BB15 Eviction Night Recap - Will Helen Ever Shut Up?

Finally.  It is Thursday.  Hopefully someone we all want to shut the hell up is going to jury and hopefully NEVER COMING BACK.   Please baby Jesus, send her to jury!!! In honor of “HER” monarchy coming to an end, tonight’s drink is for “HER” – The STFU: 4 oz Crown Royal Canadian Whisky with a splash of Coca-Cola.  Who knew that Crown and Coke is really called a STFU? Oh well, on with the recap.

Julie tells us that BB history will be made when a juror returns to the game.  (I know that I have been drinking, but I am not too sure that is accurate, wasn’t there a HG named Brennnnnnnnaaaaaannnnnnnnn that came back into the game two seasons ago? Whatever)

Picking up where we left off after the POV ceremony, we get Spencer in the DR saying here we go again, on the block again.  Aaryn in the DR tells us that she put up Spencer because that is what Amanda wanted.  I guess no one but Amanda has a brain in this game and can’t make moves on their own.  Now we get Helen in the DR crying, whining, and telling us what America thinks, with her being a “good person”, which is then followed by Helen crying, whining, and telling us what America thinks, with her being a “good person”, campaigning for votes to stay.  STFU Helen.  Helen does manage to corner McCrae and takes it to a personal level telling him that basically, Amanda treats him like shit.  Not wanting to miss out on the action, Elissa joins Helen in pressuring GM to keep Helen, which is followed by threatening Andy that if he does not vote to keep Helen, they (Helen and Elissa) will come after him.  Basically, Helen threatens to turn the jury against him.   Hey Helen, here’s a little hint: if you want someone to vote for you, DON’T THREATEN THEM!!! Just saying.

After the commercial break, Julie talks to the HGS about the Have-Not in the dark comp and the OTEV POV comp.  This is called filler.  This is called “we really don’t care as we have ALREADY SEEN THIS!!!” Moving on.

Speech time:

Spencer – Hi to everyone, please keep me, I know Elissa won’t vote for me as she is close with Helen, everyone else, please keep me.

Helen – I do believe that she said Hi to everyone but the President of the United States.  Not kidding.

Votes:

McCrae – Helen

Amanda – Helen

Elissa – Spencer

Andy – Helen

GinaMarie – Helen

Helen, with this vote, I do believe that America has spoken.  Bye bye.  Step one complete.  Now, please, please, please, let anyone but Helen win the “Juror Re-Enter the House Comp”.

After the commercial break, Julie tells Helen she is evicted, which causes her and Andy to start crying.  Really Andy? Just when I was starting to like you.

In her exit interview with Julie, Helen says that she has been questioning Andy’s loyalty and then continued on for five minutes.  Not kidding.  I can’t even begin to keep up with her.  The goodbye messages from Andy, McCrae and Amanda basically said that Helen was targeting them or their alliance, so she had to go.  The other goodbye message was from Elissa and I don’t have a clue what she said as I don’t speak stupid.

Time to catch up with the jurors.  Well, there goes that…they are not sequestered from each other.  First Candice, then Judd, and then Jessie.  Two days ago, they are told that one of them will be going back into the game.  Candice wants to target GM and Judd wants to target Helen and Amanda.

The jurors re-enter the house and everyone hugs everyone.  Yuck.  Before the commercial break, Julie tells us that it will be two epic battles in one as the four jurors battle to get back in the house and everyone battles for HOH.  Go Jessie Go!!!  Okay, not really.

The comp is called “Off the Wall”.  The HGs are standing on a small platform that moves up, down, backwards, and forwards.  BB will randomly throw balls at them and the first HG to catch ten balls will be the next HOH.  If the HG is a juror, the HG is back in the game and the HOH.  To make it a little more difficult, BB has turned on the water sprinklers and are spraying the HGs.  As the show ends, Jessie has two balls, Judd has one, a couple of other HGs have one and Helen and Candice have none.  Go Judd Go.

Who do you want to win HOH?  Who do you want to come back into the house? Sound off below and let us know. 

UPDATE - SPOILER ALERT - WARNING SPOILER ALERT!!!

Judd is back in the house and Elissa is the new HOH!

