Best Idol Moment Ever!!

ok maybe not ever but i'm still laughing my ass off. enjoy!!

CBS Press Release

Here's the latest CBS Press Release - - - (according to www.bigbrotherupdates.com


CBS KICKS OFF "BIG BROTHER 7" WITH SPECIAL CASTING EPISODE UNVEILING TOP 20 CANDIDATES FOR ALL-STAR EDITION, TO BE BROADCAST WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 AT 8:00 PM ON CBS

TELEVISION VIEWERS TO PLAY CASTING AGENT AND VOTE ONLINE AT CBS.COM FOR THEIR FAVORITE PAST "BIG BROTHER" CONTESTANTS TO MOVE INTO THE HOUSE

HOST JULIE CHEN WILL ANNOUNCE THE 12 HOUSEGUESTS MOMENTS BEFORE THEY ENTER THE HOUSE ON THE SEASON PREMIERE, THURSDAY, JULY 6 AT 8:00 PM

Viewers will be reunited with some of the most memorable, entertaining and controversial Houseguests from previous installments of Big Brother when the 20 candidates vying to compete in the all-stars edition are unveiled during BIG BROTHER ALL-STARS: AMERICA'S CHOICE. The special primetime casting episode, which kicks off the season, will be broadcast on Wednesday, June 21 at 8:00 PM on the CBS Television Network.

For the first time in BIG BROTHER history worldwide, viewers will have the opportunity to vote which former Houseguests should compete this season with American television viewers choosing half of the houseguests who will ultimately enter the BIG BROTHER house.

A few hours after the casting episode is broadcast (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), viewers can cast their votes online at CBS.com. The polls will close on Wednesday, June 28 at 11:59 PM ET/8:59 PM PT.

Each potential "All Star" introduced on the casting episode will have their own profile on CBS.com, which will include "Why you should vote for me" text and video, as well as clips from their past appearance on BIG BROTHER.

Additionally, throughout the voting process, candidates will be able to campaign for themselves and will be encouraged to use any reasonable means they can to state their case to America as to why they should be voted into the BIG BROTHER 7: ALL-STARS house.

During the premiere of BIG BROTHER 7: ALL-STARS, all 20 finalists will be present and awaiting the news of who will play the game. Host Julie Chen will announce the lucky 12, who will immediately enter the house.

BIG BROTHER 7: ALL-STARS will follow the relationships and conflicts of players who live together in a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. One by one, the houseguests will vote each other out of the house. At the end of three months, the last remaining houseguest will receive the grand prize of $500,000. While living together in a confined space won't be anything new to the houseguests, choosing between any pre-existing relationships and building new alliances could be a challenge.

BIG BROTHER 7: ALL-STARS is Executive Produced by Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Arnold Shapiro, Emmy Award winner Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, in association with Endemol U.S.A.

All-stars vie for 'Big' break/video

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"CBS is shaking up the casting process for the upcoming all-star edition of summer reality staple "Big Brother."
Producers have informed 20 former players they've been selected as finalists for the all-star edition. But in something of a cruel twist -- and a first for a network reality show -- they won't know whether they've made it back into the "Big Brother" house until the show's live season premiere July 6.

What's more, would-be "all-stars" will have to campaign to get into the house, since half of this year's cast will be selected by viewers.

Eye has decided to start the process with a first-time "Big Brother" casting episode that will air Wednesday, June 21, at 8 p.m. SegSeg will feature interviews with the finalists, giving them a chance to make their case to fans.

In an "American Idol"-like twist, auds then get to choose their favorites via online voting slated to last a week. Players will lobby via the Net and through media appearances, some of which will be set up by CBS publicity as the net begins tubthumping for the official season premiere.

The top three male and female players will be guaranteed a place in the house. Remaining six slots will be filled by producers.

All 20 all-star wannabes will gather outside the "Big Brother" house on July 6. Twelve will be told they've been selected to play the game, while eight will be sent home -- all on live TV.

"They'll be all packed and ready to go," said "Big Brother" exec producer Allison Grodner, who predicts the preempreem show will contain some high drama as rejected finalists realize they're out of the competition.

Contrary to Internet buzz, players from all six past seasons of "Big Brother" will be eligible for the all-star edition. Grodner and Arnold Shapiro didn't sign on as exec producers of the Endemol USA skeinskein until season two, radically revamping the show when they arrived.

Producers opted not to cede casting of the entire show to viewers in order to ensure what Grodner calls "the right balance" of contestants. Translation: Nobody wants a house filled with just "nice" players.

"We're looking for a showdown," she said. "You've got your 'Big Brother' heroes and villains, and that's what's going to make for the best drama."

Clash of good vs. evil will be reflected throughout "Big Brother All-Stars," down to the interior design of the house, which will have elements that pay homage to past seasons' players and highlights."

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official site is up!!

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother7/

also a special will be on June 21 ........

"For the first time in BIG BROTHER history worldwide, viewers will vote on which former HouseGuests will compete in BIG BROTHER 7: ALL-STARS. On CBS Wednesday, June 21 at 8PM ET/PT, Julie Chen will unveil the top 20 candidates from seasons past. Web voting opens right here after the show at midnight ET/9PM PT. The polls close Wednesday, June 28 at 11:59PM ET/8:59PM PT." source http://www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother7/

also the commercials have started .......... big brother season is here again my friends.

