And with that, Janelle was ushered off into the trivia books. I tell you, I watched this episode earlier for the Live Blog, and it was painful then, but it was even worse having to sit through it a second time to take notes. At least the first time I had some sense of optimism mixed with my dread. The second viewing, however, was purely awful. Probably the worst hour of the summer (except for maybe that time I watched 200 Pound Tumor).

Anyway, the show ended with the Chenbot chatting it up with the finalists. Julie asked which votes they felt they definitely had. Mike said Will, Erika said Howie, and I said "Feh!" As for the jurors they were most worried about, both said Danielle and James, with Erika putting more emphasis on Dani. And with that, Julie bid us adieu, and we watched the two remaining house guests revel in their victory under the closing credits.

Just before they went off the air, Mike suddenly yelled out, "Cheers Restaurant in Concord, NH is off the HOOK right now!!!" And so now we go live to Cheers Restaurant in Concord:

restaurant090706
Partay!!

Looks like I'll be rooting for Erika, which isn't such a bad thing -- especially after she showed her scheming chops on Tuesday's episode. But it's hard to feel excited about her when someone like Janey's shown the door. Oh well. What did you think about this episode? Sad to see Janey go? Happy to see Boogie make it to the end? Will Erika go home with the money?

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Comments (81)

Ed Author Profile Page:

Since you decided to go out now, I'll just say, "Class act."

norma rae Author Profile Page:

The pain of watching Boogie & Erika in the final two is even worse that watching Maggie & Ivette....Will was right. Janelle would regret his eviction. SHE would have beaten Will in one of the competitions and would have won the final HOH comp and been in the final two. Will's eviction was wonderful but in the end, she should have shown Erika the door instead. So sad...the only thing we all can do is vote AC - $25,000 extra to Janelle. Sad, so sad.

chief113 Author Profile Page:

"So sad...the only thing we all can do is vote AC - $25,000 extra to Janelle. Sad, so sad." I don't know you norma rae, but spending 50 cents per text vote so that a cocktail waitress that you have never met can win 25 grand, in my opinion is sad, so sad. PS B Side, get over it, she was not a very smart player this year. She didn't deserve it.

chief113 Author Profile Page:

PPS. Please, please please, you have to get a screen cap of booger with Giada.

Tony A. Author Profile Page:

Disappointing, yes, but only because I can't think of any two people that should have never made it to the finals. I would think the shadow of Will looms large in both their backgrounds. Without the genius Dr. it would have never come to this. Sure it made me sad to see Janelle go, but, hey, she caused her own demise as you rightly point out, going along with the keeping of Chilltown. But, again, that was thanks to Will's genius.

As to the final outcome, I really don't know. I don't know who get James' vote (the dick!) and Will can easily sway CG. Danielle appears to be a swing vote, because I think Erika has Marcellas and Howie. It will be interesting!

I agree with the above posting. There's no way I'm going to waste any money trying to get Janelle the $25K. The self-professed blunderer doesn't deserve it.

In all, a redeeming end to a very dull, upsetting season. Chen's CPU was overheating rapidly last night and I'm glad this show finally ended. I really love it when Julie tries to be a hard-hitting journalist/interviewer only to get the question messed up and sounding wooden. Of course, the fact she's interviewing semi-idiots in a "reality" game doesn't help her cause.

Large amounts of kudos to J-Unit and B-Side for the excellent work in trying to make silk out of a sow's ear. While the show floundered and nearly sank, you guys kept up the snark and made the reviews far better than the show. Thanks to all you clever ones in the "Comments" section. I'll miss the really good ones until "Survivor" starts, as I'm sure I'll see the familiar names there. Didn't mean to sound like I'm on an acceptance speech here, but what can I say? I just wanted to thank all the little people (Grin).

Wormfood33 Author Profile Page:

ugh.

i too had that same sense of dread from the moment erika said "i have faith that she will win." darn her and her forboding predictions.

i've never thought of myself as the type of person to get caught up in shows like this. i mean, of course i watched it religiously and went all "strategy-crazy" every week trying to figure out janelle's best move and how she could get to the end. but last night after the show was over i felt very weary. weary is the only word that aptly describes it. i was tired, and sad, and downright deflated.

for either erika or boogie to win big brother all-stars just isn't right. it's not.

Pamsey Author Profile Page:

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHH!

Roney12 Author Profile Page:

~Sorry, Boogie. Idaho? No, you da ho!~ fucking love this. B-side you are the shit, this was one of your best. On a daily basis I laugh reading these blogs. Keep it up!!!

chick110 Author Profile Page:

This season has been painful to watch. Hoping that past favorites would have learned from their previous mistakes and come back to the house with their A games. Instead we got a bunch of whiny wanna-bes and women haters (I'm adding Howie into this group).

