And if that wasn't enough, then Diane says, "Well I've told everyone about my twin, and we're identical.  They could pop Lindsay in this house one day and no one would know ever know." 

I'm really thinking that part of the game is some kind of reward for the HG that figures out what's going on.  Now you may be sitting at home thinking, "How dumb can these people be--  not to figure it out."  But remember, we know it's happening, and we still haven't figured it out.

"I'm looking forward to the first live eviction show on "Big Brother 5" this Thursday night. Everyone on the show adds something interesting to the house, so it will be tough to say goodbye to one person. And tomorrow night, we reveal which housemate has an identical twin also playing the game." - Julie Chen, Early Show Newsletter

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10:45AM After a restless night for most of the HGs, everyone's starting to get up.  The news of the morning includes that Jase has admitted to Scott that he's starting to fall for Holly for real.  Marvin has taken his sexual frustration in hand.  

Have you seen Holly's movie, "Director's Cut?"  Here's the trailer [2 minutes]   Here's Holly as the Gamers Gear Gal

JokerUpdates has some great photos and observations from Diane and Lindsay's "Maxim" spread.  Click Here

6:45PM  Will says he met Ben at the audition.  He's just like Drew, only shorter and stockier.  Sounded like Will liked Ben's look even better than he likes Drew.

Here's Proof Ben is in the House  Click Here  I'm pretty sure the two pictures in today's gallery are Ben, not Drew.  Here's a commercial from CBS (in Real format).

It's Bedtime in the Big Brother House.  In the cloud room Drew, Diane, and Scott are in bed together. Bedtime for Bonzo [8 minutes]

Meanwhile, Lori tells Karen that it feels like they're 12 year olds that sleep over each other's house every night. Karen say she doesn't know what that's like, her school years were sort of twisted. The monologue that followed was one of the funniest stories ever told in the BB house. During junior high she wore braces, with full headgear. Her mother would do her hair in pigtails and stick them through the sides of the headgear. It was around that time that she got fat, four foot seven inches and weighing in at 140. The school store didn't have a uniform in her size, so she had to wear it unbuttoned. She was a mess, but so was the rest of her hometown. She was picked on constantly. One person that teased her mercilessly was killed. She looked forward to her high school 10 year reunion so she could show off how good she turned out. The hottest girl in her school got pregnant at 17 and is still living with her mother. The class president committed a double suicide with his girlfriend (asphyxiation by automobile exhaust). This was her chance to shine and be better then them, but because there ware so many tragedies in her class, the reunion was called off. As I write this, it doesn't sound funny, but to hear Karen tell it, it was a riot.   Karen's Life [5 minutes]  

10:00AM Wake-Up Call  The PoV meeting will be today at noon.,  Noon:  FotH  BTW, I'd like to thank ScottishTXn for suggesting that FotH stands for "Fish of the House."  For the last three years we've used the abbreviation FotH (Front of the House) to say that the live feeds were blocked out (in BB1, when they wanted to block out a scene, they'd show the HG's chicken coop in the BY). FotH has also become a polite expletive in chat rooms and forums, like "What the FotH are you talking about?"  I thought we'd need to change our vernacular now that the front of the house is a bubbling aquarium.  And to all of you that complain that the sound of water in the FotH makes you go to the bathroom:  big deal. It's so much better than the music that sounded like someone sawing through a violin.  So this FotH was over at 12:25PM.  

12:30PM Mike Speaks  The Don, as they call him, has been so quiet and disassociated.  Apparently he wasn't saved by the PoV.  He's happy to be going home.  He can't imagine what he'd do in that house for twelve more weeks.  He considers himself "a homebody"  and of course he misses his kids.  Scott and Mike talk about reality show fame [11 minutes]  

From My Mailbox:  A few people caught a remark made by Adria (on last night's clip 11:55PM) Adria says, "I'm working hard in this house from one to six everyday."  Is it a clue?  On the subject of Holly/Molly:  It's quite possible that the IMDb is in error, and Holly once went under the name "Molly Michelle" and got two listings by mistake, therefore; there might only be one (let's hope so).   On the subject of "In Touch" magazine:  The magazine never said anything about Jase and Scott being married to each other.  That's just a ridiculous chat room rumor.  "In Touch" did say that one of the HGs (a twin) is in a committed relationship.  I believe this was falsely interpreted to mean that the person's mate was in the house.  I think they just meant that Adria, for example,  is married, but not  necessarily to someone in the house. 

