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Sunday, July 21, 2002: Amy Hates Chiara, Danielle to Pass

Yesterday, Amy made a remark to Chiara that her hobby was stealing other girl's boyfriends. Chiara took this to mean she's after Roddy and they've been sniping at each other ever since. Every time Chiara looks at Amy, she goes running to Marcellas. It looks like they may have talked things out a bit today. Chiara: "I was mad because I have to watch my weight, and now I have no treadmill and I have to eat PB&J, it wasn’t you." By noon they were friends and comparing notes on Josh. Amy told Chiara that Josh listens at DR door. And just a little while ago Amy was in the HoH room saying, "I want to tell the producers, next time you are looking for contestants for the show, don't go picking up drunken whores in the mall." but you know how it is, things could heat up again at any moment.

Marcellas and Danielle have pretty much decided to let the nominations of Tonya and Josh stand (and this could change at any moment). The word in their circle is that "Josh has got to go." But I wonder.... There's rarely a mention of Tonya. Could it be that Danielle's playing Marcellas, telling him "Josh has got to go," and really gunning for Tonya? If she really wants Josh out, she'd save Tonya, win points with her, and have Marcellas put Roddy or Eric up against Josh.

Around 2:00PM BBT, the HGs were preparing for the America's Choice competition. The winning challenge was Human Bowling. 3:15PM BBT: Danielle won the contest and selected the Orbit Elliptical Glider as the piece of exercise equipment to be added to the house.

5:30PM BBT: Sounds like Amy is starting to lose it! She's talking about leaving and has asked BB for Valium. Marcellas says she thinks she's Suzanne Sugarbaker ("Designing Women") and thinks of him as Anthony. 7:00PM BBT: Amy told Marcellas that if Danielle uses her veto, to nominate her, she wants to leave.

Tidbits: The doctor is coming to look at Tonya's leaking boob incisions. Josh shaved his chest. The live feeds showed Roddy full frontal today (no captures). Danielle got her period today (no captures).

Saturday, July 20, 2002: Danielle Has The Power of Veto!

I'd love to give you a rundown of the veto challenge, but all feeds were FotH for it. The important thing is that Danielle has won it, and it's pretty clear that she doesn't intend to use it. Update 3:30PM BBT: Or will she? Danielle asked Marcellas if she saves Josh, would he put up Gerry. Josh has told Roddy that Marcellas would, but Marcellas never said any such thing. Roddy's figured this out and knows that Josh is trying to use him. However, Marcellas is considering Roddy, because he's smart, "Too damn smart for his own good." I won't bore you with the details, Marcellas and Danielle aren't exactly a brain-trust. if/when they make a decision, I'll let you know. Oh yeah, and Amy wants to go home, "I'm just sick of dealing with people I don't like."

8:30PM BBT: Marcellas thinks that if he saves Josh, and gives the house what they want, a Gerry eviction, that Josh will look out for him. Hmm, just like Marcellas is looking out for Gerry who saved his ass last week? And comments like Marcellas saying Tonya has "the heart of a ho" isn't going to help when Tonya's out of the house and on the jury.

Josh Tries Some Damage Control: Poor Josh, he just doesn't understand. Josh has spent a lot of time today campaigning to stay in the house. At about Noon BBT, BB asked for all the HGs to vacate the house to prepare for the veto challenge. With everyone together, Josh uses the opportunity to address his housemates. Although he apologizes, he says he stands by his reasons for doing everything he has done so far in the house. I especially got a kick out of him trying to relate to Marcellas. Josh says "Sometimes you just have to talk." and then they don't.

Tidbits: The HGs have been planning their own talent show. Amy told BB she'll be singing a tune from "A Chorus Line" (providing the info in case they'd want to get music clearance to air it). Tonya says she has no talent. Oh, she's never seen herself run towards the camera. And on the subject of Tonya's talent, they're only five weeks old and the sutures appear infected. BB got her an antibiotic. Josh says people always tell him he looks like George Clooney.

Friday, July 19, 2002: Food Challenge & Nominations

11:15PM BBT: Pillow Talk Eric and Lisa chat about the vote possibilities in bed. Although Eric would like to save Josh, he realizes that Josh has so many enemies that saving him could mean his own demise. On the subject of Josh and the alliance: "It 's only an alliance if he gets HoH because he won't put one of us up." He says he made an agreement with Josh that he would vote out Tonya. "Chiara, Roddy, you and I, that's four. The wildcard is Jason, Josh thinks Jason is on his side."

Hear the nomination proceedings.

8:00PM BBT: The nominations are in! Marcellas has nominated Josh and Tonya for eviction. Gerry: "If this plays out like we think I can go out anytime after this and that's fine." Marcellas: "Me too, I got my TV time." Not much else to tell ya, the live feeds were all FotH for most of the nomination process.

