Big Brother Canada...Count-Down of Best Moments ... in GIFs

The 4th season of Big Brother Canada is set to premiere on March 2nd, 2016. I've got my Keurig ready. So to prepare, I've compiled a list of my "Best Moments" from the franchise.

Are you ready for it?

And if you are one of those people who have never seen an episode, take a look at what you've been missing.

BBCan3 Finale Week Recap - Episodes 28 & 29 No Time For Quitters!

Oh Sarah, come on...you know the numbers.

Okay, so here's the situation. It's Finale Week, and there are still lots and lots of gears and steam and punk left to see. Besides that, there are still 4 HGs left in the house: Ashleigh; Brittnee; Godfrey; and Sarah. Sarah is HoH and has put Godfrey and Ashleigh on the block. They have still not played for the final PoV.

Arisa gathers the last 4 to give them some not-so-surprising news. There is a special eviction in less than an hour. It's not really a surprise - after all, both we and they know one of them has to go. But in order to evict one of them, they must first play for the 2nd most important competition of the season. The final PoV. Sure, Sarah has secured a seat in the final 3, but she has absolutely no power in determining who leaves in this eviction. With only the 4 HGs remaining, only the PoV holder will vote to evict. It's all that matters.

This PoV is aptly called, "Fast Track to Finale", and it's a model railroader's dream. To be exact, it's

an O-gauge model railroader's dream. They're the bigger scale. Is it sad I know that? Anyway, two trains circle a perimeter track, with each pulling cars displaying numbers. The players must match the number on the train to a description found on the rooftop of houses, then line them up on each side of "Main Street". The descriptions refer to a day in the house or a number concerning an event. To make it even harder, there are extra houses with descriptions that don't belong. The house guest with the fastest time wins.

Brittnee's doomed if she does, doomed if she doesn't. Oh hell, she's just plain screwed.

Easy-peasy, right? Well you have to have a great memory and stay cool under pressure. Some can't handle it, and in this case it's Brittnee who looses it. In fact, she gives up. What makes it so sad is Brittnee would be the replacement nom if either Godfrey or Ashleigh win. That's exactly what happens. Ashleigh wins PoV, takes herself off the block and Sarah is frced to put Brittnee up as the renom. And since Ashleigh is the PoV holder and the only HG eligible to vote, she smartly decides t save Godfrey and votes out Brittnee. After all, Brittnee not only won too many comps, but is also favoured by the fans who voted for her in the Special Have Not Twist. As she leaves, Brittnee says, "I was a pawn, but I am leaving a Queen".

Which reminds me. Can people just stop calling these girls "Queens"??? Please. I mean, seriously? Ugh.

Arisa has one more twist, one more special announcement. She gathers Ashleigh, Godfrey and Sarah together to tell them the obvious again. There will be 10 Jury members and that's no good. There could be a tie with no means of breaking it. One of them has to go. So she sends the Final 3 into the Vault where they will stay until they can mutually agree on an evictee.

There it is. Sassy Ashy.

Oh sure, It starts out fine, but negotiations quickly break down when Godfrey points out he has no guaranteed vote on the jury because he made no strong alliances. Then Ashy gets sassy says "These are MY people", while holding up the pictures of Zach and Pilar. So we are left with the cliffhanger: who will they agree to evict? At this rate, they could be in the Vault for another month.

The Finale intro was an endless recap of the season. The only thing bearable about it was Arisa's appearance in her finale outfit. Gorgeous as usual in a dress that fit in comfortably with the steampunk season 3 house. But enough of that. Let's get to the 3 comps that determine the final HoH.

It's a good thing Arisa has nice knees

Yay! God saved the world! Move over Bruce Willis.

The first comp is called "The End of the World" and once again, Trevor Boris outdid himself. I mean, really! How the hell do they pull these sets off? This one is supposed to look like some apocalyptic future where the HGs must keep a bin filled with sand in order to save the world from destruction. I don't know in what scenario that would ever play itself out. Maybe some sort of sandworm aliens have attacked earth. Maybe the HGs have to maintain a layer of sand on the surface of the Earth to protect it from solar flares. In any case, this is an endurance comp. And just to make it extra apocalypsy, there are bursts of fire, earthquakes and ash falling everywhere. Nice. They must fill their buckets from the bottom of the flue, then run up the stairs to pour it back in the top. So they want to fill the bucket until it's overflowing, then run as fast as possible up the stairs. Two at a time if they can. Godfrey says, "I was made for this." He knows he has this one over Ashleigh and Sarah. He of course wins it - Sarah and Ashleigh give up when their bins are next to empty. They also cry a lot and tears don't mix with sand very well.

The second comp is played by only Ashleigh and Sarah and is called "The Final Frontier". It's a timed

Ashleigh really grinds Sarah's gears with this win.

trivia-based puzzle on a giant gear. Of course it is. They must put events in order, with each event connecting the two house guests who shared in that event. It's basically the same as last season's 2nd comp, except it's on a vertical gear instead of planks on the floor. And because it's vertical, they must push a huge lever to turn the gear in order to connect all the events. Sarah knows if she doesn't win this one her fate in the house will be out of her hands. So, of course, Ashleigh wins.

Before we get to the third and deciding comp, we are treated to an update on the Jury and an obligatory visit by a special advisor in the form of a previous BB winner. This time it's Ian Terry. The Jury is in awe, especially Jordan who falls to the ground praising the BB Gods. Allelujah! They are soooo #blessed! And they should be. Ian sure can deliver his script lines very drolly. He says he has been watching the entire season, which I don't know how was possible since Big Brother Canada is not aired in the States. Gee Ian. Did you just admit to watching illegal video streams or downloading torrents? I won't tell. He closes with a real pearl of wisdom, "when you vote, remember for the rest of your life, you will have to live with saying you lost Big Brother to that person". No shit, Ian. Of course that also means that if you vote for the loser, you will have to live with the knowledge you are an even bigger loser.

Thanks for your input Ian. But you didn't have to. Really, you didn't.

