Big Brother Shenanigans: March 2015

Saturday, March 28, 2015

BBCan3: The Curse of the Girls Alliance

Time to stock up on pain meds, blood pressure pills and anti-annoyance serum. Let the bloodshed begin; and I'm coming into it, purposely, blind. I have read nothing about this season's HGs or the twists or any teasers. Big Brother fans all have opinions and are not afraid to voice them. I'm not different.

I like the steam punk look and find the fact that the house guests have to work for everything quite hilariously awesome. Big Brother Canada is not afraid to push the boundaries, though I do wish they would not use the Have Not idea. The secret power in the HN room though is quite intriguing.

Speaking of powers, the viewers got to vote out one of the two (idiotic) nominations which were both women. Um. The voting was SECRET and the majority voted based on how annoying someone was? Full-on disappointment. Anyway, when Cindy with an Ess took herself off the block (pretty impressively and ultimately fatally because ti put a bigger target on her back), she nominated Pilar because the latter did not speak to her. Seriously, a box of coconuts have better game.

Anyway, Canada evicted the boobs but being the caring Canadian, Arisa made sure that Risha knew it was a close tie and she has fans. I'm not one of them. Any woman who identifies herself as a cougar sex pot, is not the kind of woman I want representing me. Anyway. They immediately went to an Endurance HoH competition which Bobby won and nominated Brittnee and Kevin who won PoV.

So Cindy with an Ess made a move for an All-girls' alliance. Sarah rushed like a jellyfish to tell Bobby who of course decided to nominate Sindy in Kevin's place. giving her a heads-up before he does so. I guess Canada doesn't have the rule that the HoH can't tell the nominees before-hand. Anyway to justify the fact that this muscle-head is worried about the 80 pound girl gunning for him, he tells her talk of forming an all-girls alliance, forced them to form a guys alliance. Yes, cause those never happen spontaneously... Now the two girls I most wanted to go far are both on the block.

I hate Big Brother.

Stay tuned!

Big Brother Lexicon

There are certain terms that have been used in the course of this show that should be clarified. Here is a list:

Team America: Yet Another tool for production to manipulate the game. Three players will be placed in alliance by "America" and will be given tasks that apparently will change the game. So far, it didn't change Joey's game, first member of Team America slated to be evicted first.

Battle of the Block: The 2 nominees of each of the 2 HoHs will battle each other. The winner duo save themselves and dethrone the HoH who nominated them, throwing them back out of power at risk of being a renom.

AGP: Allison Grodner of Fly on the Wall Productions which is the company that has been hired by CBS to produce the show.

PoV: Power of Veto. This allows the holder to save one of the nominations for eviction. The last PoV of the game is the most powerful, as it determines who will be evicted.

HoH: Head of Household. Along with getting a primo suite, a letter from home, pictures and treats, this person decides who will be nominated and renominated should the veto be used.

Floater: This term is often misused. A "floaters" strategy is legitimate way to get through and win the game. A prime example of this is Jun Song (BB4). This strategy allows the player to switch alliances when necessary, win when necessary, but always work under the wire. It doesn't mean just going with the power in the house (let's call those floppers). It means manipulating the house, ergo having the power. In later years, the term has been misused for players who do not make any moves in the game but work for whoever has the power.

Backdoor: This strategy is used when the true target for eviction is not initially nominated, does not get a chance to play PoV, is subsequently nominated and evicted.

Blindside: When a player is evicted without even suspecting that he/she is the target.

Pawn: This is a person who is nominated but is part of the HoH's alliance and is used as a decoy, to ensure that the other person nominated gets evicted. It has often happened that the pawn has been blindsided.

America's Player: This is a player in the game, chosen by the viewing public, who is told how to act and vote in the house. They do this for a separate monetary reward.

Fast Forward: When there are two evictions in one week. Typically they tape an eviction on Tuesday followed by a quickie HoH. They have nominations later that night, followed by a PoV competition and PoV ceremony the next day. The second eviction and HoH comp for that week happens live on Thursday.

Double Eviction: On the live show on Thursday, there is an eviction (sometimes pre-taped), followed by a quick HoH comp, immediate nominations, a PoV competition, PoV Ceremony, followed by another Eviction, culminating in the second HoH comp which is usually a physical skill or Endurance.