BB27 Why ___ Lost Cast Preview

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[00:00:28] Ich bin David Blumenberg und ich bin sehr froh, dass ich, wie es, was, was, was. Ich bin David Blumenberg und ich bin sehr froh, dass ich mich für die Weltwelle bejahe. Ich bin David Blumenberg und ich bin sehr froh, dass ich wieder einmal wieder wieder an dich, als ich bei Big Brother 21 zu Ovi Kabir. Hey, y'all.

[00:00:58] Hey, David, das ist mein tolles Mal. Ich bin hier auf am Anfang des Jahres, weil ich jetzt meine Lieblumenberg mit I get zu sprechen über Big Brother mit dir und alle Leute, die obsessenden Leute, die sie mit diesem Reality-TV show, dass wir alle lieben. So very excited to be here and chat about this. It's the most wonderful time. For you. For me. For many of us. Most people are waiting for this time of the year, and sometimes get pushed back, sometimes it's earlier. This time it feels right. It's still summer, and we get to enjoy it. Yes, yes.

[00:01:27] Now, we are, of course, here to talk about the Big Brother 27 cast that was just released as we're recording it yesterday. We want to give you our first thoughts and also add on something you can't get anywhere else by discussing a bit about how we think they will each do in terms of my rules for winning Big Brother. Because let me tell you, just from the initial interviews we saw, there are already some who look to do well.

[00:01:57] And some who, let's just say for the moment, don't. At the end, we will give our winner predictions. And, you know, just in case someone thinks there's no way to predict a winner just from the small bit of information, Ovi predicted Taylor in Big Brother 24 season preview podcast. Now, last season. Last season.

[00:02:25] I predicted McKenzie would be the first out and almost predicted Chelsea would be the first out. So clearly, I am right on target. But, you know, I mean, that was. In my defense, that's based on a rating of how well we think they will follow my rules. And McKenzie didn't follow them all the way till the end.

[00:02:50] So, you know, she didn't go out right away because of it or at all, technically. But she never did get the hang of following the rules. You're not wrong. You know, maybe it's one of those things. You just go with the opposite of your gut this time, David. But you're correct. That's what makes us different because we will be ranking players based on these rules we've created.

[00:03:10] And so I'm very excited to see maybe I can keep up a streak from what was that BB 24 here because we don't need to talk about these last two seasons of our rankings since we might have overperformed. But, you know, I what I'm most excited about is how much we disagreed today because I already know. I think we're going to have different opinions for a lot of our viewers who've watched us before. That's typically how it goes between David and I. We have different opinions on this.

[00:03:36] Well, just remember, you know, as my shirt says, I may be wrong, but it's highly unlikely after we just talked about Chelsea and McKenzie. But, you know, I wasn't I didn't have this shirt then. You didn't have the shirt. You know, I mean, I had it just not on. So it clearly the powers didn't apply.

[00:03:54] Now, speaking of the rules, in case anyone isn't familiar with us, once the season starts and people begin getting evicted, we will be here each week, usually by Saturday mornings to discuss what happened and how that player did overall in terms of those rules for winning that I originally wrote over 20 years ago in 2004 and have been modifying over the years. The most recent version that's currently posted is a few years old. It's at Rob has a website dot com slash big brother rules.

[00:04:24] I you know, I've tweaked it a few places here and there, but not enough to go back and repost it on the website and everything for this preview. I just want to go over the basics of the rules, just basically the title. So rule one, scheme a plot. Rule two, but don't scheme a plot too much and keep your scheming secret and don't backstab until you absolutely need to. Rule three, be flexible.

[00:04:52] And the key is you can't simply tie yourself to one alliance and hope that it survives. Rule four, don't let your emotions control you. A lot of people break rule four. Rule five, another one a lot of people break. Pretend to be nice and play the social game. Also, some subheadings for act like an adult. Don't drink too much. Don't be lazy or show your bad habits and keep your politics and controversial beliefs to yourself.

[00:05:22] Rule six, don't be too much of a threat. Rule seven, trust almost nobody, especially deals made during comp. And then we have Appendix A, which will come into play later, which is the jury phase and how to work your way towards getting those jury votes if you make it to the end. Yeah, I mean, it's a comprehensive ranking of rules you've put together here.

[00:05:51] And, you know, it's funny because what we have seen is players that follow these rules typically make it much farther than players who don't. But what I do love to see is the players who truly break all of these rules. Because, again, these are just guiding rules that can and might not work for every player. And there's sometimes an anomaly of a player that decides, I don't believe in, you know, controlling my emotions. I don't believe in playing this. And they somehow make it far. So that's the fun thing about each season. Yeah, they can make it far.

[00:06:21] I mean, McKenzie, like I said, you know, when we talked about why Chelsea won and why McKenzie lost. Because McKenzie pretty much followed almost no rule. Yeah. She didn't win. And that's the point. It's the rules for winning. You can make it far. You can be dragged somewhere, as McKenzie was. And, you know, that doesn't mean that you're a better player than someone else.

[00:06:47] You know, I would argue, for example, that you are a much better big brother player than McKenzie. I did not say that. You're already, you know, if there's anybody, you know, if there's no one who's going to support me on this earth, that means David is gone from my number one supporter right here. That's a big statement there. But, I mean, we have, you know, one of your favorite players of all time, Jag, you know, the one who has never been evicted, who won it and broke a good amount of rules too. But that's the fun part.

[00:07:16] It's a toss-up. But, you know, what I've been learning as I'm with David has been doing these podcast episodes. I'm like, wow, actually, this is true. I wish I knew some of these, more of these rules going into the house beforehand. So, if you are a future Big Brother player, you have to be watching this because you need any rules. Yes. So, now it's time to dive into the players based on the information and videos that were released yesterday. We will hit a few high points for each one.

[00:07:45] We're not going to go over, you know, hugely in depth because people who want that, that's already out there. And then we will rate them on a scale of 1 to 10 for how well we think they will do in following my rules. Now, of course, a little disclaimer. We will be basing all of this off of very limited information.

[00:08:06] And, you know, while I'm quite certain I'll do much better this year than last, like the shirt said, I may be wrong. It's just highly unlikely. So, you know, just keep that in mind. Yeah. Yeah. So, with that, let's dive in with Adrian. Okay. We're going alphabetical order, more or less. And you'll understand the more or less as we get there.

[00:08:36] So, Adrian is 23, a carpenter in San Antonio, Texas. And right out of the gate, we have the person who has undoubtedly prepared the most for being on Big Brother. And when I say he's prepared the most, I mean that across, like, many seasons. I don't know of anyone who has prepared more than Adrian. Probably not.

[00:09:02] I'm not sure what he has done to prepare for it in all the ways he's, you know, this is where I already know we're going to disagree, David. Because there is Adrian, he is young. I always feel a kinship with some younger players going on here. Confident or cocky? I think many would say cocky because he's already, you know, compared himself to the greats from the Derrick, Cynodans, and Dr. Will. So, we're starting up strong when you see him, you see his interview.

[00:09:29] But I think this is my crazy, you know, I want to hear your thoughts on it too as well. I think it's a bit, I think he's committed to the bit. I don't think he's watched Big Brother before. I truly don't think he, no, I legitimately do not think he's really watched Big Brother. I think he's seen maybe a season or two and he's like, I'm going to commit to this, that I'm this mastermind. I mean, you just watch his interviews. If you watch, I mean, they have it written down, but if you watch the interviews, it's just him, like, talking about how he'll be the greatest. Really nothing to back it up.

[00:09:59] I truly think he, chat GPT, Big Brother. I just said, what should I say? I mean, he did say, you know, that he's slept on the floor. He has, he has made slop. He's been reading psychology books. He's trained for comps. He built his own wall comp. This is, there have been pictures of this, maybe videos, all over social media.

[00:10:27] So, he really did build his own wall comp. Now, did he get it so it shakes him and, you know, everything else? I don't know. But, I really, I don't think it's a bit. I think it is true. Do I think he is pumping up the cockiness? Yes. This is Big Brother. Everyone who has seen Big Brother have seen, you know, the guys in the, you know, like Dr. Will in the diary room. Uh-huh.

[00:10:57] I think that he is getting into it. He is pumping himself up. He is pumping production up. And, you know, they haven't been allowed to talk to anyone for like a week and a half or something. So, I think they're just excited to even talk to a camera or a producer at this point. He says he doesn't think he's ever seen anyone analyze the game the way he has. What does that mean? I don't know. Maybe he hasn't listened to this podcast then.

[00:11:27] Come on. I like him for the sole reason that I feel like it is so braggadocious, outrageous. That's what he's going for. I just, again, you know, I don't know if he truly, I think, who knows, maybe that wall is because he loves Ninja Warrior. Maybe he's just trying to put it from there and do this. I just don't know how much he knows about this show, even as much as he says it does, which actually might work for him in his favor.