Stop the presses! Rick Ellis, of "AllYourTV.com" has pictures of Tonya! Read his review of the live feeds, with a racy transcript, and near nude captures of Tonya! click here And turn-about's fair play: If you're not interested in Tonya's hinny, maybe Eric's butt is more to your liking. Robert Carlos has two quality captures, here and here.

Amy weighs in for the food competition.

Day 12, 9:00AM BBT: The HGs had to but all their food in the storage room. Other than PB&J, they'll need to win all other items in today's food challenge. At the moment, the big challenge is getting all the HGs out of bed. The challenge is a weighty one. They must gain weight by eating a giant house made of cookies and brownies while their hands tied behind their backs. They were also provided milk and water to wash it down After 15 minutes, there's be another weigh-in. Team captains were Danielle and Roddy, they chose up teams, and BB gave them red and blue jerseys. The Red team is: Roddy, Lisa, Josh Jason and Amy The Blue team: Danielle Tonya, Gerry, Eric and Chiara. They're not real smart or they would have only drank water and milk because it weighs more than the brownies. The red team won! The blue team will only get to eat PB&J for the week.

	Guest	Staring Weight	Finishing Weight	Gain
	Amy	117.4	120	2.6
	Lisa	129	132.4	3.4
	Josh	157.9	162	4.1
	Roddy	187.8	190.8	3.0
Eat this and win food.	Jason	173	178.2	5.2	Jason the big gainer.
	Team Totals:	765.1	783.4	18.3
	Eric	198	202.4	4.4
	Tonya	120.4	122.8	2.4
	Gerry	252.2	254.6	2.4
	Chiara	132.6	135.2	2.6
Ten guests chow down.	Danielle	137.6	140.0	2.4	The red team wins!
	Team Totals:	840.8	855.0	14.2

Noon BBT: After the challenge it was revealed that Josh cheated by putting food in his pockets. Marcellas is still deciding whom to nominate for eviction. It's either Chiara or Lisa against Josh, but Danielle has thought the process through and feels Tonya will save Josh if she gets veto power. The truth is, there are others that would do the same. He'd do better to nominate Chiara and Lisa, hope Josh doesn't get the veto power, have someone veto one of the two girls, and use Josh as the alternate. Even Eric's figured out this one, and would vote Josh out, "He's a cool guy, but he has pissed a lot of people off."

2:00PM BBT: Oh the plotting, scheming, but the one thing that dominates the house is Josh's paranoia and hatred for Gerry. Poor Danielle is being pulled in two directions. On one side there's Amy and Marcellas and on the other, Josh. There's been lots of name calling and accusations, Marcellas has called Tonya "a scanky ho," Gerry calls Josh a Nazi (Josh is Jewish), and Josh has spewed hours of venomous words about Gerry. Although Danielle is often seen in the middle of it, her words are better chosen then her housemates and she may just be smart enough to survive. Absent from all the meetings and clique is Jason. At times it's hard to tell that he's still in the house.

The America's Choice contest started today. The houseguests want some exercise equipment, and have been requesting some items. Big Brother will put on a competition and the winner gets to decide what they get. But the viewers get to choose the challenge.

Here is the first America's Choice Question: What game would you like the House Guests to compete in?
(1) Human Bowling
(2) Gladiator Jousting
(3) Big Boxing
Now if you care enough to waste $.99 (and I don't), call: Call 1-900-740-1000. Phone lines close midnight, Saturday.

Tidbits: Where are these people from? All they seem to eat is grits and corndogs. Chiara said that she had had one night stands with guys who would try and call her for another date and she always turned them down because she didn't want to date a guy who slept with her on the first date. ??? Chiara and Roddy have kissed each-other, in a more than in friends kind of way.

Apparently Eric didn't give enough to notice to his fire company and me be without a job when he gets out. Full Details

Thursday, July 18, 2002: Lori is the first Out!

The live show featured clips of the BB2 cast, Hardy Nicole, Autumn and Kent, and allowed us to find out what happened after they left the house. Next week will feature other BB2 clips, including Will. Nicole is now working as a weekend a DJ

. Hardy has done some modeling, keeps in touch with Nicole

. Autumn is a lead singer in a band. She's still with her husband Tony

. Kent and Bunky still keep in touch and he still keeps in touch with the other guests

. Kent plugged his cruise, "Reality on the High Seas," which you can get more info on at his fine web site (see links at left).

