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![]() June 2014 - Pre-season - Big Brother 16 - Latest Episode - Daily Index - Chat - Help/Info - Linkage - Merchandise - Twitpic - Twitter - Updates - McCrae ![]() |
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![]() Your pal, dingo ![]() QUICK LINKS & BOOKMARKS -View or buy BB16 live feeds -Live feed updates -Hamsterwatch chatroom -McCrae Olson videos & blog -Amazon portal USA or Canada -VPN for international viewers -Hamsterwatch Twitter - Twitpic -Hamster Twitters BB USA - BB Canada -BB16 official site -East Coast air show feeds 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 ![]() POWER STATUS Frankie is HOH #1 Somebody is HOH #2 Somebody is probably nominated ![]() UPCOMING EVENTS June 25: The Talk BB show June 25 8pm: Premiere part 1 on CBS June 26 9pm: Premiere part 2 on CBS June 26 10pmPT/1amET: Live feeds begin June 26 11pm: BBAD on TVGN begins July 3: Julie on The Late Show with David Letterman ![]() Big Brother plus other CBS shows - shop now! ![]() BB16 DRINKING GAME Take a swig whenever someone says they're excited for the new season to start ![]() Donations via Paypal are gratefully accepted! ![]() ![]() BIG BROTHER SEASONS Amazon DVDs BB4 - BB3 Amazon Instant Video BB15 iTunes BB15 - ![]() BB16 FAQ Feeds are streamed by CBS. Call 877-211-4367 for account help, including password reset or to cancel subscription. CBS shows are Sundays 8pm, Wednesdays 8pm, eviction Thursdays 9pm (Global in Canada). Big Brother After Dark is on TVGN three hours Mon/Tues starting 11pm, two hours Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun starting midnight; and two hours Thurs starting 1am. (Slice in Canada - times vary by location) BB16 prizes are likely the same: $500k for the winner and $50k for 2nd place. Stipend for the others will be divulged on feeds sooner or later. The habitat has 76 cameras (up 11, and now high def) and 100 microphones (up 2). The recorded in-house announcements are the voice of producer Don Wollman. ![]() |
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>> previous Hamsterwatch episode >> next episode >> bb16 directory >> permalink this page: http://www.hamsterwatch.com/bb16/preseason.shtml ALL AMAZON.COM PURCHASES MADE THROUGH THESE LINKS HELP SUPPORT THIS SITE Amazon USA It's that time againGetting your feeds through this site will help me be able to cover the season, so please click here to sign up Big Brother 16 premiered June 25 on CBS.. the feeds will begin Thursday, June 26 after part 2 of the premiere.. chat and exclusive videos are available now, including Jeff chatting with past BB winners, as well as a few interviews, selected episodes from the past, and the full BB7 All-Stars season ![]() We're off! almost (June 24)Here's a sneak-peek at the first HOH comp, titled Go Fly a Kite.. it's the same log-rolly setup they've used beforeOnly eight of them are shown competing: Joey, Amber, Frankie, Nicole, Paola, Donny, Devin, and Cody.. presumably they were the first eight in and are competing for the first of the dual HOHs.. the rest of them will likely enter and compete on the following night's show, but who knows if their actual entry into the habitat was later this same night or the next day? We'll find out soon enough ![]() For the friends and loved ones (June 20)Cast reveal is obviously exciting for the hamsters' friends and families, but there are some pitfalls for those left at home, especially those who are new to the whole BB experience. Those loved ones are in a unique position, and BB15 Spencer Clawson's other half Marilyn has provided some tips for them.![]() 1. Social media is going to destroy your loved one. It doesn't matter if they are the smartest woman in the game, the best looking guy, the nicest girl in the house, etc. None of this matters, and you will be appalled by what people will write about this person you know and love. You have to realize that the rest of the world really isn't watching Big Brother USA. You won't believe me now and you really won't believe me in August either, but I promise you that whatever idiotic/goofy/inappropriate thing your loved one says isn't what everyone else in the United States is talking about. Your world is about to shrink considerably. You won't like 90% of the things you will read about your loved one, and you will feel this insane urge to correct people, to let them know that your loved one is amazing/wonderful/caring/smart/whatever, or you'll just have the insane urge to tell some asshat to fuck off. Don't do it! IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE! You will be TORTURED by these internet