There are two different experiences, both called “Big Brother”.
One is the television show Big Brother, as the CBS producers present it to broadcast tv audiences, three times per week. But the other is what is actually going on in the Big Brother house; the experience of the house guests, unfiltered — or at least less filtered — by television editors.
Fetchland presents Ruining Big Brother. It’s less “spoiling” Big Brother and more pulling back the curtain, to ruin our collective illusions about reality television. Enjoy! Or better yet, recoil in horror…
Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Paulie
HOH Nominated – TBD
Roadkill Comp Winner – TBD
RK Nominated – TBD
Veto Winner – TBD
Evicted – #1 Jozea
Battle Back challenge – Glenn vs. Jozea
July 22nd will be a special Battle Back episode of Big Brother
Have-Nots – currently none
Team Big Sister: Da’vonne, Paul, Zakiyah
Team Category 4: Frank, Michelle, Paulie, Bridgette
Team Freakazoids: Nicole, Corey, Tiffany
Team Unicorn: James, Natalie, Victor, Bronte
The TV show was full of tension as the much-anticipated first live eviction resulted with the loss of BB’s beloved messiah. Jozea seemed a bit stunned and accessed old familiar recordings like a robot sitting beside Julie for questions right after his exit. All Jozea really said was, “I’m bold,” and “I’m honest,” before sinking into the numb reality of his actual situation and role in BB18. In a way, Jozea actually could be a messiah of sorts this season because there’s a chance for revival now that Big Brother introduced a new challenge behind the scenes. It’s called the Battle Back challenge. Much like with Survivor’s Redemption Island concept, the last houseguest voted out each week will battle against the next in pairs to fight for a chance to get back in the game. These pairings will continue until at the end the final winner of the Battle Back competitions has a chance to re-enter the game of Big Brother.
June 30th HOH competition
After Jozea’s sad and shocking (to some) exit, Julie sent them in the backyard for a new HOH competition. Although they usually put feeds back up right away when the live show ends, June 30th was an exception. So, we missed seeing the results play out. Instead, we heard about them from the houseguests long afterward. In the end, Paulie won HOH, so the power remains on the veterans’ side, at least as long as he remains unaware of the 8Pack alliance. Paul and Victor, still stunned from Jozea’s departure, pitched an alliance to Paulie. In the process they slammed “lying and shifty James” as well as arguing that the three of them could go far because beefcakes be bold with bravado, bro. They talked about their loyalty and strength, etc. and it’s not really clear how Paulie will respond but either way, he’s in a strong position.
Victor and Bronte “shit their pants”
The after game faces were priceless, from cheerful flirting between Nicole and Corey – to Bronte and Victor mumbling about “shitting their pants right now” into the bathroom mirror side-by-side. Lots of convos continued but it wasn’t the fireworks fiesta many feedsters anticipated. Thing is, these newbie cage-matchers may not have been masters of the game coming in but they’re not dummies either. It’s a magical moment to see hipsters wake up and realize what they don’t know in a situation might actually outweigh what they do know. Grasshoppers be learnin’ big time, bro. Frank and Tiffany had a post-feud pow wow and they too experienced some deep learning on June 30th. Tiff says she realizes that maybe her tone when talking to others can be a bit aggressive and Frank tells her he has the same challenge. Perhaps it’s because they’re so alike in this way that they locked horns? They bond. So, a slice of personal insight pie was enjoyed by all on this last evening of June.
Tiffany makes peace with Frank
Even we at Fetchland were reminded of an important life lesson on June 30th Big Brother 18. We noticed a retweet from former BB15 cage-matcher, Amanda Zuckerman, a beautiful and ferocious competitor in her own right. She tweets a perfectly timed and helpful message about humanity; that team we’re all on together.
Amanda Zuckerman – BB15 Houseguest
Jozea couldn’t possibly process everything that just happened when he’s sitting there next to Julie only minutes after leaving the BB house and he probably feels like a fool. Big Brother has taught us over the years that being in your early twenties on a national TV show doesn’t always bring out the best in a human. But one thing it does for certain is hold up a mirror for us to see this humanity in ourselves and often flinch in recognition. We’re just lucky that when we acted an ass (in our 20s especially – right guys?) there weren’t six million people watching and eager to cheer our demise from their respective couches. But, yes, Jozea did sign up for this and we’re not saying it’s a crime being entertained by a fun show. Let’s just also remember he’s a human too. And how much fun would it be to see him re-enter the game? Anyone who remembers Rachel’s, “I’m BACK, bitches!” knows this resurrection would be a certifiable blast.
Paulie fields alliance offers as new HOH
It’s going to be a busy holiday weekend ahead in the Big Brother house with the Roadkill competition, nominations, Veto competition and subsequent Veto ceremony all before those of us outside the BB house are even back at work next week. Stay tuned to Fetchland for all the dirty deets on the feeds daily and you can check out our tweets at @RuiningBB18.
– Katherine Recap
