BB8Dish - Ya Gotta Have it!

BB9 is a Go for Winter!

2007-11-30T13:11:00.000-08:00

BB9 is now a sure thing for winter, so all new posts relative to Big Brother 9 can be found on bb9dish. Please come check out our new home and let us know what you think! :)

We've also created a new FAQs page: DishFAQs full of info, as well as another new feature I know the west coast spoiler hounds (and those looking to avoid spoilers) are going to love: BBLiveShowSpoilers. On BBLiveShowSpoilers aka BBLSS, we'll be posting all the live show spoilers and commentary. That way, everyone's happy. ;)

So come check out the new spaces!

And come back here whenever you're nostalgic for the season 8 crew... or over to bb7dish if you wanna hang out with the All-Stars for a while.

And, as always, you can add our myspace if you want us to give you a heads up when we post something new... or, if you're more the facebook type, add us over there via the page: DishChicksOnFacebook or the group: bb9dish!! ya gotta have it!

C=Venus Signed Janelle Chops and Calendars on EBay

2007-10-09T06:50:00.000-07:00

We've always known what an incredible talent C=Venus is. This season, the Producers of Big Brother learned about her too - not only featuring her Donatos Chop in the Wrap Party Reel, but having it set the theme for the entire piece.

Now our favorite BB Chopper has joined the Ebay fray and listed 20 of her fab Janelle Chops - and some very cool calendars, all Autographed by Janie herself. Click on the pic to get to the EBay auctions.

Every single one of these is a collectors item. I strongly recommend you scoop em up now!

P.S. The Link for the Donatos Chop T-Shirts and other merchandise is ALWAYS at the top of the blog under "Cool BB Stuff" & "Posts of Interest," as well as in the left sidebar...

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Want a Piece of the Big Brother 8 House?

2007-10-08T08:31:00.000-07:00

They're selling off many of the props and decorations from the Big Brother 8 House!! Giant Chess Pieces, the Bunnies Dick was always hiding, art from the walls, dishes, rats from comps, decorative glass items... even the bathroom sinks! You name it, it's right here:

Big Brother Props

These are must have pieces for BB fans. And they're all really well priced!

Go check em out!

While you're in the ebay mood, make sure to check out Zach's auctions that are ending today, Monday, and are still shockingly affordable. He's selling the gloves and baseball cap he wore during the final endurance comp, as well as his necklace, his horned hat and lots of clothing.

Red Carpet Interviews from the Fox Realitinis

2007-10-05T05:07:00.000-07:00

The Fox Realitinis were filmed the other night, and per award show rules, the red carpet interviewers were out in force before the show got underway. One very cool piece of info - Dick's gonna be on L.A. Ink. As much as I hated to see Kat Von D leave Miami Ink, which I pass by just about every time I go to SoBe, I've been loving the show, and really look forward to seeing Dick on it.

Unfortunately, Dick did not win for Best Reality performer. However, Jess and Eric did tie with Boogie and Will for best showmance. ;) Seriously. Other BB winners were Jameka for Favorite Moment of Prayer and Amber for Favorite Tears.

Here's a couple of clips of some Dick Donato interviews:

HappyGoLuckyDick

I found a Jen interview, but it was awful. If you scope out any others, please let us know about em here in the comment section.

Janelle's BIG Ebay Sale

2007-10-05T04:04:00.000-07:00

And now the auctions you've all been waiting for:

Janelle is auctioning off various Winelle Memorabilia, along with her red date-night dress, her finale dress from All-Stars, and some other very cool stuff, like her hockey puck from one of the Veto Comps.

You've really gotta check these out!

Here's the link:
Janelle's Ebay Auctions

Here's what Janelle wrote about her auction of the Winelle memorabilia:

"This auction is for various Winelle memorbilia. All of the items are from Will and signed by him. I am also including a picture of Will handing me a rose that will be autographed by me. This package is priceless.

The only reason I am getting rid of it is to help my little brother out. Since it is for a good cause I am sure Will won't mind.

Over the course of our friendship Will gave me several things. I am including most of it because my current boyfriend will flip out if he finds any of it. It is also time for me to get rid of this hurtful Winelle stuff. Here is what is included Card that Will gave to me in December. It is very cute. I am not posting pictures of it because it could be copied and shared with others. The card is for the winner of the auction to see and anyone else of their choosing. The entire card is written in and it is very nice. A signed Winelle picture...

A mystery BONUS bag containing a special Winelle gift that you will love. It is a little "Winelle dirt" that you have been waiting for... All of the stuff is priceless. If you are a fan of Winelle or even a hater you will love it! Because it is the last of Winelle you will ever see. :) This stuff is some of the rarest Big Brother items out there. Happy Bidding! And yes I always ship to Canada!"

For the Ultimate Nick & Dani Fan

2007-10-02T06:25:00.000-07:00

Interested in owning Nick's Car? How about if he and Daniele personally drop it off to you on their way from Minnesota to California? Or perhaps you'd rather drop by his home to pick it up?

Nuff said? Here's the link:

Meet Nick & Dani
&
Get Nick's SUV!

Here's the ad copy:

Nick from BB8's 2001 Chevy Blazer... Excellent Condition... Buying car when I get to California so no need for 4 wheel drive SUV... Daniele and I can drop off at your residence if you live south or west of Minnesota en route to California... if you don't live south or west you can pick up at my house in Minnesota and drive back to you destination...

Thanks,

Any more questions feel free to ask...

Nick :D

If a few thousand dollars is just a wee bit out of your price range, Nick has also added quite a few t-shirts and an Autographed Football in the past 20 minutes or so... So check those out too! :)

Incidentally, Zach has now joined the ebay fray too. In addition to t-shirts and shorts, he's listed a couple of very cool BB8 collectibles:

The horned hat he wore and his necklace.

Here are the links for all the BB8 HGs ebay sales: Daniele, Mike, Eric , Jen, Zach and Dustin.

Columbus Day Sale at Macy's.
Save 10 - 50% plus values. Valid 03-Oct-07 through 08-Oct-07.

Nick/Mike Shirt on Ebay - Ending Very Soon!

2007-10-01T07:23:00.001-07:00

UPDATED
Someone is about to get a serious steal on a Nick/Mike Shirt shirt that was worn by both Nick and Mike on the show.

Nick wore it during a live show, and Mike wore it on BBAD.

Anyhow, I just checked and with under 3 hours left on the auction, it only has 2 bids right now, and it's under $50!!

Click on this: Nick/Mike Shirt! to get it on this steal!

This auction ends at 1:14pm Eastern/10:14am Pacific. Hurry!!

Looking through my screencaps for when Nick wore it on the live show, I came across the one above. I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure that's the one...

**Update:
This item sold for 202.50. Still a tremendous steal compared to similar shirts for $2000-3000.
To see more of Mike's auctions, click on this ->Mike on Ebay.
To check out Nick's auctions, click on this ->Nick on Ebay.

Vote for Dick to Receive a Fox Reality "Realitini" Award

2007-10-01T05:21:00.000-07:00

THE VOTING IS NOW OVER - The show has been filmed.

Seems all the HGs are heading to this event, which tapes sometime within the next 48 hours (and airs October 13th), and Evel Dick is nominated to receive this year's Golden Realitini, awarded to "the most memorable reality personality of the year."

Click Here to Vote for Dick
You may only vote once!!

It's time to show them all what a real reality show, with an incredible fan base, is all about.

Seriously, his co-nominees are Sanjaya, Len Goodman, Ant, New York(?!?!) and My Fair Brady's Adrianne Curry and Christopher Knight. Can we really even call the shows they were on Reality Shows?

Eric Joins the Ebay FrenzyAll Items Autographed by Eric & Jess

2007-09-30T20:53:00.000-07:00

Here's the ad copy:

"Eric spent his summer playing for YOU America....now here's your chance to own any number of his tshirts - all autographed by both Eric and Jessica, as well as one of Eric's authentic costumes from the show!

By hosting 4 power of veto competitions, Eric quickly became the most frequent competition host in Big Brother history!

This is the outfit Eric wore when he hosted the Art Gallery Veto Competition. You are bidding on the complete ensemble, consisting of a beret, turtle-neck, and pants (sadly, his bad French accent is not included)."

However, as an additional bonus, both Eric AND the lovely Jessica will be autographing the beret. Also, Eric will include an autographed photo from his time on the show.

Click on this: Eric on EBay

In addition to the above mentioned amazing package deal, Eric is also auctioning off a few of his signature t-shirts, and all of those will be autographed by both Eric and Jessica and all include an autographed photo from his time on the show. :)

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BB8 Daniele on Ebay

2007-09-29T17:15:00.000-07:00

Daniele's in on the ebay act. She started off auctioning off her Big Brother bag and the shirt both she and Nick wore... his shirt... the infamous 153 Nick & Dani pillow shirt...

**Now she's added her finale dress and a "life is better blond" tshirt.

Here's the ad copy for Nick's shirt:

Nick Starcevic's Football T-shirt. Worn by Nick and Daniele on Big Brother 8. This shirt is signed by both Daniele and Nick. Happy Bidding. <3 153.

Here's the link for Dani's ebay sales:

Daniele on EBay

I was thinking about their ebay sales today... something along the lines of financing a trip to Europe from the sales of a few t-shirts and 2 bags. Ain't life grand. ;)

Post Finale Behind the Scenes Interviews

2007-09-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

Captured by scootie668

The Eric & Jess Interview on Real

2007-09-27T09:20:00.000-07:00

For those of you who were unable to tune in last night, Scootie668 was kind enough to post for all of us on youtube. Here's the first part:

The Ebay Madness Continues

2007-09-27T07:53:00.000-07:00

Nick and Mike, Chicken George and Dustin have ongoing ebay auctions (just click on their names to see 'em)... and this one from Jen starts and ends today!

Bid to win - Meeting Jen & Being on a Show with her!

Do you want to meet Jen? Do you enjoy playing poker? Are you 21?
Do you want to be on a show?
Well Jen from Big Brother 8 is going to be filming a pilot...

It is filming THIS SUNDAY (Sept 30) at a mansion in Beverly Hills, call time is 10am. There will be 5 other people in the show besides YOU! The breakdown of the show is pretty simple, there is 2 parts, first there will be a poker game played-which the winner will recieve $1000.00, and secondly there will be a "how to play poker" lesson...it will all be filmed in high quality and will be on sharenow.com 1 week after the shoot to see if it will go into further production.....

Also please be sure that you live in LA area...as it is going to be filmed in Beverly Hills, CA..

if you don't live in L.A., you can bid,
but you will have to get your own way to L.A.!!!!

Also besides the filming and hanging out, there will be lunch, drinks, and snacks served (if you have a preference just let me know)

Well have fun bidding!!! Be sure that you are at least 21 years old! And get ready to hang out with, appear on camera with, and have fun with Jen!!!

Click here to Bid & see what it's like to be Jen!

This auction is a short auction!
1 DAY only!!!!!
They need to have the cast finalized ASAP!

Chat with Jessica & Eric Wednesday Night on The Feeds & a New Tribute Video!

2007-09-25T10:00:00.000-07:00

Chat Live with Jess and Eric, America’s favorite Showmance on Wednesday 9/26 @ 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm PDT. This chat is exclusive to SuperPass subscribers only.

Ask them anything you want:

While we wait, here's a lovely new tribute video splicegrrl put together in honor of Eric's brother Josh & the whole Stein family. Having been the direct beneficiaries of Josh's generosity with his time and opinions, I gotta share this one. :)

This really was the family season of BB - They were all so amazing about participating & getting involved... They became a tremendous part of the whole experience. I can't even imagine the season without them.

Chicken George on Ebay

2007-09-24T14:31:00.001-07:00

Chicken George is getting in on the ebay act. Seems he spent some of his time at the wrap party having everyone from the cast of BB8 sign T-Shirts and Photo's, and now he's gottem all up on ebay.

There is seriously something for just about everyone... with special emphasis on JEric, Nick/Dani and Dick fans. The cast t-shirt with everyone's signatures is a serious collector's item.

Here's the ad copy:
Big Brother 8 Yellow (L) Autographed T-Shirt. This shirt was signed by the complete cast of Big Brother 8.

Houseguests include: Amber, Daniele, Carol, Jameka, Jen, Jessica, Kail, Dick, Dustin, Eric, Joe, Mike, Nick & Zach.

This shirt was personally taken around the Wrap Party by Chicken George who had all the houseguests sign the shirt. As an extra Bonus he had Janelle Pierzina from Big Brother 7 All- Stars sign the t-shirt also.

Check em out ->>Tons of Signed BB8 Stuff

Tell em the DishChicks sent ya. ;) lol. Not really. Just made me giggle. Thank you Doug for the heads up on this one!

Checking in with Nick

2007-09-24T13:38:00.000-07:00

Nick had a bit to say about the wrap party too, and a newish addition to his ebay sales: the re-listing of his EWU Shirt.

Here's Nick's Post Wrap Party Blog:

Man Oh Man... What a great feeling and great week finally getting to see Daniele... She means the world to me and it was so super to finally get to see her and talk to her... I will be posting pictures of us at a later time :D I'm putting my EWU shirt back on ebay... The person who first won it at like 2,000 dollars didn't pay so I'm putting it back on there...

Just Click Here to Bid on it

No Nick. Thank youuuuu! :) The link for Nick's ebay goodies is here, also at the top of the blog under "cool bb stuff" and along the left sidebar... in case you ever misplace it. ;)

And thank you to Tella for the heads up about Nick's new blog post.

BB8 Wrap Party Gag Reel

2007-09-24T04:11:00.000-07:00

Posted to youtube by scootie668. This is awesome! I'm especially loving that the editor used C=Venus' Donatos Chop in the Gag Reel!! So cool! By the way, you can click on that C=Venus link to get the Donatos t-shirt.

This was shot by someone in the audience at the wrap party, so you can hear all the reactions as well as the audio on the video. Turn it up. :)

Calling all Jensa Members

2007-09-23T04:30:00.000-07:00

For Jen Fans and Jensa Members the world over, now's your chance to get the Blue Tank Jen wore with "Jensa Member" across the chest. ;)

Jen has just recently decided to join Nick, Mike and a host of other BB Alumni and start listing some of her goodies on ebay. As of Sunday evening, she's added the gray bikini she wore on the show and a Jenuine tank. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the bikini is the one that popped off in the kitchen.

Here's the perma-link to Jen's ebay sales:

Check out what Jen's Selling on Ebay!

Jen Tribute Video

Win a Chat With Dustin - For Only $8?!

2007-09-22T09:15:00.000-07:00

You can win a chat with Dustin... for $8. He has it listed as a "Buy it Now" with 96 still available...

Here's the ad copy:
Love him or hate him, he'll want to hear from you!
Ask questions about the show, how he felt about the other houseguests, about his personal life, his college days, or future endeavor's, etc.
You will love talking too him!

A minimum of 5 minutes, could be longer.

After payment is received and confirmed, Dustin will call you at your convenience. You will have to email the phone # along with the pay pal confirmation # or the name on the money order.

Win a Phone Call from Dustin

Dick is Back on His Blog

2007-09-21T07:43:00.000-07:00

Here's his entry from yesterday, just before the wrap party (link to wrap party pics in the post below this one).

To see Dick's blog up close and personal, Click here.

Pics, Rhymes with & Clips

2007-09-21T07:23:00.000-07:00

Survivor Sucks has a bunch of wrap party pics up. Here's the direct link to those: Check em out! More pics are coming in all the time. Here's another great link: PlanetBaub, and a wrap party story.

Ebay has a bunch of new BB8 related stuff. Included in that list is one item of particular interest, the grey v-neck Dustin was wearing when he was evicted-

Click Here for Dustin's Courtesy Flush Eviction Shirt.
Get the famous gray t-shirt Dustin was wearing when he was evicted! He will personalize and autograph for you.There are actually 3 available, he didn't have just one. the other 2 will follow, This is his eviction shirt. Mens size sm/med.lol.. Talk about a collector's item.

Also, xx2000xx has added quite a few housecalls segments lately, for those of you who'd like to see Dick, Dani, Eric, Zach, et al interviewed by Gretchen.

Survivor Dish Anyone?

2007-09-20T13:26:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon, BB Lovers! I've got a little something to show you...

SurvivorDish

Come on over. Have some fun. And prove to me I haven't completely lost my mind for hopping from BB right on over to Survivor.

Amber's Apology

2007-09-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

Reality News Online has already interviewed Amber. She's already gotten wind of all the negative publicity due to her comments. Here's what she had to say when gently questioned about her comments:

RNO

Amber

Please check out RealityNewsOnline to see the rest of this interview, as well as their interviews with Jameka and Zach.

According to Andy's BlogAmber has been Fired

2007-09-20T10:26:00.000-07:00

Andy Cohen from Andy's Blog, got the dish on Amber and wrote about it on his blog Wednesday, September 19th. If you're wondering who Andy is, he's the flippin' genius at Bravo responsible for overseeing their production slate. Bravo, Andy!! I LOVE Bravo!

Here's his insider info about Amber. Many thanks to Shan & Cliff for the heads up about this piece and the link to it on Andy's Blog!

To read the rest of the blog, please click on the source link below to the right.

