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 This site is about the Big Brother 27 feeds and contains spoilers! It isn't necessarily thorough: it's what I catch and/or what interests me. It's about watching hamsters: who's doing what and why. Thanks for encouraging my behavior.Your pal, dingo  Donations via Ko-fi are gratefully accepted!  Subscribe to my Patreon And get my recaps in your inbox! iOS users should sign up for Patreon at that web link rather than through the app to avoid a 30% surcharge by Apple. Once you're signed up, you can use the app to access my page or any Patreon creator. There's currently no additional charge using Android. BB27 DRINKING GAME Take a big swig and then another because we're about to do it all again! VIEWER VOTES Votes and results will be here QUICK LINKS & BOOKMARKS -Donate to support this site - thank you! Ko-fi - anytime, any amount Patreon - subscription Official site and socials: -BB26 official CBS site -Twitter (inactive) -TikTok -YouTube -Live show tickets -My Bluesky -My Twitter -Dick at Night with @EvelDick -BB Viewer extension for Chrome by @liquid8d -Requires Paramount Plus account -BB27 Wiki -Advice for cast friends/family -My Amazon.ca portal for Canadians -VPN for Pluto feeds outside USA, and to protect your online privacy EAST COAST AIR SHOWS East coast air show live streams: Use these links at your own risk - USTV Now - If you have Paramount+ with Showtime (ad-free) plan, you can watch live TV for your local timezone - Use Cloaq Chrome extension and set to New York to watch East Coast airing from other timezones |
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Upcoming EventsBig Brother 27 premieres July 10BB27 CBS schedule: times are Eastern/local, deduct one hour for Central Usual schedule is Sundays 8pm - Wednesdays 8pm (90 minutes) - Live Thursdays 8pm Plus BB Unlocked every other Friday 8pm, from July 25 thru September 26 Exceptions: -Premiere Thursday, July 10, 8pm 90 minutes -Sunday, July 13, 8pm 90 minutes -Friday, August 22 no Unlocked show -Sunday, August 24, 8pm two hours -Sunday, September 7 no show -Tuesday, September 9, 8pm extra show -Sunday, September 14 no show -Wednesday, September 17, 8pm two hours Big Brother Australia will return in late 2025, with feeds! Info on how to watch will be posted when we get there.
Daily Feeds RecapsPre-season - Day 1 - July 8, 2025It's technically not pre-season anymore since they moved in today and started their summer roller-coaster ride, but it's still pre-season for us until the premiere. P+ posted a new promo video this morning that included Julie squawking into a prop phone, and she said the new version of AI Arena will be called BB Blockbuster. And we got the cast today (15 minutes or so after I dropped their first names). I've plugged them into their semi-permanent slots below in my Ratings section and I'll be adding some of their socials and other tidbits as we go. You can find more about them from the show's Instagram, Sharon's Youtube, and Mike for Parade. As you work through them, remember they're often showing different personas than they will in the house. Some of that's the "job interview" face people put on for occasions like this but also, most of these people are used to being the center of attention in their circles. Suddenly they're surrounded by 15 (16) others who are also used to that limelight spot, and they're no longer necessarily the focus. That's a new social position that many of them have never found themselves in, on top of the highly unusual overall situation, on top of stand-out or lay-low strategies they might have planned. It's no surprise the people we'll see on feeds often don't seem like the same ones we met on cast reveal day.  Today's press release also said "clues are already hiding in plain sight" on the show's IG about the mystery player's identity. They've been posting lots of clips of various memorable hamsters and moments, but there are definitely signs in their posts and the house decor that point to Rachel - see Links of the Day below for some of those. If it is her, and if the masked visitor and secret accomplice aren't Brendon and Elissa, they dropped a ball that could have been cute and clever. And if she (or whoever if another alum) are here as a full player, the previous announcement of "all new houseguests" will definitely be added to the Production Goofs Tally below. (Or maybe I should start a new tally: Production Lies.)Reminder, if you subscribe to my Patreon you'll get these daily recaps in your email. iOS users should sign up for Patreon at that web link rather than through the app to avoid a 30% surcharge by Apple's App Store. And you can always "buy me a coffee" at Ko-fi. Both links will remain on the left sidebar all season. Your support is literally the only way I can continue doing this, so THANK YOU for your kindness and generosity! Pre-season - July 5, 2025People watching CBS this afternoon had a surprise when a BB promo came on with nanosecond clips of five of the new cast. I don't think that's ever happened before the cast was revealed, or before they've moved in. Names weren't given but the fanbase got right to work sleuthing and came up with some right, and some wrong answers. I got the cast names a few days ago but haven't released them yet, to protect my sources. But I checked and was given an okay to identify these five since CBS already let them fly, and it's a good thing since some of the mistaken names were already getting BB-related comments on their socials. Those people won't know what hit them. The five we now have are: top row Ashley Hollis, Katherine Woodman, and bottom row Zach Cornell, Isaiah Frederich, Vince Panaro. Thanks to Bryan for the composite pic, and Lexie for being the first to post the clip. The researchers of our cracked fanbase have already found socials and life stories on them all, as you would expect. Better than the CIA and FBI combined. If this was intentional, I'd expect commercials with more faces in the next day or two, and if it was a goof, it wouldn't surprise me at all. The full cast will likely be revealed Monday or Tuesday, at which time I'll plug them into their semi-permanent slots below. Pre-season - July 2, 2025 News finally started arriving on July 2, with house pics and some twist hints. The murder mystery rumors were true, it's officially "A Summer of Mystery," and the house theme is Hotel Mystère. It's pretty stylish throughout, and quite a step up from the BB Motel theme a couple years ago, at least in appearance. We'll see how long it takes before things start breaking. You can see some pics at the show's Instagram and a video with no audio at Paramount's press page. Julie's hosted tour will likely come along shortly.  