Big Brother 11 Premiere Approaches - Time Is Running Out

The premiere of Big Brother 11 is less than a week away. We’ve met the House Guests and toured the new house. Finally, our summer of “expecting the unexpected” is upon us. But with the start date just days away important things loom overhead: last chances.

First up is the preseason discount on the live feeds. It’s about to expire. You’re getting all 3 months for $30 instead of $15/month over 3 months. While I may not be able to count, my calculator can and it tells me that’s an awesome deal. Earlier, my calculator told me, “80085,” and I giggled.

So if you get the feeds each year, do it now before the deal expires on Wednesday or you’ll pay more later when you get them anyway. If you haven’t been getting the live feeds each year, then you’re missing out on so much of the Big Brother experience! Definitely worth it, especially with the $30 in free mp3s you’ll get.

Next is our big chance to land the exclusive webchat with Chelsia Hart (BB9) as part of RealNetworks’ contest for whichever site makes the most referrals to the RN Superpass live feeds before the season starts. That means if all of us get our feeds from links right here on the Big Brother Network site then we’ve got an awesome chance at winning this.

Lastly is the Big Brother Toolbar. Okay, so that’s not going to expire. It’ll be here all season, but now it’s better than ever with a couple of new features added today: Twitter and Facebook. You can login to your Twitter and Facebook accounts right from the toolbar and float small widget windows on your screen while surfing the interwebs. Very useful, very sweet, and very free.

So there’s your 4th of July weekend homework: save yourself some money with the live feeds discount, be a hero and help us win the Chelsia webchat, and stay connected to BB11 with the Big Brother Toolbar. You all rock!

Sexy Update: Jordan’s “assets” are just 3-weeks old. Seriously. Watch it here.

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July 2, 2009

Big Brother Diary Room Grand Opening Announcement

Tagged: Big Brother, Big Brother Diary Room, news

Update 2: Okay, registration is back open after I cleared the queue. Send me an email explaining why you would be a great member of the Diary Room and I’ll get you set up with your own Big Brother Diary Room account.

With just one week left until the premiere of Big Brother 11 I’d like to announce the grand opening of the Big Brother Diary Room!

Last week I hinted at its arrival with the release of the Big Brother Toolbar, but today I’m ready to formally introduce you to something a long time in the making. The Big Brother Diary Room is a unique opportunity for fans of the best reality show ev’ah to come together and share their thoughts, reactions, predictions, and more.

Everyone is invited to become part of the Big Brother Network team by joining the Diary Room where you’ll have your own account to blog about Big Brother to your heart’s content. Your posts will appear both on the front page of the Big Brother Diary Room but also here in the Headlines on Big Brother Network.

To get an idea of how it works take a look at posts from early BBDR members MommyX3 and ChiBrad. There’s also the awesome contest from Cheri if you can predict this season’s winners. You’ll be able to blog about anything Big Brother.

So please join us. Enter the Big Brother Diary Room, make your “confessions,” and be part of something fun and exciting for this summer of Big Brother!

Restrictions: You must be at least 18 years of age to participate.

Update: Due to the overwhelming response I’ve got to close the registrations to the Diary Room for the moment. Once I’m able to process the current batch of applicants, I will open the door again and post a new notice on the site.

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July 1, 2009

INSIDE DISH Exclusive HG Interviews - Part I: Meet The Guys

Tagged: Big Brother 11, casting, Inside Dish, preseason

So much Big Brother news today. So much awesomeness. Here’s one more for you though to follow up on the news yesterday that Ross Mathews would be hosting the next evolution of “House Calls” with “Inside Dish.”

Today Mathews released the first video in his series of getting to know the BB11 houseguests with his exclusive interviews. While I may have preferred to see some of those ladies first, I’ll take what I can get. Keep an eye out for more “Inside Dish” interviews here on the site as they are released.

From the video below, I’m worried about Jeff’s chances when he says his strategy is “to have no strategy.” First to go? Anything is possible! Check it out:

What’s that? You don’t have the free Big Brother Toolbar?? Get it now and stay connected with the latest news and discussions. It’s free, fun, & easy:

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July 1, 2009

Big Brother 11 “Clique” Twist Confirmed - Official Details

Tagged: Big Brother 11, preseason

The rumor that Big Brother 11 would present a “clique” twist has been confirmed by CBS this afternoon in a press release which states:

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.”

From what we’ve seen of the HGs this morning we could probably go ahead and start grouping them. The 12 house guests split evenly into those 4 groups.

Here are my “Big Brother Network” clique predictions:

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