Big Brother Shenanigans: BB16: You Say Charity, I Say Bullshit

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

BB16: You Say Charity, I Say Bullshit

So in the early morning hours, (Aug 12th) 2:48 am BBT cams 3/4, Frankie admitted to Derrick that he won't be using his stipend (to build a school in Africa). [They were talking about the TA and how much money they can make from it. We never got to hear what he would say next because it went to fish.} Let's just give him the benefit of the doubt that this self-aggrandizing paranozzle will actually give money to this charity. I guess he'll be buying pencils for the school with the $85 this social media mogul has managed to collect.

But what prompted him to explain to Derrick which money he would use to help those kids? I mean who cares, right? Money is money. At first I couldn't understand it, thinking it's a dumbass move to give Derrick even more ammo (but why should he be different than everyone else in the house?). Then it dawned on me. They were talking about how much money they could potentially make from Team America tasks. Oh I see you , Frankie J Grande. Now, you're manipulating production! This just highlights Frankie's ruthlessness to use everyone and everything in his life to promote himself. This, along with the fact that production is working to keep him safe, makes him one of the least-liked individuals this season.

Second only to Christine.

Not only has she been playing a horrible game, basically being instrumental in evicting all of her potential allies in order to gain approval from the guys and uninterrupted attention from her BB boyfriend, Cody, she's been spewing hatred for everyone and everything in and out of the game. This is, no doubt, a reflection of her deeply-rooted insecurities and issues of self-esteem; but it's not a good look on her, as she bashes every single fan fave this season.

Speaking of the house prostitute, Cody has been giving me endless reasons to belly-laugh as he puts down other people's game while being Derrick's biggest puppet and the most cowardly player this season. His sole HoH was used to evict someone who wasn't gunning for him in order to keep someone who's completely worthless, except as a number.

Caleb found redemption with some fans when he "saved Zach" by "convincing" Derrick to keep Zach and, later, when he offered to throw BoB to keep Frankie in the nomination chair. This failed spectacularly because Caleb is incapable of thinking, always concerned with grandstanding and keeping the spotlight on himself. It didn't help that production threw in a comp very similar to the one Frank Eudy won, alone, in BB14, and stopped Caleb from trying to sabotage it by telling him he couldn't play after it started. (I would strengthen the theory that this competition was a last minute switch-up by pointing out that production did not give them a chance to practice on the apparatus like they did in BB14 and have done until this comp.)

Anyway, despite Nicole's valiant attempts to campaign, she's hit a huge roadblock called Derrick, who's now floating the idea that she's a 4th year medical student. Hell, maybe her professor is Donny who is the next target. Though Derrick wants to keep him for TA, it will take Donny winning HoH/PoV in order to stay safe. Zach is also on shaky ground with Derrick and Cody which infuriates me.

How is it smarter to get rid of a man who is alone or a guy who is loyal, over big threats like Frankie? I'm sure DR has a lot to say about that.

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.