Big Brother 7: All-Stars

Mike Boogie Wins BB7!

The past few days in the Big Brother house have been completely irrelevant to me. I cancelled the feeds after Janelle’s eviction, so I had no real idea what had been going on in the house and hadn’t done many updates in a little while. I just couldn’t stand the idea of watching two horrible losers make out all day long. Gross!

Tonight was finale night for Big Brother 7 All-Stars, marking the official end of summer. The show began by talking about evicted houseguests, with an extra long section about Janelle. Who could blame them, she and Kaysar are the most popular houseguests in the history of the show! Anyway, the show progressed with more boring filler and then we finally got to the jury questioning.

I was undecided about who I hoped would win during most of their boring and rehearsed answers. Erika tried to take credit for nearly every eviction in the game and dubbed herself the new puppetmaster. Everyone knows the only real puppetmaster is Will, so that entire little speech was irrelevant. Erika also tried to pathetically dismiss her lame non-strategy by reminding everyone that the floating game got her right to the end. The jury all looked ill as she tried to BS her way through each question.

I was still undecided until Boogie answered Danielle’s question. Danielle thought she’d be clever and cutting by asking Boogie why he betrayed her after telling her he was her Jason for this season. For those of you who didn’t see season 3, Jason, the religious virgin, formed an alliance with Danielle very early on in the game and they were completely honest with each other, landing them both very close to the prize. Danielle finished in second place that season and a lot of that was due to Jason having her back. Danielle was upset this season because apparently Boogie had promised her a similar deal and then backstabbed her in the end. Boogie could have easily given some stupid cliché answer, but instead he called her on her own scheming. He essentially told her, many other people were also promised the honor of being “her Jason” this season and she backstabbed them all, so why was it any different when he did it to her. That was a great point and I was actually very impressed that he pointed that out to someone on the jury. I think it really put Danielle in her place and made the jury realize that they were all in the sequester house for one reason: they were outplayed by Chill Town.

Even though Erika tried to take credit for every strategic move that Will and Boogie made, it was clear to all the evictees that the real reason they had been outplayed was because Chill Town is an unstoppable force in the game. Mike made a point to mention that he and Will entered the game as a team and loudly proclaimed their alliance from day one, yet everyone avoided targeting them and it lead them right into the final four. It was completely true. Everyone in that jury house was there because they didn’t remove Chill Town when the had the chance and it bit them in the ass later on. It was true, Chill Town just played a better game.

We were almost ready for the votes to be read, everyone put their key in the box and then Julie brought out the first evicted houseguests from this season. The only important one was Kaysar, though Jase’s comments are always amusing. Kaysar, who had been allowed to watch the shows, told Janelle and Howie about James entering the game with a “chip on his shoulder” and quickly turning on his one time teammates. Then, to confirm that James was a total traitor to the group, BB played a video clip of James saying that he was going after Janelle and calling her fat and other harsh names. Janelle seemed a bit shocked, but handled it in an amusing backhanded way. She said that James’ attitude didn’t surprise her because he’s always been “such a whiner”, which is completely true. The best part was that after she said that and James gave his little response, Kaysar (whose luscious locks are growing back nicely) looked at James like he wanted to punch him in the face. It was hot because it was Kaysar, but also really entertaining because I was waiting for someone from BB6 to realize what a traitor James was and feel like kicking his ass.

Even better than that was BB finally exposing Boogie’s mean comments about Erika (which I addressed earlier in this blog). Alison said she wanted to tell Erika that she had been played like a common whore by Mike all season long. Julie offered just that opportunity by allowing Alison to talk to the final two houseguests. Alison said, “Erika, I hope you use that money to buy yourself some dignity.” Erika looked on like Alison was just being bitchy…. Until they played Boogie’s diary room footage! They began with Erika describing how much she liked Boogie and how she had “met her mate in the Big Brother house.” Then they cut to Boogie in the dairy room calling his relationship with Erika a ho-mance and saying “America now knows that Erika is, in fact, a ho!” Her smile began to sink as the footage rolled on. When it finally stopped, she looked down at the floor, perhaps finally realizing that Boogie had been playing her the whole time and had no interest in a real relationship with her. While my hatred for Boogie is, in his words, strong to quite strong, my hatred for Erika is almost immeasurable so this was totally hilarious for me. The girl whored herself thinking that she had found love only to find out on national television that Boogie was not into her at all. The sound of her ego bubble bursting was almost audible.

