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Julie has “mysteriously” been off The Early Show all week – OF COURSE! She’s in LA with the HGs in the house!!
Screen captures of the live feed will be posted by our two lovely screencappers soon – we already have some up from the ET house tour, so check it out!
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“Who would be willing to sacrifice their privacy for a chance to win $500,000 U.S.? ‘Big Brother’ fans got their answer today as CBS revealed the identities of the 13 ‘Big Brother 5′ houseguests.
Comprised mostly of swinging singles in their 20’s, this year’s selection of competitors features only two married players and one who is engaged.
Old folks didn’t fare well in the selection process either as Mike Lubinski, a single dad and commercial printer from Michigan, is the only houseguest over 40-years-old.
The houseguests do come from a variety of backgrounds though. There is a web designer, a volunteer firefighter, a yoga instructor, a registered nurse, a mortician and a model.”"
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“A local man will be competing for the $500,000 prize on the upcoming edition the “Big Brother” show on CBS.
Drew, from Urbana, will be one of 13 guests living inside a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones, recording their every move 24 hours a day.
CBS has not released Drew’s last name, but he is a recent college graduate and is 22 years old.
The fifth season of the show kicks off next Tuesday at 8 p.m. on CBS and WHIO-TV, Channel 7.”
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The CBS offical website is back with a new look. I also found it very interesting how there are 3 empty boxes by the houseguests pictures…what could this mean?
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Click here to watch, but if that doesn’t work go here and click on “‘Big Brother’ Set Visit”.
“Hi, ET, I’m Allison Grodner, one of the executive producers of Big Brother. Wanna come on in and get a tour of the new house?
(Shows big wood kitchen table with usual lazy susan and new black chairs with white speckles. Then shows blue-hued fishtank with big fish and fake plants. Then shows bedroom with walls painted like sky with clouds and big comfy bed. Next is that old bathtub.
“This is the new kitchen, which is much bigger this year. They get a full refrigerator, nice new island (with stools), and ovens, and the whole works.
(At kitchen table – in BG you can see new backyard doors, glass tinted purple, the fishtank – which replaces the bar with stools from last year – and the couches which are beige with red pillows.) This is where they do the nomination ceremony. Two people will be nominated for eviction and one will go.
(Shows sharks in fishtank, very very blue lighting for some reason.) You’ve got about 4 sharks in the tank, and assorted fish. On the other side of the tank, the one way mirrors. Cameras will be behind there. As the camera looks through you’ll see the sharks and then the houseguests out here, maybe by mid-summer you won’t be able to tell the difference.
(Into the living room, which has some weird funky “art” pieces on the wall, black table with green/orange inlaid somethingorothers, the couches are beige and the eviction chairs are green, both with red pillows). This is where the houseguests will gather every Thursday night for the live show. The two people up for eviction will sit in the eviction chairs, the hot seat, the green chairs. Julie Chen will be featured on the plasma screen over there and they will learn their fate.
(First bedroom off living room, it’s all wood) This is the wood room, named for obvious reasons. This is actually not a bad room to be in – three people will sleep rather comfortably here.
(Second bedroom off living room, it’s painted like a sky with realistic clouds and comfy beds) Here you’ll feel like you’re sleeping on a cloud. Four people will also fit into this room, and they have more privacy than they initially think. All they have to do is take this switch and the windows are instantly opaque.
(Third bedroom, the one near the bathroom – it’s all cement with mats for matresses) It’s a cement room with nothing between the houseguests and cold, hard cement but one thin camping mattress pad. (Allison laying on cement bed) Not very comfortable.
(To the bathroom, pretty much the same with new paint, etc.) This is where the houseguests spend a lot of time, of course. There’s only one bathroom, one actual toilet facility for all thirteen people, so it gets pretty crowded in here.
There are cameras in the shower, everyone always asks, but they’re only used if the houseguests go in there to do anything but shower. Meaning if they go in there to strategize, or any other conversations, we will air it on television. Otherwise, we don’t just air people in the shower.
(Shows that stupid little pool) So this is the Big Brother 5 backyard, there’s definitely some changes from previous years. The basketball court is gone and in its place – a putting green. We’ve got two hammocks, kickboxing station, and the hot tub, which of course, as in all years, they’ll have to win priviledges to.
They still need to wash their clothes by hand and ring them out here, but we gave them a dryer this year because we don’t want to see their clothes hanging all over the yard.”
Could it be that we will have 3 intruders later in the game?
Or is it just so that one person wouldn’t have their photo alone on a line?
Things to ponder 
Fifth Installment of Series Premieres on Tuesday, July 6th With a 90-minute Broadcast on the CBS Television Network
CBS announced today the identities of the 13 houseguests who will compete in BIG BROTHER 5.
