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Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 5:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
[Mary] is just comedy gold.

Nah, she was just painful for me to watch. There are folks in the love to hate categoy (Les-lay for example) but Mary was in the plain old hate category. Glad she's gone.

Also loved Derek's glee in the DR about Makosi not being up for eviction, he was so funny!

Is THAT what he was going on and on about? I thought he was off his rocker.

Looking at the process by which nominations were made this week, ir's really not fair at all putting that much power in 1 person's hands.

I think it is fair considering Makosi put herself up just by walking into the DR and then worked very hard, possibly risking her chances of winning even if she did stay, to complete her task successfully. It was the best possible reward.





Marksman
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05-23-2005

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 6:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marksman a private message Print Post    
Given another week I am confident Mary would have verbally berated and insulted the rest of the house she did not get to in the first week, including her beloved Science.

She simply has an inability to get along with people for any reasonable period of time.

I like to see pot-stirrers and such stick around, butas Clio said, I also found her painful to watch.

She often sucked the life out of the entire house.



Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
let's see....

-there was a big argument in the house over a attempted water bomb fight, which ended up with Science being sent to the loft for a while...

-they had a counting task. Each HG dressed up in a "Count" coustume, and attempted to count as high as possible without stopping, repeating, or skipping, while BB did things to throw them off. Sakasia won, and as a reward, BB told her to pick a HG, and unbenownst to the others, will be able to ask that HG three questions in the Diary Room and be able to hear their answers (they set up a secret headset and microphone in one of the bedrooms for her to hear)

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 12:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
As much as I like Roberto and as often as his points are valid, he needs to go. He's messing with the chemistry of the house. It's nice to see arguments from time to time, but every single show is getting a bit old. I think that the house would be a lot more peaceful with him gone.

And how funny was that task! I'm sure it was very hard for Vanessa as she actually had to speak!!! ......... and I was laughing so hard when they "BOO!"ed her!!!! The producers of the UK show have the best sense of humor by far!!!

Sigh ........... I really like Justice ......... I mean Science. He's a cool cat.

Peace out, power to the people

Britchick
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07-27-2001

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 5:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Britchick a private message Print Post    
What about the counting task for Craig when he was dressed in camouflage and had to hold bits of twig in front of his face??? Lol! "Big Brother can still see you Craig" and then when he did it properly "Excellent, you have disappeared completely.. Craig are you still there?". Hee hee hee, I was laughing so much. And Vanessa showed more personality in that clip than she has in the entire week!!

Yeah, I like Science too I have to say. Even if he sometimes handles situations badly by shouting and using very confrontational body language.

Saskia chose Maxwell to spy on in the DR - the secret screen and headphones are in the indoors toilet and there's an implication on the official site that she might get to eavesdrop on someone else.

Marksman
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05-23-2005

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marksman a private message Print Post    
I thought the task was very funny. Wish we could have seen all of the costumes on the daily show.

As for Roberto and fighting, I think he is just one of the people that fight in there. That is the interesting dynamic in that house.. getting rid of one person is not going to settle anything. Half the people in the house will go off on the drop of the hat, and the other half are bumps on a log. There would still be enough people looking for an argument that they would find each other.

Think back to the first week when Makosi was stirring everyone up to win her challenge. Her normal personality is clearly not that confrontational as we see now... But when she backed off, we have not seen any reduction in the number of heated discussions.

Honestly, I fear a house with Craig, Vanessa, Lesley, Anthony, Saksia and Sam. Imagine that being the final 6. Would be unwatchable in my opinion.



Britchick
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07-27-2001

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Britchick a private message Print Post    
Excellent! The nominations were supposed to be revealed today but instead Big Brother has reminded the housemates that one of the fundamental rules of (UK) BB is that no discussion of nominations is allowed. Vanessa apparently discussed who she was going to nominate with Lesley and so all the nominations are considered to be tainted and so *everyone* is up for nomination.

The two who would have been up for eviction would apparently have been Derek and Sam (though that hasn't been confirmed by BB yet and the housemates will not be told).

Makosi and Kemal were discussing that they had gone to the DR to complain about Derek trying to influence their noms. Makosi said that Derek drew two letters "S"s on her feet to tell her to nomination Saskia and Sam.