Whoever said that this season wouldn't have been as fun to watch without TVgasm is right. I found something joyful about each and every episode because of the snark and insightful comments. And thankfully, I have the pic of Booger after Will's eviction burned into my brain. I bring it out whenever I need a smile.

solost Author Profile Page:

First, not nearly enough emphasis on Boogie CRYING. Bromance is one thing, CRYING on tv, quite another. For a guy who was enormously aware of his (& partner's) tv persona, crying in the confessional is just not cool, man. Dive under a blanket and sulk like every last one of the losers who get outplayed... Then again, we are talking about Mr. Shack. No shame. Hope that can feed you for life, Boogie! The worst part is that the "floater" theory which pissed me off in the beginning to cover up a "can't vote out Chill Town" strategy, ends up being true. There are no bigger hangers-on and floaty specks of followers than Mike and Erica. Honestly, neither should carry the All Star title.

srsdal Author Profile Page:

Does anyone like Boogie? Anyone? What a douche! I hope he doesn't win because I'd really like to see that loser get bumped down a couple of notches...oh, and I'd also like to see Janelle urinate on his face...but that's probably just me

beachbound Author Profile Page:

Sooooooooo...how do you think Mike and Erika will spend their time now that, as he claims, the "ho-mance" is over? Did you notice how Erika was already re-attaching herself to Boogie? BLECHHHH! I don't want to watch those two together anymore!!!!

hardlyworking Author Profile Page:

I can`t believe that these two are in the finals. I agree that the whole "Let`s get the floaters out first" idea sucked! I`m in shock that my two favorite players, Kaysar and Janelle, made such awful decisions this year. This year would have been so different if they would have gotten rid of Boogie and Will in the first two weeks.

Who knows maybe we would be looking at a final two of James and Danielle! Now that would have been interesting!

I`ll be looking forward to watching the questions from the jury and seeing Erika`s face when she finds out that Boogie called her a "ho". That will be almost as good as Boogie`s face when he realized that his Master had left the building.

But as far as finding out who wins this thing? Ahhh, who the hell cares! They both suck(literally)!

America's Next Top Fan Author Profile Page:

I'm done. spent. TVGasmed out.

Hmmm. Where's Jack Daniel?

I feel like running over a dumb blonde.

Is there any reason to watch Tuesday except to see the evicted HG's? Although I must say I didn't really care if Janelle won or not based on her performance of the past 6 weeks. But I would prefer her to Boogie or The Thing That Walks. The sequester house seems to be much more fun than the BB house right now.

Two observations. I said yesterday that the Chenanigans were over but when Boogie got the answer right and Erika wrong The Producers tried to go to FLAMES. I guess they wanted to fix the competition in Janelle's favor again but forgot they were on live tv. What Hootzpah! Janelle, Bye Bye Bitch. Still love ya, though! And loved the slogan on that baby blue shirt she wore last night. What was it?...
Baby Make It Nice
My new catchphrase.
Or maybe I'll stick with Howie's Flick My Bean Baby.

Upon that very close up of Boogie near the end of the show I think we have a former patient of the Hair Clinic For Men. Yes. Hair perfectly lined along the front with near precision and plugged look. Damn, how did he get through the whole season and nobody notice. Boogie is a middle-aged, balding, freak of nature!!! YEAH!!!

PS. I just realized the most beautiful woman in the house was actually Danielle. That girl is HOT when not drunk. James looked pretty good too.

Fie on Will and Marci

America's Next Top Fan Author Profile Page:

That's why he wears all those stupid hats and headbands. Hiding the hairline!

Gotcha baldy!!!

America's Next Top Fan Author Profile Page:

Vote Danielle for the cash. Janelle doesn't deserve it.

Lady J Author Profile Page:

Just as I feared. Once again, Janelle had a brilliant streak and then she failed when it counted the most. Twice. I'm not sure Erika didn't throw the HOH so she wouldn't have to choose.

I don't even want to know how it ends.

HicksPub Author Profile Page:

Pamsey...I was frickin' sittin' on the couch, clapping like a seal when Boogie did his lone-phone schtick in the diary room. You totally called that one (Tuesday's recap/comment #62).

Boogie going on and on about Erika being a ho showed exactly what a "class act" he is. What a knob. Again, couch-seal-clapping errupted when he was crying over Dr. Will. "I can dish it out, but can't take it." indeed.

Lymon Author Profile Page:

Boogie is definitely going to get James's vote. James often said how he hated floaters and Erika didn't deserve to win.
I think he might get Danielle's too as she was in the LoD with him.

Keyser Soze Author Profile Page:

Perhaps the worst ending in BB history. Neither one deserves to win, neither one was an all star to begin with. Booger is vile and I find it amusing that he tells everyone "class act" when he is completely without class. Skeletor only deserves to win because she needs the money, but other than that, they both suck badly.
What a let down.
Lets hope Will & Janey do Amazing Race to redeem this entire season.

America's Next Top Fan Author Profile Page:

If Boogie wins planet earth would need to be taken out of rotation of the solar system for fear of our infecting other intelligent life.

Pierce Author Profile Page:

Bummer.