[00:11:53] Because if he plays as cocky as he is in the diary room, I am concerned that, hey, it's not going to go off well. And I also, he's one of the younger players in the house when you're 20. You're no more confident in the world than you are when you're 23. I truly believe that. It's like you believe you're invincible. You feel like nothing can, you know, get on top of you. You feel like you had it. So, I'm worried. But, I mean, we've seen this in the past. We've seen some young players go in there, change our perspective.

[00:12:21] I think Corey was a great player. We saw, was that this past season? Yes. Corey Wittenberger. Him just kind of showcasing his knowledge of the game. Well, two seasons ago, yeah. Two seasons ago. Sorry. Now, they mesh together for me. But a young player going into the game who was still self-aware. Is he self-aware? I don't know. I don't know. I mean, he seems to have a good understanding of the game. He breaks it down to three areas. Social, strategic, and physical.

[00:12:49] Now, the braggadocious part is, the ego part is he believes he has all them covered. Now, one thing that's very interesting to me is he talks about two different things that are practically taken from my rules. And he even says he has rules to play by, which makes me wonder. One of his rules is to play logically, not emotionally, which, of course, is my rule four.

[00:13:15] Plus, he talks about the social game in a way like it could have come right from our conversations about rules one and five. Because he says the social is who you have influence over. The strategic is how you use that influence. And that's something that we frequently talk about is being social compared to the social game.

[00:13:38] Now, he says he wisely or doesn't plan to tell the other house guests how much he lives and breathes Big Brother, which is good. But let's face it, he's going to tell someone. At some point, he's going to tell someone. So, yeah. Now, you have already hit on something, which is I know some people are already annoyed with him because he said things like, I am the best fan.

[00:14:07] I am the super genius, a social assassin and a strategic mastermind. But, again, this is his intro. He's promoting himself. Yeah. So, I'm not mad at it. Okay. Wow. Did not expect this one out of the gate. Did not expect this to be your favorite. But, hey, kudos to Adrian. He said, you saw this first. He said a few rules that resonate with David's soul. And David immediately went, love this man. That's right.

[00:14:36] You know it. This is him. The weight of my heart is through my rules. Through your rules. Valid. I just don't think he's going to play to any of these rules, David. I think it's a bit. I am telling you. I think he's going to. If anything, maybe I hope he plays less braggadocious to it. But I worry he's going to be too much of a threat. I am worried his social game might not just be there because he's just so excited to be in here. I hope I'm proven wrong.

[00:15:03] Because I actually, I really, I'm thinking I'm going to really enjoy watching him play the game. I'm just unsure how well it's going to go in regards to our rules with his team. But, you know, saying something might not be the same as doing something. But if he does what he says he will, I think he will do well based on the rules. Yeah, I think he has a lot of very early boot slash winner potential. Like, I don't think there's much of a middle ground with him. Okay. Swing big or go. Okay. Yeah, exactly. Exactly.

[00:15:30] So I'm going to tell you, I'm giving him a nine out of 10 on how well I think he'll follow the rules. Oh, I knew we would disagree after that. I did not think we would disagree. A nine? You're giving a holy nine out of the bat to Adrian. I am. Wow. I thought I was going to have the hot takes on this one. I have given Adrian very different than a nine. You have to curve the numbers. I have him as a four. Okay. I have him as a four.

[00:16:00] You're erasing the top of that. I'm very curious. And keep in mind, this is not how we think they will exactly do, but then this is how we think they'll follow the rules. So David can be completely right. He might follow. If he does everything he says he does, his rules are gone. I don't believe him. I don't believe Adrian. I think Adrian's doing it for the bit. I can't wait to watch him. I think he could be a great player, but the rules, I don't think he's going to follow him. I'm putting him at a four. David's putting him at a nine. I love this. All right.

[00:16:25] Well, this was a heck of a start to have him, you know, being the first one out of the gate. I really don't think we'll have quite as much to say about most of the rest of the players, you know, but yeah. All right. Next up, we have Amy. She is 43, an insurance agent in Stockton, California. What is the first thing that you noticed about Amy? If I can ask that.

[00:16:53] The first thing I noticed from her is she's a girl's girl. She's talking a lot about that. And I feel like we ask this every season. Will this be the season where we get the girls alliance that actually goes far into the game and does well from the cast composition right now? There's all it seems like it's a good thing, but it usually crashes and burns for whatever reason throughout the season. But she seems like a very girl's girl person wants to create that mama bear type.

[00:17:21] That's kind of what she's talked herself about. So that makes me happy. But there's a pro but also kind of scares me because it might get you in a position where you're eventually this like a boot because of, you know, not the key ringmaster with somebody that can they can just take out if they need to. So I'm kind of lukewarm on her. But her primary strategy was we need to make a girls alliance. Go far. I'm a big girls girl. She said she was open to a showman.

[00:17:50] Looking at the cast composition, I don't know how much room there is because a lot of people already taken age gaps there. But who knows? That's, you know, that's what I've seen. Not very confident in comps either. Kind of the middle of the road. Again, it's one of those things where it's like, how well can you assert yourself within the group dynamics for Amy that I feel like she would have a good chance of going farther in the game, but could also very easily be like if the girls turn on her quickly, might not look good. Yeah.

[00:18:18] So what you noticed was the same thing I noticed, which I mean, it would be difficult not to because all she talked about pretty much was getting together with the women, you know, and at least three to four questions, she talks about it. And you said the question is always, is it going to happen this season? I'm going to answer it. No, it's not going to happen this season. You know, she made it seem like she's watched a lot of Big Brother.

[00:18:46] But then when she was asked about the standout moment from 25 years of Big Brother, she said it was McKenzie taking Chelsea to the end last season. So really, the absolute most recent thing that happened, literally the most recent thing that could have happened is the standout of the entire 25 years. I don't think so, Amy. She knows not to do it, though.

[00:19:14] She, you know, it's a good example not to follow that. So there is a chance there. I don't know. I mean, like, yes, I'm optimistic up here. Every season we're like, please, like there could be a women's alliance that could go far. And we've seen, I mean, I don't understand. We've seen it in Survivor. You so well, you know, but Big Brother just for whatever reason, the dynamics just don't mix. But from truly the cast interviews, again, these are pre-interviews we're getting.

[00:19:43] It seems like there might be a solid group here to go there because I also think there's, I mean, I don't want to go into other members, but I think there's many more women on this season that would be apt to it. But also, I feel like there's a less likelihood of an all-men's alliance really forming strong here. So Amy's, I always hate to say this, but I think Amy's ability to go far in this game and win this game will be very determinate on other players if they want to work with her. Yeah. So. Well, yeah.

[00:20:13] And that's what she said. Other than working with women, the only other thing she really said was that she's good at building connections and has a good personality and can read people. Personally, I do not have a good feeling for her or about her at all. So I am rating her a two. Oh, a two. Yeah. That's a strong one. Yeah, when you were saying middle of the road, I'm like, no, she's the middle of the road. Oh, man. You know, because I'm not going to change my rankings now.

[00:20:43] I'm not going to be convinced by the David convincing, all right? He does this. He's very convincing. But I won't let it sway my mind. It might sway the viewers, but not me today. I have Amy as a five right at the middle of the road. I feel like because of the cast composition, I feel like she could do well within the rules. She's going to try not to, you know, I only worry that she's not going to plot and scheme. I know she said she's okay to take an attack on somebody, but right now I feel like it's as close as the middle right here. This is my middle. So we'll see where it goes up and down.

[00:21:13] So you're giving her a five? Yes, sir. I'm giving Amy a five. Okay. I'm Charissa and my advice to all entrepreneurs start with Shopify successfully. I use Shopify since the first day. And the platform makes me never problems. I have many problems, but the platform is never one of them. I feel like Shopify will continue to optimize everything. Everything is super einfach, integriert and linkable. And the time and the money I spend with it, can I invest in other ways.

[00:21:43] Especially in growth. Well, next up we have, let me scroll here, Ashley. And she is 25, an attorney, originally from Chicago, but now in New York. Now, I of course want to root for Ashley because she's from Chicago. But now she's in New York. Come on. You know, so we'll see how that goes.

[00:22:13] She says she's been watching the show since she's a little girl. And she thinks people will underestimate her and won't know she's really strategic and a lawyer. And she competed in pageants and track. I've already seen some people say it's kind of her pageant training is kind of obvious, just watching her. But that's watching her in this situation. We'll have to see how it goes after that.

[00:22:39] And she can still acknowledge having been in pageants without saying, oh, and by the way, I'm also an attorney. Yeah, no, I agree. I feel like I was really impressed with Ashley on here because I really like, one, the background of how she's coming from. She's talking very eloquently about things, but also is very confident in her words, but understands like, hey, I need to ensure that like, it doesn't seem like I need to be the center of everything.

