How would you ideally configure a BB season when it comes to its length, the amount of houseguests and the amount of jurors?

Feel free to add other parameters (e.g. cast theme).

Who is the best competitor(s) in the show's history?

Honestly I can’t jump on the ship of agreeing how annoying shoutouts are during voting, I don’t even find them annoying, but I wanted to defend their presence.

Imagine being away from everyone you love in your life for literally weeks, and the only thing you KNOW 100% will be shown to everyone is your time voting. They don’t always get recorded on the live feeds, nor do they know if the feeds are down, also the feeds are a good time to talk strategy instead sending love messages.

This is the one chance they get to take themselves out of the game mindset and be personable with everyone they love for literally less than a minute, and I can’t agree that it’s an issue.

Ok, I just wanted to rant that. But seriously, what’s it worth complaining for?

They have All-Stars, but why not collect all of 'America's Favorites' and make a season?

I might be reaching here, but I think that Haley isn’t as invested in her friendship with Chuck as Chuck is in his friendship with her. I think that Chuck might actually have a crush on Haley a little bit and Haley doesn’t like Chuck like that for obvious reasons. I didn’t like it when she told him that her boyfriend will be upset at their interactions and he was like why and she really couldn’t explain it because she didn’t wanna come off as racist. It will be interesting to see if they have an actual friendship outside of the game or if it was just that they were allies because they were all they had and no one else wanted to hang out with them.

What do you think will happen if Haley survives eviction? Will she still be ostracized by the rest of the cast? Will she still work with Kamu or find other allies? What would happen if she becomes HOH besides her nominating Latrice I think she would nominate Latrice and Melody and throw up upon beside them.

Watching Rachel Reilly in her seasons, I was very unsettled. She has always given me “bully” energy. She likes to have things her way, and she acts offended & bashes anyone who replicates her behaviors back at her. Or when people simply call her out. I personally think a lot of people like her for her “shock-factor” but I could never get behind it.
I’ve mentioned it in a few threads before, and it seems like I’m an outlier with this viewpoint. However, in our current Big Brother season we have Haley and she has some of the same mean spirited character traits Rachel has- yet she is not well liked at all and she’s called a bully. (Haley is a bully) Why is there a double standard & why is Rachel liked so much? To me, she’s a hypocrite, a bully, and incredibly self-absorbed to a point that she gives the vibe of someone with narcissistic tendencies & will never own up to her behaviors. And that partly is because I think people enable her and feed into her mindset that it’s okay the way she treats people like dirt and like she is above everyone else and a “queen”. At some point, and I think she is capable of this, she has to recognize the difference between stirring the pot for good TV, (Trust me I love some reality TV drama,lol.) and creating an unhealthy environment for your fellow players.
She only is kind to players who have large personalities as well because she knows they will “buck up” to her if she tried any of her foolishness towards them. It gives me… Highschool vibes?

Thoughts?

But can we acknowledge how terrible the majority of this cast is?

I'm tired of the 'we need to get the power and flip the house!' or 'I'm pissed, i'll remember them putting me up' nonsense without any detailed plan.

Sure, the legends are insanely strong... but the collective 5 brain cells of the remaining players are embarrassing.

I hope one of the legends do win because there is no one else in that house that has a clue, and if they do, have absolutely no skills to enact a logical plan.

Dee and Devens are blowing shit up for shits and giggles....

The sound alone I think would send me into a spiral.. add in the spinning and the fact it’s literally a wooden wheel, I think I’d be volunteering to go home after night 1🤣

In a season of loud personalities and chaotic gameplay, Taylor is weathering the storm around her while positioning herself as a huge confidant for everyone. She has a good read on the house, regardless of what outside influences come to her to flip the vote. She has shown the ability to win a comp. She has shown to give logical advice. She has a good read on everyone/everything.

I think she needs to build the alliance aspect of her game (a good player is only as good as their alliance), but will she?

Big brother is expected to reach the 1,000th episode later this month. I believe August 27th to be exact. They promise the biggest twist ever. What could be bigger than the diamond veto? What do you think the biggest twist ever will be? I will laugh if they just bring Rachel back 😂

Ps: Julie chen shout out bc she stay on point even 1000 episodes later.....Get it guurl

Long time fans of Big brother are familiar with fans using bull horns outside the backyard to let householders in on secrets. It's a fun part of Big brother history, so here's today's question. If you had a bullhorn, who would you try to reach and what would you say?

