Big Brother USA 19 (2017)

Mr E

The cast has been announced for this year, including a cosplay artist and a rodeo clown.

This is my favourite BB by far, so I'm really looking forward to it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/big-brother-19-cast_us_5947eaa4e4b0f15cd5bd0378

Starts on Wednesday week (June 28th).

Monife

Mr E wrote: »

The cast has been announced for this year, including a cosplay artist and a rodeo clown.

This is my favourite BB by far, so I'm really looking forward to it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/big-brother-19-cast_us_5947eaa4e4b0f15cd5bd0378

Starts on Wednesday week (June 28th).

What channel is it on?

Mr E

CBS in the States.

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Overall I think this is a fairly solid cast - if they could just spend a little less time objectifying each other and focus on the gameplay and strategy instead it could be a great season.

Delighted to see the returning player is one of my favourites from recent season so hope they manage to go far in to the game.

Mr E

Your boy is back.

Decent opener.

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So Cody is definitely a serial killer in his spare time and Josh is clearly a raving lunatic. Everyone else seems fine for the moment.

Anyone else getting Matthew Lillard's long lost brother vibes from the Rodeo Clown?

S.M.B.

Well they delivered that 3 weeks of safety free pass to Paul on a silver platter. Don't like being conned like that.

S.M.B.

Pretty dramatic first 8 days it has to be said.

Hopefully they'll chill out with the temptation twists now they have Paul there for a month at least.

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I've really enjoyed it so far. Usually I'm not a big fan of loads of twists, but for some reason these ones just seem to work.

Mr E

The first week has been action packed alright. A quitter, an injury, some fights, lots of showmances.

Lots of twists too. The BBUSA producers just know what will work and what won't (compared to BBCAN for example).
I have a feeling that more replacements may happen (vets coming back).

I think they have a good mix of contestants this year - it's a pretty diverse group.

Kevin is a great character, but he is so far out of his comfort zone. Hopefully he gets more involved or he will be picked off as a floater.
Christmas is great too, but I'm not sure she will go the distance. The sleigh bell sound effects are very twee.

Paul is still great fun too.

Great to have this show back. One of the best of the summer season.

Mr E

Cody is a psycho. Hope he survives the week!

Still loving Christmas in July.

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Paul succeeding in his campaign to keep Christmas in the house... That whole arc should forever be referred to as "Your Boy Who Saved Christmas"...

Mr E

OK I've caught up. Josh was an absolute tool at last week's veto.

Cody going home was inevitable. He came across as really likable and pretty humble in his exit interview.
Shows how much of his death stares were editing (or scripted). I want him to win with Battle Back on Thursday.

Gutted for Christmas - that's a horrible injury that she got.

This week? *shrug*
None of my favourites are on the block so I'm not bothered. I'd like Jess to stick around if Cody is coming back.

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I agree that Cody actually came across a lot better in his exit interview and I too would be happy to see him win the Battle Back.

I'm certainly enjoying this season a whole lot more than last year.

S.M.B.

Cody just takes himself far too seriously in a game that shouldn't be taken in any way seriously.

He has become quite the anti hero.

Paul should have known better not to take him out though. Is this the 4th or 5th battle back in a row?

Mr E

So another week down... Veto episode was painful (overuse of the snake metaphor and snake sound effects)
Eviction was straight forward enough. Jesus didn't want her to stay.

Den of Temptation prize has the potential to be very interesting, considering who won the battle back.

In that, it was the best result (for entertainment value) in all three rounds, and the best person got back into the house. :)

Great week overall.

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Yes, thankfully the religious nut is gone and will stay gone. What an absolute headwrecker.

S.M.B.

Couldn't have asked for more from this week. The whole thing was heavily weighed in Cody's favour. I like the idea of the showdown but playing the game a second time is a massive advantage when games have steep learning curves.

Let's hope producers sit back and stop meddling from now on. This are nicely positioned.

Mr E

Was that one of the most entertaining HOH competitions in years?

I think so.... it had a bit of everything. Drama, tension, comedy, lunacy, sadness and a fantastic result.