JasonR Author Profile Page:

I'll join in the chorus of thanks to J-Unit and B-Side for the recaps that kept this season watchable during some very dark and dull weeks, as well as all the great posters here where we could all get whatever laughs we could at the expense of the houseguests and our beloved Chenbot (who by the way set a new gold standard last night for robotic delivery). The prospect of Boogie winning this thing is almost as dispiriting as last season's final two. Unlike Survivor, which seems to get more exciting as it heads toward the end, for some reason BB and The Apprentice in my mind always lose steam. In an "All Star" season that lacked much mojo to begin with, that ain't good. Anyway, I will of course still watch the finale, not so much rooting for Erika but against Boogie, and mostly just hoping to see Boogie get destroyed by the jurors in questioning. Sadly, I don't know how much of Boogie's hurtful comments about Erika will come out at the finale, as most of it was said in the privacy of the diary room. Alas, she will have the joy of hearing this stuff from her mortified friends and family and watching the tapes when she gets home.

JasonR Author Profile Page:

BTW, if our beloved Janey had spent more time hitting the gym instead of the Haagen Dazs she would have won that challenge.

Does she really have it bad for Dr. Will or was her response to Julie's question just a way to duck the question?

Let me see what kind of competition would favor Boogie over Janelle:

Memory competition... no, Boogie is a dumb ass.

Speed competition...no, Boogie has the coordination of beached whale.

Endurance competition... no, for some reason Boogie thinks he's Richard Hatch.

Wait a sec...we will do a speed, memory competition that requires all upper body strength!

Maybe I am smelling too much conspiracy....but something besides Boogie stinks here.

beachbound Author Profile Page:

Personally, I think Janelle's response to Julie regarding how she feels about Will shows that she's fallen for him. I think she'll be sequester-mancing him for the next week.

Court_Love Author Profile Page:

If Mike yelled "Concord Newhampshire, this one is for you" one more time, I would have driven to SOCal, walked into the big brother house, slaped the shit out of Mike till my hand hurt, then slap him some more for making it hurt.

Flippin DOUCHE!

jules Author Profile Page:

what a sucky final 2.
even though she doesn't deserve it because she got played, i want erika to win just for the simple fact that i can't stand boogie.
vote danielle to win the $25K. she deserves it the most.

Tony A. Author Profile Page:

I keep coming back here for sustenance from my fellow snarkers. From what I can see there isn't a single Booger Lover in the entire site, so it would be just if Erika would win, but that's still up in the air.

Pissed me off seeing Booger win the Solstice. That sweet car shouldn't go into the hands of a Mom. Should be driven by some young, cool person. . In fact, it shows what a slug he is if he hasn't already bought Mom a car on hiw own, restaurateur that he is.

Googled Dolce Group and his mention in the website consists mainly of his showlebraty status. Hm.

I too caught the pronouncing of Les Deux. In Bugs Bunny's words: "What a maroon".

I'll watch the Final, just so I can get pissed all over again. The ultimate floaters won! And, yes, it makes me sick to see Erika doing her leech act again. I won't even feel sorry for the woman when she gets to see the truth behind the showmance.

On to Survivor!

TaxGirl Author Profile Page:

Great recap! Does your comment about this being your last recap mean you are not covering the last show! Say it isn't so!

I loved the "joyologist" reference. Perfect!

Also loved the "camera shot" of the Cheers bar in Concord!

This is my first BB season so I didn't know the players or the history. So some of the happenings and comment about them were confusing to me. I think I've been converted and will watch in the future. Thanks TVGasm, for adding 3 hours a week of TV viewing to my summer schedule!

As much as I disliked Will's overconfident personality, he definitely deserved to win. I was happy the girls finally came to their senses (or so it seemed). I was rooting for either Erica or Janelle to win HOH because of the possible drama of: would they honor their agreement or wouldn't they?

I'm sad that Boogie won HOH and I don't want him to win it all. I agree with plenty of other posters that the final should have been Will and Janelle.

Since I'm not familiar with the jury process, what kind of questions get raised? Will most of ChillTown's strategy come to light? I hope so. That would put Boogie in a bad position.

TaxGirl Author Profile Page:

Oops forgot one thing. What the hell was Janelle wearing for her exit? It looked like something Vincent (from Project Runway) would design and get off on!

sparky Author Profile Page:

I'm with wormfood who wrote: weary is the only word that aptly describes it. i was tired, and sad, and downright deflated

Ditto to all of that. Just about every episode of this season made me sad, but this past week has been the most diappointing. Boogie and Erika are such awful people; it's demoralizing to watch them get rewarded for it.

sparky Author Profile Page:

And I meant to say: but it's always a joy coming to this site every day for the Snarkgasm.

Foxbase Alpha Author Profile Page:

Julie Chen's boobies looked crosseyed.

Fuxy Author Profile Page:

I'm bummed as fuck that Erika and Boogie are the final two.

LOL@Foxbase Alpha's "crosseyed boobies" comment. I never noticed Julie's tats.

All I've noticed about her are her painful looking rheumatoid arthritic hands and how she or her makeup artist globs her lip gloss on. Sometimes it's so goopy and wet looking. Ewy.