Source: Andy's Blog

A Tribute to Jessica's Mom

2007-09-20T07:47:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of firsts this season, in terms of family participation. Everyone we came in contact with was so supportive and giving of their time. Jessica's mom, Marie Hughbanks, is a huge standout! 6 interviews.. just for us??? Never before in the history of BB has one woman gone so out of her way to be in touch with the fans. It's fitting that she's inspired her own tribute video! Please check out this vid from splicegrrl.

I can't even imagine this season without Marie and her tremendous contributions to bb8dish and the rest of the BB lovin' world!

Here's the vid!

And while I'm surfing... another gorgeous tribute to Jessica, with one of my all time favorite songs: Ain't no Sunshine when she's gone... Created by jamiekalyn. Beautiful.

Vincent's Blog

2007-09-20T06:31:00.000-07:00

While the search for after interviews continues, I thought you'd like to see some of the end reactions and blogs from BB related folks around myspace. Thank you to Tella for inspiring this by one of her comments to the previous post. I've done a pretty full search for others now, and so far Vincent's the only one to have blogged about it. Enjoy!

Vincent Donato's Blog:

Source: Vincent's Blog

If you'd like a signed I Love Evel Dick shirt, make sure to check out Vincent's blog directly.

CBS Interviews with ALL HGs

2007-09-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a direct link to all the local cbs interviews with all of the houseguests following last night's finale: ClickMe!

Having listened to all of them, it seems the gag order may still be in place where all things Amber are concerned. The interviewer touched on nothing substantial with her directly, but he did allude to it during his interview with Daniele...

Video of the Interview with Dick, Dani & Nick

2007-09-19T19:27:00.000-07:00

As I said in the previous post, Laramy mentioned they would be replaying the interview. I know how upsetting it was to a lot of people that feed 4 was problematic tonight... so I'll do ya one better... with the help of a wonderful youtuber - scootie668. Here he comes to save the day!!!

Also, the replay of the Dick, Dani & Nick interview is now available on the Big Brother home page of SuperPass. The audio is synched with the video, and viewed directly from the source, the quality is much better than the recorded versions!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Please visit scootie668 directly on youtube to view the rest... and it would be very nice if you'd rate the videos 5 stars, and subscribe to show your appreciation to scootie.

Dick, Dani & Nick Interview on the Feeds Tonight at 6pm BBT!!Also, Exclusive Finale Coverage Shortly After 5pm BBT

2007-09-19T16:41:00.000-07:00

UPDATE:
The replay of the Dick, Dani & Nick interview is now available on the Big Brother home page of SuperPass... aka, the Live Feeds. ;)

The audio is synched with the video, and viewed directly from the source, the quality is much better than the recorded versions!

Hey Big Brother Lovers! I hope everyone had a good first day back to life! I sure did. :) Sorry for the late notice, but I have excellent news:

Tonight’s chat will feature Dick, Daniele & Nick!

Come chat with Dick, Nick and Daniele @ 6 pm BBT. Don't miss this exclusive 1-hour video chat Sept. 19th (today). Plus, you can download and watch it later with the new RealPlayer® Plus.

Also!! Please note that exclusive coverage of last nights finale is supposed to be viewable starting shortly after 5PM BBT tonight! So far... nothin' happening on that front.

The Complete CBS Early Show Interview with Dick and Daniele Donato

2007-09-19T13:42:00.000-07:00

Dick & Daniele on the CBS Early Show with Julie Chen - 3 Videos, all captured by TommyVercetti001.

Enjoy.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Big Brother Interviews Galore

2007-09-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

Good morning, Big Brother Lovers!

To see the Julie Chen's interview of Dick and Daniele Donato from this morning on the Early Show, please Click Here!

For oodles of post show interviews with all the houseguests, please check out DreamersVids on youtube.

And one more look at the final moments, captured by scootie668:

BB Twilight Zone

2007-09-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

The Feeds Replay just came on.

Carol's in the house... better not blink.

Nick's in the jacuzzi.

All is right in the world. ;)

Pics from the Finale

2007-09-18T20:32:00.001-07:00

Without giving anything away here on the main page before it airs on the west coast... Here are some screen caps I just captured from the replay of the finale.

Reactions to the America's Player Twist:

Nick talking to Dani for the 1st time...

Dick and Daniele's first steps through the door of the Big Brother House and into freedom!

Jess looking absolutely stunning and poised while Carol speaks about her.

Fess Up!

2007-09-18T19:23:00.000-07:00

OK.. so.. fess up, BB Lovers: Who's hangin' out to watch the replay of the live feeds?

I think it'll be funny to watch those awkward beginning moments again...

And the interview tomorrow night. Whoever it's with. ;)

Apart from that, we'll be workin' on our own interviews, and keeping up to speed with the fallout from you-know-who... and, and, and....

But first, a spa day. ;)

Big Brother 8 Finale Live Show Spoilers

2007-09-18T16:59:00.000-07:00

The Feeds just changed from trivia to this. I think it's official. ;) The finale begins in just one hour.

What a long strange trip it's been.

If you're on the west coast and you must know as soon as it happens, make sure to check the Live Show Spoiler.

We'll be posting everything, as it happens, from the moment the show begins.

And.. if you can get in, here's the link for the east coast feed:
East Coast Feed of BB8 Finale

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bb8finale

This Makes Me Proud

2007-09-18T16:29:00.000-07:00

Please go and check out ddugo's tribute to Dick & Daniele on bb8dishcaps. A picture's worth a thousand words, and ddugo's caps are priceless.

Bravo Dawn!

This Makes Me Nervous

2007-09-18T14:28:00.001-07:00

I've been waging an internal battle all day over whether or not to do a live show spoiler for the finale. The potential for an AP Vote during the finale has solved my dilemma. I will be doing it. Here's the link: Live Finale Spoiler. I've only given out the numbers to text once this season. Tonight will be a 2nd time...

In case the text is too small for you to read, it says, "America's Player is not done yet! He has one more task to accomplish. On finale night Eric will need to cast your vote for the winner, America. More details to come." This is from the AP page on the CBS site. It differs from the front page of the CBS BB site which says "Voting is now closed. Tune in Tuesday night to see how America voted." Only time will tell which is accurate.

This is what makes me think they're going to have a text only, and therefor Eastern & Central time zones only, AP Vote tonight. Not if we can help it... In the event of an AP vote tonight, the west coast will be included with the live spoiler post.

Should this vote come into play, I will include the numbers for texting. Here's the link for the Live Show Spoilers:

Click Here!

No More Sour Grapes

2007-09-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

What an incredible season of Big Brother. Having watched it all, from start to finish, I couldn't have planned it much better if I'd written the script. Father - Daughter reconciliation, masterful manipulation, romance, intrigue and full participation by the viewers.

Personally, I'm already thrilled with the outcome, and the "winner" is not so important to me. I think they both won... in the big picture.

True, I would have loved to have seen Eric and Jessica with Dick and Daniele in the Final 4, but we can't always get what we want. I'm still more than content.

We could debate until we're blue who is most deserving, who is most true, who lied the least, who was most vile, who would or wouldn't have betrayed an alliance, but really, there's no use to that. It doesn't matter in the least, and it's all conjecture.

When all is said and done, it's a game. It's a great game. We have a final 2, and they fought the hardest and are the most deserving final 2 Big Brother has seen in years. That's not even slightly debatable. Look at the header and check the stats if you need a little more confirmation.

Interestingly, Aldav has Dani for the win. Personally, I stink at predictions, so I'm not gonna even try...

What's Going on on the Live Feeds?

2007-09-18T11:17:00.000-07:00

The Feeds went from sleeping Donatos to Trivia at around 10:15am BBT. Will they come back up before the finale? I wont pretend to know... not for a second. Here's what I do know:

Tonight on the 24/7 live feeds: Exclusive Coverage of the Finale.

Later Tonight, right after the Finale: Replay of the feeds from Day One!

***For those of you who gottem late, aren't ready to give up the ghost, wanna see all the HGs under one roof again, or just can't get enough! ;)Wednesday Night @ 9pm Eastern/6pm BBT: Exclusive Interview with a Surprise Guest (or guests).

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And real/Superpass also has Non-BB related lineup, such as:

1. TV show secrets:

Go behind the scenes with your favorite TV stars from Grey's Anatomy, Desperate housewives, Entourage, 24, Sex and the city and more. Watch as stars from your favorite hit TV shows tell all. It's better than a backstage pass!2. Follow the Fight behind the Scenes:

On Set, On Edge - a new online show that follows the journey of Vanessa Parise as she fights to bring her film, "Jack and Jill vs. The World" to the big screen. See a movie made, the struggle and the joy, and get a look behind the scenes at Vanessa, her crew, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Taryn Manning in action.Among thousands of other things! ;)

Custom Made BB8 Pillows

2007-09-18T09:59:00.000-07:00

We have some very talented friends here at bb8dish, and in this case, we didn't even know it! Hmph! Can't believe i had to find this out from someone else! Our own much loved rallen is the woman responsible for the cool bb8 pillows jerzeechik had up for charity a few days ago.

The good news is, she'll custom make any pillow you like from any of your favorite screencaps of the season... she has tons to choose from. Even better, these are not cheap iron-ons (yucko), these are printed right on to the fabric, and it's 100% cotton!

Here's the link, so you can check em out for yourself:

Custom Made Pillows

rallen, rallen, rallen... don't hide your light under a bushel! sheesh!

As for the rest of you, please let us know (here in the comments section) what cool things you have on the www so we can create a space for you on the sidebar... The section will be titled Our Friends, or something to that effect.

Quickie Poll: The Jury Vote

2007-09-18T09:21:00.001-07:00

We originally ran a version of this poll on the 15th before we had an inkling of how the jury was leaning. Today's the day. How will they vote? I've split the poll into 2. Please place a check next to each person you believe will cast a vote for Dick to win in the first poll (and then push the vote button) and each person you believe will cast a vote for Daniele to win in the second poll (and then push the vote button).

Wanna See Some Gorgeous Pics?

2007-09-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

You've gotta check out our screencaps blog: bb8dishcaps. We have amazing cappers! My only rule when we started it: just the best of the best, and boy have they delivered!

Hats off to DDugo, Kim, Blake, and Doug!! Go show em some love! They deserve it and more!

Happy Double D Day everyone!! My cup(s) runneth over. ;)

Quickie Poll

2007-09-18T06:44:00.001-07:00

Happy Finale Day BB Lovers

2007-09-18T05:44:00.000-07:00

Can you believe we're finally here? In 12 hours, we'll have a winner for BB8... then again, many of us already do - The Donatos.. the rest is a formality. What I'm most looking forward to seeing this evening is the America's Player Reveal. After that, the jury session... How about you?

As I type this, Dick and Dani are up playing a game of quotes, nicknames, etc about the other houseguests. A few minutes ago Daniele came up with "WAaaamber" and told the internet we should remember that one. Dani - we're 2 1/2 months ahead of ya.

Dani: We're been here forever. I don't even remember life outside of this house.
Dick: This has been all so consuming inside this house.

Dick, Dani, for us too. Not to the same extent, of course, but there's an adjustment period in all of our futures.

Dick: Good Night and until tomorrow my lovely darling daughter.
Dani: Or in an hour. The bottle never lies. Daniele you are homeless.
Dick: Or in an hour. In 12 hours, we'll be outta here!
Dani: I have a feeling I will not be able to sleep.
Dick: Um.. you screaming from the bedroom gives me the feeling I'm not gonna able able to sleep. ;)

5:53am BBT
Dani's gotten into bed. Dick's out by the kitchen counter with the cards...

What a long, strange trip it's been.

Here's a couple of clips, captured by Quirkydude from the evening gone by. These 2 are Dick and Dani talking about the gameplay of the other Houseguests.

Incidentally, Quirkydude has taken the time to organize ALL of his BB8 clips into a playlist. Here's the link: Quirkydude's BB8 Playlist.

The Final episode of the Dick at Night Show is currently on the Feeds, as of 6am BBT. Spark em if ya gottem!

Interviews to Come

2007-09-17T16:31:00.001-07:00

In the weeks following the finale, I'll be trying my best to get interviews with the winners of BB8 and the jury members. I'd like very much to represent all the bloggers, all the commenters, and everyone who's been a part of the dish when I do.

Please leave your questions here in the comment section. Make sure you specify who the question is for...

Thanks. :)

Afternoon in the BB House

2007-09-17T15:03:00.000-07:00

3pm BBT
Dick and Dani are both up now. Dani spent the afternoon tanning in the backyard. Dick got up around 2:20pm BBT. They're chatting happily in the bathroom, and have been for the past 40 minutes.

For Donatos fans, or fans of the game in general, I recommend tuning in to the feeds.

For fans of those gone too soon: Nick and Eric and Jessica - a couple of tribute videos.

First up: Eric and Jessica - Even Angels Fall.

Created by alavie

Second - For Nick Fans - a compilation of the sweetest things... with many thanks to Tella for the heads up!

Created by hellataz

Quickie Poll

2007-09-17T07:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to a few of our friends whose brains are still functional this morning, we have a couple of poll questions. There's the quickie below, and also... We'd like to know your responses to the following 2 questions in the comments section:

Which houseguest(s) do you think regrets the game they played in the house?
What will you do Wednesday morning without the posts and new live feeds to check? (understanding, of course, that the feeds will actually be on Wednesday morning and re-running from the very beginning of the season & bb8dish will keep going too... with new interviews and other cool stuff)

Happy Monday Big Brother Lovers

2007-09-17T06:03:00.000-07:00

UPDATED @ 7:30am BBT

Wow. That's the last time I'll be saying that during season 8. What a season.

As I write this, the time is 6:03am BBT and after a very brief attempt at sleeping, Dick and Dani are both still awake, both in very good moods, and while Dani's giving some more effort to sleeping, Dick's gotten back up and gone outside for a smoke, apologizing to the control room, "Sorry, I can't just lie there with my eyes open. You guys gotta work."

He's smiling to himself.

All is good in BB land...

After a really rough day yesterday, Dani came around, during the east coast broadcast of the Sunday show, and they never stopped talking after that... all night long... If you'd like to see some clips, Quirkydude made quite a few last night and into the morning. There's a big gap from midnight BBT to 4am BBT because the feeds went to trivia while BB showed D&D a gag reel and perhaps a movie.

Let's hear it for fairy tale happy endings.

6:11am BBT
Dani's just gotten out of bed now too. She's gone to the kitchen... Dick comes inside and they're laughing about their failed attempt at sleeping... Dick's making them some omlettes.

Happy Monday, Donatos.

6:58am BBT
Dick: Who do you think is most upset that we're in the final 2?
Dani: From the jury? I think Dustin. He hates us both...
Dick: DO you think Zach is the most bummed?
Dani: Probably, cuz he was the closest...
Dick: He lost 50 grand. A minimum 50 grand.. Ok.. 50 grand. Jessica seemed the most bitter, even though she said she wasn't.
Dani: Who do you think's the maddest that we're in the final 2?
Dick: I dunno, maybe.. Dustin or Amber or Jen.. One of those 3.
Dani: Dustin's probably bitter and angry. Amber too, cuz they're the same person.
Dick: And every person there has a reason in their mind for their not being here.. like Eric, "You're lucky it was a fast forward week."
Dani: Right. And that's what he'll tell everyone forever.
Dick: As if we didn't have Jameka in our back pocket.
Dick looks at the memory wall.

Dick: That should be called the wall of shattered dreams.

7:30am BBT
Dick and Dani decide to give sleep another try. Shhhh.

Dani's Talking!!

2007-09-16T18:28:00.000-07:00

6:23pm BBT

After a brief pass through by Daniele a few minutes ago where she deigned to speak 1 word, Dick has decided he's given her enough space, and goes into her room to talk. he's not buying the FSA anymore - he never was... he was just giving her space. Now he's talking sense to her, and about to fix her dinner.

Here's the gist of the talk:

Dick: Hey.
Dani: What?
Dick: Are you ok? Hmm.. Come on, honey. (rubbing her back) Doesn't matter what happens, we won. Doesn't matter about those people and what they said. You beat all of em. We both beat all of em.
Dani: I just wanna go home already.
Dick: Day after tomorrow, honey. Don't worry about them. Hey.. you're here, they're there. Seriously, f them. Amber's just a bitter bitch. She's the same one you remember, Eric had to have a talk with, cuz she was talking about giving hand jobs for votes. She's also the one who has this big horrible secret she doesn't want anyone to know, yet everyone on the internet knows. The same thing I always say, people talk shit, you just have to consider the source. You're gonna worry about something Dustin and Amber Say?? Jen?? They're bitter and pissed because they're not here and we are. We played better than they did. The best team that has ever played this game. Nobody could do what we did. Nobody. 7 seasons of people have tried. We're the only ones. I'm gonna start dinner. I'll come in and get you when it's ready, ok?
Dani: Alright.
Dick: It'll be ready in just a minute. It's just the meat that has to cook. (pause) We did it, they didn't. Don't worry about what they have to say. F them.

Here's the clip, captured by Quirkydude:

Dani's still sniffling... but definitely progress is being made.

A few minutes later, Dani comes out and joins her dad in the kitchen area. He asks for help with finding the cooking time.

