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• Its back beetches!,tribephyl, 08:20 PM, 06-24-15
• The first 8,tribephyl, 08:31 PM, 06-24-15
• The first HOH comp,tribephyl, 08:42 PM, 06-24-15
• James 1st HOH,tribephyl, 08:53 PM, 06-24-15
• Twin Twist.,tribephyl, 08:57 PM, 06-24-15
• RE: BB17 | ECST Discussion | Week 1,kingfish, 08:28 AM, 06-25-15
  • RE: BB17 | ECST Discussion | Week 1,tribephyl, 09:16 PM, 06-25-15
    • RE: BB17 | ECST Discussion | Week 1,kingfish, 08:33 AM, 06-26-15
      • RE: BB17 | ECST Discussion | Week 1,Flowerpower1, 05:45 PM, 06-27-15
• Thursday...BBTakeOver,tribephyl, 08:32 PM, 06-25-15
  • 2nd HOH Comp.,tribephyl, 08:56 PM, 06-25-15
    • Sit-Outs,tribephyl, 08:58 PM, 06-25-15
      • RE: Sit-Outs,kingfish, 08:40 AM, 06-26-15
• RE: BB17 | ECST Discussion | Week 1,kingfish, 08:59 AM, 06-29-15
• Eviction Night,tribephyl, 10:10 PM, 07-02-15

LAST EDITED ON 06-24-15 AT 08:33 PM (EST)

James has a country boy accent.

Meg is a devout fruit-fly.

Jace is "California Jones".

Audrey is not a small town girl.

Austin is a medieval romantic.

Davonne (pronounced Day-Vaughn) is a dealing parent.

Clay is ... *drool*

Shelli is a flipper.

These 8 get their keys and enter the house...

DaVonne, Shelli, Clay and Austin enter first.

DaVonne: Oh My gawd oh my gawd oh my gawd.

Austin is "Andre Copperfield the Giant Magician"

Clay is... *drool*

Then the other four rnter.

James is lost.

Audrey is overwhelmed. And promises to "tell her truth".

No dresses/skirts on the bridge. See-through floor and all.

Pop the champagne and get to know each other.

Jace is a pedi-cab driver.

Clay is from dickenson... *drool*

Shelli is planning on puma-ing Clay.

Shelli has a twin. Clay notices Shelli.

Clay and Shelli share a heart-murmur.

Davonne is a major bluffer.

Austin was scouted.

Meg is Taylor Swifting James.

James is country.

Audrey... outs herself! WooHoo!

Clay is amazed by Audrey's reveal.

Audrey: Buckle up beetches!

Fun Intro.

LAST EDITED ON 06-24-15 AT 08:32 PM (EST)

The "ladies" gather and discuss not trusting the guys.
Audrey/Shelli/DaVonne form the first alliance (of virtually millions to come).

Audrey, our first man-hater.

She then tells the cast, so far, about herstory.

Everyone is appreciative. Clay is still amazed.

Chenbot shouts to HGs and then reveals the next twists...
Fan favorite game change...
BotB returns. *weeps*
2 HOHs crowned. Each nominate 2 hamsters.
Nominee pairs Battle.
The winning team dethrones their nominating HOH.

Julie then mentions the first HOH and that 1 HG will be forced to sit-out of the first HOH.
DaVonne volunteers.

Kevin Fraser Co-Hosts the first comp.

UFOh No! (aka Flying Tomatoes)
Catch 10 tomatoes to win.

James and Austin get the first tomato. Meg loses. James gets another. Clay also gets one.

Clay falls and is out. Meg also out. Austin also out. James still alive and in the lead.

Jace, Audrey, Shelli and James still in.

James gets four. Audrey gets 2, Jace gets a couple...
Audrey, Jace and James all at 5 tomatoes.

James now has 6.
Now 7.
Now 8.
And of course every hamster believes that James is MORE than a country boy.
Audrey wants to prove she's more than a woman.
Shelli wants people to believe she's capable.
Ooops...everyone fell off their platforms at the same time...

Coming up...the slow play, by CBS producers.

Photoplay shows James was the last to fall off.

The gather and Julie introduced the "twist".
New Twist EVERY Week.
Welcome to the "BB Takeover".