Disturbing quote of the day, Drew: "I like helping my cousin sort her Barbie® clothes and put them in Zip-Loc® bags."

Holly: "Have you noticed, Diane doesn't always have a stutter?"

3:15PM BBT  Nothing's going on, you're not missing a thing....  Marvin and Scott are playing golf in the BY.  5:00PM Still nothing happening.  Karen's in the kitchen with Jase, Lori and Cowboy getting dinner ready. Drew and Diane are trying to take a nap.  Mike and Marvin are chatting on the patio.  Adria's in the DR (again!), then Lori was called in. 

9:00PM  Another Bubblebath.  I guess Cowboy and Scott enjoyed bathing together last night because the ritual was repeated tonight until Holly took his place in the tub with Scott. 

Metrosexual:  Jase brought his own mascara to the BBH, but hasn't used it because he doesn't want the people on the internet (hey, that's us!) watching him apply it.  Jase, Drew, and Scott all admit to trimming their pubic hair.   Drew shaves his chest, Jase shaves his arm pits, and Scott shaves everything.   Not Metrosexual, Just Scary:  As a joke, Scott sucked Jase's toes while in the bathtub.  Scott:  "How did that feel?"   Jase:  "Kind of strangely sexy, really."  Scott has named his testicles "the Olson twins."  Jase dated a 38 year women that wanted to buy him a BMW.   Scott:  "This isn't fair.   Drew has Diane, Jase is married to Holly, who do I have?"   Cowboy:  "You have me!"  Scott who posed naked in "Playgirl," won't take a shower for fear someone on the 'net will see him nude. Scott walked in on Cowboy in the toilet, and says it was "the biggest piece of meat I've ever seen."   Since we're getting personal: Men Have Needs [7 minutes]  (I can't believe I spend my summers writing this crap.)

Just as in every other season, this cast thinks they are the best, most entertaining of all the BB groups. 

By 1:45AM Jase and Holly were in bed talking about movies,  but Holly still has questions about Jase's level of respect for her.  They haven't kissed yet.

9:45PM  Wake-Up Call  There have been intermittent signs of life all morning,  but nothing really productive.  Most of the HGs skip breakfast and just go for coffee, then it's to the BY for sun and chatter.  My assessment of Jase's feelings for Holly might not have been accurate, last night  Jase is still acting all lovey-dovey and attentive. 

Jase asks Will what he thinks about re-styling Cowboy: blonde, loosing the goatee, and trimming his eyebrows. 

Find the Fakes in this Foto

Nah, I won't be tacky...  The "brick walls" are just textured panels nailed to trailers that make-up the Big Brother house.  The vines and flowers "growing" on the wall are silk, and stapled to the fake brick.  Now, is it Holly, or Molly?

Noon  Adria is called to the DR and Scott notes that Adria is always being called to the DR.  If it is time to switch Adrias, the timing's not too fair.  The Adria I was watching just spent twenty minutes getting ready to go outside...  Had her bikini on, put lotion on, and made sure she was looking TV-ready in her sun hat. 

Nakomis has a new hair color today.  Her natural color is a "dirty blonde."

By reading the message board, I have learned the Jennifer spells it "Nakomis,"  and I have corrected it throughout the site.  This is from her Yahoo profile (which was there earlier today and is now gone).

Adria thinks she's the leader of an alliance that includes Nakomis and Diane.  Diane, who also thinks she's the leader, has heard that Scott make use the PoV to save Mike, in which case Jase would put her or Adria up.  If Diane is HoH next week, she's thinking of putting up Marvin.  Her line of thinking is the Marvin wants to go home anyway, and they need to put up a guy to show they mean business and are really in the game.  

I haven't heard of any plans to save Mike.  As for  Marvin, Diane says that Marvin was convinced to stay in the game while the doctor was looking at his ankle.  The truth is, Marvin went in the DR Thursday night to tell BB he didn't want to stay.  Of course we don't know what BB told Marv, but when he came out of the DR he had changed his mind.  When he related the story to Scott, he just said the BB said, "You'll want to stick around and see what happens."  

