On July 13th, 2008 Big Brother will start again with Big Brother 10. In preparation for the new season RealityFire is posting Top Ten lists each day to help the new houseguests.

Today’s List is the “Top Ten Mistakes You Can Make Inside the Big Brother House”

Big Brother is like a daytime soap opera. The show is filled with characters that you either love or love to hate. The storylines of each character are intertwined by the actions and decisions they make. Sometimes a character will decide to jump off a cliff to follow a ghost childhood pet. Making the wrong decision on Big Brother can also effect your well-being in the house.

Here are the Top Ten Mistakes You can Make Inside the Big Brother House…..

10. Losing the First HoH Competition – The first Head of Household has very little time to decide who he or she likes and wants to keep in game. The likelihood that you will randomly get nominated is greated depending on first impressions which leads to…

9. Make a bad first impression. Don’t act cocky, smug, overly confident. Be yourself, but don’t come out playing the game of Big Brother too stronge. This will get you eliminted early in the game.

8. Losing pivotal PoV Competitions – When you are on the nomination chopping block it is crucial that you win the Power of Veto. It’s the only way you can be sure you won’t get evicted.

7. Getting caught playing both sides – Big Brother is much of a team sport as it is an individual. You need to have alliances throughout the game in order to stay safe. Sometimes though it is neccesary to cover all scenarios. However, in doing so you run the great risk of alienating your original alliance and in the future when you are nominated they might choose to evict you for this reason. Scheme carefully.

6. Not Using PoV on Yourself - (See: Marcellas Reynolds)

5. Taking a Cash Prize – Big Brother will offer many tempting offers throughout the game. Try your hardest not to win them! If you make it to the end of the game the Jurors will take in consideration your current Big Brother balance. They will probably award the grandprize to the person who won the least amout of money during the game.

4. Getting on Big Brother Slop restriction diet - Idiot, you choose the wrong team in the food competition.

3. Having a Relationship in the House – Whether it’s a built in previous relationship or one that develops inside the house. Getting feelings for another person can get your game ruined. Generally Big Brother players get jealous of people who will never turn on their loved ones. If you must, try and keep your fling a secret.

2. Throwing Competitions – It’s one thing to lose a competition, but to deliberately throw one is its own category of stupidity. Never throw a competition because you never know when it will backfire on you. Your safety is all that matters.

1. Offering Yourself Up for Nomintations - The point of the Big Brother game is to survive without getting evicted. If you are offering yourself up for nomination then you are putting your future in the game in jeapordy.