Bianca didn't even give Corey a moment to prove himself to her. She hated him instantly and went around telling everyone what she thought of him.
It finally culminated in her telling Corey to his face that she wants to be everything he is not. Without making a personal attack, Bianca told Corey he had become a figure of teenage rebellion and made it look cool to ignore all the rules. She told him her goal in the House was to prove to kids they didn't have to drink, smoke, and do drugs to be cool, and not to be disobedient.
So is Bianca saying she is everything a teenager should be? Is this the persona she is going to play in the House just to make a point? Is she really as perfect as she is making herself out to be? And if she is just playing a character, will it shorten her stay in the House?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Big Mouth: Uncut for Grown Ups
The one thing we missed out on last year in BB was anything above a PG rating. Even though the Premium web content was rated MA15+, live streams were heavily censored and video packages for download rarely got into M-rated territory. It was BB for kids.
But really the series is about observation of a group of adults with a diverse range of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and morals. And more often than not, these are made up of adult-oriented themes-- they are part of life. And it's not just sex and nudity as the politicians who don't watch the show would have you believe. It can be about sexuality, safe sex, drugs, religion, race, family situations, abuse, crime, war, conflict, scandal. Add to that mix Gen-X and Gen-Y's favour of 4-letter words to enhance a conversation, and you have all the stuff that priests and pollies don't want to be seen on TV. But they are the things some adults (including some young adults) should be made aware of, hear opinions of, formulate their own opinions of, and discuss with other mature adults.
Uncut in the early years used to provide an insight into some of these adult oriented topics from the HMs' points of view, and would also reveal parts of their personalities that could be completely hidden in the PG-rated Daily Shows. I'm sure in BB01 Andy, the dominatrix, would have seemed like a regular Carol Brady in the Daily Shows if she didn't take out her whip and candle wax on Thursday nights.
But as the series became more popular, Uncut, and later Adults Only, turned into a series of naughty treats for any kid with a TV in their bedroom. The clips shown were made more juvenile and tacky, the week's evicted HM was no longer invited to discuss the topics of the show with Gretel, and in BB05 the show sunk to a new low with Gretel playing the up-tight school marm disciplining the naughty viewers for watching each clip as she presented them. The show got more and more bad press (including a statement from PM John Howard that was made a mockery of in this year's teasers), and the show was eventually cancelled in 2006 before it even broadcast the turkey slap incident that broke the camel's back.
This year, some of the adult themes are back, and are being presented in a mature format by Tony Squires and Rebecca Wilson: two respected and experienced journalists, on Big Mouth. The first episode went to air last night and included commentary by 3 of the most intelligent ex-HMs to ever walk out of the BB House: Tim Brunero, Paul Dyer, and Chrissie Swan. Most of the show was just a panel discussion on events straight out of the Daily Show, but they did cross over into adult territory, and managed to do it in a way that was informative to viewers who had not seen the events, but not so gratuitous to offend the easily-offendable.
The show included discussion of:
But really the series is about observation of a group of adults with a diverse range of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and morals. And more often than not, these are made up of adult-oriented themes-- they are part of life. And it's not just sex and nudity as the politicians who don't watch the show would have you believe. It can be about sexuality, safe sex, drugs, religion, race, family situations, abuse, crime, war, conflict, scandal. Add to that mix Gen-X and Gen-Y's favour of 4-letter words to enhance a conversation, and you have all the stuff that priests and pollies don't want to be seen on TV. But they are the things some adults (including some young adults) should be made aware of, hear opinions of, formulate their own opinions of, and discuss with other mature adults.
Uncut in the early years used to provide an insight into some of these adult oriented topics from the HMs' points of view, and would also reveal parts of their personalities that could be completely hidden in the PG-rated Daily Shows. I'm sure in BB01 Andy, the dominatrix, would have seemed like a regular Carol Brady in the Daily Shows if she didn't take out her whip and candle wax on Thursday nights.
But as the series became more popular, Uncut, and later Adults Only, turned into a series of naughty treats for any kid with a TV in their bedroom. The clips shown were made more juvenile and tacky, the week's evicted HM was no longer invited to discuss the topics of the show with Gretel, and in BB05 the show sunk to a new low with Gretel playing the up-tight school marm disciplining the naughty viewers for watching each clip as she presented them. The show got more and more bad press (including a statement from PM John Howard that was made a mockery of in this year's teasers), and the show was eventually cancelled in 2006 before it even broadcast the turkey slap incident that broke the camel's back.