4:15PM  Holly got a sunburn.  6:00PM Karen told a long story about how she got her dog from the pound they day it was to be put to sleep.  After she left, Mike and Marvin mocked her for boring them with a her dumb pet story. Marvin: "I'd rather hear another Hollywood story than that bullshit."

6:45PM Dinner is Served  Tonight's entrée was salmon.

7:45PM Will is called into the DR and the HGs are able to hear the session over the PA.  There was nothing personal in the conversation, mostly a reprimand for fiddling with his mic.  Will was ticked off when the HGs told him about the snafu.  This isn't anything new, it happened all the time last year.  An HG would start talking in the DR and everyone in the house would yell, "We can hear you!" 

He Sees Dead People  Marvin admits that he has dreams of the copses getting up from the table, ghosts and other scary things all the time.  His father, who started the family funeral business, was nearly 100 when he died. 

10:00PM BBT  So I'm switching around the feeds trying to find one without Holly's voice for a while, when I see the cameraman doing close-ups of Scott's crotch.  Ever so your web servant, I start capturing, what looks like something that will lead to nudity.  I should note here that I am on constant patrol looking for boobies, thongs and anything else of the womanly physique I can capture, so don't label me, not that there's anything wrong with that.  So I'm capturing Scott in the bathroom, talking about his penis.  There never is any nudity, but the cameraperson, is in love with this guys body.  I ended up with twenty minutes of Scott and Cowboy taking a bubble bath together.  I find this to be one of the most surreal, if not just bizarre moments from this season.  Adding to strange scene is Marvin moving in to watch from his usual spot by the tub.  I'm posting the video, with all the glitches, for those that wish to view it.  If you get bored, just stop it, it doesn't get any better.   Mr Bubble makes bath time good clean fun [19 minutes]

10:55PM BBT  Holly still feels Marvin is harassing her, disrespecting womankind, always using profanity, and shouldn't be in the house, "He rubs up against me in the kitchen, cusses and says mean things."

While in the hot tub with Karen, Lori and Diane, Holly asks Jase to call Marvin over to them.  Holly tells Marvin outright, "I said you were harassing me."
Marvin replies, "Shut up, you're full of shit." and leaves. 

She says Marvin put his hand down her blouse.  Holly: "When I snap at him he always says, 'What are you on your period?'"  Lori finds him annoying too, "It's just a stupid thing, like obviously he knows if I get HoH I'm going to put him up. It's just so annoying.  When I confront him he says 'No, no, no, I'm just being cool.'"

In Marvin's defense, no in or out of the house has confirmed any touching.  He does use the "MF" word a whole lot, like when being told dinner would be in ten minutes, Marvin said: "Shit. You could've cooked a turkey for as long as you've been in there. The motherfucker should be done! I'll eat me some salmon raw." 

11:15PM BBT  The guys talked to Marvin, and he appreciated the "heads-up."  After Marvin leaves the pow-wow in the HoH, the boys turn on the spy-cam to check out the other team.   Cowboy talks to Drew, and assures him that the four horseman (AKA KotRT) alliance is alive and well, and he (Drew) is a part of it.  Drew's one lucky guy.  He's been taken into every alliance, everyone's confidence, without asking or doing anything. 

11:55PM Natalie in the House?  Scott and Adria have a long strategy talk in the HoH.  Adria slips and refers to herself as "Nashalie."  I didn't spell that wrong, that how she said it. You'll hear it on the clip, about two minutes in.   She did even sound like she tried to cover.  Later she says she calls on her "inner Natalie."  You'll hear that on the clip, about five minutes in.  Scott also tells her they're suspicious that she's a player because she get called to the DR so often.  Adria Natalie and Scott Talk in HoH [11 minutes]  

Holly enters the HoH and informs the boys she'll be sleeping with Will tonight.  She slept with Jase.

12:50AM  BBT Jase undresses on camera.  Sorry gang, I didn't get the captures.  If you did, please send them.

The hamsters were up to 4:00AM.  I didn't make it that late. Holly and Jase had a quarrel that was later patched up.  I didn't received any reports of more noteworthy happenings.

There have been signs of life all morning,  Karen, Nakomis, and Will have been in the kitchen chatting since around 10:00.  At 10:45 AM they had the official wake-up call. and told that the PoV contest [part two] starts in sixty minutes.  The competition was not shown.  There were six HGs  remaining in the contest, we know they were told to wear sneaks that they didn't mind getting wet. Marvin hurt his ankle during yesterday's PoV competition and will get to see a doctor today.

