big brother 7

this summer's guilty pleasure premiered earlier and i can't believe it's the 7th season already. they shook it up a bit and came up with an all-stars edition. well, not stars but previous housemates from the past six seasons.

and since season 6 just ended less than a year ago, they're still kinda famous and that gave them an edge over the other all-stars. edge, because the producers called 20 of the 75 previous housemates and let america decide on who could be in bb7.

so this season, we have 14 housemates, 4 of whom come from season 6: james, kaysar (my fave last season), janelle & howie. this makes them quite 'vulnerable'. this is what makes big brother here different from the version they have in the philippines, aka pinoy big brother.

the housemates compete to become HOH, or head of household. the HOH then nominates two housemates for eviction. the rest of the housemates then vote to evict. but wait, before they vote to evict a housemate, there's a Power of Veto game where the housemates (except the HOH) compete for a chance to veto the HOH nomination. yay!

viewers such as moi don't get the chance to vote to evict someone from the house. the only time that viewers are allowed to 'participate' in the whole thing is when the producers ask the viewers to reward the housemates. which is precisely the reason why i don't remember half of the housemates (some of them are really forgettable, and unless you have an obnoxious personality such as dr. will, you will be drowned in a sea of conflicting egos).

so very different from the treatment of pinoy big brother housemates. somewhere along the way, the producers of pbb found a way to make this reality show a talent search. need further proof? even the celebrity edition housemates are getting projects left and right (hello keanna reeves!) and the recent teen edition winner is probably one of the busiest teen stars in abs right now.

i am just wondering about what could have happened if the local producers stuck with the way other big brother shows do it.