Big Brother Shenanigans: BB14: Nothing to See Here

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

BB14: Nothing to See Here

To sum up the evening, nothing much has changed. Janelle had a private and awkward talk with Danielle in HoH (from 8:24 PM on and on). Janelle was mostly trying to mend fences in the hope of staying in the house, interspersed with make-up talk and other banalities. It was a pointless discussion for Janelle as Danielle has no vote and little influence in the house now that her power is finished.

Danielle retold the story to Britney, Dan, Ian and Shane becoming more and more dramatic, embellishing Janelle's "rage" which was non-existent. This was more than likely a result of her frustration with the revelation of more of Janelle's story inconsistencies (lies) and the awkward position she finds herself in: namely having to comfort without confronting her target for eviction. Still, it was a little bizarre.

In breaking news, Britney and Danielle talked about taking each other to the end because women have never won sitting next to a guy (10:36 PM). Danielle told her that she was all in with the plan though she had already promised Shane to go to the end with him, while telling Dan that she's way closer to him than she is to Britney or Shane (around 3:03 AM). You've got to hand it to her, she's playing the game.

I will be adding this to the list of "alliances" in the left side bar. I can't keep track. It's a wonder they can. There are more alliances than brain cells in the BB house. It's become a fiasco of tangled agendas. It will be interesting to see which alliances survive in the coming weeks or even into next week.

The Tits Alliance headed by Wil, in their mind, have successfully negotiated an alliance with Mike and Frank. Wil told Frank that they were voting to keep him, adding that he will be going after Shane and Joe, not Frank(9:03 PM). This conversation was reported to Mike who said it would be a good idea to throw the HoH to Wil and get Shane out. Additionally, in an act of "solidarity", Frank told Britney about his conversation with Wil and his intent on targeting Shane.

Anyway, let's stick to this week,; all the little alliances, sub-alliances and non-alliances got together throughout the night and the end result is one: unless AGP intervenes, yet again, Janelle is set to leave the house on Thursday.

Speaking of tampering with the game, Janelle's fandom have already started petitions to Allison Grodner to save Janelle. At this rate, BB14 is going have 12 HGs still in the house by September 19.

And just as a little treat, I decided to put an image to my thoughts about this game:

If you're wondering why I haven't updated, nothing of significance has happened to stem the flow of Janelle's eviction.

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.