Finally the winner was announced and, with a 6-1 victory, Boogie took home the championship. I hate to say it, but he really did play a great game. This season was truly one of the apprentice outwitting the master and Boogie did just that. He learned from Dr. Will and he managed to get all the way to the end. This proves that Chill Town is a real BB dynasty, the ultimate alliance. The reason is that they never double-crossed each other through out the entire game. Every other group, most notably the BB6 alliance, suffered enough dissention and insecurity that they collapsed upon themselves. Chill Town really did play the game better than anyone else, and that’s exactly why that alliance has produced two winners.

Anyway, with the BB season at a close, I just want to say thanks to everyone who read this blog and to all those who create, write for, transcribe, manage and visit all the countless BB sites out there. Thanks to Hamster Watch and Joker’s but a special thanks to Morty’s TV and BB Chat, my two favorite BB sites.

I’ll see you guys next year for BB8!

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That's all she wrote BB fans. Horrible Erika threw the HoH competition to that awful wigger Mike Boogie and Janelle was evicted. It looks like no one the fans like will ever win the show. I'm over BB and I don't know if I'm even going to watch the finale. The only reason I would watch it is to check out Kaysar one last time. 

Next year's BB will be a brand new crew of back stabbers and liars. I don't know if I'll even watch it. All-Stars was supposed to be the best season because it was the toughest players. Instead, the final two are two losers who have played sidekick to their stronger counterparts. Sad. 

For now, we'll just have to relive the good old days of BB on YouTube. By the way, thanks to all those people who have posted BB videos from the shows and the feeds. Also, thanks to BB Chat and Morty's TV for all the updates, screencaps and chats.

Anyway, you can check out TV and movie reviews on TRASHWIRE.COM, that's what I'll be working on for the time being.

I had to re-watch last night's episode because when I originally saw it, I was so excited and shocked that Dr. Will was getting voted out that I pretty much forgot the rest. I wanted to address Howie's behavior in the sequester house and how CBS is making Howie out to be a horrible bully.

First of all, I agree with most of you that Howie picking on Chicken George was uncalled for. George is just a sweet, dimwitted old guy and it's wrong for Howie to lay into him so hard. At the same time, it was George who struck first when he stabbed Howie in the back by nominating him and letting Boogie make sure Howie was evicted. Howie trusted George and I think he has a right to be pissed about what happened. He was betrayed by George and he wanted to let George know that he was angry about it. In that respect, that's why there are cameras at the sequester house: so that all the scorned house guests can continue to battle each other and we can all watch.

Despite Howie's immature behavior, I don't think he should be made out to be some big bully. Howie has been a really cool guy, a loyal friend to Kaysar and Janie, and one of the funniest guys in the house this season and people are so quick to forget about why we all like Howie as soon as he starts getting out of control. CBS and Gretchen Massey from House Calls bash Howie endlessly and it's just not accurate. Howie is a good guy, just look at the tapes from the past two seasons, he's just hurt and he doesn't know how to deal with it so he acts all crazy and aggressive. I think what Jase said on House Calls today was really true about Howie: he feels like his life is over now that he's out of the game. Jase has always said that season 6 was in trouble from the start of the game because they took it way too seriously. They hadn't ben out of the house long enough, so the game was their life for the past few years. Others had time to unwind and think about things in between their seasons and All-Stars. For Howie, the prospect of being out of BB6 and now out of All-Stars might be the most terrifying thing in his life. Now he's mad and he wants to unleash all his rage on the person who he thinks ruined his life, the one that nominated him, George. It's really no surprise. Nearly everyone has had a breakdown of some kind during this season.

So why are people dumping on Howie so much? I admit that he has definitely done some things he'll probably regret, and at times he's behaved like a big overgrown 10 year old, but (incase everyone forgot) that's Howie! That's the guy we loved in season 6, the guy people voted back in the house, the guy we laughed at! I expected this kind of fair-weather fan-ship in American Idol, but people are usually more loyal to their BB favorites. How can you vote Howie back in because he's big and obnoxious and loud and then fault him for being he's big and obnoxious and loud? The only problem is that Howie has carried his "character" too far. Where as before he was big and obnoxious and loud to the people we hated, now he'd just that way to everyone.

So all you former Howie fans that have turned on him, just remember, he's the same Howie you once loved so much, he's just and extreme version of himself right now.