Dani: 4 minutes at 350.

It's a start. It's definitely a start.

Dick: C'mon, how bout my question that Eric gave me? "Tell me why each person here deserves to be in the final 2." I'm like, Amber doesn't deserve to be here, Dustin doesn't deserve to be here.. F 'em.

CUT FEEDS

Dani: All your questions were completely ridiculous & stupid...

CUT FEEDS

Dick: That was a weird question by Jessica, and she was like, "I don't believe you." I don't care if you believe me or not.

CUT FEEDS

Even with all the interruptions, it beats the heck out of the silent treatment.

Dani: I like how the last thing Amber said before, like, when she was campaigning to stay was... If me and Jameka are sitting next to each other doesn't mean I'm gonna vote for Jameka. I'm gonna look at strategy and I'm not gonna base it on who's a better person.. and then she has the audacity to call me pathetic? I think Amber's one of the most pathetic people I've ever met.
Dick: Amber is the most pathetic person I've ever met. I bet she had to ask.. I bet she doesn't even know what pathetic means.

OK.. so tonight we're gonna get the jury roundup discussion we were looking for last night.

And a small kitchen fire... and a lockdown to put the fire out.

Nothing like a little fire to spark some father - daughter bonding.

Here's the clip, also captured by Quirkydude:

Bout time!! Spark em if ya gottem.

6:50pm BBT
Dick and Dani have moved outside. They're getting into the meat of Dani's upset. I recommend tuning in. The gist is, Dani feels as though Dick campaigned against her during the jury session, where she left everything very open... Dick says he didn't but apologizes anyhow.

Here's a clip, captured by scootie668:

7:10pm BBT
Conversation is getting easier. True, they're bashing the other HGs while they talk about the jury session, but it's better than abject silence.

Here's a clip from dinner, discussing Jen and captured by Quirkydude:

7:15pm BBT
Dinner is over. They're cleaning up. Hopefully the silent treatment is over with too.

7:24pm BBT
Dani's making cookies. Still chatting.
Ahhhh.

Anonymous drive-by commenters with nothing to say but "so-n-so sucks" or similarly brilliant, well thought out phrases, please go elsewhere. The rest of the www is more than happy to accommodate your hatefulness. I don't care if you disagree with me. I don't care who you like or hate. I just care that you don't attack the other people posting here or the HGs.

Quickie Poll

2007-09-16T16:40:00.000-07:00

Enough with the boredom and depression!!

The Sunday Show starts in just a few minutes. According to the promos, it's supposed to be a "best of" episode.

What's your favorite moment from BB8 that you're hoping to see?

Mid Afternoon in the BB8 House

2007-09-16T15:18:00.000-07:00

3:15pm BBT

Dick's in the jacuzzi. His mood is improving, and he's realistic. He's even laughing to himself a bit.
Dani's still in bed.

Sigh.

4pm BBT
Dani has risen. She's gone to the restroom. Will she or wont she (come outside and socialize)?

4:10pm BBT - Dani's putting on makeup... We may have a breakthrough...

4:21pm BBT - And that's a big no. She had something to eat and went back to bed. Never so much as looked outside... Dick's fast asleep out there, anyhow.

In the meantime, I've been looking all over cafepress.com for cool big brother related stuff for you guys. I'll post it sometime soon. I thought a little retail therapy was in order. When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. ;)

This link will take you more directly to everything bb8 related: bb8 stuff.

Just a thought... Can you imagine yourself this depressed and bedridden if you were about to be awarded a minimum of 50,000 dollars?

On the other hand, I know how exhausted I am, and I wasn't even in the house! And bonus - they're making recapping very easy. ;)

C=Venus By Popular Demand

2007-09-16T14:09:00.000-07:00

You asked for it, you got it. C=Venus has added a special "Donatos Rule" line to her offerings on cafepress. Here's the link to get to her shop: Click Here!

Will She or Wont She

2007-09-16T13:09:00.000-07:00

At 7:30 this morning, after hours of alone time and coming to the conclusion that, "she is not upset with me per se, I have to understand that she's upset with those mother f'ers. I have to understand and try to be empathetic," Dick cried himself to sleep.

The time is now 1:10pm BBT, Dick's just recently awake, and he's sitting outside. He went to Dani's bed 10 minutes ago, touched her shoulder, asked if she was awake and she said nothing. FSA or asleep, I don't know, but she was awake 15 minutes before at 12:45pm BBT.

I maintain high hopes that Daniele and Dick will somehow be able to reignite the happiness of being final two. Do you think they will?

TheRealDeal2006 Final BB8 Video

2007-09-16T07:01:00.000-07:00

TheRealDeal2006 is a phenomenal talent whose video creations I look forward to watching every season. Please take a few minutes to enjoy this tribute to The Donatos, TRD2006's final video for Big Brother 8.

Post Jury

2007-09-16T01:39:00.000-07:00

1:38am BBT
FEEDS ARE BACK!! - DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

Dani's gone to the restroom. Dick's outside having a smoke.

Dick: What's going on...Like I was campaigning to beat her. Great. Something else for her to be pissed at me about. F'in unbelievable.

Dani's gone straight to bed. Lights out. Under the covers.

Dick: How did I not know that she would be pissed at me? No winning man, no winning. It's always a catch 22 with Daniele.

Pause...

Dick: Maybe she's right...

Silence... as Dick paces around the back yard a bit.

Dick: Oh this is gonna be a long 2 days, man.

Dick heads inside to use the restroom.

Dick: Are you in here?

She's not.

***Oh, crap. This is so not what I was hoping for. Bloody tragic.Dick's out of the restroom, washes his hands, walks through the house.. into Daniele's room

Dick: I'm sorry...
Daniele: Well it sucks, cuz everyone uses my personal life against me.. All my questions were about my personal life and flying under your shadow... Even Jameka was like, you flew under the radar.
Dick; I never said you did.
Dani: Everything, the entire reason I'm here is you. I'm not my own person in this house, because everyone credits every single thing I've done to you.. and then I hear everyone laughing in the background like I'm such a joke.
Dick: You kicked their asses in those competitions. I definitely didn't carry you.
Dani: Well that's not how they see it...
Dick: We're here and they're not.
Dani: I know. But you made me feel like crap. And I'm sorry, but I don't think you had the hardest game coming in here. I'm so over this. I just wanna go home. The only thing anybody cares about is my personal life and me being in your shadow. I'm so over this. I'm so over this.

Here's the clip of Dani's rant, from scootie668:

Dick gives her some space...

He goes and lies down in the hookah room. Can't even win when he wins...

What a shame.

As if they needed another wedge between them, the jury can't win the money, so they'll do all they can to ruin a re-forged relationship.

Hating them a lot right now.

2am BBT
Dick gets up, passes through Daniele's room, softly says, "I'm sorry, Daniele," heads to the kitchen to get something to drink...

Dick: (sigh) F'd up, huh?

And out he goes to the backyard.

Dick: F'd up... WOW. (dick hears a car accident) That was a f'in huge wreck. Somebody better call 911. Seriously. Wow. Sh-t. (pause) That was a f'ing huge wreck. I'm waiting for the sirens.
(pause) Oh, man.

***Tell me I'm not the only one who wants to go talk some sense into Dani right now? Something along the lines of - What those people think doesn't matter... You know how strong a player you were, so be as strong a person, grow up, cut your dad some slack for once, and be happy you're there together in the final 2.2:09am BBT

Dick: F'd up. Can't win. Can't win with Daniele. She'll always see it that way. Not as what it is, which is, no matter what I said, I still have a better relationship with a lot of those people than she did, and a lot of that stemmed from Nick, and I warned her, and she didn't listen.

We hear sirens.

Dick: There's the sirens. It's a huge f'in wreck.

***Tell me I'm not the only one seeing the parallel symbolism here.2:15am BBT
Dick: That's f'd up. Am I happy right now? I feel like it's sealed, and it's done, and I won. Playing against your daughter, there is no winning. I wish we could have shared it.... And it wasn't fair how they looked at it... She's never really been happy in this game.. I mean other than the competitions.. But other than that, it's just been so much complaining.

2:20am BBT
Still up, smokin', spittin' and hurtin'.

2:25am BBT
Dick: Gonna be a long f'in 2 days. I guaran-f'in-tee you that.

2:29am BBT
Dick: It was a perfect f'ing team... (long pause) Winning over your daughter. It's not that great of a deal... but it does happen... It's really not. I didn't think Amber would go on the attack like that on Daniele... Whatta bitch. Whatta F'ing bitch.

2:34am BBT
Dick: Saturday night! Hey! You watchin', Vincent? I was thinkin' about ya... and I think I won. It's hard to be happy, cuz Daniele's upset, and she's pissed at me, and she's pissed at everybody on the jury... She got a lot of attacks.

Here's a clip of Dick alone with his thoughts, captured by scootie668:

At 2:40am, Dick decides to do laundry, to give himself "something to do, besides stew."

Dick: 2 more days to strew. 2 more days for her to stew.

Dick has now gone back inside and he's laying on the floor in the livingroom...

2:56am BBT
Dick: I feel sick.

3:05am BBT
Dick: Un-f'in-believable.

Dick gets up, goes to the kitchen, fixes himself a bowl of cereal... hehe. Dick has the palate of a 5 year old. (as do I, minus the metabolism, but that's another blog) Cocoa Krispies, I believe...

Lots of sighing.

3:13am
And a second bowl... he spills a little on himself... on his one shirt left in the house with no stains...

3:29am BBT
Dick heads back outside for another smoke...
FYI, Dani's still awake, playing with her hair in bed... not talking.

3:48am BBT
Dick's gone back inside. He's sitting at the kitchen counter playing solitaire.

Dick: I can't win. I just can't win.

He's not referring to the cards.

3:57am BBT
Dani just sat up in bed for a minute.
Dick's gone into the gym, on the treadmill for about 10 seconds.

I thought maybe she'd get up and talk, but she lay back down almost immediately.

Dick heads back outside.

Dick: I'm done f'in beatin' myself up over this sh-t. I didn't do anything to campaign against her or f her over in any way. She'll just find some kind of fault with whatever I did anyway... That was already pre-determined. So she's mad at me again. Oh well. Enough. Enough, enough, enough.

4:02am BBT
Dani gets out of bed and heads to the bathroom.

4:04am BBT
Dick outside, alone.
Dick: That's a pretty sh-tty thing to say too, so...

4:06am BBT
Dani comes out of WC, checks herself in the mirror, pops a zit, applies some ointment to her arm...

4:09am BBT
Dick, solo.
Dick: Every mother-f'in thing in my life is a catch 22, man. I didn't say anything bad. I didn't say anything wrong. I said what it was. Ahhhh.

Dani's still in the bathroom with the ointment.

Dick: She's ready for this to be over. She's been ready for it to be over since week f'ing 3. You don't appreciate things, man. It's not my fault. No, I refuse. I'm not gonna feel bad. I refuuuuse. Not gonna do it.

Dani has now left the bathroom and returned to her bed.

4:13am BBT
Dick: 2 more days.

Dick heads back to the kitchen counter and his cards.

Just Before the Jury

2007-09-16T01:07:00.000-07:00

1:30am BBT - Still Trivia
Good morning... As expected, the feeds went to trivia just after midnight BBT. Here's the conversation and the clip. No real dialogue until about 2 minutes 2o seconds into the video.

Midnight
Living Room

Dick: Dustin's question's gonna be snotty.

Daniele agrees.

Daniele: I'm assuming we don't do any speeches Tuesday.
Dick: They just come and vote, I guess.

Alison: Hey Guys.
Daniele: What's up?
Dick: Hey Alison.
Alison: Well, you look cute sitting in those purple chairs, but I actually have...

CUT TO TRIVIA.
Pre-Jury Questions
Captured by scootie668

Still Waiting for Godot

2007-09-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

Well, it's not quite that bad, but Dick and Dani are both up and still waiting for the jury to quesiton them. They've had long naps. Dani's redone her hair.

8:15pm BBT
They're sleepy, sniffly, bored out of their minds, and playing cards in the living room.

Dani: We probably have to wait till 12 cuz it'll have to be after Showtime.
Dick: That's exactly what I was thinking.
Carolyn: Crap.

***It makes perfect sense. So... I think I may take a nap and wake myself up at around 1:30-2am their time, so I can cover it. See y'all later.The riveting card game continues on the feeds.

Dick and Dani Discuss the Potential Questions

2007-09-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

5:25pm BBT

Just a few minutes ago, Dani was told by the DR that they were waiting for it to be dark, so they can film the jury having a pre-question discussion at night. Then, they'll move on to the questions for Dick and Daniele.

Dick and Daniele are now hypothesizing about what everyone's questions will be to them...

Dani: Watch, Jen's'll just be like, "What's my favorite movie? I'm gonna vote for the person who knows me the best. " Somebody's gonna have a completely ridiculous, off the wall question like that.
Dick: I can see it being Jen.
Dani: I wonder if tonight's (tomorrow) gonna be the montage looking back in the season, and then Tuesday's gonna be the jury session and the vote.
Dick: Probably. To make it seem like it's all one day.

6:20pm BBT
And... they're both napping again. lol. I'll letcha know when something happens.

7pm BBT
Shhh.. still napping.
It's so quiet in there, I keep checking to make sure my feeds haven't shut off.

Curling up some ConfidenceDani Prepares for the Inquisition... aka The Jury

2007-09-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

Notice the Donato Unity Nails...

Big Brother 8 Houseguests Playing Monopoly

2007-09-15T13:11:00.000-07:00

A friend of ours just sent this to us on myspace. I loved it. Hope you do too.

Written & Directed by
Emmalee Hopper

The America's Player Reveal

2007-09-15T12:44:00.000-07:00

A lot of you have been asking when the America's Player twist will be revealed to the other houseguests, so I thought it best to post it here at the top of the blog. I've been listening to the Housecalls interview with Alison Grodner, and according to the woman in charge:

"The AP reveal will happen after the vote, but before the winner is announced. Eric is very nervous about it, mostly because of his relationship with Jessica..."

Also, does Eric have to vote as we say?

"Yes. If he were to not vote with America, he is breaking a 'contract with America' (and the production company), and will lose his stipend and his 40,000."
The interview is excellent. I strongly urge you all to give it a listen.

Wanna Sleep with Nick?

2007-09-15T10:56:00.000-07:00

Or Mike? Or Jen? Or Howie? Or James?

How about the whole cast of BB8?

Check out these Handmade Pillows!

BB Allstar Howie Gordon has some yummy new items up in his ongoing quest to help out his girlfriend's goddaughter, who was stricken with brain cancer earlier this year. 100% of the proceeds from these items go to her and her family.

Quickie Poll

2007-09-15T08:42:00.000-07:00

It's pretty safe to say this jury will very likely be the most bitter we've ever seen on Big Brother. All season long, they proclaimed their hatred for the Donatos, and now they have to fork it over.

For them, I believe it's definitely going to come down to a lesser of two evils vote. They may couch it in "I'm voting for the best strategic game player," but come on... Ultimately, I think they'll give the money to the Donato they hate the least.

Below are 2 polls. Please let us know who you think the jury will give the money to in the first poll, and how you think the vote will be split in the second. If you'd like to get specific - which jury member will vote how - please do so in the comments section here on the blog.

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Happy Saturday Big Brother Lovers

2007-09-15T04:05:00.000-07:00

As much as I was hoping for a D&D final 2, I gotta admit it, after the initial celebration period, which was great, I'm bored to pieces with the last couple days... There's no end of season drama with who will win, because it just doesn't matter, and both of them keep saying it. They won. Period. Ok.

Last night was one of those nights. Daniele couldn't even be bothered to get out of bed and come play a game with her father, so he played some alone, then went outside to give us all a rundown of just about all the players from all the seasons, and offer his opinion on each and every one... and compare them all to season 8. That's what I fell asleep to... the Dick at Night Show takes on every former BB HG.

As I write this, it's 4:18am BBT. Dick had a bit of sleep earlier, and while he did, Daniele got out of her bed. Now he's back up, sitting at the kitchen counter, and she's in bed again, playing with her split ends. Will the excitement never end?? ;)

Here's the good news: today is jury day. At some point today, the jury will be asking Dick and Daniele their questions, via satellite. The bad news - that's typically blacked out from the feeds. We do, however, usually get to hear all about it from the 2 remaining HGs after the fact - just like with most comps. I suspect the jury questions will spark some conversation and bonding between the Donatos after the fact, and likely before as well, in terms of preparation for it and aftershock.

I'm not sayin' there hasn't been any communication.. just that Daniele has had more than enough being cooped up in the house with her dad now. Given her age and how long they've been captive, I'm not really surprised.

The jury coming to break up the boredom will be good for them... and for us. I'm quite looking forward to hearing all about it from Dick and Dani, in terms of who was most outrageous, and how they handled the questions.

Until then, it's now 4:30am BBT, and the Dick at Night Show has moved back outside to the smokers lounge. "It's chilly" in L.A., says Dick. (I'm jealous.) He has his cigarette and heads back inside to the kitchen. Riveting.

4:47am BBT
Oh sweet lord! Daniele has gotten out of bed and deigned to have her father fix her some scrambled eggs! Let the jury discussion begin - I hope!

