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WEBMASTER’S BLOG – BB 8

9/19/07 – After the Show – Here’s a Big Brother “first impressions” redux – My first impressions from June 30^th, before the show even began, just based on the photos and descriptions of the house guests, revisited with what we know now in red.

 Amber – An attempt to clone Janelle? Has wide variety of interests, so we can’t classify her as a bimbo. OK, we know now she is nothing like Janelle. I think it was the photo that made it look like that. I think we CAN classify her as a bimbo.

 

 Carol – Typical 21 year old. I have nothing in common with her. Didn’t get to know her well at all, so cannot comment.

 

 Daniele – Can you say, “split ends”? Seriously though, will probably NOT get along with Carol, as one is a student and the other is not. Getting along with Carol wasn’t really a part of the game at all, was it?

 

 Dick – Every single girl’s nightmare. Creepy looking. I don’t think he’ll be around for long. Hmmm… I will eat those words. He’s still creepy looking, but obviously was around the longest.

 

 Dustin – “Shoe Salesman” – interesting. Definitely gay (Hint - “My So-Called Life” and “Fosse” fans are usually not guys). OK, he WAS gay.

 

 Eric – Interesting. I hate him because he’s in the entertainment industry. Listing John Krasinski as one of your favorite actors is just strange. What’s he been in besides “The Office” and that new movie with Robin Williams? I don’t know yet, but he’s my guess as to who is America’s Player. He WAS America’s Player, and though I liked him at first, I did end up hating him, but for other reasons.

 

 Jameka – A struggling school counselor from Waldorf, MD (“the hood”) – now here’s someone I can relate to. She likes the same TV shows and the same kind of music I do. We would be instant friends. I still think I would get along with Jameka, despite her religious-ness.

 

 Jen – Hard to tell anything about her since she doesn’t list much on her “resume”.  We now know more than we ever wanted to about her.

 

 Jessica – I’m assuming she knows Carol since they are both students from Kansas. I like her taste in things more than Carol. Seems more down-to-earth. Yes, Jessica definitely was down-to-earth, and even though I didn’t like her initially, I ended up liking her a lot.

 

 Joe – Geeky looking and definitely gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Hmmm… for the first time, 2 gay guys in the house – wonder if they will hook up? Now it’s obvious why they definitely would NOT hook up. I assume BB planned it that way to avoid the controversy.

 

 Kail – Finally someone who isn’t young enough to be my child! Probably down-to-earth and smart. Hope she fits in. Don’t like her name, though – a combo of “Gail” and “Kate”?!? Yes, Kail was down-to-earth and yes, she was smart. I think she fit in well, but just wasn’t a very good strategy player.

 

 Mike – A Howie clone? He looks like Kramer from Seinfeld. Hard to tell anything about him, except that he’s blue collar. Definitely not as outgoing as Howie, or even outgoing at all. Better looking than Kramer, too.

 

 Nick  - A FORMER football player? What is that? Was he injured? Was he pro?  I don’t remember what caused him to leave football.

 

 Zach – Butt ugly. Sorry but he is. Has been used as Julia Roberts’ mouth-double. He wasn’t as butt ugly as I thought (and at times was quite good looking), but his teeth were commented on by the other house guests (well, at least by Dick).

And here’s my final chart of who I liked best in this game based on the episode-by-episode favorites chart below:

 

 

 More of my Blog after the ranking table below:

 

My Ranking Of House Guests (0=Least Favorite; 100=Most Favorite):
(Predicted winner in BLUE)

 

 

 

9/18/07 – Episode 33 – The Finale – Dick’s final speech was a little disconcerting, since he had never before campaigned for himself. But he ended up winning, so I guess it worked. I should have trusted my House Guest Ranker once again! It correctly predicted the winner for the 2^nd Year in a RowI was surprised by Jessica’s, Dustin’s and Amber’s vote for Dick – those were the votes I didn’t predict. Overall I am satisfied with the Donatos in the final 2 even though I would have preferred Daniele to win.