Fuxy Author Profile Page:

PS...I love the Molly Shannon pic. That was one of my favorite SNL skits. One time, she was doing the "I love it"s on a chair. She got a little too wild, and when she went up on one leg, the chair nearly tipped over backwards on live TV. Funny shit.

Exarius Author Profile Page:

Janelle's Early Show interview

(Keep in mind that the interview was about about 4 or 5 am on the west coast)

Link

Zharak Author Profile Page:

It's funny how Kaysar wanted so badly to get rid of the floaters at the beggining of the season and now we're at the finale with two of them playing for the win. And the least deserving of them (from a gameplay standpoint) will go to the ass-kissing, non-stop crying, ultimate floater of them all.

tj Author Profile Page:

I disagree with the idea that Janelle should've kept Will to have a better shot at winning the final HOH. She would've lost the final HOH anyway... she knows she's not the best at endurance and CT wouldn't have thrown her that comp. Then in the second comp she would've been competing against Boogie or Will who are both physically stronger than she is.

What was important for Janelle was to align herself with a strong competitor to take her to the Final 2. Clearly she had to turn to Erika. The odds favored one of them winning but unfortunately they lost.

Why doesn't BB make the last competitions the best since they're the most important? Ugh.

America's Next Top Fan Author Profile Page:

Exarius #37

Thanks for that clip.

Is Janelle on Extacy or just plain drunk? She can barely get out a simple sentence without slurring and drunk-swaying in her seat.

America's Next Top Fan Author Profile Page:

That bitch is fuuucked up.

CrazyTrain Author Profile Page:

B-Side, excellent recap. Funny as usual. Thanks for enhancing the BB expirience this summer!

I'm not a Mike fan (bleh) but I feel like he deserves it more. Erika did NOTHING, until the end but one move doesn't make you a winner IMO. Sad to see Janey go - her and Dani would have been my dream final 2.

Oh and no mention of the shot of the volcano spewing lava? I did a real LOL at that - they had to get their use out of it.

Lady J Author Profile Page:

I can't finish that interview. Janelle is slurring her words and she looks like she's been through some stuff. Either she went on a bender last night or something is wrong with her lip.

It's the worst ending to such a killer run.

Zharak Author Profile Page:

It just hit me...

Janelle = Terry from Survivor

Ultimate competitor, but couldn't scheme their way out of a wet paper bag.

Shoe-In Author Profile Page:

For the love of god Mike Boogie, just come out already ! If he truly does give his mom the car, she definitely deserves such a token for the public humiliation she's had to endure the last few mos.
Isnt that the same car they were pimping on The Apprentice a few seasons back?

Worst final two ever - I could really care less at this point but I suppose I'll have to watch now since I already devoted so much of my life to this nonsense.

boomersmommy Author Profile Page:

Once again, Big Brother's season ends with the two most UNdeserving HGs waiting to see who gets the big bucks. Shades of Maggie and Ivette.

God, I hope SOMEone who actually DOES care about Erika sits down with her when she watches this season and see what a GIGANTIC fool she made of herself. She's gonna need someone there to pick up the pieces of what's left of her 36-year-old life.

boomersmommy Author Profile Page:

As to how Janie looked and sounded this morning...looks like she was gotten up about 3am to get ready for a 5am interview. Probably after not a whole hell of a lot of sleep if any. Girl looked pretty good to me, considering. God know what the hell Erika would have looked like. Yikes!

J-Light Author Profile Page:

Well this is possibly the worst final two we could have ever imagined! My vote still goes to Boogie, cause I honestly can't think of any possible reason why Erika should win! I think that Boogie will get votes from Will, James, Danielle, and Erika will get CG, Howie, Marcelles and the deciding vote will be up to Janelle.
Yes I am still heartbroken over Will's eviction!

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!

tj Author Profile Page:

So I agree that this is the worst Final 2 possible, but I can think of some reasons why Erika should win.

Neither have really done much all game, but almost everything Boogie's done has been Will's doing. He had no strategy of his own... it was all Will. The only things he accomplished on his own were winning the last two HOHs.

Even though Erika has done very little she has at least accomplished things on her own. She didn't come in with a real teammate as Boogie did, and she had a bigger target on her back and managed to escape eviction multiple times.

I would rather see the floater win over the lackey... though maybe I'm just biased because Boogie is so gross.

Wormfood33 Author Profile Page:

um, sorry, but i'm pretty sure the wicked witch is ERIKA. i mean, have you SEEN her? ew.

and as for janelle's interview... it sounds more like she's got a swollen lip than she's drunk. it's actually really weird. maybe she went and got an extra shot of collagen for the show.

just kidding janelle, i love you in spite of how dumb you were this season!

Maynerd Author Profile Page:

Huge disappointment.

Here's the deal. Booger was Dr Will's sidekick, and I'm not certain he ever had a thought on his own that contributed to him still being around. Whatever he wins, he should just hand it all to the Master. Is he desrving of anything? Nope.