12:00 BBT:  Part Two of a Two Part PoV Contest is in progress.  All feeds are SharkCam. 

2:00PM Scott Wins.  The first Golden PoV of BB5 was won by Scott.  This PoV sounds like it can be traded,  no details yet.

Scott Quotes of the day:  I told the producers I have to be able to masturbate in the house or I'll blow up."  and...  "I wish we had some Chinese people in the house.  Them are some funny little fuckers."

2:16PM Jase and Holly Take a Bath   It's becoming a daily ritual that someone baths with Holly while Marvin pulls up a seat to watch.  Today the lucky fella was Jase, and Holly asked him to shave her legs. 

3:00PM Another Long FotH  When we return everyone's just hanging around.  There's talk of dressing up like the 80's.  Will volunteers to give them "the queer eye" (that's fashion advice).

6:50PM The HGs go about getting dinner ready. They've been on indoor lockdown  since the PoV contest.  It was a nice day and they are all bummed that they were stuck inside all day.  The LD was over at 7:05PM, and BB had returned the yard back  to normal. 

Diane invited Will to join the "Girl Power" alliance.  Their first target for eviction is Scott. If they get HoH they'll put Scott and Jase up together so they'll be sure to get one of them.  Diane told Will they'll try to keep Drew around as long as possible.  After Scott is out they'll work on get Holly out.   

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Is Holly Part of a DNA Experiment? A bunch of my readers have suggested I look into Holly King's acting credits.  The questions is:  "Are Holly and Molly twin sisters?"  Holly was in a movie called "Director's Cut,"  with another actress using the name "Molly Michelle,"  they look alike.  Check it out.  IMDb details on "Director's Cut."

Other conspiracy theories out there:  Some of the HGs noticed that Diane's neck is different from from her neck in the photo on the memory wall.  Drew broke down crying after Scott went on a tirade about BB doing things to manipulate the game.  Was it because of guilt?  Is Drew part of the plan?  Or was it Ben that cried? 

10:00PM Big Brother Surprises the HGs with Beer.  Looks like these people get along too well, so BB is stirring the pot and adding a little alcohol to the recipe. 

There's lots of plotting going on, the alliances aren't as strong as they may look.  Even before the beer came, Adria, who seems pretty good at playing the game, isn't as big of a Karen fan as she sometimes appears to be.  She's not happy that sometimes Karen prefers to be "one of the boys."

The KotRT aren't blind to what's going on.  Michael tells Scott that he thinks Karen and Will have aligned, and to be safe they should both be put on the block next week.  Scott would rather go with a Holly/Karen ticket, everyone would Holly out.

Will talked to Drew and filled him in on Diane's offer.  Will, Drew, Jase, Karen and Lori have their own pact.  Their plan is to put up Adria and Diane.  They don't see Holly as a threat, so she's not on the hit list.

The big project for tomorrow is Adria dying Nakomis' hair orange.  If things don't go well, she'll cut it off and wear a Mohawk.

Diane: "Have you noticed that Holly isn't even the same person she was last week?"  Diane, Will and Scott noticed that she's not always "dumb,"   "she's completely different today..."  Meanwhile; Jase was saying to Will: "She's been weird to me recently. She went into the DR, and then when she came out she was acting completely different."

Even Nakomis bends over backwards to fit in with the others

1:30AM BBT:  Most of the kids are in the backyard practicing cheerleading stunts led by Adria. Scott and Drew basket toss Lori into the air several times and BB warns them to be safe, they don't want anyone hurt.

This is a pretty enjoyable group.  They laugh a lot and get along well together, except for Mike who tends to isolate himself. Drew is quiet, but liked by the others.  They don't completely trust each other, it's still early, and they know they'll have to whittle down the numbers. 

9:45AM BBT:  Big Brother woke a sleeping house.  Everyone got up and did their ADLs.  BB had left them some hula-hoops in the yard.  I don't know if they are to practice for a competition, or just so we can watch pretty people gyrating in the California sun.  Update:  There's a post on the putting green, they will play a ring toss game for tonight's food competition, or maybe even the PoV.

After primping, Karen and Lori listen to Marvin and Drew explain the workings of the male anatomy.