Double Eviction and Some Serious Nastiness - BB15 Recap

Anticipating a fast pace action episode, no drink recipe tonight, just straight shooter.  Grab that shot glass, gulp it down and let’s get on with the recap.

Julie starts the show tonight telling us that it will be a double eviction and that both evictees tonight will be will become the first and second member of the jury.  Julie also tells us that there will be more surprises to come.

Picking up after the POV ceremony, we get Spencer in the DR telling us that he is safe.  We then get a Candice DR saying that Amanda has put a target on herself.  And to round it out, we get an Amanda DR telling us that thanks to the BBMVP, “I have to be nice Amanda.”  Yeah right.  Didn’t know such a thing existed. 

Now that I have said that, what do we get next?  Yep, Amanda being nice to Jessie.  In fact, she even apologized to Jessie.  And just as soon as Amanda said the magic words of “I’m sorry,” we transition to the DR where Jessie says that she is not buying it.  Nice try Amanda.

For Flashback Wednesday, we have the final four deal that was made a while ago between Andy, Amanda, McCrae and Judd.  Back to current time, Amanda is in the DR saying that she is 99.9% sure that Judd is the BBMVP.  Can you say foreshadowing? Big Brother can.

Candice can’t believe that she is a bigger target than Spencer or Amanda.  Really Candice?  How would you know anything? You have spent the entire week in bed.  Please Candice, go back to sleep.

Up next is Jessie and she is telling Helen that she wants Amanda out. Helen says that she has to get the votes first.  Jessie finds Judd and he does his best him-hawing to avoid agreeing with Jessie.  Transition to Judd in the DR tells us that he is in an alliance with Amanda.

Helen finds Andy and drags him into SR and pitches the idea of evicting Amanda. Andy him-haws around the subject while hinting that it is not a good idea.  Transition to Andy in the DR telling us that is in an alliance with Amanda.

Back from the commercial, Julie tells the HGs that this will be  the biggest jury with  9 jury members.  The HGs are ecstatic.  Julie also tells the HGs that just because you are on the jury, that doesn’t mean you are out of the game.  Translation: if you evict a HG that production likes, production will put them back in the house.  How do you like them apples?

All right, finally time for the first eviction.  Candice is first to give a “save me” speech.  Holy crap.  Candice goes right after GM.  “You think I am a rat?” GM fires right back.  Candice goes off even more and GM just keeps getting louder.  Holy crap…THIS IS AWESOME!!! Julie tries to intervene, but neither Candice nor GM have any plans on stopping any time soon.  Julie is basically yelling at them, but to no avail.  Julie finally gives up and tells Spencer that is it his turn.  Spencer stands up and starts his speech, but you couldn’t hear him over Candice and GM bickering at each other.  They finally shut up and you hear Spencer telling Union Pacific thank you.  Oops.  Hey Spencer, Union Pacific does not like you any more.  Still being shell shocked from GM and Candice, I really don’t have a clue what Amanda said.

I need a shot of something. 

As for the votes, here ya go:

McCrae – Candice

Aaryn – “I vote to evict Candice the Clown”

Helen – Candice

Jessie – Candice

Elissa – I really don’t want to, but I vote to evict Candice

Andy – Candice

Judd – Candice

During the voting, you could hear GM and Candice still bickering at each other.  Too funny.   Also, if you don’t want to vote for someone, THEN DON’T!!! Grow a freaking spine and shut the hell up.  I understand voting with the house, but I don’t need to hear how you don’t want to do it.  It’s your game and your vote.  Don’t bitch to me about it. 

With a unanimous vote, Candice is evicted.  As Candice walks out, GM says don’t let the door hit you on the way out.  Candice yells back at GM, “Go back to your mom’s house.”  GM yells back, “at least my mom likes me, not like yours.”  Holy Shit. No she didn’t?!?!?  Oh yes she did. Unbelievable.  I really can’t believe that GM just said that.  Wow.  That is scraping the bottom of the barrel low.  Wow.

The HOH comp is BB Summer School.  The HGs are asked questions about things that have happened in the house and they have to answer with More or Less.  The first question is how many plane chairs are in the Plane Room, more or less than 12?  Elissa was the only that got it wrong and it out.  Andy and Jessie went out next.  No one missed the third question and Aaryn was the only one that got the fourth question right.  Yes, that’s right, Aaryn is the new HOH.  And from her reaction, she did not want to win.  This is her third HOH victory. 