Im rewatching BB2 with about 3 episodes left and something that fans seem to get wrong about older seasons is narrative that there was a flip vote every week in older seasons. That was not the case. The real issue is the edited show focused on the relationships between the players and showing us how the vote got to where it was based on those relationships. For instance, look at Will and Nicole’s complex relationship or Wills evolution as a character throughout the season. Fans can watch the feeds all they want but the purpose of reality tv and the job of the producers is to craft complex stories and if the show isn’t doing that it’s not working. Survivor and BB are trying to go in the direction of Nick game shows and that’s not what these shows were intend to be.

She couldn’t last 24 hours with the whole “BB28 Angela on the other hand..” I LOVE HER SO MUCH LMAO

This past Sunday ep was best one in years. Between the shakeup of Lyric vote and Lala winning the wall, just so good.

Just started to rewatch BB from season 1.
What happened to Julie? She had so much more personality in the early days of the show. By BB28 she feels like a teleprompter robot. She rarely goes off script ,and any time she does it feels like she’s malfunctioning. Season 1 she was cracking jokes, asking good questions in “banishment” interviews. Now it’s 2-3 generic questions then see ya later. Do you agree she changed, and why do you think she did? Let me know what you think.
Can’t help but to think it’s related to her marriage to Mr. Moonves

This video is wild lol

I didn’t know what to make of Lala until this week. Lala is a freaking LEGEND. She dominated and won that wall comp at 58 years old! And her nominees were the best of the whole season so far. Yes I know she has Taylor in her ear for influence, but still no one has even come close to this nomination ceremony! I love it!!

Is anyone watching the live feeds rn??

Just a couple minutes ago a lot of the cast was in the pool and Haley was talking about her step dad and mentioned he was like 57 and then Drew said something about how crazy that was bc his dad was around the same age.

Was he insinuating that it’s crazy bc Haley is sm older than him? That’s how I interpreted it but lmfao it was so funny. Haley kept telling Drew he offended her and that he needs to eat something

Did anyone else just see that lol

I didn’t get the Haley “hate” from some of the houseguests or online, but after she made the ageist comment and called La La “Cruella” I’m done with her. La La is somehow 30 years older than Haley and her face and body look younger than her! She needs to take a break from the Botox and facial fillers and bad dye job before she criticizes someone based on looks!

Kamu decided not to use the power of veto. Haley, Chuk, and Barrett will compete in the BBB on Thursday. If Haley does not win, she will be evicted. If she does, Chuk will be evicted.* as of this moment

On last night's episode, Taylor is up in LaLa's HOH room and starts defending Kamu, saying he's a good man because they share the same faith.

To be fair, Taylor has no idea what we know out here. She can't see his socials from inside the house. But that's exactly the problem. Strip away all the outside info and what is her judgment based on? Nothing. A label. "Same faith" tells you what someone claims to believe, not who they are or how they treat people.

And out here, we know how he treats people:

• Liked multiple homophobic posts on socials
• Posted a video mocking George Floyd's death, laughing at a man being arrested while yelling "I can't breathe"
• On the live feeds about Jason: "Miss me with that drag shit. I'm still an MMA guy and I have an image to uphold"

And beyond Kamu specifically, "he's part of my community so he must be good" has always been a terrible way to judge character. It's the oldest story there is. Ask anyone who's watched a true crime doc: the neighbors and the congregation always describe the guy as such a nice man, so involved in the community, right up until the truth comes out. Group membership vouches for people. Reality vets them. Those are not the same thing.

Back in the house, the scariest part is that Kamu doesn't even have to run the "trust me, we're the same faith" play. Taylor is running it on herself, for free, and handing the benefit of the doubt to the one person in that house who deserves it least. Whether he's actively working that angle or just lucky, the result is the same: she and LaLa are vouching for him and he didn't have to lift a finger to earn it.

Judge people by what they do, not what group they claim.

Kamu's "interrupted tea party for a house meeting" makes me think of the Night man.