By 11:00AM the HGs were cleaning up the house for tonight's show.  At noon, Cowboy (Michael), and Nakomis were practicing tossing hula-hoops. Drew was playing catch with a hacky sack.  Scott (he's from Pittsburgh) says he knows Alison's ex-boyfriend, Donny.  Last year, we thought Robert was a name-dropping-bullshitter, but Scott and Will talk like they're going for the championship.  

OTOH, Cowboy is completely down to Earth.  He was shocked when he heard that a couple had spent $17,000 on a wedding reception and honeymoon.  His wedding (he's engaged, you know) will be held at a hall that charges $1,000.  That price includes beer and cheeseburgers, "and they clean up for you afterwards."

Karen heard about Shannon cleaning the toilet with Hardy's toothbrush on BB2.  She was very worried it would happen again and wanted to bring an extra toothbrush she could hide in a safe place.

12:55PM Indoor LD until 1:30PM, then outdoor LD from 2:00PM to 2:45PM.  Will on Queens [6 minutes]  

The broadcast started with Jase getting his HoH room, then Michael telling Jase and the other guys that Nakomis is his sister.  They decided to tell her as a group, at first she thought it was a gag.  She took it rather well, there was some emotion, but it was gradual, it took some time for it to sink in that it was all real.  Both Michael and Jennifer were called to the DR where there were letters to both of them, from their common father.  It was a pretty intense moment for an episode of Big Brother.  Marvin didn't believe it, and after talking to the other guys, they weren't buying the story.

Jase: "Thank God they weren’t making out on the first night. If she had shown up with a cowboy hat on, it might have been on!"

Next was a luxury competition to get the key to the hot tub, and food for the night.  The guys decided to wear women's panties for the competition (???), everyone but Mike went along with the plan.  In the game, Margarita Madness, they had to construct a giant margarita, and get the key to the hot tub from a block of ice.  They accomplished the task and won the hot tub and the party with food. 

Next, Jase finds out about the spy screen in the HoH room, he decides to tell the other KotRT.  Jase makes his choices for nominations, the ceremony is held, and Mike and Nakomis are nominated.

Meanwhile, back at the house...  The Don is still antagonizing KotRT, or the "four horsemen" as they now call themselves.  The Don has watched every Big Brother, most of the other HGs only watched the DVDs.  One of the reasons Mike was nominated is because they felt threatened by his vast knowledge of all things BB.  He failed to learn the basic people skills that would have endeared him to the group. 

Everyone is joyous and gathered around the kitchen island, expect for Mike, who is sitting alone at the dinning room table.

7:00PM - 7:15PM: FotH  Then the Food Comes!  The week of PB&J is up and BB called them to the storage which was fully stocked with food. Although the room is filled with food, if they loose the next challenge, the leftovers will be taken away.  Big Brother tells them the next food challenge won't be for another week

Marvin, who is quite a chef, was busy in no time preparing stuffed chicken breasts.   Michael: "Hey do you want to have watermelon for lunch tomorrow?"  Marvin replied: "Come on dawg, I'm a Black man.  I can't be seen on TV eating watermelon."   Mike joined Marvin in the kitchen after the others went outside.  Marvin took Mike step-by-step through the process of making the stuffed chicken.  Mike's buddy is an executive chef, but never got around to teaching Mike how to cook.  Tomorrow Marvin is making spaghetti. 

8:00PM  Lori and Will are sitting in the hammock. Will speculates on the next targets for eviction.  He feels the powers that be will go after Holly,  Nakomis. Diane and Marvin.  IMHO, Will is close, with the exception of Holly.  Although she has annoyed the majority of the HGs, Jase enjoys her company.  Since Jase is well connected, I think Holly's eviction might come in later on the list.  Will Plots [7 minutes]  

Tidbit: This week's PoV is believed to be "Golden," meaning that it can used on oneself and that the HoH will still select the alternate HG to go on the eviction block.

