Welcome to the new design! I created this design way back in October when I last posted here and put on the back burner as other things in my life became a higher priority. Now that we are nearly 100 days away from the premiere of Big Brother 11 I thought I might as well get things rolling again.

I have many exciting new ideas that I’m going to implement this year so please return in the next couple of months and decide to choose RealityFire as your new Big Brother source.

While I was gone the site received 13,000 unapproved spam messages!  Jeesh! I had to go into the database manually to delete them all. Let that be a note to anyone else who doesn’t keep up with sites. I might have deleted some actual posts, so I am sorry if that happened.

What happened to the forums!?

There is no need for me to duplicate the success of other websites. So, I will be linking to a forum that I regularly participate in, Jokers Updates. I’ve come to know Jokerette and most of the Joker’s staff over the past year and think they deserve every damn user in the world. So go there, discuss away, then come back here for my insightful, witty, charming, and absolutely annoying commentary and news. Ok?

(BTW – I am thundercat2 over on the jokers message forums.)

What has happened in the World of Big Brother since I last posted?

Ok, so I’ve had this rule forever. What the houseguests do in their private lives is their own business. I’m not a huge fan of gossip websites that stalk these average people after the show. I find it distasteful, and distracting. Sure there are rapid fanatic types who need their Chiara (Big Brother 3) updates, but seriously, enough is enough.

That being said here are a few things that former houseguests have said publically shared (paraphrasing horribly btw).

- Dan (Big Brother 10) is doing motivational speaking. He broke up with his girlfriend Monica. And there have been many innocent encounters with Keesha.

- Keesha (Big Brother 10) has an off again/on again relationship with her boyfriend. Not sure exactly what that is about. Also, her and Renny have had a falling out. Keesha solicited her fans to voter her as Hooters girl of the year.

-Renny (Big Brother 10 ) has tried to sell everything in her closet and her neighbor’s closet on ebay.

- Jerry (Big Brother 10 ) has throat cancer and is getting treatment. I pray for a speedy recovery for him!

- Steven (Big Brother 10) has visited Kuwait, and plans on visiting Iraq very soon.

- Memphis (Big Brother 10) traded his car in for money. If you didn’t hear the story basically CBS didn’t own the car, so they settled on a cash prize instead. He is still giving out signatures to people I guess.

- April and Bryan “Ollie” (Big Brother 10) are still a couple. They both live in Arizona.

Speaking of couples..

- Jen and Nick (Big Brother are still together too.

Big Brother Australia:

The update for the next season is Big Brother is this: There isn’t going to be one this year. As you know Ten ended the current adaptation of Big Brother. At the time the hosts and everyone involved said that Big Brother would eventually be back, just not for a couple of years. This may turn out to be true. The latest rumor is that there might be a Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack series that would debut in 2010.

Big Brother UK:

Jane Goody passed away due to cancer.  She was a contestant on three Big Brother series, two set in the UK and one in India. Her death was publicized on international news.

Every year there are rumors of Big Brother UK’s demise – and that holds true this year as well. Everyone involved is saying that this year will be the last, but that is yet to be seen. I’m still holding out hope that they will convert to a US format which would be more successful in the UK.

As for rumors for Big Brother 11… expect the unexpected and same mix of casting from Big Brother 10.

For those who are watching the Live 24/7 Internet Feeds you are well aware of how important America’s Player is this week. The house has split. April, The Head of Household wants Memphis evicted this week because Memphis told April she’s his target. Since April can’t vote this week she had to get at least four votes to get Memphis evicted. She was able to get Ollie, Jerry, and Michelle’s votes. Libra, Keesha, and Renny want to vote out Jessie because each one of them have been targeted by Jessie’s numerous blowups and tantrums in the house.

Each side is banking on Dan for the deciding vote. What the houseguests don’t know is this week only Dan is America’s Player and he can’t control his own vote. Which mean, this week for the first time since Big Brother 1 we have absolute control of who stays and goes.

The polls are closed! Who did you vote for? Find out soon!

Before midnight Dan was called into the DR. He came out and asked Libra and Keesha he is nervous about Memphis. It’s possible that America voted for Memphis to get evicted. If he is called into the DR again then maybe we’ll know for sure the results.

Update II: Last night after midnight Dan made up an excuse to get back into the Diary Room. He was in there briefly. Dan wasn’t shown again on the feeds until he said goodnight to Libra, Keesha, and Renny. This morning Dan was shown eating breakfast and enjoying arts and crafts time with Jerry. He hasn’t talked game since being in the Diary Room the 2nd time.