The third and final comp is played between the winners of the first two comps, Godfrey and Ashleigh, and is a straight up trivia comp. The answer is either A or B. Blah, blah, blah. Godfrey takes an early lead, but Ashleigh catches up resulting in a tie. It goes to sudden death - you know, like a hockey game. This gets them nowhere, so they have to go to a tie-breaker question: How many hours did Sindy Withaness spend in the house on her return? Again with the frigging Sindy question! Why? Just to remind us of her being the darling of production? Was she a queen too? Ugh. The one with the closest answer, without going over, wins. Ashleigh answers 300, Godfrey 260. The correct answer is 284.

Hey at least Ashleigh didn't answer 2600.

Godfrey wins the final HoH, which means a

Another action-shot from the Great Giant God.

guaranteed seat in the final 2 and he gets to send either Ashleigh or Sarah to the Jury. For Godfrey, this is a tough decision. Ashleigh has a lot of friends and alliance members on the Jury who may vote emotionally. Sarah has fewer, but she has had a more strategic gameplay and has won more comps. Godfrey evicts Ashleigh, citing the fact that the two previous winners of Big Brother Canada - Jillian and Jon, were basically the result of showmances. At least he stayed true to his claim that this is no lovers' paradise. Thank God(frey)! I hope that's the end of that crap.

Then there is the introduction of the Jury, Ashleigh is brought out and the first four evictees are acknowledged. All standard stuff. The Jury asks their ridiculous questions. Sadly, most of them were asked of Sarah. And by ridiculous, I mean Willow's question to Sarah: "Was our relationship all game, or did I get to know the real Sarah Hanlon?" Good grief! You're supposed to be a superfan Willow, and you basically ask a breakup question? This sort of stuff just personalizes it and means you are going to vote emotionally! Sarah responds by saying it was real, but I wonder how Willow would have voted if Sarah admitted to at one time actually finding her sneaky and a bit of a creeper.

And then the vote. These guys still don't know that one of them will be cut from the Jury and their vote won't count. I guess they didn't want them to know in advance they may be casting a bad vote, and influence the way they vote. But still, it's kind of sad.

Jordan votes while Arisa and Ashleigh look on. Awkward.

Then Arisa announces the final twist of the season. There is that nasty, problematic 10 person Jury. Why they didn't see this coming is beyond me. They are shown the video of what went down in the Vault, including the sassy Ashleigh outburst at Godfrey. Arissa then announces the decision. Jordan, who really drew the short stick all season, gets the boot and is asked to go sit with the first four, non-jury group. Poor guy. When he voted, he said he wasn't going to "Topaz" the vote. Let's hope that in the future no one will ever have to say they just got "Jordaned". He kind of saw it coming knowing he was the first jury member and knew the least of events that transpired after his eviction. It was a completely logical decision, but still you can't help feeling sorry for the biggest superfan there. Arisa reveals that Jordan voted for Sarah.

More endless season recaps of alliances, showmances, twists and downtime in the house. Yawn.

Here's the vote. Remember, only 5 votes are needed to win:

Sindy voted for Sarah                    

Even when happy, Sarah looks to be in pain.

Bobby voted for Godfrey
Kevin voted for Sarah
Willow voted for Sarah
Bruno voted for Godfrey
Zach voted for Sarah
Pilar voted for Sarah

Neither Brittnee nor Ashleigh's vote were read on air, as only 5 were needed to win. Arisa later revealed on Twitter they both voted for Sarah, making the final result 7 to 2. So here is my only consolation for Jordan. Ashleigh and Brittnee's vote were just as unnecessary as his evicted jury vote.

And that's that. Congratulations Sarah Hanlon! And just FYI, Sarah was the last of my 5 pre-season pics to win this season. So I have that. To be honest, I was secretly, hopelessly rooting for Godfrey.

God....forever gracious. Love it!

One last bit of info. We should find out in a few weeks if there will be a season 4 of Big Brother Canada. I am not so sure of it, mainly because of the drop in ratings when GlobalTV got their money-grabbing hands on it from Slice. Very iffy indeed. Maybe it should just return to Slice.

BBCan3 Episode 23 Week 8 Eviction: Super Power Megalomaniac

I wish they would stop with these 10 minute recaps at the beginning of the episode. Okay, I'm exaggerating...but not by much. It was 6 minutes this week. Yeah, Brittnee's got the power. Who will fall prey to Brittnee's super power? Geesh. Enough with this schtick. We get it. Just get on with it will ya?

When you get a secret super power, you turn into this.

I have nothing against Brittnee (don't you hate it when people preface their opinion with that), but her DR sessions are the worst ever. It's a major tell just how scripted these things can get. Brittnee's a terrible actress when presented with a script or told what to say by production. It's completely unbelievable - like she really doesn't want to say these things and has to force it. If we were to believe the edit she is getting, we would think she was some kind of evil megalomaniac mastermind, hell bent on taking over the world. But, she is much better at the art of improvising and has done an incredible job of pretending to campaign or covering up the fact she has this super power. Damn good job.

Do we feel sorry for Ashleigh - going about like her HoH will actually mean something? Not really. Not when she is only still in this game because of her huge meat shield, Zach. Not to mention her complaining all week it's HER HoH and she won't be controlled by Zach - then turns around and does his bidding. Bah!!! She makes me sad.

Brittnee's goal is to make sure she comes to the right decisions with her renoms, so she approaches each of the other HGs, acting as if she is worried about being evicted and campaigning to stay. Bruno

Or...from the lowest point in the house, and in the pit of despair.

- a close ally of Godfrey who is on the block, tells her he is undecided. Right. Then there's Sarah who only knows Brittnee won some kind of super power. She has no idea what it is or if will save Brittnee from eviction. Sarah asks Brittnee about next week, and if they will target Zach or Bruno. In reality, I think Sarah was trying to get a feel for this power. To see how Brittnee reacts to the idea of being around next week. Or, if this power was some sort of Coup d'Etat, who Brittnee was targeting. Almost as if they were talking in code. Brittnee's quick response? Bruno.

Meanwhile, Bruno is happy he has been getting closer with Zach ever since he took Captain Canada off the block during the triple eviction. Zach went from Bruno's meat shield to a F2 alliance in a matter of days. They call themselves The Generals. Fine. But don't take it too seriously.

