After over 60 days in the house, Sheila has finally won her first challenge and first taste of power. On last Wednesday we were left with the houseguests dangling in their “torture chambers” as they vied for HoH. Sharon was the first to drop out, citing that she hurt her back the night before. For some reason I think Sharon throws a bunch of these challenges. She knows she’ll go up but seeing her streak, she also stays each and every time. After about two hours the deal making began. Sheila wanted the HoH badly but Natalie and Ryan knew they to be safe. Sheila told Ryan fairly early that she wouldn’t put him up since he saved her, but Natalie was a different story. Natalie was worried Sheila would put her up so Sheila promised her she wouldn’t be nominated. When Adam and Sharon returned outside Ryan quickly dropped. This mean Natalie should have dropped to give Sheila the win. But Natalie took her good old time, saying she couldn’t do it since she wasn’t a quitter.
After about 30 minutes of Natalie wavering back and forth and asking “what would Jesus do”, she dropped down giving Sheila the win. I’m happy for Sheila as she has been playing an interesting game and could possibly win. It was obvious who she would put up, Adam and Sharon, so they spent the rest of the episode promoting the “Natalie has lied to everyone” bit. It was all about Natalie and her lies and basicially securing the votes for her to go. The plan is for Adam to come off the block and Natalie going up and out. Although that was the center of the show, Sheila’s HoH room played a huge one as well. She was the only one to not see her family since the show began so it was nice to see her react to that. All in all it was a pretty good episode. Will the plan to get Natalie out work? Find out next Wednesday when I’ll tell you!
Do I really have to tell you whose been evicted from Big Brother 9? I’m sure everyone knows already but James has been evicted, for the second time, from the Big Brother house. The start of the show tried to make its seem otherwise though. James knew he was probably going but decided to pull a Chelsia and start drama before he leaves. The only person he really targeted was Natalie, go figure, and let everyone how big of a snake she is. Oh he also said she was getting fat as well. She kind of helped him along with he snake bit though by telling the girls she was with them. Then going directly to Adam and Ryan and telling them that the girls were after the boys. It’s kind of funny how editing works. I know Natalie has been doing this the entire season but they really tried to drive the point home.
James wasn’t done yet and tried to sway both Ryan and Sheila to keep him in the game. Ryan seemed to by into it at first but would only do so if he had Sheila voting with him 100%. James then quickly ran to Sheila and let her know he’s the only one who could take out Natalie. She seemed to by it as well and wanted to shake up the game for her 46th birthday. But before she could make a decision we learn that Sheila is closer with Adam then everyone thinks. She let Adam know that Natalie was playing everyone but he isn’t trusting her yet. He let us know in the DR that he wasn’t sure who was telling the truth but we shall see who he trusts this week I’m sure.
Our “interview from home” package this week focused on Sharon. We finally got to meet her Marine family and they let us know some interesting things. It seems like her family is very religious and very “proper” and fits Sharon well. They also let us know about Sharon’s very bad crash she was in last year and how that changed her view on religion. I always find it funny that the people who are religious in home aren’t the crazy religious people in the house. That is no different this season as Sharon isn’t part of “Team Christ”, the Bible loving alliance who are all in the final four.
Before we could get to the eviction it was time for a peek into the jury house. Matty was all alone for awhile so he didn’t seem too upset when Chelsia ran through the door. She was happy to seem him as well but now “that” kind of happy. It seems like they are pretty close to the actual BB house this year as they seemed to be wearing the same clothing when they were evicted. Josh walked through the door next. Matt was happy for that while Chelsia was somewhat angry. Matty was glad one of his “group’ got the HoH, he just wished it was James coming through the door.
When it was finally time for the eviction everyone, including James, knew who was going. Natalie went in first and voted for James as did both Ryan and Sheila. That sent James out, once again, with a vote of 3 - 0. He walked out of the house with a lot more class than I would have thought and really didn’t pull a Chelsia like I thought he might. When he got outside to Julie she assured him that he wasn’t going back in. He then spoke candidly and let America know how much he hated the game, the house and the people still in. Well only some people. He used the word “hate” for both Natalie and Ryan and said he hated how they played the game.
