Back in the saddle, as another year of Big Brother is upon us. Sadly the UK will not be joining in the party this year, as the show needs a new home after unfortunately being cancelled by Five.
On a more jolly note, USA and Canada are still alive and kicking and we start proceedings with a good old fashioned celebrity special from the good old US of A, so over to you Mrs Chen Moonves and let the battle to see who will join Marissa on the celebrity winner's roll call commence
For the UK readers amongst you, you may or may not have heard of some of these people going into the USA house but it is quite an intriguing list so let's hope they are good in the house as they look on paper
Without further ado, let's get this year's party started, 12 celebrities for this series and they will be entering in two groups starting with.....
Ryan Lochte - Multiple Olympic medallist
Natalie Eva Marie - Former WWE superstar
Tom Green - Comedian
Lolo Jones - Olympic Athlete
Kato Kaelin - Witness at OJ Simpson trial
Tamar Braxton - Singer
Back to the studio, and Julie calls them in one by one to the stage and warns them to expect the unexpected before she sends them into the house.
First Diary Room appearance goes to Tamar, and she's quite calm...I don't think ;)
These first 6 go on the house tour, investigating their new surroundings. Remember on the UK version, they had to stay in the living area or kitchen as the bedrooms stay locked until everyone was in.
Bit of an awkward situation when Kato suggests a 6 person bobsled, and then when Tom suggests OJ could walk in in the next group. I would think OJ has better things to do than go on this show. Not dissing the show of course as I love it.
And here come the other 6 not rights for this series....
Joey Lawrence - Actor, producer and sometime director
Dina Lohan - Agent and mother to Lindsay
Jonathan Bennett - TV host and actor
Kandi Burruss - Reality star and singer
Ricky Williams - Retired NFL player
Antony Scaramucci - Former White House communications officer
Same procedure with the first 6, and the game is officially underway as Julie announces the opening night twist which will decide the first HoH
Was worth pointing out Jonathan's facial expressions as they were announced, and in the Diary Room he is so excited to be in there with Ryan, Lolo and Kato amongst others
Meanwhile, Kandi reveals there is some past bad feeling between herself and Tamar, watch this space to see how that develops. Have a feeling that 'woah' will seem to be the most annoying word this season
Back to the studio, and Julie summons everyone to the living room and reveals the first twist of the season .
Power Pairs is the name of the game and here is how it works. The celebrities have to pick someone to pair with, and whichever pair is victorious in this first challenge, only one will be HoH, BUT there is a catch for the other part of the duo. Stay tuned and all will be revealed in due course.
The pairs will be on swings and one of the pair will collect champagne from the makeshift bottles and pass it on to the other part of the pairing. First pair to fill up their glass will be declared the winners.
5 pairs will play but one pair won't, and the pair that don't are immune from the first eviction. Let us all find out who the pairs will be and who will be immune
Ryan and Jonathan - Pink
Tamar and Kandi - Green
Joey and Ricky - Red
Lolo and Tom - Blue
Dina and Anthony - Purple
This leaves Natalie and Kato and they are announced as immune from the first eviction, and Julie announces whoever is HoH will have to nominate two people for eviction
After much spillage Ryan and Jonathan emerge victorious, but remember only one of them can be HoH.
Here comes the kicker as Ryan and Jonathan must next battle each other to see who will be the first HoH of this season, which will be seen in part 2 of the launch. Whoever doesn't win this battle will automatically face the first eviction vote, so it looks like 3 on the block with one going in the first eviction.
To be continued in Launch pt.2
Final thoughts - A really good start and line up, and can't wait to see Ryan v Jonathan to see who will be HoH and who will be first on the chopping block. Was rather hoping Natalie and Kato wouldn't be immune but them is the breaks I suppose. On we move to part 2, and it is hard to see past Ryan being the first HoH and Jonathan finding his way onto the chopping block, but stranger things have happened and it could be the other way around.
In closing, sure going to miss the UK show while it is on hiatus. Hopefully it will come back in some form in the future, probably just not this year so it can rest, breathe and restructure somewhat.
In case you missed them over the festive period, Big Brother Radio did some podcasts which can be found here and here. For the first two podcasts for this season, click here and here
As for BB on Blast, check out their interview with UK winner Cameron right here or if you prefer the video version click right here and for the Christmas show click here
And remember please show the links to your right some love for all the USA and Canada news you could hope for, and speaking of Canada they have announced their launch date for March 6, so make a note of that in your diary
Until next time, stay frosty and keep on rocking.....
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