5:17am BBT
Mmm.. so far that's a big nope. Dani's talking about how the house smells like puppy breath, and how much she hates that. Hey, at least she's stopped playing keep away.

5:20am BBT
Breakfast of Champions... They both just had scrambled eggs and bacon, and Daniele is enjoying some ice cream for dessert. Ahh, to have the metabolism of a hummingbird.

5:24am BBT
Dani: Remember how weird Dustin used to get about vacuuming? How if anyone else did it, he would get all mad?
Dick: He didn't do anything otherwise though... There were so many people here who did nothing to help at all. Jessica for one. Kail! Eric was a real half ass... He was one that always would say about other people, and then do something once, and make a big deal about it.
Dani: (hiccup!)
Dick: How is your ice cream? Is your ice cream good?
Dani: Yup. Very good.

***Riveting, like I said, but I'm glad they're talking. The two of them do some cleaning.

Dick: Boy, this is something I never thought I'd be doing. Cleanin the house with my daughter at 5 o clock in the morning.
Dani: 5:30.
Dick: (laughs) 5:30.
Dani: how about Eric cleaning all the windows with 409?
Dick: (laughs) There were so many stupid people here. How about everybody cleaning their asses off when there were a bunch of people here, and Jen was arranging the place by color, instead of helping clean?
Dani: I thought it was funny that when there were 6 people here, we all got it done so much faster than when there were 14.

More talk about cleaning.... Dick gives props to Mike for his non-stop cleaning.

Dick: He would clean, and he would also plot with Kail.
Dani: And then he went around and told everybody that if he became HoH, he would put people up based on their cleaning habits. That's why Jess and Eric wanted him gone. Seriously, Jess came to me and said, "How's that gonna help me?"

Dick goes on about how Jessica spent a whole lotta time sleeping... The talk moves into Eric and Jessica or maybe hooking her up with Vincent...

Dani: If Eric had a chance, that means there's definitely hope for Vincent.

Dani brings up her acronym for Eric - CEP (crazy eyed person).

Yada yada yada.. Like I said, I'm just glad they're talking... even if it's about other people. It beats the heck out of watching them in silence.

Dani moves from Zach to Amber and the advice she gave her regarding Nick. Amber told Dani to stop hanging out with Nick so much... she told Nick the same...

Dick: What's worse? Amber saying "I never give wrong advice," or nick actually taking her advice?
Dani: I actually listened to some of her advice early on.
Dick: You did?
Dani: I didn't know she was a mental patient!
Dick: There were so many, like, outpatients here. She needs some serious help. She's on all kinds of anti-depressants and stuff.
Dani: You know who used to go around telling people she was on all these meds? Dustin! What a great best friend!
Dick: How stupid was it of her to tell Eric this horribly personal thing of hers?

OK.. lots of talking, lots of laughing... all about the other HGs, but, like I said, it beats the heck out of silence.

Dick: I can't wait to tell Kail I applied for season 5 & 6 too.
Dani: They were just waiting to put you two in the house together.
Dick: (Big Laughs)

Dani: I wonder who we think made a bigger impression on the show than they actually did.
Dick: Joe.

Dani disagrees... They both agree Jameka and Mike probably didn't make a big dent. Dick asks Dani to play a game with him, and they have a bit of a tiff. She doesn't want to play Chinese Checkers. It's over quickly. They move back on to talking about the season gone by.

Dani: I wanna play Go to Sleep. If only I was Jessica. (pause) I have to say, one of the most annoying things was when Jessica and Dustin spent the whole day in bed, and kept yelling "Jameka!!!"

At 5:53am BBT, they're still up and chatting... Enjoy. :)

Donatos Tribute Video

2007-09-14T15:29:00.000-07:00

Please enjoy out this excellent Donatos tribute video, created by atorres11, with end credit given to our very own bb8dishcaps.

Are we doing it again next summer?

2007-09-14T11:17:00.000-07:00

Yes!! We're nowhere near done with bb8dish yet, but the page for next season is ready to go. Click on the banner below to get to bb9dish, then save it to your favorites. ;) If they build it, we will come!

Final 2 Celebration Clips

2007-09-14T09:22:00.000-07:00

This clip from scootie668 captures Dick and Dani immediately following the live show.

Dick: From where we started, not talking to each other for 2 years, to being the best team that this f'ing game has ever seen.. Killing ourselves physically for eachother.. Seriously!
Dani: I know... oh my gosh.. this is too much.
Dick: And you're right, the money totally hasn't sunk in yet. $550,000!
Here's the clip:

Celebration Dinner
Captured by bbfanz

Part 2...
Dick: So who do you think's gonna win?
Dani: Zach.
Dick: Doesn't matter. I think you'll win. Do you really think I'll win?
Dani: Yeah.
Dick: I told you, I think you're the gooder of the bad.
Dani: Yeah but they don't like me.. any of them in there.
Dick: But there gonna look and see what a competitor you are...
Dani: I don't care. Doesn't matter to me. Quite frankly.
Dick: We won.

Sushi Celebration, Part 2
This summer! These People! This House... This Game

Here's a clip from 8:30pm BBT, Dick talking to camera during the west coast broadcast of the show. The following clip was captured by Quirkydude.

Dick: If you're watching this now, you already know we won... And does it even matter who wins from here? F no. Who cares. Me and my daughter just won 550 thousand dollars. We did something else that nobody else could do, no other pair in this game.. 110 pounds of will and desire, that girl.. I'm glad she was my partner. I'da never picked anyone else.

Quickie Poll

2007-09-13T21:37:00.001-07:00

OK, I'm back. SO... who are we all voting for Eric to push for in the jury house? In case you're not aware, and I hope everyone it, the polls are open at CBS, so go vote!!

VOTES WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 8PM PACIFIC TIME ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15.
MAXIMUM 10 VOTES PER PERSON.
Click on this: ->>VOTE!!

And then use the poll below to let us know how ya voted.

I've got some serious catching up to do, and I'll be posting a bunch of videos in the morning for you... In the meantime, please enjoy these screencaps captured just after the Donatos brought it home tonight.

Big Brother Live Show Spoilers

2007-09-13T14:51:00.000-07:00

Good Evening Big Brother Lovers!!

Apologies for the banner up top... I was so excited when it happened - I completely forgot about the time difference, and posted it immediately... I had made up 3 possible banners this morning before I left for Rosh HaShana... thereby making the whole spoiler post a moot point.

Funny, since I left my family dinner for 90 minutes to do the whole thing.. on my aunt's mac (on safari... which stinks for blogger, btw) and then i blew it by putting up the banner. OOPS!

For tonight's Live Show Spoilers, please click: Live Show Spoiler Link. All of the spoilers will be hidden down there... until the show airs on the west coast.

Who will be the Final 2?? Who will be leaving the Big Brother House??

Here's that link again:

CLICK HERE!

TONIGHT is America's "Campaign for _____"Vote!!
Who do you want Eric to Campaign for??

Click Here to Vote

The bb8dish Interview with Eric's Brother Josh

2007-09-13T10:39:00.000-07:00

Hey Dishers... One more little, well, BIG actually, treat for you before the showdown tonight. I was fortunate to speak with America's Player Eric's brother Josh several times over the past couple weeks, and he has MUCH to tell us.

Please sit back, relax and enjoy the read.

***When posting this elsewhere, please include a direct link back to the blog before the text portion. Thank you. http://bb8dish.blogspot.com/2007/09/bb8dish-interview-with-erics-brother.html

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bb8dishCarolyn: Thanks so much for agreeing to do an interview with me. I really appreciate it. There's so much to ask you, and so many levels I could pursue this from (including America's political psyche, and the effect upon Eric), I'm not really sure where to begin... so, I'm going off the cuff, and I'll see where that leads me.
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Eric's Brother Josh: Not a problem, thanks for having me. Sorry that with my schedule I couldn't get it done before he was evicted but what can you do?
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bb8dishCarolyn: What an emotional roller coaster this summer must be for you and your family. The BB audience can be a bit on the fickle side... One minute, everyone's enchanted with the notion of being allowed to participate, the next everyone's calling for your brother's head on a platter (with the Nick eviction), and then Eric's able to win back favor in the most unlikely of circumstances - his complete desolation at Amber's hands (and mouth). For me, that was the turning point... I just sat there feeling horribly for him, and thinking, if he can get himself out of this mess, he is a tremendous player, and he has my support 100%. Then with his entire relationship with Jessica, he's on a steady upswing... How have you and your family been coping through all this? it can't have been easy…
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Eric's Brother Josh:This entire summer has been a roller coaster. From the second BB came to visit and give him his key in the middle of a game of wiffle ball in central park, until he was evicted this past week at the end of the FF episode, it was a whirlwind. The season started out rough with the announcement of Eric as America's Player which - if you recall from BB's first visit to NYC to my apartment - we were not happy about. And the first week on the feeds had Eric on slop, grouchy, very out of sorts, butting heads with Joe and Dani - it was hard to watch. Fortunately, as we began to once again get used to the ebb and flow of the game (always takes me a little time each year) he also started to relax.

I think the first AP task with Kail helped him get his footing - when he did exactly what I hoped he'd do and made up a story to try and explain his altercation with Dani - it was the first time I sat back and said "ah, he's thinking, he's getting his head into it, and he's going to be okay". From that point through the formation of the LNC up until the banner plane it was a very good time with Eric helping evict threats to his game, gaining allies/making friends, and entertaining the house. Then came the plane, Dick and Dani back-dooring him, the Amber stuff, and the constant flipping back and forth of his friends as to whether or not to save him - that was brutal. Eric mentioned on the feeds that he lost 10 pounds that week - well I lost 6 and barely slept - it was horrible. After that it was another patch of fun and smooth sailing as the JEDD alliance formed. And then there was last week - but by then I was at peace with whatever happened.

Luckily our friends and family have served as a giant support network for eachother. There have been a lot of group viewings; people making sure nothing important or funny happened on the feeds without us knowing; help rallying support for AP votes that wouldn't hurt Eric; and so on. When Eric comes home he's going to find that his friends and family are closer than ever.
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Carolyn: We heard what you said during your CBS interview with regard to Eric, his old girlfriend and Jessica.. Can you expand upon that a bit for the bb8dish readers? Clearly, as his brother, you know him best. Do you believe wholeheartedly that his intentions toward Jessica are sincere both within and outside the game? (I do.) What is it about his actions that lead you to believe as you do?
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Josh: Eric swore up and down that he would never EVER get involved with someone during the show. While it is true that he entered the house single, the situation back home was always a complicated one and if it was going to end once and for all he didn't want it to be conveyed on the show, without being able to explain things. In addition, he was concerned (and rightfully so in retrospect) that getting involved with someone could hurt his game - both by distracting him and providing others with a way to hurt him. (Sadly, that is sort of what happened.)

However, pretty much as soon as Joe left, Eric began bonding with Jess and from there it developed as we all saw. Joking around became flirting, flirting became confiding in one another and aligning, and then it just kept on progressing. Having known Eric for 27+ years you just know how to read someone - he clearly cares for Jess, appreciated her friendship and that she provided him with an escape from the game, and really did want to protect her as best her could.

I think things moved as slowly as they did because both Eric and Jess had exes looming back home in unresolved situations; there were the cameras; and Eric knew Jess was afraid of being played by a man while on the show and, therefore, he tried as best he could not to move forward - especially because of the AP reveal looming at the finale. Eventually the bond was just too strong I guess. I happened to be watching the feeds when they shared their first kiss and I was shocked. What happens post show out of the house, when distance becomes an issue, and other people are back in their lives, who knows. I imagine no matter what they'll remain close friends for a long time.
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Carolyn: Eric has described you and the rest of your family as serious reality tv fans. Can you please take a moment to critique your brother's performance this season? What did you feel were his strengths, and what were his weaknesses? What did you wish he did differently? What made you most proud?
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Josh: I was very impressed that Eric came in with a plan and despite the AP twist he still executed it. He wanted to delay forming any alliance right off the bat (ala the MRA) and instead try to spend time with as many people as possible so he could keep his options open. Early on he wanted to be helpful around the house, be an ear to those who needed one, and help keep people entertained. Then he eventually wanted to form a large alliance, with a smaller alliance within that, and then have one person he could 99% trust. Amazingly, this is what he did. He took his time aligning and then was part of the LNC (7 people), then the LNCv.2 (5 people), then the JEDD alliance (4 people), and he, of course, had Jess as his core partner.

I also think he used his strengths to help cover up the AP tasks. For example, his willingness to do just about anything to entertain people was a good smokescreen to help hide the absurdity of some of his AP tasks (the Sunday night ones). When Eric was yelling catchphrases or imitating Dick it just seemed like Eric doing what he does - if Mike had to do it, people would have known something was up real fast. Similarly, Eric's ability to dissect any debate and argue every side allowed him to develop a reputation as someone who could analyze all sides of any decision - which helped him set up nominations and evictions.

His weaknesses are pretty clear. First, he couldn't win a competition - especially a physical one - when it mattered. He definitely threw some of the earlier ones (Eliminator being the clearest example) but when he needed to win HOH and/or POV during last 2 evictions he couldn't. Not sure if it was nerves/stress; fatigue; distraction - but it was a problem. Second, and I think this has been an issue for all of the HGs, when things were going well he got cocky. For example, during the LNC days he was happy to treat Zach as an outcast and that ended up nearly biting him in the ass the first time he was on the block, and did bite him in the ass when Zach wouldn't trust him and still harbored ill-will last week. Finally, I think he allowed the situation with Jess to distract him over the last week he was in the game. If he had been playing for himself when he had POV he might have back-doored Dani. I think he didn't do it though b/c he feared AP would make him vote to save Dani (making him out to be a liar to Jess) and then AP would target Jess to try and punish Eric. After AP forced him to give Jess the silent treatment I think he was always worried about AP forcing him to harm Jess again and his game suffered for it.

Overall though, he made the F5, was part of many of the major story arcs this summer, and "got the girl" & 40K in AP money plus his stipend - I'd say given that he did it all as AP I'd give him a solid A-.
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Carolyn: The mere title, "America's Player" is such a heavy burden. Not only must he do America and Canada's bidding, or suffer their wrath, but he must also find a way to do this while still furthering himself in the game... When Eric was at his lowest points in the house, it dawned on me that he might very well be suffering from America's own political breakdown and general sense of just being fed up - that feeling we're just not represented by those who we've chosen (or not chosen) to represent us... What's your feeling on this?
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Josh: Hmm...that's a heavy question and one I've never pondered. I do think that our society has become somewhat bitter and seems to greatly enjoying attacking and mocking the very things we simultaneously obsess over (the relationship between vote for the worst and American Idol immediately comes to mind). The internet has certainly provided fans a way to become much more involved in event tv, but it also allows cynics an avenue to attack a show's producers if they're unhappy about something - especially when there's an interactive element. And I think there was certainly some of that going on with the AP voting. In addition, there was certainly an element that just wanted to screw with Eric for their own amusement or because they simply didn't like Eric (he certainly was polarizing) - which is their perogative. Then you have to factor in people just trying to vote to help their own favorites (even if those weren't Eric's allies). All and all I think there were serious issues with the twist that I'd like to think would be re-worked if they ever tried this again. (Though I don't suspect they will.)
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Carolyn: If you could have had a 3 minute uncensored conversation with Eric during his last week in the house (let's say right after Zach won the F6 HOH), what would you want to tell him?
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Josh: First there would have been the pleasantries/pep-talk - "good work," "we're proud," "keep it up," etc. After that I would have told him that: Dani never got over the Nick eviction and has convinced herself it was his fault (even though Dick was a big proponent of it and Dani herself voted to evict him); that Jameka was talking serious crap about him to Jess in an effort to make herself Jess' top ally and he should privately call her out on it; that he needed to try to forge some relationship with Zach because though he appeared to be a floater (going from HOH to HOH to stay safe), he had a much stronger bond with Dick and Dani and that might be a problem so he should indicate he respects Zach's strategy (even if he doesn't) and try to make a deal with him even if he intends to break it down the road; and that while crossing Dick might hurt him in AP, crossing Dani might be easier than he thinks in the right situation. Finally, I'd tell him that while we all think Jess is great, he needs to remember that his main goal is winning 500K and not to lose focus -- continue to spend time with everyone all over the house and never assume you or your allies are safe.
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Carolyn: Amber's anti semitic (and anti new york) comments caused a firestorm of negative publicity for CBS this summer. How did you (and your family) take it when she went off on her rant? Were you personally offended? How about Jameka's admonishment to her that she needed to stop, not because it was wrong, but because people could hear her on the internet.
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Josh: Of course I was shocked and upset. I'm from NY and I'm Jewish, sure I'm not very religious, but it's still a part of who I am. I'm glad it got some serious mainstream press coverage (cnn, fox news, ny post, tmz, etc.) because it helps create awareness that this is still an issue in our country.

As for Jameka, especially having seen her conversation earlier in the season with Dick after he made the comment about starving children in Africa - I was surprised that she didn't tell Amber it was wrong for more fundamental reasons. She never came out and said the comments were offensive, just that it was bad to speak in generalities, especially over the internet. Jameka certainly looked bothered by the comments and I hope had it become an ongoing thing she might have spoken more strongly. But it's not something I hold against Jameka. Those were Amber's comments and I'm sure Jameka felt very uncomfortable hearing them.