As we come back from commercial, Aaryn does not know who to put up.

Julie tells us that the BBMVP twist is over…but does not tell them that BBMVP has been America for the last three weeks.  If Judd is not puckering, he should be.

Julie finally lets Aaryn proceeds with nominations and she puts up Jessie and Spencer.

During the commercial, they picked the POV players.  Playing will be Andy, Judd, Aaryn, Amanda, Spencer and Jessie.  The POV is Big Brother Work Shop “Nailed It.”  The HGs have a workbench that has holes for nails.  The nails are behind them. They have to race to find the correct color and size nail that fit in the holes on their workbench. Fast forward, Aaryn wins. Can you say Comp Beast? Aaryn can.

At the POV ceremony, Aaryn takes off Jessie off the block and puts up Judd.  What in the hell just happened?  Holy Shit.  Told you.  Remember, up there, where I said foreshadowing?  Hello Judd.  Aaryn said that she did not know that she was being played and that everyone but two HGs wants Judd on the block.

Speech time:

Spencer – Please keep me. 

Judd – Obviously you want me gone, what you are hearing is not true.  Please vote how you really feel.  He looks at several HGs and asks them to change their votes. 

Just like Judd, I can see the writing on the wall.  Votes:

Amanda – Judd

McCrae – Judd

GinaMarie – Judd

Andy – Judd

Helen – Judd

Elissa – Judd

Jessie – Judd

Judd has been evicted.  How sad. 

Julie asks Judd what just happened? Judd says that he guesses that he just got blindsided.  He said that he was loyal to Amanda, McCrae, Andy, and, at the end, Aaryn.

Wow.  I really don’t know what else to say other than wow.  All right, your turn.  Sound off below and tell us what you thought of tonight’s show.  As for me, enough of the shot glass, I need the damn bottle.  Cheers!

Wednesday FIght Night Recap - BBMVP and POV

Since tonight’s episode looks like it is going to be a little chilly, might as well serve up one of my favorite cold drinks: The Iceberg.  Grab your blender and add 1 oz white crème de menthe, 0.5 oz peppermint schnapps, and 0.5 oz Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps; add ice and then fill with milk; blend; pour into a frozen highball glass; sit back; enjoy.  On with the recap.

Picking up where we left off after nominations, we get GinaMarie in the DR telling us that Candice is the target and Jessie is pawn.  In the words of McCrae: Duh.  GinaMarie also says that if she sounded harsh, it is because she is from Jersey and she is telling is like it is.  You mean, expect when Judd, Amanda and others were laughing at you during your nomination speech? Uh huh.  Youse a toughie.  Or maybe Amanda is a little more accurate when she said that GM is the cartoon character of herself in the house.  Sounds about right.

After her attempt to flay Jessie and Candice during the nomination ceremony, GM talks to Jessie in the HOH room telling her that she is the pawn this week.  Jessie takes in stride.  After this mini love fest, GM starts yelling at Candice to come up to the HOH room.  You could tell that she did not want to, but Candice is a good sport about it and marches up to the HOH room.  To be honest with you, I am not sure what GM accomplished with this discussion. She claims that she was trying smooth things over with Candice, but Candice did not appear to be buying. 

Here we go.  Time for everyone’s opinion on who they think is this week’s BBMVP. We start with Amanda who thinks that it is someone in the house. Why, you ask? Because she can’t believe that America would put her up.  Nope.  Not kidding.  Yep.  Welcome to Amanda’s bad edit episode. 

Of course, this is followed by a fight between Amanda and McCrae.  This fight is about Amanda’s jealousy.   You see, they were in the HOH room and Jessie walks in and sits by McCrae.  Did Jessie want to be close to McCrae? No.  IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE AVAILABLE TO SIT.  Amanda does not like this and tells McCrae to come sit on the bed with her.  McCrae does something stupid and tells her no.  Amanda gets mad and stomps out of the HOH room.  McCrae soon follows wondering what he did wrong. He soon finds out.  Amanda is jealous.  Yes, because Jessie sat next to MCCrae.  McCrae called it correctly – it’s high schoolish and silly. What is the point of all of this?  Bad editing for Amanda. 