trolls, so just RESIST. Trust me. 2. Don't dwell on the live feeds. I know you have already bought them and are convinced that this will be the best thing EVER. It is, it's hilarious, and you're going to enjoy the hell out of watching the house guests get bored and try to entertain themselves. But beware! You probably already miss your loved one terribly, and having access to them 24/7 (I used to get up and watch my boyfriend sleep, ok? I had ISSUES) is a deadly thing. Let me explain to you my routine from June 26th until September 16th. I woke up at 6am. I didn't have to be at work until 10am, but I was up so I could rewatch different live feed clips that I had missed. I wanted to see when I was mentioned. I wanted to see who people were considering evicting. I wanted to know EVERYTHING that was going on in that house. At 9:30am, I would frantically wash my face, dress, and race out the door to get to work. From 10am to 6pm, I was at work without a smartphone, so I couldn't torment myself. But by 6:30pm, I was back home, sitting criss-cross-applesauce on the couch with my laptop, freaking out. I would do this until about 2am, and then fall asleep to the sounds of the live feeds. At 4am, I would wake up and put my computer down and actually go to bed. The day would begin again. I have NO idea, to this day, how I kept my job last summer. So do yourself a favor now and realize that you aren't going to miss anything more than decent sleep if you don't set a schedule. If I had it to do over again, I would absolutely stop livefeeding by 11pm and hit the hay until about 7am. 3. I would recommend NOT admitting who you are or how you are related to the houseguest on ANY social media. Deactivate your current Twitters, Facebooks, and whatever is currently cool to be social on. Do yourself a favor and make up a new Twitter handle and use that to see tweets and shit, but don't admit who you are. This is the only thing I did right last summer. My boyfriend's family was on local news, on Twitter, etc, and crazy fans would find them and say HORRIBLE things to them. I hid. I made this weird decision that I didn't want people to know who I was, so I made up a Twitter handle, made sure I wasn't very Google-able, and hid. This worked until September, when my boyfriend won his HOH. I made the mistake of retweeting his HOH tweets (Yes, Big Brother will let them tweet little shout-outs when they are HOH) and my little teeny tiny Twitter account went from having 33 followers to over 600 in about thirty minutes. I was BLOWN AWAY, I had NO idea people were really that into this and wanted to see what things I was saying about Big Brother. And on top of that, the hate POURED in. I had people tweeting the most ridiculous, callous, and cruel things to me constantly. And I didn't really know how to handle it, so I discovered the "block" button and sent several people (quietly) to Twitter hell. On occasion I bit back, but it rarely made me feel better. So do this and do it now. HIDE. You will appreciate me on this more than anything. TRUST ME. 4. Realize that your loved one is playing a GAME, and if they are smart, they are going to try to do anything to win the money. This will result in them saying weird things, aligning with people you hate, and having conversations with people YOU KNOW are trying to evict your loved one. You will be a basket case. You will be convinced your loved one has traded their brain for fifteen minutes of fame. They haven't, but they are in a microcosm of a world. THEY ONLY SEE THE SAME PEOPLE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. All they can do is dwell and obsess over their fellow house guests. Their conversations will be weird. Remember, this is a social experiment. What happens when a group of people are stuck in a small house and have to slowly get rid of each other? Extreme chaos. The most exhausting things about their personalities will come out. Do they whine when they are tired? THEY WILL WHINE ALL SUMMER. Do they yell loudly when they are excited? You will grow to hate the mic that is on your loved one because they are going to yell a lot more. They are going to say and do things that will infuriate, hurt, humiliate you all summer. Guess what? Come September, you are going to want to THROW yourself in their laps and cry with happiness because this insanity is over. And you will get over it. (Especially if crazy Big Brother fans can't torment you all summer. Remember rule #3? DO NOT PUBLICIZE YOURSELF.) 