re: Big Brother 19 - Season Long Thread

Ok I like that twist

Interview with the producers:

Right now there are two nomination chairs and last year in the beginning of the season there were three. Will we see three nominees again?

Grodner: You never know! We've played with three, two and have actually had four at one point. It's always possible that twists can lead to more than two nominees.

Chen: I always say expect the unexpected! We'll see. I'm tricking you right now. It's a misdirect. That's how we do things around here. But the theme is about temptation this summer. That's why throughout the house you're going to see apples and where there's an apple you're going to find a serpent or two.

What else can you say about the twist this year?

Meehan: It's a summer of temptation! Not only does the house represent that, but the rooms carry through with some of those themes and we're bringing that all the way through with the twists of the game this summer as well. With temptation there are lots of different paths the season could go on depending on which temptations the houseguests take. We've never done anything quite like that throughout the course of the season. So we have plans and backup plans for all different things.

Grodner: Which door? Door number one or door number two? Because door number one will take you down a whole different path and we have to produce it that way too. We have to be prepared. On opening night we have two different scripts and two different possibilities depending on what's going to happen.

Meehan: We've never done that before.

What do you mean by that?

Grodner: There will be choices like a Pandora's Box leads to some choices. Will you take the temptation? And if you do it will have a consequence. If you turn it down then something else will happen.

Meehan: It's a different reality in the house.

Grodner: On opening night there's a series of temptations that will be presented to the houseguests and that means there's a series of different ways things can play out.

In past seasons in competitions there have been temptations also. Will that be back too?

Grodner: Yeah. There are some common themes on the wall over there that play out in this house. Obviously everyone here is here to win the money at the end and can be tempted by money. But there are other things too like game items for safety and the ability to do things. We've taken that and multiplied it.

Meehan: There will be some things that are familiar and other things that are totally unique and random that we've never done and I don't think you would think we would do.

Will there be as many competitions as season 18's premiere?

Grodner: The temptations create a bit of a different format for the premiere night, but it is a two hour special event. It's going to be a very busy night full of lots of surprises and twists and turns. I know it sounds like we say that a lot, but it's fair to say we are guaranteeing it for the premiere.

Meehan: There's definitely competitions, but it depends on what pathway we go down.

Grodner: It's actually possible that a competition could be in the backyard ready to go and our art department has worked really hard to put it out there and the houseguests don't play it because of a decision they made.

The houseguests complain a lot. What are the complaints you get sick of hearing the most?

Grodner: Having to wait so long for a competition in the backyard.

Meehan: Being locked inside for a long time.

Grodner: By the way I get it. It's very difficult. There's a lot of downtime for these houseguests. They're locked in the house because we do a complete turn around of that back yard and it takes time.

Meehan: We're pretty forgiving when it comes to them complaining.

Chen: After a while some of the houseguests can become a little bit high maintenance so they're going to find everything to be irritating. We don't really try to show it on the show. How interesting is that? A bunch of whiny houseguests. But we can make a funny story out of it when they complain, complain, complain.

On Big Brother: Over: the Top America had quite the influence. Julie has said she'd like to see that influence be brought over to the broadcast version. Does America have any involvement this season?

Grodner: Certainly, but not as much.

Meehan: We always try to find out what's a really fun, cool, interactive twist that America can take part in. We definitely have a twist that America can take part in, but not to the extent of OTT. OTT was almost a different game and it was played in a different way.

Grodner: It was an interesting experiment to see how much influence you want to give to the audience. That was really pushing it over the edge. If we do it again I think there were some things that worked and some things that didn't when it came to the interactive elements.

Last year you revealed to me that battle of the block wasn't returning for season 18. What else can you tease about the new season?

Meehan: I'll give you a tease for the Sunday show.

Grodner: There's no road kill competition.

Meehan: That means there will be new twists to the game in the Sunday show and they can take a couple different forms.

Grodner: The idea is that it may not just be one thing. In the past we've had just the [battle of the block] or just the road kill on Sundays. Expect that there may be surprises throughout the whole season that take place not only in the whole summer, but specifically on the Sunday show that changes the Sunday show throughout the three months that we're on the air.

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Grodner: Yeah. There are some common themes on the wall over there that play out in this house. Obviously everyone here is here to win the money at the end and can be tempted by money. But there are other things too like game items for safety and the ability to do things. We've taken that and multiplied it.

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I didn't read all of that but I liked reading this.

The earlier in the game that we see those types of comps, the more likely we'll see HG's blow up their game for a few thousand dollars or a trashy cruise.

They don't have a feel for their chances to win early, so they're not as willing to pass on a quick payday.

I've actually met the rodeo clown Whistle Nut

He's an entertaining dude... He was definitely recruited so hopefully he's fun to watch on the feeds

Looks like the no napping rule is back from OTT too. Should be fun.

Hopefully they don't do the team crap again. Without that, the temptation twist could be really interesting before solid alliances form

That hasn't been confirmed. She seemed like she was joking when it was mentioned.

RUMOR

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@hamsterwatch
..so I've been told we have a 17th after all, a familiar face..
looking into it, I see he suddenly switched iPhone to Android last wk #bb19

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I think they're implying he's in sequester/in the house (cause houseguests moved in yesterday) and has someone on the outside running his account as to look like he's not in the house.

YES. FRIENDSHIP.