I do hope BB prepares Amber, Eric, Jameka, and the others for this issue before giving the press access to them - because I can't imagine how out of left field this is going to seem to them - especially considering they'll all just want to relax and enjoy the end of the show.
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Carolyn: Are you surprised by how much attention has been focused on Eric's being Jewish? Not negatively, like with Amber, but just in general.. that it's a constant source of conversation. (I am) As if he were a martian... something so different... (it reminds me of when i was in a summer theatre program in connecticut, and some girl actually felt my head for horns - so bizarre)
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Josh: Sadly, my late grandfather told me a nearly identical story from when he served in the Army during WWII - I would have thought we'd be past that (especially at a CT theater camp). Those two or three weeks when Eric's being Jewish was a huge topic were very odd to me. Obviously growing up in various parts of NY State and having attended school on the east coast - it's something we give no thought to. So it's strange for me to see other people who live in the US but find being Jewish so novel. And Eric very well might be the least Jewish jewish person I know, so having him act as a spokesperson of sorts really amused my family. BTW, Happy New Year to those celebrating!
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Carolyn: Prior to this week's events, how did you feel about Eric's decision to align with Dick and Daniele? From here, it looked like he was trying to give reality tv lovers a finale they can truly look foward to... with a completely deserving final 2.
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Josh: I liked it. At the time they aligned I thought they were the 4 best players in the house and it would have been a great F4 if they could have pulled it off -- the girls were challenge champs, Eric was the brains, and Dick was the enforcer. Also, I think Eric finally decided to work with America - who clearly was supporting Dick - and embrace their wishes instead of trying to juggle the AP votes and his own agenda quite as much as he was trying earlier in the game. Rather than go against the AP vote and risk being punished or hurt by it, why not change gears, work with a strong tandem like Dick and Dani (he clearly got along very well with Dick earlier in the show), and know that America would likely have his back in the process (and help him earn some money). Also, the fact no one knew that they were together was very impressive. Of course, the ladies killed the alliance by both constantly doubting it. I still believe if Dani and Jess hadn't constantly worried about problems with the others, Eric and Dick would have honored the deal to F4. It's a shame it didn't happen because it would have made this last week much more entertaining as a viewer.
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Carolyn: Backtracking a bit, how did you feel about Eric's alliance with "The Good People"? (blech-- it's no secret - dustin made me ill)
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Josh: I'm assuming you're talking LNCv.2.0 - Eric/Jess/Jameka/Dustin/Amber. I thought it was his best option at the time. For various reasons I obviously have issues with Amber (the remarks, the constant crying, and especially her attempts to hurt Eric by spreading lies about his personal life to Jessica during her last week) - but I liked the others. I thought when she wasn't sobbing in prayer or joining in Amber's "good people" rants Jameka was very funny (her fight with Dick and one conversation she had with Eric and Jess during their last week about one of our friends at home are two of my favorite moments of the season); Jess was great with Eric; and right until he nominated himself for eviction I thought Dustin was a very good player - then, not so much. Plus, Dustin was very good to Eric - he was a huge source of compassion when Eric was having problems the first week in the house and then - even if it was for strategy - he did save Eric from being back-doored. I expect Eric will stay in touch with Jess, Jameka, and Dustin (among others, like Dick).
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Carolyn: What key moments stand out for you as the defining moments in Eric's game? In the show as a whole?
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Josh: For me and my friends the best moments were hearing Eric tell our favorite stories or talk to the other HGs about us - so nothing that anyone else would really appreciate as "big moments." Regarding the game, I think his successful navigating of the AP tasks repeatedly shook up the house and provided big moments - "mustardgate", the stray votes, aligning with Dick and Dani. And I liked that when he finally got to play in a POV comp he actually won.

But most likely his defining game moment for us was the night before his first possible eviction - a few of us went to see the Beastie Boys in Central Park that night pretty convinced he was done. However, as the night went on we kept getting text messages and e-mails that let us know he was going to fight and had convinced Dani to allow him to use her HOH room to talk to Jess, Jameka, and Dustin - and with each conversation he started out focused on preserving personal friendships and then slowly turned it back to game and his value to the LNCv.2.0 going forward. When I finally got home and started watching the feeds I was very impressed. The vast majority of the emotion demonstrated during that push was completely genuine, but the way he managed to mix the personal and strategic issues in a way that forced the others to go back and rethink their plan was well played. Plus it worked.
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Carolyn: Often, when we watch reality shows, we being to feel like we know the people playing them... In talking with you, I have the rare opportunity to ask, who is Eric outside the house? What's an act? What's genuine?
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Josh: I think the Eric you saw on the show was fairly accurate just with everything cranked up several notches. Eric is usually the "funny man, jokester, entertainer" and on many occasions has taken money from us to do extremely silly or outlandish stunts. Eric is also very bright and very analytical - sometimes to the point of driving himself nuts - though at the end of the day he is less pensive and more impulsive in real life than you saw in the house. Eric also has a very colorful over-the-top vocabulary - and I mean that in terms of large words, cursing, and insults. (And our entire group of friends prefers those types of out there insults and exclamations of anger as opposed to basic cursing - we've all said some pretty crazy stuff over the years and we look back and laugh about it.)

And, Eric often has a much more sensitive persona that only comes out when he has feelings for someone. Even Eric's DR persona is something we've seen before, it's his "putting on a show" face/voice that we often tease him about - it's as if all those years of performing on stage come rushing back and possess him and his eyebrows. The only thing that you didn't see in the house is that Eric is usually fairly athletic and good at physical competitions - that skill seemed to escape him in the house entirely. Oh, and though you couldn't tell - he has a great singing voice.
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Carolyn: Eric never won an HoH. Most viewers believed this is intentional on his part, because he wouldn't be able to control his own nominations. And houseguests have also wondered if he threw competitions to avoid having the spotlight of HOH. What is your feeling on this? Was he intentionally throwing them?
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Josh: I think for the first many weeks of the game he threw (or tried to throw) every HOH (never was it more obvious than in eliminator, where he tried to throw a question, got it right, cursed, then immediately buzzed in again before Julie asked the next question, and got himself tossed). A little further into the game he threw things until he was comfortable with who was left - or could ensure that either he or someone he trusted at the time would win (i.e., when he deliberately put the opposite answer of Dani in the post-Dustin eviction HOH to make sure amber didn't win). Clearly, he didn't want to have to step up and make nominations that could make him a target early on. Instead, as we all saw, he preferred to promote his agenda to everyone else so that others eventually believe it was also in their best interests and then collectively his large group would endorse a plan and he would still get his way (like with Joe and Nick's evictions).

Then, when he needed to win at the end, he just couldn't. Not sure if it was nerves/pressure, exhaustion, not having stepped into the gym in 2 months (he goes all the time at home), or a combination of everything. Knowing how competitive he is and how hard he can be on himself it was tough to watch (especially after the "fill the bowl" HOH comp) - we felt awful for him.
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Carolyn: Can you also please address the incest comments Eric made re Dick and Dani... Game? Not Game? Just appealing to his alliance at the time (the LNC v 2.0)?
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Josh: First off, let's be clear about something - go back and watch the footage, Amber was the first person to raise this concept, followed by Dustin, and then Eric - though Eric in his typical style cranked it up to a different level (and it started b/c of a comment Dick made that the others found a bit disturbing about young hot blondes). But in general, Eric's style of trash-talking is to make very over-dramatic statements. Remember, this came right on the heels of Dick and Dani trying to back-door him and failing.

That was by far the worst week for him in the house as D&D really tried to assassinate his character to his friends and he was livid. So rather than bang pots in their face or dump tea on them; or scream obscenities through closed doors; Eric makes up very over the top insulting comments which he intends to be so out there that while they convey his emotions, no one could possibly take seriously. (Clearly, he didn't want Jen - someone he was close with at times this summer - to actually be eaten by sharks.)

Of course, I can see why people would think it was inappropriate. But those of us who have known Eric most of his life hear so many ridiculous insults when he's angry that none of us take it remotely seriously and we know he doesn't mean it in a serious way either. I was honestly surprised that there was such a strong reaction to it - especially in light of some of the other comments and remarks that other HGs made that to me were much more personal or shocking.

Of course, it's hard to separate those who were legitimately concerned versus those who were just haters or D&D fans who were pissed because Eric and the others were attacking their favorites. Honestly, I don't think Dick's really going to care once he sees the tape. I mean look at Dick's performance on the carrot the other night towards Zach - it was the same if not much worse. Almost everyone on the season has said some nasty and mean-spirited things about other HGs and they're all going to have to write it off to being part of the emotions of the game or none of them will ever speak again. I think they'll all get past it.
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bb8dish Carolyn: Thoughts on final 3?
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Eric's Brother Josh: They all deserve to be there. Dani for being a challenge monster, having successfully used Nick and her dad as shields, and making the decision to oust Eric/Jess. Dick belongs in the F3 because for the very reason that he's still there. He was almost instantly identified as a loose cannon (albeit a savvy one) with aggressive tactics and a family member to rely on which made him a massive threat from day one - but he managed to survive. And Zach - well it seems he really was throwing everything at the beginning - if he beats Dick in the final round of the F3 HOH, that means he'll have won F6 HOH, F5 POV, F4 HOH, and F3 HOH which is insane - plus he'll have survived the break up of the MRA (the others left in weeks 3-5), and made it to the end with no close friends - very impressive.

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Carolyn: How Eric would vote in the finale (if he controlled his own)?
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Josh: If Eric had his own vote, I do believe he'd reward the best player. I think in his mind that would be Dick. However, a lot may depend on what the DVDs shown to the jury contain - if Zach is shown as being THAT good in challenges and he can argue at Q&A that he had a hand in breaking up Eric and Jess and Dick and Dani - he just might make a compelling case to win. It might just be closer than most people think.

What will amERICa do? I imagine if Dick's in the F2, he'll have the AP vote, and I think that makes sense.

Carolyn: Josh. Thank you so much for being so giving with your time... You give great interview!
Josh: Wow, seems I can ramble as much as my little brother. ;O) Thanks for having me. I should note some big fans of Eric's have established a new site for him that should be up and running now: http://ericbb8.phpbb3now.com/ - check it out if you're an Eric supporter. Now let's just all sit back and see how this season ends - should be exciting!

Quickie Poll

2007-09-13T08:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Thursday BB Lovers

2007-09-13T06:19:00.001-07:00

I say that as I sit here more than a little nervous and nauseous about the Live Show tonight and what it will bring. It all comes down to this. A few questions, the luck of the draw, and we'll have a final 2. Will it be Dick and Daniele, or will it be Dick and Zach? That's the only question that really matters. I really don't see another possible alternative, but as always, anything can happen, expect the unexpected and all that... Deep breaths.

Dick and Daniele were up all night chatting about the game, the houseguests, general Jedi training, and how Zach doesn't stand a chance. Daniele even came around to thinking it's best her dad does this comp... They went to bed just a few minutes ago, around 6am, which just adds to my nerves about the situation. How long and how late will BB let everyone sleep on a live show day?

Deep breaths... No matter who you're rooting for. Worrying about it wont help. What will be, will be. The great magic ping pong ball, and all that. ;)

No matter what happens tonight, this ending is a pretty sweet victory for anyone (and that's almost everyone) who wasn't rooting for "the (self-proclaimed) good people." Giving this jury the task of deciding between any of these 3 people to hand anywhere from 50-500k??? Now that's the icing on the cake!

We all have our favorites. Tonight they do battle. I wish them well.

For me personally, I want the fairytale ending. I want Daddy Dick to ride in there on his white horse tonight, and win this for his daughter. Not so much for her, but for him.

I also want to break the Janie curse. If Dick doesn't win, and Daniele is sent packing tonight, that'll make 3 seasons in a row with the top competitive female out at final 3.

Deep breaths.

Feeds are Back!

2007-09-12T20:27:00.001-07:00

8:27pm BBT

Dick has won
Part 2 of the Final HoH Comp.
He will compete against Zach for Final HoH.

Dick: Hey Daniele. Why don't you come in the round room? That was a hard competition.

We see Zach sitting at the kitchen counter and hear a LOT of voices in the background. Could be wishful thinking, but I thought I heard the tell-tale sounds of hydraulics. Per the conversation, it was wishful thinking.. no car.

CUT FEEDS

8:30pm BBT
Dani: I knew. I told...
Dick: Don't worry. I'm gonna do this for you. It's gonna be you n me in the final 2. I'm gonna do this, baby. Don't be too hard on yourself, please.

Woah. Dick won part 2?!? So much for the plan to throw it.

Dick: On top of it, we got gypped out of a car. What's up with that? I'm out there goin' no car? Whats up with that? They've had a car since season 3. Hey hon. Don't be too hard on yourself please.
Dani: ok...
Dick: If there's anyone in this house I'd rather go up against for questions, it's Zach. He's horrible. And this is where we go to the final 2. Have faith in me, ok?
Dani: I know.
Dick: I do know I'm not bad at these questions.
Dani: Just think em through...
Dick: I will.
Dani: And listen for key words, like "our little beds"
Dick: I know those people a lot better than he does... Spent more time with all of them than he did. I know them better than he does, by far.

Dick: We are gonna have a fairy tale ending, I'm telling you.

(Oh, Daddy... For your sake, I hope so.)

Dani's pretty mopey, but she's slowly coming around and being supportive. I expect much Jedi training in Dick's immediate future.

9:35pm BBT
Dick's just come out of the DR, Zach's roaming, and Dani's packing...

Tomorrow's live show will feature the 3rd and final part of the final HoH comp, as well as the final eviction.

Quickie Poll

2007-09-12T19:11:00.000-07:00

During the Howie and Kaysar chat, the other 3 feeds went immediately to blue swirly. Now the chat is about 60 minutes over, and we have Trivia on all feeds. Chances are excellent that the 2nd part of the Final HoH Comp is going on now.

We'll just have to wait and see a bit.

In the meantime, we know the likely outcome of part 2 is Daniele winning it, per Dick and Daniele's discussions earlier today. This will put Daniele up against Zach in the third part of the final HoH comp. Who do you believe is most likely to win in a question based competition between Daniele and Zach?

Please enter your answer below, and expand upon it in the comments section, if you choose.

Ahem... Scratch that!
;)

Also, while we wait for the results of the 2nd part of the HoH Comp, please take a moment and check out our screencaps blog: bb8dishcaps. Nothing but gorgeous screenshots of the live feeds from all season long! Tons from last night too!

Finally Something Pertinent

2007-09-12T17:39:00.000-07:00

Kaysar n Howie.
are on
NOW
:)
Set your feeds on 4!

5:30pm BBT
Dani's been sitting in the livingroom alone for a while, looking somewhere between stressed and bored out of her mind.

Dick enters.

Dick: We've been saying all along that the first comp was the only one he had a chance at. Don't worry. It's not something where you have to run. It's a thinking competition... questions. You'll win against Zach.
Dani: You seem happier since you came out of DR. Did you have a good talk with Rick?
Dick: Yeah. Oh, the jury questions will be Saturday, via satellite.
Dani: It sucks that Zach will get to play in the final comp.
Dick: We've done it all along. Just one more, one more.

Dani also mentions that she the DR folks are gonna tell them what to wear for today's comp, so I guess they will be having the 2nd part of the final HoH tonight. Hopefully while Howie and Kaysar are chatting. Wouldn't that be nice? No feed downtime?

5:45pm BBT
Dani: But he threw every competition.
Dick: Including the last one.. the one where he was tutoring Jameka for 2 days. That competition yesterday would have been nothing, nothing if Jameka was here.
Dani: I know!
Dick: Who do you think, uh..
Dani: What?
Dick: Who woulda won if we brought Eric & Jessica into the final four?
Dani: I think either me or Jessica woulda gone out first, but who knows how long he (Eric) woulda been able to hold on? Who knows?
Dick: I don't think he woulda been able to hang.
Dani: I honestly don't know.
Dick: What showed part of his constitution was the fishbowl comp when he gave up.

Dani: They said they'd tell us what to wear within the hour and it's almost 6 now. But back to Eric, he said, I knew I wasn't gonna win, so i just wanted something out of it...
Dick: You gotta win the car.
Dani: I hope so.

Good Evening Big Brother Lovers

2007-09-12T17:08:00.000-07:00

Sorry I've been such a slacker today. I'm just completely thrashed from last night.. and there's not a whole lot goin' on in the house. If there was, ya know I'd be all over it.

With regard to Dick's little rant earlier, he was railing at production for not giving a hoot that Jameka got completely screwed in the ball comp, when they have literally hundreds of cameras to reference everything with... and they could have spent some time to make sure everything was kosher before moving ahead.

We're still waiting to see if the 2nd part of the HoH comp will be today at all. Rumors are flying to the contrary. Time will tell.

In the meantime, we've got Kaysar & Howie on Feed 4 at 9pm eastern, and another funny clip I found... created by TheRealDeal2006.

