Big Brother Craze

..watching tonight’s Survivor: China, and what to my wandering eyes should appear? No, not Santa, but a gift none the less! With all the rumors, and the talks, and the strike, and the steadfast refusal of CBS to confirm or deny, and the slip of Robin Kass, Casting director on her Myspace… THIS is the one thing that made me go “ohhhh you know, maybe it’s really TRUE!”

What was it? A commercial asking for applications for Big Brother 9! In my experience, those only show up a couple months before the premiere of a new season – especially when in conjunction with fired up Casting Calls across the country!

With the latest press release, it also confirmed that Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan would again be at the reigns as Executive Producers, and our favorite Chen-bot would return as host. I do hope they have enough time to program her correctly!

Also announced, to my delight, is that Big Brother 9 “will follow a group of strangers” – which means no celebrity edition! So here’s hoping that all this is indeed pointing to an early run of our favorite addiction! Here is the latest list of casting calls:

BIG BROTHER 9 CASTING CALL – Dates/Cities/Locations and Local Times:

Nov. 17 Los Angeles – Exclusive Casting Studios, 7700 Sunset Blvd. (12 Noon-3 PM)
Nov. 17 Columbia, S.C. – WLTX-TV, 6027 Garners Ferry Road (10 AM-2 PM)
Nov. 18 New York – NY Castings, 243 West 30th Street, 3rd. Floor (12 Noon-8 PM)
Nov. 23 Houston – Meridien, 1503 Chartres St. (7PM-10PM)
Dec. 1 Houston – Moes Grill & Bar, 5000 Katy Mills Circle (2PM-5PM)
Dec. 1 Schaumburg, IL- Woodfield Mall, “Cool Waves” Nordstrom lower level (12PM-3PM)
Dec. 1 Atlanta -America’s Mart, 240 Peachtree Street 1st Fl. Rm. A (12 PM-3 PM)
Dec. 1 Brooklyn, NY – Duff’s Brooklyn, N. 3rd Street & Kent Avenue (7 PM-10 PM)
Dec. 1 Charlotte, N.C. – Cans, 500 West 5th Street (12 PM-3 PM)
Dec. 1 Chicago – Ontourage, 157 W. Ontario Street (10 PM-12:00 AM)
Dec. 1 Hillsboro, Ore. – The Streets of Tanasbourne 19350 NW Emma Way, (12 PM-3 PM)
Dec. 1 Kansas City, MO -Screenlands Crossroads Theater, 1656 Washington St. (1 PM-4 PM)
Dec. 7 Columbus, Ohio – Spice Bar, 491 N. Park Street (10 PM-12:00 AM)
Dec. 7 Scottsdale, Ariz. – Suede Lounge, 7333 E. Indian Plaza (12 PM-3 PM)
Dec. 8 Boston – Felt, 533 Washington Street 3rd & 4th Floor (12:00 Noon -3 PM)
Dec. 8 Broomfield, Colo. – FlatIron Crossing, 1 West FlatIron Crossing Drive In the Dillard’s Court (10 AM-1 PM)
Dec. 8 Columbus, Ohio – Park Street Patio, 533 Park Street (2 PM – 5 PM)
Dec. 8 Tampa, Fla. – The Dubliner Irish Pub, 2307 W. Azeele Street (12 PM- 3PM)

What do you need to bring? Your application, filled out, and your winning personality. Good luck!

So – in light of all of that? Dig the new banner, kids. When I know more for sure, you’ll know too!

Or as someone said to me earlier “Type-delay Live Blogging” as I’m 3 hours behind the rest of the world!

:00 Last time on Big Brother… Wahmber “Jameka… jameka… coulda taken it…

:04 This week fate took center stage in the house, and one was touched by Divine intervention. Jameka took Jen off the block giving her salvation as she believed God wanted her too, and Nick was put on the block, which sent the house into a tissy.

:06 We see Dustin nominate Nick again, and he says he’s surprised the Dustin made the move, and he figures he’s a threat and Kail is fragile. Kail says she was surprised, because he told her the target was Zach, so now she’s worried. Dustin says it was a house decision to backdoor the weasel. Amber runs off crying (oh! the shock! NOT)

:08 Kail and Dustin talk in the HOH and we see the little liar telling Kail what’s up and that she’s safe. She promises her the votes. Nick and Daniel talk, and she admits to knowing the whole time, and Nick walks away while Dani cries.