Time for the BBMVP and pick the players for the POV comp.  As you can probably figure out from tonight’s lovely edit as to who is third nominee: yep, Amanda. And of course, she is PISSED.  In the DR, Amanda asks why? She claims that it doesn’t make any sense.  Earth to Amanda!! Earth to Amanda!!! You are the third nom for acting like this: an entitled spoiled little shit.    McCrae from DR: I am not surprised; she has been acting a fool lately. Well said McCrae, well said.  Anyway, the players for the POV comp are:  GM, Amanda, Candice, Jessie, Spencer, and Judd.  The host is Aaryn.

Wonderful.  More BBMVP talk.  Helen, Candice and Elissa believe that the BBMVP is Judd.  Amanda walks in and they ask her and of course she says Judd.  This lead to Amanda wondering around the house asking Judd and Spencer, separately, if they win the POV, will they take her off the block.  Of course Judd and Spencer say yes.  Amanda then wonders up to the HOH room where GM, Aaryn, Helen, McCrae, and Andy are talking.  Amanda basically buts in and puts GM on the spot and asks if she win POV, will she take her off the block.  GM says yes.  This, of course and rightly so, pisses off Aaryn, who gets up and storms out of the room.  Aaryn knows that if Amanda comes off the block, she is going up.  The entire time, McCrae is shaking his head.  This leads to another fight between Amanda and McCrae in the Have-Not room. 

    

When Amanda and McCrae finally calm down, Big Brother figures this might be a good time to play the POV comp.  The HGs walk out in the BY to find that it has been transformed into a backwoods Bayou frog pond.  At one end of the pond is a wood deck and on the other side of the pond are fake lily pads with different point amounts in each lily pad.  The POV players are given a stuffed frog that they have to throw from the wood deck to the lily pads.  The player with the lowest point level at the end of each round, get to pick a bucket whatever “prize” they pull out, they win.  Well, expect for when the next loser loses and if they don’t like what they “won,” they can swap for someone else’s “prize.”  Think Yankee Swap.  Got it? Good.  Let’s get on with the comp.

GinaMarie is the first one out and she pulls the Veto out of the bucket she chose.  Amanda is the next one out and she trades the “Cone of Shame” for the Veto.  Candice is the next one out and she trades a trip to the Bahamas for the Veto.  Spencer is next and he trades “50 Shades of Orange” (50 spray on tanning sessions) for the Bahamas trip.  GM was really upset, as she wanted the “50 Shades of Orange.” No, that was not a joke.  She really wanted it.  Jessie is next and she trades $5,000f for the Veto.  Judd, who won the comp, trades a “Clownitard” for $5,000.  So, the “prizes” ended up as follows:

GinaMarie - Cone of Shame

Amanda – 50 Shades of Orange

Candice - Clowitard

Spencer - Bahamas trip

Jessie – Veto

Judd – $5,000

One highlight during the POV comp was when GM read the card for the “Cone of Shame” which said that it had to be worn for 48 hours.  She asked if that was like two days right? Nothing but crickets folks, nothing but crickets.  Someone finally realized that she was serious and answered yes. 

The other highlight was the fight between Amanda and Candice.  Amanda overheard Candice telling Judd that Amanda thinks Judd is the MVP and Amanda thinks Judd is shady.  Amanda flips out and tells Candice to “shut your big fat mouth.” Candice starts singing or rapping some silly tune about how she will “all day, I’ll put you up.” Amanda’s responds by asking Candice if that is “Saniqua” coming out in her.  Amanda then says something it to affect that if that is racist, so be it. McCrae finally intervenes and tells both of them to stop.    Do they stop? Nope.  Candice is the next one out and has to stand next to Amanda, who was already out.  Amanda starts whispers zingers at Candice and Candice responds by yelling at Amanda.  Amanda tries to play it off like she didn’t say anything.  This continues throughout the rest of the comp, which lead Judd telling Jessie to take the Veto as he will not take it from her.  And that folks, is how Jessie won the POV.  Good grief.  Give me another Iceberg.