[00:23:05] So I think that like from her athletic, she's been part of, she said she did track and she did some dance, pageantry. I mean, she went to a T14 law school, which I don't really give much clap to in a sense of how it will do in the big brother house. But it seems like there's like a brain on her, some good social skills. So everything I saw from Ashley seems smart and they understand the game. I think that's the smart thing is being aware, but also understanding the game. Because I think we have sometimes people who are really aware who do well, but don't know the game.

[00:23:33] So it makes it difficult for them to understand the rules we've put on there and go further. But then it's the opposite where they know the game really well, but aren't very self-aware and that really hinders them. I look at Ashley as a mixed vote. Yeah. Now, one of her favorite players is Andy and she talked about him a lot, which definitely bumps up her rating for me. She clearly favors strategy in the social game, saying her training as an attorney will allow her to manipulate the facts in such a way as to convince others that what she says is the truth.

[00:24:02] But on top of that, she says she's outgoing and warm and people get close to her quickly. So if that's all true, that's, you know, I think that's a good combination. Yeah, no, I mean, I like everything I've seen from them right now. And I also think like being in a, I think it's always actually an advantage when we have cast members. And you'll probably see that as a bias of mine as we go further, who are in the Northeast because we see a lot more cast and house guests from the Northeast area. It's their new city.

[00:24:32] There's a tri-city area where they can kind of communicate with people in Philly, other bigger cities, Chicago. There's kind of like a already on there, I feel like. So I feel like she's going to do well there. And I, everything I've heard from her, I like it. I have a rank pretty high. I've rather eight. Me too. Look at that. We agree on some. Wow. I love that. All right. Okay. Okay. Well, next up.

[00:24:56] So let me just say before we put this person up here, this person, when I saw her interview, I immediately made a video and posted it on my YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram because I was so annoyed by that right off the bat. And I am talking about Ava Pearl, 24, aura painter in New York.

[00:25:25] Aura painter is such a crazy title that I love it. What can I say about her? She paints auras. Yeah. I mean, David Bloomberg against the arts. What is this? It's not the arts I'm against. In fact, she says her strength is that she reads people's auras for a living. So her secret weapon in the game is an imaginary power. Yay.

[00:25:55] You know, David doesn't watch enough anime to know how strong of a power this could potentially be. All right. This is a great ability. And I love it. I love Ava. I love her energy. And when we talk about swing or miss, this is a person that I see being the leader, ringleader of pre-jury and going out maybe fourths potentially, unless there's like a twist. We're truly making it very far. And I'm really hoping for the other part of it making it very far. Aura painter.

[00:26:23] I mean, isn't it cool that we've had a natural progression through the seasons? You can really figure out the timelines of when a season comes out when we have the manifestation was the biggest thing. Then we had life coaches that are even bigger. And now we have Aura painters. It's a progression of going to each Aura. And Ava is definitely quirky. But I also feel like they tell it as it is. You know, from being from New York City, the way she kind of talked about, you know, like, I don't mind speaking up about this. But also, like, they seem like they have a very good sense of humor.

[00:26:52] I think could do really well or do really badly because it just depends on the people around them. And it's very, very Gen Z humor, I find. I think it's very, like, so, again, that could do really well with some of these members. But there's some of the people like, oh, this is, I don't get this. I don't want to be around. So how well they can adapt, I'm not sure. But I love Ava. I really, truly did. Yeah. Many people have already been comparing her to Caitlin from BB20 or Lisa from last season.

[00:27:22] A few even said they hope she's another Caitlin. I hope she's another Caitlin, too, because then she goes out early after not being able to do a four-piece puzzle. Now, as for comparisons to Lisa, some people have said, well, yeah, Lisa caused a lot of fun moments. Yeah, I suppose Ava might be able to be so ridiculous that she does the same.

[00:27:48] My biggest worry is she will mess up the game of someone who actually knows what they're doing, like an Ashley or an Adrian or some others we're talking about later. Okay. So there's a viewer on Blue Sky. I believe her name is pronounced Kalia. And she said, oh, great. She's going to put someone on the block based off of vibes and auras. And I really hope not because I don't want us to have to explain that, you know, why blank lost.

[00:28:18] Like, why did this person lose? Because Ava thought her aura was bad. Bad aura. That's not a valid thing to vote somebody out, David. We might have to add that as a rule. You need to have good aura. Yeah. That could be. No, I truly think. I feel the aura thing. Okay. I'm not saying it's not valid to them, you know, how they perceive it.

[00:28:42] But I wonder if that's more, I don't want to say gimmick, but something of a nature to kind of like, but, you know, that's their personality to talk about. I don't know if that's going to be that integral to the game, you know? I hope maybe she throws it out there. But, okay, it would be different if she's like, hey, I read auras. I can read your aura. I mean, I can see how that could push somebody off and be like, oh, this is strange. But if it's more of like a fun thing where it's like, oh, yeah, I'm in New York City. You know, what job could you have as an aura painter outside of New York City?

[00:29:09] Like, that's such a New York City job and such a crazy, quirky thing that I think, you know. She claims that she's not going to tell people because it would give away her big secret power and make them think she's a witch. I mean, honestly, it's not a bad idea to not say anything. Like so many others, she will eventually tell people. We know this. But I'd be worried about it because she can use that.

[00:29:36] Like, let's say she doesn't let's say I'm in the house with her and she doesn't like me. Well, then she just tells someone he has an evil aura. I can tell. And if they believe her now, suddenly there's nothing I can do about it. How do I prove my aura isn't evil? That's powerful, though. Yeah, it could be if people believe her. So there was there was someone on the most recent season of Australian Survivor. OK. Who claimed to be a witch and could read auras.

[00:30:06] And the funny thing was right out right out of the gate, she read the guy who turned out to be the winner. She read his aura as polka dotted. Guess what color shirt he was wearing? Stripes. Polka dots. You know, it was like, come on. You know, signs. She saw signs. You know, she made it. She made an accurate estimation.

[00:30:34] She saw what you know, I think, you know what? I think you're giving too much grief to Ava. I think Ava. Never. Yes, it's going to be able to read. I think she's not going to trust people too much because she'll be able to figure out their aura. I think she's going to be able to control other people's emotions through that. She's going to plot and scheme. I have I have Ava higher than you do. I you definitely have her higher than I do. I did not see anything in her interview that indicates she has any real clue on how to play the game. That's the other problem. She says she's a fan. She's a big fan.

[00:31:03] No, she's a little fan. Her little brother is the big fan. OK. And in response to all the questions about strategy, she gave non answers. All we really know is she needs the money. OK, lots of people need the money. That's not a valid enough reason to show you're going to win. Seven. That's what I gave her. I gave her a seven, David. I'm sticking to it. Seven. Seven.

[00:31:30] OK, well, if you take the top of the seven there and you lop it off. No, don't do it. That's what I gave her. A two? No. A one? I gave her a one. No way. OK, just because you don't find aura reading valid. That is crazy. All right. You know what? We're going to have her read David's aura right now. Oh, I already know she's going to say it's black as pitch.

[00:31:57] I'm an evil, evil person for giving her a one. I think she will follow our rules more than Adrian will. But we will see. I do not. I do not. Head to head. We're going to do a side bet of Ava and Adrian. That's what we're in our aura battle will be. All right. Well, the next stop, we may agree more. Well, we have to agree more. I don't know if we'll agree total. Is Will. And now you may be saying, David, I thought you said we were going in alphabetical order. Well.

[00:32:26] His name is actually Clifton. So we're going in alphabetical order according to his actual name. But he goes by Will or Captain Will. Although I don't know how he'll be able to go as Captain Will because he's not talking about the captain part. Supposedly, he is 50, a college sports podcaster, apparently on women's volleyball. So or maybe it was women's basketball.

[00:32:53] But, you know, like I said, college sports podcaster in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now. Right off the bat, I'm rooting for Will because he's the oldest in the house and he wants to be the oldest person to win the show. While, like I mentioned, his job is a podcaster. He says he was in the army for 22 years, including spending some time in Iraq. And the weird part is he's not going to talk about it.

[00:33:23] This is where I think he could encounter some problems. That's almost half his life. How do you avoid talking about what you've done or half of your life? You know, there was a doctor on Survivor a couple seasons ago. Well, four seasons ago. Who got busted for exactly that? He didn't want to admit he was a doctor. So he made stuff up, but he couldn't account for like eight years of his life from med school and residency. And people busted him on it.

[00:33:53] That's eight years. This is 22 years. There's just no way. Yeah, I think, you know, I understand when people want to talk and not tell their profession in certain ways. But I also think you got to remember, you're playing double games, right? You're talking about how you can sneak in live at this. But you also have to connect with people. So now you're kind of taking away 25 years of your experience in your life that you won't be able to share the stories with people that can help them bond with you.