This year, some of the adult themes are back, and are being presented in a mature format by Tony Squires and Rebecca Wilson: two respected and experienced journalists, on Big Mouth. The first episode went to air last night and included commentary by 3 of the most intelligent ex-HMs to ever walk out of the BB House: Tim Brunero, Paul Dyer, and Chrissie Swan. Most of the show was just a panel discussion on events straight out of the Daily Show, but they did cross over into adult territory, and managed to do it in a way that was informative to viewers who had not seen the events, but not so gratuitous to offend the easily-offendable.
The show included discussion of:
- Rory accusing Travis of being gay just because of the type of sunglasses he chooses to wear-- a clip that shows Rory's intolerance of gays, and making judgements based on appearance alone, and refusing to listen to anything other than his own opinion-- aspects of Rory we would not have seen otherwise; and also showed Travis' will to express himself by the way he dresses and his opposition to Rory's beliefs, and being comfortable with who he chooses to be and what he looks like.
- A discussion about sexual experiences (and exaggerations) of some of the HMs-- providing insight into the the types of relationships HMs have had outside the House, including Travis' religious beliefs about sex before marriage.
- Nobbi getting naked in front of the other HMs-- well he's just a bit of a show-off, isn't he?
- The media calling the HMs freaks-- followed by a discussion of social inclusion of people who are different, and Paul's retalliation at the media.
We Nominate, Housemates Evict
This year, the live Nominations show has been cancelled due to Kyle and Jackie O's schedule, and the process has been changed to suit, which may see the HMs that are flying low get evicted early.
Now, much like Idol or SYTYCD, the public will have the whole week to vote for the HMs they like best. On Sunday the bottom 3 will be announced to the HMs. The FNL winner for the week will get some special privilege based on these votes (to be annouced either Friday or Sunday), and then the HMs will vote 2 points and 1 point for who they want to be evicted that night. Based on the HMs' own votes, one of them will be evicted.
First of all, this has excellent fund raising potential for BB. Previously regular voters would only need to send in votes in the weeks their favourite HMs had been nominated. Now voters will need to save their faves every week throughout the series. Also, instead of 3 HMs receiving votes, there are 12, and next week there will be more. So plenty of revenue coming in from there.
The next thing is, with the public only voting to save, the ones who don't get noticed, won't get votes. The under the radar HMs will have more chance of ending up in the bottom 3 each week. Housemates who stirred things up used to get all the nomination points from the HMs and the public would have to vote out on of 3 interesting characters. Now the ones who stir things up will get more airtime on the DS, become more popular, and get more save votes, while the boring ones will get nominated.
So then the HMs get a choice of 3 to evict. No word yet on whether they evict during the day with the results announced live, or if the whole eviction process is live. Also will they have to give reasons for their nominations this year? This was the only real insight into what they were thinking about the others we used to get, so hopefully it is done in some way.
A new aspect of the nomination process we have already been shown is the Danger Zone, where each weeknight we are shown the list of the bottom 5 HMs. This will get interest in voting up for those wanting to save the HMs trailing in votes, and also shows us how the votes change day by day.
The 2 things left to be revealed are:
Now, much like Idol or SYTYCD, the public will have the whole week to vote for the HMs they like best. On Sunday the bottom 3 will be announced to the HMs. The FNL winner for the week will get some special privilege based on these votes (to be annouced either Friday or Sunday), and then the HMs will vote 2 points and 1 point for who they want to be evicted that night. Based on the HMs' own votes, one of them will be evicted.
First of all, this has excellent fund raising potential for BB. Previously regular voters would only need to send in votes in the weeks their favourite HMs had been nominated. Now voters will need to save their faves every week throughout the series. Also, instead of 3 HMs receiving votes, there are 12, and next week there will be more. So plenty of revenue coming in from there.