With James finally out it was time for the next HoH. It’s another hanging endurance, how many are we going to have? Everyone was told to stand in a small glass box and hang on. The boxes were then lifted in the air and all they have to do is basically stay in the box, which is hanging in the air. The person who hangs in the longest will win the next HoH and be guaranteed a spot in the final four.
I’ll be updating who is out of the HoH for as long as I can. To see updates for the HoH just highlight between the stars. And while we are waiting, check out the interview I had with Jen below!
I was lucky enough to get a chance to ask Jen from Big Brother 9 a few questions. She let us know how she thinks Ryan is doing, how she got involved with the show and how she thinks it will affect her and Ryan’s relationship. Thanks to Jen for the great interview!
1) How did you get involved in the casting for BB9? Did you send in a video tape, go to a casting call? And did you watch Big Brother before being on the show?
I have watched Big Brother since season 1 and said that it was a passion of mine, to one day, be on Big Brother! I applied 4 times and got a little bit closer each time. This past season, I went to an open casting call in Columbus and the rest is history!
2) As we all know you entered the house with your boyfriend Ryan. Were you surprised to see him there for did you know going in that you both would be in the game? If you knew, were you at all nervous about going in as a pair?
Yes, I knew Ryan was going to be there and I had no idea that we were going to be put into pairs on the show. Needless to say, I was very unhappy about NOT being paired up with him!
3) Going back to night one, you won the Power Couple. Do you still think it was a good idea to win the power the first night and do you still think that Jacob and Sharon were the best couple to evict?
Yes, I still think it was a great idea to win Power Couple, and of course 10,000 dollars! If I could do it all over again,. I would NOT have sent Sharon and Jacob packing. Instead we should have just stuck with our gut and gotten rid of Sheila and Adam!
4) What was sequester like with Parker after being evicted? We know he wasn’t too happy with the situation, did anything happen off camera that we should know about? He looked pretty angry when talking to Julie.
No, Parker and I got a raw deal and it’s very unfortunate that it didn’t work out to our benefit. Living with Parker in sequester was fine. We are like brother and sister. Off camera, we just said that we could have, should have handled situations differently, but it’s a woulda, coulda, shoulda kinda game and everything happened for a reason. We can’t go back, only learn from our mistakes and move forward. After all, it’s just a game.
5) Do you think being on the show with Ryan will affect your relationship at all? How do you think he’s been playing the game?
If anything, being on Big Brother will make mine and Ryan’s relationship stronger! I think it will bring us closer together than we have ever been! Absence makes the heart grow fonder. No one ever says however, how the heat hurts in the process! I cannot wait to have our LIFE back! I think Ryan has been playing an AMAZING game and I couldn’t be more proud of him! I love him with all of my heart!
6) Besides Ryan who do you want to see win the game and why? Who do you think least deserves to win and why?
Of course I want to see Ryan win this game! If he can’t win it then I would like to see Natalie win. She deserves it! Maybe Adam too! I don’t think Sheila deserves to win, at all! She has done nothing to deserve the grand prize. She has won nothing and is floating on by!
7) Do you feel you were portrayed correctly on the show and do you think the producers tried to sway you in any way during Diary Room sessions?
The way I was portrayed on the show is pretty accurate. I am definitely a little different in real life, not such a bitch! I do have my moments and I can be hard to get along with if you cross me, but I am a good person and give everyone the benefit of the doubt. There were certain situations that were edited and cut to make me look like a bad person. But, that’s what I signed up for! Everyone that knows me, knows the real me! Especially Ryan! I am not able to comment on the diary room….sorry!
8) What would you tell those who are applying for BB10? If you could give people who are applying any suggestions what would they be?
Never give up! If at first you don’t succeed, try try again! It took me 4 times!
9) Is there anything you’d like to get off your chest or anything else you would like to say to your fans and fans of the show?
