This week's task is a bit bland. While it gets them to play characters and get involved in conversations with HMs they don't usually associate with, it is very light on coverage-- they aren't actually doing much for very long. Normally the task can give the HMs something to do rather than sleep if they are bored, e.g. practising their dance moves, fielding the cricket pitch, playing with the dog, etc. But for a rainy week, they are very understimulated by this task.
And what is the point? They cut and style a wig on someone's head. Not that interesting. The radio ad played it up like they were really giving each other haircuts and had all the dramatic music and stuff, but it really is very lame.
The only real purpose for doing this task is to promote the Adam Sandler movie where he plays an ex-terrorist hair dresser, You Don't Mess With the Zohan.
Apparently the winner of FNL will get to choose a small group of HMs to watch an advance screening of the movie in the House. I'm sure they'll get hours of footage from watching a few HMs sitting on a sofa, not talking, but just watching a screen. I'm sure there'll be shots of them laughing and having a great time put into the Daily Show so the advertisers get what they paid for.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
FNL Week 7: Friday the 13th Theme & Promised A-List American Celebrity Visitor
Mike Goldman has announced FNL this week will be themed by the date it falls on, Friday the 13th.
Games will include Deadly Bowling where the HMs are the pins, another eating gross stuff challenge, and something where the HMs dress up as characters from horror movies.
Mike has also promised that an A-List American Celebrity will be involved in FNL tomorrow. Not as an intruder, but on the show. He denies that it is Adam Sandler, Steve Carrell, or Ann Hathaway, all of whom are on the Gold Coast next week for a special episode of Rove from Movie World. He says it is one of his favourite celebrities. No one commenting on his live blog today guessed it. Who could it be?
Games will include Deadly Bowling where the HMs are the pins, another eating gross stuff challenge, and something where the HMs dress up as characters from horror movies.
Mike has also promised that an A-List American Celebrity will be involved in FNL tomorrow. Not as an intruder, but on the show. He denies that it is Adam Sandler, Steve Carrell, or Ann Hathaway, all of whom are on the Gold Coast next week for a special episode of Rove from Movie World. He says it is one of his favourite celebrities. No one commenting on his live blog today guessed it. Who could it be?
Eyes on the Prize
The TV ads are telling us that the BB grand prize will be announced this Sunday night.
On Mike Goldman's blog he said the HMs will be surprised when they find out the prize is right under their noses. This could mean physically, as in the prize is somewhere in the House and maybe has been since the beginning, and will be unveilled to them on Sunday. Maybe they'll have to dig up the backyard looking for it.
Maybe the prize is the House! But who would want a TV set in the bush out the back of a theme park? Maybe it is shares in Dreamworld. Now that's just getting silly.
Surely the prize will be cash. Maybe it will go back to $1m like in BB04. But will any type of fines be deducted from it?
The only time we've heard of cash prizes before in any official capacity is when Corey left the House and "won" the HMs $60,000. However, the HMs have sometimes talked about prize money on the live streams only to have the audio cut off, so maybe they know more than we do... and they are trapped in a House with no outside communication!!
If the prize is not part of the game like it has been the last few years with the fines and everything, then it really shouldn't matter to the viewers what the prize is, so it is kind of good BB has held onto some information until halfway through the series. At least there is something to announce rather than everything being spilled on opening night. Hopefully the prize is something interesting and they announce it in an interesting way. I hope the HMs really are surprised!
On Mike Goldman's blog he said the HMs will be surprised when they find out the prize is right under their noses. This could mean physically, as in the prize is somewhere in the House and maybe has been since the beginning, and will be unveilled to them on Sunday. Maybe they'll have to dig up the backyard looking for it.
Maybe the prize is the House! But who would want a TV set in the bush out the back of a theme park? Maybe it is shares in Dreamworld. Now that's just getting silly.
Surely the prize will be cash. Maybe it will go back to $1m like in BB04. But will any type of fines be deducted from it?