Survivor Episode 14

It's hard to believe the season is almost over. It's hard to believe that Terry has won almost everything this year, the car, immunity, rewards. It's hard to believe he might win the game. I mean, he never really had to play the game. He never really needed to align with anyone, he always had that immunity thing in his pocket. He had absolutely no diplomatic skills. But he has survived.

It is interesting to note that the final four contains a representative from each of the original four tribe groups, Danielle (younger women), Cirie (older women), Aras (younger men) and Terry (older men). They return to camp after the ouster of Shane. The camp is dark and Cirie drops her torch, in either the wrong place, or the wrong place according to Terry. She couldn 't see and laid her torch down. Terry comes into came complaining. "Who put this right in the way!" Cirie says she did. Terry says, "Well is this where it's supposed to be?" He is so condescending. Cirie just says she didn't know it had a special place to be and she couldn't see and just put it down where she thought it would be OK. He says it was rude. Terry says "you put it right in the middle of the way."

Privately Cirie questions this "middle of the way" stuff. "What is he talking about, in the middle of what? We have 50 miles of beach here!" She tells Terry, "It was dark, I didn't know where you were and I didn't know where YOU wanted my torch to be."
Terry continues to whine, "Just like one of my kids...."
Cirie bristles, "I'm NOT like one of your kids."
Terry agrees, "You're not, you're not. You're an adult and that is why I expected a little bit more." (Who does this guy think he is? I mean, really.) Terry adds, "Make it a point to put your torch out of the way."
Cirie replies, "Make it a point to talk to people the way you would like to be talked to."
Terry will NOT let go of this. "The least you could have done was say you were sorry that you put the thing in my way."
Cirie apologizes, hands in the air bowing, "I'm sorry King Terry that this torch was where you were walking."

Terry then starts patronizing her, saying, "Alright, alright, sweetie, don't get upset." I imagine this is how he talks to his little blonde wife. He obviously does not understand that the "sweetie" thing is pretty demeaning and that he is still treating Cirie like a child when he is the one who is being childish at this point.

Aras has had enough. "Don't ruin this night for us, Terry. Don't come into final four territory and ruin it for everybody else."

Terry tells the camera that after 15 minutes in camp around the campfire, all three of the others ganged up on him to tell him how inconsiderate he was for telling Cirie not to drop a "piece of equipment" right in front of him. Did he say "piece of equipment". Yes, he did. Terry, it's a TORCH. It's like a stick. This isn't boot camp. You aren't training your troops here. She didn't know you were there, and she dropped her torch. GET OVER IT.
Aras says we came back to camp, we wanted to celebrate making the final four and you have to start in knocking Cirie the first thing you do. Baby Terry says he will just go to bed and they can have their little final three celebration. Waah, waaah. "It doesn't matter to me." And he goes to the shelter and lays down. To the camera he explains, he didn't come here to make friends with 24 year olds. He keep harping on the age thing. Aras is 24. He is 46. Over and over he says this. This man has become seriously irritating to me. Terry says if they don't talk to him for the next five days, he doesn't care. "I'm winning the million dollars and that's all." I guess he'll win if nobody presents him with some completely insurmountable challenge to overcome....like stepping over a torch.

Cirie tells Danielle and Aras that Terry is just angry because his other option, Shane is now gone. Both of Terry's choices for final two have been eliminated right under his nose and he was caught off guard both times. Terry, I think that's the "outwit" part.
Reward challenge has each of the four survivors wearing a waistband that has two ropes with clips on the end. They must clip themselves to ropes that lead out into the trees. To go around each other or posts, they must clip and unclip so that they are always clipped to the rope as they travel each path. In the woods, there are stations. The stations have various items that are indigenous to the area. There are 6 stations: Poles, Hermit Crabs, Rocks, Iguanas, Shells and Fish. The competitors must go to each station one at a time and count the number of the items at the station. Then they return to the start where they select a tile with the corresponding number on it and slide it into a slot on their individual starting stand. When they have counted all the items in all the stations, one at a time, they will have 6 tiles that they will take to an answer grid containing the names of the stations in pairs, and three locks. Placing the tiles in the correct order based on the name of the item, they will determine the combinations to the locks. When they are able to unlock all three locks, a flag will drop. First to drop their flag wins the challenge. If they cannot open a lock, they may have put the tiles in the wrong order or counted incorrectly and they may then go back into the woods and recount in order to correct their combinations.

They are playing for a once in a lifetime luxury tour of the Panama Canal on a 100 foot luxury yacht where they will have a 5 course meal and a night's sleep. Winner will also choose who to send to Exile Island.

