Everyone get ready for another season of lies, deception, secrets, and of course everyone’s favorite meal – slop – with another rendition of the hit summer reality show Big Brother. Now in its 12th season, Big Brother is back with more twists and turns to keep both players and viewers on their feet, with a new “showmance” and strong team alliances already in the making.
Big Brother 12, which premiered on CBS on July 8, started off with host Julie Chen shocking everyone with the game’s new twist that a “saboteur” lurked among the players. This individual’s sole intent would be to ruin everyone else’s game and survive elimination until week six in order to come out of the house $50,000 richer. Every other player would still be fighting to make it through the entire 75-day competition for the chance to win $500,000.
Big Brother – based on a similar Dutch reality television show – first premiered in the United States in 1997. Although there have been many rule alterations throughout the years, the main concept remains the same. A group of players (season 12 has 13 guests) compete in an isolated house, which is video-surveillanced 24/7, for approximately three months with weekly competitions and elimination. Each week there is a new Head of Household, a player who decides which two individuals will be put up on the block for elimination that week. These two players then get a chance to save themselves from elimination by winning the Power of Veto. If won, the person in question may take him or herself off the block in order for another person to take their place. A new player is voted off each week. The player to make it to the end wins $500,000. Secret alliances and deceit rule the game, given that greed and money supersede any sense of true friendship or morality. Although a harsh reality, such corrupt humor and backstabbing keep viewers coming back for more each season.
Unfortunately, Big Brother’s attempt at making the game more exciting this season has come to a standstill, given that the first player to be voted out of the house was 27-year-old Annie Whittington, the individual who viewers recently found out was playing the saboteur. The twelve remaining houseguests still have no idea that the saboteur no longer lies in wait to ruin their game, so the big question remains whether Big Brother will slash the concept altogether, or go with the flow and keep the players on their feet with more lies and tricks.
Heading only into its second week, Big Brother 12 has already had its first dose of bickering, alliance-making, and not so subtle snuggling among the houseguests. Rachel Reilly, a well-endowed VIP cocktail waitress with fiery red hair, is already cuddling up and sharing bed with 30-year-old Brendon Villegas, a high school swim coach from California. Although these two players were first put up for elimination in order to break their already strong alliance, Villegas won the Power of Veto and took himself off the block, with Whittington taking his place. Another four-man strong alliance called “The Brigade” – headed by 32-year-old Jersey boy Enzo Palumbo – seems to be running the game as of late.
Although Enzo’s leadership and Jersey attitude may lead him far in this game, it is the neutral, quiet players – including 40-year-old Deputy Sheriff Kathy Hillis and 24-year-old Kristen Bitting from Philadelphia – that the others need to watch out for later in the game.
Big Brother airs on CBS on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8 p.m.(ET/PT). Big Brother: After Dark, a spin-off show on Showtime 2, airs three live hours of footage from the house every night.
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