There is still friction between Sarah and Bruno, despite the two apologizing to each other over the big snit during the Triple Eviction. Bruno can't seem to leave it alone, and goes to talk to Sarah in the Have Not room. They are joined by Brittnee. A fight ensues, ending with Bruno swearing and walking off in a storm.

There is the obligatory scene with Brittnee, alone, trying to figure out her best move. She plays out different scenarios with the various options available to her with this power. She really wants to "shake up the whole house" or "blow it up" or something, but she also wants to make sure her target goes home.

Time for the Eviction Vote. Oh wait. First there is an update on the Jury House. Cut to JP complaining about Sindy Withaness being high maintenance, but looking more pussy-whipped than anything else. Enter Bobby - the first of the Triple Evictees, who confesses his not-so-secret veto was fake. JP is in shock. Then Willow and Kevin show up. JP's head almost explodes, wondering how the hell that happened. Willow explains to Bobby there was never a Girls' Alliance. Then they all drown their sorrows with their own hot tub party. This is shaping up to be a bitter jury come Finale Night.

Time for the Eviction Vote.

Oh wait. Yeah there is that little matter of Brittnee's super secret power. Arisa makes the announcement. Yes, Sarah and Brittnee were voted in as Have Nots this week by Canada. But that's not the twist. Sarah and Brittnee competed for a power....blah, blah, blah. Brittnee won and must remove one of the nominations, OR she has the option to remove both. AND she gets to name the replacements. AND she can vote too.

Godfrey is in shock.

Brittnee saves herself, of course. Then she puts the necklace over Godfrey's head. He's still in shock so he is unable to do a pirouette in the air. The tension builds as we await her renom choices. Well, no tension from the live-feeders. Just from people who only watch the aired episodes. She puts Zach and Bruno up with the proviso that Zach is the pawn. I wish she didn't do that - the vote could have gone completely different. Instead, Bruno is evicted unanimously 4 to 0. Like JP, he took it like a champ realizing it was all in the name of the game.

This next HoH comp, called "100 Minutes of Hell" looks simple, but hides a lot of strategy. They

Looks like Zach needs a bigger coffin.

must lay down in plexiglass "coffins" and buzz in when they think 100 minutes have passed. The key is to buzz in after the HG whom YOU DO NOT WANT to be the next HoH. Basically, if you can count to 6,000 you should be the next HoH, but Big Brother won't let it be that simple. They will be given lots of distractions. Vermin, anyone?

This is another cliffhanger and we officially won't know the next HoH until Sunday's show.

Bye bye Bruno. Let's hope there's room in the Jury House hot tub for you.

BBCan3 Episode 20 The Triple Eviction Bloodbath

Finally, the big night is upon us. Three house guests will be heading off to the jury house.

But first...

We have to get a little background that will basically set the tone of the bloodbath. Because what's a good bloodbath without a good story to go with it?

Bobby is basically a goner, but he's not going to give up just yet - just like he never gave up on the Chop Shop. He's a pretty stubborn guy. He needs something, anything that he can use for ammo. So he sneaks out to the backyard and listens at the hot tub door. He overhears Ashley, Willow and Sarah bragging about how they chopped the Chop Shop. Alright!!! More proof there is a girls' alliance. Kinda. But it's something, and he can spin it to Zach to get that vote flipped.

But, tit for tat, Ashley, Willow, Sarah, and Pili take a turn listening to the guys at the hot tub. Funny how that happened. They hear Zach tell Godfrey, Bruno and Bobby he has a "good take on Ash." Oh, oh. Ashley's not very happy about this.

Now the strange thing here is that Brittnee is nowhere to be seen and isn't involved in any of this. Too bad, because if she was there she would have seen this for herself.

Despite all this, Bobby is evicted unanimously 7 to 0. So much for the Chop Shop. So much for Bruno's loyalty. So much for the guys trying to flip the vote against this so-called Girls' Alliance.

One down and two to go.

The HoH Comp is called "Talk of the Block" - a simple A or B trivia on past nominations and veto ceremonies. The winner is Brittnee - the one person who wasn't involved in all the guy vs girl drama.

Arisa tells them to head directly to the living room, where she tells them this week is very different and tonight, two more of them will be leaving. A wave of shock and fear spreads among them. Give me a break. They suspected something big was coming up. After all, there are still 9 of them left in the house, and there's only 3 weeks left. Brittnee is given only a few minutes to decide on her noms so she hauls Sarah into the storage room. Sarah tells her to prioritize the others by their threat level, so Brittnee nominates Zach, Kevin and Pili. It's clearly an attempt to break up the Diaper Alliance.

The PoV comp is called "BB Workshop". They must find gears with the names of evicted house guests, arrange them in order, then turn the gears to illuminate a lightbulb. Bruno wins. He chooses to use it to take Zach off the block.

Brittnee names Willow as the replacement nominee. Good for her game but bad, bad, bad for Sarah. Truth be told, Sarah didn't exactly press Brittnee back in the storage room how unhappy she would be if Willow went up on the block.

What happened next is something we didn't see. Before the vote, everyone was given a few minutes to decide on their vote. Bruno and Godfrey are talking in the storage room when Sarah comes in to quickly say, "We're saving Willow, right?" Bruno rips into her - bringing up the guy/girl ratio. That's a nice way to put it. Godfrey actually has to hold Bruno back. I know the stress must be getting to these guys, but this incident just bumped Bruno down to the bottom of my list to win. Bad form, Bruno. Bad form.

With 3 nominees, the vote is a vote to save, not evict. Sarah, Godfrey and Ashleigh vote to save Pilar. Zack and Bruno vote to save Willow. Of course, you're asking: why did Sarah not vote to save Willow? Remember what just happened in the storage room? Sarah was sure the guys were going to save Kevin, so she voted to save Pilar hoping at least one girl would survive the vote.

Kevin and Willow are evicted.

Be sure to watch the next episode on Sunday at 7 PM...we'll get to see the aftermath - including Bruno apologizing to Sarah, and both he and Zach continuing to call her a snake. I think these guys better look in the mirror. Geesh.