Dick Gets His Groove On

Wake Up, Houseguests

2007-09-12T14:06:00.000-07:00

BB let the houseguests have a good sleep in today, until just a moment ago. It's now 2:05pm BBT, and all are awake. Daniele for the first time. Both Dick and Zach have been up and down for a while now.

Dick and Daniele will be going head to head in the 2nd round of the final HoH comp sometime today. Their plan, discussed earlier, is for Daniele to win it, but he'd like her to give a good show of really making an effort. All of the HGs are convinced that this round will come with a car as a side prize, per earlier years.

The camaraderie that was evident early this morning when the comp ended has come to a halt. No open hostilities are being fired, but shared between Dick and Dani.

In a completely unrelated subject and in hopes of lightening the mood a bit, please enjoy this clip I just found, edited by the talented "hellataz," and featuring the dance moves of Dick Donato in the 1st leg of the final HoH comp.

Maniac
by hellataz

Kaysar & Howie Chat on Real Tonight

2007-09-12T13:18:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder!! You don't want to miss the live chat with Kaysar and Howie tonight at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm Pacific on the live feeds. The chat will be on Feed #4. If you've got a question for Kaysar or Howie, please email it to: askbigbrother@real.com

For those interested, I recommend only having feed 4 open, and not the quad, so you'll be able to hear it well.

Also, while it's true that the tv broadcasts of BB are soon coming to an end, cool stuff will be happening on the the live feeds for quite some time after.

Every Wednesday in September is live chat/interview night with faves and winners from Big Brother.
Exclusive coverage of the finale.
Beginning shortly after the finale on the 18th, Big Brother 8 will be re-run on all four feeds, from the start of the show.
Plus all the movies, music, programming and games real has to offer... It's not all about BB, after all. ;) Didja know you get 10 free song downloads and a game every month?

Just a little fyi... I know some of you/us will be doing some serious jonesing come the finale, and, well.. there's just no need for that. :)

Dick Asks DR for a Doctor

2007-09-12T10:43:00.000-07:00

UPDATED @ 12:50am BBT
According to our wonderful friend and bb8dishcaps goddess, DDugo, Dick may have asked for a Doctor a few minutes ago... Could been sleep talking, though. Frankly, I can't really confirm. I was trying to sleep at the time, and DD woke me up to tell me. Here's what she heard:

10:42am
Dick: ...Doctor.
BB: (no response)
Dick: (Rolls over to sleep more)

10:47am BBT
All HGs still passed out.
I'm jealous.

11:25am BBT
Dick's up. From the way he's moving, it's quite clear he's in heaps of pain. He's also sneezing and sniffling.

Zach was up for a moment, but is now back in bed.

A few minutes later, after a bit of breakfast, Dick goes back to bed too, amidst a chorus of owowowowowwwws.. and as of noon bbt, he's "still f'in cold."

12:50pm BBT
Dick's up again. He gave up on sleeping a little while ago, because of all the noise from production that he can hear from his room. Needless to say, he wasn't pleased about it. He's now reclining in bed, playing solitaire.

Zach is up and having a nice long shower.

Daniele is still sleeping.

Dick is giving a rundown of his ailments... "Oh my knee, Oh my shoulder, Oh my back, oh my infected eye..."

1:47pm BBT
Zach's still up. Dick's back down. Dani's still out cold.

1:50pm BBT
Scratch that. Zach just crawled back into bed.
Not 30 seconds later, the feeds went to Blue Swirly... Wake up call?

Good Morning... Ouch

2007-09-12T08:49:00.000-07:00

For those of you who would like to see the final moments, here's the end of part one of the HoH Comp, captured by Quirkydude:

A Closer Look at Dick's Final Moments
Captured by Codinome

I'd recap these to give you the conversations, but I am seriously in pain. I can't even imagine how the guys are gonna feel when they wake up. Lord, give them all strength.

Immediately following the comp, while the guys got into warm clothing.. as much as they had the energy to put on their bodies, Dani fixed them both tea, hot soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. All of the competitors were very sporting to eachother.

This comp should have been named "Who can get hypothermia the fastest?"

In the following clip, captured by TheRealDeal2006, we see the extent of Zach's exhaustion. He doesn't speak until 2 minutes into the clip (FYI), but the timbre of his voice when he does, speaks volumes.

I wish there were more good videos of Zach to put up, but there just aren't.

Another immediately following the comp - Dick breaks down and Dani comes to console him. Wait for it... till about 2 minutes in. Captured by TheRealDeal2006:

Here's Dick & Dani around 3:20am BBT. Dani's reassuring Dick of how well he did in the comp. Dick is a hurtin' puppy.

4:29am BBT
Dick asks for a Hug and a Kiss.
Dani's been hugging and extremely supportive this evening,
but she's not ready to break down the last walls...
Give her time.
Captured by Codinome

ENDURANCE COMP on the Live Feeds!

2007-09-11T18:59:00.000-07:00

COMPLETE ENDURANCE COMP COVERAGE BELOW

As soon as the feeds go live with the continuation of the Endurance Comp, we'll be here posting and letting you know what happens... Plus... Pics we capture, Clips we find, All the good Stuff...

It's gonna be a long night! And we suspect a very fun one!

While we wait, here's how the 3 part final HoH works:

This winner of part one advances automatically to round 3.
The other two HGs battle it out in round 2.
The winner of part one and the winner of part two compete in the 3rd part, and the winner of the 3rd part becomes the Final HoH, guaranteeing his or her place in the Final 2, and having the power to select who will sit next to him/her in the final 2.

7:20pm BBT Still waiting! Grrrrrr...
7:25pm BBT See above.
7:33pm BBT FEEDS ARE BACK!!!! Only Dani and Zach are visible thus far...
7:34 pm Dick's still in it. Control room psych out. B-stards.

Ladies and Gentlemen... We have the Final Endurance Comp. Thankfully, the rain has stopped falling for now.

Perhaps for a while, as no one appears to be dripping wet.

7:38pm More Rain. :( Dani's visibly distressed.
7:39pm Rain's gone.

Jeez I wish they'd include Dick in the quad shot. i have a bad feeling about this...

7:43 pm BBT Dick was just encouraging Daniele. Typically no one does that unless they're out, and they're still just showing Dani and Zach...

7:44 CUT TO TRIVIA
7:45pm BACK! And Dick is in the shot and still in the game.

OK.. he was just being Dad.

7:50pm BBT All hanging in there...

Looking at their jumping styles, Dani and Zach would seem to have the lightest step, where Dick is a bit heavier of foot....

This could make a very big difference in a couple of hours when the knees start to give in to the pressure.

Dani is really suffering each time it rains.

8pm BBT The HGs are now just over one hour into the comp... It's a tough one... Dick's begun to silently rock out with himself... While Dani and Zach are both wearing gloves to hold their keys, Dick is bare handed and barefoot, and he keeps adjusting for his hurt shoulder...

8:20pm BBT More more more rain... Dani's holding her nose... Dick's encouraging her, "You're doing great, Daniele." She's silent. Zach is as well.

8:25pm BBT Perv cam is on full alert. He keeps panning Dani's wet body. Cretin.

8:33pm BBT Rain's coming down again, and Dani is making little moaning noises and shivering uncontrollably...

Sorry the caps are a bit on the blurry side. Between the rain and the incredible amount of people on the feeds tonight, there's not much I can do about it.

8:36pm BBT
Dick: Will and determination. Here it comes again, honey.
More rain.
Dick: Bring it. This ain't sh-t.

Dani sounds like she's crying...

Dani: I'm so coooolllddd!

She is freezing.

Dick: Go into that place you were in during the bat hang. Go into your zone.

Dani moans...

8:42pm BBT The rain has subsided and so have the moans and what sounded like tears...

8:44pm BBT - FEEDS TO TRIVIA - Did someone's hand slip?

8:45pm BBT - Feeds are back. Everyone's still in it. Looks like BB decided to add some dirt into the mix. Everyone's socks, backs and tushies are covered in it.

8:55pm BBT - Rain is back. Dani is shivering terribly. Dick is instructing her to watch her back foot... 2 minutes later, the rain has stopped...

8:57pm BBT
Dick tries to upset Zach's game.
Dick: I'm gonna dedicate this to Sweets, the chick Zach obsesses over so much, she probably has a restraining order. (CUT FEEDS) The obsessive behavior has required her (CUT FEEDS) That was a good one. You've gottem all piled up there, brother: pervert, racist, Sweets, this one's for you. That's your boy, Zach! He's the one been obsessin' over you.

9pm BBT
Dick: Wait till you see the DRs with everyone talking about how small your dick is... Even Jameka.. She said she'd seen babies penises bigger than yours. Come on Zach, you got nothin to say? Come on, you were so happy a minute ago.. You're inspirational to every sex offender in the country. You're quite a guy. Why in the hell would you say you wanted to munch Jessica's panties? Every single girl in here wanted you out the 2nd week, cuz you're a perv. Except Jen.. Jen woulda been down for you chewing her unitard... Come on Zach. Speak up, mother f'er. you got something to say. I know you do. You've inspired thousands of... Didn't you tell Jessica when you were in the Bunny suit, "you just gave me a hard on" She told everyone dude... Why would you say, you wanna own a midget, Why would you say, etc., etc...

CUT FEEDS (thank goodness)

9:05pm
Dick: You rule, mother f'er. Come on, say it. Whose panties did you get caught with in your bed here? We know the whole story. Was it Carols? Panty munchers in rabbit suits. There's a new group on myspace. C'mon Zach, say something, mother f'er... There ain't no escaping what you said, mother (you know), C'mon panty muncher.. even your best friend in the house, Nick, was calling you that. Why did you say those racist comments Zach? Huh? C'mon Sweets! This is your boy right here.. the panty muncher...

CUT FEEDS (carpal tunnel pity?)
9:09pm BBT
Dick: Were those Sweets' booty shorts you brought in here? Why would you bring womens booty shorts into the BB house? Hoping to get one of the girls to wear them? Or were you hoping Sweets would be here? Why was it she dumped you?

CUT FEEDS

9:12pm BBT
Dick: Cmon bitch. You are my bitch. You got nothin to say, cuz there is no rebuttal, cuz it's all true. What is a come back for a racist statement like that? "Thanks, Eric, that's mighty white of you!" Did you ever tell Jameka you said that? Wanna explain what that's very white of you means? What does it mean? Tell me! Now, for every little person in America, Canada and PR, please explain, you said "I would like to buy one of those. I would like to own one." Now, lets go back to the panty munching comment. You said, "I would like to munch Jessica's panties." Why would you say that about a 21 year old girl from Kansas? You perv. Cmon. You dedicated this to Sweets. Did you also dedicate your panty munching and your racist comments to her? You're so quiet. I'm not gonna be... Everybody on the internet is gonna hear this all night long.

(oh great - you get the gist, right?)

9:18pm BBT
Dick: (See above. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.)

9:30pm BBT
Dick: Cmon pant muncher. Speak up, bitch. I can't hear you. Tell Sweets how much you love her/miss her. Tell Sweets you were thinking of her when you said you wanted to munch on Jessica's soiled panties... That was the exact phrase wasn't it? Oooooh! Sweeeeets! That's your Zachary! Doncha want him back? Cmon Sweets! That's a real man for ya. Ya baby!

It's raining again. And the rant continues. Dani seems to be surviving this rain a bit better with her dad's rant to focus on... No, wait, there's the moaning... just a little though.

Dick: All that's gonna be aired all night long is me talking about you. Cmon eraser dick. Say something. Any more racist sh-t to say?

More moaning and shivering from Dani as the rain continues and strengthens... The water is absolutely pouring down on Daniele.

9:39pm BBT DANIELE HAS FALLEN OFF

Daniele is out of the game.

Dick and Zach continue.

9:41pm BBT
Dick: It's ok, honey. It's mine. That was a load of bullsh-t.

Dani's in tears. I believe she hurt herself when she fell off, but I think the tears are more emotional... She's moved into the bathroom.. in the shower and the tears are coming full force. (Turn on the hot water, honey.) Outside, Dick has stopped ranting for a moment.

9:44pm
And now he's started again.
Zach: Ahh.. I'm lovin it dude. You're such a f'in waste of a human being.
Dick: Me? All night long, mother-f'er. DO the teeth Zach.

Zach laughs maniacally. Dani's still in the bathroom crying.

9:48pm BBT
Dani's out of the shower, still shivering, looking for something warm to wear.

Zach and Dick are going at it. Zach, primarily, is laughing at Dick.

Zach: That's all ya got?
Dick: Say something. You haven't said a word.
Zach: I don't need to.
Dick: (back to sweets)

9:54pm
Dick: Hey Mike, You gonna warn us if the rabbit starts moving again?
Mike:(off camera) Hey guys, it's Mike. We're workin' on a problem here. The competition is still continuing.

CUT FEEDS

10pm
The feeds cut back on a couple times for a sec, and both guys are still on.

10:06pm
Dani's drinking something hot inside...
VOICE: Hey Daniele, Could you go...

CUT FEEDS

OK.. now that I have a few minutes to breathe, lemme refresh my youtube subscriptions and see what they've got up in the way of Dani's fall...

Here's a clip of Dani falling off, complete with time code, captured by xx2000xx:

Coffee & Almonds break for me. :)

10:29pm
Feeds are back. Dani's outside, under a blanket, watching. Dick's just informed everyone he's going to relieve himself. Thankfully the water came on. Dani's apologizing to "Mika" for breaking his game...

It's raining down on Zach and Dick, and Zach seems to be doing a bit of a rain dance... Dick too.

Perhaps they've been told to?

No rabbit anymore... The HGs have now been told they need to pick one arm and stick with it. NO more changing.
Dick has resumed his verbal assault on Zach. Zach isn't bothered.

MIKE: Hey guys, this is Mike, yo...

CUT FEEDS for a sec. Back and both Dick and Zach are doing a manly man scream fest... and cut again.

Here's a clip from right before the feeds cut out:

Here's the quad view, captured by BBfanz:

While we're waiting for the feeds to come back, please go and have a look at our screencaps blog! DDugo has been working overtime tonight and her shots are GORGEOUS!! Here's the link: bb8dishcaps. Enjoy. :) And show the woman some love!

11:04am BBT Feeds are Back! Both Dick & Zach are still going. The rain is coming down, and now Zach seems to be the one shivering.

Both Dick & Zach are jogging in place.

No taunting for the moment.

There's a definite disparity in the water spray at the moment...

Dick's getting a deluge (pic above), and Zach's is falling a foot or so away(pic to the right) from where he's actually standing.

11:15pm BBT
As tiresome as the rant was getting for me, I'd prefer it to the silence now.

Dick seems to be focusing for a bit...

Dani supports...

Dani: You're doing a good job.

11:20pm BBT

Rain goes off for like a minute, then back on. Zach is steadily jogging in place. Dick is occasionally picking his legs up...

Dani just put her head down... Tired? Or can she feel her dad slipping away?

We are about 4:30 into this comp.

Dick's hand has begun to shake horribly. You can see his key quivering. The rain has been coming down for several minutes now... He and Dani just made some eye contact. I'm really wishing she would be more verbally supportive right now... and almost right on cue...

11:31pm BBT
Dani: You're doing great! Keep it up. Remember, when one of us can't come through, the other one always does. You've got it. You've got it. Rock steady. Zach's got a new choreographed dance over there. He's moved on from the qtip...

11:33pm BBT
Dani goes inside to use the restroom...

Dick seems to be alternating between realizing his limitations and fighting the mental battle...

11:36pm
Dani: You know Vincent's watching you right now.
Dick: I know.
Dani: And you know he's extremely proud of you.
Dick: (strained) Right here, Vince. Aint goin' nowhere.

11:38pm BBT The rain finally turns off.
Dick: God, I can barely see.

Silence.

Zach's looking fierce and strong and completely unaffected by the comp.

11:49pm BBT
Dick's getting a 2nd wind. Chatting a bit with Dani... Telling Zach he'll harass him some more later. (lol)

Honestly, I'm impressed with all of them at this point, as we approach the 5th hour of this competition. Come on Dani... more love and support.. out loud.

11:58pm BBT
Dick is not lookin' good. C'mon Dani... get verbal. Help him. Dick gets a new burst of energy and resumes his jog. Zach is steady. (Carolyn is fading)
12:04am BBT
Dani: Are you ok? You've been up there more than 5 hours!

Dick's in so much pain, I can see his shoulder flaring in protest from here.

12:09am
Dick: Where's Julie Chen now? She's probably in bed, isn't she?
Dani: Probably. She doesn't even know who we are. What does she care anyway?
Dick: I'm gonna drown before anything.
Dani: (giggles)

The water is still pouring down on Dick and being rather kind to Zach.

Dick: F you!
...said to no one in particular as he continues jogging and burping a bit to remind us all who he is. ;)

12:16am BBT
Still goin... Energizer f'in bunnies. The rain went off for a minute, then back on. Dani thinks they've changed the consistency of it. Dick is hurting something fierce.

Dick starts up jogging in the rain again, and Dani heads inside to the kitchen for a moment, perhaps confident in Dick since his energy has returned.

Zach has slowed his jog pace, but remains consistent, and he has not reached out to rub his shoulder at all, although he's gotta be feeling it... being human and all...