Cirie is playing defensively right off the bat, hindering Terry's progress. Danielle counts shells, Cirie counts iguanas, Aras counts rocks and Terry counts poles. They are pretty close getting back from the first station. They begin to get jammed up as people going out meet people coming in. Aras counts shells, Terry counts hermit crabs, Cirie counts rocks. They are still all very close. Danielle begins to lag, but the other three are still in it. Aras and Terry meet at one point and are literally bashing into each other, showing a little testosterone. Cirie provides a little roadblock interference to give Aras a little edge against Terry. Cirie is laughing, enjoying her role blocking Terry. Terry and Aras are the first to get to the answer grid and they both begin working on the locks. The women catch up and they all get the first lock open but the second lock won't open. Terry and Aras head back into the course to recheck their numbers. NOBODY got the numbers all right. Terry suddenly begins complaining to Jeff saying that Aras should have been back from the station already. "He's taking multiple looks." He thinks that you have to go in and out again to recheck your numbers.

Jeff says, "No Terry, you're good." And Terry runs off into the trees again, yelling, "You can take multiple looks????" Jeff says yes and Terry starts whining, "Aww, you didn't tell us that!"
I can't tell who for certain, but I think Aras is making fun of Terry whining on the course.
Aras has two locks open now and his third. He drops his flag and WINS reward. Terry immediately gets on Jeff...."Let me get this straight...the first time out, we were only allowed one pass to get the numbers."
Jeff says, "Yes."

Terry is talking really fast. "Well, well well the the second time, I came back. I didn't have to come back. I, I could have stayed out there."

Aras interrupts. "I have a question. Every time somebody else wins, are you gonna say you got hosed? Is that how it's going to be out here."

Terry snaps, "This is the first time I lost, so there ya go."

Aras says, "Seriously, every time you don't win something you complain about it." Terry is swinging his arms and smacking his hands together, mumbling, "right back at ya." Aras continues, "You have no respect for anyone else out here. Are you going to say something bad about women, do I have to worry about that?" I think this may be Aras reacting to the "don't get upset sweetie" that Terry threw on Cirie the night before.

Terry says, "That always works, that's a real mature comeback."
Jeff tells Aras that he will select one person to go with him on the tour of the Panama Canal and BOTH of the remaining survivors will go to Exile Island. Cirie gasps. I don 't think they realized that two people would be sent to exile. Aras selects Cirie to go with him on the trip. Cirie squeals with happy and hugs Aras to thank him.

A plane takes Aras and Cirie out to the yacht. Cirie says she has seen yachts on TV and in music videos but she never dreamed she would be on one. They have wonderful food and drink. They aver that they really plan to go to the final two together and then begin laughing at Terry's major whine fest. Cirie didn't hear the whole thing and didn't realize that Terry was saying "Aras is taking multiple looks!!!" Cirie laughs and laughs. Aras says, in a really good nasal whine, "Somebody call the whambulance, Terry is whining on the course!" Aras says he tries to practice love and compassion but he hasn't done that with Terry lately. Cirie says the game is terrible and Aras agrees, adding, "you have to take people out."

Back on Exile Island, Danielle tells Terry she hated the challenge. Terry complains that Aras is getting really really emotional. He says he was just trying to get a final ruling on how he messed up in the challenge. Terry is furious that Aras accused him of making remarks about women. Terry says, he is going to behave like a 46 year old (wow, this may be a shocking change for him) and that when he or Danielle wins the immunity challenge he will be gone. Terry, gosh, he really is Terry's biggest fan.

Danielle decides that NOW is the time to become an ally of Terry. They plan it all out very neatly. Terry will win immunity. He will give Danielle the idol. Aras and Cirie will vote for Danielle and Danielle will vote for Aras. Danielle will present the hidden idol and Aras will go home. Peachy.

Terry mentions again how it only took 20 minutes to find the idol. Terry tells Danielle that for sure they are going to final two. Danielle comments that Aras must NOT win immunity.
Aras and Cirie get to ride through the Panama Canal aboard the yacht. They really enjoy being away from everything and comment how great it would be if they could make it to the final two. The yacht brings them all the way back to their beach. Cirie, surprised, says that from a distance the place looks almost nice. She admits in a way it's like coming home. Aras lays in the tent and farts. Cirie decides that since she has never started a fire with flint, she's going to try to do it and surprise Aras when he wakes up. When the tender catches, she is so excited she screams and wakes him up. Aras is impressed. He says that day 1, Cirie had no idea what to do and now, she's come full circle.

Immunity challenge day. Terry and Danielle are back from Exile Island. Jeff takes back Terry's immunity necklace that he has won 5 times. They must solve three puzzles. They must race to big circles in the sand where various pictograms have been put around the rim of the circle. There are two ropes. They will be given the pictograms as coordinates. When they place the ropes across the circle connecting the pairs of coordinates, they will make an X where they should dig. The ropes are already set for the first set of coordinates. They will dig there and find a bag of puzzle pieces. They bring the bag back to the beginning and solve the puzzle. The puzzle gives them the next two pairs of coordinates. They must race back, set the ropes and dig down to get another bag of pieces. When that bag of pieces is solved, they get the final set of coordinates to the third bag of puzzle pieces. Solving the third puzzle spells out the phrase "SAFE FROM THE VOTE". First person to finish wins immunity.

