Big Brother 14 -2012 Day 14

Nothing of great importance going on today. They don't have to get ready for tonight's show because it's not live. But there was one interesting "event" happening just now when Janelle and Ashley did some exercises. The BB control room guys loves it when this sort of thing happens and always makes sure they have multiple cameras on it...







Here we see the TV in the HOH room. They have a remote that can switch between cameras allowing them to "spy" on other house guests at critical times. Boogie was up there and said "That looks more like a dance at Sr. Frogs, (whatever that is, he owns several restaurants in the LA area and knows them all ) rather than a workout video." Then someone else says ," Internet live feed viewing has just doubled !" Then Ashley was called to the diary room and Janelle quit the workout. Boogie was mad..."Why did they interrupt her now ?"

'Big Brother 14': Frank's Shiny, Happy HoH Blog
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

John Kubicek
Senior Writer, BuddyTV

This week on Big Brother 14 Frank Eudy went from nearly getting evicted to the Head of Household. As his reign ends he's posted his HoH blog at CBS, providing insight into him as a player and a person.

And for me, the insight is that he's painfully dull and annoyingly upbeat. His blog is considerably longer than Willie's three-sentence, grammar-impaired nonsense last week. But all he does is ramble on and on about how he's such a huge fan of the show and how being in the house and playing the game is so cool and surreal.

Reading his blog, it's easy to picture Frank's face with his obnoxiously plastered-on grin. I realize there's no actual reason to hate him as much as I do, but his positivity and unending joy annoys me. He's the kind of guy who smiles at everything, who sees every obstacle as an opportunity and who uses the power of positive thinking to act like everything's OK. I mean, the dude is unemployed, so I'm not sure why he's so damn happy all the time.

Another thing that bothers me about Frank is that he's constantly driving home the point that he's a nice guy. Seriously, if you watch the live feeds, take a shot every time Frank refers to himself as a "nice guy" or a "good guy." He does it all the time, and anyone who needs to say those kinds of things over and over again rubs me the wrong way.

His blog also includes a shout-out to his six-person alliance with Ian, Jenn, Will, Joe and Ashley. Is he really dumb enough to think that alliance is going to last longer than this week? After Thursday's eviction there are only eight players left in the game (until whatever new twist unfolds and, more likely than not, the coaches enter the game). You can't have a six-person alliance in a game of eight players, because sooner or later they will have to turn on one another.

Read Frank's HoH blog for yourself and decide if he's a brilliant strategic player or just an annoyingly upbeat person.

"Going from the block to the HOH room is definitely not a lateral move! Being a huge fan of the show made just competing in my first solo HOH competition an incredible experience, and winning my first HOH (hopefully many to follow) was just icing on the cake. I'm sure everyone is aware of the drama that has taken place in the Big Brother house over the last several days, especially somebody's self eviction, but as a fan of the show I do hate to see somebody leave the house in that manner. It would have much sweeter to send him home with the help of my current alliance this Thursday.

I wish I could ask everyone who reads this if I'm making good decisions and aligning with the right people. This house is like the twilight zone at times, I believe I started off down the wrong road and I hope now that I have corrected my course. The people with whom I am working are definitely a fantastic group of people (Ian, Jen, Wil, Ashley, and Joe) and completely diverse which makes our group very unique. Since I am a big fan of Big Brother its definitely pretty surreal to be playing the game with the coaches that helped make me such a fan. They are larger than life and as entertaining as I expected them to be!

Of course I want to send my love to Nana, Mom, Gunnar, Dad and all of my other family and friends. Jungle Juice Daniel and Zebra Cake Chris, I hope you like your new nicknames, you're definitely a hit in the house. David I hope you're taking good care of the house and not throwing too many pool parties.

If I can back it up a little bit, just being in the Big Brother house is a dream come true! For all the fans out there who have tried or want to try to get on, take it from me, sometimes you meet resistance but it was definitely worth the wait. Everyday in the house I wake up utterly grateful for the chance that I have been given, I wish I could describe the feeling of actually playing the game to all you fans out there! I hope that we're entertaining everyone more than enough (and not singing too much) and don't forget to eat your fruit loops!"

The power went out locally 10 minutes into the program and didn't come back on for an hour. Arrrrgghh ! Luckily I knew what the final results were but missed seeing the comps. Conspiracy ? You be the judge. It had better not go out tomorrow for the eviction votes !

'Big Brother 14' Recap: A Predictable and Unfair Week 2
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

John Kubicek
Senior Writer, BuddyTV

Now that Willie has been expelled from Big Brother 14, Britney's team is in dire straits. Since Boogie and Janelle's teams are aligned, it's obvious that Shane and JoJo will be nominated and if one of them wins the Power of Veto, Danielle will go up as the replacement nominee. And that's EXACTLY what happens. I told you this was a predictable week. And it's definitely unfair too, because this week is entirely punitive against Willie, no matter how hard Frank tries to blame the real victims.