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
As for Roberto and fighting, I think he is just one of the people that fight in there.

I know, and all of the other people fight with Roberto. Again, I don't want to see an argument-free house, but every single five minutes gets old. Justice and Kemal are two of my favorite people, but I could stand to lose Roberto at this point. At least it has died down a bit since Mary left.

Monkeyboy
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05-27-2001

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 1:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Monkeyboy a private message Print Post    
I've been watching with the rest of you...I like the UK version a whole lot more than the US version. I think the production of their show is a whole lot better than our cheapo version. I like the live audience during the evictions and the fact that the HM's don't need nomination talk to lead to drama.

I think most of the housemates are interesting and entertaining apart from Sam, Vanessa and Anthony who don't bring any value to the show.

My favorites are Makosi and Kemal, they make me laugh. I think it's hilarious how Makosi argues with a smile on her face.

Derek is ok, he makes me laugh, but he seems so out of place.

Roberto annoys me, I liked him at first, but now it seems like all he does is moans and groans about is cleaning or food.

I don't like Saskia all that much, she seems fake. I have a feeling that she or Makosi will win though.

I don't like Craig either, I can't stand people who whine ALL the time. Oh, and I hate when people talk like they are asking a question. Now what I mean? (He says that a lot too). I did like the conversation he and Vanessa were having in the kitchen about Makosi and Anthony's romp. His facial expressions were hysterical.

Science is ok, but I don't take anyone who calls them self "Science" seriously.

Maxwell was a complete jerk at the beginning, but I'm warming up to him.

I really can't stand Lesley (aka Leslehh). Her accent annoys me and she is very bitchy. But she is fun to watch. I suspect that she is the one that will go on Friday.

Oh and am I the only one who loves the voice over guy? "Makooosi gooes to thee dyree rooom to talk to Big Brootha."

I also love the host of the show...her name escapes me...Davina? She is light years better than Julie <> Moonves.

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Britchick
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07-27-2001

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Britchick a private message Print Post    
Monkeyboy - I'm biased as I first saw BB in the UK and that is my first love in BB terms :-) but I have to say I agree with you.

Some quick updates from the last day or so:

Saskia has gone to hospital for a sore ankle (Anthony kicked her accidentally) and will have to wear a splint when walking around. Ironic since the housemates are in the middle of a hospital-themed task. Craig, Lesley and Derek (what a bizarre grouping) sat up late last night claiming that they thought Saskia was faking the injury but they haven't yet admitted their mistake when they saw her in the splint.

Sam cooked last night but over-salted the food and it wasn't nice. Derek complained a lot and then Craig and Lesley went to the diary room to complain that Sam had tried to poison them

BB called Lesley to the DR to reprimand her for her "intimidating behaviour" towards Sam. Lesley apologised to Sam for the bullying , with Craig's constant help (he can't help himself but get involved) and the apology was more about how it was all everyone else's fault that Lesley was bullying Sam. Whatever.

Later last night, Lesleh obviously felt in need of attention so she dressed up in her "Sexy Sergeant" police outfit that she has for eviction night (which will hopefully come quite soon) but was very upset when she didn't get a good reaction from Max and Anthony.

Oooh, last night Sam and Makosi streaked in the garden with only their underpants on - can't you tell it's nearly eviction night???



Flagg
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06-01-2005

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Flagg a private message Print Post    
Wow I never thought I'd say it but the UK feed is FAR FAR worse than even the US feeds have been in recent years. Every single time I check the UK feed I get literally maybe 80 to 90 percent sound cut-out and 10 to 20 percent actual content. It's completely ridiculous and I seriously regret shelling out the money.

Monkeyboy
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05-27-2001

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Monkeyboy a private message Print Post    
Wow, thanks for the updates, Britchick!

That Lesleh sure is immature and annoying. I really hope she stays and Sam goes though. Sam bores me and can't argue without yelling "Shut up!!", which gets on my t*ts (as the HM's say).

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
Oh and am I the only one who loves the voice over guy? "Makooosi gooes to thee dyree rooom to talk to Big Brootha."