Live Eviction Show: The eviction votes were tallied live tonight at 8:00PM ET on CBS. Lori almost seemed relieved to be evicted, "The longer I stayed in, the more I'd have to explain." Lori left with grace. Josh voted against Amy, even though she was part of Josh's alliance. Julie Chen asked Danielle how she feels about the introduction of the Veto Competition. Danielle calls it "scandalous" and says that whoever thought of that wrinkle is "sick." Listed are the eligible voters, HoH and the nominees can not vote:

Chiara:	Danielle:	Tonya:	Eric:	Gerry:	Jason:	Josh:	Marcellas:	Roddy:
Lori	Amy	Lori	Lori	Amy	Amy	Amy	Lori	Lori

TOTAL VOTES: Amy got 4 votes, Lori got 5

The HoH challenge was called "In the House." HGs had to answer questions about things in the house. Josh was the first out, along with Roddy and Danielle, followed by Eric. Next Jason was out, then Gerry, Tonya, and Chiara, leaving Amy and Marcellas. In the end, Marcellas won HoH for knowing where the painting of a chair was located in the house.

Julie Chen talked about her job on Big Brother with Craig Kilborn, on The Late, Late Show.

7:30PM BBT: The group is already working on Marcellas to nominate Gerry. Amy says he's evil, and yet if it wasn't for Gerry, Marcellas would be gone. It's a forgone conclusion that one of the nominations will be Josh. If Marcellas really wants him out, his best bet is to select two popular people (like Roddy and Eric) for his nominations. When the veto is exercised, Marcellas could then put in Josh against a popular person, forcing a Josh eviction.

Wednesday, July 17, 2002: Dreamin' in the BB House

Noon BBT: As Josh watches Amy do her laundry, Josh says" I dreamt I snuck out out of the house last night" Amy: "Oh wow, I've had those dreams too." Josh: "This was really wild, I dreamt I was out drinking, came home drunk and woke up and said, Oh man, I gotta get back to the Big Brother house." Meanwhile the boredom is setting in; While Tonya makes grits, the talk turns to dying everyone's hair. The guests were each called to the DR to get comments for tonight's show. Not very exciting, I know, but not much has happened yet today. There were also some intermittent feed problems earlier today.

Don't get excited, it not from US TV. The Australian version of BB is going to do a "Celebrity" edition for three weeks. I doubt we'll recognize the names of the eight celebs that will move into the Australian BB house on July 20th. Last year, Howard Stern told CBS he'd appear on a US celebrity version only if he could pick some of the other guests. Required to be in the house: Kathy Lee Gifford and Rosie O'Donnell.

Tuesday, July 16, 2002: What a trashy group...

Day Nine:
Tidbits: Lisa worked as a stripper at Scores in New York. Josh has used ecstasy and once went to work while tripping on acid, both Josh and Tonya have used cocaine (Tonya: "It's the best sex ever."). Marcellas said he has paid for sex. "Only twice." Amy's favorite TV show is "Designing Women".

5:20PM BBT: Amy and Marcellas were lounging in the hammock, Amy told Marcellas she's glad he's off the block (his eviction nomination was vetoed by Gerry). Amy was selected as the replacement nomination and told Marcellas she's sure she's not going anywhere. In case you forgot, the other nom is Lori, and there's a good chance Amy is leaving. Amy: "I'm only being nice to Chiara because I need her vote, you know how I feel about her."

I really miss Will's great quotes on slow days like this.

Monday, July 15, 2002: Gerry and Lisa Make Decisions

Day Eight:
So far nothing's happened in the house. As they continue to plot, I can't help but wonder why Gerry isn't using his power to pressure Lisa into nominating Josh. There's more than enough votes to get him out, and he's the number one bet for eviction on the CBS poll (Marcellas is in second place).

Eric told Lisa that she could put him up for eviction because no one would vote him out (ego). Lisa thinks she would put Josh up, because no one would vote for him, but she doesn't know what we do.

Hear Audio Highlights of the Veto Meeting that set Marcellas free.

UPDATE: 1:30PM BBT, Gerry has said he will use the veto. Lisa decided she'll put up Amy in place of Marcellas. Gerry did as I would have suggested and suggest to Lisa that she put up Josh for eviction. Gerry and Josh argued over the motives behind nominating Marcellas. Josh: "I won’t be labeled like that I’m not prejudice to black and gay." Gerry: "I can’t allow that, I just can’t allow that." Josh [As he walks out on Gerry]: "That’s fine Gerry, that’s fine...."

Ratings: CBS won the first hour of Thursday primetime in total viewers with the second installment of "Big Brother 3" (7.8 million, 3.1/11). NBC ran second with an average of 6.9 million viewers and 3.0/10. [Source: Hollywood Reporter/CBS/A.C. Nielsen]

UPDATE 7:00PM BBT: The swimsuits the girls were making were for a Ms & Mr. Big Brother beauty pageant, an idea the HGs thought up themselves. The girls wore thongs with flowers attached with peanut butter. Roddy won in the men's category, Chiara in the ladies'. You'll have to wait for the TV broadcast to see it, no captures.

UPDATE 8:50PM BBT: Gerry [to Lori]: "I want to stay in the house just so I can be a beacon of morality."