Don't Expect Anything   Things have been going pretty much like last year's format and schedule.  Last year part two wasn't shown on the internet, and the HGs didn't know who won until the scores were shown on the live show.  Last year's competition was called "Life in the Big Brother House,"  and was a series of tasks based on things you would do in the BB house.  Danielle and Jason had to make and eat a PB&J sandwich, do laundry, arrange the pictures from the memory wall etc..  There were sections that took place inside. and tasks that took place outside.  It was all timed and none of the three could watch the others compete.   And for live feed watchers, it was FotH almost all day.

The winner of today's competition will go up against Alison on Wednesday's show for the title of HoH, a title they will hold for a matter of minutes.  Last year's final part was a brief quiz, indoors, live.   This week's HoH will select who they want to go to the finals with.  Those two will live in the BB house by themselves for a week until they face the jury.  They will be questioned on one show, and the voting and winner selected on the last show.  The jury will select which of the two will receive the $500,000.  The one they don't select goes home with $50,000.  At least that was the deal last year.

Both Robert and Jun want to go to the finals with Alison.  Alison has said she wants to go with Robert, but with Robert wining three ACs, and his complete loyalty to his team,  she might feel he's too well liked and prefer to take Jun.  On Wednesday night when Robert  took his hand off the key Ali only promised 99% that she'd take him to the finals.  Again on Friday, Robert asked for nothing when he gave her the ticket to the red carpet Hollywood premiere of "Runaway Jury."  

10:30AM They're starting their day  eating and ADLs.  11:30AM One hour to competition.  They finish getting dressed.  Today Jun's wearing a t-shirt and shorts, Robert's in a tank top and shorts.  They don't know what the competition will be, so they selected practical clothes.   12:30PM  Just sitting in the living room waiting. 

12:45PM Game Time!  They picked balls to see who went first.

1:38PM Short Game, They're Back - Looks Like Jun Won!!.
HoH Competition Part II [6 minutes]

With Robert outside filling to pool, Ali and Jun are in the kitchen jumping up and down and Jun is saying, "I got it. I killed him. He didn't even finish. He got some wrong."  Ali:  "We are going to win some money!"  Ali looks at the camera and says, "Sorry America, we just shot your pretty boy right out of the fuckin' sky." 
Jun: "He's gonna threaten us separately."
Ali: "Let him threaten me. That will make me want to vote him out sooner! When should we tell him?"
Jun: "After dinner. Or sooner?"
Ali: "He knows he's done."
Jun: "He's so fucking done!"

3:00PM Jun and Ali do some whispering and decide to tell Rob he's out after dinner.
Jun: "I wish today was Wednesday."
Ali: "Me too.  Get him out of our house."

6:15PM Robert Tries to Deal With Jun Robert makes a long impassioned plea to Jun to select him to go to the finals with her.  His reasoning why she should, because if she sends him packing, he controls a lot of votes on the jury, and Alison will win.  She listened, he wanted to make it clear it wasn't a threat, but it was just how it would work.   Afterwards, when Jun is alone in her room, she says to the "camera, very interesting." Rob and Jun [10 minutes]

No wake-up call that I heard, Jun was up on her own at 9:45AM.  There was an outdoor LD at 10:40.

11:00AM  The HGs are told they all have internet fans and are shown big mounted printouts of the their websites, and told what the America's Choice question is this week.   As in years past, BB managed to find mostly positive material to show them,  and of course nothing that would give away any strategy.   Of course Jun's site did mention that she has put on a little weight.   Jun's site refers to her as "An Asian Princess," and Alison's site calls her a pageant Queen."

 Rob says, "Screw this game.  This is great [the web site information]. They like us. They know we're just real people, and they like us. That's what it's all about, man. " 

11:40AM The winner is revealed   Robert has won the live internet chat.  The girls are completely befuddled as to why Robert would have internet fans.

Noon:  The chat begins.  Robert goes to the HoH room where a monitor is set up.  Just like last year, your questions go into a pool.  The BB producer selects the questions that are OK for him to see and displays it on his screen.  Robert reads the question out loud, and answers the question out loud.  Behind the scenes BB types in Robert's response for those on line.