[00:34:22] So I hope he has a good, maybe he has a side story, a back story of during those times that is similar. Maybe he can talk about that or a family member in that military. It might take away something integral from him that will help him bond with other people. But outside of that, you know, I know you like rooting for the older guy. I actually am pleasantly surprised by his interview. I really like hearing a lot of his things. You know, I think it's very cool that he does a woman's podcast.

[00:34:48] That way, if there's any sports fans within there, he probably can talk to them about it, align with certain things. I mean, I think it was basketball. So, I mean, WNBA is going much bigger right now. So I imagine he's familiar with that. So if there's any of the men or women in there who are interested in that, that's a cool bonding point because it's very niche still for people who are still knowing about that. So I think there's a lot of room for him to navigate in a good position in which other older players weren't able to.

[00:35:17] Because the thing is why older players, I mean, maybe you can talk and say I'm wrong, but they don't do as well because it's hard for them to relate to certain things that are ongoing currently and they feel like an outsider maybe. I don't know it's necessarily hard for them to relate. I think it's I think many of them could relate, but the younger crowd would often say, look at the old person trying to relate to us here. You know, so it depends.

[00:35:45] It really depends on who you're there with, like so many other things. But now many people, including me, are cheering Will on for what seems to be a clear shot at. Kenny from last season because he slammed people who moan about missing their family, even though they knew that would happen when they signed up. So, you know, that automatic bonus points for Will there. Now, we were just talking about relations, relationships between him and the younger people.

[00:36:15] He thinks he's going to work these kids over like a puppet master. And because of what I just said, I'm sorry, I don't see that happening. Even if he's the cool older dude you want to hang out with, like he says, I don't see him turning that into being a manipulator. I just he says his strength is relationship building. I don't know. I don't I don't see him controlling the game.

[00:36:43] Yeah, I think, you know, it's one of those things you're cast for your archetypes. Right. But also when you're in the house, there's so many dynamics there that you kind of need to follow initially beginning game. Right. A certain pattern to help you get to the next move. I think it'll be very tough for him to basically take power in the beginning and then control things. So I can see him if he gets into a bigger alliance and work his works his way through there.

[00:37:07] Here's the thing I say is that because of what he does now, but also of his past experience, I think he has a really good ability potentially to relate to both sides of the house. If he gets split from gender, you know, from men and women. So I feel good. I also one day I feel good about him is that he's not going to take an unneeded risk in the beginning, because I also think he wants to experience the game. That's what he talks about. Like he wants to have the costumes. He wants to do these outfits like he wants to play big brother to experience big brother as well.

[00:37:35] So because of that, I feel like he's going to play a sensible game going throughout it. And that's why I also have him ranked at six right in the middle. I feel like he's going to listen to things. What do you have him as, David? I have him as a five. I just I worry about him. You know, he has this very detailed plan to get two men and two women on his side to make a five person basketball team. But if he pushes too hard, like if he comes in thinking that and goes, OK, there are two women. I've got to get them. And there's two guys there and I got to get them. And I got to tell them this plan.

[00:38:03] I just I can see people turning against him quickly. Like, what the heck is this guy doing? So I just worry about that and that he overestimates how much he can control. So I think he's going to violate the second rule by scheming and plotting too much. So I'm still giving him a five. But it's a it's a an iffy five. I get that. I think we were pretty aligned on that. Yeah. All right.

[00:38:33] Next up is Zay. So the other seemingly out of alphabetical order person. But that's because his name is Isaiah. He just goes by Zay. He is 23. He is a salesperson originally from Kentucky and now in Utah. And I will just say of all the people, every time I go through the list of everyone, I'm most surprised by seeing him because I keep he keeps falling out of my brain. I keep forgetting he's in the cast.

[00:39:03] Now, he thinks he will be. I'm sorry. Not the shots. He didn't even start. I forget he's on the cast. I don't know. He seems so. I mean, look at him. He seems so generic. I'm sorry. He has the blonde tips. Yes. That, you know. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. I don't know. I think he's like if you said, hey, I create a big brother player. I mean, young guy. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:39:32] I mean, so. So. Zay thinks he will be the most well-rounded person in the house, and that's why he'll win. And he knows everyone will like him. But he says adaptability or what we would say flexibility from rule three is his secret weapon. And he isn't going in with a set strategy, doesn't want to be too locked in, which is smart and the exact opposite of Will, who we just talked about.

[00:40:00] I also like that while he doesn't want to admit he's in sales, he knows that it'll probably slip out. Again, the opposite of Will. Some realism there. So although, you know, he looks kind of generic, he's less generic in some of the things that he said. Oh, that's funny. I thought this was going the opposite way because I thought we were going to agree that we might both feel the same way. I thought he was kind of memorable seeing him, but I thought his answers in his interviews were unfortunately lacking.

[00:40:29] But I will see this. I should say the very next sentence in my note is, the thing is, Zay didn't give me a whole lot to go on. So what I just mentioned was. He's a competition beast. I think that's his strategy because I imagine you were going to be about to say this, but he has no strategy. He believes that he shouldn't go into the game with any strategy because it'll be, you know, I don't know, taxing to figure out a strategy beforehand. And I know the game changes as you go, but I do think it's important to go through with strategy.

[00:40:58] And this is one of the players I think our rankings are going to be very interesting because, again, we're ranking people probably how we believe they will do based on the rules. Because I can see Zay as an anomaly and do really well and go very far in the game potentially with different things like that without believing in rules. But I have no belief that he will do any of the rules. I see him overplaying, scheming way too much, trusting too many people. I feel like, hey, I could go down the list and it'll be broken.

[00:41:27] So I'm not the highest on it. And I also think at being 23 and not, you know, at a younger age, it's a little tougher. I'm happy he's not going to lie about his job because more than likely, he probably hasn't worked very long. At 23, there's only so many years you can really work as a salesperson. So there's not much experience he could take away from if he lies about that too. All right. Well, so what is your rating here? Two. Wow. Wow. I don't think he'll follow the rules.

[00:41:57] I mean, that's how he will follow the rules. What little he did say, I guess. So I initially had him as a six, but after just talking here, I dropped him to a five. Just as five. Okay. I mean, there's no strategy. It's just competition, which again, could do really good for him. Yeah. But like. I mean, maybe if, maybe if you talked to me at the end of the podcast, I'd drop him even further. But let's just say five. I hope he does well. I hope. I want his blonde tips to go well.

[00:42:23] I am, you know, I'm rooting for him to do well, but unfortunately he is a lower ranking. I'm like. Okay. Well now next up, we have the guy who designed the AI of Zay. And that is Jimmy, who is 25 and an AI consultant. He is originally from Florida and now in Washington, DC. So Jimmy has been watching since at least BB10 and says he'll win because he has a strategy background, including manipulation.

[00:42:52] And he also knows how to build relationships. I definitely liked it. He says, I'm not here for the experience. I'm here to win. I don't feel, I don't know. Maybe it's you tell me, I feel like more people on survivor used to say, I'm here for the experience. I don't know that many people who say I'm here for the experience. I'm big brother. Um, yeah, I mean, I truly, I, yeah. The experience is being there.

[00:43:17] I mean, anyone can have the experience of being really just lock yourself in a room and just eat and stay on the couch. And, you know, just don't turn on heat. Like it's a year. It's luck. We all had that experience a few years ago. Yeah. Exactly. COVID gave everyone the experience of big brother. Essentially. The only difference is we were just voting out the rest of the world, not just the house. Um, yeah, no, I, you know, it, Jimmy comes off strong. I get strong personality.

[00:43:42] And it's one of those things where it can be really good to make relationships with, but it could maybe come across, you know, uh, maybe a little too strong. My only like, excuse me. I felt, I felt like they're a smart person. They talked about their experience in DC and what they do. So I feel like they understand how to play the game. Um, they're a fan. So they didn't say they're a super fan, but solid fans. I feel like they get the grasp of the game. It can do well. And within our rules, I feel like they're not going to do something too crazy. The only con I put was a triplet.

[00:44:11] I was like, hold on. You're a triplet. Might something be wrong there. Um, and the only reason is like, you know, it's been with two. Are you going to miss them? Or maybe it's like, because he was a triplet, he's had two older brothers or I guess not two older brothers. Two, the same brothers. Same brothers. Um, I think I'm assuming they're brothers. It could be across. So I'm not sure. Yeah. We're not sure. He didn't say identical triplet. Exactly. Um, so, uh, I, maybe that's the big twist. It's the triplet twist.

[00:44:39] He's going to be switching in and out with both of them. That would be crazy. Actually. Um, and that's a mysterious guest. Uh, no, I don't know. So, I mean, I feel like they have a experience from this being from the South of Florida. So they can bond with people from down there, but they live in a bigger city in DC. So, I mean, I have Jimmy doing pretty well. Um, the only thing I worry about is like, do they want to take a little too much control of the game at some times? Maybe that can be take the shot when they shouldn't take a shot.