And one last thing. The last Twistos Twist of the season is the Have Not special power. Canada votes in 2 Have Nots who will compete to win the power - It's a Coup d'Etat. They MUST replace one of the nominees, but CAN also replace both.

Big Brother Canada 3 Weekly Status

Week 10

Finale Week

Round 1

HGs remaining at start of week: Ashleigh; Brittnee; Godfrey; and Sarah.
HoH: Sarah
Nominees: Ashleigh and Godfrey
PoV: Ashleigh. Used to save herself, thus becoming the only HG eligible to vote. 
Final Nominees: Godfrey and Brittnee
Brittnee was evicted.

Final Round

Final 3: Ashleigh, Godfrey and Sarah
Final 3 voted to have Jordan's vote nullified in the Jury
Comp #1: Ashleigh, Godfrey and Sarah played. Winner: Godfrey  
Comp #2 Ashleigh and Sarah played. Winner: Ashleigh
Comp #3 Ashleigh and Godfrey played. Winner: Godfrey
Godfrey evicted Ashleigh

       

Big Brother Canada 3 Houseguest Week-by-Week Results (Spoilers)

Notes:

Week 1: All HGs were HoH, and had to vote for 2 people to nominate. Sindy and Risha were nominated. Sindy won PoV, saved herself and named Pilar as the new nominee. Canada was given 24 hours to vote. Risha was evicted, but put back into sequester for a KFC Twist.
Week 3: Double Eviction Week. Round 1 is an Instant Eviction. Live Feeds down from Thursday afternoon April 2 to Sunday April 5. Presume Round 1 nominees, Instant Eviction, Round 2 HoH comp, nominees, Have Not comp, PoV comp & Ceremony will be carried out during this blackout. ***2nd Round: Kevin was nominated, but saved by Johnny. Bobby and Graig are final noms.
Week 5: Sindy won the KFC First Five ticket back into the house, having immunity for 1 week.
Week 7: Triple Eviction week confirmed on April 29th Eviction Episode. Round 1 is a regular eviction. Round 2 has 3 nominees, 1 PoV, and 2 evictions. The vote was a vote to save NOT evict.
Week 8: Ashleigh nominated Sarah and Godfrey. Sarah used her PoV. Ashleigh nominated Brittnee as replacement. Brittnee won the secret HN superpower, taking herself and Godfrey off the block and nominating Bruno and Zach.
Week 9: In Round 2, Brittnee had to break a tied vote.
Week 10: Ashleigh was the only HG able to vote.
Finale: 
Jury Member voted out by F3: Jordan
Winner Comp 1: Godfrey
Winner Comp 2: Ashleigh
Winner Comp 3: Godfrey. Godfrey evicted Ashleigh
Final 2: Godfrey and Sarah
Sarah wins 5 to 2. Brittnee and Ashleigh's votes were not revealed on air, since nly 5 votes were needed to win - they were confirmed by Arisa Cox on Twitter.

BBCan3 Episode 17 Week 6 Eviction

Brittnee is a bit pissed off because she is on the block for a third time, "I came into this house to play the game, not to be the perfect pawn." Good argument, if she was actually playing the game instead of sitting around and staring off into empty space. Sarah knows. She feels she is carrying the load for Brittnee's game - and she doesn't want it to become too obvious. Sarah tells her, "From now on, we don't talk."

Then there is Sindy. Sindy screwed up her game by coming on too strong, too early, got evicted then given a second ticket in - with a one week immunity. What did she do with that golden opportunity? Instead of laying low she decides to shake up the house AGAIN. Imbecility at it's finest. She openly says she is going after Bobby, and that right there is the problem. Nobody messes with Bruno's right-hand man. Nobody.

No wonder they are both on the block.

BB decides that these guys spend too much time lazing about talking strategy way too much. The same things over and over again. Enough! Time to get these children out of the hot tub and up exercising. Their task is to Flintstone-power a car across Canada in teams of two. This also allows some HGs the opportunity to talk strategy with others they wouldn't necessarily do so with. BB also throws in a couple of obstacles along the way. Kevin and Sarah have to drive through a snowstorm. Willow and Ashleigh are stopped by a policeman (Kevin) for drunk driving. They obviously didn't heed the warning, because they later hit Marsha the Moose. Don't worry. She's fine. Moose are well known for surviving a hit by even a huge truck. Although Godfrey suggests they could cook her up because that's some fine meat there. Zach and Sindy must camp out in sleeping bags when the car conveniently breaks down. By "convenient", I mean that this was a great time for Sindy Withaness to do a little campaigning with Zach, trying to suggest that she is a better choice than Brittnee to keep around. I don't care for the Zach character, but I did feel sorry for him, having to listen to this relentless droning. When he finally rolls over and says, "let me think about it", I think what he really meant was, "shut the hell up, I want to get to sleep now."

Willow is so upset she hit Marsha, then tells us Marsha gave her a bottle of champagne. Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. That is not what happened. Sarah - a Have Not who is not allowed to have extras, went to the DR and requested it for he date with Willow. BB gave it to her and this started a fury on Twitter and Facebook. Sounds like production is covering up with this explanation, BUT do they really think we didn't notice?

All the production interference in the world couldn't stop Sindy being evicted by unanimous vote. The girl didn't learn anything at all from her first eviction.

The comp for the week 7 HoH is called "Retribution". Its pretty simple. They have to rate - on a scale of 1 to 100, how likely statements about Sindy are. The HG with the largest discrepancy is eliminated, and if there is a tie, Sindy gets to decide the next HoH. Isn't that special. And because this episode ended with a cliffhanger after the first question, we get to see Sindy one more time on Sunday, May 3. Isn't that special?

Oh and one more thing. Week 7 will be a triple eviction week - the first one ever. Round 1 is a normal eviction, while Round 2 calls for 3 nominees and 2 people evicted. So prepare for one side of the house to take a hit this week...a real bad hit. And there is some speculation this week will see that thing in the Have Not Room rise from the floor and come into play. I suspect we will see the feeds down for at least a whole day, maybe Wednesday.