On the other hand, Erika is still there for one reason and one reason only. She's a ho. Seriously, she slept her way to the final four. And, when it looked like an all-girl final was a possibility, she was full of herself. "Check mate." Wait a minute. Boogie's in the final? Time to ho up with him again.

So, who wins, the sidekick or the ho?

Who cares?

JasonR Author Profile Page:

Zharak (#38), we can (and have) called Boogie many things, but you can't really call him a floater. A follower with no game of his own? Absolutely, but definitely not a floater. Mike chose a side from day one. My definition of floater is the people that just try to get by on being nice and non-threatening and just suck up to whoever is in power that week and agree to go along with whatever their plan is just to keep themselves out of the line of fire. Boogie certainly doesn't fit the definition of a floater.

Greg Author Profile Page:

I'd rather Erika win, but to paraphrase what I believe Marcellas once said, how do you choose between chlamydia and syphilis?

Also, I'm all for removing the taboo of men kissing each other, but what is the deal with Howie's smooching obsession with Dr. Will?? Am I wrong to think something more is going on there?

And during that Early Show interview I was honestly expecting Janelle to scream: "YOU GUYS LIKE MY BODY?!?!"

Exarius Author Profile Page:

Housecalls today: Janelle reveals Will kissed her SEVERAL times off-camera!!

(Janelle was in a better mood than her early show interview at 4 am)

Gretchen and Jase talked with Janelle about the flirtmance with Will. Apparently, he DID kiss her off-camera "several times"!!! And get this - Will told Janelle that he was gonna break up with his girlfriend (Erin Brodie) AND asked Janelle to move in with him!

Jase made a comment about how that's the only thing a woman would love to hear from a man (something to that extent), and would be difficult to not to believe it since they were spending 24/7 with each other.

So as much as you can say that Will was lying to Janelle and had no feelings for her, at this point, no one would believe him. Would you believe the biggest liar in the game or Janelle's side of the story. I got the feeling from her interview that he basically threw his relationship with Erin "under the bus". Jase (and Boogie and Erika for that matter) believed he had a thing going with Janelle. But by virtue of Janelle revealing the context of the whispers, if I was Erin Brodie, I'd dump him in a heartbeat. **Keeping in mind that when she did For Love or Money she was NOT in a pre-existing relationship. (I can only imagine people coming up to her and talking about Janelle and Will)

Anyways, back to the interview...It seems that Janelle will NOT be going to the sequester house :( for unknown reasons. She is going to join the rest of the jury for the roundtable discussion and questions to the F2, but the producers for some crazy reason are not sending her to the house.

Janelle said after BB, she will not go into entertainment, namely acting. She did say she would do The Amazing Race. (Funny that Will was asked a couple of days ago if he would do Amazing Race with Janelle, and he said if the right offer came along, YES!)

All in all, it was a great interview in so many levels. Will's relationship is SOOO screwed now that he can't defend his actions. And nobody would believe him since he is the ultimate liar. Also, I would like to point out that Janelle was much better than her earlier interview (on Early Show with Chenbot). If looked like she just half asleep/drunk and was slurring words, which always seems to be the case when having these 4 am interviews cuz Will was also slurring his words during his talk.

I'll post the video later when it become available.

Exarius Author Profile Page:

Can you believe this?

http://www.petitiononline.com/ks322003/petition.html

(Currently over 2600 signatures)

However silly it may be, it would actually increase ratings for CBS. (Plus it'll give fans someone to root for, unlike Rob & Amber or Alison)

jack Author Profile Page:

no need to restate the unanimous disgust at the erica/boogie final. i did find it interesting, however, when i noticed that both the survivor and big brother 'all-star' editions ended up with a final 2 consisting of the 2 people generally agreed to be the most unlikely and undeserving 'all-star' contestants. it's easy to understand how boogie got in--in all likelihood, will had a 'give me my wingman' clause written into his contract before he'd agree to go into the house. but erika? america's choice? unless she was campaigning door to door with a tube of strawberry-flavored astro-glide, a spit-bucket, and a gallon of mouthwash, i just don't see how she could possibly have had the votes. in any case, there's no question that tuesday will be perhaps the most anti-climactic finale yet.

and for all of you boogie haters: prepare yourselves for another wave of restaurant promotions and shout-outs to the peeps in concord (ralph waldo e-unit and henry david t-side, anyone?), because that lame-ass, jive wigger is going to win the money.

james will definitely vote for boogie; his post-eviction/pre-sequester interviews indicate as much. ditto for danielle, who erika supremely screwed over and who will not respect erika's ho-bag gameplay. will is obviously a given, and he will have no trouble persuading janelle. howie may hate boogie, but he doesn't like erika much either, and might vote for boogie because he played the game. marcellas is probably 50-50, and george might give it to erika because she needs the money more, but 4 is all it takes, and i think boogie's got it sewed up.

and i couldn't care less. the stars of the show went out third and fourth. maybe janelle would have had a better chance if she'd kept will--the boys would probably have given her round 1 of the HOH comp just because they're too cool to stand prone on a fake volcano getting slimed with science project goop for three hours, and janey is tough to beat at trivia comps--but she knew either way she was in a win-or-go-home situation, and god knows she lasted a lot longer than she should have. at least she got the satisfaction of sending off the puppet-master.

