gonna end!
Dan: I wonder if this theme was blast from the past
Memphis: why?
Dan: because everything is old, even Jerry was old!

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-:25 As is a grand old tradition of TWO whole past seasons, I will be here to recap the recap ‘never before seen footage’ show. I know. I’m easily amused. or just too used to recapping show times I can’t stop. I wonder if I should seek help for that….

For those that want to watch along with him, hit up the link here, and do so. If it’s not working - click the link just above the player for another feed.

:00 Previously on Big Brother! It’s recap time, ya’ll! Tonight, the final 2 take a look back… plus some of the best moments you’ve never seen.. it all happens now on BB10!

:02 We start with the flashback to Jerry’s eviction once again. Memphis says that it was a great thing not to have to vote him out, he would have hated him. Dan says Jerry slithered his way to the final three, but hated to be the one to cut him. But if he made it to the final two, he probably would have won. (do my ears deceive me? he wasn’t yelling!)

RENEGADE CELEBRATION!

Dan tells us he’s very excited, can’t believe they made it that far - they dance on the table. Memphis says it’s a lot surreal, you never thank they can be the last two. Him and Dan, the Renegades, they’ve planned it out for weeks and weeks, and he’s this close to winning $500k.

Dan says he hopes that when he’s 75 he can play half the game Jerry did. This is it, man, this is it! Time to pop the champagne! They sit down to their final two meal and Father Dan ‘blesses this mess’ Now we toast! To the Renegades, all the way to the end.
Dan: Had to get dirty, but got it done. Wonder what they’re eating in the Jury house.. bet it doesn’t taste like 500k!

They discuss who the toughest to get out was, Dan says Jerry. He put him up twice. Memphis laughs about his grabbing boobs first day. “If my grandfather grabbed boobs in front of me? TMI!” Flashback to Jerry’s old man boob grab, and April’s boobs being real.Very Very Real.

Dan says he was hilarious, no matter what they talked about - and we see Jerry rapping and dancing, much to Ollie’s amusement. “He busted out with a rap! Started freestyling on me! He dances to his own beat. Big Boys don’t cry. *L* Michelle “woooooooow.”

Ah, the nicknames - Judas and the Womanizer. Dan says the best part of it was that Jerry took himself down a few notches with that. Flashback to watching the infamous POV ceremony. Dan asks what Memphis felt like when Jerry called him a womanizer. He says it didn’t hit home until jerry did it to his face, and we see the blowup once again.

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