The show follows a group of people living together in a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. One by one, the houseguests will vote each other out of the house. At the end of three months, the last remaining houseguest will receive the grand prize of $500,000.
BIG BROTHER 5 debuts with a special 90-minute broadcast on Tuesday, July 6 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Following the premiere, BIG BROTHER 5 will be broadcast each week on Tuesdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), Thursdays (8:00-9:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) and Saturdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT). The Thursday broadcast will feature the live eviction of one of the houseguests.
Following are the 13 houseguests who will compete in BIG BROTHER 5:
Adria Okins, 30
Married
Web Designer
Birmingham, Ala.
Jase Wirey, 28
Single
Volunteer Firefighter
Decatur, Ill.
Lori Valenti, 26
Single
Yoga Instructor
Boston
Will Wikle, 26
Single
Registered Nurse
Tupelo, Miss.
Karen O’Neil Ganci, 30
Married
Portrait Artist
Saddle Brook, N.J.
Mike Lubinski, 41
Single Dad
Commercial Painter
Eastpointe, Mich.
Jennifer Dedmon, 21
Single
Restaurant Hostess
San Antonio, Texas
Marvin Latimer, 36
Single
Mortician
Conway, S.C.
Diane Henry, 22
Single
Cocktail Waitress
Burlington, Ky.
Michael Ellis, 23
Engaged Dad
Security Officer
Durant, Okla.
Holly King, 20’s
Single
Model
Los Angeles
Drew Daniel, 22
Single
Recent College Graduate
Urbana, Ohio
Scott Long, 26
Single
Sales Representative
Pittsburgh, Pa.
- There will be 2 houseguests who are related, but don’t know it
- There will be a fish tank
- The house has been redecorated, but not redone
- The windows in the sky bedroom are tintable for privacy
- The bedrooms are sky room (nice), wood room (not so nice), cement room (hellish)
- The houseguests have been chosen because they are all polar opposites in their opinions… they have different political views, etc.
- The HoH will have more power than ever and will be able to change the game fundamentally every week, even beyond picking people to kick out
- The HoH bedroom has gone spytech and therefore the HoH will be able to spy on the other HGs
- The PoV is being changed so that “pure and open hearted people” will be more likely to benefit from it, and it will be more involved
- Prize is still $500,000
- There will be 13 houseguests, 7 men and 6 women
From Danielle/Erika:
June 29th
- house tour on The Early Show
June 30th
- The Early Show will show house tour (?) and cast
- Entertainment Tonight will announce cast and show house
July 1st
- Access Hollywood will show the new house
- Julie Chen will be on the late show w/ Craig Kilborn
Title: The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn
Description: Journalist Julie Chen.
Showing: Date Time Channel
7/2/2004 12:37AM 11 CHCH
7/2/2004 12:37AM 16 WIVB
This is confirmed – many of you have seen a commercial during The Early Show this morning that says “Two of the HouseGuests are related, but don’t know it.” It was on our message board a couple of days ago, kudos to newbie Jen for hearing this on the radio! 
How do you feel about this twist? Discuss it on our message boards…
BIG BROTHER MOVES INTO ITS SUMMER HOME
The 13 contestants vying for $500,000 on Big Brother 5 may think they know what the house holds for them on the July 6 premiere, but executive producer Arnold Shapiro promises they don’t.
One big change awaits the weekly player in charge: The Head of Household will now be given a new ability to alter the course of the game, hints Shapiro.
A number of other top-secret twists are planned for the premiere. “There are going to be some surprises to the house itself, and some changes to the Veto”, Shapiro adds. “We have the most colorful cast of characters we’ve ever had. It’s filled with opposites under many different categories.” And while he cannot predict any romances, he does admit, “People may think they can be celibate and strong, and find that they can’t. Nobody’s asked us, ‘Can I have sex?’ If they did, we’d say, ‘Yeah. We’re going to tape it.’”
THANKS ADAM!
Big Brother 5
60 mins.
The voyeuristic reality series begins its fifth season with, executive producer Arnold Shapiro reports, a ‘distinctive and quirky’ cast that he believes will produce ’some nice shouting matches’ over the summer. His optimism is based on the vastly different political views held by the house’s seven men and six women. Shapiro also has high hopes for this year’s guarded twist that ‘unfolds like chapters,’ unlike last year’s X-Factor, which was revealed up front. Tonight, the players enter the compound and engage in their first Head of Household competition. Julie Chen hosts.
Release Year: 2004
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I just got finished watching ET. At the end where they announce the birthdays and whats gonna be on the show tommorrow, they mentioned That they will have a behind the scenes look of the house AND the house guests. This will be tommorrow Wednesday, June 30.
- Bear9151 of the Message Board
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