5. Get a journal and get it now. I filled up two journals to Spencer. I wrote about the mundane and I freaked out to him about conversations he was having on the live feeds. I scolded him. I praised him. I was just calmed down somehow by the fact that I could "talk" to him. It sounds insane, but it isn't just something I did - other people I have spoken with who were "the one at home" found themselves emailing their loved one or writing notes to them on scraps of paper. My notes and emails are all written down in miserable/happy/sleep-deprived handwriting. It will calm you down. Make a freakin' scrapbook or whatever floats your boat. 6. Assign one friend to have to deal with you all summer. Just tell them up front, "I might call you at 2am. I might be crying so hard you won't be able to understand me, but I will need you to listen to me cry." Make sure this is a good friend who will forgive you for the Gollum-like sleep-deprived twit you are going to be all summer. I would suggest a sibling. If you don't have one, you better hope your friends love you like a sibling. 7. You will have a contact in production and it is your sole job to be nice to these people. These are the most patient people you will ever meet, seriously. You think Job was patient? These people are leaps and bounds beyond Job. They will take your calls, call you back, email you 5x a day if needed, and talk you off the edge. Be very very nice to these people. You might end up meeting them in September. :) And that's all she wrote, folks. You think I'm crazy now, I know you do. But talk to me in July. You will understand everything I just laid out. Have a good summer! -Marilyn Many thanks to Marilyn for these tips, and I hope the loved ones left at home take it to heart - she speaks the truth. I've talked to many friends and family members over the years while their loved one's season was underway, and it can indeed be very difficult for them. Be sure to follow Marilyn on Twitter, and enjoy the ride this summer! ![]() Fresh meat (June 19)![]() The Ratings section below has the bare bones info, with my first impressions and/or "most likely to" predictions to follow after I catch up with the videos.. meanwhile you can read their official bios, see their various interviews, and check the links dug up so far in the Updates section, with more to follow as it turns up Thursday also brought the first Team America vote, which I'm afraid is going to be an exercise in futility.. Frankie is a known entity, the brother of teen star Ariana Grande and a successful Youtuber in his own right.. he's got over 500,000 Twitter followers and she's got over 15 million - that's the kind of established fan base that makes Brenchelissa's look like chump change, and it will likely make him the winner of any viewer vote they come up with, much as Elissa won all the MVP votes last year.. everyone chant all together now, "it's not fair!" ![]() Earth, Air Wind, and Fire (June 18)![]() CBS also posted a few pics of what's probably the Have-not room, which has an ice theme complete with copious amounts of ModPodge or resin or some other material meant to look like melting ice.. they pulled those pics quickly, but not before they were grabbed by many.. see all the house pics in the Update section, and watch Julie's house tour here Wait, what's that? Update section? You read it right: this year you can catch up what you missed on the feeds right here with Hamsterwatch Updates from the one and only @UgotBronx.. the updates area is read-only, no registration required.. also BB15 McCrae Olson will be posting occasional blogs and video podcasts as the season unfolds in his section of the site.. both are linked top & bottom of each page, as well as left sidebar Quick Links & Bookmarks ![]() She said this dual HOH arrangement will happen "every week" but opening twists usually just last four weeks - again, we'll see.. she also mentioned "Team America" in which viewers will "influence the game".. they've previously announced exclusive votes for feedsters, so it looks like they're going all-out to keep those site hits coming ![]() Ratings - Hooray for Noobs editionRatings are their official CBS bio stats for now, plus my patented "Most Likely To" predictions. Arrows are based on projected entertainment value. See Updates section for their complete CBS bios, pics, interview videos, and links dug up so far.
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SEASON STATSHOH and veto wins will be tallied here, along with evictions and vote counts.HOHs in order: Frankie ![]()
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EXTRACURRICULAR TALLYHouse meetings - 1First eight, on premiere #1 CBS goofs - 2 - Happends - Jill, for the 2nd year |
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