PREDICTED VOTE / ACTUAL VOTE

 

9/16/07 – Episode 32 – Season Highlights – A fun episode, with Dick and Daniele reminiscing about the past house guests. They didn’t talk about most of the non-jury members, though – Kail, Carol, Mike, and Joe. Anyway, here is my prediction of how the voting will go:

 

The House Guest Ranker already has shown Dick pulling ahead of Daniele in the final episode based on his poll results. So the ranker is saying that Dick will win. Last year, it correctly predicted that Mike would win, even though I didn’t believe it at first. I thought people would hate Mike for his tactics, but Erika was just not strong enough to compete with him. Could Dick win the same way?

 

It’s weird to predict this, but I don’t think Dick will get ANY votes except for Eric’s – and that vote comes from America. I think he was too mean to everyone, and Daniele did win more competitions than he did, and she played a smart, great game. He did mastermind a few things, but I can’t really see anyone voting for him. There’s an outside chance that Zach will vote for Dick, though. And it’s not usually a landslide – or is it?  I don’t know – but here are my predictions:

 

PREDICTED VOTE

 

9/13/07 – Episode 31 – The Best Team to Have Ever Played This Game – Obviously I’m thrilled to have Dick and Daniele in the final 2. The best thing is that they won’t have to choose one over the other and evict each other – the jury will decide who is the best player. Daniele is still in 1^st Place in my ranker, but only by fewer than 30 points now. Dick won 3 HoH competitions and 1 PoV, but Daniele won 2 and also 5 PoVs. I think she did outplay him, and also didn’t have to rely on scare tactics to get ahead. My vote is for Daniele, but I’m a little biased because she’s my favorite player. Has my favorite player ever won Big Brother in the past? Not since BB1 with Eddie McGee, the one-legged wonder! After Sunday’s episode, I will predict the exact votes.

 

9/11/07 – Episode 30 – My Mind is Like a Samurai Sword – Glad to see Daniele win a record-tying 5^th PoV. I will be happy with Dick and Daniele in the final 2, because then I know that Daniele will win, even if by default or because people didn’t like her father’s tactics. But, as always, it depends on the final HoH this Thursday.

 

9/9/07 – Episode 29 – This Sucks; This Sucks; This Sucks – I still like Zach even though I realize he is a little confused about how he got so far – Daniele is right that others stuck up for him and pushed him through, rather than him getting through on his own. The House Guest Ranker chart can show you that. I do like, though, that he put up Dick and Daniele for eviction. I think that’s the best strategic move and he finally showed some “balls” in doing so. I still want Daniele to win. I like her a lot less when she gets upset after a competition (“We should have kept freakin’ Amber!”) and gets angry with people for nominating her. I guess she’s only human, though. If she can stay in 1^st Place (House Guest Ranker) for another 2 episodes (the final 2 episodes!), she will break Janelle’s record of 13 straight episodes at the #1 rank.

 

9/6/07 – Episode 28 – Fast Forward (aka Zach has Two Green Balls) –– Whew that was a lot to absorb, most of it good. Sorry but glad to see Jessica go, as I mentioned before. But why did America tell Eric to get Daniele nominated? Just to make Eric uncomfortable (I hope)? I hope America loves Daniele as much as I do. What was stupid was Eric even trying by making a sarcastic comment to Dick about it. Eric was flipping out and he almost lost it on national television. He was so uncomfortable that he made me uncomfortable watching him. Is it just me, or did Zach make a stupid move after the PoV? He could have used the PoV and taken one of the nominees off (probably Jameka but then he didn’t get along with her, so let’s say Eric) and forced Dick to nominate Daniele (the only one left). Then Zach and Eric would have evicted Daniele, and Dick would have been left alone. Did I miss something? I guess he wanted to be true to his word, but that was just stupid. He’ll have to be really really lucky to win the game now. Even if he’s in the final 2, he can only win against Jameka – he can’t compete with the Donatos. I still predict Daniele in a landslide win.

 

9/4/07 – Episode 27 – A Complete Nightmare –– I feel bad for Jessica—I like her; it’s just a shame she’s aligned with Eric, who I can’t stand. That’s why she must go. Glad that Daniele did not use the veto. I’m voting for Eric to vote out Jessica – because I want him to be uncomfortable as much as possible.

 

9/2/07 – Episode 26 – I’m Zach – I’m not sure why, but I was glad to see Zach win HoH. I guess it makes it more interesting, or perhaps I really do like Zach after all. The editing on the show has portrayed him as a good guy lately, I guess. I was hoping he’d nominate Eric and Jessica, but at least Jessica getting nominated is a smart move. There was no strategic benefit in nominating Jameka.  I guess overall I still like Daniele the best and want her to win. She probably still has the best shot – Dick might eventually give up his “spot” for her, like he did when they were both nominated.