Megolopolis Author Profile Page:

Wow, I remember Janelle talking about missing Xanax in the house but is she really that much of a pillhead that she has to go on live tv totally high? That Early Show appearance was horrific. Not to mention the fact that she was wearing the black version of her astroturf shirt.

BaskEtcAse Author Profile Page:

Crazy Train (42), I thought the same thing when they demonstrated the volcano's spewing lava at the beginning of the show. Had to show what the prop people are capable of!

Funny how Booger was pissed at Erika until he found out he was in the final two. Back into each other's arms in a flash. Ugh! I agree that she better have some great friends to wipe her tears when she finds out how the world (not only people in America watch!) see her!

Exarius Author Profile Page:

In case you're still upset about last night (or just insanely bored), read this interview with Janelle at EW.com. It speaks a lot about her personality and why people love her so much.

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1533111_3_0_,00.html

cajah Author Profile Page:

Completely agree with CrazyTrain (#42) & Zharak (#44). Boogie isn't a floater because his plan from the beginning was to serve his master. And give him some credit- he did it well! Operation Double date was something to behold (the way you slow down as you pass by an accident, you can't help but watch in horror).

Thank you TVGasm!

cajah Author Profile Page:

Exarius (#55), the last person evicted doesn't usually get sent to the jury house. They have all that media to do and by the time they're done, it's time to bring the jury members back for the finale.

Exarius Author Profile Page:

#62 cajah,

I just found out that when the 3rd to last person gets evicted, they only join the jury at the roundtable discussion (just like last year). But I'm not sure what happens after that (possibly a hotel ;) with the other jurors for 2 days til finale). I remember hearing that Janelle did go to the sequester house last year where she said everyone was drunk and she had a nasty fight with Beau.

sparky Author Profile Page:

jack (57) FYI ralph waldo and henry david were in concord massachusetts, not concord new hampshire. As far as I can tell, Boogie is the only "famous" person from concord NH.

boomersmommy Author Profile Page:

Thank you for the link, Exarius. Just finished reading the interview and THIS is exactly why I like Janelle. She is in fact genuine. A small town girl with a small town attitude. I love the fact that the first person she called after the show was her Mom. Gooooo Mom!

Jedi Janie is and always will be the best Big Brother has ever offered us. EVER.

LagunaBeached Author Profile Page:

God, If Boogie wins thats just... disturbing. Erika needs the money for her facelift.

Jack (#57) - "no need to restate the unanimous disgust at the erica/boogie final"
I think it's time to crack open a dictionary and look up the word "unanimous", because doesn't mean "majority" like you seem to think it does.

Exarius Author Profile Page:

If anyone even cares, here's how I think the voting's gonna go (Guaranteed Will/Janelle/James/Danielle):

Marcellas: Erika
Howie: Boogie (#1: Will/Janelle will convince him, #2: he still blames George for his eviction, #3: he wants in on Boogie's parties)
James: Boogie
Danielle: Boogie
George: Erika
Will: Boogie
Janelle: Boogie (implied she was voting for best player in Entertainment Weekly interview)

Winner: Boogie by a 5-2 vote
(lose-lose situation)


The aftermath:
- Boogie will probably suffer in street cred.
- Erika will need serious therapy after hearing what Boogie has said about her
- Janelle will have won America's hearts, as well as $25000
- Dr. Delicious will be single in 5 days (unless he can manipulate his girlfriend into believing he had no love for Janelle - even though everyone now knows he does)


- The Amazing Race 11: can anyone say "Holla" for Will and Janelle (in case you're wondering, they've both agreed individually that they would do it together) = another Emmy for TAR

sparky Author Profile Page:

tabby (67)I think it still counts as unanimous. The "minus one" opinion would be, as the pollsters say, statistically insignificant

HoneyBunny Author Profile Page:

All this time you were pretending...

So much for my happy ending.

hb

Exarius (#68)- Oh god, please don't let them ruin TAR. It was bad enough with Romber, it would be unwatchable with Janelle alone. With her and Will, the cries of how lovely they are together would make the internet unbearable too.

troiaj Author Profile Page:

Yeah, I don't want to see any more reality show transplants on Amazing Race. Especially not Will and Janelle. They are so boring. I don't understand their popularity. Individually I like them, but together they're blah. I've lied in my own bed and hugged a guy many times before. It's not that interesting to see somebody else do it. I don't care how attractive the couple is.

slutty_whore Author Profile Page:

Oh, how your memories are SO VERY SHORT! By far, the worst final two EVER in BB history was Season Four's Final Two of Jun and Alison.... I remember the jury members not wanting to pick either one and hating having to choose between an unworthy slut and an unworthy floater. Hey, wait, kind of like this season! Never mind, I take that back.

zoo keeper Author Profile Page:

(#18) HicksPub to Pamsey... the thing is, when Pamsey did it, it was HILARIOUS. When Boogie did it, it was just pathetic.