[00:45:05] I mean, he says he wants to start as part of a big alliance, but not be the main person forming the alliance. So that's good. Um, you know, he is another person who's not going to be telling people what he does. He's just saying he's a tennis coach. We'll see how that goes. Uh, you know, I bet if he makes it far enough at some point, he's going to say, I have a big secret. I'm an AI consultant. And whoever he's telling looks at him and goes, huh? Um, yeah. I am a aura painter.

[00:45:35] Yeah. We'll go secret for secret. I'll paint your AI's aura. Um, and yeah, so he also wants to create some sub alliances within the alliance. Uh, all this is good for rule one plus rule three, since he wants multiple final twos and final threes, which is the way you go forward. You need to have that flexibility. So I'm liking what I see about him. I'm going to give him a seven. Oh, we are literally aligned. I have him as a seven too.

[00:46:05] Cause he follows the rules. Like you said, I feel like everything we've heard and truly not really, any drawbacks from there. So my only thing to say that, like, Hey, maybe he takes a shot when he doesn't need to, but like you also discuss the reasons why he might not. He's going to be in within the lines. He wants other people to pull a string. So I really like Jimmy and I feel like they have a good shot of going farther and not breaking any rules as well. I don't think we're going to have it. Why Jimmy lost for any time soon? Yeah. Yeah. All right.

[00:46:33] Next up is Catherine, uh, the 23 year old waitress from Georgia and now in South Carolina. Uh, she thinks she can deal with people because, or she thinks she can do well because she deals with people. She doesn't like as a server. And that'll allow her to do the same thing in the big brother house. I think the major point she's missing is if you're someone's server, you're with them for like an hour.

[00:47:02] And that's like just a few minutes at a time for an hour and big brother, you're with them 24 seven. You can't just get rid of them that quickly. So I don't think it's the same. I think that's really grasping at straws to find something to say, Oh, my job will help me because of, um, now she also has a degree in public relations and thinks that will allow her to twist the story in her favor. But the thing is, she doesn't talk about having any actual real world experience doing this.

[00:47:32] Literally, she said she has it from four years at school. Well, okay. Again, just because you majored in something doesn't mean you were performing it for four years at school. And, you know, beyond that, the strategy she gives is very hand wavy, uh, you know, being everyone's friend, but not overly so and getting in their groups and winning because people won't anticipate her strong social game.

[00:47:59] All very generic, which tells me she really has pretty much no idea what she's going to do. Yeah. Unfortunately, I didn't see as much with the strategy there for her, where I think one red flag I had was that she said she'd wait a couple of days because she doesn't want to come right off the table and be like, Hey, I want to join a group or like make connections. She said, I'll wait a couple of days to infiltrate and work my way into a group. Sometimes it's a little too late by then.

[00:48:26] I do see Catherine as somebody who could be brought into a, you know, a bigger alliance and whatnot. Like you said, I don't know if the experience of being a server is really going to make you feel super social. I mean, was a server who knows how much it helps you. You know, it is one of those things you can be in high, uh, you know, intense situations, but you're looking for when you clock off, you know, you can't clock off in big brother. And to be honest, anyone who has a degree within college right now and hasn't had a chance

[00:48:53] to really explore that degree out of college, it's hard to give as much weight to it. So for a PR degree, I don't know how far that's going to go for it. She looks like a lovely person. Um, but also strategy wise, didn't see much to her. I have her kind of slightly below the pack at four. Okay. I have her more below the pack at two and I may be overestimating. Uh, wow. Uh, I mean, she's, she's said she's only seen a few seasons and only started watching about a year and a half ago.

[00:49:21] So I really think that the reason she couldn't explain the strategy is she doesn't know any of the strategies. I really don't think she'll know what to do when she gets in. It is giving a little recruit, but they can maybe learn on the fly. Again, there's some younger players there. There's a lot. It seems like there's a good amount of 23 year olds actually seeing this season. So I, sometimes it helps band together, you know, like people. And then she, she's been around a lot of folks. She's coming out of college. It seems like recently seen by some of these other players.

[00:49:51] So I don't know, but yeah, I mean, rule wise, I'm thinking she'll have to learn on the fly. Yeah. All right. Next up is Keanu. He is 33 from Miami, but now in Texas, and he is a dungeon master, but he's also a personal trainer. So, you know, I think they, they put in dungeon master as the, uh, as the occupation. Cause that's, you know, cooler and draws more attention. Um, I like him a lot.

[00:50:18] I even just like the look on his face in this, like, yeah, you know, um, when I first glanced through all the interviews, his was the one that jumped out at me for a good reason. Unlike Ava's jumping out at me for a bad reason. Um, I feel like he has a lot of features and experience that will help him in the game. He's doing personal training for 15 years. That will help with cons. Uh, he does improv.

[00:50:43] So he says, he thinks, you know, he can think quickly on his feet being a dungeon master. He says means taking on different roles. Um, and speaking of which, I don't know how much he makes as a professional dungeon master. I know this exists. It's a good thing. It didn't exist when I was younger because I definitely would have tried to become young and I probably would have had a much, much different career path that involved having a lot less money, uh, when I needed it, uh, fun for sure, but very different.

[00:51:13] Um, so what did you, what do you think of? Yeah, no, it's funny. I, I, he, he's, he's a huge dork. Like, I love it. And it's like, you don't expect that when you see him. Um, I, I was kind of ready to not like love him too much when I was going through it. Cause like, all right, we're going to have a strike. I saw a personal trainer and nothing against personal trainer that just typically we've seen that archetype on big brother before had this, a strong job type of person. You don't get as much from it. You've never had any issues with strong. Exactly. I had no bias against strong.

[00:51:42] Right. Um, they, they don't like me. Uh, but anyways, but Keanu though, I feel like he would, might like me, uh, we work together. Uh, no, I thought he was very charismatic. I think he was very aware. Like he, I know I like, this is, um, I've done personal ministry for 15 years, but also I like love DMV. I don't know. Dungeon master. I am really into improv. There's a lot of cool qualities that make him a well-rounded person that I think he will

[00:52:11] surprise house guests there. But also I think it was, he was making sure that like, you know, Hey, I know how I need to come across and when I need to be a threat and not threat. So I feel like he has really good potential in this game. And for a cast, typically maybe they were like, Hey, when you get the big guy out, we've seen that in recent seasons where like, we need to get some challenge peace out. But I think with the way he, if he can come across the way he did in these interviews within

[00:52:37] the big brother house, I see him doing well, but also following the rules that we've put out. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there's a couple of areas. Well, one area where I'm a little iffy on him is exactly how he plans to play. He says he's seen quite a few seasons, so that's good. But then he, and he also used some examples that aren't the common ones, but overall, he seems to want to lean on his social game while enjoying the strategic aspect. I'm just not, I think he'll do well.

[00:53:05] I'm just not sure how he'll, he'll approach it. He thinks his charisma will be his secret weapon. So I guess if you're playing Dungeons and Dragons, you might say he has a charisma of 18. And that's presuming the scores are still the same from the versions that I last played and they haven't changed those. If he really does have that good of charisma, it will obviously be very helpful. I'm giving him a nine. I, you know, I'm right there. I'm, I, I'm almost convinced.

[00:53:34] I have an eight, but I can, I can, I'm going to put him, I would do a lot of 2.5s. Sure. We can, we can do that. You make the rules, David. I'll put a 0.5, 8.5. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, moving on then we have Kelly. Who is 29 and a web designer from South Dakota. Now Kelly calls herself a farm kid who has traveled the world, staying in hostels and living with people she didn't know.

[00:54:03] She thinks her social skills will be one of her biggest strengths and she wants to kill people with kindness. Other than that, she's a bit like Zay and doesn't want to go in with a plan. Except I think for her, it's a little bit of a different reason because she says she's only seen one or two seasons. And my immediate reaction was, how do you not know if it was one or two? I mean, I can understand if she said 15 or 16, you know, maybe you lose track, but there's a big difference between seeing one season and two.

[00:54:32] You can't say I've seen one or two. It's one or the other, which tells me it's one, but she didn't want to say one. And maybe it's less than one. Maybe she really meant one or two episodes. A few episodes. Yeah. Maybe that's what one or two seasons mean. I saw one episode from one season, one episode from another season. Yeah. She's really quirky, but it doesn't seem like much of a strategist in general, but also not a strategist in the sense she's watched the show.

[00:55:00] So she has no strategy for it. Yeah. Um, I, I, I'm a little concerned, uh, with just truly her experience. She's talking about with like preparing for the show, but also in the past, I don't know how relatable it will be with some of the other house guests. I'm unsure. It's one of those things where it's like, okay, you're looking at her and like listening to her speak about this stuff. And I'm like, I don't think it's going to connect as well with some of the house guests could be wrong.