Here are a few questions (the cbs web site will have the entire transcript):  Q: Why do you constantly pick  your nose?   A: I don't pick it, I'm just always playing with.  It's a nervous habit  I can't seem to break. Q: You made a lot of us angry with your comments about women in this house. Why should we care if you win or not?  A: I didn't mean to make those comments. I just don't know how to react sometimes.  Q:  Robert, are you surprised you have so many fans?  A: I'm surprised I have one, let alone many.  Q: Have you masturbated since you've been in the house?  A: No I haven't masturbated since I've been in the house.  If I could find a place where I could, I would.  Q: Have you ever seen a house guest naked?  A: I've seen Ali and Jun.  Q: Robert, I think you're really sexy.  Would you consider posing for Playgirl when you get out of the house?  A: I'd pose for Playgirl, but they'd have to offer me a lot.  Here is the chat, it's been time compressed so you hear an hour and twenty minutes in twenty-seven minutes.  It's still has pauses, but it's much better.  Chat audio and girl's reaction [27 minutes]

When the chat ended Robert went outside and told the girls about the questions he was asked.  He said that people's screen names show they're fans of the girls too, like "EvilAli," and "AliAllTheWay."  Ali certainly paid attention when she heard that someone had the screen name "Evil Ali."  Robert didn't tell the girls exactly what he said.   I remember from last year Danielle really grilled Lisa for details after the chat, and even Lisa put a spin on the answers she told Dani about. 

1:45PM  While Robert's in the DR, the girls talk about his remarks and think that Robert's a male chauvinistic pig.  Jun says she'll be so glad when he's out of the house.  Ali says she hopes Erika understands why she could not keep her. "I would have had zero chance of winning against her. Now maybe I have a 2% chance of winning, and 2% is better than zero." 

3:00PM While Jun's in the DR, Robert and Ali talk about all the horrible things Jun said about Robert and Erika.  Robert says how America must hate her for talking behind everyone's back, and Ali agrees and says how she's so glad she's not like that.

3:45PM Roberts turn in the DR and Jun's really tearing him apart.  She had a rough time in the DR herself, they wanted to talk about her nervous eating and how much weight she gained.  Next Ali goes to the DR and Jun tells Robert how much she appreciates talking with him, heart-to-heart, with him really listening to her,  more than the prizes she won. 

7:20PM Dinner's Here!  They got barbequed beef ribs, chicken veggies and baked beans.  The beans did agree with Ali and she later complained she kept burping them up.

10:15PM  Memories of BB Past   Rob and Ali talk about previous seasons of Big Brother, and he asks her, "Do you really think this was the best year or just because we're in it?"  Alison replies,  "Well we're a lot better than last year's"  Later Jun tells Alison how in BB1 it's the public that voted so everyone was nice to each other.  Alison says, "Oh how could you be nice to eleven people you utterly despise for twelve weeks?"

11:30PM  More Relationship Talk   Jun and Alison explain their rules for dating, how much slack they'll give their man, and what they expect in return.  They both take turns relating stories as examples of appropriate behavior.  Jun's stories involve Bob not knowing when a girl is coming on to him.  Alison's stories involve Donny's other ladies threatening her life and differences that end in fist fights.  

Midnight:  The girls have gone to bed and Robert's doing his pacing around the yard. 

10:45AM A Package is Delivered   A huge gift box is delivered to the HG's BY (I think it's a prop leftover from "Let's Make a Deal").  Robert goes out to the box and he can hear something moving inside.  The HGs received a mime with a tag that reads:  "You better play nice because I'm your ticket to tonight's luxury competition.  What is the luxury?  You'll find out later.  You can ask but I won't tell, because I'm a mime." A package is delivered (video by Dreamer) [3 minutes]

The HGs figure he's a clue, and that his performance will tell them what they're getting.  However the mime acts out baseball, fishing, circus acts, and just about everything else.  At 11:45AM he was still doing schtick.  At 11:50AM he was having the girls sing the National Anthem again.  At noon Alison gave him a tour of the house. The mime stayed for the outside LD.  Afternoon with a mime [33 minutes]

Ali: "He chased me. Dude, he freaked me..  Dude I wanted to leave him in the fuckin' box.  I don't want to see outside people that can't talk.  What a dork.  I hate fuckin' mimes."   Robert: "I was over it after the first five minutes." Ali: "Dude I was over it before he was out of the box." Opinions of a mime [3 minutes]

1:30PM The Mime Stays On   Ali's really sick of the mime.  The mime's moved inside and is starting to become a little mischievous.  I think he's playing up to the perception that Ali doesn't like him.  He chases her and she yells with that car-alarm voice of hers. He dropped eggs on the floor and messed up Jun's kitchen.  Star spangled duet (video by Dreamer) [2 minutes]

