Behind Behind Big Brother Australia

Best of Behind Big Brother, Season 08

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0000

We already know what a dismal pre-season Behind Big Brother had pedalling their brand. So here's a look back at some of their finer moments during the season.

My Top Ten BBBA moments for 2008 (and believe me, it wasn’t easy whittling this down to just ten):

10. What Network Ten/ESS said:

"...we look forward to (Rima's) decision on whether she will return to the House."

What BBBA said instead, and was forced to retract:

"(Rima)...as such will not be returning to the Big Brother house."

9. Three weeks after an article in The Geelong Advertiser made the rounds, BBBA goes tearing off to secure audio of:

"Live stream watchers have caught Rory speaking about this year’s audition process, stating that he did not audition for the 2008 season."

8. "Rumours are suggesting that everyone’s favourite host Kyle will be entering the house on Sunday - think Gretel in the Mastercard challenge circa season one.

7. BBBA Radio touts an interview with 2DayFM’s newsreader/plant Geoff for weeks, only to have to send someone to drag him out of a restaurant to talk to them on the night. (I still crack up when I think of that one!)

6. Some completely fabricated rubbish the boys were forced to retract after hypnotist Peter Power’s visit:

“When the task was over and done with and the tub was being emptied, Big Brother employees supposedly found a substance that wasn’t beans in the tub.

“David apparently got a little hot under the collar and things got a little... messy.”

5. Even more completely fabricated rubbish they were forced to retract:

“Audience members at FNL have confirmed that they were indeed told too (sic) boo Nobbi, even when he won.”

4. The day after Big Brother himself told us Terri was going back in to The House:

"Inside sources tell us that Terri has gone back into lockdown in NSW - indicating that she will most probably re-enter the house at some point in the very near future. Stay tuned!"

3. The day after one of their forumers found the goods on this year’s Intruders:

"Behindbigbrother.com suggests you take this information with a grain of salt."

2. "...we haven’t heard anything to substantiate rumours that moronic party boy Corey Worthington will have any kind of association with BB. In fact, all we’ve had from inside sources are firm denials."

1.Tara Reid is going into The House!!!

Which brings us to the BBBA Quote of the Year.

Vid on Peter Timbs:

"... I feel as though TV Week just needed to fill some space so they made up some crap."

BBBA's newest "good friend"

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:09:00 +0000

After eight solid years of incessant Mike Goldman bashing - including yet another attempt this year to whip up anti-Goldman sentiment - today BBBA has the absolute gall to post this duplicitous smarm after Mikey posted on his blog he may not be involved with the Big Brother finale:

”After eight years of service to the show - including Daily Show narration, Uplate hosting, Friday Night Live hosting, crowd warm-ups and no doubt countless hours behind the scenes, we would have expected Mike would have received some special treatment.”

What boldfaced hypocrites. They trashed Mike at every opportunity and they know it. Next we’ll be hearing how much they’re going to miss Fitzy.

The Deludeanoids* finally come out of the closet

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:09:00 +0000

It just gets funnier.

Now Behind Big Brother would have us believe they have exclusive access to Channel Seven's executive boardroom:

"We’re told that executives at the network are extremely interested in negotiating with Southern Star Endemol the possibility of locking in the show for 2009 and/or beyond. The meetings this morning included discussions on the highest possible price the network could bid for the show, potential hosts and producers, possible audience loss/gain and other minor details."

So?? Come on, don't keep us waiting! What's the figure? I mean, surely whoever took notes on the hosts had enough smarts to jot down Seven's dollar value on the program? Wouldn't they?

Even more laughatable:

"The Seven Network and Network Nine both declined to give Behindbigbrother any official comment."

Well, duuuh. What pinhead over there thought they actually would?

Meantime, Seven were speaking to Nine:

"The answer is a flat no," (Channel Seven) network spokesperson Simon Francis said.

"We have no interest whatsoever."

* Deludeanoid: Someone who lives more in their dreams and imagination than in reality.

Insider suicide

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:49:00 +0000

Remember this little tantrum just a few months ago? The boys stomping their feet and hollering Hey! NO FAIR! No-fair-no-fair-no-fair-NO-FAIR!

"The WA arm of news.com.au, PerthNow, has broken the standard same-day media embargo and given out details about tomorrow’s three gatecrashers."