Aras is quick to get his bag of pieces. The others follow quickly and they all begin working the first puzzle. Aras is first to finish and head back out. Terry is next, followed by Danielle. Aras is back with his second bag. Terry finally finds his second bag. Aras finishes his second puzzle quickly and is back out for the final bag as Terry begins working his second puzzle. Danielle has trouble setting the ropes and cannot find the next bag of coordinates. Aras finds his third bag. Terry is still working on his second puzzle while Danielle and Cirie are digging. Terry digs quickly and soon is back with bag three. Aras is still working his puzzle but now Terry is also on the third puzzle. Danielle finally gets back with her second bag. Terry is gaining on Aras, but Aras cannot be caught and ARAS WINS IMMUNITY. Danielle mouths the word "damn". Terry looks resigned. It's not like he cares. He's got Mr. hidden idol.

As soon as they are back in camp, Terry takes Aras aside and tells him that the comments he made after the reward challenge were indefensible by him out in front of everyone like that and that they were false, uncalled for and really slanderous. "What I need from you is an apology and then we can talk about where you are coming from and where I am coming from, or we don't have a relationship for the next three days. That's how serious that stuff can be. I don't treat flight attendants like that. I haven't done anything I can't tell my wife, my friends, my family, my priest." (Psst, Terry, you can tell your priest everything no matter what...so that's not a good example.)

Aras, who Terry refers to constantly as the 24 year old, who is supposedly immature, realizes that Terry was really upset about the comment about him talking bad about women. Aras apologizes profusely saying that as a human being he treated Terry unfairly. He says that regardless how you feel about someone's personality, you grow together in an experience like this. I note that Aras apologized for the comment about "remarks about women" but no mention is made regarding Terry's WHINING about losing the challenge.

Cirie and Danielle wonder what they are talking about over there in the woods and Cirie laughs and says "How much they hate each other?"

Danielle asks Cirie if she knows who she and Aras are voting for. Cirie shakes her head no. Danielle realizes that the tribal council isn't going like she and Terry planned originally. Aras has the immunity necklace. Terry has the hidden idol and they are all pretty sure of that. Cirie and Aras will have to vote for Danielle. Danielle and Terry will vote for Cirie. Danielle hopes Terry will give her he immunity idol so that she can produce that and send Cirie home. If not, they will have to break the tie with some sort of challenge. Danielle surmises it will be making fire, like Stephanie and Bobby Jon had to do. Danielle is glad because she knows she can make fire and Cirie has NEVER made fire.

Danielle tells Terry what they think will be the tie breaker. Rather than offer her the hidden immunity idol, Terry reminds her how to make fire. Good old Terry. What a great partner.
Aras also gives Cirie fire making tips and adds, "Just have fun. You have come so far."
Cirie says she has mixed emotions because she is afraid she will go home, but she is confident in her ability to make fire. She wants Danielle to underestimate her. Danielle reminds Terry that this is the last night that the hidden idol could be used. She plans to work him until they get to tribal council to try to convince him to let her have it so that she doesn't have to win a challenge, but Cirie will go home when the tie occurs.

Jeff points out that there is one person from each of the original groups. Then he asks if there is a shift in momemtum now that he has won two challenges back to back. Jeff asks Terry if he feels vulnerable without immunity. Cirie says he feels safe because they all know he has the hidden immunity idol. Jeff reminds them all that this is the last night that the idol can be used. They all admit that they have figured on Terry having the idol in planning for the vote tonight. Jeff asks Cirie how has she changed through her survivor experience. Cirie says she has spent her life underestimating herself, sitting on a couch and not knowing how much she could really accomplish.

Watching the jury during all of this is interesting as Courtney and Shane obviously have some axes to grind, still. While Cirie is talking, Bruce and Courtney beam at her, proudly. When Danielle speaks Shane laughs at her as Courtney rolls her eyes. Bruce still beaming, almost as broadly.

Aras says he is keeping his immunity and they vote. As expected, Aras and Cirie vote for Danielle. Terry and Danielle vote for Cirie. As votes for Danielle are read, Courtney celebrates. They are tied. Jeff asks if either of them has the immunity idol and they both shake their heads no.

To break the tie, they will race to make fire. There is a string across their fire station and when that string burns, a flag will raise. First flag up wins. They are given magnesium flint, some tender and wood.

They begin....
TO BE CONTINUED
The preview shows the two women, both with a fire going. If you pause the TIVO, Cirie's fire seems to be 3 times as big as the one Danielle is working on. But, there is no way to know whose string will ignite and burn first. Sunday is the finale.
GO CIRIE

by BC and Scott

some interesting things at www.realitybbq.com

HG possibility chart

thier top pics ...

Alison Irwin
Beau Beasley
Dana Varela
Diane Henry
Holly King
James Rhine
Marvin Latimer
Michelle Maradie
Scott Long
Eddie McGee
Howie Gordon
Janelle Pierzina
Jase Wirey
Justin Giovinco
Kaysar Ridha
Mike Lubinski
Tonya Paoni
Dr. Will Kirby

click the link above to read the whole list

also www.realitybbq.com is saying that "the season will last 95 days, bringing the finale date to about October 5th."