Sex Talk:  The after dinner conversation returned to sex.  Holly claims she's never touched herself, or ever had an orgasm, "It's just weird, I've just always been afraid to...  I wouldn't even know what to do."  Some Sex Chatter [8 minutes]  

Marvin Leavin'?  Jase tells Karen that he's been talking to Marvin, and he might leave the house voluntarily.  "He's just not havin' any fun."  It would be the first time in US BB history that someone quit. Later in the hot tub, Marvin confirms the story and says he's just about done with the game.  All he can think about is the money he's losing by being away from his business.  [Consider these possibilities:  Marvin talks the others into using the PoV to save Mike, and put him on the block instead.  Marvin stays and allows himself to be the nominee next week to save the group from picking someone.  Marvin was a plant and will be replaced by a twin.  Marvin walks and the show ends a week early]. 

Adria rallies the other girls to start an alliance.  She's concerned about who they will be sequestered with in Mexico.  [I should note, there is no official word that they're going to sequester in Mexico, or anywhere.] Of course Holly isn't welcome in their group.   Karen, Holly, Drew and Lori plan a commemorative painting [8 minutes]  

Midnight:  Scott notes that Mike applied and was interviewed for Big Brother 4.  He wants to know why the producers wanted Mike on the show so badly.  They already competed in part one of a two contest.  They know it's a "Golden Veto," and Scott thinks it's rigged to save Mike, because they never bring out the Golden Veto on the first week.  [He's wrong, it was Golden from the start in BB4.]  Scott confides his suspicions that the whole game is rigged to Karen and Drew.  He notes odd patterns of DR calls.  Scott thinks the producer's plans are to get him out, and keep Mike in.   A Conspiracy Theory [11 minutes]  Karen thinks the reason the show's rigged is because of how bad it was last year.  Drew didn't say a word through the first fifteen minutes.  When Scott said the show's all scripted, the feeds switched to the SharkCam. 

1:00AM BBT: Jase and Holly snuggle and chat in the HoH room.  I've been listening to them for a half hour, and there's nothing to report.  In one of the chat rooms Holly was described as: "like, Michelle's older and dumber sister," I concur.  

Jase tells Holly a long story about his parents getting killed by a drunk driver in a car accident.  Then he tells her it was all just a story.  Of course Holly's upset that he would make up such a thing.  He explained the he was just trying to break down her facade and get to her "real level."  He tries to tell her that the others see her as "the actress" and they don't trust her. She says that lots of people think she's just acting dumb, "But I'm just a happy-go-lucky person."  Meanwhile, the girls think Holly might be a plant to make them all look dumb. 

This graphic from the CBS web site shows three empty blocks.  There are three twins, Drew's brother Ben, Diane's sister Lindsay, and Adria's sister Nat.  Is this a graphical coincidence, or a clue that more than one twin will be playing?

8:20AM BBT  The HGs are up and about.  By 10:00AM they were in indoor LD.

Things we know:  The HGs had to win a luxury challenge to get the key to open the hot tub, they won it's open.  Nakomis (the HGs are calling her that, so I will too), has pierced nipples.  At one point she had 22 piercings.  Nakomis is naturally a blonde.  She smokes, Will was a smoker until he entered the house, and is using this as an opportunity to quit.  Scott waxes his eyebrows.

Joker's Updates has more pictures of Scott's spread in Playgirl.  CLICK HERE  Remember, this is full frontal nudity. Dreamer, of Joker's Updates, also has this capture of Drew's twin brother, Ben.

11:00AM Holly and Jase finally wake up.    Diane and Mike (the Don) plan an alliance with Adria and Drew.  11:49AM Outside LD.  Will says he was at a party with Seth Green, Wilmer Valderrama, McCauley Culkin, and Mila Kunis.  Will has a friend who dated Valderrama. 

12:30PM Adria led Holly and Lori in workout, after all. she's a fitness twin.  Will was asked out by Mark Christopher, the director of the movie, "Studio 54."  Will declined the invitation.   Will is quite the name dropper.  He sees Regis at the gym all the time.

Marvin's Quote of the Day: "I'm the first heterosexual African-American man in the Big Brother house in four years."

1:00PM After LD Jase is called to the DR.  It looks like it's nomination time, but I'm not sure Jase has made up his mind.  The keys were hung on the memory wall, but it's not time for noms yet.  At this point, Mike seems to be the favorite for first eviction.  It looks like Nakomis (they call her "Purple Haze") will go up with him.  The question is: Will the decoy take a hit?

