Big Brother Shenanigans: BB14: The Summit of Ridiculous

Saturday, July 14, 2012

BB14: The Summit of Ridiculous

At 11: 28 AM BBT, Janelle, Brit, Wil and Shane started their pre-summit meeting with a drawn out session of undermining Ian and Danielle, calling him "America's Player" and her a clueless player who is just here for a vacation. The bash strategy was agreed upon between Janelle and Britney when they gleefully congratulated themselves that the newbies are drinking their Kool-aid.

By 11 52 AM BBT, all of Janelle's and Britney's team members gathered in HoH. Janelle and Britney pushed hard to get Kara evicted, leaving Frank in the game because he supposedly is totally anti-Boogie. Now who's drinking the Kool-aid ladies? Joe and Shane tried to get them to see reason, that Frank can't be trusted, but their voices fell on deaf ears. The decision was that Kara should be evicted with their long range targets being: Danielle, to get rid of Dan of whom they (B & J - you can't make that shizz up) are particularly afraid of, followed by Ian, Jenn and Frank to eliminate Boogie.

If only the BB game were that easy that you can plan out every week and eliminate everyone you want to while you sail into the chair next to Julie and receive the $1/2 mil check. Janelle and Britney, being vets should know that it doesn't work this way; but they're not coaching the newbies to play the game, they're putting their pawns in play so that they can win. Too bad the two sanest, Joe and Shane, are outnumbered.

First HoH Summit = Epic FAIL!

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.