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House Calls Is Confirmed

sadly this means my beloved Marcellas won't be in the house for all-stars but at least we still get to see him every day.

here is an article from http://www.bigbrotherlink.com/soon/ ....

"CBS Confirmed today that "House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show" will return this summer, but will be apart of CBS's new Broadband TV station."INNERTUBE" is described as "a new, advertising-supported broadband channel offering a wide range of free entertainment programming to Internet users." Similar to MTV Overdrive it allows users to get the most out of their programs in an online fashion.CBS also announced that House Calls will return. From a CBS press release: "THE BEST OF HOUSE CALLS, featuring highlights from CBS.com's "House Calls," the Internet talk show about BIG BROTHER, which will help viewers get re-acquainted with their favorite villains and sweethearts before this summer's BIG BROTHER: ALL STARS (working title) on CBS; and all new, original episodes of the CBS.com talk show HOUSE CALLS, which will continue to stream live on CBS.com and then re-stream on innertube the following day, five days a week."The Best of House CallsPremiering on innertube in June, THE BEST OF HOUSE CALLS is a one-hour, bi-weekly program with a four-week run that culls the best episodes of the past two seasons of HOUSE CALLS: THE BIG BROTHER TALK SHOW and presents them with new introductions made by the host of the show, Marcellas Reynolds. This show will lead to the premiere of the new season of CBS's "Big Brother" and the first HOUSE CALLS show.House Calls: The Big Brother Talk ShowHOUSE CALLS: THE BIG BROTHER TALK SHOW will premiere in July with returning hosts by Marcellas Reynolds and Gretchen Massey. The show streams live on CBS.com Monday through Friday for 30 minutes at 10AM PT/1PM ET and on Fridays for one hour at 10AM PT/1PM ET before re-streaming on innertube. Daily shows feature interaction between viewers and the hosts through phone calls and e-mails, discussions on events that transpire in the BB7 house, prognostications and strategies, and interviews with former BB houseguests as well as current houseguests following their eviction.Looks like no Marcellas on "All Stars"! Stay tuned to BBL for the latest! "


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from www.realitybbq.com

looks a little unfinished and rough to me but apparently that is what the new logo looks like. they think that the background shape looks like 2 different houses. don't you jusut love this time of year? full of speculation and rumors. it's so very exciting. i dont know about two house but i've always thought the jury house should have an internet feed as well. it would be better then having all 4 cams on the same 3 people in the real house.

Survivor Panama Exile Island, Episode 13

The review of last week reminds me how truly lucky it is for Terry that he is really good at these challenges and has won immunity every time because he is so awful at trying to make alliances. He is so ham handed at diplomacy and manipulation it's not funny, but he does physically dominate the entire game. He's brawn, Cirie is brains. She is playing a much smarter game. Shane, Terry and Courtney were completely blindsided by her skillful game play last week.

On the way back to Gitanos camp from tribal council, Shane is questioning Aras about what is going on, and why the vote was changed without anyone telling him. Aras told him that Cirie had found out that Courtney was shifting her alliance to Terry and that they changed at the last minute. Cirie said they couldn't even tell Shane because they didn't find out until it was time to leave for tribal council and Shane was walking up with Courtney and Danielle and they couldn't talk to him without it being obvious they were up to something. Shane asks Cirie for her assurances again and she assures him their alliance is still strong. Cirie knew that Shane wanted to go to final two with Courtney because he was sure he could beat her. They discuss who goes next, and they agree if Terry wins immunity, Danielle goes next. Everyone admits that the camp is more peaceful without Courtney there.

Terry admits it was his 5th failure in trying to get people to vote as he would like. He is particularly angry with Danielle and says that if she is next to go, it won't bother him at all.
Reward challenge is a five stage obstacle course made up of some of the elements from previous challenges. First they must dig in the sand to recover a bag (presumably of sand) which they must carry with them to the finish line. The first four finding a bag move on to the second round where they must climb up a lattice of wood and untie a wooden snake, then run up and over a hill to finish. The first three people to reach the finish line with bag and snake go on to the next round. Round three consists of going up and over another sand hill and into a pond. In the center of the pond a rather large fish is hanging and must be untied. The first two people to finish carrying bag, snake and fish moves on to the final. The final head to head challenge consists of a series of wooden tunnels and towers that intersect at one point in the middle. The two finalists must carry bag, snake and fish with them through the entire course and cross the finish line first to win.

Jeff then tells them they are playing for love. He explains this means face to face interaction with their loved ones. The winner will be responsible for allocating who gets the most love from their loved one. They begin. Shane is out in the first round after Danielle, Terry, Aras and Cirie are the first four to pull their bags from the sand. Round two is the untying of the snakes...Danielle is first again, Aras is next and Terry gets the third slot, leaving Cirie out of the challenge. Round four, Terry drops his snake but makes up the time and they all get to the fish at the same time. Danielle is trying to untie the fish with her teeth but Aras and Terry finish first and second and move on to the final. The hardest part of the last leg of the challenge is keeping all the stuff with you, bag, snake and fish with you. Terry bullies his way through the intersection, but Aras catches up. Aras drops his bag and is out of it and unable to recover. Terry wins reward. He celebrates as usual.