Update III: It’s mid-afternoon and we still don’t have a good grasp how America voted. Dan created a t-shirt that says 20 that is supposed to stand for Dan and Monica’s 20th month anniversary. Dan played a silent game of chess against Jessie. Dan is now cleaning the dishes with April while talking about April’s grocery shopping habits. Dan has been hanging out with the April/Ollie/Jessie/Michelle/Jerry side of the house the most today.

Last night’s HoH Competition ended up being an endurance. The remaining houseguests were hanging off a building facade. The goal of the endurance competition was to be the last person standing on the ledge. Jerry MacDonald was fell out first. He complained about his neck being stiff and having too much upper body weight. Libra Thompson was the next person eliminated from the competition. She looked around and saw how well April Dowling and Michelle Costa were doing and decided she had enough.

During the competition Dan Gheesling was being a tad bit annoying. He was shouting out movie quotes and being a nuisance. Dan fell off about 30 minutes after Libra. Jessie Godderz was disqualified from the competition because he had his entire arm around the railing. They could only grab the pole using their hands. Bryan Ollie fell off the ledge about 30 minutes after that. Memphis Garrett was able to gash open his arm on the brick wall. He was in tremendous pain. Before Memphis jumped off the ledge he tried to make a deal with the remaining contestants. They didn’t give him a deal. Memphis jumped off. Renny Martyn was eliminated after she lost her footing and got turned around. Another rule was they had to have their back to the building at all times.

The final two were Michelle and April. Both girls were hurting pretty badly but Michelle was wearing her pain on her sleeve. Michelle looked over at April and asked how she was doing. April said that she was doing fine. Michelle then started to ask for a deal to be made. April promised that Michelle wasn’t her target. Michelle still held on. Michelle again asked for some sort of deal and April said that Jessie would be safe as well. After a couple more minutes Michelle finally jumped off the ledge and April became the new Head of Household.

April’s true target this week is Memphis. She told Ollie that she was going to target Memphis because sometime last week Memphis said that he was targeting her. April’s alliance had previously agreed that they would vote to evict whoever the head of household wanted. Keesha really doesn’t want Memphis out of the game because she believes that later down in the game he and her could align.

Before the Nomination Ceremony Dan completed the America’s Player nomination task. America had selected  Jessie to be this week’s target. Dan repeatedly asked April if she was going to put up Jessie. April reconfirmed that Jessie was going on the nomination block with Memphis.

Many of the houseguests have been speculating about Dan’s recent behavior. Some have even suggested that he is the twist this year. Libra and April have both stated they think he is America’s Player. Ooops!

The Nomination Ceremony is over!

As suspected Jessie and Memphis were nominated for eviction.

This season, for the most part the alliances in the house are all well-known. Keesha Smith blurted out to the whole house that she has an alliance with Libra Thompson, April Dowling, and Bryan Ollie. Jessie Godderz made it obvious he was aligned with Angie Swindell when he didn’t nominate her for eviction. Memphis Garrett and Michelle Costa have made their four person alliance known just by hanging out with Jessie and Angie for the better part of each day in the house. Keesha and Renny Martyn made their pairing obvious just by Renny sleeping inside the HoH room during Keesha’s HoH reign. Ollie and April made their alliance obvious by having an open showmance.

All these out in the open alliances makes them easy targets for the rest of the houseguests. However, there seems to be a secret alliance that is in the midst of forming.

Dan Gheesling has been smoothing his way into the good graces of the rest of the houseguests. He’s talked about his girlfriend, engagement rings, and has even formed a Swim Club at the Big Brother pool. All strategic When Keesha and Renny decided to sleep together in the head of household room Dan jumped at the opportunity to sleep on Keesha’s water bed next to Libra.

Each night this week Dan and Libra have talked in bed about non-gaming topics until last night when Libra began to question whether or not Dan was being truthful to the 7-person alliance in the house. Dan reaffirmed his position. He is being truthful and trustworthy to the alliance. They then began a trip down memory lane by bringing up all former successful secret alliances. Libra said that the most successful secret alliances are Guy/Girl alliances. Dan upped her up one and said that the most successful secret alliances are the unexpectant ones. Libra then said that Danielle (Big Brother 3), a married mother, had Jason (Big Brother 3), the christian photographer in her secret alliance and they went far. Dan asked if Jason was Catholic and they both giggled.

