Big Brother- Meow Meow Goes the Cat

Spoiler alert...Below are some thoughts on the first week of Big Brother 12. So watch the eps, toss your silver eye shadow, and read what I had to say.

Annie- "Brendan will take her through this game, just like Jeff did with Jordan last year."

So Big Brother 12 got under way last Thursday and the first week concluded with the first elimination last night. I decided to scrap Fantasy Big Brother this season because a) the release of contestants came out late and I was on vacation, and b) Mags didn't watch a single episode last year so didn't seem right to do with only three players. So instead I will most likely be doing a weekly round up of the some of the highs and lows inside the house.

So the first big twist of this season is that there is a saboteur in the house. We the people wouldn't find out until the end of the first week, and the houseguests would have no idea until they figured it out for themselves. After pulling off an array of sabotages, this contestant would get $50,000 if they made it five weeks in the house. Whoops! The saboteur didn't make it past week one! There goes that plan for the season.

The first "what the eff is wrong with you?" moment was when Enzo got his new group of friends together and decided to make an alliance. What is wrong with that you ask? The problem isn't with making a four man alliance so quickly, it is that first thing on his agenda is to give every member a nickname and name the alliance. After Enzo decided on The Beast (Lane), The Brains (Matt) and The Animal (Hayden) for his partners, and named himself Meow Meow, he came up with The Brigade for the the group name. Complete idiocy. All of it.

I know it's early, and a couple might end up growing on me as this things goes on, but I don't like anyone in the house so far. When my favorite up to this point is a chick, you know something is wrong with this bunch. Britney has had a few good lines, and hasn't made me want to slap her like most of the rest of the contestants. Lane, other than being in The Brigade, seems like he could end up being pretty decent.

Speaking of hating on people. This early showmance is absolutely terrible. I picked Brendon as the Saboteur after the first episode, and it looked good because he was acting like a complete idiot. After finding out that it wasn't him, I now dislike him much more. Everything him and Rachel have done together is completely pathetic. They had known each other for four days and she was already ready to take him off the block instead of herself. Give me a break.

Let's talk about the competitions. First HOH: A team competition in which the last person to go across on the winning team is the HOH. The first person across on said team gets $10,000. You kidding me? Ten grand and not have to be the first HOH. Bingo. You don't want to be the first one in charge. We should see next week when Hayden pays for putting Brendon up on the block.

Then for the Veto competition we got to witness Brendon putting everyone to shame with his spelling of "understanding." In a game so similar to last year's in which Jeff so famously attempted "technotronics," Brendon came up with the longest word and took himself off the block.

After Annie screwed herself by having a hissy fit throughout the house, she went home by a clean sweep, 10-0 vote, and it was time for another HOH competition. It was a majority rules question game and Rachel ended up the victor. This is exactly why they should've listened to the outgoing Annie (and even Lane) who were saying that they should vote Rachel out. Now you have two players in an alliance in control of the house who will come right after Hayden.

Not a great start to the season, but on a positive note, it doesn't seem like there are as many absolutely terrible contestants as last year. Between Natalie, Ronnie, Chima and Lydia it was rough. Sure there are plenty that get on my nerves early but it's not nearly as bad. We'll have to wait and see how things play out.