Trish, Terry's wife is there, Aras' mom Teresa, Danielle's mom Denise, Cirie's husband Clarencio (H.B. which apparently stands for Honey Bunny), and Boston who brings his father, Shane literally to his knees in tears. They croak I love you's at each other. Then Jeff explains the reward. Two of the survivors will be taken to a private villa where they will have pizza and food and drink galore, separate bedrooms and an overnight stay with their loved one. One survivor will get to take their loved one back to camp with them overnight. One will be allowed a hug and that's it. The last person will have to wave from across about 20 feet separating them from their family member and then go to exile island. Terry, as winner of the challenge gets to decide who gets what in this reward.

I knew that Terry would take the overnight villa thing with his wife. He won the challenge, of course he wants to reap the benefits. I thougHB he would probably give the other husband and wife team, Cirie and HB, the other overnighter, but he selects Shane and his son, Boston instead. This may have been strategic, keeping Shane away from the others who are obviously all plotting his overthrow. It migHB be that Shane is the only one who hasn't shocked Terry by not voting as Terry planned. It could be just that Terry knows how desperate Shane has been to see his son. At any rate, he did give the overnight back at the Gitanos camp to Cirie and HB, so at least they had some time together. Aras got a hug from his mother Teresa. As they embraced he told her to have a table set for him with five meals on it when he got home and she responded promising him anything and everything he wanted. Danielle had to wave bye to her mother Denise and was taken away to Exile Island. Basically, other than the fact that I would have probably let Boston go experience the camp with his dad, Terry's picks were pretty much what I would have chosen. Down to the Aras and Danielle situation, either/or would have worked for me, but Terry was still stinging over the Courtney votes and Danielle lost out.

Danielle accepts her fate. She says she was disappointed but she knows that she is there in the home stretch. She chops coconuts and comments she is thinking about Terry's head. She says she is not going to sit and cry about not seeing her mom and talking to her. Terry will get his.
HB is SHOCKED at the primative conditions at the camp. He is definitely a city guy and he's amazed at how adept Cirie has become being there and surviving in these conditions. He eyes the water and says that it has dirt in it and Cirie laughs..."that's good for you." Cirie says that seeing him there and knowing how green he is, she is reminded how far she has come. She says she has underestimated herself for 35 years.

At the villa, there are four kinds of pizza, beer, champagne, and all sorts of snacks. Trish talks about how emaciated her husband looks and how tired he seems. Shane is thrilled to be with his son and talks nonstop telling him about wanting to quit and how remembering that Boston wouldn't want him to quit kept him in the game.

Trish very quickly gets very much into the game and when they all are sitting around talking, Trish very much gets into discussing strategy. Shane says she is even more competitive than Terry. Shane tells Trish that Danielle is going home next, for certain. Terry turns off the ligHBs and his wife says "be gentle with me." Terry says just snuggling with his wife was the most amazing thing.

Morning arrives and Cirie has HB doing all sorts of stuff, getting the fire going, finding food, and getting water. He complains but you can tell he is willing to do this. If nothing else Cirie explains that she needs to conserve her energy to win this game. He is truly impressed by the hardship of living in the camp. And all too soon, it's time for him to go. The boat arrives to take him away. HB cries saying that he is so amazed at Cirie and so proud of her. He tells her, "You are my hero." Cirie says she wants her family to have a wonderful life.
Aras and Cirie greet the boat. Aras says, "How was it, you guys, did you get a good night's sleep."

Terry responds, "There wasn't any sleeping on my part." It was sort of a slimy thing to say, IMHO. Like he was saying, sure I'm out here, haven't eaten in months, exhausted, have bug bites, etc, but I'm still a sex machine and did my wife last night. Maybe it's because I don't like him, or maybe it's because I just watched HB talk about his wife in what was truly a loving moment of pride and sincere admiration, but it came across as crass to me.

Cirie thanks Terry. Terry says that the choices were very clear to him. He says that Danielle is only 24 and "it was only her mom." Aras says, wait a minute....everyone out here is starved for news from home, everyone out here wanted time with their loved one just as much as anyone else. He says he's offended by Terry saying it was "just her mom." Aras fumes because he feels that Terry won his reward and got to see his wife, but Aras didn't get to spend any time with his mom and he thinks Terry needs to show a little bit of respect and compassion for those who didn't get time with their loved ones. Terry goes off on a tangent about if he had to choose between his wife and his mother, he would always choose his wife. I'm thinking well yeah, Terry, you can't "do" your mother and come back to camp leering about how you got to have sex. I'm really aggravated with Terry today, can you tell?

Aras says that his mother is his rock. He says that while Terry's wife is Terry's rock, everyone out there has their OWN rock and that Terry is making it sound like one rock is more important than another. I think at this point I would point out to Terry that if that man and wife thing is so critical and that parent child thing is not, he should have taken Cirie and HB to the villa and let the kid spend the night in campe with his dad.

