Big Brother Shenanigans: BB16: Go Home Grande

Friday, August 8, 2014

BB16: Go Home Grande

Those of you who doubt production is manipulating this game to keep Frankie safe, think again. Team America was designed to save Frankie. In BB15, everyone was outraged because they thought MVP kept Elissa safe, which it didn't. In BB13, the Golden Ticket was in place to protect the vets. This season, every single TA task put a target on other HGs but never Frankie. The fact that it kept Donny and Derrick safe too is besides the point.

This week's tasks were to A- get a "pawn" nominated and evicted and B- make a fake side alliance. Everybody on Twitter almost unanimously said they would vote B. ( I don't bother to vote, knowing that these votes are bogus tools for production to manipulate the game). Anyway, suddenly, not shockingly, Team Lame-rica was given task A. Shocker! The reason? It ensures Frankie's safety this week.

Zach came through, once again, for Zach fan-atics, by volunteering to go on the block AGAIN! AGAIN! Not only that, while talking to Nicole who is HoH with Christine, he spouted everything he's done in the game including the Detonators. Of course, later, he told the Detonators that he told Nicole. What the actual fuck is this kid doing? No really. He's using up lives in this game with disregard to strategy. Can we all agree that Zach can be the house mascot, because rooting for him as a player is just a ridiculous concept? Anyway, despite Frankie pushing Zach to volunteer, Zach is lucky there's another idiot in the house. Caleb volunteered to go on the block and throw the BoB.

It's a win-win situation should Caleb and Frankie stay on the block. If either of these douchers leave this week, I'll be popping champagne. The better news is that Donny is safe this week and has fallen off the radar, replaced by Frankie and Christine. Their rat number is up. That's IF things go according to plan and Christine whose plan is to put up Donny and Victoria does not stay HoH.

Courtesy of Michael Borkowski
via Entertainment Weekly

Derrick seems to be unwilling to do the task this week, getting Frankie to agree with him. Knowing Derrick, he's getting his moves in place should Caleb and Frankie stay on the block, so they vote Frankie out. The heavens have opened. Is that the Holy Roller singing in the clouds? No, Jacosta is in the jury, saving Hayden from his misogynistic murderous intentions.

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.