LOL! No! YOu're not the only one!!! That's my favorite part of the show! After cracking up over it every time last season I held my breath and then squealed with delight the first time it was said this season.

Science is cracking me up the way he's getting into the challenge this week..... "take your medicine, you have to think of the baby!"

Ha ha haaaaaaaa!!!!
The following is one of the funniest visuals in BB history and therefore must be saved for posterity.........
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Ok, now I've changed my mind. I can stand for Roberto to stay one more week. Either Sam or Derek need to go as 1. it's too painful to watch Sam get hen pecked and 2. Derek scares the **** out of me!

Britchick
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07-27-2001

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 2:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Britchick a private message Print Post    
Great picture Clio! I love the fact that Maxwell only managed 1 min 58 seconds of his silent task :-)

I love Marcus the voiceover man - he's a central part of the BB experience for me, I know exactly what you mean! I can't imagine it without him. Did anyone notice on the show, I think it was on Wednesday night, instead of giving the time as he usually does he said "At the end of the day" - hilarious because that's what all the housemates say ALL THE TIME (grrr)! BB has a real sense of humour this year.

Lesley has to go in my opinion. She showed no awareness in the DR that she was really at fault for her behaviour towards Sam (however annoying or boring Sam might be, Lesley's treatment of her in not acceptable and Sam was right, Lesley has no real reason to hate her so much so it is scary). Even her "apology" to Sam was insincere and somehow made it all about Sam's insecurity.

Care28
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05-01-2005

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Care28 a private message Print Post    
Hi everyone :-)

Took me forever to start posting here, even though I've been watching since Day 5, lol.

I just have to say...I'm in the middle of watching Day 14 and Derek has GOT TO GO!! I'd really be happy with either Les-leh or Derek leaving, but Derek is insane. WTF was up with him snapping at Sam like that? I looked at it as if she was just excited that she cooked for everyone and she wanted to serve them all, he got insane over it! I honestly thought he was kidding at first too, and I felt like crying for her when she realized he was really being mean. He scares the crap out of me.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 6:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
Lesley was evicted to huge boos from the crowd....one thing that was reported from digital spy was that before the eviction, Davina the host said all the HG"s names, and then paused, so the HG's could hear the crowd reactions....

Anthony - mild cheering
Craig - mild cheering
Derek - cheer
Kemal - cheer
Lesley - huge booing
Makosi - cheer
Maxwell - huge cheering
Roberto - booing
Sam - booing
Saskia - huge cheering
Science - mixed reception
Vanessa - booing



Care28
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05-01-2005

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Care28 a private message Print Post    
From everything I've seen so far, I really think Maxwell, Makosi or Saskia is going to win.

I do have a question, anyone that's watched the show. When Les-leh was evicted, did Sam say "you're going home now, babe. B*tch!" to her face, or was it said at another time? I read that on the site, and I'm dying to see how they reacted to her leaving. I read that Maxwell tried to be kind to her and she pretty much shrugged him off, too.

I won't miss her, at all!

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 11:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
Britchick, BB UK has a wonderful sense of humor esp. compared to the US version. That's one thing I think the US version could learn from the other countries .......... they need to quit taking things so seriously. I mean, they'll have the HGs making a giant margarita with a dude from Oklahome dressed as a giant lime slice and then cut to Julie Chen "who will win the violent power struggle......." and she's just as serious as she can be. Loosen up!!!!

But the whole approach to BBUK is funnier, but it's done under the guise of being serious, that's what makes it so funny. I mean, it's funny enough to have the house dress up as nurses and patients, that's about as far as BB US would take things. But UK takes it to the next level by having a dude being "pregnant" and if THAT wasn't funny enough ........ HE GAVE BIRTH TO A YARD GNOME!!!! That's some hard-core intellectual humor.

ONE SEASON. I just want the UK team to produce th US show for ONE season. That's all I ask.

I was sad to see Les-lay go. She was one of those people that I loved to dislike. Shame.

Yeah Care, took you LONG enough but glad you finally made it over here! (I still like Hotdogs here to, I know you're wondering ha ha.)

