Big Brother 9: James and the Giant Good Bye

And yet another one bites the dust. With a vote of 3-0, James the colorful houseguest from Sarasota, Florida was evicted from the Big Brother house. For those watchers in the know, that means "Mr. Mohawk" can start planning that bike trip around the world that he's been dreaming about for so long, or at the very least, he'll have some time to begin to think about it as he waits out the remaining two weeks in sequester house.

For those who aren't up to speed, CBS announced recently that BB9 will end on April 22nd, just two short weeks and 5 houseguests from now. The remaining houseguests, Natalie, Ryan, Sheila, and Sharon were transparent their dislike of the fact that head of house Adam didn't nominate James when he had the chance to. James, the man with the rabbit's foot in his pocket, a three time POV winner, had his luck run out when he lost the POV competition to Ryan in a competition called "the rain maker".

The loss of the POV should have given James clue #1 as to his fate, but instead of embracing the obvious, James spent his remaining time in the house trying to hold onto some sort of hope he might still have a chance to stay despite the fact that he's been on the chopping block the past three weeks in a row. In a latch ditch effort, James began campaigning one on one, to keep him in the house, so he could vote out Natalie, whom James claimed was the strongest player the following week. His charm, good looks (?) and luck eluded him at last, as the three time winner hit a slick spot on the road to the million dollars making him the 6th houseguest to depart the house and meet Julie Chen for that famous "what went wrong?" speech.

Not surprising in the least, James continued his clueless bravado outside the house, stating to Julie that he really wanted out of the house and that he couldn't stand his former roommates. This of course was watched from the sequester house by previously evicted houseguests Joshuah, Chelsia, and Matt. The audience can but imagines the wheels turning in their heads when they heard James' statement. One I'm sure will come back to bite him in the proverbial when he least expects it. Of course one can't help but wonder if his "nude antics" didn't help but seal his fate this week. I mean honestly, I would think the houseguests would evict him on those actions alone. After all, it's the only way they can assure themselves of not having a repeat performance of "Sir Naked A lot".

But wait. If you thought all the surprises were over for the week, think again. The HOH competition was called "glass houses". The premise was simple enough, the houseguests were to grab onto either a chain or rope hanging in each plexi-glass cube and the last one standing, or in this case hanging, would be crowned HOH. Of course viewers weren't told the outcome of the competition but I can tell you this, the individual who was named as HOH, quite honestly threw this viewer off balance. I would never have thought of the winning houseguest to be the one who had the stamina it took to win the competition.

So one more episode ends with viewers shaking their heads in disbelief, shaking hands in celebration and/or shaking in their boots over what may happen to the remaining houseguests given the choices left for HOH. Another episode proves once again, at least to this viewer, that America is addicted to Big Brother. After all, if they weren't jonesing for the drama, why would they have watched with breathless anticipation for so many weeks, a pompous guy with neon hair running rampant through a house seemingly decorated by Marsha Brady with it's mod colors and cool flower power table without upchucking or at least without turning the same shade of hideous green as the living room couch which quite frankly looks about as comfortable as my Great Aunt's high backed parlor chairs. Sad but true, there is something about this show that supersedes even the most hideous of décor to bring in viewers by the carload with every episode and keeps sites such as http://www.bbgossip.com/, and http://www.sirlinksalot.net/ humming with non stop traffic and chatter.

And finally some good news for those hardcore BB fans who are mourning the end of the ever-popular reality series in just two weeks. Put away your black crepe and pack away those tissues. CBS announced that despite BB9 being shown for the first time during the winter, that the upcoming summer will in fact bring another installment of "where the worm turns" with BB 10 opening it's doors summer of '08, with what some are already predicting to be one of the hottest shows to hit the airwaves since Peyton Place. Or at least a show worth watching that entertains with mindless behavior and self centered actions abound, which is really Big Brother at it's finest, as we all know.