Big Brother Shenanigans: Face Palm

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Face Palm

So yeah, a lot changes in the BB house over the course of a couple of days. My elation at Helen winning HoH turned to horror when I witnessed on the feeds (Thanks for letting me get them CBS. I'll send you the doctor's bill.) Helen turning her golden opportunity into an absolute clusterf*ck.

Her sole task was finding out who "lied" to her (umm, it's Big Brother.) about the hinky vote and when Howard finally confessed she cried, forgave him, told him to keep it to himself, then proceeded to turn him into her target. Yes, over the people who have been gunning after her alliance and bullying the house. Yes, over Jeremy.

What's worse is she laid out her strategy and intentions to everyone she talked to, including the people who have been gunning for her "alliance," because she said she trusts Aaryn and Jeremy more than the people who "lied" to her. Let me quote Amanda, though at this point I don't want to, "What game are you playing?" Helen is pissed that they didn't fess up to the Moving Company alliance, questioning their loyalty. I guess only she's allowed to make multiple alliances...

So she outed Howard to everyone causing Amanda and McCrae to want to target him over the people who have been on the opposite side of the house. This lead to them pressuring Elissa to put up Howard with the MVP nomation, intending to show Howard the door. Over people who have been gunning for them. Sigh. So, McCrae, at Amanda's prompting, told everyone that he was MVP, reassuring them that Howard is his target...

This backfired when Elissa decided not to put up Howard (Yes, there's mention of production tampering but she is either using it as an excuse or misinterpreted the questions they asked. But who cares?) She put up Spencer. Oops! Now, McCrae was stuck with his pants down and his testicles in Amanda's grasp, having to switch up his story. My question is WHY LIE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO?

So what did Amanda do? She told Kaitlyn about the plan to back door Jeremy., prompting Aaryn and Kaitlyn to decide to throw the PoV so they can protect Jeremy who, by the way, will not return the favor.

Yeah, so the PoV competition is today. Helen, Aaryn, Kaitlyn, Spencer, Candice and GinaMarie are playing. At this point, I hope Candice or Spencer win this and foil the idiots in their unnecessary plots. This was supposed to be a no-brainer week. Not a week with no brains.

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.