After the POV, McCrae rips into Amanda telling her that she needs to shut up and that she is being a bully. McCrae tells her that Candice is going home and she just wants to rub salt in the wound.  Amanda tells McCrae to just leave her alone.

As for the punishments, here is Candice in her Clownitard:

Here is Amanda after several tanning sessions:

And here is GinaMarie with the Cone of Shame:

At the POV meeting, Jessie, as expected, uses the POV on herself.  GinaMarie selects Spencer as the replacement nominee.  In the DR, Spencer thinks he is safe due to the fighting between Amanda and Candice.  Amanda thinks she is safe, as no one in the house likes Candice and Spencer.  Candice thinks she is safe due to Amanda’s melt down. 

Side note: on Twitter today, CBS Big Brother announced that both evictees from Thursday’s will be on the jury.  With the jury starting tomorrow, that means that there will be 9 HGs on the jury, making it the biggest jury in the BB history. 

With that, this episode is finally over.  So, what did you think of tonight’s blow out and Amanda mini meltdowns and fights? Who do you think is going home Thursday? What do you think of having 9 on the jury?  Sound off below and let us know what you think.

#BB15: What In the World is Going On?

First off, I have to apologize for neglecting the very blog I started, for a very busy first three weeks of BB. Life happens.

Big thanks to Getting Lost, who has been an enormous help in keeping everyone up to date (including me - I had no idea why Daley had been expelled on BBUK until I read it on my own blog. That's a first...) I do intend to cover BB15 as much as I can find the time, and now that the game is in gear, it's a good time to start weighing back in.

Second, on that note - my God, what a season so far. The elephant in the room, of course, is the racism issue, which anyone who has the internet is aware of by now.

And wow. It's tough to watch at times. My own ethnicity has yet to be insulted (this season, anyway), so I can't even imagine what viewers who do fall into those groups must feel. I know I've spoken to folks who are having a very tough time watching this season. Is it any wonder that Production stepped in to keep Howard off the block this week? Their sole chance of a watchable edit would have been ruined. It's happened in the past, so it's nice to see some recognition from Production that we want the story we're watching to be satisfying. Aaryn's ride from queen bee to bottom feeder has certainly been a fun one to watch, for all her loathsome villainy.

Aaryn and her chosen chess pieces. Don't tell me you're surprised.

There are moments already making this season memorable outside of the horrible comments controversy. GinaMarie's endless mourning for Nick was feeds gold, especially with the recent revelation that the hat she's been wearing in tribute to him actually belongs to McRae, but no one can bring themselves to tell her that. Gold!

The fights have also been off the hook, with this Sunday's "Bedgate" sequence being particularly well-edited. Candice squealing "NICK'S NOT HEEEEERE AND I AM!" may go down as almost as memorable a moment as "Anyone want some cake?", at least in my book.

Kleenax, Nick's shorts - hard to tell the difference. 

And let's not ignore the fact that, for all the horribly unlikable players, there is some good game play happening this year. 

Unlike other recent seasons, houseguests are showing independence in their votes, throwing hinky votes and switching at the last minute. The Nick vs. Elissa vs. Helen vote quite literally came down to the wire, and was actually unpredictable on TV. Feeds viewers expected an 8-3 vote and were shocked when Howard decided to stay loyal to Nick in the Diary Room. 

Can anyone remember the last time we were actually surprised by a houseguest's vote in the Diary Room? It may not have changed the outcome, but the suspense is nice. For once, I don't feel like I know what's going to happen.

Team Helen

Strategy-wise, the Moving Company has now joined the ranks of BB Canada's Quattro in proving why the Brigade has been under-appreciated for their strategic success. The MC showed early promise, with members starting to build side alliances and pledging loyalty to the main alliance, but the gig was up the second Jeremy took his cue from BB Canada's Tom Plant and let his ego get in the way. 

The ultimate downfall of the Moving Company came down to one moment: Jeremy's decision to threaten anyone who wanted to evict Kaitlin while simultaneously pushing for McRae's side ally Amanda to be evicted soon. The second that started, the Moving Company was done.