BBCan3 Live Feeds in Brief Week 7

Wednesday, April 29 to Wednesday, May 6 2015

***Triple Eviction Week***

Wednesday, April 29 2015 (post Eviction)

• Kevin is HoH
• HGs are making Zach a birthday cake. It's football shaped

Thursday, April 30 2015

• Bruno, Bobby, Zach, Ash, Pilar and Kevin in backyard. Plan is to nominate Sarah and Brittnee,

  

  Bobby realizes the mistake he made.

  backdoor Godfrey. Bruno suggests putting "one of us" up as a pawn. Bobby wants to be nominated so he can compete in the veto. [note: imo Bobby didn't catch what Bruno was trying to pry out of the Diapers] Pilar tells Bobby he can always use his (fake) veto. Bobby says he wants to save it.
• Godfrey and Kevin: Godfrey says he doesn't know if Bobby has a special veto or not. Kevin says we are about to find out, and reassures Godfrey he is safe this week - there are bigger things going on.
• Feeds down for either HN comp or nominations
• HN are Bobby and Zach. Bruno received reward - consisting of some kind of strategic video he can watch. (Perhaps he can eavesdrop on HGs???)
• Bruno watched the video bios of evicted HGs [or perhaps all HGs?]
• Feeds down - for late night nom ceremony?

Friday, May 1 2015

• Kevin nominated Bobby and Brittnee
• "Power of Veto Competition Today" on screen.
• PoV players: Kevin, Brittnee, Bobby, Sarah, Ashleigh and Pilar
• After feeds being down an extended length of time for PoV Comp, Kevin won Veto.

Saturday, May 2 2015

• Zach and Kevin must wear French maid outfits and clean the entir house
• Bruno wants to talk to Kevin about backdooring Zach this week
• Kevin to Pilar: he will keep noms the same. If Bobby uses the "secret veto", he will name Bruno as the replacement, not Godfrey.
• Kevin hopes Zach and Ashleigh won't be upset
• Kevin wants to reign in Godfrey next week, doesn't want him evicted

Sunday, May 3 2015

• Kevin did not use the veto. Noms remain the same

Big Brother Canada 3 - WTF is Going ON, Big Brother?

Are you people just winging it, or what?

It's the end of week 6 and in all likelihood it looks like Sindy Withaness will be evicted tonight. That leaves 10 HGs still in the house. Compare this to the same time last year: by the end of week 6, there were 8.

Before Sindy's return, we were keeping pace IF we had a double eviction this week, and another in week 8. Keep in mind that there are only 4 weeks left this season.

It's very clear TPTB were counting on that vault buyout offered to Bobby and Sindy. One person HAD to go, but neither accepted the $10,000 offer. Then there was another screw-up last week. The fan prediction page showed two eviction rounds for week 6. The first round was normal. The second round showed 3 nominees, with two evictions. This would mean a triple eviction for the week. That sounded like fun. Just when Twitter started going nuts over the news, the prediction page miraculously changed back to showing a regular eviction this week. The Brick, BBCda's major sponsor also made a slip when they tweeted a reference to this being a triple eviction week.

Okay, so I am no tin-hat conspiracy theorist. I realize that despite Big Brother being a reality show, it is still a TV show. They WILL do everything they can to manage the goings on in the house to get the best outcome drama-wise and the best ratings they believe they can. Don't fool yourself with all the purist, non-interventionist talk. That ship sailed once BBUS started doing the "Expect he Unexpected" routine, and some would argue even before that when Have-Nots were introduced. And we all know what REALLY happens in the Diary Room.

So, the only thing we fans are left with is the feeling that this has been a monumental screw-up OR TPTB didn't like the odds the triple eviction gave to this season's darlings: Kevin; Godfrey; and Bruno.

Of course there is still that thing in the Have-Not Room, which in all likelihood will come into play very soon. Maybe even this week. Is it a quick way to get rid of 3 HGs? Or maybe it's a switcheroo...exchange one HG with one in the jury. Don't forget Arisa's slip (or was it a tease?) last week that Jordan wasn't allowed to see his DR goodbye messages. Hmmn...

The plot not only thickens, but may be burning.

And I am still waiting for Peter Brown serving salad on a silver platter to Zach.

BBCan3 Episodes 15 & 16 Week 6 HoH & PoV

Quickly recapping...

This week's HoH was a complete disaster, for several reasons. Called "BBC Student Film Festival", the HGs had to guess which comp or task is depicted in a film slowly puzzle-pixelated. If they get it right, they can eliminate another HG. If they get it wrong, they are eliminated. It's pretty easy to throw this one. Unless you're Bobby. He was the first to buzz in, hardly waiting for the first film to come on the screen. His guess was "V for Veto". Much to his and everyone's surprise, he got it correct. When Arisa asked whom he wanted eliminated, he stumbled and said "Sindy". He tries it again on the next film and this time, he throws it successfully. Bruno and Kevin manage to also throw it. Then lo and behold, Pilar steps up and guesses correctly. Mind you, it was awkward...she keeps grabbing her face or mouth. But she wins HoH. Who would have seen that coming?

This week's Have Not comp was pretty brutal. A game of Bubble Boy tackle. Lots of fun to watch, but some of the HGs took a beating, especially Sarah. Her teammates - Godfrey and Kevin, aren't helping because they want to throw it. Godfrey needs to talk game with Kevin while they are HNs.

Pili's reign as HoH is just as awkward as you can imagine. Don't get me wrong. I like Pilar. The thing is, Big Brother is NOT THE GAME FOR HER. Both Kevin and Ashleigh had to walk her through the alliance situation in the house. When she finally decides to nominate Godfrey and Sindy, she asks for Ash, Kevin and Zach to keep Sindy away so she doesn't have to deal with her campaigning. The nomination ceremony was no cakewalk for her either. Sindy tells her, "I'm really disappointed in you." Pilar cries over this, and once again I shake my head. Good God girl.

The PoV comp is called "BB Concentration". Pilar, Godfrey, Sindy, Willow, Bobby and Kevin play. They have to make matching pairs of KFC $5 Fill-ups cards. There are punishments and rewards as well, and the winner gets $5,000. Godfrey wins PoV, while Willow wins a slop pass and must wear a ketchup costume for 24 hours.