:09 Nick tells Dick to expect the unexpected and that he wouldn’t fuck over his daughter. Dick says everyone knows he wanted the noms to stay the same, and asks if it was a house concensus, Eric says a lot of names were mentioned. He kicks Zach out of the backyard, and Zach says “I thought we were close.” Nick goes in and apologizes to Zach inside.

:10 Nick goes to comfort Amber who lies (bitch!) and says she didn’t see it coming. Nick says whatever happens happen. Cut to Amber telling Dustin it’s the perfect time to backdoor Nick, cut back to her tears as she lays there and continues to lie to him.

:11 Daniele tells him she tried really hard to make it not happen that way, and asks him if he voted out Kail. He says no (We get the proof shown) and he says he doesn’t know who it was. She tells Nick everyone thinks it was him, and he says he doesn’t care, and Daniele says that she’s trying to help him. And Nick says he never fucked her over, and that it sucks she knew and didn’t tell him.

:12 Nick goes to Dustin and tells him it took balls and that it’s a game, but that he should have just told him. Nick says he’s ready for anything, and he asked for truth and didn’t like that they talked behind his back.

:13 Dick goes off on Jen about using Jameka again in front of Kail. Calls her a bitch, etc, and that she threw it and that she’s a smug bag, and Jen says shed never use those words to describe herself, and that she’s not a bad person. Kail walks away. Dick compares her to Saddam Hussain. She says she doesn’t care, nothing goes through. Then Jen tells dani that she’s sorry she’s had to live with that.

In DR – Dani says that it was rude, and ridiculous because she’s has no idea.

:16 Nick gets his MoHawk. Dick tells him not to discount Daniele’s feelings – the music while Nick cuts his hair makes it seem like a Brittany move. That’s funny!

:17 Dani tells Amber that she’ll vote with the group, and then we see her going off on Jen and how it’s a personal problem and that she treats her like crap and she’s never done anything to her. Jen says she has morals and HERE comes Dick, Zach and Nick who calls Jen a dumb bitch. Jen continues, and Dick pours tea over her head when she says that she has morals once again. SPLOOSH!

We see Nick chime in, and tells her no one likes her and she jumps to conclusions and no one cares about her.

:18 Coming up – we’ll find out who stays and who goes, let’s listen in to DR
Daniele says Kails a mess and walks around like she’s gonna kill herself. Dick says he wants to see Kail go, but for his daughter see Nick go. Jen says Nick is miserable and rude and no help. Whamber cries and says Nick is good and if she doesn’t stop crying it’s gonna bite her in the ass. (TOO LATE WHAAAAAAAAMBER!!!)

:20 COMMERCIAL!
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Of course, half the world has already seen tonight’s episode, but I live in Alaska and am a couple hours behind as a result. No matter – I’m gonna ‘live blog’ it anyway! You know you’re excited. You can admit it!

7:02 Recap time – they go through all of the previous weeks happenings, except of course for what we’ve all seen on the live feeds and Showtime BB After Dark.

04: Hi Julie! She looks fantastic and so very thin in her black pantsuit. She tells us that Joe and Dustin are trying to be civil, Dick is trying to talk to Dani but she’s not ready, and while Jessica is nice to Carol to her face, she can’t be happier about her being on the block.

Carol says she’s trying not to be bothered by the nominations. Amber tells Danielle that she made a good veto speech. Amber cries and says she’s fighting for her family. Dick knows he can trust Amber more then anyone but Danielle.

:07 Dustin and Amber talk in the bathroom – and he says that he trusts and clicked with Amber right away, and Amber thinks she has more votes and feels confident.

:08 Carol and Jen on the Hammock, Carol thinks she has Joe, Daniele, Jen – who says Carol would be the smartest choice, but she needs to be aggressive. Carol feels like it’s not her time to go at all, and approaches Jessica and says they could go far together. She even apologizes.

In the Diary room though, Jessica says that she doesn’t trust her at all, and considers it problem solved.

:09 Carol tries to get Eric’s vote, then it’s back to Dustin and Amber who are inseperable, while Joe complains about it in the DR and wants it separated. Carol goes for Joe too, who says he’ll help her. He talks to Zack, who says if it’s close, they’ll talk. But in the DR, Zack says they need to make a decision that works best for the Mrs. Robinson Alliance.

:12 Kail complains that people don’t tell her anything.

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No transcript of the show, because YouTube is just so much easier! Here’s Julie Chen’s appearance from last night on The Late Show with David Letterman. Keep in mind that Dave is no fan of reality TV.