1:50PM Robert's patience runs out.  I thought he was doing pretty good, but he told the girls he can't deal with it. He doesn't even want the luxury prize, he just wants it to be over with.  Ali: "I'd rather have Dana here right now."  The mischievous mime hide Jun's salad, and Rob are his lunch in the bathroom while the mime was in the kitchen.  Mime plays in the kitchen (video by Dreamer) [5 minutes]

2:15PM The HGs find out what the prize will be.  Robert discovers that the mime has the key to the desert room.  The go to the desert room to find it's been converted into the Big Brother Movie Theatre.  The luxury prize is the screening of "Runaway Jury" the soon to be released film written by John Grisham starring John Cusack,  Rachel Weisz,  Gene Hackman, and  Dustin Hoffman.  The film will open on October 17th, but two HGs will win a screening in the Big Brother Theatre, tonight!  The HGs discover the prize [5 minutes]    See the preview [3 minutes] BTW, I didn't hear any of the HGs make the connection to their situation and the title of the movie, "Runaway Jury."

2:30PM The Game  The guests got a letter from BB that said that since they were tortured by the mime, now they'll get their chance to torture the mime.  They will be allowed to pelt the mime with balls covered with Velcro.  The first HG to get three balls to stick to the mime wins.   Robert won and chose Ali to see the movie with him.  As part of the prize, BB will fly Ali back to LA for the film's premiere in October.  She will arrive by limo to walk down the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre  in Hollywood for the world premiere of "Runaway Jury."   Later they both find out that they each get to bring a guest, for Ali the guest's airfare and hotel is included too. Ali's considering taking her brother, sister, Justin, or Nathan.  Robert's thinking of bringing his brother.  BB will provide airfare and hotel for any guest of Robert's too.  Robert says he'll say at the hotel so that he and Ali can leave together.

6:15PM It's Movie Time.  Robert and Ali go to the movies and poor Jun has to stay home and watch the mime.  The mime asks (in pantomime) what she thinks of Robert.  She says he's OK, then the mine does an impersonation Robert, touching his nose and face and pacing.  Jun managed to find out that the mime as a nine year daughter who plays soccer.

Mime Gallery:

Robert Wins America's Choice Third Time in a Row!
LIVE CHAT WITH ROBERT
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 AT 3PM ET/12 NOON PT
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Why We All Love Ali:  After the mime left and the movie was over, Ali discovered her stuff cat was missing and there were more ants in the house.  In her usual calm manner, with that soft lilting voice, she brings these facts to the attention of her housemates.  Ali Cat and Ants [3 minutes]  The Big Brother House has had ants since the first season, BB told Ali they'd see about getting an exterminator. 

9:30PM  Ali pumps Robert up with some talk about not taking Jun to the finals, but also tells him that if for some reason Jun wins and he gets evicted, to be sure and tell the jury how horrible she is.  Robert says how cool the movie was, and Ali gets and excited and thanks Robert so much for choosing her for tonight's screening and the premiere in October. 

Today's FAQ:  There's two questions today that dominated my mailbox: "How did Ali get on the show without filling out an application?"  and "How could Justin have been the last person Ali had sex with." 

Ali, Justin, Scott, Robert, and Jee did not mail in applications to be on Big Brother.  Although the exact details aren't clear, it appears that another ex of Ali's applied to be on the show, and told them about Ali and Justin.  The producers invited them (separately) to submit a tape and come to an audition.  Ali was supposed to be in the Miss Pennsylvania pageant and pulled out to go to the audition.  To get out of one of her commitments, she lied and told them she had a family emergency;  a block of concrete fell on the head of her father's twin brother and killed him.  In reality her father has no twin brother.  With Scott and Amanda, Amanda applied and quit her job to come on the show, Scott was invited to audition, so was Jee and Robert.  Robert had no interest on being on the show but the audition was just a few blocks from his house.  He thought they might be giving away free stuff so he went just for the hell of it.  The producers still had to talk him into it.  Originally Brandon Showalter was selected to be on the show.  He too had an ex, but she wasn't signed to be on the show (that we know of).  While sequestered Brandon broke the rules and called her for a final message and was caught by the show's staff.  Brandon was fired.  Oddly, the exact same thing happened to Nathan, and he was fired, but his handler went to bat for him and got him rehired.  It's believed that Jee was brought in as Brandon's replacement.

