So BB gossip has been flooding in the past few days. Sunday the HGs went into sequester, Monday the gag order on media day was lifted (in other words, video of twelve reporters playing BB plus photos of the house were released), this morning around 8:45 EST the houseguests were revealed on the early show, and the CBS official site went live around 9 AM.
So we have the house theme (going green/recycling; my favorite room is the pool room and anyone who disagrees is a communist), the theme of the twist (haves/have nots), the casting theme (high school stereotypes), information on twelve houseguests,
the website with a thirteenth mystery houseguest listed (to be revealed on July 7), and someone on my twitter feed claimed to see 19 place settings at one point.
Current speculation is that a houseguest or two will be "recycled" and America will get to vote in either Jess from BB8, Sheila from BB9, or Brian from BB10. (
juliedarling! I DON'T WANT TO BE AGAINST YOU THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. But you know what? I kind of do!)
I'm having a hard time choosing my pre-show favorites, because at this point I'm attempting to factor in my mistakes previous seasons. I can't figure out if I'm overcompensating or just compensating enough.
My current favorites (I think) are:
-Braden (if it's true and he's a former Sucks poster, and also because he apparently makes up words in casual conversation, which should be hilariously irritating in the neighborhood of Amber's... everything)
-Jordan (I accept that after three consecutive seasons dismissing the pretty blonde contestant and then having her be my favorite, the odds are in her favor)
-Kevin (he's this year's gay!)
-Lydia (have we ever had a bisexual woman in the house before? I think the only non-heterosexual female we've had is Ivette.)
-Michele (NEUROSCIENTIST! ♥)
Maybes:
-Ronnie (fan of the show, which is my weakness, and I'm also entertained by how he looks kind of like John Hodgman, but he also seems irritating as crap.)
-Chima (her bio makes me like her, the video of her on the Early how made me hate her, so I figure it's a 50/50 chance)
-Natalie (she's pretty and tough and invites people to "bring it on," which makes me like her, but the only real personality the bion gave her is as a "feisty Latina," which is fine if it's CBS saying it and less-fine if it's her way of self-identifying, because YOU DO NOT GET TO CALL YOURSELF FEISTY)
My current dislikes (again, based on little or nothing):
-Casey (reminds me of Gerry from BB3)
-Laura (Jensa 2.0)
-Russell (...come on)
-Jeff (the fact that I had to go through this list four times to figure out who wasn't on any of my lists means that he's going to be stuck in dislikes by default for a bit.
Six men and six women. Three PoCs. Two nonheterosexuals. The one missing age/gender demographic is older women (Come on, Big She!). The lack of "favorites" list under everyone's bios leads me to believe that not a lot of these HGs are actual fans of the show, and/or that some of them do not have favorite brands of cheap beer.
In conclusion:
RUSSELL THE LOVEMUSCLE
Discuss.