Keep watching! It’s a great show! The only thing that I would like to get off my chest is that the whole racist thing is NOT as it seems! They cut out a huge part of that conversation! Most importantly….Ryan is NOT racist and I wasn’t campaigning against him. That conversation with Sheila happened before I was even nominated! I took the comment back, reworded things, and explained it in a way that wasn’t so harsh…..but of course that’s not how they showed it to America. All that matters to me is that Ryan knows the truth and he does and I am not at all worried about it or our relationship!
I would like to thank Jen once again for the great interview! If you would like to keep track of Jen and send her a message you can check out Jen’s MySpace.
With only six people left in the Big Brother house I was wondering exactly what would be on the show as this is usually when they start using stuff from earlier. Thankfully they only used some footage that was about a week old but at least it was good! The ‘old’ footage I’m talking about were the pranks on Sheila. They actually came from April Fools day and weren’t able to use some REALLY good stuff they did to Josh. They did pull some good ones on Sheila though, such as the toilet papering of her room. I’m still not sure the powder dumping falls as ’safe’ in the rule book but I guess it was all in good fun.
The food competition was actually pretty interesting. It’s funny how much more entertaining it was was music and editing as the live feed footage of the competition was rather boring and tedious. What the houseguests had to do was create mash potato tunnel down a ramp. At the end of the ramp were several tubes where they had to maneuver the tunnels to. Once the tunnel were fully formed (or somewhat formed) both Sheila and Sharon would start pouring gravy down the tunnels. The tubes that they were able to fill up with the gravy would be the food items or prizes they would win. They actually ended up getting a lot of food, a new grill and yard toys. It was a very unique challenge and finally one that was fun to watch, on TV, and I’m sure fun to compete in!
Now it was all down to the nominations which I’m sure everyone thought were set in stone. A few days ago I posted a video showing James’ major break down to Adam in the HoH room. One thing I find interesting about this on the show is how they handled Natalie’s exit from the room, allowing James to persuade Adam to keep him safe. On the show they have Natalie explaining how it was “best for her to leave the room” since she had said enough. But in fact if you watch the live feed footage, you will see that Natalie was called to the Diary Room right after James broke down. People in the house and on the web are saying that producers felt it would be good to get Natalie out of there, to kind of allow James the freedom to talk to Adam opening. Them forcing her to say it was her choice to leave the room, on the show, kind of drives that point home and assures a known idea that yes, the producers do influence the game. Even though they say they don’t. In the end James did pull through and Adam placed both Sheila and Sharon on the block. Next time we will see what happened with the POV. Of course if you are in the BB know you already know what happens but for those who aren’t make sure to check back Tuesday for all the dirt that goes down! I can already tell Wednesday night is going to be another crazy one.
First off I must say I never expected the vote that happened tonight. During the first segment they basically set it up for Matt to go hands down as he annoyed almost everyone by pleading for their votes. He even cried! I never would have expected that. Ryan basically sat back, like before, and let the cards fall as they did but Matt sure didn’t.
Matt was trying to stay and trying hard. After being rejected by all the girls as they weren’t falling for his sympathy, he went to Adam for him. He basically told him to say that he did nothing to anyone in the game, and Ryan was the one who made all the moves. Sheila was the only one to buy it thought and agreed that Matty did nothing against anyone in the game, and Ryan was the one who caused most of the drama. He did nominate Chelsia, James and Sharon yet they want Matt out? That makes no sense and still doesn’t.
We then saw Dick and Daniele and learned that they are now closer then ever before. Although they don’t see each other daily or talk daily, they are at least friends it seems and both stay in touch. They spent a week in Europe together and both seem to be doing fairly well since the show ended. Dick will even be returning to the house this week to give the houseguests a ‘wake up call’. I assume he will be reprising his famous ‘pots and pans wake up call’ he gave to Dustin last season.