On question 2, Ali was dating Justin and Ali's father was coaching him in wrestling.  When wrestling season ended they drifted apart.  Actually Justin says they never dated, it was just a sex thing.  Ali met Donny and had sex with him the first night.  She woke up in his bed not remembering how she got there.  She said, "Oh my gawd, did we have sex last night?"    Donny answered, "No we made love."  She thought the line was such BS that she kicked him out of bed.  They did continue to see each other, but it was a couple months before they got physical again.  During this time Ali was calling Justin, just to talk to him as a friend.  Donny found out and they had a big fight and broke up.  After they split, Ali returned to the arms of her faithful Justin and they resumed their physical relationship.  Realizing that Justin was not emotionally involved, Ali went back to Donny, vowing never to see Justin, even as a friend again.  Ali says this is why she went to pieces went Justin walked through the doors of the BB house.   Ali knows Donny cheated on her and will not sleep with Donny until he gets an AIDS test. So, Ali says the last person she had sex with was Justin.

If BB gave them a wake-up call, I missed it.  At 10:10AM Ali was up and studying today's food competition riddle.  By 10:35AM Rob and Jun are up to. The girls crack up when they see Robert outside jumping rope,  "All of a sudden he decides to work out now?"   They assume he's trying to get in shape for the second part of the HoH competition. 

After wearing a bikini made out of salad, Ali freaks out again over the sight of her in the video they watched Monday night.  In her best Ali voice she says, "They almost showed my boob!"

Robert did tell Jun he was lonely and got depressed last night.  He still looks a little lost today.

Food Riddle Answer:  Take one fruit out of basket marked "Apples & Oranges." If it's an apple, then that basket must really be apples, the one marked "Oranges" then has to be really apples and oranges, and then the one marked "Apples" must be really oranges. If an orange comes out, then it's oranges, the one marked "Apples" has to be apples and oranges, and the one marked "Oranges" has to be really apples

Today's FAQ:  Many people didn't understand last night's reference to Erika's boyfriend.  Erika is dating Josh Souza, the second place winner of Big Brother 2000.  Visit his web site.  Erika hid this information from the producers and other HGs, of course the producers found out as we did, after the show began.  Here's Photo 1 and here's Photo 2.  I thought this news was like soooo week eight. 

1:00PM Robert's been telling the girls everything he knows about the game.  Ali is so f'ing pissed to find out that Erika had an alliance with everyone in the house, just like Ali. 

Odds for Big Brother 4 (Odd calculated by John Avello of Bally's Paris)  (For entertainment purposes only )
Houseguest:	Opening Odds	Last Week	Current Odds
Alison	8/1	4/1	8/5
Robert	10/1	5/2	9/5
Jun	25/1	3/1	2/1
Erika  9/10	4/1	2/1	--
Jee   9/3	40/1	--	--
Jack  8/27	4/1	--	--
Justin  8/20	12/1	--	--
Nathan  8/13	6/1	--	--
Dana  8/6	15/1	--	--
David  7/30	15/1	--	--
Michelle 7/23	20/1	--	--
Amanda  7/16	22/1	--	--
Scott  7/12	18/1	--	--

1:30PM  A sunny morning has Ali telling stories about the parties of Lancaster County Pa..  They're held in the woods on an island on a lake, three kinds of beer, tons of pot, and every kind of acid there is.  They have police radios and walkie talkies so the have advance notice of any police interference.   Robert tries to top her with stories his mansion parties at dad's house while he's away.  

2:00PM Where were you on September 11th 2001.   The HGs talk about what they were doing when they heard the news. 

2:25PM BB Gives the HGs more craft projects to play with.  Today it look like mosaic stepping stone kits.  They fill plastic molds with concrete and decorate with stones and tiles.  Robert got a butterfly shaped one.  Stepping Stone Kit.

Ali and her melons

6:30PM The cement is drying (that's always fun to watch) and Robert's in the BY again doing some exercises, Alison's taking a bubble bath, and Jun's in the shower.    During an earlier conversation,  Robert said how enjoyable this week should be without any campaigning.  There's no campaigning, but there's hours of trash talk. 

7:25PM Jun and Ali are concerned about getting through the airport without being mobbed with fans.  7:35PM:  Dinner Arrives, they got sushi again.

Details:  Ali hasn't had sex since she dated Justin, and Jun hasn't had sex since March 14th.