At the PoV Ceremony, Godfrey saves himself and Pili - in another excruciatingly painful segment nominates Brittnee as a replacement pawn.

BBCda3 Episode 14 Week 5 Eviction: "Sindy and Bobby in the Vault With a Button"

It's not very often I get emotionally involved, but this was one of those weeks.

First of all, JP makes the dumbest decision ever in offering himself up as a nominee. I want to reach into the TV and shake him repeatedly. Then there is Zach whom I have now come to loathe. He should have refused JP's offer outright. Then he should have done everything he could to orchestrate the house to vote the right way.

Of course this week's biggest pain in the side of the BB house was the return of Sindy Withaness. Her goal is to get rid of Zach, and anyone else who gets in the way. Unfortunately for JP, that means him. But she has to move quickly to get the house to see Zach is the biggest target. She gets to work on 2 fronts: Bruno & Bobby and Sarah & Brittnee. Her advantage is all the information she received from Naeha, Johnny and Graig in sequester. She aligns herself with Brittnee and Sarah. That was no problem. Neither is Bruno. He knows who his biggest threat is. The one holdout is Bobby who refuses to give up on the Chop Shop and his alliance with Zach.

Take the money and run, you dumbasses.

But first, Big Brother has an offer that MAY be hard to refuse. Two HGs must volunteer for a task without knowing what it is. Sindy and Bobby turn out to be the guinea pigs. They are told to go to the Vault. Oh Oh. Nothing good ever happens in there. Inside, they find a 24 hour timer, and two buttons. That's it. No explanation. Nothing. So Sindy and Bobby decide to let the clock tick down. Twenty four hours later, and with only a few minutes left, the others are shown what's going on inside. Arisa offers Sindy and Bobby $10,000 to leave the house...and that money comes out of the $100,000 season 3 winner's pocket. Of course, neither Sindy nor Bobby take it. Bad, bad decision. Do they really think they have any chance of winning? Sindy's days are numbered, and Bobby's best hope of finishing this season is fifth place. Fourth if he's lucky. He's just too big of a physical threat to risk taking to F3. It ain't going to happen dude. You guys should have taken the money.

Bobby is still hung up on his unwavering devotion to Chop Shop and Zach. Bruno sits him down and

There is no Chop Shop, Bobby!!!

uses candies to map out the situation in the house. Chop Shop is an illusion. It's just a theory that died, way before Graig left. Zach is playing everyone in the house. Bobby is still in denial, out in left field in LaLaLand. It takes Brittnee to knock some sense in him by letting him know HE was Zach's target this week. Yep, Bobby... Zach, the guy you have pledged your life in the game to for the last 5 weeks was about to send you packing. And the only thing that saved you was Zach's huge ego and his belief that he and Jp were living on easy street.

Now remember all this time, Zach and Jordan are 100% sure that they have the vote and Godfrey will

JP when the vote is read.

be voted out, probably unanimously or at the worst, 7 to 2 with Bruno and Bobby voting to save Godfrey. In fact, Zach has been so sure of victory this week that he has spent the whole week trying to convince Ashleigh to play hide the weenie with him in his HoH bed. Worst HoH ever in Big Brother Canada history, even supplanting Ika Wong's HoH last year. The kicker being of course that he didn't take his closest ally, JP, off the block WITH THAT VETO HE WON. What an asshole. I mean, REALLY. What an asshole.

Jordan gets evicted 5 to 4.

Of course, the live-feeders saw this coming, and I completely dreaded watching JP get totally blind-sided. It was great for television, but I really did not want to see the kid go through that. Thank God, he took it incredibly well, recognizing the game play and strategizing that had to come into fruition for this move to be carried out. He knew he made a massive mistake and admitted to it on-air. At the very least, he met his pre-show goal to make the jury.

The week 6 HoH Comp is called BBC Film Festival. They are shown fan made films of this season's

Ummn, ahhh, ummn. I don't know, ahhh Sindy????

comps and tasks. If they buzz in with the correct answer, they can pick another HG to eliminate. If they guess incorrectly, they are eliminated. Each film is a slow reveal...with pixels gradually coming together for a complete picture. This one won't be hard to throw at all, right? Nah. Not at all. Well, until Bobby decides he wants to be the first out with the wrong answer and buzzes in as soon as the first film begins. He guesses "V for Veto". Of course, what happens? Yep. He is correct. He actually screwed up the screw up. He's totally flustered, and when asked to name an HG to eliminate, he blurts out Sindy. Thus screwing up the screwed up screw up.

Only Bobby could do this.

BBCan3 Live Feeds in Brief Week 6 (Spoilers)

From Wednesday April 22 (Post Eviction) to Wednesday April 29, 2015

Wednesday, April 22 2015

• Pilar won HoH
• HGs start to question the vote. Sindy lies and says it was Willow who voted JP out. Sarah is
  
  happy Sindy lied because it exposes her game
• Bruno and Zach in HoHR: Bruno explains why he had to vote JP out over Godfrey. He could work with Godfrey, and had no connection with JP. Bruno leaves and Zach sits alone for a long time.
• Kevin uses Pili's candies to explain the alliances in the house, what her strategy is and who she wants to target. Pilar is extremely confused, even thinking that the extra vote to evict JP came from Godfrey.

