Night two of the Big Brother premiere brought with it even more houseguests, surprises, and another HOH. Along with the six remaining houseguests that we knew would be entering the game last night, two more joined them in the first Big Brother Takeover of the season. With a total of sixteen people now in the house and the first eviction coming in a week, everyone has got to be careful not to put too big of a target on their back because that very well could send them home.
The first order of business last night was to introduce the six newest houseguests, who entered the house after the previous eight had already met and played an HOH competition. I’m not entirely sure why they feel the need to stagger the entrances like this, other than that perhaps they want to give us more backstory on the contestants. Frankly, that seems unnecessary because what we’ll actually judge them on is how they play the game once they get in the house. And if they really need to provide us with that much backstory, then they should give us a two-hour premiere in which everyone enters the house at once. It seems incredibly unfair to those who enter later since the first eight have already gotten to know each other, established bonds, and, in some cases, even started forming alliances. Nonetheless, this is how they decided to do it this year.
After the remaining six entered the house and got to know each other in another round of introductions, Julie brought Phil Keoghan from The Amazing Race onto the show to announce the first Big Brother Takeover to the houseguests. Phil reminded us that in the past, players from Big Brother have tried their hand at the race, before announcing that this season contestants from the race would be joining Big Brother. While I was holding my breath for Hayley and Blair to be announced as new houseguests, as they were by far the most entertaining part of the last season of The Amazing Race, it became clear my dream would not come true. Instead, blind date couple Jeff and Jackie were chosen to enter the Big Brother house.
Immediately, it became clear that Jeff and Jackie, though not dating, would automatically be targets because of their pre-established relationship. They already know how to communicate and work together and are the only ones who clearly have an ally going into the game. This wasn’t lost on the other houseguests, who while pleasant, noted that they’d have to be careful with the two newest houseguests.
When it came time for the second HOH to be played, we finally got a look at how these new houseguests would do in competitions. John has already become one of the most annoying players to ever play the game. If it were possible to ban someone from having diary room sessions, I’d want it to be him. He made it to about the middle of the pack in the competition, while others such as Steve (or Ian 2.0 as I like to call him) and Jeff dropped out quickly. The ladies proved they could hold their own, with Liz and Jackie being among the last standing, along with our token gay contestant, Jason. In the end, Jackie was able to make a deal with Jason that guaranteed her safety for the week, dropping off and making Jason the second HOH, joining James.
With James and Jason as our first HOH’s, it’ll be up to them to make the first nominations on Sunday. Will they go for the safe bet, putting up weaker players who fell off first or will they attempt to take out bigger targets? Jackie’s deal with Jason may help her, but that doesn’t mean that James won’t target her. She and Jeff may very well find themselves on the block this first week. It’ll be up to the Battle of the Block to see who remains HOH, all leading up to Thursday’s first live eviction. Who do you think will be the first eliminated? And have you started narrowing down who could be the twin? We’ll get these answers and more in the upcoming episodes. One thing’s for sure: it’s going to be a crazy season.
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