The only time we've heard of cash prizes before in any official capacity is when Corey left the House and "won" the HMs $60,000. However, the HMs have sometimes talked about prize money on the live streams only to have the audio cut off, so maybe they know more than we do... and they are trapped in a House with no outside communication!!
If the prize is not part of the game like it has been the last few years with the fines and everything, then it really shouldn't matter to the viewers what the prize is, so it is kind of good BB has held onto some information until halfway through the series. At least there is something to announce rather than everything being spilled on opening night. Hopefully the prize is something interesting and they announce it in an interesting way. I hope the HMs really are surprised!
Monday, June 9, 2008
A Likely Lineup
Nobbi's FNL Twist has been executed and leaves a likely lineup of the 3 intruders, plus picked-on Alice, nominated for eviction this weekend.
After Nobbi receiving a huge chunk of the nomination votes (8 in total, the highest this week), he got the opportunity to remove himself from the nominees, leaving Alice and Terrence on the chopping block.
The next most voted HMs happened to be the other 2 intruders, Cherry and Rhianna, on equal votes.
This leaves a tough choice for the voting public.
I'd say Alice is now safe being the only original up against the 3 newbies.
Terrence is by far the most annoying to the HMs, but that makes him a very funny one to watch on TV. In general the public fail to see the difference though, and often vote off the ones they wouldn't want to live with, rather than the ones that are least fun to watch.
Cherry has all the girls drooling, so might be saved for that reason. Most voters are young girls and will keep the eye candy in the House. Plus they will be hoping to see romance.
Which might be Rhianna's only saving grace as well. The "romance" between her and Rory is heating up. It doesn't look like it has the potential to get as big as other BB romances like Jamie & Katie, Marty & Jess, Peter & Christina, etc. But there is physical stuff going on there.
We'll have to see what the public perception of the nominees is. I would suggest getting rid of Cherry at this stage, as the least likeable, least funny, and least contributor of the four.
After Nobbi receiving a huge chunk of the nomination votes (8 in total, the highest this week), he got the opportunity to remove himself from the nominees, leaving Alice and Terrence on the chopping block.
The next most voted HMs happened to be the other 2 intruders, Cherry and Rhianna, on equal votes.
This leaves a tough choice for the voting public.
I'd say Alice is now safe being the only original up against the 3 newbies.
Terrence is by far the most annoying to the HMs, but that makes him a very funny one to watch on TV. In general the public fail to see the difference though, and often vote off the ones they wouldn't want to live with, rather than the ones that are least fun to watch.
Cherry has all the girls drooling, so might be saved for that reason. Most voters are young girls and will keep the eye candy in the House. Plus they will be hoping to see romance.
Which might be Rhianna's only saving grace as well. The "romance" between her and Rory is heating up. It doesn't look like it has the potential to get as big as other BB romances like Jamie & Katie, Marty & Jess, Peter & Christina, etc. But there is physical stuff going on there.
We'll have to see what the public perception of the nominees is. I would suggest getting rid of Cherry at this stage, as the least likeable, least funny, and least contributor of the four.
This Week's Grenade
Renee threw her grenade into the House last night. Check out the details on the Grenade Page.
Nominees
After this morning's round of nominations, the nominees are:
- Alice
- Terrence
- Nobbi
Nobbi has the FNL Twist, and will obviously save himself, unfortunately.
Terrence was an obvious target for many HMs too. It's a shame Alice is up again, given that there are new HMs that could have easily been singled out.
So who will fall into Nobbi's place tonight? I'm guessing Cherry or Terri, or maybe even Ben or Brigitte next.
But I'm already predicting Terrence to be evicted next weekend. Maybe BB will make it a double eviction to keep some interest in it, because a first round intruder eviction might be a little too predictable for the audience.
Sir is a Saint
Just now on the live stream:
Brigitte: When you're made a Saint, it's not called being Sainted... it's Knighted.
I think she's confusing "Saint" with "Sir".
Brigitte: When you're made a Saint, it's not called being Sainted... it's Knighted.
I think she's confusing "Saint" with "Sir".
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