9:15PM Ali and Jun are still trashing Erika.  They feel she had an alliance with Robert all the time.  At 9:30PM Ali gets Robert alone and trashes Jun for a while.  Robert's argument for Ali taking him to the finals is that Jun doesn't deserve it.  Robert thinks she's a mean person.  He makes the mistake of saying that taking her would be a sure thing, meaning that Ali would come in first place.  He then explains why no one would vote for Jun.  Ali says, "Who is she to call Nathan stupid?  And when she said the last competition was slanted towards me because it was physical I wanted to belt her.  She practically called me a fuckin' moron.  . I swear to God I fuckin' wanted to belt her.  She said we played the same kind of game because we were both floaters... Well yeah, but  I wasn't a sleazy fuckin' bitch about it.  I didn't go around talking behind people's backs and saying stuff in the DR about them. " 

The conversation continues, but Robert's arguing his case based on what's right, and not how she could win.  Robert says it would be worse to loose against Jun, than to loose against him.  Robert doesn't realize Ali's out for the prize, no statements about who played the better game, and who's more moral.

11:30PM Robert goes over his list of connections and all that he can do for everyone.  First thing he's going to do is hook up Justin with anything he wants. Rob says Justin is interested in acting he could hook up Justin with head shots. Alison adds "An' Erika's agent."  "No, she'll just get him on another Big Brother."  Robert says laughing,  "Nathan wants to do it, too,  but you gotta live out here. "

Jun says,  "...and you've gotta be able to fuckin' read too."  Robert agrees and says he used to read lines with Erika.

Midnight:  Jun and Ali are in bed, Robert's giving a repeat performance of pacing and muttering.  He once again ends up sitting in the hall.  He reads the Big Brother rule book, then studies the pictures on the memory wall. 

That's all for tonight.  The next update will be after 10:00AM BBT.

Find out who Ali evicts tonight.  Find out how the next HoH will be selected, Tonight!
10:15AM Jun gets up and finds Erika sleeping in the hammock in the backyard.  No wake-up call today, so Robert and Alison are sleeping.  Erika's been tidying up the house.  At 11:45AM Erika's sitting on the sofa and the plasma screen switches to "Expect the Unexpected."   It could have been the control room people teasing Erika, she's the only one that saw it.  Soon after Alison and Robert get up. 

1:00PM Everyone's just going about their ADLs.  Robert's cleaning the windows, and everything is really dull.

2:30PM The HGs got new tennis shoes and instructions of some kind. 
Ali: "They didn’t give us new shoes any other time."
Robert: "This is the last HoH, so they want to give everyone new shoes and make it fair?"

The HGs have to solve math puzzles, for food upgrades.   They will receive regular food supplies, but can choose their own meals if the solve the puzzle each day.  It sounds as though the first puzzle has something to do with the weight of balls and the speed they fall at, or their weight relative to each other.    Erika has already resolved  that if she remains in the house next week she'll be eating PB&J.   

Ali does her ritual of talking to the pictures just before the live show starts.

4:30PM I Didn't Expect That   After an hour or so of FotH, the music stopped.  At 4:30PM we got a smooth jazz riff instead of the theme music, followed by some classical piano.  And yes, this is the most exciting thing to happen so far today. Back at 4:45PM  to show the girls putting on make-up and Robert pacing back and forth like a caged animal.  Robert's anxiety is caused in part by his discovery that the show isn't over until the 24th. 

The Broadcast: Showed us how we got to this point.  We saw Ali's indecision over who to evict.  Julie spoke to the HGs as usual, asking about the blimp ride and how Erika and Robert felt being in the house alone.   The second quarter focused on Robert being stuck in the house with three girls, and one that he's attracted to.  Julie asked Robert if he'd rekindle the relationship, he says no, but they would be friends.  She asked about his referring to the ladies of the house as "bitches, sluts. and whores."  Robert said he was sorry about the words and that the anger was caused by the events of the game at the time. 

The second half started with David Lane and his ladies (Amanda and Michelle)  and we got to see what the three have been up to since their eviction, and I wish they were still there.  David, Amanda and Michelle [3 minutes]

Next we saw what's been happening at the jury house, and Jee's arrival.  Jee looked relaxed on arrival, so I think he got his  phone call to Carmen.   Jury House [3 minutes]

Just before the break, we saw Alison use the PoV, and Erika take her place on the block.   Live PoV Meeting [1 minute]

The second half started with the live eviction and Erika was out. Eviction and Interview  [8 minutes] . In Erika's interview with Julie she said she thinks Alison could walk away with the money.  She also thinks that Robert and her will be friends outside the house.  The HoH contest is about to begin.  A few scenes [4 minutes]   What you didn't see was Alison's DR remarks afterwards:  Ali comments on her performance [1½ minutes]

America's Choice: Which HG would you like to give an internet chat to? Click Here to vote.  Polls close at 10:00PM ET Thursday.  The prize will be awarded on Saturday.