Terry is offended that a 24 year old kid would lecture him and tell him that the bond with his mother is just as important as Terry's bond with his wife. Terry then tells the camera that he is glad that Aras came unglued and that he showed him a little crack that Terry might be able to take advantage of. Well, gee Terry you let the Grand Canyon of survivor waltz right past you over the last few weeks without taking any kind of advantage of it, why are you so interested in the "little crack" of Aras being offended by your arrogance. I realize, Terry, that you have won just about all the rewards and ALL of the personal immunities, but you haven't played this game all that well. People have been FORCED to endure you. It is highly unlikely that you are playing for anything better than second place. Of course, I've been wrong before, but I honestly think you are delusional if you think the jury will vote to give YOU the money over any of the other possibilities.

Aras says that the least he would have expected from a 46 year old man who talks about his age all the time and how he's older and wiser, etc., would be respect and he feels that Terry showed him no respect with his attitude. Aras says Terry is starting to fuel his fire...and the more he does that, the more Aras wants to beat him.

At the immunity challenge, Danielle returns from Exile Island. She says that the weather was beautiful and she really enjoyed her stay there.

After 4 straight immunity challenges where Terry has won immunity, the necklace is once again up for grabs. The challenge consists of standing atop a 20 foot pole on a small square perch, out over the ocean. Just in front of the pole is a hollow tube with a flag on a pole inside it. The flag has a float on the bottom so that it is floating inside the hollow tube. The survivors must pull a bucket up using a rope and then dump the water from their bucket into the open tube below causing the flag to raise as the water level inside the tube raises. Then they lower the bucket and get more water and continue until the flag is raised to a level where they can reach it and pull it up and wave it over their head. First one to complete this wins immunity. Feet must stay on the perch, no butts or knees may touch the perch.

Cirie is frightened but she knuckles down to the task at hand. Terry is quick of course, and is pouring quickly. Everyone is pouring but they aren't hitting the tube. Finally the flags start to rise, except for Shane who has apparently not understood the challenge and is pouring water all over. Aras and Terry about about half way through the challenge when Jeff says that Shane is STILL not moving his flag. Shane calls back across the water, "I was pouring into the wrong hole. That's never good, is it, now, Jeff? Thats....NEVER....good."

Aras is really close to catching Terry when Terry reaches down and grabs his flag to win the challenge. Terry, ever the celebrating winner, dives off his perch and calls out in victory. Shane says "SHUT UP" in that way you say shut up to someone who is just a total jackass being all happy and victorious. Shane bellyflops into the ocean, Aras and Danielle dive in and Cirie climbs down the ladder saying "No diving for me." Terry remains undefeated in individual immunity challenges. Shane then says, in a very Probst like way, "For one of you, the game will end tonight.. " and then sings a little ominous fanfare.

Terry tells the camera that winning immunity today was huge because it not only wins him a guaranteed spot in the final four, but in the final three as well since he as the hidden immunity idol. He says now he doesn't even have to show up for the next immunity challenge.
Shane is very pleased because Danielle will go home at tribal council. Terry doesn't mind Danielle going because she blew him off with her vote last week. Terry was saying last week that he really wanted to take Courtney to the final two. With her gone, he has decided that Shane would be good in the final two because...and I kid you not, this is his reason...Shane doesn't do as much work around camp. He actually thinks that all of those Casaya members that are beginning to populate the jury will vote for arrogant, no people skills, Terry over Shane because Shane didn't fish? I seriously believe that Terry is playing for second place at this point. I would LOVE it if he ended up out at third. Terry actually says that because he went and got firewood and water and fished even though he had a huge target on his back and because he won all those challenges, it's a nobrainer even for loyal Casaya members and they will vote for him to win over Shane.

Aras says that finding out that Shane wanted to take Courtney to the final two relieved him of any obligation to keep Shane in the game. He talks with Danielle who KNOWS that Shane wants her gone at this vote. Aras talks to Cirie. Cirie isn't stupid and knows that Terry is looking for who he wants for final two and suspects that it's Shane. Danielle and Cirie are really tight. Danielle says she trusts Cirie with her life and that she also has a strong bond with Aras.
Shane talks to Cirie and tells her, OK, Danielle this week, then Aras. He says he wants none of the last minute surprise thing that happened last tribal council. Shane says they must not make it look like they are betraying Aras because he will have a vote on the jury. Cirie nods through all of this. She says she is 100% with the plan. Shane says he feels good, that he and Cirie and Terry are probably good to the final three.

Cirie is thinking all of this over. She thinks that Courtney will not vote for her to win if she makes the final two with Danielle. She thinks that the friendship that Courtney and Danielle had will hold strong. She knows that Danielle and Austin had a bond on Exile Island. So, Cirie is unsure what to do. She believes that Aras and Danielle will vote for Shane. Cirie says she loves Aras but she will do what she has to do to get further in the game.

Shane says he has set himself up to be in the position he is in and he feels at this point, he could beat anybody. He really could. He is happy.

They go off to tribal council. Shane and Terry are planning to vote for Danielle. Aras and Danielle are planning to vote for Shane. Cirie is the swing vote and she has not committed on camera to either vote.