12:24am
Dani's back outside and offering support, kinda...
Dani: Careful. Not too far back. Careful! (& in an undertone) What are you doing?

***Dani, you gotta step it up. Your dad would be cheering you on non-stop in the same situation. Come on, girl.
Dick lets out a series of burps... No farts thus far this evening though... interesting.

Here we go... Dick's looking at Dani in defeat.

Dani: Yes you can. You can. You can.

Dick resumes his jog.

Dani: Careful... Careful!

Meanwhile, Zach's joggin' along, just like the treadmill, only wetter.

12:32am
Dani: (whispering) Yes, you can. You can. Say hi to Vincent!
Dick: Hey Vincent. (and he makes a peace sign)
Dani: You're doing amazing. So good. You're doing so good. I'm serious. You can do it. You can. (with a smile) Come on, old man. You've gotten this far.

12:36am
Dani: (whispering) You can do it. You can.
Dani:(full voiced) You have "there's something about mary" hair going on.
Dani: (whispering) You can do it. Don't. Don't.

12:40am BBT
Dick: (to prod'n) Thanks for showing a little mercy. F'ing brutal.
Dick: Good job, Zach. Honestly. This aint easy man. It's like surviving a f'ing drowning here.
Zach: I call dibs on the shower first.
Dick: F you. There's two! Is it midnight?
Dani: Past.
Dick: It's past?
Dani: (checks inside) 12:41. It's been 6 hours.

12:43am BBT
Dick: (to camera, hence production, upon hearing the water gearing back up) F-ck, I hate you.

And down comes the rain...

Dick is 100% mind over matter now. His body is thrashed.

Zach's still out for a nice jog in the park on a rainy day.

12:58am BBT
Dick's having a really rough time. Dani just went inside to the kitchen, then the bathroom.... I'm feeling no Dani love at all in this moment. Honestly, I feel like being there for her is 99% of what's kept him up there this long.. not being a disappointment to her... His body gave out 2 hours ago.

1:03am
Dick looks around to see her looking through the sliding glass door.
Dani comes back out.
Dani: You're doing good. How're you feeling? Are you ok?
Dick: Yeah.

1:18am BBT
Still at it. 3rd wind for Dick (carolyn too)... he's got a somewhat steady jog going again. Zach's still flying easy.

1:24am BBT
Dani: Here it comes again.
Dick: I hate you motherf'ers.
Dani: Just wait till the wrap party.
Dick: A kick in the nuts to all of em.

1:25am BBT
CUT FEEDS

1:27am BBT
FEEDS BACK
Game still on.
Frikkin' Brutal.

1:35am BBT
This is the roughest endurance challenge I've seen in BB. Physically, unless Zach slips, he will win. It's been over 6 and a half hours, and Zach has shown zero fatigue, where Dick has been faltering for hours.
Dani: Remember what you told me. Who picked the final four?
Water turns back on, and Dick says to camera...
Dick: F you. I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

1:45am BBT
Still going... Incredible.

1:48am BBT
Dani's gone inside again without a word. Have mercy... Zach just twitched his shoulder a little. He feels something. Praise be.

1:51am BBT
7 hours.
Dani's inside, toodling around... making frustrated, bored noises... I want BB to come over the speaker and say, Daniele, get your ass outside, right this minute. See.. Here's the thing, Daniele: if Zach wins final HoH, You're toast.

1:55am BBT
Dani: You're doing so good. Sooo Good! I could have never done this. You're doing sooo good. You're doing amazing. I could have never done this. So you're in a little pain. You can do this. 72 days. You're doing so good. Who wants him to win? Come on. Say Hi to Vincent.
Dick: (looks at her)
Dani: Just Hold on. You're doing so goood. Remember when i was on the bat hang. Just hit that plateau... You're doing sooo good!

(I think it here, it comes out there. amazing)

1:58am BBT
OK, that's enough support. Back inside she goes... to the rest room to blow her nose.. then back to the sliding glass doors... Perhaps its too cold outside? Must be hell if you're soaking wet!

2:09am BBT
Dani's still inside, looking from the sliding glass door... C'mon BB, just once. For me.
She is rooting him on from inside, saying, willing him to be ok...
It's just not the same as being there, Dani.

2:12am BBT
They're still at it, and Dani's still inside.

I hope Dick's not as heartbroken about it as I am.

2:14am BBT
Dani comes back outside.
Dani: How're you doing? He's almost slipped so many times. You're doing so good. You're doing so good. Are you ok?
Dick: (whispering to low too hear)
Dani: You don't want him to win? Then don't quit. He's in a lot of pain. I can see. So don't doubt that he's not, cuz he is. Only he doesn't have anybody here for him, and nobody cares. You're doing so good. So good. (something about) round three. Just hang in there. You're doing great. If you can't do it, it's ok. You're ok. You're ok. You've waited 3 years for this. 3 years. For what? To go out like Kail? 74 days. Only a couple left. You're doing so good. Sooo Good! So good. What do you (inaudible). Are you ok? So good. So good. I could've never done this. I'm sorry, I can't hear you. (gently) Do whatever you want to... If you can't do it, it's ok.
Dick: I'm so upset.
Dani: I know. it's ok. it's ok.

2:22am BBT
He's still in it... for the moment.
Dick: Daniele I'm sorry.
Dani: Whatever happens, it's ok. It's ok.

2:23am BBT
Dick Throws his Key in Disgust with himself...
Zach: You were incredible dude.
Dick: Thanks.

Zach has won!
Part one
of the
Final HoH Comp!

Wow.
Whatta night!

Dani: Here. Come inside. Hurry up.

2:30am BBT
BACKYARD
Dani fixes Dick some hot something and urges him to put his cigarette out and come inside. Nice to see her nurturing a bit.

Dick: Hey Michael, I know you wanna close this down, but can you give me a few minutes to warm up inside and come back and have a cigarette?
Michael: Take all the time you need, buddy.

CUT TO:
KITCHEN
Dani fixes hot something for Zach too. He is profoundly grateful.. can't seem to say thank you enough... He's shivering as if he's been stuck naked on a snowy mountaintop for a week.

2:34am BBT
Hookah Room
Dani's in major peptalk mode now. Big Hugs for dad too. Dick can barely speak.
Dani: It's Jen on the pedestal. That's all it is. We still have this. C'mon. Questions? Against Zach. You did great! We have this.

Big Brother 8 Live Show Spoilers

2007-09-11T17:51:00.000-07:00

The Live Show Spoilers will be contained within this post, here at the top of the blog tonight. Since anyone who comes here with any minimal amount of regularity already knows what's gonna happen all the way through until the Endurance Comp begins, there's just no need to bury it.

Once the Endurance Comp begins on the Live Feeds, a new post will be created on top of this one.

OK.. On to the "Spoilers"... Right below here, within this post... as soon as they start happening. ;) lol.. I could just post em right now, huh?

Please refresh periodically...

SPOILERS BELOW
**
*
Julie just announced
We Will See the Jury House tonight!

IT'S GORGEOUS!
And Dustin is surprisingly likable again...

VETO WINNER
Daniele

LIVING ROOM w/Julie
Julie: "With 5 Veto Wins,
Daniele has now tied Janelle
for the most veto wins in one season!"
(plus 2 HoH's)

LIVE VETO MEETING

Daniele has chosen to USE the Veto to remove
DICK from the BLOCK!

Returning the favor, and showing incredible trust...

SURPRISE!! :)

DICK VOTES TO EVICT

JAMEKA

Jameka sits down with Julie

Coming Up:
The Battle for the Final HoH Begins!!

Show's Back.. Head out to the Backyard
Zach may compete.
3 parts..
The winner of round one automatically advances to round 3.

THis HoH is guaranteed a spot in the F2
and chooses who will sit next to him

Standing on top of carrots, holding keys
HGs must dodge a moving white rabbit every time it passes.

;)
"Houseguests, hold on tight, this rabbit is ready to run all night!"

ENDURANCE!!!!

Here comes the rain...
Jumping the bunny during the rain...
It's gonna be a long night

BB8Dish will be here!

45 Minutes till the Live Show

2007-09-11T17:16:00.000-07:00

5:14pm BBT
Feeds are Back.
Jameka & Zach
Jameka: Good luck. Seems pretty fair. No one has to know anything.

***Oh, dear.Dick passes through frame, says nothing.

Jameka: Alrighty, what am I gonna do?

5:25pm BBT
Dick and Dani both separately approach Jameka to offer their best wishes to her, and messages of apology/it was not personal/just strategy to Eric and Jess. Jameka is a champ.

Jameka: No, no, no. It's on me. I didn't do enough to be here. You all play your game, and do your best.

Pre Comp Psych Out Attempts

2007-09-11T16:27:00.000-07:00

Dick's back to his old tricks. Zach's not particularly phased. Dick's been going on about how Zach's a racist, asking Jameka if it bothers her that the racist who didn't speak to her for 2 months is now suddenly her best friend as she's about to leave for the jury house, etc.

Here's clip one, captured by Romie1218:
Severe Language Warning

And here's some blurbs from the past few minutes:
4:30pm BBT
Dick: You are a piece of f'in sh-t. After my speech on the live show, Mother F'er... I'm telling all of America exactly what you are, so get ready motherf'er. I'm not pullin' any punches. You're gonna cry.
Zack: You're gonna cry too, buddy.
Dick: You're mama's gonna cry too, when she hears it.
Zack: I'm not worried about you.
Dani: (whispers to Dick) Stop.

Dick: You had your time. Now it's my time. Your parents, your family, your friends, are gonna love my speech. You're a piece of sh-t liar that does nothing but vie for votes and kiss ass in this house.. You are the champion...

CUT FEEDS
TRIVIA

Ahhh.. brotherly love... spreadin' like wildfire on this hallowed day. Yeesh.

I don't know if it's game, nicotine withdrawal or just general stir-crazy-fed-up-with-everything-ness.

Either way, less than 90 minutes till the Live Show!!

Here's the 2nd clip, captured by Quirkydude:

Early Afternoon BB8 Update Lite

2007-09-11T13:23:00.000-07:00

UPDATED @2:15pm
1:20pm BBT
Jameka & Zach have been quietly chatting for the past hour and a bit. Dick and Daniele, still sleepin'.

1:21pm BBT
Feeds go to Blue Swirlies for a couple minutes, then back to Jameka and Zach chatting about random stuff, friends, bills, etc.

Just 4 and a half hours till the Live Show tonight!! And then... the Endurance Comp!

1:30pm BBT
A momentary Blue Swirly, then HoH lockdown is Over. Dani exits the room immediately, carrying her blankie, and goes down to the small room to resume sleeping.

Dick follows suit, returning to the hookah room and climbing under the covers.

1:35pm BBT
After a 15 second feed cut, Dani gets out of bed, and goes to the restroom...

Riveting, I tell you. But... kinda harsh & kinda telling that the control booth has made the choice to show us sleeping Donatos over wakeful Jameka and Zach.

That said, I am going to do my final preparation for this evening's endurance comp. Gonna take a nap. Scoot over, Dick. ;)

2:15pm BBT
Dick and Dani are both up. Dick's having a shower. Dani was told by the DR that everyone must pack. Sounds like a room closure tonight...

Zach's in the DR now..
Back to nappin' I go.

FYI, the Live Show Spoiler will be posted at the top of the blog tonight, just for expediency, since we'll likely go straight from eviction (which will only be a surprise if it;s not Jameka) to the Endurance Comp.

In years past, the feeds have come back very quickly following the show. Within minutes, not hours.

Wake Up Houseguests!

2007-09-11T10:52:00.001-07:00

UPDATED @ 1pm BBT

10:50am BBT
BB: Good morning, houseguests. It's time to get up for the day.

Jameka beat him to it by a couple minutes. Daniele's doing her best to ignore it completely. Dick too. Both are still buried under their covers.

Zach and Jameka are up and chatting for a moment in the Workout Room about specific stats relative to potential Comp Questions. Zach leaves, Jameka starts stretching, and the feeds go to blue swirlies...

Time for everyone to get up. They've got a very big day and an even bigger night ahead of them!

11:28am BBT
The feeds are back. Jameka's using the HoH bathroom. Zach's up in HoH as well. I heard Dick and Dani talking, but haven't seen them yet. HoH lockdown??

11:31am BBT
Ah yes, there's the lump of Dick now... under the covers on the HoH bed.

HoH Lockdown it is.

11:57am BBT

After a 10 minute speight of the blue swirlies, we're back and we found Dani.

She's laying on the floor, between Jameka's chair and the HoH desk.

Dick's still snoozing on the bed.

Depending upon your perspective, Zach is either being very polite in his complete silence, or very stupid in terms of the game right now. By letting Dick and Dani sleep, he's allowing them to retain an advantage.

From Jameka's end, it really doesn't matter, but Zach... Zach needs every advantage possible at this point. He's very well rested. Dick and Dani are not.

12:10pm BBT
Zach and Jameka have begun talking out loud.

1pm BBT
Still HoH Lockdown
Zach and Jameka are chatting softly while Dick and Dani sleep.

Quickie Poll

2007-09-11T08:21:00.000-07:00

While the houseguests are sleeping (still as of 10:32am BBT), I'm gonna go stock up on snackage for the endurance comp tonight.

***Done! I now have enough almonds and protein bars for the comp to last till sunday. ;) I have a feeling it's gonna be a very long night on the live feeds, and I will be here for the duration... Will there be spoiler posts? Of course. Both for the Live Show and the Endurance Comp... But I strongly recommend you tune in yourselves! This is what it's all about.

The televised version of Big Brother will air live tonight on CBS at 9pm eastern. We expect the 24/7 live feeds to come back very quickly after the finish of the televised broadcast, so we may all enjoy the duration of the Endurance Competition.

On another note, I can't get rid of this awful feeling, and I really hope I'm wrong and just having trust issues, about who Daniele will vote out tonight...

Happy Endurance Comp Day!

2007-09-11T06:39:00.000-07:00

It's 6:40 am in the Big Brother house, and Dick and Daniele are up playing cards at the tiny dining table. I really hope they get some more sleep soon, or tonight's Endurance Comp could become a huge upset for them. All depends how late BB lets them sleep today...

They did both sleep between the hours of midnight till around 4am BBT, but they've been up playing with the deck of cards BB gave them ever since. Zach and Jameka have both been sleeping pretty soundly since around 11:30pm.

Dani: I think after this game, I'm gonna try to sleep again.
Dick: Ok... I'm down for trying to sleep again.
Dani: Maybe they'll let us sleep till 3.
Dick: No, they're gonna wake us up..
Dani: If we have to clean the house.. yeah, but we'll clean and just go back to bed.

They've been on a 24 hour lockdown since about 6:30pm BBT yesterday, so they're just over 12 hours into it. Shockingly, Dick's doing pretty darn well with the nicotine addiction thus far.

The houseguests know they have a live show today, and they've figured out that Jameka will be evicted tonight, and they know there's construction happening in the backyard for a comp, but I don't believe they've clued in to it being endurance.

As of a few minutes before 7am BBT, Zach's up changing batteries and then back to bed up in the HoH Room... and at 7:06am BBT, Dick and Daniele are both in their beds... while visions of dollar signs dance in their heads.

In Honor and Memory

2007-09-10T20:40:00.000-07:00

I wish us all Peace of mind. Peace of Nation. Just Peace.

I've changed this post about a dozen times now, because nothing I say can truly give justice to the significance this day merits. I just don't have the words. My heart is heavy with the loss we suffered as a nation.

I invite you all to share your stories. Where you were. How you cope. Whatever you'd like to share with the rest of us.

For those who are curious, our friend Tella supplies the answer to what happened inside the Big Brother 2 House on September 11, 2001.

Written by Tella

I was into BB from the very beginning and have a friend who works for Moonves...

BB2 was still going on when 9/11 happened. Will, Nicole and Monica were still in the house. It was a Tuesday and that show was pre-empted... the HGs had no clue. The same for the Thursday show. They were not told about what had happened until Thursday since the usual Live Show would not happen. They were not told the severity or the casualty numbers... because Monica's cousin was in the WTC and missing. They didn't have a show until later in the week... because all air traffic was halted until the 16th, and Julie was stuck in NYC (as was my friend) due to having been there for the 10th and the Michael Jackson Special aired on CBS. Julie was back in LA for the Sunday eviction of Monica since private (known) planes were once again allowed in the air. Public transportation was halted until the 18th. Upon leaving the house Monica was informed more about details.

BB's policy about letting HGs know about serious matters such as losing a family member has shifted some and DOR is now an option. At the time... Monica did not leave the house because nobody knew that her cousin was dead. This was established later on.

Hope that helps.

Here is the clip of Monica and the others being notified, captured by anetworklive:

Our Endurance Competition is Almost Over!

2007-09-10T17:13:00.000-07:00

We the viewers have been going through an endurance competition since the Veto Comp ended on Saturday... and we've just about made it through to the end.. We are about to pronounced victorious. Why? You ask...

OK... here's the good news: At this time tomorrow night, we'll be gearing up to watching a live show which will include the Veto Ceremony, Jameka's extremely likely eviction, and... drumroll please... part one of the Final 3 HoH:

The Endurance Competition!!