When you hear "Get ready for a takeover!" quickly gather in the living room for instructions.

HGs commence the strategizing, paranoia, sabotages, etc.

Julie promises even more twists. (Probably referring to the Audience-Only twist)

Identical twins are switching in the house and will be competing as 1 hamster. at juryphase they'll both play if they both make it.

Other 6 HGs are introduced...

Then 2 more that look identical to one (or two) of the players we met today or perhaps from tomorrow nights introductees.

LAST EDITED ON 06-25-15 AT 08:29 AM (EST)

We're going to need a cheat sheet to keep up with the twists.

Also, I guess Audrey answered the "cut" or "tucked" question (oh come on, some of you also wondered, right?). As little as I know about that kind of transition, I also wonder about the facial hair. Does she still shave? It actually seems to be eliminated, the other hamsters apparently didn't notice any stubble. So, hormones? Laser?

LAST EDITED ON 06-25-15 AT 09:16 PM (EST)

Hormones are an integral and early part of transitioning.

Hair doesn't grow on the face (as much). But with female identifying trans-gendered folks, hair growth is normally not testosterone heavy to begin with.

But hormones alone can aletr the voice, cause mammorial growth, inhibit hair growth in male-typical areas and change hair density in others. As well as seriously reduce the amount of viable sperm, even from the low-hangin'-est set. Adams Apple carving (and of course changing the penis into a vagina) are the most "painful" parts. But considering her transitional surgery was YEARS ago, shaving is pretty much a thing of the past for her... unless we're speaking of her legs, arms, knuckles and perhaps back.

Carving? Inverting? Ouch! Double ouch.

Seen from the back, it seems she has also developed womanly hips. Guessing implants? Collagen?

So, a transgender woman wants to form a woman's alliance to run the guys out of the house. This year she wants a woman (presumably herself) to win? Well, I happen to know that it's just a clever plan by the guys (Clever hardly describes it. Hell, even Probst would run out of superlatives), and as soon as Audrey wins, she will peel off the various prostheses and step in to a pair of Levi's and cowboy boots as a man (well, maybe she'll need a prosthetic "Bulge").

So that a man wins again. Clever indeed.

Now that's entertainment!

I thought Audrey played it well the first couple of days. She's known to be a serious gamer and a very SUPER fan. She's also very intelligent. But, I've heard that she doesn't play well with other girls. So, I found the girl alliance quite interesting.

I've heard that she won't do well in the confines of the cage and that her true colors will shine through, and not in a good way. We'll see...?

A skoosh late but so far I gather we only missed the second 6 enter the house, then all 14 ponder what the 2 extra chairs are representative of.

Then...
Julie introduces TAR Host, Phil.
Phil talks about Jeff/Jordan and Rachel/Brendon being BB pairs that ran the Amazing Race.
Time to pay-it-back.
Then he re-introduces Jeff/Jackie from season 6.
Julie admits that the two of them will be the last two entrants.

Inside the house...
"BigBrother Takeover!"
Phil introduces the twist to the houseguests...then introduces Jeff and Jackie to the houseguests.

Jeff and Jackie admit to not being together to the houseguests but also admit in the diary room that they both trust each other and that they are a pair.

Same as before, 1 HG has to sit-out.

Vanessa volunteers for the sit-out.

UFOh-No!
This time they're all dressed in overalls and are themed with being "in the film"
Each is attached to a bungee and must hold on to a pole. The passing UFO will try to suck them up.

Steve DOESN'T want to win.
Jason desperately wants to win.
The aliens spew something green on them.
UFO returns and the pulling gets harder.

Steve is Out! (And worries about a 'weakest' target attached to him.)

Jeff just plain out gives up.

John, the annoying dentist, says the pain he's going through is worse than anything he's ever doled out. The get's sucked up and blames the aliens for probing him.

We're left with Jackie, Jason and Liz.
Now Liz is out.

Jackie or Jason for 2nd HOH?

Jackie is Out.

Jason is HOH.

Phil reappears on the screen to the houseguests.

Calling out DaVonne and Vanessa. Telling them that as sit-outs they can expect something good from something bad.

So you see, once again the image of logic is shattered.