Scott, Holly and Marvin try to figure out Big Brother's schedule, and Scott and Diane talk nominations.  Diane isn't just in the game for the money, she wants to further her modeling career.  Listen In [6 minutes]  Meanwhile,  Drew has pledged himself to both "the Don," and the KotRT.

Will's Quote of the Day: "Being in this house with Drew is like being a diabetic in an ice cream store.  He's just so adorable."

5:30PM BBT An extended FotH (it's really the shark tank this year) begins.  By 6:30PM the feeds were back and it was evident that Nakomis and Mike were nominated.  Nakomis seemed to be taking it very well.  Mike seems really despondent about the nomination, and is sitting alone on the patio.  Now we have to see what part, if any, the PoV will play in their plans. A minute with Mike [1 minute]  

11:00PM BBT  I'm still on duty.  The HGs are all sociable:  Hangin' out in the hot tub, experimenting with their food,  planning their wardrobes... Scott cut Drew's hair.  They discovered the LCD monitor behind the painting in the HoH.  No real shocking revelations.  They claim they're going to bed early, I hope so. 

Around 11:15PM, Mike was in the kitchen telling Diane and Drew how much power Scott has, and therefore Drew has the power too, because him, Scott and Jase are buddies.  Scott enters and says he's not even trying to win, he's a "big goofball that'll probably leave with a broken leg."  Scott has told the HGs that his goal is to get on MTV's "Viva la Bam"  or another show like "Jackass."

Later, Scott tells Diane that in addition to Playgirl, he posed in two other magazines, but he's too embarrassed to say just what the titles are.  The magazine jobs didn't pay much, his main source of income was from being on a professional sports team, he's not permitted to say what team, but he infers that if was the Raiders.  At the height of his career he was making $750,000 to pee in a cup and show up at practice.  He saved about $300,000 from his career, and realized it wouldn't last long.  Scott took a sales job with Pitney Bowes, but felt he was destined for something bigger and crazier.  Drew says he too has done some modeling.  

Thirteen people, four camera feeds, and your only choice is Michael and Adria's chess game.  Oh, Brother it's going to be long summer for us...

Live Feeds went live about 9:35PM BBT.  It looks like they're replacing the FotH with the SharkCam.  Of course this is an improvement, but it still makes you feel you're  missing a lot of live action.  Michael and Adria were playing chess, Holly and Will were in the hammock, most of the other HGs were sitting around them talking.  We find out that Holly claims she was raped in a parking garage.  She is called to the DR and Marvin relates the story to the others, who try to figure out if the story is real or not.

Later Scott is entertaining Holly with impersonations and stories from "The Lord of the Rings."  Holly says she doesn't feel comfortable being alone with Marvin.  She doesn't like his language, and earlier, he stuck his hand down her butt-crack. 

Scott and Michael to some strategizing in the bathroom.  They discuss the possibility of voting out Marvin.  Later Scott tells Jennifer that Diane and Holly hate each other.  Holly seems to have annoyed some of the HGs with stories that they consider unbelievable. 

11:20PM Holly tries to figure out what religion she is.  "Well, I don't understand.  Are Catholics Christian?  I'm not Catholic, so I'm not Christian.    I believe in God.

Jase and  Drew were talking in the HoH room.  Because the girls all dislike Marvin, they feel it would be better to keep him, since it'll be easy to get him out later.  This week they'll go after Mike (they call him "the Don").  They think they can put up Diane as the decoy. 

Marvin sits in bed with Adria for a while as she reads the Bible. 

Tonight's Broadcast:  The HGs moved in last week, but for us, it was the first night.  Starting with the broadcast-- Julie Chen welcomed the guests and showed us the HGs getting their keys. Then Julie let the first four into the house to select their beds, Adria, Lori, Michael and Jase.  The Second four were Jennifer, Marvin, Drew, Scott, Holly.  Diane Karen Will and Mike were the last four .  Then they all introduced themselves.  Jennifer told the group she wants to be called "Nakomis,"  as in the poem "Hiawatha's Childhood". 

Next was the food challenge.  It was a "food spiral,"  really pretty, looked like a big Christmas decoration, but it was supposed to be a DNA helix.  The HGs had to crawl through a rotating helix and grab molecules (glistening balls) to win foods.   Michael won prune juice, Lori won lobster tails and a key to a box with $10,000, but if she takes the $10,000 the other HGs get PB&J, if she turns the offer down, the offer goes to the next HG.  With a little encouragement (from Will), she took the offer and sentenced everyone to PB&J.  DR cuts from Scott, Marvin, and Jennifer showed their displeasure with her decision.