(Thanks to Morty's TV for the screen cap)

JANELLE EVICTS WILL

Jedi Janie was back with a vengeance tonight as she cast the night's only eviction vote and did away with the Evil Doctor. There were several times when I lost faith in everyone's favorite buxom blonde Jedi warrior, but by evicting the greatest player in the history of the game the girl proved that she was the real Keyser Soze! In the words of our dear Kaysar, she "caught the bigger fish."

I don't even know what more can be said about tonight's episode. The look on Mike Boogie's face when Will walked out the door was just like the credit card commercials say... priceless!

My only hope now is that Janie will win part 2 and part 3 of the final HoH competition and she will take Erika with her to the final two and eliminate all traces of Chill Town from the house!

Wow! That's all I can say about Boogie in last night's episode. He proved that he can take malicious to a whole new level. Everyone already knew he was a jerk for evicting our Season 6 favorites, manipulating the "Legion of Doom" and intimidating George into evicting Howie, but this time Boogie has reached an all new low.

In the episode, Boogie stated in the harshest possible terms that he had no interest in Erika and even made comments about her being old and looking less than stunning. Of course, all this was inter-cut with diary room footage of Erika talking about how much she loved him and how she hoped to one day have a baby with him. On top of that, BB also showed us more than plenty of scenes of Boogie and Erika fooling around under the sheets. I can't stand Erika, but I think it's really, really wrong for Boogie to maliciously exploit her and make her look like a common whore on TV.

Even worse than that--actually, nothing is worse than telling a girl you love her and want to have a baby with her and then calling her old and ugly on national TV--but adding to that horrible scene, the final four houseguests were sitting in the hot tub and Will was suggesting that they have a baby. It seemed like a joke, but Erika took it very seriously. Now it seems like even Will thinks they're in love, something that will no doubt make Erika fall for Boogie even more. On top of that, I'm down right worried about what she might do. The girl's crazy in love with him, she just might try to have his baby and he might go with it just to make BB history. He wants to be the first person to knock up a chick in the BB house. That would be so vile and creepy of him that it should constitute a crime. Still, I wouldn't put it past him.

Boogie admitted in the diary room that Erika would be "very hurt" when she found out about all the horrible things he's said about her and how much he's used her in the house. He pretended to feel a bit guilty about his behavior, but that didn't seem to stop him. In fact, the thought of absolutely crushing Erika and possibly ruining her life actually seemed to excite him. That was what was so disturbing for me, the fact that he knew he was going to destroy this girl and he was actually stoked on it. It would be different if he really did like her and then got out of the house and was over her. Instead, he aims to cruelly exploit her and even implied that he would get her pregnant if it meant he would win the game.

The problem, at least in my view, is that Boogie is convinced what he's doing with Erika is no different than what Will does with Janelle. Will exploits Janelle and uses her crush on him to get her to do his dirty work in the game. He flirts with her and then claims to not really be into her when he's in the diary room. He even lies to her about the final two, just like Boogie and Erika. Still, when Will does these things to America's Buxom Blonde Sweetheart, he never does it with the intention to hurt her, only to get farther in the game. Also, Will tells her flat out, "I have a girlfriend, I'm not into you." It's Janelle's own ego (and a rightfully earned ego at that--she's gorgeous!) that makes her believe she can have any man she wants, including Will, as long as she turns up the charm. Janelle likes the fact that she has to pursue Will and she knows that Will is a challenge. She's not under the impression that after the show, she and Will will get married and have a baby. Another difference is that, as she said a million times, Janelle has also been playing Will to get farther in the game. They're the two greatest competitors in BB history and they're having an epic battle to see who is really more of a bad ass manipulator. They're both playing each other and they're being open about that to each other, so neither one is being completely blind-sided by the other. Mike Boogie, on the other hand, is toying with Erika in a very hurtful and mean-spirited way that only shows what a complete jerk he is.

I really hope that Erika is ok after the show, because this is probably the harshest thing I've ever seen on BB in all 7 seasons. I can't imagine what it'll be like for her to get out and find that Boogie not only lied to her about the game, but also completely fabricated his feelings for her and said terrible things about her behind her back all while he was claiming to love her. That situation will definitely be very ugly...especially considering he knew what he was doing and didn't stop.

(Thanks to Big Brother Chat for awesome screen caps. This one of Erika and Boogie posted by JustWatching)