[00:55:27] And so then you hope that they would have some form of strategy where they can like back it up, but it's not. So like, I, I mean, they could float to jury potentially with some, you know, staying below, but I could also see it being like, uh, I don't know how much of an impact from what the pre interviews we got. Where did I see from them? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, she, she believes having a fresh perspective will help a lot. I believe it will not because it's not a fresh perspective. It's going in clueless. That's what it really is. Yeah.

[00:55:58] Um, you know, she thinks if she makes friends, they'll have a hard time voting her out. And I'm just like, yeah, sure. They will Kelly. They'll, they'll have a real hard time. Okay. So what did you give her? I have them as a three because they're looking at, like you said, going to game of chess, thinking that it's a benefit of not knowing the rules of the game. And it just, there's no, I mean, I think I'm being generous with a three to be completely frank. Oh, you are. Uh, I, I have her down with Ava. Wow. No. Okay.

[00:56:28] Okay. I, okay. I, I, I just, there's no way Ava and them are the same. They're not the same. They're, they're bad in different ways. No, Ava and Kelly are not, not fair, but okay. Bad in different ways. That's all. All right. Well, next up we have Lauren. Uh, she is 22 and a bridal consultant from Louisiana. Now, Ovi, you may have had some recent, uh, experience dealing with bridal consultants.

[00:56:57] So what do you think of Lauren or bridal consultants in general, I guess? You know what? I mean, I, I, I have unfortunately had too much experience meeting with, uh, bridal consultants in this recent, uh, year, uh, very excited for in a month that we should actually three weeks, uh, that we should not have to worry about wedding things anymore. Uh, but with Lauren, I, you know, it's like a, maybe a Southern belle meets a super fan assassin. She cleans both.

[00:57:24] Like it's a lot of knowledge of the game. It seems like they understand strategy of it, that they want to work their way there, but also they want to figure out when to strike and not to, uh, so socially pretty savvy. I feel like Lauren is, and I, here's the thing is they're young. That's the thing. It might be good and bad, but I also think we're having a cast of a lot of people. I have 22 to 23. I was early 20 people. So I see Lauren as being able to go through it. She says she's soft-spoken.

[00:57:52] So I don't feel like she's going to cause too much harm within the game. So I feel like if, you know, she sticks to it, stays within this group and works its way there. Cause here's the, I think players like Lauren do a really good job of it. They know the game and can just like stick to the, like the rules are made for somebody like her, honestly, who can kind of keep the rules play. And then when you get to that second phase, when we talk about jury can really hone in when to attack. So I'm pretty high on them actually. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:58:19] Uh, you know, she says she's loved big brother for as long as she can remember. She considers herself a super fan. And she also isn't coming in with a set strategy other than feeling people out and getting close to them. But she does know that trying to play too hard, too fast always gets people in trouble in the beginning. Just like rule two says, um, I, I feel like she, I liked the way she answered the question

[00:58:46] about being in a showmance because she said the goal is to win. So if a showmance will help that goal, she might do it, but she won't let it jeopardize her game. She has her eye on the prize and she's recognizing that there are different ways to get there. So I'm going to give Lauren a seven. We are a lot. I'm right there with seven too. I, I feel really good about them. Okay. Well, then we can move on to Mickey.

[00:59:15] Mickey is 35 and event curator. I don't know if you've had to deal with people like that, uh, from Florida and now in Georgia. Uh, Mickey thinks she can dominate the men in the house while being charming and not seen as a threat. She wants to be everyone's favorite person, but also have nobody pay attention to her early on. Uh, so basically being in the background and supporting others, I guess is the way she would say. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:59:45] You know, I like Mickey a lot of strong personality. I love how they're like, Hey, this is how I'm going to play the game. I want to be people with best friends, but also want to be everyone's best friends. That kind of worries me. But more than anything, I'm a little worried about, they talk about being, you know, emotional and cry baby, you know, things like that. That can be a problem within the world because just because it comes, that's the biggest thing in the big brother house. We've seen that can sway, especially early days. If there's like emotion, if you're playing with any type of that and them basically saying

[01:00:15] they will, uh, that's a little concerning there, but if they're able to keep that in check, I can see them doing really well. So, you know, they're, they socially aware, but also, I don't know, it's, it's, it's kind of, they've met, they've definitely had to deal with a lot of people being an event coordinator, curator, excuse me. So I'm not sure what an event curator is exactly, but, uh, you know, I, I did not look it up ahead of time. It's even put the event itself together. Maybe not.

[01:00:43] That sounds like a coordinator to me, a curator. Formulate this. Yeah. I don't know. Um, so, you know, Mickey has only been a fan for a couple of years and, you know, talked about being locked in on the show since 24. Yeah. That's not very long ago. Um, her answer to why she'll win is an answer that I think, you know, I really hate. It's because she wants it bad enough as if everyone else doesn't.

[01:01:13] Um, so I am not as high on her as you are. I'm giving her a three. Okay. No, I mean, I actually, I, I am not super. I think there's a lot of, uh, flexibility where you can go, but I have it as a four. So, okay. Yeah. Now you're leading to a higher number there. No, no, no, no. I think it's the, you know, um, there's a potential. Yes. All right. Well, next up is Morgan. Uh, she is 33. She is from California.

[01:01:40] And in case you missed it when she said it about 85 times, she's a gamer girl. Uh, she seems to overestimate. Both how much being an online video gamer will help her in the real life ish world of big brother. And also how much other players will think it makes her a threat. So she's keeping it a secret for reasons. I don't know.

[01:02:10] I don't understand. Um, but I mean, it reminds me of, was it, uh, uh, blue who said, I can't tell people I'm in a marketing strategist because it has the word strategy in it. And it's, we were like, yeah, but it has nothing to do with actual strategy. And meanwhile, you know, you, I think that's what Morgan is overly worried about. You're a gamer. Oh my goodness. That means you could play this game. No, it has nothing. This is not a first person shoot.

[01:02:42] Um, and I mean, I do feel like it seemed like she was getting paid according to the number of times that she could say gamer girl in her.

[01:02:53] Yeah, no, I mean, I think it's funny because when you're on the show, you know, somebody who's getting cast has to be interesting and they probably have some like, I'm not saying there's certain professions that can't be on the show, but like you understand, like you got cast because either you have a really cool personality, you have an interesting, uh, um, profession, something there. So when people give lies about their profession or try to make themselves boring, you can kind of typically see through it. Cause you're like, okay, well then why are you on the show?

[01:03:22] If you're boring, you know, or why are you on the show? If you had nothing going for you, you know, there has to be something that made people interested in the first place. So that's one thing. Um, but also like we haven't really seen, I guess a major gamer on the show beforehand like this. So it makes me think there's some strategy in there to talk about, you know, having a mind for how they want to strike in the game. Like when they want to stay early low and work their way in there.

[01:03:47] I know that's not really the most fun way to watch, but also it really does work well when we see the track record go into it like that. I also like players. I would rather them come in with that version of strategy than no strategy at all. So I feel pretty good on them. So, um, yeah, who will she be in the house? Yeah. I mean, you mentioned strategy. I'm not sure she's exactly up to speed on the strategy of the game because she watched seasons five and six with her mom.

[01:04:15] And then I don't know. I don't know what happened after that. She doesn't discuss it. Those are the only two seasons she talks about. And things have changed a little bit since then. Yeah. Well, I feel like somebody who's discussed this five and six had at least watched some seasons post that. I mean, maybe I'm sure she watched some in sequester, but I, you know, in fact, it's funny because she says she's not going to try to win all the comps because quote, I have not seen a success story where someone just comes in and wins everything and wins the whole game.

[01:04:46] Yeah. Ovi, we've never seen that. That has never, that has never seen it. But also she, technically it's not the best strategy, but yes, unfortunately we have anomalies that if you make a whole season just built on physical traits for a competition. I mean, yeah. And that's the problem. She says she's never seen it. Well, yeah. If you've only seen two seasons back then and you haven't seen it, you know, I don't think the gamer girl is going to do particularly well in this game. I'm giving her a two.

[01:05:15] Oh, yeah. That's a strong score right there. That is a strong. You're either one or the other. You're not. I know. I noticed that. I, I have very few in the middle. I have strong opinions. I have her as a six because I feel like she will still play lay low, follow the rules, tackle it when need to. I could be wrong, but I don't think they're going to crash and burn too quickly. Now clip this and show this is her being voted out week one. I don't think they'll crash out too quickly.

[01:05:43] I absolutely think she's going to crash out too quickly and you don't get multiple lives in this game. That's a good one. Well, okay. You might in about the mid game, but you know, yeah. BBAI. So. All right. Well, we can move on to Riley. Riley. He is a 27 and a bull rider in Oklahoma. I wonder if being a bull rider will help him deal with all the bull he'll be exposed to on the show.

[01:06:12] Although it appears, and we'll get to this in a minute. It appears he's been spreading his own bull a little bit here. So. Okay. Riley's level of fandom is interesting because he says his parents and siblings are all super fans. But he didn't include himself. He says he's been watching for a long time, but he doesn't say my parents and siblings and I are all super fans. He just mentions the others.