Next, as they settle in to the house, they start looking for "the gay guy."  Will has only confided in Lori, as they formed the first pact of BB5.  Michael, Jace  Scott and Drew and formed an alliance,

Michael is the half brother of Jennifer, Michael has never met his real father.  They were both born in Houston TX.  In the next segment, the HGs are sitting around the pool, talking about last names.  As soon as Michael  heard Jennifer's last name was "Dedmon," and they were from Texas,  Michael figured it out, but didn't tell her that he's her brother.  So far, Michael is the only one to know that Jennifer is his half sister.  Julie also teases us that there's yet another twist to be revealed tonight. 

The 9:00PM Segment started with the HoH competition.  They chose teams, Will was "odd man out."  They went outside, were they found treadmills and a mud pit. Half the HGs were on the treadmills, the other's were behind podiums.  The HG at the podium had to answer questions about the others.  With each question wrong, the treadmill sped up.  After the questions Michael, Karen, and Scott, remained.  Scott's treadmill was set at a walking pace, while the others had to jog to stay on.  Every five minutes, the pace will increase.  Michael was the next to fall into the mud.  Karen was eliminated, leaving Scott and his teammate Jase.  Will got to select who will answer the final question.  Jase was asked the question, got it right and won HoH.

Julie revealed that either Diane, Drew or Adria have an identical twin, that is also playing the game.  The twin will change places with her sister, unknown to the other HGs.  

Today she found the official web site of Karen O'Neil Ganci, the portrait artist that made the "stink pickle" remark that aired on Craig Kilborn's show.  Click here to check it out.  I was surprised, IMHO,  she's very talented.

As in previous years, you have two subscription options.  They're not real clear:  If you go for the $9.95 a month, you get all the real.com SuperPass content (music, baseball, etc.), it'll cost you $30 if you stick with BB5 for the whole season. You must cancel this plan after BB, or they continue to bill you.  The $24.95 deal gives you the whole three months of BB, but that's all.  Regardless of which option you select, there's no live feed until after the first show. 

Once you get the live feeds, you have to click on a different feed every 20 minutes or so, or the content will time out.  Various sites posted links to the feeds that didn't include the CBS border and buttons.  These feeds didn't time out.  If and when that info is available this year, I will post it.  Another alternative is to use a "reloader" which is a small program that emulates your log-in, so the content doesn't time out.  The bb5bbq.com will have one available here, once the feeds start.

Of course all of this requires that horrible real player software.

I also noted the disclaimer for the "live" content:

Just as the folks at real.com have a disclaimer, so do I:

Have you seen the new commercial?  Click here to view the video.  And there are commercials for Marcellas' "House Calls" show.  Take 1 & Take 2 & Take 3. 

Marcellas Reynolds, a houseguest on "Big Brother 3," and Gretchen Massey, an on-air host on Infinity Radio's KLSX Los Angeles, will interact with viewers though phone calls and e-mails, discuss events that transpire in the Big Brother house, offer prognostications, analyze strategies, interview former "Big Brother" houseguests as well as current houseguests following their eviction.  Full Details

Scott's Naked Playgirl Photo
Spamgirl at the bb5bbq.com has done it again!  The first site to dig up a picture of Scott from his April Playgirl shoot. (Warning: Full Frontal nakedness) Click Here

Holly: Aspiring Actress
Also on bb5bbq.com, there's some info on Holly' Kings acting career.  First, her credits from the imDB, next,  spamgirl found some of her modeling work, and a clip of her from the MTV show, "Fear." 

Three cheers to  bb5bbq.com, theSmokingGun.com of the Big Brother community.

We also know one of the twists:  two of the Big Brother guests are related, but neither even know the other exists.  Hear Julie tell us about BB5

I don't know what happened to the house tour with Erika and Nate, but ET had this tour hosted by producer Alison Grodner.  Click Here If that doesn't work go here and click on "'Big Brother' Set Visit".

The house and the guests all look promising seven guys, six girls.

ET gave us our first look at the guests tonight, and yes, Virginia, there is a homosexual.  ET looks at the house and speaks with the new HGs [2 minutes]

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