The house has some imaginative rooms, and it's stuffed everywhere with animals, junk, and random items, so I'll have fun with my nightly countdown/signoff posts anyway. One room has bunk beds, which we haven't had since BB1. Sooner or later someone's likely to fall out of an upper, right? Julie mentioned in a USA Today article that some of the decor items may feature into the game or twists somehow. We'll see. And they got a stylish new chess set, and I am relieved about that. It irked me more than it should have that they had a repeat set last year, for the first time ever. Twist-wise, we found out Thursday's premiere will include "a masked visitor, a secret accomplice, and the shocking arrival of a 'Mystery Houseguest' whose identity will remain under wraps.. for now." Theories have been spinning all over town about what all that could mean, most of them way more complicated than anything BB's likely to do. Mike Bloom posted an old movie ad with the Olson twins and a mystery premise, so maybe they'll do another twins twist. Julie also suggested in that article the mystery contestant is a "polarizing personality." That's scary - life at the moment is already more polarizing than any of us need. But maybe it's just Jankie, back from the e-waste disposal site to kick off the new season.And now for the bad news: feeds won't start until after Sunday's show ends in the west, at 9.30pm PT/12.30am ET (Monday). If they move in on Tuesday the 8th, that means it'll be Day 6 before feeds start, which is how they used to do it before the glorious live move-ins of seasons 22 thru 25, and the Day 2 feeds last year. Can I get a BOO! HISS!! We'll have to do a lot of piecing things together since the first week sets the tone for the season, but after a few days we'll all be current and this dirty trick will be forgotten (but not forgiven).  Unofficially, I've been told AI Arena is returning, but under a different name and theme obviously, and there will be Have-nots again. One of today's debuted bedrooms will likely be transformed into another imaginative HN room by the time feeds come on - at least that's how they used to do it in the olden days with late feeds starts.I'm expecting the cast on Tuesday, if they follow last year's schedule, and the house pics did. If you used to get your feeds through me (thank you!), I'll refer you to get them from Big Brother Network this time. They're good people and have been doing this a long time. And that's it for now: rest up, get your pantry and freezer stocked, and check off those to-do list items because we're almost ready to do this again! Thanks as always for supporting me and my little site ♥ Pre-season - June 2025 When the feeds start, so will my recaps. But the pre-season is kicking off, starting with a vague, cryptic teaser that key art would be revealed soon. Normally that would imply a season's motif or colors (such as the multiverse lightning bolts), but in this case it was literal. Monday, June 16 brought us Julie in front of a wall with 48 keys, with the vague tagline "a not-so-subtle clue to this season's twist" per Entertainment Weekly. Well it is pretty subtle if you ask me and speculation ran wild for what it could all mean. Of course any reasonable guesses should also include theories on how any given twist could fail. You may notice some changes here, notably no Paramount Plus signup links or banners. After years and years of being an affiliate for SuperPass, then CBS, then Paramount Plus, I have resigned from the affiliate program. The revenue it brought me has gradually dwindled over the years until the signups made through my links were less than 0.1% of my Twitter follower count, which is pretty sad. Offering feeds free on Pluto was a killer, on top of the many rules and restrictions affiliates have to follow that nobody else does. And last year one commission payment was more than two weeks overdue, which coincidentally(?) timed out with some of the corporate deals in the works. That was the last straw for me, especially since payouts are already delayed for many weeks after they're earned.  So I'm going to see if I can support the site and myself via you lovely, kind, and generous Hamsterwatchers. You can subscribe to my Patreon, which will also get my daily write-ups emailed to you every night. iOS users should sign up for Patreon at that web link rather than through the app to avoid a 30% surcharge by Apple. Once you're signed up, you can use the app to access my page or any Patreon creator. There's currently no additional charge using Android.You can also make one-time donations of any amount with Ko-fi. All donations are hugely appreciated! Finally, my Etsy shop has a selection of handmade-by-me items currently, though I'll be temporarily closing it when the feeds start. If you aren't in a position to shell out cash right now, turning off ad blockers here on my site helps me, as do social media reposts. Many, many thanks in for any and all support, and for sticking with me! Speaking of social media, another change you may have noticed is that I'm switching from Twitter to Bluesky for my BB social platform. Bluesky has a lively BB community that's already hopping in the pre-season, without a lot of the noise, ads, spam, and other garbage that's become rampant on Twitter. It's got a lot of great tools to customize your feeds, and no system-wide algorithms. I hope it'll take off and be the fun place to chat feeds and socialize that Twitter used to be. I'll be back with any new tidbits that may pop up as we go, as well as the cast when we get them. I have posted my usual advice for families and friends of cast members, should you run across any of them. Onward! Ratings - Fresh Meat editionRatings will be based on entertainment value, usually - free neutrals for all until they earn otherwise.Just official basic stats for now - I'll keep adding more details, socials, first impressions, etc as we go. Noms count: original/renom/twist
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Anonymously secure your internet connection with NordVPN Big Brother 27 SEASON FAQ -Day 1 July 8: Move-in, cast reveal -Day 3 July 10: Premiere -Day 6 July 13: Feeds start Feeds are streamed by Paramount Plus. Call 888-274-5343 for account help, including cancellation. BB27 finalist prizes are likely the same: $750k for the winner, $75k for 2nd place, and probably still $10k for 3rd, $7.5k for 4th, $5k for 5th. Stipend is probably still $1k per week for all except finalists, including pre-season sequester. Stuntcasts may get more. The habitat has 112 HD cameras (up 18) and 113 microphones (no change). The recorded in-house announcements are the voice of producer Don Wollman. He and Julie Chen are the only senior staffers who have been there since Big Brother 1. |
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