On the episode, it showed the four whispering to each other. Nice try though.

I agree with you. I thought the same thing. I get the live feed and I did not hear any comments on the food competition other that about the costumes. The live feed goes to the fish tank whenever there is a competition.

It was definitely rigged.
Last week April had some heart problems--she was in the Diary Room getting medical help for about an hour and for a while they thought she might have to go to the ER. She's also losing weight, which BB has talked to her about.
Just by watching the feeds, it seems pretty clear to me that they were worried about her health and rigged the competition.
That's my theory.

Maybe if April quit smoking...

i was thinking the same thing when i watched the show, but by the end it dawned on me that our shagadelic panelists were actually employing some strategy. in order to get food, only 2 of the panelists had to match the contestants' answers, so the odds of matching the answer were be the best if they all conferred and 2 wrote down the same answer and the other 2 wrote down a different one, which apparently happened.
with that being said, i wouldn't be surprised if they were still fed the answers- i've been quite skeptical of big brother ever since the season 3 finale when the evictees were all re-entering the house and the doorbell rang before they even touched it, dun dun dun.
j-unit, i'm with you, i'd love nothing more than to blow the lid off grocerygate '05.
scandal aside, i'd also like to request more competitions involving the houseguests wearing heavy polyester clothing forced to remain in the la summer sun...i smell endurance competition

Maybe now April has stopped telling so many lies over and over again about being in the house alone,the "stress" on her heart will go away.........now if only SHE would go away.

Very good find uncovering grocergate. Competitions are made to be challenging and fun to watch. Hopefully BB will get tons of response in outrage over this shit.

I too thought I remembered the panelist whispering. I kind of thought like goodjobben that they were strategizing by two panelists answering the same. Still could have been rigged though.

The whole point of the "competition" was to make sure they the combination was revealed so they would have the "PB&J" card to strategerize with.

If anyone doubts this, they need to look into purchasing a New York bridge. I hear they are incredibly cheap.

the other day (7/30) on the Big Brother 6 live feeds Ivette went and likend Kaysar to Osama Bin Laden and compared his alliance to Osama crashing planes into trade center.

If you go to jokersupdates.com and go to the forum and do a search on "Osama" you will find a great many threads dealing with these sick racist comments. I am sure CBS will not address this issue unless it gets more exposure on the blogs.

Link to the actual incident recorded:

http://www.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=bbusapics&Number=2036785&Forum=CatSearch-4&Words=osama&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1week&Main=2036785&Search=true#Post2036785

Add Howie's "ethniticies" to the Reality TV star lexicon of made-up words. Can people on these shows be this stupid? I swear I'm not trying to be demeaningful here.

Did anyone notice that James's foot was as big as Yvette's head?

There was a scene where he was in a lawn chair, talking to Yvette, and those other skanks, and the camera shot has his foot right next to Yvette's head.

Would of been hysterical, if he just punched her face with his foot.

Maybe someone at TVgasm will do a screen shot, and you can see for yourself!

I think the food competition was rigged too

Does it seem weird to anyone else that Maggie's alliance is with all the people who voted to evict her? It probably hasn't even occurred to her. She should worry that her entire team finds her so expendable. And especially now, when she's alone with two sets of partners who will sell her out at the first opportunity.

Loved Howie's new word: ethniticities.

Well of course April had heart problems. It's quite common in geriatric post menopausal women.

As far as Ivette being an racist idiot, that is quite evident, and no CBS will not show you that, no matter how much the blogs complain. I watched hours of live feeds on Jun and Alison (BB 4) and the garbage that came out of Alison's mouth would've shocked a sailor. Yet Chenbot did her best to try to make Rob look bad on tv.
I'm sure that GLAD is unhappy that Ivette is their current poster child, because she sets a bad example for the gay community everytime she opens her mouth.

No conspiracy on this one. The rules were clear, two panelists had to give the same answer as the contestant in order to win food for that day. The panel of four was obviously whispering to each other to make sure that each set of two gave the same response.

My problem was with April, of course... I grew up in Texas myself and since when does Texas not have pie??? Growing up, I had tons of applie pie and have never (ever) eaten apple cobbler.

hmmm, how were there exactly 11 fresh PB&J's in the gold safe??? I bet they were snuck in the safe during the competition. What would happen if they lost that bonus question??? Would the PB&J's rot (no refrigeration in safe) and how would they discard one if somebody got evicted??? Too bad nobody opened up the safe early and found it to be empty by accident, that would be funny. SUMMER OF SECRETS is definentely Rigged.

Now, based on how the sexy chenbot is doing post interviews with the evictees, i'm pretty certain that in one of the gold safes, there will be pass to replace a houseguest with an evictee. I so hope they bring Cappy back, hehehehehe. Ivette better keep her promise and buy Cappy a BMW if she happens to win which is very very unlikely. :)

If the panelists were allowed to confer, why not just have four people come up with two guesses, and if one matched what the panelists said, they would win the day. It sounds stupid, but it was effectively the same game.

They didn't need them to win a competition to reveal the special food pass, they could have put it in the HOH room like the special key for Rachel.

And if they were so worried about April, they should have fixed it so she would win the food pass. It's a fix, but less egregious than what they actually pulled. The fact that they had time to plan this fix and it was so obvious is perhaps the most terrifying part of this whole scam.

You could definitely see Kaysar and Sarah whispering to each other the first go around. I thought at the time, what the hell is the point in the game if they can ensure two people will match?

The one that seemed a bit odd was Beau's answer of 'Buns'. Okay, maybe the Marcellas wannabee says that word a lot, but the way the question was worded, it could have been anything from 'boobs' to 'butt' to 'ass' to anything other part of the human body. And yes, he's gay so automatically we're going to think of the keester region, but still, do you know how many ways there are to say 'buns'? The whole thing seemed fixed and this would not be the first time such a thing has happened.

katieshole, i noticed that disturbingly large foot too. i had to rewind several times to make sure i wasnt mistaking it for someone's hand (seriously the toes were as long and bony as fingers) or loaf of french bread or something of that sort. i realized it was james' but i was SECRETLY hoping it was one of the girls' or something because i have a thing for freaks.

summerofsecrets, i was wondering that about the sandwiches too. i'm assuming they put them in when they were outside for the competition, but what if they didn't win? i suppose the crew could have taken them out the next time the roomies were called to the yard. what i'm wondering is how they even got the safe open considering the brain trusts couldn't even count the seas on the map to get the first digit of the combination (didn't they come to a consensus that it was 4?). i love how the producers just gave them the last 2, realizing it'd just be easier.

My guess about the PBJ is that the producers put it in that day and if they lost the competition, then they would stay in the safe until it was unlocked. So what if it spoils, they don't need to eat the sandwiches. They just need to find the pass.

My personal theory is that the contestants were told that they could collaborate together if they wanted to. Then it reduced the challenge to a one in two chance of the panelist guessing the right answer. The panelists played the game smart - unlike the 'fill up the container with water' veto competition where no one figured out the most efficient, much faster way of using all of the jugs provided.

So, bottom line - the game was not the exact same as the classic Match Game - the players got to collaborate - and there was some challenge, but not much.

Pretty much sucks from all angles. Did you expect any different?

ha!

in the real version of the Match Game the panalists are allowed to confer

I think they thought that the house guests might actually have some witty comments, like Janelle's attempt when she said she always flew first class. The basic problem is that none of them are funny. Classic Match Game was all about the dirty comment and they weren't smart enough to do it.