This is the first part of a three part HoH competition.  Whoever wins part one is guaranteed to go on to the second round, the other two will have to compete in the second round for the place in the final round.  The HGs had to climb onto the roof of one of the small houses, insert their key in the slot of the part that looks like a water tower.  Then BB decided to cool the contenders off, with a snow storm.  You could see there was some sleet in the mix. 

7:15PM More Snow
While they're on the roof, Robert tells Ali and Jun about Julie asking him about calling the girls "bitches sluts and whores."   Robert thought the talk went well.

7:35PM More snow
Jun yells: "The snow is going down my boobies." Ali: "It went down my butt crack, eyy!"
Robert says his roof is freezing. The girls sing "The Star Spangled Banner" to keep up their morale,  that and "Jimmy Crack Corn," are the only two songs they're allowed to sing. They sounded very good too.   They solved the puzzle for the food contest and told Big Brother their answer.  They decided to order sushi for tomorrow night.

7:45PM More snow.
8:20PM  Jun adjusts her shawl.  I didn't catch it, but BB and other viewers did: While putting her shawl over her head, she momentarily took both hands off the key (same thing happens every year).  BB went back and checked the tape and told her she was out. 

8:25PM Robert says he's about done, but he's still holding on to his key. With Jun inside, Robert tries to strike a deal with Alison.  Robert tells Alison that no matter what he'll take her to the finals.  In return, Alison says that she is 99% percent sure she will take him.  Robert agrees to the deal (what deal?) and takes his hand off the key.  Big Brother has Alison hold her pose for a couple more photos before she removes her hand from the key.  A few scenes [2 minutes]

ALISON WINS THE FIRST PART OF THE HOH CONTEST
Jun and Robert will be competing in Part Two on Sunday September 14th
The winner of that contest will face Ali in the final competition.
The winner of the third and final part will be the HoH.
The final HoH will select who they want to take to the jury.
The jury will select one of the two as the winner of the $500,000 Grand Prize
The second place winner will receive $50,000
See the contest unfold [7 minutes]

They go inside to find that BB has provided them with hot pizza.  Robert takes off his shirt to find his back covered in red blotches.  He's called to the DR see Dr. Horowitz.  While out of the room Ali tells Jun about the "deal" she made with Robert, and how she would never pick Robert to go to the finals.  The talk about Robert standing out there telling them that he called them "bitches, sluts and whores" and not even apologizing for his words.  They trash him in the usual style.  Post-contest trash talk [36 minutes]

Robert says Erika never cleaned anything and never did dishes.  Jun says she'll vacuum tomorrow.  Ali says Erika did do dishes once because she broke one.  

Robert joins the girls in some light trashing of Erika.  When Robert is called to the DR again the two girls really go to town on Erika and Robert.  Ali dissects the the scenes they saw from the videos they watched Monday night.  Ali feels that in the story of Big Brother, Erika was labeled "The Witch."  She bases this deduction on the music that played every time she was shown on the screen, it was evil music.  Ali: "Dude, Erika is a fucking conniving woman!"  Ali is also still sticking with the story that Jack is a pervert.

9:49PM Ali: "You know another thing that pissed me off... When she said 'I went to the the Big Brother 2 wrap party..'"  Robert interrupts and says, "You know why she was there?  I can tell you now.  Do you know who her boyfriend is?"  Ali: "You mean J.A.?"  FotH.  BTW, Josh's middle name is "Adam."  Later they talk about Erika did not have her boyfriend sign the release that allows her to talk about him on TV, because the producers would have known who he was, and she wouldn't have been selected for the show.  BTW,  I said that from the start, that there was no reason the producers of BB would have known about Erika and Josh until after she was in the house. 

10:55PM Ali in the HT.  The final three have a very convincing conspiracy theory that Jack threw competitions.  But after a few more drinks,  Ali turns the conversation to the ex's and says that Justin is the finest guy she ever met, "better than Donny." She says, "He deserves a girl better than Dana.    I'm over him, at the same time I'll never be over him.  Does that make sense?  I'm 100% in love with Donny, and even if he doesn't take me back I'll still be in love with him."  