Something bad? What was bad about avoiding getting goo soaked? Not getting a chance to be the first head of house thus the first object of hatred by at least two house guests and whatever allies they've managed to scrape together hardly seems to be a bad thing either.

So, first thing, right off the bat, James comes up with an intricate backdoor scheme which, if the plan isn't immediately derailed by pissed off pawns that were pressed into service against their will, and if somehow the Veto competition is controlled enough to open up a spot on the block for Jace, and if James manages to get sufficient cooperation and votes from hamsters he just barely met, Jace will be booted.

Jace, the unsuspecting self deluded guy with the "great social game".

Then, of course, James will have to manage the aftermath which will include some involuntary pawns with grudges.

I'm all for it, Jace is maximum irritation, but this will be a test of crisis management for James. I kinda like the kid, so I hope he pulls it off, but it looks like a really bad course of action for this early in the game. The risks outweigh the rewards because I don't see what advantage is gained by eliminating Jace, and the risk of getting in the crosshairs and being a logical name for nomination by almost anyone are pretty good.

Of course, just winning the first HOH was a pretty dumb move.

.

Julie talks about Kathy Griffin. BBTakeover#2?

Jackie and Jace on the block. Jace is the predicted boot, let's see if that stays true.

Jace thinks this week is... #ThingsworsethanY2K

Jace turns on HOH/James (not smart) then sides with the minority (also not smart) then exhaustively attempts to campaign against Jackie (two-year-old smart)... when all he needed to do was get Audrey involved. Could he make the "biggest comeback in BB history EVER"?! Doubtful. More likely he just as delusional as 96% of BB contestants and 00% of winners.

TwinTwist introduction:

Liz and Julia
Switching clothes and hamster stories.
Twin sisters fight over getting each other in some "trouble" with speaking out of "character".

Julie teases that they switch, POST-Vote, live... *squee*

Nominee speeches...
Jackie is great.
Jace is a douchebag.

Voting begins...

Jeff votes to evict ... Jace
DayVon votes to evict Jace. "Bye."
Jason ecstatically votes to evict Jace.
Audrey follows through with...wait...what?... Audrey votes to evict JACKIE!
Steve votes to evict Jace.

4 for Jace, 1 for Jackie

...

Liz walks in... they both vote for Jace...Julia walks out.
Austin regrettably votes for Jace.
Meg votes for Jace.

JACE is "Offically" OUT.

John votes for Jace.
Clay votes for Jace.
Becky sides with the majority and votes for Jace.
Shelli votes for Jace.
Vanessa votes for Jace.

Jackie's 1 vote will DEFINITELY cause waves! (Go Audrey!)

Jace is evicted.

Jace "tumbles" upon exiting!

Frankie Grande in the audience.

Julie confronts Jace on the "single" vote for Jackie.
Jace says that he is always himself. He claims the vote is from Audrey. Bends over backwards for Audrey and trans-gendered folks everywhere.

Jason is a prick in the goodbye message.
Austin fights for Jace's honor.

Julie fills Jace in on the twin twist.

Jace was CLEARLY outplayed.

...

BBTakeover...Kathy Griffin!

Kathy: Keep alliances secret.

She wishes that Audrey, DayVon and Shelli had kept their original alliance alive.

Kathy likes Audrey. She wants her to STOP getting involved and to STOP sleeping in. Kathy's twist is...

"The Power of The Last Laugh."
She will make daily calls...

The 7th caller will get to keep 3 people from being evicted.

On to the 2nd HOH. (James can't play.)
Random draw decides the two groups to play in round 1 and round 2.

Comp Name: "Ginger Fever"

Assemble a NEW billboard for Kathy.

Group #1:
Steve is leading...
nothing exciting happens, then...

Becky Wins HOH#1.

...

Group #2:
Shelli leads...
Audrey looking good...
Shelli is way up...

Shelli wins HOH#2!!!

What will 'the ladies' do?
Well that's really only up to one of them as the noms will have to play BotB and dethrone one of them.

Regardless... Julie promises that Kathy will have LOTS of influence over the game... this week.

...

BBTakeOver!!!

Kathy Griffin introduces her twist.

She promises the "last laugh at the next eviction".

Kathy: "Panic and come up with crazy theories."

DayVon: The last laugh? I like that.

...End credits...