CBS INTRODUCES 12 NEW HOUSEGUESTS AND REVEALS A SURPRISE TWIST THAT EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO WHEN "BIG BROTHER" PREMIERES THURSDAY, JULY 9, ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
The Houseguests Will Be Going Back to High School as They Are Divided into Memorable High School Cliques - Popular, Athletes, Brainiacs and Off-Beats
A Mystery 13th Houseguest Will Also Join the Game
House Guests To Compete in House That Has Been Transformed into Green, Eco-Friendly Living Machine
What group did you fit into in high school? That is the question 12 strangers will face on the season premiere of BIG BROTHER, Thursday, July 9 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
12 strangers will move into the Big Brother house and learn that they will be ‘kickin it old school' this summer, high school to be exact. The House Guests will be shocked to learn that they will be playing the game in one of four familiar high school cliques - popular, athletes, brainiacs and off beats. They will compete for food, safety from eviction and luxury prizes as part of their clique.
They will also be surprised to discover that a mystery 13th Houseguest is coming to the BIG BROTHER house, to join the game and give an advantage to one of the cliques.
"You may have graduated, but the truth is we never leave high school and this summer we are going to prove it," says Allison Grodner, Executive Producer of BIG BROTHER. "From the brains to the jocks to the off-beat, everyone will be able to identify to one of these cliques, giving the viewers a group to root for and against from the very beginning. The division will cause instant drama."
The houseguests will live and compete in a house that has been transformed into a mean, green, eco-friendly living machine. The interior walls of the house are covered with a reconstituted wood panel product made from re-claimed wood flakes. This eco-friendly material reduced the amount of new lumber used to build the BIG BROTHER house. For the first time ever, the Houseguests will be made fully aware of the amount of waste they create, and will be required to sort, recycle and place all food items in an outdoor manual compost center, as well as an indoor automatic composter. The Head of Household Suite feels like seaside in Big Sur, Calif., where actual driftwood hangs on the copper patina tinted walls while a working waterfall, using recycled water, trickles over stacked stone to serve as a headboard. Zebra wood columns (all faux wood) press into the room framing a contemporary window that overlooks the "surf."
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
CBS Entertainment Releases
CBS announces St. Petersburg man among cast of Big Brother 11
CBS reality shows must really like folks from the Tampa Bay area.
That's because 41-year-old St. Petersburg resident Casey Turner is among the 12 contestants announced today in the newest edition of CBS' unscripted live-in-a-house competition, Big Brother.
Turner follows in the footsteps of Lakeland native Spencer Duhm, who became the youngest person to compete on CBS' castaway show Survivor in its latest cycle. And Big Brother has featured a Tampa Bay resident before: the ninth cycle of the show featured Sarasota native "Crazy James" Zinkand.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Big Brother 11’s house revealed: a green theme with a swimming pool room
The Big Brother 11 house—singular, not plural—has been revealed via the footage of the media day, emphasis not on the word “media.” It has a modern appearance but with an eco-friendly, environmental theme, and is entirely normal except for a room that looks like a swimming pool and has rafts on the beds instead of sheets. In other words, it’s pretty normal, with the exception of one room that seems designed to punish its inhabitants.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Big Brother 11’s divided house borrows from Netherlands’ version’s “The Battle”
Big Brother 11 will somehow divide its house into two tribe-like groups, I first revealed yesterday, and commenter Joey Ortega pointed out that such a twist on the U.S. version would be borrowing from the original Netherlands version of the show.
For two seasons, starting in 2001, the Dutch version’s house was divided in half, in permanent groups during the third season and in groups that changed during the fourth season. Here’s how Wikipedia describes it:
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Big Brother 11 news and rumors
Big Brother 11 news and rumors: two tribes and two houses? cliques? a $0 prize?
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'Big Brother' 10 Winner Dan Discusses Next Season
The first player of Big Brother to emerge victorious by unanimous vote, Dan Gheesling is someone who managed to make reality TV history. Now that he's already accomplished that much, he's hoping the next winners of the show would do the same.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
CBS Improves 'Big Brother' Live Feeds
The eleventh season of CBS' Big Brother will be premiering soon, and it's doubtless the network is pulling out all the stops. According to their new and improved 24/7 Live Feeds page, several more unique features will be added to increase the excitement surrounding the hit show.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
'Big Brother' 11 House Rumored to Go Green?
While there's always a surprising twist every season Big Brother airs, this year it's a bit more expected than usual. According to the website Online Big Brother, the notorious house will be heading for a new direction. The eleventh installment of the hit show will reportedly go green.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Allison Grodner dishes on the John Jay & Rich Show
Big Brother 11 producer Allison Grodner took time out of her busy schedule to dish with John and Jay about Media Day and the coming season of Big Brother 11.
Some of the BB11 goodies coming from the interview are:Here
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Be in the live audience
Big Brother will begin its live, weekly broadcasts on Thursday, July 16th. Be a part of the live studio audience as we recap each week's events and interview the houseguest most recently voted off!
Get your Tickets here
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Big Brother Extra Live TV Returns July 2
Big Brother Extra Live TV is returning to WeLoveBigBrother.com. Big Brother Extra is a live video call-in talk show where viewers discuss Big Brother and the 24/7 live feeds with our hosts.
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CBS.com Exclusive: Ask a Houseguest
Hey Big Brother fans!
Do you have something you want to ask the new Big Brother houseguests? Submit your burning questions by replying to this thread by Thursday, June 25 and we'll get them answered in our one-on-one "You Ask They Tell" interviews with the new houseguests!
The all-new season of Big Brother premieres July 9th at 8pm ET/PT, so take advantage of this opportunity to get an early start on the season!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Written by Jun Song
Big Brother 11
Barbra Streisand
is in the house!
Big Brother 11. Back in 2003, I didn’t think we’d even make it into the double digits. And here we all are. We will never be completely happy with any season, because it’s our right to bitch and moan, but heck if every season of Big Brother hadn’t had their share of ups and downs and memories…oh, the memories…
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Big Brother 11: It's Renny Time!
Renny Martyn is all of that and more to Big Brother fans. With Big Brother 11 just around the corner, Renny did an interview about the coming season.
Interview with Renny Martyn
Monday, June 8, 2009
Dick & Janelle together again...
From Dick's blog
I have had so many people asking me what is up for me this BB season...
I figure I will tell everyone all at once and save myself the carpal tunnel....
So hold on to your panties, this will be a long, blabbering, ranting blog.
Ready?
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