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Day 5. But wait, you say. How can it be day 5 when the first CBS show was tonight ? That's because it was taped last Saturday when they first went into the house. So we count days from then.

We are assuming that everyone will calm down, after the first euphoric day when they are trying to make an impression on TV but come across as dumb/conceited/full of themselves/fake scheming/ etc.

McCrae the pizza delivery "boy" won the first HOH. Everyone was surprised. He's skinny, unimposing, not 'model quality'. But he out lasted the hulking brutes, body builder, life guard, farmer, etc. and doesn't seem too conceited so he may go far.

Meanwhile I may have to change my MVP votes from Jessie to Kaitlin, with some still going to Helen. Jessie is so full of herself that she is already instantly unpopular with the female fans online. She says girls are always out to get her because she's "so pretty". She's not bad but Kaitlin looks like a younger Reese Witherspoon, so there you have it.

The live feeds online start in 50 minutes so then we'll get a truer idea of how things stack up after 5 days. The BB After Dark live feeds on TV are also supposed to start then, 10pm MDT, but my TV sched. says 1 am ! That can't be because they advertize 11pm CDT. If for some reason it is 1 am here then I can't watch, too late. But with on line live feeds I won't be missing out and the fan transcriptions online are always helpful.

So it begins and not until Sunday will the TV audience have anything more to learn. Poor devils....

Okay, 10 pm and live feeds are up on both online and TV. Whew ! I feel better. Of course they aren't necessarily the same because online the viewer has the option of selecting one of 4 cameras or the "quad view", whereas on TV you are stuck with whatever camera the studio director decides to show, although they do switch around more or less at random, depending on what looks interesting, to them.

John wrote this before it had been deduced that Elissa is the first MVP. Somewhat surprising given that as Rachel Reilly's sister she was expected to draw the wrath of the fans....but in what looks like a concerted effort to inject drama into the house, she's the one. Of course the HGs have deduced that she is Rachel's sister with the expected enmity and desire to see her booted quickly.



'Big Brother 15' Spoilers: First Night of Live Feeds, Nominations and Alliances Revealed
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

John Kubicek
Senior Writer, BuddyTV
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Following the premiere of Big Brother 15, the 24/7 live feeds went up, giving fans a chance to observe the HGs in their new home for 90 days. Since they moved in a while ago, plenty has happened since McCrae won the first HoH competition, so below is my best attempt to figure out what's been going on.

Premiere Recap: Moving In and the Big MVP Twist>>

There's a lot of mystery this season thanks to the big twist. There will be three nominees every week, but the HoH will only name two of them. The third nominee will be selected anonymously by whoever wins the weekly vote by America for MVP, which theoretically is based on game play (but will most likely turn into a popularity contest). The third nominee will be revealed just before the Power of Veto competition. I assume this means we'll have eight people competing for PoV each week instead of six (HoH, the three nominees and four HGs they pick at random). However, maybe it will only be seven, or maybe just six. Or maybe everyone will play, like they did back when it was first introduced.

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But all that speculation will be addressed on Tuesday's episode. Now it's time to find out what's going on inside the house.

SPOILER WARNING: This article contains Big Brother 15 spoilers of events that have not aired on TV.

The Nominations

Jessie and Candice are the two nominees. Jessie makes sense because she was way too cocky in the first episode, spending the whole time talking about how she's the prettiest girl in the house and all the others are jealous. It's not clear why Candice is nominated, though apparently both she and Aaryn have already gotten into fights with Elissa (because fighting with other female HGs is a Reilly family tradition, see Kristen, Kathy, Britney, Daniele, etc).

Allegedly, from a conversation with Kaitlin, Candice is the real target and McCrae might backdoor Elissa. But later McCrae and Elissa have a chat and they are in a secret alliance.

The Have-Nots

Elissa, Andy, Judd, Howard and Helen are Have-Nots for the week. Now that's an unusual five-some. Like most of the house, the room is airplane-themed and they sleep in airplane seats. As someone who can never fall asleep on a plane, that's truly horrifying.

The Big Alliance

There is one clearly dominant alliance that has formed, complete with a name. It's the MC (which sadly stands for Moving Company and not Motorcycle Club like it does on Sons of Anarchy). It has current HoH McCrae as well as Nick (who seems to have taken on the leadership role), Howard, Spencer and Jeremy. In other words, it's all of the guys except narcissistic airhead David, party-loving redneck Judd and gay Andy. Right away that seems Brigade-like and formidable. They can afford to lose one or two and still be strong.

They also have a plan to form side alliances and spend time with others. Jeremy and Nick are working with the "Blonde-tourage" headed by showmance partners David and Aaryn as well as Kaitlin and GinaMarie. Nick is paired with GinaMarie and Jeremy is with Kaitlin, which is making Jessie jealous because she likes Jeremy too. If you want to know why there's never been a successful all-girls alliance in the history of this show, reread that last sentence.

Meanwhile, Howard and Spencer are going to try to get closer to Helen, Amanda and Andy (possibly another alliance) with the goal of having David and Amanda target each other so those two sides will fight while the MC can stay intact.

Fashion Show

In non-game news, the ladies got dolled up and put on a fashion show for the first night of live feeds. Oh, and by "ladies," I mean the female HGs and David, who they put in a pink dress.

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So that's where we stand on night one. It looks like Candice is the target, Elissa may get backdoored (or become the third nominee depending on who the MVP is)(not possible now, of course), and I think Nick is running the show with the MC and his Blonde-tourage side alliance, which makes him good with more than half the house.

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'Big Brother 15' Spoilers: Who Is the First MVP?
Thursday, June 27, 2013

John Kubicek
Senior Writer, BuddyTV

The twist for Big Brother 15 is that each week America will vote for an MVP, and that person will anonymously get to pick the third nominee. In addition, if Power of Veto is used on the MVP's nominee, the MVP will also get to pick the replacement nominee.

SPOILER WARNING: This article contains Big Brother 15 spoilers.

Elissa is the first MVP. At least, that's what she told HoH McCrae Thursday morning. She's either lying or self-delusional when she says she's excited that America loves her, because it's obvious the ONLY reason she won is that she's Rachel's sister.

McCrae nominated Candice and Jessie, but now Elissa is chatting with him about who she should pick as the third nominee. You see, McCrae is in a secret alliance with Elissa and wants to work with her, but everyone else in the house wants her to be evicted and wants McCrae to backdoor her, which he has promised to do.

The plan is for Elissa to nominate someone who will definitely win the Power of Veto (most likely David) so that he wins and then Elissa can avoid getting backdoored by naming the replacement nominee. McCrae's default plan is, if one of his nominees comes off the block, he would have to nominate Elissa, but at least she would be up against David, who McCrae thinks she could beat. Well, that's what he tells her, but Elissa is right in saying that she's almost definitely going home if she's nominated.

The extended conversation between McCrae and Elissa perfectly illustrates everything I already hate about Elissa. She's EXACTLY like Rachel, complaining about how she just wants to play the game and whining about how other girls (especially Aaryn) hate her for no reason. This is the same thing Rachel said about girls like Annie, Kristen, Britney and more in season 12. Elissa is already playing the martyr.

I'm hoping everyone keeps pressure on McCrae and Elissa gets backdoored and sent home. It's painful for me to watch her doing the same things that Rachel did to make me hate her in the first place.