Could this be the beginning of a secret alliance? Time will tell!

This week’s Head of Household, Jerry MacDonald nominated Jessie Godderz and Renny Martyn because they were the root of this season’s first conflict. Brian Hart pushed really hard for Jerry to make these nominations and forged an alliance with Jerry. Brian also had an alliance with Dan Gheesling and Bryan Ollie.

Sometime after the nomination ceremony Brian told Jerry about “The Brawny Boys” which is an codename for Jessie, Memphis Garrett, and Steven Daigle. Brian was leading Jerry into thinking about replacing one of the nominees with Memphis if the Power of Veto was used.

The first power of veto involved sticky substances and feathers. Jerry beat the competition and went on to win the first Power of Veto. Brian began getting the whole house to turn on Memphis, which most of them bought. Steven made an agreement with Brian. The agreement was Brian would convince Jerry not to nominate Steven and in turn Steven would pay favor to Brian later on in the game.

April Dowling and Ollie began to get close and eventually Ollie let out about his alliance with Dan and Brian. April told Libra Thompson, who rallied the rest of the house against Brian.

April, Ollie, Libra, Keesha Smith, Angie Swindell, Michelle Costa, Jessie, and Memphis confronted Jerry about Brian’s alliance with Dan and Ollie. Jerry got pissed that Brian created a sub-alliance without him. Jerry expected Brian to stay true to him because they both share a military past.

Holding the Power of Veto gave Jerry the opportunity to change his nominations. He took Jessie off the chopping block and nominated Brian.

The new nominees for eviction this week are Brian Hart and Renny Martyn. Who will be evicted? Stay Tuned!

Jessie Godderz, the Natural Bodybuilder from Iowa, decided to head to bed early and soon one by one the other houseguests followed. Renny Martyn, the New Orleans Socialite, stumbled her way into the “Road to Woodstock” room and turned on the lights to the dismay of her bunk mates. She quickly turned the lights back off and tried to walk out of the room – but the door was locked. Renny, in a very loud voice began to complain about the door being locked waking up the entire house – including Jessie.

Jessie, annoyed that he was woken up from his sleep pouted his way to the bathroom where Renny followed. Jessie confronted Renny about her loud behavior and she told him to lighten up.

Dan Gheesling and Brian Hart quickly formed an alliance. Dan recruited Ollie into the Alliance while Brian went up to the Head of Household bedroom to gauge where Jerry was leaning for nominations. At first Jerry suggested to put up Memphis and Dan. Brian had other plans for Jerry’s HoH run.

At the nomination ceremony Jerry put Renny and Jessie up for nominations at the suggestion of Brian Hart. He said that they clearly have an issue to settle.

Who will win the Power of Veto, and will they use it to save either Renny or Jessie? Stay Tuned!

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While CornerOfficeX doesn’t spill who Jerry nominated, CornerOfficeX says that the Power of Veto was used to save one of the nominees!

The obvious pairs in the house are Jerry and Brian, Jessie and Memphis, Libra and Keesha. April and Ollie have also seems to have bounded, which has been noticed by the other houseguests.

Speaking of April, CornerOfficeX describes her as this year’s Jessica. He calls her a social butterfly “with a jump shot.”

Despite telling the houseguests that he’ll be the house work-out coach, Jessie and the other houseguests refuse to wake up early to work out.

“The 9″ and “The Brawny Boys” are names we will hear early on in the game.

Finally CornerOfficeX says, “This cast is smart and knows the game. They’ve already figured out you don’t always evict the easiest target.”

Being selected as the first Head of Household puts Jerry’s initial strategy in jeopardy. He originally wanted to avoid becoming HoH early in the game so he can create a strong alliance, called the X-Factor, between the first four HoH’s.

According to CornerOfficeX Jerry wants to choose his nominations from a random hat drawing. However, doing so is against one of the house rules.

How will Jerry cope with his new found power in the Big Brother house?

Will he adapt his strategy or come up with a Plan-B?

Also,

Big Brother Slop has returned! The first Food Competition was held on the second day and half of the house has been placed on the nutritionist meal that former Houseguests says tastes like sandpaper, literally.

Renny Martyn, the New Orleans socialite, is “rubbing people the wrong way.”

Jessie Godderz and Memphis Garrett have bounded.

Ollie is keeping a low profile.