The next thing is, with the public only voting to save, the ones who don't get noticed, won't get votes. The under the radar HMs will have more chance of ending up in the bottom 3 each week. Housemates who stirred things up used to get all the nomination points from the HMs and the public would have to vote out on of 3 interesting characters. Now the ones who stir things up will get more airtime on the DS, become more popular, and get more save votes, while the boring ones will get nominated.
So then the HMs get a choice of 3 to evict. No word yet on whether they evict during the day with the results announced live, or if the whole eviction process is live. Also will they have to give reasons for their nominations this year? This was the only real insight into what they were thinking about the others we used to get, so hopefully it is done in some way.
A new aspect of the nomination process we have already been shown is the Danger Zone, where each weeknight we are shown the list of the bottom 5 HMs. This will get interest in voting up for those wanting to save the HMs trailing in votes, and also shows us how the votes change day by day.
The 2 things left to be revealed are:
- What power the FNL winner will get over the nominees.
- How the Strategy Room will work.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Corey: Just a Nervous Kid
Corey Party-Boy-Worthington-Delaney-Whatever else he wants to be called has had his 15 minutes of fame, and now he is going for minutes 16-30.
We've seen plenty of interviews on current affairs shows peppered with answers of no more than a few words, and interviewers struggling to fill out the time allotted for the story. But is there really any more than that to the kid for us to learn in the BB house?
Kyle's request to the audience tonight seemed spot on. "Let him speak... then boo him." The audience's negative reaction didn't seem to phase Corey, but then you'd think he'd be used to that by now.
When Corey entered the House, he was like a deer in the headlights. He was just a nervous kid. The whole thing seemed to overwhelm him and he seemed to just want to look at his shoes, rather than his new housemates. Luckily Saxon was quick to take Corey under his wing.
He has already spent some time alone in the House. When he had a moment to slip away he spent some time hiding in the dining room playing with a balloon. He doesn't seem to be taking the big group thing easily. Having his appointed Nanna there is not going that well for him either. Terri has already asked him many times if he is feeling tired and what time is his usual bedtime.
Terri has questionned him on his education and Corey admitted that he passed the first 2 months of Year 10 because his mum did all his schoolwork for him, and he has worked doing some carpentry since leaving school.
At the moment he is very shy and quiet but I expect he might become a bit more involved and rowdy after the first night. Somehow I don't see him chipping in with cooking and cleaning and it will be up to Terri to put him in his place in that regard.
We've seen plenty of interviews on current affairs shows peppered with answers of no more than a few words, and interviewers struggling to fill out the time allotted for the story. But is there really any more than that to the kid for us to learn in the BB house?
Kyle's request to the audience tonight seemed spot on. "Let him speak... then boo him." The audience's negative reaction didn't seem to phase Corey, but then you'd think he'd be used to that by now.
When Corey entered the House, he was like a deer in the headlights. He was just a nervous kid. The whole thing seemed to overwhelm him and he seemed to just want to look at his shoes, rather than his new housemates. Luckily Saxon was quick to take Corey under his wing.
He has already spent some time alone in the House. When he had a moment to slip away he spent some time hiding in the dining room playing with a balloon. He doesn't seem to be taking the big group thing easily. Having his appointed Nanna there is not going that well for him either. Terri has already asked him many times if he is feeling tired and what time is his usual bedtime.
Terri has questionned him on his education and Corey admitted that he passed the first 2 months of Year 10 because his mum did all his schoolwork for him, and he has worked doing some carpentry since leaving school.
At the moment he is very shy and quiet but I expect he might become a bit more involved and rowdy after the first night. Somehow I don't see him chipping in with cooking and cleaning and it will be up to Terri to put him in his place in that regard.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Nobbi Intimidated By Terri's Return
How classic was Nobbi's reaction to Terri returning to the House tonight? While he tried to act tough, his reactions ranged from fear, to denial, to panic.
When the penny dropped that she might be coming back Nobbi started saying a lot of "Ooooh, if she comes in here, I'll...", but never managed to decide how to finish that sentence.
Next he started denying it by yelling that she can't come back after she has been evicted, as if his own grasp of the rules of Big Brother were superior to BB's own.
After Terri entered he decided his best bet was to start collecting friends, fast! He quickly went around to as many HMs as he could and made sure they were on "his side". Strangely, Dixie was one of the first to reassure him, even though she was one of the ones that seemed to get along well with Terri on the first night.
