Sept. 16 (Day 75)

The ClubHouse: Big Brother 2000: Daily Updates: Sept. 16 (Day 75)

Lisa

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September 16 Day 75

Julie Chen opened the first live show on a Saturday night, explaining that this is a nomination show. She began the show by telling the houseguests that they have a combination challenge and reward. They will have a total time of five minutes for all of them to make one personal phone call to the person of their choice. They will be timed and their time begins from the moment they enter the Red Room until the moment they leave. They must ask the person they're calling if they have their permission to air their voice live. They must make the calls in alphabetical order, and cannot give up their phone call to give more time to the others. The phone calls went like this:
Curtis - phoned his Mom - she told him to be nice and maintain his integrity. It was cool to see him on the Emmy Awards. Jen's baby will be a boy.
Eddie - phone his Mom - she loves him and misses him. Eddie told her he'll send her a message via Internet at 6:00 pm each evening.
George - phoned wife Teresa - asked her if it's okay to stay in the house and is he being trashed. She responded to stay in the house. He hung up on her and ran out of the room.
Jamie - phoned her Mom - Mom told her she loves her, misses her, she's still Miss Washington and to hang with Curtis and Josh and stay strong. Jamie repeated said "love you mommy".
Josh - phoned his step-dad - mis-dialed the first attempt, then could not get a dial tone. Tried again and only had 25 seconds to speak. His step-dad told him he's doing great and to hang in there.

After the phone calls, the houseguests excited told each other what happened. Josh told them about his mis-dial and seemed disappointed. George was dressed in a space outfit and the audience kept laughing at him. He said he has peace of mind now knowing they're being portrayed okay. Julie told them their second surprise for the evening is announcing their nominations live in the Red Room. Each will have one minute privately to announce who they are nominating and why. The nominations went like this throughout the entire show.
Eddie - voted Jamie & George - said they are both positive people but would like to see the public vote it out.
Josh - voted Curtis & George - feels they will both be okay without the prize money, whereas the others need the money more.
Curtis - voted Eddie & George - feels closer to the others than Eddie & George so has no choice.
George - voted Jamie & Curtis - won't nominate Eddie and has voted for Josh too many times already.
Jamie - Eddie & George - rolled the dice - all are good people and all deserve to win.
Total = George (4); Curtis (2); Jamie (2); Eddie (2); Josh (0).

A Texas town 1000 miles away from Rockford, Illinois held a town rally for George and had Teresa and the three children at the rally. The mayor of the town said they are sponsoring George and will give him a key to the town. Julie interviewed Dr. Drew Pinsky who thought that the live nominations would shock the houseguests and make them anxious. He expects they will be more honest about the nominations. He also said that the phone calls will have a great influence on them since outside information always changes their feelings. When asked about Jamie being the only woman left in the house, Dr. Drew felt that the atmosphere had turned "fraternity like" and that Jamie is uncomfortable with the jokes. She will need to assert herself more and her show of strength will be viewed more positively in her favor.

Julie then interviewed Regina Lewis from AOL who said that the Internet is picking up steam as the show progresses and the poll asking who will win the prize money is shown as Curtis 24%; Josh 24%; Eddie 23%; George 22%; Jamie 7%. Clips of Jamie looking for "Bob", one of the BB cameramen were shown, with Jamie saying Bob's name and peering through the glass trying to get a view of him. A video clip of Eddie's wheelchair basketball team was shown. His team-mates said that Eddie is obnoxious and swears a lot but has a big heart.

A Seattle fair was shown where a BB contest was being held. A glass house had been installed where 12 people lived in the house with constant people looking in the windows at them. The winner will win $10,000.00. Various websites were shown including the BB movies, games, and music (no mention of the BBFC).

Julie announced to the houseguests who were nominated for banishment. George reacted very strongly, realizing immediately that all four had nominated him for banishment. He laughed and laughed repeatedly saying "all four of you voted for the chicken". Curtis responded "you don't know that George". Jamie and Eddie in particular looked very uncomfortable. The show ended with Julie telling the viewers to pay particular attention to the phone message when calling to vote.