12:30AM  The "girls" are asleep, Robert is pacing the yard and wondering about the house waiting for his clothes to finish in the dryer.  It looks like this more than a slow dryer that's bothering him.   With him sinuses being what they are, it's tough to interpret his emotions.  He seems very sad.  He has spent a lot of time sitting on the floor in the hall looking at the memory wall (Erika was already in b/w by the time the HoH contest was over).  Robert went to sleep at 1:20AM.  We'll be checking back tomorrow after 11:00AM BBT to see how his clothes came out.

What I know about Diamond PoVs:  When the HGs came back inside from the VC, they were talking about the prize.  Ali: "When I heard 'Diamond' PoV, I thought it had some extra special power. It's just called that because it's the last one of the game." Erika: "And they didn't have one last year at this point."  Ali: "Jeez, it's really cheap plastic.  I got a broken PoV."  Robert:  "Well take it to the DR."  Ali: "The DR, why?"  Robert: "Well you don't get to keep it.  They have you leave them in the DR, then the day of the meeting they put it in the storage room for you in the wooden box.  They'll want to fix or replace that one before the meeting."

If the HGs are correct, the way it's expected to go is that Ali uses the PoV on herself.  That forces Robert to nominate Erika. Ali has the sole vote. Ali is expected to vote out Erika because Erika has no enemies on the jury.  Although  Ali herself has said that she'd come in second place to anyone, she keeps talking about going up with someone she has a better chance against.  Based on DR scenes from the last two TV shows, she feels these people are Robert and Jun.  But remember: Ali changes her mind a lot. 

A few people have written to tell me they had the Diamond PoV in England.  There, during the this round it's the HoH that casts the vote.  This would mean Rob would take out Jun, leaving the final three himself, Ali and Erika.  I wouldn't put much hope in that happening here.   First I don't even know for sure if they do that in the UK.  It's possible  they're thinking about the last round, where the HoH selects the person they want them for the final two.  Second, This isn't England, there's no reason to think we'd play this round different.  [Update: As you can see at right, we got an answer to that.  It's played just like BB1]

People have asked me how they'll extend the show until the 24th.  I don't know. Maybe a twist? I don't expect Wednesday's HoH contest to be over on Wednesday.  I think it will be multi-part and over several days.  That's just my opinion.

Lastly, many people have written to ask if Robert could nominate himself.  I really don't know the answer to that, but it doesn't matter.  Robert doesn't know what we know, and he hasn't thought of it to even consider it. 

I hope I've written this clear enough that you can tell my opinions from the facts.  I seem to be causing a lot of confusion lately. 

10:12AM Wake Up Call   10:17AM Second Call.  Of course Jun is already up.  11:00AM Jun tells of the dream she had last night, she went show shopping and was so happy.   

12:20PM Tanning.  Ali and Jun talk about the labels they think BB put on them based on the video they saw last night.  Jun thinks they're showing her as the bitch, and Ali as the flirt. Jun asks Ali, "So what's Erika?" 

There was a great scene I thought I captured in an audio clip, but I goofed.  Ali is spewing venom about Jun to Erika.  Ali asks Erika if she ever said she'd never vote for Ali because Ali didn't apply to be on the show.  "What do you mean I didn't apply to be on the show?  I had to take time off from work and fly out here.  Just because I didn't fill out a paper application.... "    Erika says, she never said that and it's Jun just stirring up trouble.  Erika:   "I'm so glad I haven't been campaigning this week because Jun is just digging her own grave."  Ali: "I don't know why she would even try to stir shit up."

9:55PM While they wait for the wax in their candles to cool, Ali does her workout (jumping rope and stuff), as she checks the temperature for a better idea of what to wear tomorrow night for the HoH competition.  Erika's doing some dance class routines.  Roberts enjoying his last night in the HoH room.  Later they'll be some card games, and some more packing, before packing it in.

All summer people have been sending cool stuff I never get around to posting.  This web site is pretty funny,  The Giovinco Family.

Reminder:  See Will Kirby, winner of Big Brother 2, producers Arnold Shapiro and Allison Grodner on "The Reality of Reality."  The first of a five part series airs tonight on Bravo.  Monday is: "How Real Is Real?" Tuesday: "America's Instant Idols" Wednesday: "Behind the Scenes" Thursday: "Everything New Is Old" Friday: "Outrageous Worldwide TV"  Will is on Tuesday, John de Mol, creator of Big Brother on Friday, they might appear on other episodes as well. (Thanks Mariah)

10:30AM There was a wake up call, but only Jun woke up.  11:40AM Everyone up with nothing to do.  Jun's working in the kitchen, Ali's laying in the sun, Robert's lost.