Kinda funny, then, when they themselves stumble upon an embargoed press release announcing the end of Big Brother Australia, all that indignant outrage flies out the window:

“… (the) news will be released by Channel Ten at midnight tonight.”

Now despite the hypocrisy of it all, you would think the little tykes would have enough sense to just post the news, sit back, shut up and let everything roll. But no. Someone just had to add one more little bite in an attempt to perpetuate that Super Duper Super Secret Insider myth:

“News filtering through that it could actually be up to two years before a BB revival is made.”

The actual news?

“The show… will be put on the market by the production company Southern Star Endemol after it wraps up on July 21.”

But of course all those potential bidders – if any – were immediately "filtering through" their plans direct to BBBA.

Or not.

Looking really, really stupid, much?

When the end is nigh, begin gathering the Kool-Aid Drinkers

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:49:00 +0000

The spin from BBBA's front page today:

"(Pammy) was the celebrity appearance we predicted would make us all cringe.."

Errr, no. You predicted Tara Reid, remember?

BBBA Media Watch

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:35:00 +0000

Now just who do you think The Telegraph's Garth Montgomery was talking about when he responded on his blog to some "dubious" Big Brother media conspiratist:

"...if you are one of those gutless, nameless pseudo intellects from that turgid site that takes itself oh-so-seriously and whose name I refuse to utter, then just get stuffed."

Turgid is such a fitting word!!

UPDATE: The boys chuck a right hissy fit when Monty nabs the Big Brother story of the year:

"Our [sarc] good friend [/sarc] Monty at The Daily Telepgraph has run a story..."

Telepgraph?

"The Daily Telegraph...

Aaaaah. Telegraph.

"... (well, Monty’s blog, not quite the news section of the website but hey)...

Heh heh. As reader Maxee87 says, "Bitter much?"

How to look like complete incompetents, BBBA style

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:56:00 +0000

Here's how it worked:

Brigitte's Eric makes a post on the Behind Big Brother web site refuting he is her boyfriend.

About ten hours later BBBA finally reprints the post on the front page and gets busy with the process of

"verifying the identity of “Eric”. Stay tuned."

Meanwhile the BBBA faithful dutifully lay into Eric, "pack mentality" style.

And as the boys are busy doing whatever they do to verify a member's identity - writing to Eric's ISP most likely - The Telegraph's Garth Montgomery swoops and grabs the guy. Much to the amusement of forumers:

"Garth "Monty" From Tele falls for possibly fake Eric"

And people call Brigitte clueless.

UPDATE 8:45pm:

The BBBA forums have now deteriorated into a fully fledged character assassination of Eric, with the abuse of a guy who simply rocked up to plead his case allowed to freely flow, unchecked by moderators.

What a disgusting place.

UPDATE:

BBBA's newest "member" Eric has made about 14 civil posts explaining himself. This is just a small sample of the hundreds of posts hurled back at him:

"You're a ****ing douche!"
"....let's just pummel him into the ground"
"Eric gave me herpes..."
"...can only assume your a seller and a user."
"The guys a druggo sleaze"
"I wonder where he earns all his money"
"nah man he is an ekkie dealer!"

All from the users of "Australia's Largest Unofficial Fan Site" and obviously endorsed by its owners through their utter indifference towards reining in the abuse.

I'd certainly sue.

Nup...

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:13:00 +0000

Still no fake eviction.

And ya know, I'm seriously beginning to doubt Tara Reid is ever going to show.

Desperate times call for... a SCANDAL!

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:40:00 +0000

A devastating exposé from Behind Big Brother last night:

"Minutes before the eviction aired on TV tonight, the official site had already announced that result, telling readers “Bianca Booted!”"

Whole minutes!!

But hey. At least something finally bumped down that tired - yet oh so appropriate - *YAWN* that had dominated BBBA's front page for days.

You know... the one that reveals last week's FNL "task"?

The ego has landed (and crashed and burned)

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:01:00 +0000

Little pats on the head were this close to happening today when BBBA's Junior Mod bravely attempted a solo flypast of the Intimidation Tower:

"If you are perma banned and continue to re-register accounts here, you will be reported to your ISP."

Sadly, it all rather fell apart when everyone on BBBA started to laugh and wonder aloud why on earth their ISPs would actually give a shit.

(Thanks to Beejay on Behindbigbrother.net)

Trust us...

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:30:00 +0000

Now, see what happens when the boys are yet again reduced to fussing over the latest betting odds and Big Brother ratings, leaving me with nothing to do?