The Willie Aftermath

While it's kind of somber downstairs, Frank, Boogie and Janelle run upstairs and jump up and down because they know that Frank basically just got two weeks of HoH for the price of one. I'm so disgusted by the whole Boogie-Janelle thing, because a week ago she was crapping all over him. My biggest pet peeve is two-faced liars who act like they're better than everyone else and somehow morally superior, and Janelle CERTAINLY fits that mold.

Boogie suggests nominating someone on their team to backdoor Shane, but Janelle is wary of this. Shane and JoJo are frustrated that they're obviously the targets and it's unfair because it's all about Willie. They're right, it IS unfair.

JoJo chats with Frank and he blames her for not going against Willie last week, which is also unfair. JoJo correctly points out that EVERYONE ELSE is sticking to their teams, but she's getting punished for doing the same thing. It's easy for Frank to say she made a bad decision by voting the way Willie wanted, but there's NO WAY Frank would've turned against his own team if the tables were turned.

Frank's self-righteous "You brought this on yourself" attitude is just obnoxious. JoJo and Shane were damned if they did and damned if they didn't. The fact that Frank puts all the blame on them is just a transparent way for him to justify his nominations so he doesn't seem like the bad guy.

The Nominations

Frank nominates Shane and JoJo, obviously. He admits that aligning with Willie is the reason they're nominated, and in the diary room he confirms that Shane is the primary target.

Britney feels forlorn and blames herself. I feel a little bad for her because right now she's in the same position she was at in the final four in season 12 when she was against the Brigade and there was absolutely NOTHING she could've done to save herself. Right now there's absolutely NOTHING she can do to save both of her players, no matter how hard the show tries to make you think otherwise.

Boogie immediately tries to get Frank to suck up to Shane and JoJo on the off chance they win the Power of Veto, stay in the house and then win HoH next week. I get this as a strategy, but it doesn't make it any less disgusting and two-faced, especially coming from Frank, who tries to act like he's such a good and honest person.

Time-Filler Segments

We get to see Ashley waste a minute of TV time listing all the things she's looking for in a potential husband. I may have to rethink my "Why I Love Ashley" op-ed.

We also get an America's Vote for the next Have-Not food. The choices are:

Cereal and Salmon
Garbanzo Beans and Giblets
Lima Beans and Lemons

How is cereal and salmon an option? That's basically like not being on Slop at all. Please, America, don't be THAT nice. The Have-Nots shouldn't get to eat better than I do.

The Power of Veto Competition

Ian, Ashley and Wil are chosen to play in the PoV competition. The HGs not competing get to sit back and enjoy some margaritas while the six players are dressed like giant chips in a Mexican fiesta-themed challenge.

They must dive into pools of cheese and guacamole to collect food item names to match a menu. It's a big memory challenge, which should benefit Ian because he has a photographic memory. Shane isn't so lucky because he has a bad short-term memory while Ashley is dumber than a box of fajitas.

Shane is the first to ring his bell and lock in his answers followed by Ian and JoJo. Frank and Wil are next and Ashley takes her sweet time. But time isn't everything, it also matters how many they got right.

Ashley got 13 out 16 correct.
Wil got all of them right.
Frank got all of them right.
JoJo got all of them right.
Ian got all of them right.
Shane got all of them right.

Shane wins the Power of Veto!

Go Shane! I love it when the underdogs win, and I like that Shane is fighting hard by winning the first two PoVs. Shane is ecstatic and Britney jumps on top of him in the guacamole pool.

Replacement Debates

Shane goes upstairs to talk to Frank and Boogie. Boogie tries to act like Shane wasn't 100 percent going home. Shane sadly begs for a Final 2 deal with Frank. Boogie basically tells him not to talk to anyone else, including Britney, about their deals. Oh Shane, don't be so stupid. Boogie is just using you and you're falling for it. Why would you trust him but not your own coach? It's not like Boogie has any REAL power.

I may sound like a broken record, but the coaches need to get the hell out of this house or come into the game as players, because having them sit around making all the decisions even when they have no actual power is just embarrassing for the newbies and infuriating to watch.

Danielle has an emotional breakdown because Dan's new strategy is to distance himself from her so no one targets her just to get him out like they did with Kara.

Shane comes up with a plan to convince Frank to backdoor Wil. It's not a terrible plan, and it's surprising complex for Shane. But it doesn't matter because even though Frank knows he has to turn against Janelle's team before they turn against him, he doesn't want to be the one who fires the first bullet in this war.

Frank also realizes that Shane is so stupid that even if they get rid of JoJo, Shane will probably still have to work with him. Sorry Shane, but you have no leverage.

So Frank nominates Danielle. As we all knew he would because he refuses to get any blood on his hands and is making the safest possible picks that he knows won't rock the boat.


Tomorrow night, JoJo gets evicted. I suppose Danielle could go, but given how predictable and unfair this week has been, the tough girl who actually fights to be there is going home.