So bye, bye BB 25

You promised so much

Yet seem out of touch

We hoped that you

Would give us a show

Instead all your tricks flopped

And so fans have dropped.

Since we had the Writer’s Strike going on, I had high hopes for Big Brother 25.  We had been promised a season like never before.  I thought:  “Oh good!  Back lots here we come.”  Then signs developed that showed I wouldn’t get what I wanted out of Big Brother 25.  Let’s walk through the disaster, shall we. 

First word leaked that not as many potential house guests showed up for audition.  From there, rumors were flying on X (Twitter) that the potential contestants were being turned away as quickly as they were interviewed.  You went your usual route of stunt casting (Circe and Jared) or people who had never watched the show.  Once again you failed when we had high hopes for a cast we could like.

The cast that you did chose immediately let us down.  Luke was gone before we got to know him.  X (Twitter) then went into hyperdrive because they said that Jared used an inappropriate word also but didn’t get shown the door.  Then, there is Matt (one of the few I like).  I saw no accommodation by the cast to aid with his hearing.  As a wearer of hearing aids, I know it’s better to see the speaker than just rely on the devices.  Shall I go on…

Of course, I shall.  Let’s look at the Head of Households (HoHs) since this comes from the cast. The HoH has been a joke since week one.  With four contestants (including two former HoHs — Reilly and Hisam) leaving the house, you would have thought that by this time, the jury would have started, and an end of fans misery would be in sight.  Instead, two former HoHs, Cameron and Jared, were set up to give us a buy-back week.  Cameron is lucky.  First Matthew competed in an America’s vote contest and won over three others to save Jag.  This allowed Cameron fresh opportunities to stay in the house to get the person he wanted out.  Cameron had already gotten one “save from eviction card” due to Luke’s being eliminated.  Even when he was on the block, he managed to win Power of Veto and get off.  No matter what people wanted, Cameron was the house guest that wouldn’t leave.  Then during a double eviction Cameron finds out that he and Jared (second evictee) will stay in the house as zombies for a week and play to reenter.  Cameron won and then won HoH.  Does this sound like a rig?  To me it does.  Of course, I think Alison Grodner rigs the show every season.

Moving right along, let’s look at the stunts.  The show set up the idea that they were going to have the house designed in a strange way.  Comic book style is more like it but the good and evil never developed from the comic setting.  To get the set-up, Big Brother released a promo to build excitement.  They had Danielle (Big Brother 3), Britney (Big Brother 12 and 14), and Frankie come in.  The joke of a story was that these house guests were back to change the history of the show and become the winner.  You know, Alison, old fans might have returned but you chose not to use the budget.  The cheesy special effects used ruined this opportunity.  And the reference to “Meow Meow Company” didn’t work either because I doubt any of the fans who saw this knew the reference much less who Danielle was.

Second mistake was using the ‘nether regions’ as a set up to take a cast member out of the game.  First, the term was taken in the wrong way by fans.  Twitter buzzed every time Julie said it as we know Julie is a born again Christian.  You had the back lots to use.  You could have set up an “after life” or purgatory region but you chose to use the nether term for at least two weeks and send them to the basement of the studio.  So much for the hope of originality.  I forgot to mention.  You use old games, so you don’t have to spend money.

Big Brother 25’s biggest disaster was this past week (zombie return).  You had Julie tell us that the week would be scary verse but instead, it was the most boring week for live feeders in history.  I follow some folks who basically said that Cody and America spent enough time in bed together and now you have them in the shower.  That was supposed to be scary!  Well, I guess in a way it was. Scary Week to me could have had some sent to the back lots at night to find “hidden reward” treasure.  With two zombies in the house, you could have had the non-zombies get chased by the zombies.  If Cameron or Jared caught someone, the zombie won a point and the house guest had to assume a characteristic of the zombie.  Better yet!  Give the zombies the opportunity to reenter the house by catching someone enough times that they moved up to the eviction list.  With this plot (and Halloween coming), you could have done so much more but you had to protect your favorites (which evidently Jared isn’t one of) from any possible negative exposure or chance of leaving.  Don’t worry!  Cody and America gave you enough of that.

I could continue but why bother.  Until CBS and “Fly on the Wall” make a move to make production come up with more original and interesting games, we’ll get more of the same. As of now, I’m officially checked out.  With Hell’s Kitchen on Thursday, I don’t need to know who goes home.  As for Sunday, I always have a movie that I can watch. 

So bye, bye Big Brother.  Have fun for the rest of the season and know you lost a viewer due to your lack of motivation.