Big Brother 14 Premier Last Night

Tonight’s premiere of Big Brother left me wanting more and more. When the show ended, I turned to my husband and asked “is that it?” I thought for sure there was going to be some twist or something that we didn’t already know was going to happen. Anyway, here’s your recap.

As usual, the houseguests were sent into the BB house in groups of 4. In past seasons, this was a big deal since there usually aren’t enough beds for all and picking your room, etc. was strategic. Big Brother played this part down and…well and nothing!

When the houseguests introduced themselves, nerdy Ian figured out immediately that Willie was related to Russell Hantz.

The HG’s were told about the “twist” of having four former players coach them. This made them pretty happy because none of them wanted to compete with the former players. As predicted, the four coaches are Dan, Britney, Janelle and Mike Boogie. Each was able to pick their players. The coaches picked up right away that Willie was related to Russell and avoided him in the beginning of the picks. Why, I ask? At least you know he has the drive to win and probably the cunning that Russell has. Like him or not, Russell played to win. Britney ended up with a pretty strong team. She picked Willie and also Shane…two strong, capable guys. Janelle took Wil, with one L. Boogie has Ian the nerd and Frank with the wild hair. Dan ended up with three gals including the forty-something year old Jodi. You see where this is headed, don’t you?

The first HOH competition involved jumping over moving blocks to get a teddy bear and getting it back to the start. The coach of the first team to finish gets to pick HOH. WHAT? The coach gets to pick the HOH. I’m NOT liking this plan…not at all. I’m old fashioned. The player who wins should be HOH. Period. Then to make it even worse, Julie announces that the coach of the team who finishes last will pick one player to be evicted immediately. Nope, I’m not liking this idea.

If you can’t put two and two together, Britney’s team with Willie and Shane wins the HOH competition. Britney picks Willie to be the first HOH. Death sentence or a good thing? We shall see. The last team to finish is Dan’s and he has to pick the player to be evicted. Of course, Dan picks the older woman. Older women do not have much of a chance on these kinds of shows. So Jodi comes in one door and very quickly is out that same door.

No clues are given to us about the future competitions and how they will be played. I’m hoping that the coaches don’t have as large a role in the Big Brother game as they did tonight. I like when players play the game and win or lose. That’s the point isn’t it?

I was expecting something more—another twist perhaps? But, there wasn’t any. At first glance, some of the players are standing out as strong competition. Surprisingly WIl, with one L seems like a contender. If Ian can survive the physical competitions, I think he’ll be interesting to watch down the line too. Then of course, Willie is going to wreak havoc on the house (I hope!). I didn’t really see one female stand out above all the rest yet. I’ll reserve my opinion for a later date.

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