The jury files into the tribal council. Austin, Sally, Bruce and then Courtney, who is obviously NOT a happy camper. She does a little thing of kissing her fingers and glaring at the tribe. The camera shows us Cirie as if that is who she was making the motion toward. Could have been anyone.

Jeff asked if it was hard for Terry to decide who was going to get "love" after the reward challenge. Terry says he thinks it worked out ok and he doesn't think anyone will have any hard feelings.

Cirie talks about HB being at the camp and seeing what she had been doing for 30 days. She tells Jeff that HB is a city boy and that seeing what they went through on a daily basis left him extremely proud and that he told her that she was his "hero."
Shane says his day with Boston was magical and unbelievable. He said as the sun set he knew there was no place on earth he would rather be than there with his son.

Jeff talks about the fact that Terry has won all of the immunity challenges and that Aras always seems to come in close behind. Is that frustrating for Aras. Aras says he thinks it's just fun. Terry rolls his eyes and looks smug. Aras says that every time they compete he knows that Terry is playing for his life, that one crack and he could be gone (actually it would be two cracks because of the hidden idol). Jeff says, yeah, but when do you realize he's not going to crack. Aras explains that the game is more than winning challenges, that you must win over the people to win a million dollars. In the end, the JURY decides who gets the money. Terry continues to look smug and roll his eyes at everything Aras says.

Shane says he can be trusted absolutely at this point in the game, that he has played to this point without betraying anyone and he has maintained his integrity throughout. He has not lied to anyone. He has not cheated anyone. Now, we all know he has acted like a petulant little baby when he hasn't gotten his way and when he loses challenges, but he is still 100% trustworthy.
Danielle says that if she finds out someone is doing something sneaky behind her back, or just telling everyone that it's time for her to go home, that's when to make a move. The whole point of the game is to make moves to further yourself.

Jeff says that when he watched the immunity challenge today it was interesting that everyone was working hard except Shane who was pouring water in the wrong hole, making jokes. Shane thinks that he is safe because people want to take him to the final two because they all think they can beat him. Terry is the only one who told him that, but he apparently thinks they all think that. He says he guesses he would be easier to beat than Cirie who is the mother of three and an incredible person, or Aras who is the golden boy who could levitate home.
Danielle says it's tough being on Exile Island and not knowing what happened while she was gone. She doesn't feel safe.

They vote. Aras votes for Shane saying he is sorry. Terry votes for Danielle, as does Shane. Cirie casts her vote. Jeff reads the votes. 1st vote, Danielle. 2nd vote, Shane. Shane makes a face as if to say, what what???? nobody would vote for ME! 3rd vote, Shane. Shane looks mock terrified and then makes faces of disgust at the people he thinks voted for him. Fourth person voted out of Survivor, Exile Island....Shane.

Shane is shocked. His mouth flies open. He doesn't know whether to laugh or what. He says "WOW". The camera shows the jury and Courtney has her head in her hands. Terry has his hand over his face, he is also stunned. Shane brings his torch to Jeff and turn to the tribe and says, "Oh my God, I'm going to have a chocolate ice cream bar in about 1 minute." He leans very close to them. "One minute."

Jeff says, "Shane, the tribe has spoken, " and snuffed his torch. Shane starts to leave and then turns back.Terry and Aras salute him and he continues off down the path.
Jeff is shaking his head. "Well the last two tribal councils, the person voted out was absolutely shocked so if trust wasn't an issue before, it certainly will be now."

Next week, apparently Cirie stands up to Terry. We see her saying "What are you talking about???" Then she says "Make an attempt to talk to people like you want to be talked to." Good for Cirie. Terry and Aras butt heads, literally, at a challenge and Danielle apparently goes to Terry and they talk about an alliance for them to go to the final two. Danielle apparently thinks it is now time to align herself with Terry. I guess so, since if Terry's head swells any more, he will be able to compete as his own final two partner....Terry and Terry's swollen head.
GO CIRIE!!!! Vote for Cirie to win the Yukon. Cirie rocks!!!! Go to http://www.cbs.com/ and cast your vote for Cirie to win a Yukon and you might win one too.

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CBS's reality summer line-up. july 6th it is!!

i found this here

http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2006/05/cbs_summer_sked.html

Wednesday, July 5
8:00-9:00 PM ROCK STAR: SUPERNOVA (Premiere)

Thursday, July 6
8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER 7: ALL-STARS (Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM ROCK STAR: SUPERNOVA (Special Broadcast)

Tuesday, July 11
8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER 7: ALL-STARS (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM ROCK STAR: SUPERNOVA (Time Period Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM TUESDAY NIGHT BOOK CLUB

Saturday, July 15
9:00-10:00 PM BIG BROTHER 7: ALL-STARS (Time Period Premiere)

official BB7 start date?

according to something i read today the official start is july 6th (julie chen said this on CBS's the early show apparently) i can't 100% confirm this because i didn't see it with my own eyes but that's the rumor.

roddy rumor

it's highly rumored the rod from big brother 3 has taken a leave of absence from his job for the summer of '06 which leads one to think he may be one of the top 20. i'm sure if he is then he will get the votes to actually be on the show. he is hottie roddy after all.

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