Back in the BB9 house Julie told the houseguests that Alex would have returned last week if they brought back the mystery box. She then asks who would have voted him back over Alex and all the vote stay the same except for Natalie’s for obvious reasons. It was time to vote and everyone was called in LIVE and asked to vote. Chelsiea, Sharon and Joshuah were all called in first and voted for Matt to leave. Natalie, Adam and Sheila then voted and all three voted for Ryan to leave, giving us the first tie in a LONG time.
James was then asked to vote and was given the ultimate power to end his powerful week. He voted for Matt without hesitation and basically broke his word even more to Natalie. When Matt walked out of the house he was visibly upset and wasn’t acting himself. He said that he and Natalie will be life long friends and really feels genuine about her for once. Julie says he is the first jury member. He laughs it off and probably wishes the siren would go off so he could go back into the house!
The HoH was the dreaded “pair up and smash the button” challenge. Two people went head to head. The lower would be out of the challenge while the winner would move on and chose the next two to compete. In the end it came down to Chelsia and Adam with Adam taking the win. He’s been a very neutral player so far so he will finally have to choose a side. I’m pretty sure he’ll stay with Sheila, Natalie and Ryan but he seems pretty swayable. Who knows what will happen, maybe he’ll have even more power then James but I highly doubt that.
The night began with the promise of a houseguest returning and that they did but NOT who we would ever have expected. It all began with the house wondering who to vote out. James going was the first idea as everyone promised Sharon that she would stay, although she was kind of freaking out about it.
Natalie and Sheila’s convo which we covered the other day was then showcased and made us believe that the vote was changing for Sharon to leave. They both felt that Sharon was a threat as she was quiet and was ‘playing Matty’ which Natalie didn’t like too much. The votes then
changed once again as Matt talked Natalie back into voting out James so his fate was almost sealed.
The evicted houseguests were then shown and let us know why they should return… kind of late. Jacob basically wanted to come back to see Sharon while Jen and Parker seemed to be getting along well. Alex and Amanda are still fighting it seems and both were blaming each other for losing. Allison was the one who wanted to come back the most and seemed ready to return as well.
We then saw the evictees live in the studio and Julie let us know that Alex would potentially be returning. She told Alex that he must go sit in a mystery box and those still in the house will vote for Alex to return as a ‘mystery person’ or for the newest evictee to return. I don’t think they realized this as first as they were so happy for Alex to return.
They quickly got to the eviction and James was evicted by 5 - 1. Chelsia was the only one to walk him to the door and she was visablly upset. When he got outside James was given a standard interview and a very heartfelt video from Chelsia. He was then told that he could return to the game and returned by saying he may “crap his pants”. Directly following this the housegeusts were given another dose of the buzzer and were shocked to learn they had to wait during the break for the news to hit them.
Live votes were then conducted for either the mystery box or James to return. Everyone went in and only Matt, Ryan and Sheila voted for the mystery box while everyone else voted for James to return. I was hoping for a tie since that would have been crazy and I have no idea what they would do, but alas James returned. It seems we were kind of denied our vote for Alex to return, and it was therefore kind of pointless but alas James returned and surprised everyone by jumping out of the box.
Everyone was then thrown into the HoH which SURPRISE was an endurance challenge. They are all standing on a little disk which is being spun around and lifted. The last person remaining on the disk will win the HoH so we will surely be in for a long night.
Do I really have to tell you whose been evicted from Big Brother 9? I’m sure everyone knows already but James has been evicted, for the second time, from the Big Brother house. The start of the show tried to make its seem otherwise though. James knew he was probably going but decided to pull a Chelsia and start drama before he leaves. The only person he really targeted was Natalie, go figure, and let everyone how big of a snake she is. Oh he also said she was getting fat as well. She kind of helped him along with he snake bit though by telling the girls she was with them. Then going directly to Adam and Ryan and telling them that the girls were after the boys. It’s kind of funny how editing works. I know Natalie has been doing this the entire season but they really tried to drive the point home.
I was lucky enough to get a chance to ask Jen from Big Brother 9 a few questions. She let us know how she thinks Ryan is doing, how she got involved with the show and how she thinks it will affect her and Ryan’s relationship. Thanks to Jen for the great interview!
