The twist! Part One
On the episode tonight, the siren twist was finally revealed.
The HGs gathered for the eviction ceremony, voting out Allison and Ryan 2-0. As they tried to leave, the door was locked and the alarm sounded, signaling everyone to return to the living room. Allison was nearly peeing her pants in excitement thinking it was her saving grace in the house. Her face was so smug and self-satisfied that it was almost unbearable to watch.
Julie came on and said that there would be a twist. The “Til Death Do You Part” idea was over and the house guests would now be competing as individuals. Josh and Sharon were still the HOH, but now the rest of the house would have to choose Allison OR Ryan to evict from the house.
One by one they were called into the Diary Room and cast their votes. In the end, Allison’s smug little look was wiped off her face as she was voted out 6-0 and pouted all the way out to the couch for her interview with Julie.
When we returned to the house, the HGs filed into the back yard for the HOH competition. In a series of “before or after” true/false questions, it came down to Ryan and Adam. In the end, Ryan emerged as the comeback kid of BB9, going from eviction to HOH and winning the competition.
At the end of the episode, Julie revealed a new twist that would be hitting the house. One of the previously evicted HGs will be returning to the game and America gets to vote for who it will be. I personally would only want Alex back in the house because everyone else that was kicked out annoyed the shit out of me, but frankly, none of the options are exactly great.
I’m still not sure how the individual player twist will change the game. I know Natalie was bummed because it meant Matty no longer had to be nice to her. Sheila seemed pretty devastated as well, knowing that Baller (AKA Adam) is much more well-liked in the house than she is. Other former couples, like James and Chelsia seemed determined to continue playing the game together as a team.
As far as the “twists”, Big Brother always says to “expect the unexpected” but I don’t think there was a single person in the house our outside it that didn’t see this one coming. It was pretty obvious that the couples would dissolve as some point in the game and the “vote someone back in” thing is kind of tired too. None of these things are new concepts. I mean, Big Brother 3 had the returning house guest thing and as soon as the couples concept was introduced, it was clear that they’d eventually shuffle the teams.
I wish the producers would think of actual “twists” in the game, like a triple/quadruple eviction or bringing in one of the All-Stars to mix things up. Instead we get rehashed concepts from the early days of the show.
We’ll just have to see if they cook up anything entertaining in the future for Big Brother 9.
Wow, that sounded like a fun show last night. I think it would have been cooler if they evicted both Ryan and Allison and then revealed the twist and booted out another member right then and there. Based on your analysis over the past couple of days, it would seem maybe James would be out the door. Yeah, not quite the quadruple eviction like you suggested and two eviction ceremonies in one night is not uncommon but for it to happen this early in the game would have been. Hmm, if it continues at this rate, I think I might get back into the show. My hope is that the breakups will create new alliances and new foes.
I am with you in hoping Alex comes back. He was wearing a Rutgers shirt and Rutgers is in New Jersey, so he wins by default in my book! I think it would be more interesting if Sharon(?), Ryan’s girlfriend, comes back into the house. Ryan is the HoH and has no target on his back but with Sharon back on the house he would. I have nothing against the guy but to me it would make the game that much more interesting. What does everyone think about Parker coming back? He seemed well like in the house, was he well liked on the big brother fan world?
I hope it’s Alex! I never liked Parker. He always had this look on his face like he was so disinterested in the whole game. His excitment level never rose above a 3. I agree the twists are far from “unexpected”. Bring Howey in and mix it up old school.
Hilldog, I think you have a great idea there! How about a new season like they have on Survivor (at least according to the commercials) where you have half of the contestants are new and half are contestants from other seasons. I know we just had all-stars but I still think it would be good tv. Cool idea dude.
Who did they bring back into the house?