BBUS11 - 12 new Housemates enter, Jessie enters as HOH.

Big Brother 11 premiered last night, and it started with Julie Chen comparing the Big Brother game to High School. OK, I just left High school, and am now almost reliving it on my television screen, sigh. Julie Chen also talks about this high school comparison that will lead to Big Brother’s famous motto, “Expect the Unexpected, then Julie Chen joked, she’s just expecting. Julie Chen is pregnant and is presenting the show as pregnant. So, it was now time for the housemates to receive their key at home, and perform this annual “getting ready to be on Big Brother and be excited about it” ceremony.

Then, the twelve new housemates are now in front of the front door, and are there with their bags, attempting to observe each other. I’m waiting for Julie Chen and Big Brother to do what Survivor and TAR do, make the housemates drop their bags, and enter with just the clothes on their backs, but oh well. So, four by four, the housemates enter the house. The housemates run around picking a bedroom to stay in, and introducing themselves by name.

The housemates are now all together in the living room, announcing themselves by name, age, location, and profession. Natalie lies about her age, saying she’s 18, which in the US, you have to be 21 to be on the show, unless you enter the game with your ex or estranged father. Before it was time for a commercial, Julie Chen talks to the housemates about the first twist of the season , and revealing the twelve of them will be divided into four high school cliques: Brains, Popular, Athletes, and off-beats. The housemates begin to guess what Clique they’ll belong to. Lydia and Kevin are sure they are the off-beats, Jeff says he played football, Jordan announces she was on Homecoming, and Michele and Ronnie are sure they are the brains.

It was them time for the cliques to be announces. So, everyone was ordered outside. So, the brains were Chima, Ronnie, and Michele. The athletes were Russell, Natalie, and Jeff. The off-beats were Lydia, Casey, and Kevin. The popular people were Jordan, Laura, and Braden. These clique people were almost predicable, except I didn’t predict Jeff and Braden. It was time for the very first HOH competition, called The Wedgie. Housemates were to put on long underwear, and be airlifted as if they were getting a real wedgie and had to hold onto a toilet seat. The last clique remaining would win HOH, however, they won’t take HOH power, that will go to a mystery thirteenth housemate who will become HOH and join the clique in the event their clique wins HOH for them. The three members of the clique, who’s clique is HOH are all safe from the threat of eviction.

These potential thirteenth housemates are no strangers to Big Brother, as they were previous players from past seasons. The four potential housemates also represented a clique. The brain member was Brian, the first evictee from BBUS10, the popular member was Jessica from BBUS8, the off-beat member was Cowboy aka Michael from BBUS5, and the athlete was Jessie from BBUS10. One of those four would be returning back to the game and be Big Brother’s version of “Stephanie LaGrossa”.

Back in the house, and in the backyard challenge, things were not looking good for the brains. Michele and Ronnie were the first two eliminated from the challenge, leaving Chima to represent the brains, a clique she doesn’t seem to happy about. The competition went on and on, until it was the nerds wiped out, excluding Brian’s chance to return to the game. Next, the off-beats were out, eliminating Cowboy from a chance to come back. Cowboy was absolutely the worst of the four, he was useless, whipped, and a joke the first time, and would not have the capability to add anything to this season. It’s also his second failing time returning to the game, he wasn’t voted in or selected to play in BBUS7.

So, Laura, Braden, Natalie, and Russell were the final four housemates remaining in the HOH competition, and Jessica and Jessie were the last two hoping, not fighting, for HOH. At this time, I was rooting for the popular clique to win so Jessica could return in the game. However, Laura, then Braden let me down, giving Jessie the opportunity to come back and play.

This season has a bit of potential, but I feel this kind of twist will make things so predictable. For some reason, I would expect the weakest two (Michele & Ronnie) to be nominated, since it can be “too early” to start picking off strong competitors. They did this with Carol and Amber in BBUS8. I really don’t think Jessie will last, he may pull a Kaysar and keep Tenth place. I really am not favoring a clique, since none of these cliques I truly represented in high school. I really think I’m going to like Laura and Jordan, maybe because they are hot, or whatever. The rest don’t stand out yet, and I don’t think I am going to root for a specific clique. I think the Athletes have what they want this week, but all it takes is for the other cliques to regime change and gang up on the athletic four some.

I am also thinking about what I would’ve done if I was the one who controlled this show and picked which previous housemates should return. I would’ve invited Holly of BBUS5 back to be in the popular group, just because Holly was hilarious, and one of the most unique BBUS housemates, Crazy James of BBUS9 would make a perfect representation for Off-beats, he was way more outrageous, competitive, and strategic than Cowboy, Hardy from BBUS2, despite he was the one who stopped Chilltown from controlling the whole game, but it would be nice to see someone from extreme old school to play Big Brother now. As for the other brain member, well, I guess it wouldn’t hurt to bring back smart people like Maggie, Jun, or Dan back, despite they won.

I really think a lot of you readers are more into Big Brother, especially your own country’s Big Brother version, so therefore, I expect to see more comments. I love seeing comments, so please say something.