[01:06:41] Ryan's strategy is to come in cool, calm and collected. And he understands you sometimes have to be a follower and he'll do that and go with the flow and kill people with kindness. But he also compared big brother to riding bulls. Again, this is another grasping at straws. One has nothing to do with the skill sets. Do not overlap. What do you mean, David? Yeah. Riding a bull is exactly like living 99 days in a house with 16 other house guests.

[01:07:11] That's exactly what you do when you go on there. You know, Riley to me is not very much of a strategist. I feel like they would self-proclaim that. A lot of energy, positive, full heart, very Friday Night Lights. You know, what's it? Full heart. Big eyes. Can't lose. Sorry. Never mind. It gives me that Bible. Somebody in the comments can let me remember what the phrase is.

[01:07:39] But I do feel he has written first HOH all over him. I feel like Riley is the type of player who is going to be able to get pretty quickly. Don't think they're going to follow the rules because that's going to be my ranking based on that. But I do think they're going to go far, pretty far. Have no clue of what to do within the game elements, but learn as they go. Especially if they have people around them who've been superfans. There is hope for Riley in there. I think people are going to trust him.

[01:08:06] But the only worry I worry about is potential misled. Maybe he will have a showman's right there. He'll get it, you know. No, there's no way he would get into a romantic situation. None whatsoever. I mean, it's not like he came into the house with, you know, having a woman on the outside who's about to give birth to his child this month. And who's posting about it on Facebook. You know, there's no way that he would get into a showmance.

[01:08:34] Because she's not out there posting on Facebook that he's that type of guy. I just don't know what you're talking about. Shocking news to me. Oh, I thought I sent that to you. No, I didn't know that. I didn't. Who knows? I see him actually going unironically very far in this game. But I'm giving him a three because there's no rules he will not break. He will break every single rule. But he will be lovable enough, I feel like, by the house guests to go far and win competitions.

[01:09:03] I truly see him as a first HOH winner. And that will set the tone for the season. And he will be safe because of that for a bit. Well, oddly, just because, you know, we were just talking. I didn't go middle of the road for many people. I gave him a five. A five. Okay. I just think that there are some aspects he can do. Like I said, understanding, you know, you have to go with the flow and be a follower and stuff like that. I think he has the potential to do exactly what you said and blow up, you know, become the first HOH, get HOH-itis and blow up.

[01:09:33] Lord knows we've never seen that before. No one wins first HOH. You know, yeah, we'll see. We'll see. But yes, he is the person who has already caused the most social media drama. So you're a winner picked, right? That's it. That's who you are. Yeah.

[01:10:15] VisoSteuer. Yeah. That's funny. All right. Next up is Vince. He is 34 from California and currently unemployed. He has watched since season 16. He has been a live feed viewer since 18. Go live feed viewers. He's definitely going to be more familiar with the game than almost everyone else.

[01:10:43] And hopefully he can use that to his advantage. As just one example, he said, I don't want to have any lie where I have to hold on to it for an entire three month period because I don't know if I'm going to forget. Those are wise words of someone who has seen people try to lie and blow it. Yes, I definitely think so. To not put shade on it. That's no shade on ever.

[01:11:09] But I do think it's easier not to lie when you don't have to worry about lying about a profession. I worry that he's going to tell people he's unemployed and they don't believe him. I think you're going to get a full statement of what does Vince do? Is he an FBI issue? He must do something. I'm unemployed. That's what I think Taryn and Rob were talking about that. Like, is he a secret billionaire? Is that why he's unemployed? He's unemployed. Here's the thing. It might be more so he's going through what got laid off, going transition. He might have done something way before.

[01:11:38] We'll find out more about it. I think he said he's done different things. He hasn't found his real life's work. He's done different things. So nothing wrong with that. I wish him the best for that. Who knows? He might be coming out here. He doesn't need to be. He might be $750,000 richer in nine months. But yeah, I mean, here's the thing is, when people say they're going to kind of do like a wing it and adapt.

[01:12:02] Strategy, I don't put as much clout into it unless they know the game already, which makes me feel better because they already know the confines of what they're going to play in. And they just don't want to put themselves in a certain way to play the game. So I feel pretty good about him, all things surprisingly. I love that he doesn't have to tell any secrets. I feel like he can come at people on a different level because he's not going to keep secrets early games, especially. You know, he knows not enough to tackle things too early.

[01:12:29] But I do worry he seems like a prime suspect of or prime victim of an HOH-itis. That he could win and he gets better. Like, this is every super fan's dream. All right, how am I going to do it? Or my worry would also be like, what are the fans going to think? I don't want to be boring. He's a live feed viewer. Yes. He's really. We've seen that so many times that big fans get on the show, love the show, but also are playing to the viewers rather than playing it for themselves. And he does say that. He does say something about that.

[01:12:55] He talks about making good TV in his interview, which worried me a little bit. So, yeah, I mean, he has a lot of them have said that. They're going to be so entertaining. No, we don't. Right. He does have an interesting strategy plan to breaking down each week into mini games so he can survive one week at a time and adapt along the way. And I do like this way of thinking rather than trying to insist that I'm going to win because I want to win, like, you know, one person said.

[01:13:25] He also just he has a more realistic view of himself. I think he wasn't bragging about how great he was. He acknowledged he wasn't the most athletic or most social or whatever, but he'll be good enough in each area to get through. And I think that supports his statement about being self-aware, which I think is going to help him a lot. Yeah, I'm pretty high on Vince. I like everything I saw of it. I love. I think it's a dark horse in there.

[01:13:54] I don't want to give anything away, but I think Vince has a really good possibility going for it. So that's why, you know what? I've given him one of the highest rankings I've given out of the whole cast. I have him as a nine for Paul. Wow. I feel like he really will, you know, and watch him get HOH the first week and just burn the whole rules down. But I think he will follow through it. Yeah, I have him as an eight, maybe an 8.5 to use your, you know, recently added 0.5 rule there.

[01:14:19] He's almost there with my previously mentioned top two, but I just as much as I like him, I don't quite feel it. Don't quite feel the nine. That's accurate. Wow. Is that? Oh, no. I was like, wait, don't we have one more person? We do have one more. We have Zach, who is 27 and a marketing manager in Georgia. Now, Zach started off his interviews by saying he knows everyone will come in and be crazy and energetic, and he's going to use that to his advantage.

[01:14:48] But even though he repeats it a couple of times, he doesn't say how he's going to use that to his advantage. He just says he will. I'm scratching my head a little bit about that one. He also said he's becoming a super fan. I don't know what that means either. Did when you were in sequester, you were watching all the shows and that's when you're becoming a super fan. But you weren't until now. I mean, it's a little freaking late to do that. It's late.

[01:15:14] And also, here's the thing is each person is given different things to watch. Like, it's not the same thing across the board. And some people aren't given anything. Like, I mean, it changes seasons. Like, I was given – I already watched so many seasons. They gave me no seasons to watch. And some people caught seasons. We know some of our winners got plenty of seasons to watch and emulate the game off. So, that makes me worried that if he's becoming a super fan, it means he's watching it now.

[01:15:41] And typically, they give people who haven't watched the game as much the seasons that they want him to emulate. So, Zach has played some minor league baseball. He believes he'll be seen as a physical threat. So, although he's – I don't think he's going to lie about that. He's going to focus on being a pastor's son who people can trust. It's not a terrible plan, really.

[01:16:10] He also says he won't push trying to create an alliance. And he's going to lie low and get brought into one. Which, yeah, if you're more physical, you're more likely to get brought into an alliance. In fact, he wants to be brought into a bunch of different alliances, basically being flexible according to Rule 3. But he also said he appreciated what Tucker did last season in flipping the house upside down. And to that I say, no. There was pretty much nothing Tucker did that was good from a strategic standpoint.

[01:16:41] Yeah, no. I can see them doing well in a lot of elements. But I also worry that seeing somebody who could flame out quite quickly. You know? And I also wonder if they're going to be a target for a threat just depending on if they're – because they're not making the first move. They're waiting for people to be brought in early game. I'm a little concerned about that because here's the reality. You know, minor league baseball, he looks athletic. He looks strong. He looks very likable.

[01:17:06] For example, we've seen in past seasons – I mean, like we've seen Angela, you know, recently where I was like, hey, I want to get a person that I think would be somebody who would be like an alpha – let's just get them out there. I can see them being targeted for that. No fault of their own. So unless they take that, let's get this done quickly from my end first. You know, let's like bring in a group. I worry that they can be targeted later on. But that has either here or there of how they'll follow the rules. I like how they talked about laying low, figuring out where they're going to go through.