Thursday, April 23 2015

• Right after waking up, Sindy, Brittnee, Sarah and Godfrey go to Pilar and Kevin in HoHR, expose the Chop Shop and explain how each member of the Chop Shop focused on one other person (followed and friended them, to have an extra for voting purposes) - and how Pilar was Ashleigh's. Pilar is very upset.
• Have Nots are Sarah, Brittnee, Kevin and Godfrey
• Pilar nominated Godfrey and Sindy

Friday, April 24 2015

• PoV Comp today 
  
• HGs are sore today, feeling the effects of the HN Comp. Sarah is injured her tailbone. Brittnee was crying this morning.
• PoV players: Pilar, Godfrey, Sindy, Kevin, Bobby and Willow. Sarah is the host.
• Feeds down for PoV comp for about 6 hours. When they return, Godfrey won PoV. Willow must wear Ketchup costume for 24 hours.
• Pilar does not want to be alone with Sindy...doesn't want to listen to her campaigning

Saturday, April 25 2015

• appears that Pilar will now put up Brittnee as replacement nom
• Several HGs were given tasks for a reward - but the real task was with Bruno who had to keep them all from going into the vault.
• Ash, Zach, Kevin and Pilar in washroom: they think of bringing in Willow because she wasn't in o the JP vote. They also discuss putting Bobby or Bruno up against Sindy on the block, settle on Bobby
• Bobby walks in and they tell him Brittnee will go up as pawn. He agrees.
• Kevin and Zach say Sindy has to go this week, but they need to strike first at Bruno and Bobby.
• Bruno, Godfrey, Brittnee and Sindy in the backyard. Sindy talks about sequester and why Naeha was a target. Bruno tells Sindy the Chop Shop hasn't been a thing for a while
• HGs in lockdown in HoH, probably awaiting their reward
• arts and crafts: they have to make masks

Sunday, April 26 2015

• Booze delivery in the wee hours of morning. They all proceed to get drunk, quickly
• Everyone hung over
• PoV Ceremony: Godfrey uses veto to save himself. Pilar puts Brittnee up as replacement nom
• New task for a "surprise": HG's must work in pairs (each pair for 1 hour at a time) for 24 hours walking a treadmill in a car across country. A
  
  giant screen shows where they are. Bruno & Bobby; Kevin & Sarah; Zach & Willow; Sindy & Brittnee; Ash & Pilar.
• Kevin and Sarah get a snow storm driving through the Rockies, have to put on coats and hats.
  

Monday, April 27 2015

• HGs finish cross-country trek
• Feeds down, when they return all look pissed off/tired
• Ashleigh receives punishment: 300 laps around backyard on a trike
• Sarah asks BB for a bottle of champagne for a date with Willow (Sarah's a HN)
• Willow compares Zach to a Nazi. Sarah tells her she can't say that. Willow doesn't get why that is inappropriate.

Tuesday, April 28 2015

• Sindy continues to campaign but it's pretty clear no one can trust her and everyone wants her out
• Sindy attempts to talk one last time with Bruno and Bobby, after the two have gone to bed. She says she would go after Zach. Bobby asks Sindy if she wants the truth, then tells her he's still voting her out.

Wednesday, April 29 2015

• Marsha Mission, or something more: Marsha tweeted she's back. 
  
• Everyone is watching Willow get her pits waxed. Meanwhile, Kevin seems to be on his own mission, making the fortress sign to give to Sindy for JP. He says, JP will understand.
• Feeds down until post-eviction and week 7 HoH

Go to Week 7 live feed summary HERE

BBCan3 Episodes 12 & 13 Week 5 HOH, Noms, PoV + 1st Five Comp: "Everything's So Screwy Around Here"

You could say this whole week has been a monumental screw up.

Zach's win is celebrated by both JP & Bobby...awkward.

The HoH comp continues. It's the old "Before and After" trivia quiz. The most important thing to realize is that Newport's plan this week was for JP to win this one, while Zach will win next week. This simple plan will prove to be the root of all evil. You guessed it. Jordan gets an answer wrong and is knocked out of the comp. It is now up to Zach, and it comes down to a tie-breaker between him, Godfrey and Pilar. The question: How long, in minutes, did the Switching Gears comp last? Zach wins it. But then it wasn't that difficult when Pilar guesses 2600 minutes.

Jordan feels bad...he assumes Zach thinks he intentionally threw the comp. Then he ran and jumped on Zach when he won. Gee, gosh. How can JP make it up to him? He gets a brilliant idea. Volunteer to go up on the block. And you know what's even better? Zach agreeing to it. Seriously, I am starting to think Zach has taken one too many shots to the head playing football. Newport's plan is to nominate Godfrey and Jordan, Jordan or Zach to win PoV, then backdoor Bobby or Bruno.

Meanwhile, the First Five comp to determine who will re-enter the house gets underway. It's called "On the Edge" and it's a straightforward endurance comp. They must hold onto a raised rope with three knots (decreasing in size) used as foot support. Yes, this comp favours smaller body types. Inside, the HGs are given a short glimpse of the activity on stage, and they immediately get together to pledge bouncing out whomever makes it back in. (don't believe it, folks). The first to fall was Johnny, followed by Graig, then Risha - all 3 falling while on the first and largest knot. It's now a fight between Naeha and Sindy. They adjust to the second, medium sized knot. Sindy says her pageant training taught her to never show pain on her face. That's fine, but I don't think pageant training taught her how to hide the buckets of sweat dripping off her face. When they are told to re-adjust down to the final and smallest knot, Naeha can't get her feet to grab it. She's done. Sindy cries. Arisa tells Sindy to make her way into the house quietly, and go to the vault where she will be given further instructions.

Oh oh. Someone let the S out.

She is offered a chance to win immunity by correctly solving a series of 5 riddles, each resulting in 1 number of a five digit code. She had only 30 minutes to do it, or else she would have to spend the night in the Vault. Needless to say, she won immunity. While this was going on, the PoV comp started. It was a very long, very hectic day.

Trevor Boris really outdid himself with this week's PoV comp - a massive, vertical maze called Ant Farm. This was also the challenge that the 3 winning fans got a chance to participate in. Zach, Godfrey, JP, Ashleigh, Sarah and Pilar. They must each retrieve 6 food items ( marked on disks) hidden in the maze, and are timed individually, without knowledge of each others' results. Ashleigh does the worst at 42 min, while JP - clearly with a height advantage, wins it at just over 4 minutes. And then there is JP. Poor, misguided, all-too-trusting JP. He decides to throw the comp.

Big farm for big ants

Soooo, you know where this is going, don't you? Don't you?

Yep. Zach decides to keep the nominations the same.

I would leave it at that, but then I would leave out THE best moment of the week. Perhaps THE best PoV Ceremony reaction in Big Brother Canada history. And it comes from Godfrey who proclaims that Zach just awakened a sleeping giant. Godfrey looks right at Zach and says he is not afraid to get blood on his hands. Oh Oh. Zach, you are so screwed.