I would root for Erika because I don't want to see Boogie win, but Erika has behaved in a way that sets women back decades. I hate for her complete lack of identity or self-respect to be rewarded. But then I could make more money stripping than educating children so why would we stop at paying Erika half a mil for being Boogie's jizz-rag.

The whole outcome just disgusts me. Like everyone, (except Tabby Lavalamp) I don't really even care anymore who wins. Counting the seconds to Survivor!

weaponx4701 Author Profile Page:

This is my first time posting here so sorry for the length.

Living on the west coast and being a big fan of spoilers I checked out a BB All Stars spoiler site at about 5:45 PM on Tuesday and when I saw that Will had been evicted it felt like the air had been sucked out of the room. The dream of seeing Will and Jannelle in the final two was over.

I hope everyone who had a Janellegasm after Erika molded Jannelle’s silly putty like mind into one that was thinking clearly and watched her do the smart thing (at the time) which was to evict Will is now very happy. That opened the door to the worst case scenario, the Big Brother All Stars finale is the equivalent of a Survival Finale in which Richard Hatch and Tom Westman have to decide who is the winner between Jonny Fairplay and Kati Gallagher.

Now I have to admit that I started out hating Will in Season 2. When there was a house full of people and he started talking about them being like puppets that he would control I was thinking what an arrogant bastard. The addition of him and Boogie starting the tradition of naming alliances also was extremely annoying. Without “Chilltown” there would be no “Three Amigos”, “Sovereign Six”, “Friendship Alliance” or “Legion of Doom”. When he lost his then squeeze and ally Shannon in the second eviction and Boogie not that long afterward I thought he is a dead man. He didn’t seem willing or able to win an HOH to save his life and every other nomination saw him in the hot seat without a veto (veto’s were not introduced until season three). Once you were nominated back then you stayed in the seat or you left the house. By the end when you knew he was going to easily beat what appeared to be a bipolar Nicole I was impressed that he had maneuvered himself through lies half truths and manipulation into a position where he was facing the only person the jury disliked more than him.

After watching him work this season I am now convinced he is one of the best if not the best player of not just Big Brother but any interactive competitive reality show. By interactive competitive I mean a show that involves group dynamics leading to you being chosen the winner by a group of your peers. Thank goodness the producers of the show decided to include him when he was inexplicably left out by the people who voted and obviously thought Big Brother must have started in season five. Remember that seven of the people voted into the house were from season’s five and six. For me he made the show watchable this season. He walked into the house full of seasoned Big Brother contestants (with the exception of Chicken George) and immediately used the exact same MO that everyone there must have seen him use to win season two.

I at first admired then was amazed at what this guy accomplished this season without winning a single HOH or POV and with the albatross also know as Mike Boogie around his neck. He comes into the house as the only former winner with a gigantic target on his back even before he can unpack his things. How many times did you hear somebody mention “Will’s got to go” before the first set of nominations. First he convinces a much stronger season six alliance that CT is in fact a powerful alliance and not just two friends hanging out in the house. He offers his help to them while at the same time telling the so-called “floaters” that season six have to go. While everyone is skeptical they all seem to buy it.

Now the much stronger season six alliance wins the first four HOH’s. CT was never put up together. Will was the pawn in Jace’s eviction and Boogie got himself off the block while Will convinced Jannelle not to put him up thus insuring Diane’s eviction. By the time the season six HOH streak was over there were 10 people in the house and four of them were from season six. Also by that time James had rightly splintered off from his alliance (he was the outsider looking in of that group) and CT had picked up some muscle and brainpower in the form of James and Danielle. The Legion of Doom was born and on top of that the so-called “floaters” still were against season six. Down go Kayser, Marcellas and Howie. The season six alliance is dead and Jannelle is now an even larger target to everyone.

Dr. Evil now shifts gears and decides that he and Boogie cant compete against Danielle and James and decides he needs a secret weapon to destroy his former allies. That comes in the form of Jannelle who helps him get rid of James, Danielle and George.

I was very surprised that after the veto competition that Jannelle won in the final four that will did not sequester Jannelle from Erika just as he had kept Erika away from Danielle. As I mentioned before Janelles mind seemed like silly putty (whomever talked to her last left the lasting imprint). All of the live feed people out their help me out with this? Maybe he really though he had Jannelle’s vote wrapped up and that a desperate Erika could not change her mind. As the saying goes “Pride cometh before the fall” and in Will’s case it was mixed in with a healthy dose of arrogance as well.