1:15PM Not much talk in the BB house today.  The HGs have mentioned that the house shrink is in the DR today.  Lunch will be cooked on the grill today.  The chef, Jun, has been preparing food most of the day. Alison did her laundry.

Jun says she was in the house a week before she talked to Jee, "Oh I'd say 'excuse me,' and 'hi,' but we didn't talk for the whole first

Monday in the Big Brother house (it was either this or another picture of Jun eating).

For lunch, Robert grills chicken and a turkey dog for Erika. Ali tells Jun that she wants to talk to her and Erika.  She tells Jun that she's has to make the best decision for herself and if they think it out they will know.  But when Ali does bring the subject up, she puts in terms that makes it sound more like she hasn't decided, and is waiting for Julie to ask for her vote.   It was a short speech, followed by silence.

6:10PM Robert tells Erika he believes Ali when she says she hasn't decided. 

7:00PM American Dinner Arrives   Tonight the HGs will be dinning on upscale American cuisine.  Shrimp scampi ,New England clam chowder, salad, garlic cheese bread, stuffed filet of salmon, and lobster tails.  For dessert there's both pecan pie and carrot cake.   Every night so far there was minor complaint about the meal (wrong type of soy sauce, too much garlic...), but not tonight, everything was perfect. 

7:15PM Video Bonus  The HGs got a treat tonight,  a screening of the highest rated summer reality show, "Big Brother 4."   They got to see all their competitions starting from  the beginning, with the first HoH contest "Who's Your Chum?" with the buckets of fish guts falling on your partner strapped on the chaise lounge.  Then the first luxury challenge, Shiny Hiny, that won them the key to the hot tub.  The Spuds food competition was next.  [Don't forget, you can re-live all these moments too in the Big Brother 4 Archive, starting with week one.]

They have a blast watching themselves and all the HGs that started this adventure with them.  They all agree that Nate doesn't look as good on TV, and Ali and Jun have gained weight.  They get a kick out of the cheap stock music that's used to set the tone for the various events.  Erika smiles as she sees David again, "Ohhh he's so cute..."  And yes, Alison objected to the way she was edited, the slow-motion hug with Nathan, and the camera angles at their dinner that looked more romantic on video than in the BY.  Jun: "I'm definitely the bitch of the show." Erika: "No you're not! You're funny!" Really crappy clip [31 minutes]

8:40PM Robert: "Well, you wondered what they did to fill up the three hours a week, now you know.  That was the competitions, not the diary rooms and stuff. Can you imagine how good this show is. Ali: "I look like a big pork chop." 

10:50PM Rerun  Big Brother lets them watch the tapes again.

2:00AM HGs Go to Bed

About The Reality of Reality:  The show pretty much implies that all reality shows are manipulated, if not just plain faked.  As far as Big Brother goes, they claim they show is edited to show "a different reality from what viewers see on the live feeds."  Yeah, the TV version is cleaner, big deal.  Put Big Brother on cable, it would look like the live feeds.  They warn you that Big Brother could edit DR scenes to mislead you, or increase the drama.  The warning implies they do, but they never said that.  They use a clip of Will Kirby saying that "Reality TV is just a pathetic attempt to get strangers to validate you as a person."  Great clip, but it's not the first time he said it.  While in the house Will was talking to another HG, and said "If you're not here to win the game and get the money, then you're using Reality TV as a pathetic attempt to get strangers to validate you as a person."  Completely different.   So I'm very leery of a documentary that manipulated that. The series harped on how what you see on some TV shows isn't what it looked like when it happened.  Although there have been clear cases of fraud (like on the series "Manhunt"), a lot of it is just technical recreation stuff.  I watch the TLC series "While You Where Out." On the show the decorators knock on the door and go into the house.  You don't need to be a retired FBI guy to know it's fake, because when the door is answered, the camera angle switches to an interior shot looking out the door.  Obviously the cameras, lights and sound guy went in before the decorators knocked on the door. As a viewer it's more fun to watch "Amazing Race" and think there's just two people to a team, and forget there's a cameraman and a sound guy in the raft with them.  I still think it would be better if "Big Brother" showed our HGs not wanting to win the blimp ride.  It still has a happy ending.  Afterwards they said it was a once in a lifetime event they'll never forget.  And that was live, without prompting.