Here is my spoiler: There is too much screwing going on. Zach spends all his time this week trying to get screwed by Ashleigh in the HoH. Jordan takes a double hit: first he screws himself, then Zach screws him. Meanwhile, Zach doesn't even see he's getting screwed by his other alliances.

AND

Something big is on the horizon:

• The HGs have noted there is no building going on in the backyard (for the next HoH comp)
• Arisa teased her Red Sharpie is going to have the "best day ever" (in case you don't know, Arisa uses a red Sharpie to cross off the HGs as they are evicted)
• There are way too many HGs still left in the house. We have already had one double eviction week, which evened out the cast & schedule to be on par with S2. To continue keeping the numbers and events even with S2, we would need 2 more double evictions - one in week 6 (next week) and another in week 8. However...that was before Sindy came back.

People are getting screwed all over the house.

BBCan3 Live Feeds in Brief: Summary Week 5 (Spoilers)

From Wednesday, April 15 to Wednesday, April 22 2015

Note: Feeds will be off for the better part of Friday, due to multiple comps (PoV comp inside, 1st 5 comp on stage)
Also Note: There is no After Dark Tuesday or Wednesday 3 AM. I have to assume there will be NO Live Feeds Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - implying the 1st Five buyback winner will return into the house sometime on Monday.

BBCan3 Episode 11 Live Eviction & Week 5 HoH Comp

Ooooh....a cliffhanger.

When last we saw Bruno, he was just about to announce what he was going to do with his Power of Veto.

BBCan3: Episode 9 HoH/Noms & Episode 10 PoV Comp/Ceremony with Spoilers.

Just to save time...this is only a quick summary, followed by a few spoilers, speculation and clarification.

• HoH comp "Through the Wringer" continues. Godfrey gives Bruno 2 letters he needs. You can argue amongst yourselves if that is cheating or not. I tend to believe Bruno accepted them without thinking, in which case he should watch it. Down the road, if Godfrey wanted Bruno out of a comp, he could set him up. Bruno ends up winning and we get a very Rocky-esque musical accompaniment when he climbs up to hit the button for the win.

BBCan3 Episode 8 Round 2 Eviction - "Lonesome Glove"

When evictions get predictable, the episode becomes boring. That's what we have this week as Bobby and Graig - or whom JP refers to as Dumb and Dumber, find themselves on the block. And if you are a Live-Feeder, even the scenes used as fill for the episodes are ho-hum. Of course, part of the problem is with Brittnee's nomination choices. Sure, her master plan was very well executed and it played out great. She thought she was making a "big move", but in the end she just took the easy way out. Dumb and Dumber are simply Bruno's meat shields.

The episode "filler":

• An update for all the Zach and Ashleigh shippers out there. They have been growing closer.
  
  Much closer. The PG-rated episode shows some kissing, and that's it. It's no secret to the Live-Feeders that the two have taken it a bit further. In the Have Not room. Under the sheets. And despite Zach's superfan claim, he asks JP if there are cameras in the Have Not room. Tsk, tsk. Zach, you are fooling no one except maybe the very casualist of viewers out there. Stop playing innocent! 
• Kevin investigates the trigger for the alarm in the Have Not room. He has figured out the trigger is the two pressure sensitive tiles in the centre of the room. He tries to stick a piece of paper between the tiles, and tests the sensitivity level. Surely to God, he must know there is some kind of twist involved with it. Then he turns around and shows JP and Pilar. WHY??? What the hell are you doing? You should be keeping this info close to your chest, just like your Poker hand. Forget sharing it with your showmance or any alliance members - real or fake!!! Geesh.
• Bobby's terrible attempts at campaigning for votes. He is absolutely horrible at lying and he's being way too obvious. The problem is he tried to convince Sarah and Brittnee he is not a threat. The obvious part happens when he tries this with people whom he never talks game with. He's keeping most of his game talk with his Chop Shop alliance when he should be talking some level of game with everyone. At least he knew enough to lay low this week and let Graig dig his own grave.
• Graig's campaigning seems to be to convince Bruno and Godfrey to campaign for him. What

  

  Bruno: Dumb is the clear choice over Dumber.

  he doesn't know is that neither Bruno nor Godfrey really care if it's he or Bobby evicted this week. Bruno prefers Bobby is evicted. He's a bit smarter and much stronger than Graig. Bruno tries to convince Ashley, Zach and JP. But Bruno is going to comply with the rest of the house and not risk making a target of himself. Poor Graig. You're just not worth it at this stage of the game. Other than Graig's meagher attempts at campaigning, he spent most of the two days leading up to eviction as "Lonesome Glove". Moping about, being alone and even disappearing for extended periods of time. This even led some Live-Feeders to speculate he might try to self-evict.
• There is a ridiculous OxiClean product placement reward challenge. Colour coded shirts are placed around the house and the house guests must collect 30 of them - one at a time, and put them on hangers. The winner gets $1,000 and an advantage in the upcoming HoH comp. Zach wins. Ho-hum.

Like I said...boring episode. When the Eviction Vote goes down, nobody wants to vote against the house. Graig is evicted unanimously.

The HoH comp is another OxiClean product placement called Through the Wringer. The goal is to spell out the phrase, "Fight Dirty Laundry" by recovering one letter at a time, printed on washcloths. The HGs must slide down into a giant washer of OxiClean soapy water, grab a washcloth, squeeze themselves through a wringer (do any of them even know what a wringer washer IS?), drag themselves along a clothesline and put the washcloths on a drying rack. Just one question. What the heck is up with the tight short shorts? Ugh. Oh and there is an added encouragement to get these HGs who don't want to win HoH and try to throw it. Five thousand bucks will go to the winner.

Arisa announced a new Twistos Twist fan vote. This one is for a choice between 2 options for the

PoV: a "Forced PoV", where the PoV holder MUST use it on one of the noms; OR a "Double Veto" where the PoV holder has the option of using it on both of the noms.

Next episode is Sunday at 7: HoH comp will conclude and this week's nominations will be revealed.