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The more the rest of the house treat them like crap, the more I find myself rooting for Cody & Jessica.

Mr E

They're 100% underdogs though.

Unless they up their social game and start some alliances (or take turns winning HOH), they're screwed.

Still fun to watch.

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Mr E wrote: »

They're 100% underdogs though.

Unless they up their social game and start some alliances (or take turns winning HOH), they're screwed.

Still fun to watch.

They're essentially guaranteed 2 weeks safety to work on getting some allies - I could see them pulling Jason, Kevin, Ramses and Alex (especially if Paul gets evicted this week or next) into an alliance of sorts and if they can get those 4 on side, then they've got the numbers again.

Not saying I want that to happen, but it would be a plausible progression - I don't think they're as screwed as it appears on the surface.

S.M.B.

The way things currently are they're going to struggle to get "the outsiders" to join up with them. That could change but they've a lot of work to do to build proper ties with anyone in the house.

The likes of Alex, Jason and Kevin are in a pretty comfort position I'm the middle at the moment and don't really need to go changing that right now.

S.M.B.

Liking the new Sunday competition. The whole season of temptation seems completely rigged to keep the strong big popular players in but I think that's leading to an entertaining first half of the season.

Jessica has turned into quite the anti hero. Even more so than cody. Still think they are ****ed, especially after they made a ****e of their hoh week.

Mr E

Yeah the temptation competition was a clever idea. I've said it before and I'll say it again - the twists and extras this year have all just worked and they've all added greatly to the season. Kudos to the producers.

If it was scripted drama, they couldn't have written it any better this week. The eviction episode should be fun, assuming Jessica can keep her mouth shut until then.

On a side note, is Josh the biggest tool to ever play the game? I'm not sure I'd have been so passive if someone was clanging frying pans in my face... Very emotionally immature.

rsl1976

It's like they are all sitting back and going to let Paul sail through to the final. Josh seems unstable to me.

pooch90

I can't believe they're all letting Paul call every shot! Get in bed, OK Paul! Don't see anyone taking a shot at him. They need to do it early.

pooch90

OK, have to admit Paul played Jessica well. Have yet to watch eviction episode, really hope she throws Cody under the bus as she seems like a good player when flying solo.

S.M.B.

From what I heard the editing was a little OTT in making it look like Jessica was considering not using the hex.

Entertaining week if BB. Josh is some dick and plenty more on that side if the house are coming across pretty poorly (I'm looking at you Raven).

Let's see if the big plan to keep the strong players works by cody winning the temptation competition and one of jody winning veto.

pooch90

Everyone taunting Jody was disgusting, BB UK would have issued warnings for something like that. I was hoping Mark would step in.
Josh winning HoH is going to be unbearable. He's a hateful piece of ****

Mr E

pooch90 wrote: »

Josh winning HoH is going to be unbearable.

Yeah, he's an asshole. Should be good for TV though - it'll be an unpredictable week, that's for sure.

Mr E

Once again, the outcome couldn't have been scripted better. Very good episode.

Loved how polite Kevin was in the temptation comp.

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Mr E wrote: »

Loved how polite Kevin was in the temptation comp.

I hope we start seeing more of Kevin in general. Apparently he's hilarious in the Live Feeds and seems to be the one that any of the audience who watches the feeds are rooting for to win. He's been great in what we've seen of him on the show.

S.M.B.

It's difficult to root for anyone but Kevin.

Josh is some gobsh*te. What's worse is he's a proper super fan and not a recruit.

2 stranger things themed comps now after Canada did one earlier this year. I doubt the US version are paying any royalties though with their cheap knock off version.

S.M.B.

Also, I really hope they keep this new competition and rebrand it for next year. It adds quite a bit to the game.

Like Jessica throwing it this week to ensure that she plays for the veto nullifying the back door.

Then should the opposite side of the house have had the foresight to also throw it resulting in a temporary pawn playing in the veto competition but also putting themselves in danger?

Will we have a group of people gunning to win and another group gunning to come last every week?