Wilson, I thought it was VERY unfair for them to hear the boos and cheers. (They haven't done that before, right?) I think that is letting the outside interfere too much. Anyone with a brain will nominate Sam and Roberto as they (in my opinion) got the most boos after Lesley. Conversely, anyone would be crazy to nominate Saskia as the crowd clearly loves her (for now anyway.)

Care, I didn't catch what Sam said to Les-lay but I didn't notice anything unusual.

Monkeyboy
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05-27-2001

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 1:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Monkeyboy a private message Print Post    
Bye Bye Les-leh. I expected to see her go, but I loved to hate her.

Britchick
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07-27-2001

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 4:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Britchick a private message Print Post    
I'm really pleased Lesley went as I couldn't stand her and I'm looking forward to watching Craig attempt to cope now that he realises that "Team Britney" is not loved by the public!

I didn't notice Sam say anything mean to Lesley at the eviction announcement, just Lesley saying over and over again "I wanted to go, I wanted to go".

On the cheers/boos - they always hear this. The live eviction show has always had a huge live crowd. During the build-up to the eviction announcement (where Davina goes to the house live), BB pipes in fake crowd noises into the house to stop the housemates hearing any specific shouts or boos. However, when Davina goes over live they will always hear the shouting behind her. Usually, there are only 2 or 3 people up so they will only hear reaction to their own names or sometimes shouting about other people in the background. This time, since all 12 were up for eviction, they got to hear the reaction to each person so that is unusual.

For what it's worth, I thought the reaction to Roberto was also a mixture of boos and cheers (though probably more booing). The loudest boos were for Lesley (by a long way), then Sam and Vanessa and then a mixed reaction for Roberto and Science. The first few names got very little reaction (Anthony, Craig, Derek) as I don't think the crowd had quite realised that each one was going to be named and so was being quiet at first to hear the result. That's my interpretation anyway.

In previous years, the crowd boos or cheers have upset and affected housemates. There have also been years when things have been shouted over the wall and housemates have heard them so it's not totally unprecedented. I agree that it really changes the game when they get a good sense of who is popular and who is not. Though these things can change!

I was pleased to see Maxwell giving Craig some advice to stop moaning about Sam now that Lesley has gone. And also to pull himself together over Lesley's departure as he was really being annoying last night!

Britchick
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07-27-2001

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 4:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Britchick a private message Print Post    
By the way, I'd love to see what would happen if the UK producers took over US BB!! I hope they would repeat the counting task with the BB voice making fun of the housemates as that was one of my favourite things so far!

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
two of the HG's have had to go to the hospital for injuries this week....bizzare.

And they've got a new luxury challenge...They have to sit inside a cardboard box for as long as possible...winner gets a deluxe meal and access to a minfridge (they lost the doctor task, so they don't get a lot of money for shopping this week)

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scorpiomoon a private message Print Post    
I just watched my first episode of this show (day 12).

THIS BB IS OFF THE HOOK!!!

People setting their underwear on fire?

People screaming at each other?

The Naughty step?

LOL!

My first impression is that they really did an impeccible job casting for this season. These people are awesome!

I LOVE the furniture in this house!

And the production value is incredible! Why in God's name can't the BBUS people get it together and come up with the same quality graphics and theme music BBUK and BBAUS do?

Britchick
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07-27-2001

Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 5:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Britchick a private message Print Post    
"off the hook"!! Good to see you getting into the UK BB spirit there Scorpio!

The box task is great actually - I can't believe how long they've lasted (this from housemates who couldn't be bothered to pass a simple task that involved wearing pyjamas all day). Makosi just got out of the box after about 23 hours (I think) so that leaves Anthony, Derek and Roberto. The boxes are all different sizes and Makosi's box looked like the smallest by a long way so I'm very impressed at her determination. Roberto is lucky because he can lie down in his box.

Marksman
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05-23-2005

Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marksman a private message Print Post    
The box task is great... The first daily show with this task was just hysterical. One of the best big brother episodes I have ever seen.

Who would of thought you could get so much out of a task that basically hides everyone from the cameras on a reality show that is all about showing people on camera.

They have done a really good job with tasks. Looking forward to see what else they have up their sleeve.