[01:17:34] But I also think you need to play to what person you are. So I have him as a six because I think it's like the middle of the ground. Yeah, I have him as a six as well. And so, yeah, I don't know. I worry about him a little bit, but I do – like I said, like we both said, I have him as a six. So we will see what happens there. Yeah, I mean –

[01:18:02] So then we have Player 17. And I'm trying right now to get a picture of Player 17 because, you know, we don't really have a picture of Player 17. But I'm trying to find one because we pretty much know who Player 17 is. So Julie has only mentioned this person as a polarizing mystery house guest.

[01:18:31] At this point, pretty sure we know it's Rachel. A number of people have talked about the various clues in the Big Brother Instagram. And Hamster Watch, in particular, laid it all out on Blue Sky and on their own website. But it's possible others – I know I've seen like bits and pieces in other places as well. But Hamster Watch did a good job of compiling everything, putting it together, explaining it very well.

[01:18:59] So just a few of the things I want to go through here. There's a map in one image in the house. And it shows coordinates that match up with Rachel's Amazing Race Seasons. There's a B and a V on the bookshelves for either Brendan Villegas. I don't know if it's Villegas or Villegas. I don't really remember how to pronounce his name. Yeah. Or Brendan and Vegas. Either one would apply to her.

[01:19:28] There's a playing card, the Nine of Hearts. She came in ninth place on season 12 when she fell in love with Brendan. There's a room number of 1313. And, of course, she won season 13. There's a few other things that I know I've seen.

[01:19:48] The clock is at, I believe it is at a time where if you add up the times, the minutes in there, it adds up to the number of days she has been total in the house. And on Instagram, there's a picture of Felicia in a life jacket, which, of course, refers to Rachel's famous statement about floaters. So, yeah, I just think there is way too much evidence.

[01:20:19] And it has to be. There's no one else that it can be at this point. I mean, it would be something. I guess I'm unsure if they're going to bring him in as a player or if it's going to be some sort of twist in the game where it's like they're not really a player. Yes. I don't know. They have to figure something out. I've heard there's some murder mysteries.

[01:20:42] I mean, again, we're not like the there's probably people who have better takes on this than nobody has better takes on this than us. No. Yeah, I think I have the same question. Will she stay or is it a gimmick? The way Julie has been talking about her, it is as the 17th house guest. But my recollection of last season is she also talked about adding a 17th house guest.

[01:21:10] And that ended up being Ainsley. Ainsley. Who, of course, was not at it. So I have to wonder if it's not a similar situation. I think it is. I think it's the latter. The house this season is made up like a hotel of mystery. I think Rachel joins the house guest. They think she's one of them. And then it's she gets fake murdered in the two night season premiere.

[01:21:39] So between now and the next couple of days, there's a murder that happens. And then that reverberates somehow throughout the rest of the season, or at least until they get bored. Interesting. I think it's fun. I already, as you guys might have been able to tell, our backgrounds, our rooms of the house, it's much better than a campground. You know, it'd be crazy to make a season of Big Brother based around a campground. Yeah, that'd be ridiculous. It'd be ugly and disgusting.

[01:22:08] This looks a lot better. So I'm excited for this type of theme. I think it's going to be very cool. I love if Rachel Riley is such an iconic person in Big Brother history. So very cool there. There's no ranking we can give her. She has her own rules. She'll play the game by if she is playing the game by and I'm confident she'll do well or, you know, we'll have a good time watching. That's yes. Yes. All right. Well, with that, it is time for our final predictions here.

[01:22:39] So looking back at my ratings, I scored a couple of people the same, of course, Adrian and Keanu. Even though I really like Adrian, I think he and I think he's well prepared and I think he would be a great winner. There are a couple things. I first of all, I can't get past the fact that there's something about Keanu that grabbed me right away.

[01:23:04] Oh, and there is still that thing about Adrian. Like I said, he could win. He could also go out first or second. So I'm going to stick with my initial gut reaction and I am picking Keanu. Wow. Okay. That's a solid choice. I thought when you were going to go to Adrian, I was like, that's insane. But you know what? I love it. Do you want Adrian as your backup? Should I give you a backup right here?

[01:23:34] No, we're not going to do Adrian's. We're going to go solo. We're going to go solo. We're going to go solo. Okay. I, you want to, I am putting my, I like that. It's a very good pick. I think Keanu is a very solid one. I can see you doing really well. So mine will be Ashley Hollis though. I'm a big fan of her. The attorney from New York city, but also from your hometown Chicago. I think she has a really good charm to her nose, the game strategy.

[01:24:01] I think she's going to get in there, but also when I think of players who can win is how well can they get themselves out of trouble? I think when they, cause every player, if they're going to win the game, they're going to get in a situation. Most likely where they're facing against the wall. Somebody needs to turn them up. How, what can they do? I have confidence in her. If you're facing the wall, then Adrian should be your pick. Adrian should be our potential ninja warrior. Yeah. And I hope Adrian does well. I do hope. I just, maybe not as much confidence as you do in them.

[01:24:31] But yeah, Ashley is there. I think this is a very good deal. I think we have a very two strong. I'm hoping just for our sake, we don't have flare outs, right? I know it's ironic for me to say that out of everybody. I'm hoping that we can cheer on some players throughout the house versus me and David after Premier and I like, well, damn, all right, let's think of our second fix. Yeah. All right. So now we have to think about who might be first out.

[01:24:56] So I gave both Ava and Kelly a one, but having a one doesn't mean you'll be first out because we talked about this earlier. Look at McKenzie. I gave her a one preseason. I would have given her one at the end of the game. You know, I feel like gamer girl Morgan is likely to just do something that puts her at odds with everyone else.

[01:25:26] I just don't have a good feeling about her. I think that she doesn't really know how to play. And these are not NPCs in the game. You know, so I she's my prediction is first out. Interesting. Well, it could be there, but my opinion right now. You're going to laugh at me when I say this. I'm very much feeling Adrian. I think Adrian has high potential. You're right.

[01:25:56] I am going to laugh at that. I was between Adrian and potentially Mickey. I feel like they both are people that I'm like, oh, I'm not sure about. Yes, I we were talking about. I think we both agreed on Kelsey being pretty low on there. But like we said, like, well, why is typically sometimes I can make it out there. You know, I'm saying Adrian is our first boot. But I also said was my first boot beforehand. And he did so well. More so because I was worried about his age with it.

[01:26:23] I mean, he did well enough to get on the challenge this season. Yeah, good for him. Good for him. And I might have that. Possibility for them in the future, too. Adrian is my first boot. OK, well, I do want to mention, you know, we discussed the rules a little bit here. And while we don't have a poster for the Big Brother rules, we do have one for the survivor rules. They're very similar. They have, as you can tell, the survivor, some old older survivor players on there.

[01:26:51] This was drawn by Eric Reichenbach. So you can get that at robhaswebsite.com slash yxlostfeed. You scroll down, you click on the poster. It'll take you to eBay and you can order it. You can also get it in T-shirt form, the post-try on T-shirt or in checklist form, which is very similar to Big Brother.

[01:27:15] Unfortunately, we don't have Big Brother versions that you can hang or wear, but this is as close to it as we can get right now. So other than that, I think, Ovi, it is about time for us to wrap things up here. Wow. I love it. What a start to the season. And I hope you guys enjoyed our show. But if you want to find us in other places, don't forget that we are both very active on a number of different social media platforms where we discuss the Big Brother and other topics.

[01:27:45] Hashtag BB27 is going to be running through all our feeds. So look for us on Twitter and Instagram where I'm at the – excuse me, I changed my ad. I'm at Ovi Kabir on Twitter and Instagram. And on TikTok, I'm at Basmati Boy. But David is really all over the place. There are a few ways you can track him down, though. You can find his various accounts through his linktree at linktree slash David Bloomberg, or you can find him directly on Blue Sky as David Bloomberg. Yes, I encourage everyone at any of the other places to come over to Blue Sky for all of your Big Brother discussions.

[01:28:15] I believe you are creating an account now. As we speak. As we speak. So you got to get that created before this goes out, you know, to make sure. Ovi Kabir on Blue Sky. Yeah, okay. Okay. So, yeah, there are so many big, big brother accounts that have moved. A lot of the live feed updaters, a lot of the major accounts have moved.

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[01:30:30] And then finally, I want to thank all y'all for watching us starting this new season again. So excited. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below or just tag us on social media. Let us know what we got right, what we got wrong, and clip things so we know at the end of the season how right I was and how wrong David was. I may be wrong, but it's highly unlikely. Highly unlikely. But what is not unlikely is that I am so thankful to be back here. I really appreciate you, David. What a great start we're going to have, and I appreciate you for getting us all through this.

[01:31:00] Yes, and thanks to you, Ovi, for joining me once again. And we will be right back here after the first eviction. And we will be talking about, will it be why Morgan lost? Will it be why Adrian lost? Will it be why Rachel Riley was murdered? We don't know what it'll be. But we will be right here talking about it. So watch for us, listen for us, and we will see you soon.

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