Big Brother has given the house guests THIS to play with. No word if it’s for the Power of Veto or if it’s for an HOH competition.

Rachel has nominated:

NOMINATIONS ARE: »

Pandora’s Box returns… PLUS you get to vote for the next saboteur!

Britney vs Hayden: Hayden wins.
Brendon vs Rachel: Rachel wins.
Hayden vs Kristen: Kristen wins
Rachel vs Kathy: kathy loses. Rachel wins
Kristen vs Enzo: Kristen wins.
Rachel vs Ragan: Rachel wins.
Kristen vs Lane: Lane wins.
Lane vs Rachel: Rachel wins.

Rachel is the new HOH.

Not really a surprise! By a vote of 8-0

EVICTED HOUSE GUEST »

Who voted what? »

Allison gave an interview with EW today and here’s what was said! JEFF MIGHT BE RETURNING?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

EW: After Annie was booted, why didn’t you let the house continue to believe that the saboteur was still there?
Allison Grodner The saboteur may not be dead after all! You’ll find out more tonight (July 29). Make sure you watch! We loved this twist. We were hoping it would go longer. But we don’t rig this show. People accuse us of rigging this show, people accuse us of trying to manipulate things. We don’t! We picked someone who was playing her own game, who was a huge fan, who had everything going for her. It wasn’t the saboteur (twist) that got her out, it was her own silly game play – which she did not have to overdo. We would have loved for it to go longer, but it didn’t. And the summer goes on! We ran this risk on every twist we’ve played… Everything had this same risk associated with it. It is what it is with the game. It gave us a jolt, it was fun. But it’s not over yet!

Was it a Big Brother record, seeing the overt affection begin so quickly between Rachel and Brendon?
Grodner He already professed his love and they’re already planning their wedding date! Tonight he actually says `I love you.’  Bren-chel is in it for the long haul. I swear, I think we may get a Big Brother wedding out of this, not to mention that Jeff and Jordan are still together. Wouldn’t that be great? And Jeff will be back too. Jeff might be spending the night in the house in a couple of weeks so look out for that! I can’t say that Brendon and Rachel are the same as Jeff and Jordan; they are kind of the anti-Jeff and Jordan, but they are truly madly, deeply…there was a scene that we’ll figure out how to get in that played over the internet, where he starts to talk about how he’s going to introduce her to the family. He’s starting to worry about how his mom is not going to like her. At which point, she’s like, `What?’ It starts friction.

Can you tell Rachel that she doesn’t need to yell in the diary room?
Grodner We’ve heard that. We will now. Rachel and Hayden are the yellers. It’s like, `give us some energy,’ and they get loud. We will tone them down.

Is there way that you can make the slop kosher for Andrew?
Grodner Slop is that unique mixture that we get that has the protein and the vitamins, so it’s not just oatmeal. This week, because they have the baby food, there is kosher baby food and kosher oatmeal, so he’s eating big bowls of that. It was a challenge. We’ve never had someone with these kinds of restrictions in the house. And the fact that he’s even made it this long is amazng, considering he’s kind of socially awkward.

What do you think of the house so far?
Grodner It’s always different. Last year, it was a split, angry house. This year, it’s nice because these people, even when they get mad at each other, are fine again pretty fast.

What happened to that tease from the saboteur that two houseguests have a lifelong relationship? Will you explain that?
Grodner Eventually. But it’s been fun because that’s something that the houseguests are trying to figure out.

Why are you sequestering all the houseguests this year?
Grodner We’ve done that in seasons past because of the expect the unexpected. That might happen. It’s become a safety net for us. If it plays into something, it plays into something. It may or may not.

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Hello America! It’s your favorite guilty pleasure…the one you hate to love…the “brains” of The Brigade…the diabolical super-genius…Matt!!!

Having the opportunity to write this blog to you all is actually one of the aspects of HoH that I’ve been looking forward to the most. Here I can tell you all my deepest darkest thoughts about all my fellow houseguests.

I should start by saying that I really do genuinely care for everyone in this house on a personal level. On a game level, however, it’s anything-goes and no one’s emotions are safe. But personally…I love them all. I’m quite confident that after getting home and watching this season, I will have lost the friendships of at least half of this house. But the remainder that choose to forgive my deplorable game-character and see me for what I truly am (the greatest Big Brother player in the history of the game…yeah, I said it), I will be close to for years to come.

News broke today of a 2 hour finale. Hopefully the first hour will crown the winner and the second hour will be a reunion. HINT HINT HINT HINT.  Source

A SPECIAL TWO-HOUR “BIG BROTHER” FINALE TO BE BROADCAST ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 FOLLOWING THE PREMIERE OF “SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA” CBS will broadcast a special two-hour finale of BIG BROTHER on Wednesday, Sept. 15 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), following the season premiere of SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT).

This summer’s edition of BIG BROTHER is winning its time periods in adults 18-49 and posting significant year-to-year increases versus last summer, up +14% in viewers (6.91m vs. 6.06m), +20% in adults 18-49 (2.4/08 vs. 2.0/07), +25% in adults 18-34 (2.0/08 vs. 1.6/06) and +12% in adults 25-54 (2.8/09 vs. 2.5/07).

BIG BROTHER is executive produced by Emmy Award winner Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan in association with Endemol U.S.A.