After this all of the Jannelle fans can feel free to rip me to shreds. I will admit that I was probably one of the three people who watched BB6 and was not completely enamoured with Jannelle. She is definitely beautiful and has the spirit of Amazon warrior but she came across to me as plastic, fake and bitchy. I never bought the dumb blonde act was just an act. She was definitely almost a savant with Big Brother info but for everyone who thought she was smart think back to James trying in vain to explain both her and Howie what “pull the wool over your eyes” meant, Howie’s fake answer to the clues “spool of lies” the Jannelles answer to the clues, that phrase known so well by all You sow what your reep.” I always got the feeling that she thought she was much smarter than she actually was. In BB6 Jannelle did not win her first HOH until the very popular and very overrated Kayser was evicted for the second time in one show. Instead of sending Maggie home (who was the glue holding a very weak alliance together) she used her POV to change the nominations and send home Jennifer who had blatantly betrayed Kayser. Revenge may have been sweet but it ended up costing her in the end. That season Jannelle spent a good amount of time on the block but she was never the primary target until she was put up with special needs Howie. At that time there were only six people left in the house. It was then that the warrior within her allowed her to cut through some pretty weak competition to the final three where she fell short and was evicted.

Like Will she came into BB All Stars a large target on her back but some advantages he didn’t have like three of her castmates along for the ride to start out with. So to offset that target you enter the house with three people to run interference for you and the Kayser mystique that he was actually a good player. Sorry Kayser fans, he is a really nice guy but he was in the BB house three times in two seasons and never got onto a jury. I won’t go as far as to say that Will used her from day one but when he convinced her not to put him up in place of Boogie after he took himself off the block that was the end of the season six alliance. Then her friend Marcellas is evicted followed by friend and alliance member Howie and she still seems enthralled by Will.

Lastly the number of HOH and POV wins. As I mentioned before she won fewer competitions in BB6 when you have a cast that are all actually trying to win. It is easier to win more competitions when some of your competition is either not trying to win like Will or you are getting help from other competitors (Boogie almost teller her where the doll she needs is in the doll competition). I honestly don’t believe Will was trying to throw all of the competitions but not trying to win is almost as good when competing against people like Jannelle and James. Once the field was trimmed down to six people Jannelle is going to win an HOH or a POV almost every round.

All of that aside I feel that both Will and Jannelle played a great game in there own way and it would have been great to see them in the finals.

Wouldn’t it have been great to watch the jury spit venom at Will while they praised Jannelle for her competitive prowess? The ultimate debate between the master strategist and the winner of competitions. I would want Will to win but I wouldn’t be disappointed to see Jannelle come out on top either.

Will Vs Boogie would have been fun because then the jury could spit venom at both of them and Will would have eaten it up while he convinced them he did them a favor by sending them to sequester. Boogie would lose his temper and start calling the jury members bitches and ho’s and probably save a homophobic remark for Marcellas.

A Jannelle Vs Boogie final would be a very deserved 6-1 win for Jannelle.

Jannelle Vs Erika would be a massacre and a 7-0 sweep.

But because of Jannelle’s epiphany we now get the worst case scenario a Boogie Vs Erika final. It’s one of those which bowl of crap smells worse scenarios.

I can’t believe I am saying that he should win because I can’t stand Boogie. This guy must have a radar for finding women who have low self esteem combined with some form of dementia that makes them think he is some way attractive. You look at the guy and you can feel the bile rising in your throat. He is a misogynist, sexist, zero class, pseudo human. That aside he deserves to beat Erika. He was definitely not the brains behind CT but he won a POV when he needed to get himself off the hot seat. He won the HOH after Howie was evicted against Jannelle (who could have easily put one or both of them on the block). That bought Will a week to cool her off and send her after James and Danielle. He won the HOH, which guaranteed his entrance into the final three. Finally after Will eviction which he took much harder than Will did he stopped crying, picked his jaw off the floor and beat both Jannelle and Erika in the final POV competition. Erika won an HOH and two POV’s. She only really needed to win the one POV and she was so clueless at the time she didn’t even know she had to win it. Boogie was not a floater. He picked a side and stayed with it. Erika was something that can’t be defined as a floater either. She was a leaf that happened to land on the CT bandwagon. Her one moment of desperation that brought about clarity does not entitle her to the win but in the case of these two who really cares.

zoobabe Author Profile Page:

thanks for the recaps guys! The jury questions will make me want to watch the finale, but I'd love to see Boogie lose b/c money-wise the runner up gets shat upon and it's what he deserves. I'm looking forward to the "social experiment" that is the new Survivor too.

Exarius Author Profile Page:

Housecalls interview

Exclusive Housecalls clip: Janelle tells what Will was whispering in her ear, to prevent the internet from hearing.

For the entire 30 mins (not great quality though)...
Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

beachbound Author Profile Page:

To Sparky who said "As far as I can tell, Boogie is the only "famous" person from concord NH.":

I'm pretty sure Christa McAuliffe (NASA's teacher in space) was from Concord, NH. She, however, had a little more dignity than Boogie.

chick110 Author Profile Page:

Laguna Beached (#77), actually, Erika doesn't need money for a face lift, she just needs FOOD and lots of it! Poor thing is wasting away...

Tony A. Author Profile Page:

I googled Mike "Boogie" and here's what I got:

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Hee hee

ClariceStarling Author Profile Page:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who wanted the car to plunge to the earth wit Boogie's punk-ass in it. He is such a tool. I hope Erica wins even though she's a A-1 Loser herself. Vote for Janelle, bitches!

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