After a commercial break Terri could be heard saying to Nobbi something about if she was here to chaperone him (rather than Corey). At this Nobbi ran off and stood behind a bunch of other HMs.
Terri admitted to Brigitte tonight that when she was asked to banish a HM to the combi van, she was apparently told by BB that she was only doing it to them for 1 night. But when she then thought of him being out there a week so far with no end in sight, she seemed to enjoy her decision even more.
At the moment it seems that Ben, Saxon, and Dixie are going to see Nobbi through this ordeal. Will we see Nobbi tell Terri what he thinks of her while she is in the house? Will his arguments be justified, or will it just be the same spite talk we have already heard from him? Or will he wait until Terri leaves again before he decides to stand up to her again?
When the penny dropped that she might be coming back Nobbi started saying a lot of "Ooooh, if she comes in here, I'll...", but never managed to decide how to finish that sentence.
Next he started denying it by yelling that she can't come back after she has been evicted, as if his own grasp of the rules of Big Brother were superior to BB's own.
After Terri entered he decided his best bet was to start collecting friends, fast! He quickly went around to as many HMs as he could and made sure they were on "his side". Strangely, Dixie was one of the first to reassure him, even though she was one of the ones that seemed to get along well with Terri on the first night.
After a commercial break Terri could be heard saying to Nobbi something about if she was here to chaperone him (rather than Corey). At this Nobbi ran off and stood behind a bunch of other HMs.
Terri admitted to Brigitte tonight that when she was asked to banish a HM to the combi van, she was apparently told by BB that she was only doing it to them for 1 night. But when she then thought of him being out there a week so far with no end in sight, she seemed to enjoy her decision even more.
At the moment it seems that Ben, Saxon, and Dixie are going to see Nobbi through this ordeal. Will we see Nobbi tell Terri what he thinks of her while she is in the house? Will his arguments be justified, or will it just be the same spite talk we have already heard from him? Or will he wait until Terri leaves again before he decides to stand up to her again?
Corey, and Stuff Like That, and... Yeh!
Just having a look at Corey's interview on the OS and here are the 3 phrases we are going to get most sick of for the next... however long!
- "... or something like that."
- "... and stuff like that."
- "... and, yeh!"
Seems every sentence he says ends with one, OR MORE, of these 3 phrases! E.g. "I'm just a nice guy, or something like that... and stuff like that, I dunno." So this is what we'll be subjected to with Corey in the house.
Also, I'm hoping there will be a sunglasses showdown between Corey and Travis. Corey may have his $2 yellow plastic sunnies as part of his "image", but Travis has his heart shaped sunglasses (now broken though, I think), and his blue sunglasses with the plastic criss-crosses that I'm sure you could not possibly see anything through!
Lastly my wishes for Corey are that most of the Housemates think he is a tool and completely shoot down his ego. I wanna see him crying to Big Brother by the end of tonight! Then it will all be worthwhile!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Rima's Fall Gives Her A Break
Rima's fall from the tilting platform in the first round of FNL last night caused her to break her leg. She is now in hospital recovering and could take several weeks to heal.
The press release issued by Ten and ESS says they will await her decision on whether to return to the House when she is up to it.
Obviously in hospital she can't be "locked down" completely. Will BB assign a minder to her? Will doctors and nurses be instructed to only communicate to her about her medical condition? Will she be in a room without a TV? Will she be secluded from fans? Will her husband be able to see her?
The decision needs to be made once she is fit to leave the hospital. If she can go home or to a hotel room, then she is fit to re-enter the house. It's not like they do much anyway. If they are going to give her several weeks to recover and then decide to go back into the house, she has too much of an advantage over the others.
The press release issued by Ten and ESS says they will await her decision on whether to return to the House when she is up to it.
Obviously in hospital she can't be "locked down" completely. Will BB assign a minder to her? Will doctors and nurses be instructed to only communicate to her about her medical condition? Will she be in a room without a TV? Will she be secluded from fans? Will her husband be able to see her?
The decision needs to be made once she is fit to leave the hospital. If she can go home or to a hotel room, then she is fit to re-enter the house. It's not like they do much anyway. If they are going to give her several weeks to recover and then decide to go back into the house, she has too much of an advantage over the others.
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