Let's talk about specific games for a moment, McRae's to start. Wednesday and Thursday, the internet lit up with speculation as McRae started to shift without making his intentions entirely clear to the feed viewers. Ultimately McRae's decision to fully buck the MC in favor of Amanda changed the game - and yet, in the house, the blame is falling on everyone from Jessie to Spencer/Howard, with McRae's key role virtually ignored. I'm liking McRae and his game. He's a strong comp threat with a decent social game who is under the radar. The pizza boy is looking to go deep.

I like Amanda too, though she's a much more visible threat than McRae and topping several target lists right now. They're an odd couple, with Amanda's forceful personality and McRae's quiet beta male presence, but somehow it works, and their strategy together has been good so far. Ultimately, he's doing well to play with her, because she's very likely to go before him. Some of the internet shippers have been all about his "You're my queen" comment, not realizing that in context, that wasn't some sappy declaration of love - it was basic, solid game analysis. McRae is well-hidden behind Amanda and well-positioned to go deep into the game right now, with Amanda as the more visible "queen" in his game of chess. Until she goes, they're an unusual but interesting pair to watch, as long as they're not going to Sea World. (If you don't get that reference, feel lucky.) 

What about the others? Jeremy, Aaryn, Kaitlin and GinaMarie, of course, are abysmally awful. They've alienated the house with bullying and general high school snottiness, causing even follower Jessie to revolt in disgust. Of all of them, GinaMarie looks likely to go far in the game, more as a goat than because of any solid gameplay.

Howard was playing a good game until his hinky vote this week, which led to much suspicion and upped him on many target lists. I have to give him credit for his obvious efforts to suppress his (understandable) anger and focus on game play. That didn't look easy, but props to Howard for strategy on that. If he can manage to slide through the hinky vote guilt and survive another couple of weeks, he might go deep in the game. Wouldn't it be ironic if the "racism" season of Big Brother resulted in the first-ever African-American winner? I think it's entirely possible if Howard can get his game under control in the next few days. (Candice isn't out of the question either, though she seems to be high on the target list of the snotty girls, for non-strategic reasons I have yet to fully grasp.) Spencer is similarly playing an okay game, but is a little too shady to go much deeper than early jury as of right now. 

Judd is also playing well and quickly becoming a fan favorite with his drawling quips. He's a little too under-the-radar right now for me to judge his strategy, but I do find him and Jessie together to be a cute and inoffensive combination and very watchable on the feeds, which is more than I can say for most of the cast right now. Neither one looks likely to go anytime soon, so hopefully as the crowd thins, we'll see more of them and get a better sense. 

Then there's Andy. Oh, Andy. It's always something when you can invent an entirely new strategy never before seen on the show, and Andy's "feed bombing" is becoming legendary on nearly every Big Brother website. Besides being hilarious and something he will probably never live down, it's not bad strategy. Andy does have a solid, if hyperactive, social game, and is liked and trusted by many in the house. His over-the-top bouncing around the house also lands him in many key conversations (and prevents others that could harm him). Will the houseguests grow sick of him and evict him? I see Andy going deep in the game right now. By the way, you know how everyone always argues over the definition of "floater"? Andy is playing a classic, BB4 Jun Song-style floating game right now, and is doing that well. We'll see if he can keep it up as the power continues to shift.

As for Elissa and Helen... sigh. It's really time for someone else to be voted MVP, and I endorse anyone but Elissa at this point. Elissa is also likely to be voted out once the power shifts away from her, which should happen in the next week or two. Helen is a strong political strategist, but has been a little overbearing on her HOH. It's possible that houseguests will start to grow weary of her soon, especially once Elissa is gone and the rest of them have to spend time with her.

All in all, while it's been an uncomfortable season at times, there is some promise for a good game to play out over the coming weeks, and I promise that I will try to be around to weigh in on it as much as I can. And in the meantime - thanks again to new PBP correspondent Getting Lost! 

Big Brother 15 Launch

We have been complaining about it for the last several seasons.  The BB Gods heard us and finally delivered.  16 brand spanking new HGs.  Well, except for one.  With 15 newbies, I am willing to let her slide.  For now.  If you don't know who I am talking about, then there is no need to explain.  Anyway, LET THE SEASON BEGIN!!!