Me likey.

Mr E

Loved Otev's multiple personalities - great fun.

Is Jess going home? I'm not so sure...

S.M.B.

Best otev ever. Did he call them sh*tty contestants or something like that?

Josh being an idiot listening to Paul's advice about Jury but still saying Jess is not his target.

I would have loved some crazy Paul backdooring move but alas, God knows when/if the house will decide to turn on him.

S.M.B.

Ugh, running out of patience with this cast right now.

Struggling to see how Paul does not take home first prize. And if for some reason he was voted out towards the end or didn't get the votes from the Jury it would just feel like it's been handed to a lesser player.

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S.M.B. wrote: »

Ugh, running out of patience with this cast right now.

Struggling to see how Paul does not take home first prize. And if for some reason he was voted out towards the end or didn't get the votes from the Jury it would just feel like it's been handed to a lesser player.

I don't think Paul is playing as good a game as he did last season. He doesn't seem to have to, but I'm definitely struggling to root for him. I'd much rather see Kevin, Jason, Christmas, or Alex winning this season.

S.M.B.

I think he's playing a better game than last year (he got extremely lucky last year with Victor continuously coming back into the house and acting as a meat shield) but the rest of the house are atrocious so it doesn't really matter how he plays. How the hell did he find himself in a position where he's safe on a weekly basis? He should have been up on the block as soon as his safety period was up. It now looks like there's zero chance of him getting booted until the final week. That's ludicrous.

Unfortunately it's difficult to root for Paul when he's not the underdog.

The rest of the house are far too happy to have made it to Jury and are still playing an 'as long as it's not me' type game.

Matt and Raven looking to target the Elena and Mark? How dumb is that? Guess who's the only other showmance to target once that's broken up.

I genuinely don't feel like rooting for anyone beyond Cody at the moment. Maybe Kevin and Jason.

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A wild Clip Show appears!

What the f***? This isn't the '80s or '90s, why are clip shows still a thing?

S.M.B.

Worst. Double eviction. Ever.

I'm assuming the addition of Derek isn't enough to make the clip show watchable?

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S.M.B. wrote: »

Worst. Double eviction. Ever.

I'm assuming the addition of Derek isn't enough to make the clip show watchable?

Nah, once I realised it was a clip show I switched it off.

Mr E

The double eviction comes across as an incredibly amateurish effort (or highlights how well edited the main show is). Lots of awkward pauses, sound glitches and uninteresting strategising.

I said it before and I'll say it again - it's amazing how different Cody is outside the house. Charming, friendly and very likable.

Skipped the clip show. Life's too short for crap like that. Too early too - I wonder if there'll be another one (to also skip) before finale?

Mr E

Decent episode today (despite the fact that I only really care about Kevin and Christmas).

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Best. Zingbot. Ever.

S.M.B.

Zingbot was super harsh. Moreso than usual it felt like.

I'm really struggling with this season now though. Pretty much hate the entire house apart from Christmas and Paul at this stage and I've no interest in either of those winning.

Might hang up my BB boots after hopefully another all stars season next year.

Mr E

Not a bad week. Jason was a moron for pissing the whole house off. The aftermath was like a car crash.

Mr E

Another double eviction episode and two very cranky evictees!

It's going to be a seriously bitter jury. I have a feeling that if Paul makes it to the last two, its a coin toss whether or not he'll win.

And Celebrity BB in a few months - wow!

S.M.B.

I don't see Paul losing it in the hands of a bitter jury. I think his goodbye message to Jason was not the wisest move, and possibly the one glaring error I've seen from him this season, but I think Jason and everyone else will get over it.

I think the chances of Paul losing are slim and have been so for weeks. The only way he doesn't win is if Josh takes him out at final 3. While he may be considering taking the shot this week I don't think it can be done. Which is ridiculous and shows how strong a position Paul is in.

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I'm amazed Josh got this far - I had him gone by week 2 or 3 because of his overreaction and paranoia in the first HoH competition. If he makes it to final 2, I might actually root for him to win.