I can't wait! I love endurance comps, and I love that they show em on the Live Feeds! Note to self (and anyone who's new this year): get snacks and plan for a very long night. I can't really imagine anyone giving up easily this year. Maybe Dick, but I doubt it.

At the moment, Dick & Dani are outside Jedi Training.

Dani's a bit more fascinated by her split ends than usual, but she figured out a little while ago that it would be a live show tomorrow night, since there was no PoV Ceremony today.

She's taking particular joy that as a team, she and her dad will make up the oldest and the youngest winners in Big Brother history.

Zach and Jameka are inside having dinner, chatting about life on the outside. They spent the afternoon alternating between game talk and random stuff to fill the day - movies they like, etc. At one point, Zach actually called himself the Janelle of this season.

Have mercy.

We're almost there, kids. Hang tight! Tomorrow, we feast! ;)

Interview with Zach's College Roommate Mike

2007-09-10T14:03:00.000-07:00

***As with all posts and interviews on bb8dish, we respectfully request this interview not be copied and pasted elsewhere without express written consent.

Zach's college buddy and former roommate, Mike was kind enough to chat with bb8dish today. Here's the interview!

bb8dish Carolyn: Can you please tell us your relationship to Zach... and a little background on it.

Mike

Zach was my neighbor in the dormitories at Creighton University our freshman year, and we lived together for a semester our sophomore year, before he transferred back to Tallahassee and Florida State.

This summer I got an e-mail from another college friend telling me that Zach was going to be on Big Brother. I had never watched the show before but I’ve seen every episode of this season! It’s been fun seeing him on TV. Zach doesn’t appear to have changed a whole lot from his college days.

bb8dish: Very early on in the season, back when Zach was still c-blocking Nick and Dani at every opportunity, I thought he was crushing on Nick, asked you if he was straight, and you said he definitely was - just kinda socially inept, and that the blondes in the house would be his downfall... Well, he definitely avoided the showmance pitfall, but he intentionally or otherwise, kept up the socially awkward part. Zach alternates between saying this was his choice, and that he was forced to be alone. Which do you think is most true and why?

Mike

I definitely don’t think he chose to go at it alone, but it turned out to be the best option for him because he managed to stay off the radar for so long and skate through while others were getting sent home. But I think if he had the opportunity to pair strongly with another person, he would have done it.

He definitely tried to align with Nick, Mike, and Dick at different points and was mildly successful in doing so in spots, but ultimately they all were closer to someone else in the house, and he couldn’t get between that.

I just think it takes a little bit of time to understand Zach’s quirkiness and personality and he can definitely come off as a little out there, maybe even a little bit creepy. But he means well. The whole c-blocking thing is pretty funny – I just hope when he was doing it in college he wasn’t aware what he was doing then, cause it appears that someone clued him in.

bb8dish: Having been Zach's friend on the outside, what would you like to be able to stand from the rooftops to tell everyone about him? ...Cuz he's really the HG the public feels they know least.

Mike

Well, I’d want people to know that he’s really down to earth and very intelligent. I hope he wins this thing and uses the prize money towards something he’s always wanted, or something he’s always wanted to do.

Hopefully Big Brother is just a launching pad for him as far as future success goes. He’s always had a lot of big ideas and hopefully the prize money can help him achieve some of them.

bb8dish: What do you see as Zach's strengths & weaknesses in his BB8 game play?

Mike

Zach has always been good at strategic-based games like chess, Magic Cards, video games, etc. He approaches the household like the game it is, and he has managed not to get too personally or emotionally attached to anyone or anything. I think that kept his head a little clearer than the showmancers or the Children of God.

But you can’t overlook his ability to win the competitions when they mattered for him the most. We were getting worried for a while that he’d never win a HOH or Veto Comp, and that it would be his downfall, but he has come up big in the comps when it was needed the most and that’s the reason he’s still there.

bb8dish: We're on the cusp of the most important Veto Comp of the season (for tv only viewers of Big Brother like Mike)... Zach has spent the last 36 hours telling Jameka that she's had a profound effect on his faith... Are you buying it, or do you believe he's trying to set himself up with some jury votes, via Jameka's persuasion, should she be the next out?

Mike

Before I answer this: I haven’t watched Sunday night’s episode or read any spoilers so my answer might not make sense at this point in time, but I’ll answer it anyway.

No, I’m not buying what Zach is saying to Jameka at all. I think it’s totally a set-up for the jury votes, cause he knows she’s getting the boot. I just hope that he keeps his head on straight and realizes the only way he’s gonna win this game is if he’s sitting next to Dick in the Final 2. He needs to get Daniele out, there’s no other way around it. Hopefully he realizes this and doesn’t let his love of blondes cloud his judgment.

bb8dish: What Specific things do you credit most for Zach's now being in the final 3?

Mike

I think the combination of staying off people’s radars for most of the game, a little bit of luck, and coming up big in the comps when it mattered are the main reasons he is still in the house.

He definitely hasn’t played the game perfectly, but he’s obviously played it better than a lot of the other houseguests, as he’s still in there, and they are not. Hopefully, he thinks through his decisions thoroughly from here on out, cause he’ll have some big ones to make.

bb8dish: If you could have a 2 minute, uncensored phone call with Zach right now, what would you want to tell him?

Mike

I’d probably just tell him that all his Creighton college buddies dedicate 3 hours a week to watching him on TV and that we are all rooting for him to win, and can we please have a cut of his winnings? Just kidding –

I would probably just tell him to hang in there, thank him for giving us losers something to e-mail back and forth about all summer long, and I hope to catch up further when he gets out of the house. He’s gonna need an entourage. 

bb8dish: Thanks so much for making the time to talk with bb8dish, Mike.

For all the Zach fans out there, Mike runs his myspace fan page:
http://www.myspace.com/zachbb8fanclub. Go show em some love.

Just for the Record

2007-09-10T13:09:00.000-07:00

BB8Dish has NOTHING, ZERO, NADA to do with any virtual game...

Now pardon me while I run all kinds of spyware, virus, etc., because some little cretin seems to have taken a fancy to impersonating me.

Ichsa.

I'm so frikkin' creeped out.

Allow us to Help you Entertain Us

2007-09-10T08:54:00.000-07:00

I just got a message from the divine Evel Girl with rather an inspired recommendation:

Sounds like a plan to me!!

What are your ideas? Perhaps we can inspire the overworked souls in production.

Happy Monday BB Lovers!

2007-09-10T06:25:00.000-07:00

UPDATED
O Whatta Beautiful morning...
Oh whatta beautiful day...
Dick's all alone in the backyard..
Smokin' an' spittin' away...

OK, so I woke up pretty chipper for a Monday, and I'm quite willing to share the joy.

Can you believe it's almost over?? I sure can't. I've been on my 3rd wind for the past couple weeks, and now I'm going on pure adrenaline. One can only imagine how they feel inside the house! Bloody exhausting show. And people wonder why the HGs sleep so much.

So, I'm thinkin', lets have a silly little poll to get the week started, and I'll get to work on putting together an Overnight Report.

By the way, please make sure to check out the Sunday Clips... More have been added.

A Beautiful Tribute

2007-09-09T23:17:00.000-07:00

A tribute to Dick and Daniele, beautifully created by JadenSOF. Take 4 minutes of your life, and give it over to this video. You will not be disappointed. They've come a long way, and we've been witness to the transformation.

Sunday in the Big Brother House

2007-09-09T22:54:00.000-07:00

New Videos Added
Sunday's always a pretty light day in BB land. Today, with only four people left in the house, was definitely no different. For the most part right now, the HGs and us are all waiting on the Veto Ceremony, which will be tomorrow, and Jameka's subsequent eviction on Tuesday, followed by the 1st part of the final 3 HoH comp, which everyone (us included) expects to be an endurance comp on Tuesday night.

Here's a clip of Dick from Sunday morning... a couple different choice sequences of Dick around the house, talking to the internet about the end game, edited together by Quirkydude.

Pieces of Dick
Captured & Edited by Quirkydude

Here are a couple of clips from Sunday afternoon. This first one features Dick and Dani and took place just after 4pm BBT.

Captured by BBFanz

This next clip features Jameka and Zach. Zach's wondering if he wins the first one, if Dick will thrown the second one to Daniele. They move on to discussing whether or not the Donatos will share the prize money. Zach says Dick's m.o. is to inflict hatred upon everyone.

I feel for Jameka right now... She's kinda held prisoner in there until the show on Tuesday. She knows she's leaving, but she can't go due to the tv schedule. Bummer. She could be lounging on a beach in Mexico (or whereever they are) right now. Instead, she's getting pushed and pulled from both sides, Zach & Donatos, for her jury vote and her influence over the jury.

The most interesting thing is how honest they're all being now in terms of all the alliances they had and what their goals were... Last night, Dick and Dani fessed up that they'd been playing as a team since day 2, or was it day 1, when Dick came down the stairs...

Here's the clip, also captured by BBFanz:

Dani can't wait to get out and see all the icons people have made on the internet...

Captured by Quirkydude

And for anyone who'd like a little one on one with Dick, here's his rundown on the past couple days, and his prediction for what's coming up in terms of the final three comps...

Dick: (on Zach) The last competition, questions, he has no shot. He doesn't know anybody here, cuz nobody liked him, so he has no chance... But the goal is to knock him out in the first 2 comps and be done with him, go into the last comp, me n' Daniele... Final 2, baby.

Captured by Quirkydude

Big Brother Isn’t Over Yet!

2007-09-09T12:18:00.000-07:00

You can stay connected with:

Rerun of Big Brother 8 Live Feeds

Replay of 24/7 (all 4 cameras) beginning 9/18

Video Chat with the Big Brother Cast

Don’t miss your chance to talk directly with Big Brother AllStars Howie and Kaysar! The chat will be available to Big Brother Live Feed subscribers exclusively. To watch just have your feeds up at the allotted time, and camera four (bottom right) will magically become chat filled! They will be getting a few questions ready early if you'd like to email them at askbigbrother@real.com, please include your first name and city with your query. Thanks, and we look forwarding to seeing you for what should be fun interviews! See the updated schedule below.

Wednesday September 12^th at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific Time

Howie Gordon - Big Brother: All-Stars, Big Brother 6
Kaysar Ridha - Big Brother All-Stars and winner of the “America’s Choice” poll in Big Brother 6

Wednesday September 19^that 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific Time

TBD – Update to follow (I'm guessing - BB8 Winner & Runner-Up)

Wednesday September 26^that 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific Time

TBD – Update to follow (I'm guessing - More BB8 HGs)

Exclusive Coverage of Big Brother Finale from L.A. on September 18^th.
Chat with your Big Brother Friends while watching movies and more

Happy Sunday Big Brother Lovers

2007-09-09T07:05:00.001-07:00

Happy Sunday, everyone. :) Dick's already up and having a smoke outside, as I write this. The rest of the HGs are sleeping.

There will be some serious Dishing happening later today, along with a couple of surprises I've been working on behind the scenes... For now though, I'm off to enjoy the morning, have a nice bike ride and take my mother out to brunch.

I can't wait for the endurance comp on Tuesday night!!! It's not 100% sure, but if this season follows the format of the past 7, the 1st leg of the 3 part final 3 HoH should be endurance, and it should start at the end of the Tuesday night show, and continue on the 24/7 live feeds immediately after. :)

If anyone hasn't gotten em yet, I recommend getting em set up now, before the comp actually starts. Ya really don't wanna miss the final 3 endurance comp! And with the 2 week free deal from real, it just makes sense...

If you haven't been on for a while, please scroll below to find out who won the Veto Comp last night, and check out the post from our resident satirist portraying America's Player. Also, must sees are listed above for posts earlier than yesterday...

Howie's doing another phone call, by the way, and the link's up top, and on the side bar, along with a bunch of other cool stuff. :)

See ya in a bit!

A Message From OUR America's Player

2007-09-08T20:24:00.001-07:00

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BB8dish is proud to present a Special Message from our resident satirist, our very own America's Player. You've seen him here in the comments section of bb8dish for several weeks now, and we thought it was about time he made the main page... He has some wonderful words of wisdom to impart to us all, and a wonderful explanation of what's to come over the next few days of Big Brother 8. So, without further ado, I present, Our America's Player... as seen in the comments of bb8dish for the past 2 months.

***In case the references to satire and having commented here on the blog for several weeks now didn't make it abundantly clear, this is not really from Eric... it's merely written in his voice for your entertainment, while we explain the end game for those who've been asking questions.

America, let me state for the record, that I, in fact (and I know this may sound ridiculous) am at peace with my eviction. And although I've left the game earlier than I had hoped, with your help I've earned an additional $40,000 which, quite frankly, puts me in third place.

I'm enjoying my time, as you might surmise, in sequester; however, at this particular time, I am unable to confirm nor deny my exact whereabouts. Just know that I'm still playing for you, America, as I await my instructions from you on who to vote for as winner of Season 8 of Big Brother.

With the double eviction live show which, unfortunately, resulted in the demise of your player, the house is now down to the final four contestants. And, quite frankly, as you have already noticed, things are now moving at a new, and might I add, quickened pace.

When the number of houseguests whithers down the the final four, and I think this goes without saying, the HoH cannot be evicted. For the other three remaing houseguests to be safe, and therefore, to guarantee that they stay in the game, they must fight the good fight and, ultimately, win the PoV competition.

The PoV competition is the final, and (might I add) the most important of the season. The winner of the PoV competition holds all the power.

Since the staff at Allison Grodner Productions refuse to neither confirm nor deny the outcome of this PoV competition, I'll have to use my encyclical knowledge (and by knowledge, I mean insight, or knowing things other may overlook) to ultimately guess and suppose the outcome.

So here goes...

Let's suppose, for argument's sake, that Zach is the new HoH and he (being a panty-munching ogre) decided to nominate Evel Dick and his daughter, Daniele. Since the HoH (Zach) cannot vote, then one houseguest (Jameka) who isn't nominated casts the one and only, single and solitary, vote for eviction.

Unless...

Unless Evel Dick or Daniele were to win the PoV competition. Let us, for argument's sake, suppose (and I think it's a safe assumption) that Daniele won the PoV competition. Clearly she would use the veto on herself. The HoH (Zach) needs to replace the nomination with the only other eligible player, and that is Jameka.

See why this PoV was so important? Not only does Daniele, as PoV winner, guarantee her own safety, but she now becomes the only person casting a vote for eviction. And, in this case, she needs to select between her father, Evel Dick, or Jameka.

Now you don't have to be a Philadelphia Lawyer to figure out who Daniele will be evicting!

Um, Jameka, might I say, fare thee well, and I will see you soon in sequester.

Now the pace of the game changes once more, with only three houseguests remaining, who will now battle it out for the title of the season's last (and, arguably, most important) HoH. This is important, and I can't say this clearly enough, that unlike previous HoH competitions, this time all of the houseguests are eligible to play in the final HoH competition. Even Zach, who is outgoing HoH.

Might I remind you, that this final HoH is never any typical HoH competition. Typically, Big Brother plans a 3-part HoH competition at the end, which takes place over the course of a few days.

The first segment of the 3-part HoH competition has routinely been an endurance competition. The winner of this first leg is safe (for now) and will advance directly to round three. Meanwhile the two losers engage one another to play in the second round. The player who lost the second round has lost, and is out of the running for HoH. But the second round winner advances to play the first round winner and the third, and final, round.

So to make this clear (and by clear, I mean "easily understood") the third phase of the HoH contest takes place, in which the winner of round one competes against the winner of round two. Whoever wins this third round challenge is crowned the new (and final) HoH of the season.

This is extremely important. It is the final HoH who selects who he/she will be evicting, and therefore select who they want to take to the final two.

Well, America, the jacuzzi and and a banana daquiri are calling me. My contact with the outside world is very limited now, and highly monitored. So I need to get back to the sequester house now.

But remember, I'm still playing for you, and look forward to casting your vote during the finale of this historic season of Big Brother!

We hope all of you BB afficionados and newbies have enjoyed our gentle attempt at satire as a means to explain the end game. Again, I repeat, satire.

VETO SPOILER

2007-09-08T16:12:00.000-07:00

VIDEO ADDED

Dick just let out a whoop of joy so intense, Either he or Daniele Has won.. I'm looking for it...

DANI WON!!!!!

Jameka:(to Dani) So how does it feel? I am in the midst of the winner of Big Brother 8. I'm so sorry mom, dad, everybody...

HOOKAH ROOM
4:15pm BBT
Dani: Get ready for a brutal week with the competitions.
Dick: The first one's gonna be endurance.
Dani: Yeah, I know...
Dick: I don't want him to win ANYTHING.
Dani: Make sure you get a lot of sleep...
Dick: This was it, this was it, I told you... We won!!
Dani: This is insane.. It's not even for real right now.
Dick: It's over! We already won.

They're counting the votes Zach doesn't have...

Dani: He wont have any votes anyway, cuz we're not gonna let him be there.

Party on the live feeds!!

This excellent video captures Dick and Dani's reactions, Zach with Jameka, and the Dick and Dani, both gracious in victory to Jameka. It also confirms both that Dick offered and Jameka took the deal last week when she was nominated against Jess.
Captured by xx2000xx