 

8/30/07 – Episode 25 – The Good People – If I’m writing less and less for each episode, it’s because there’s not much to write. No people to really love, none to really hate. Eric does get on my nerves, though, especially tonight with his fake goodbye message to Amber – he’s trying to win jury votes. He is a good player, though, I have to give him props there. Sorry to see Amber go, I guess. Zach claimed she wasn’t a good competitor, but it’s he that is the bad competitor, never having won any competitions.

 

8/28/07 – Episode 24 – She Could Do So Much Better – Was anyone else as nauseated seeing Eric kissing Jessica? Or was it just me? Not too interesting an episode again; glad that Eric didn’t use the PoV. I am predicting Amber leaving on Thursday night, especially with America’s Vote. But I’m voting for Zach.

 

8/26/07 – Episode 23 – Take Your Vitamins – I thought BB was mean to Amber in editing that segment on her potential modeling career. Other than that, nothing very exciting in this episode, even with the nudity and suds.

 

8/23/07 – Episode 22 – Jen Eats It – I thought Dick was going too far, again, after the cigarette incident. I actually felt sorry forJen. It was too bad that she felt it didn’t matter if she broke the rules. Glad to see Jessica win HoH, I guess (better than Eric or Dick anyway). The people left are kind of dull compared to the house guests who were there previously, but, whatever. I am starting to use my ranker now and I think Zach should be the next one to go – I will be voting for Eric to get Zach nominated.

 

8/21/07 – Episode 21 – No More Crying – Interesting strategy tonight from Daniele. She also won her 3^rd PoV, putting her in 3^rd Place of All-Time for the PoV (only Janelle in BB7 and James in BB6 won more). I’ll have to update my House Guest Records page to include the current season – I haven’t had time to do it yet. I can’t wait to see Amber and Daniele on The Power of 10 – I wonder when the episode will air?

 

8/19/07 – Episode 20 – What Does Woobie Mean?– What’s with Jessica’s hair? Is it always messy, or is it just me? Anyway, things are good right now, and I think Daniele is playing smart. I feel a little for Jameka and Amber, but apparently they aren’t the target, Jen is. Jen seems to have really calmed down since the first few weeks of the game, unless it’s all in the editing. By the way, even though I’m making fun of Amber being word-challenged with my episode title, I really don’t know what a Woobie is – what is it?

 

8/16/07 – Episode 19 – These are Boobs– Thank you, America, for asking Eric to vote out Dustin. I have to give Eric credit, though, for embracing it and securing the other votes. He is now on my good side again. Jameka is not – I really didn’t like the way she reacted to Dick’s yelling and screaming at her. Jen can take it like a proud human being, but Jameka just got too holier-than-thou for me. Anyway, obviously I am happy with the outcome. I still like Amber to some degree, but didn’t want her to be HoH. Daniele is the #1 Super Player with 2 HoH and 2 PoV wins. She should cool it for a while because she will be seen as the top player and that’s a dangerous position to be in.

 

8/14/07 – Episode 18 – All 150 Pounds of You – I think it’s hysterical that Jessica thought Dick and Dustin had a deal – I don’t really understand what the hell she was talking about! I guess Jen was just playing with her (good job, Jen) but it’s funny. Remember how I said, 2 episodes ago, that I didn’t like the way things were going, but that they could change at any moment? I was right - I had forgotten about Eric voting “our” way and then remembered and was hoping Dustin would go up – he would get voted out by Daniele, Jen, and Zach – and the last vote (unexpected) would be Eric’s!  What an unexpected coup! Unexpected even by the house guests who are making it happen! And I am predicting it here! Yes, the pawn will go home! PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND VOTE FOR ERIC TO EVICT DUSTIN!!!

 

8/12/07 – Episode 17 – Hypocrite, Liar, Jameka – I was excited to see “our” making Eric target Dustin for nomination worked! I didn’t think it would happen, but America has spoken! The nominations didn’t surprise me. I am hating the LNC more and more. It’s a shame, because individually, they aren’t bad people. I voted for Eric to give the silent treatment to Dustin (as I suspect America will), but realized too late that we should vote for