The show begins with Julie inside the house. If you have not seen it, there are several photos and videos online and it is sooooo much better than last year.  After the intro, we get the front of the house.  Holy crap.  What a make over.  So much better.  Now BB, let’s talk about HD.  What in the hell is it going to take to get you to switch to HD.  I mean, holy shit.  Besides BB, are there ANY shows that are not in HD?  Time to step it up BB. Moving on.

Next, we get the new HGs getting their keys letting them know that they have been picked to be on the show.  Ummm…yeah, with a camera in your face, please try to act surprised.  I will spare you and skip this part. 

Time for the HGs to move into the house.  The first group consisted of GinaMarie, Judd, Candice, and Andy.  After GinaMarie got her scream on, the second group moved in, which consisted on Jeremy, Kaitlin, Elissa, and McCrae.  The third group was Helen, Nick, Howard, and Jessie; and the fourth group was Spencer, David, Aaryn, and Amanda.  Even though we did not really get to see it, by the time the fourth group moved in, all of the beds were taken. Time for some to start doubling up.

Next we get the traditional meet and greet.  The one thing that stood out for me is that David is a complete and utter moron.   There is no hiding it.  He makes stupid look like a genius.  He does not draw unemployment because he is lazy, he draws it because he is so stupid that no one will hire him.  Unbelievable.  The second thing that stood out is Elissa saying that she is going to keep it a secret that Rachel is her sister.  That lasted about…ummm....10 minutes.  Thanks to the lovely CBS editing, we did not get to see just how many, if not all, HGs know that Rachel is her sister.  Hopefully we will find out on Sunday.

Now that the HGs are in the house, let the secret alliances begin.  The first group of idiots…errr…secret alliance members are Jeremy, Spencer, and Howard.  Exactly 30 seconds later, Jeremy, Jessie, and David formed a secret alliance.  A few minutes later, one of the girls mentioned something about an all girls alliance.  Obviously, someone has NEVER watched BB before.  You asked for newbies, here ya go!!!  Gotta love it!!!

Time for the first twist of BB15.  Julie reveals to the HGs that there will not be two nominees this year.  Some brilliant newbie said, “what, there will only be one?” I swear to God, I am not making this shit up.  Someone actually said that.  Like I said above, you wanted newbies, here ya go.  Anyway, the first twist is that every week there will be three nominees.  The HOH will pick two and the third will be picked by…we will get to that in a minute.  No really, Julie would not tell us.  We all had to wait.

So, on with the first HOH comp.  It is the typical hang on to some large stuffed thing as long as you can.  Like the banana thing last year.  This year is a “popsicle” while getting sprayed with some type of crap and a large tongue smacking them.  Judd and Howard were the first to fall claiming that they dropped on purpose, as they did not want to be the first HOH.  When it got down to the final four – David, Jeremy, Nick and McCrae, Julie offered a deal for the next one to drop: a chance to open one of two lunch boxes, which one of the lunch boxes contains a “Never Not” pass.  What is a “Never Not” pass you ask?  Exactly what it sounds like, a pass where you are never a Have Not.  What the hell?  How cool is this? Freaking awesome if you ask me.  Idiot David can’t resist and drops.  Of course, he picks the wrong lunch box.  Two seconds later, Jeremy drops and wins the “Never Not” pass.  Did I mention that Jeremy is a douche bag? Nope? Well, he is.  Big time.

With only Nick and McCrae left on the Popsicle, Nick quickly makes a deal with McCrae.  With that, we have the first BB15 HOH: Congrats McCrae!!!

After the HOH comp, Julie gather the HGs in the living room to explain the next twist, the BBMVP. The BBMVP  (BB - Big Brother  - MVP - Most Valuable Player - yes, I had to explain that as there is a good chance that David is reading this) will have the power to select the third nominee.  The BBMVP will be told in secret that they are the BBMVP and their nomination will also be made in secret. And who will pick the BBMVP?  Us, the viewers.  We get to vote every week who we want to be that week’s BBMVP. If this does not get abused, yeah right, this has a great opportunity to be a great twist.  Chances are, BB will find a way to screw this up.

Well, that is it.  Welcome to BB15.  What did you think?  Love or hate the new HGs?  And what about the new twists?  Sound off in the comments bleow and let us know!!!