I start flicking through the BBBA 2008 archives and dig up more winners.

Like these:

"The household spa will return to Big Brother in 2008, however be coin operated. Housemates must purchase volumes of time in the spa. This may also possibly happen to the Gym."

Well, there is a spa.

"The prize money will be $500,000 flat."

And some prize money.

"Discussions have begun to host a designated mobile program similar to the Behind Idol program on Telstra mobiles. This may be hosted by Tim (Brunero)."

Did I mention Tim is hosting FNL this year?

"Like previous seasons, there will be a relationship in the house in 2008."

"Another competition of some sort for a viewer to become a HM. Like the Starburst one last year."

And one more real cracker to add to their 2008 Intruders debacle:

"The show will be limited to just four intruders for the series. Each intruder will have a special mission, and be unable to win the overall competition - but win an individual price pool."

On second thought, fussing over those betting odds and ratings results is probably not a bad idea.

"You think we like this job?"

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:46:00 +0000

Vid tries to dig himself out of a BBBA forum backlash (see post below) after a hilarious attempt to stir up anti-Mikey sentiment:

"I think you'll find it's hard not to be one-sided when you're on a media blacklist from anything Big Brother related."

Hey, Vid? Delusions of significance aside, I think you'll find you sort of have to be media to get on a "media blacklist".

"We've tried year after year to form some kind of official communications channel with the hosts/producers/anyone involved in the show, and it doesn't work."

Hmmm. Tough one, alright. But I'll take a stab.

Could it maybe have something to do with relentlessly trashing the hosts/producers/anyone involved with the show year after year after year??

Just a wild guess...

Not that there's anything wrong with that

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:20:00 +0000

But it's awfully snort-laugh funny finding BBBA, hands planted angrily on their hips and acting all indignant...

"It seems Friday Night live cannot complete a series without making some form of homophobic remark."

... only to discover they still have to credit someone else:

"Thanks to TV Tonight"

UPDATE: Vid isn't getting a lot of support, poor guy.

And now for something completely useless

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:21:00 +0000

BBBA’s space waster of the week:

“Big Brother’s expensive flight simulator will make its last voyage to a mystery location in the next two weeks.”

Later:

“We take that back. The voyage won’t be in the next two weeks.”

Perhaps Big Brother is just having difficulties finding someone who knows how to sail a flight simulator.

Well, it’s Wednesday…

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:03:00 +0000

So let’s just watch and see how this one pans out, shall we?

Behind Big Brother’s Big News last Saturday:

“Wednesday will be a fake eviction, a HM (most likely Nobbi if he stays) will be fake evicted into “lockdown” until Sunday where it will be a double eviction and then they will be put back into the house to mess with the HM minds.”

UPDATE #1: "Zak" has been sent over with a note from BBBA:

Hey. Blame the person who posted that in our forums, awright?

UPDATE #2: They found an out!!! The Fake Eviction has been moved!! Apparently it's now to take place when Pammy visits the Big Brother house.

Maybe.

"Also that night will be a surprise (and possibly fake) eviction we heard rumours of last week."

Lame, lame, lame.

They'd Know #2

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:13:00 +0000

Never a truer pot kettle moment:

From BBBA yesterday:

"In true Orwellian style it seems that questioning the authority on the Big Brother offiicial site forums will see you silenced - permanently."

What, they think they have exclusive rights to that button?

UPDATE #1: And even their own forumers are having a chuckle. The "conspiracy nutters" comment is especially apt.

UPDATE #2: BBBA admin join the debate. The junior one eagerly consults The Moderators' Manual:

"If offends you so much don't read it."

Another overrules and decides more humour is what's needed:

"It takes a hell of a lot to get banned from these forums and we don't even charge for them."

Should someone tell TiGS the OS doesn't really charge people to use their forums?

Nah.

And BBBA's time starts....

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:38:00 +0000

Now.

UPDATE #1: 5.30pm and BBBA forumers pick up the scent.

UPDATE #2: 6.09pm and a lot of milling about. Forumers not sure what they are supposed to "think" or what thread they should be using.

UPDATE #3: 6.19pm and mods are onto things!! Threads merged, forumers begging forgiveness for posting out of place.

UPDATE #4: 6.35pm and forumers appear to be forgiven. Whew!

UPDATE #5: 8.55pm and nothing much happening. BBBA forumers show off their Smarts:

Q. "What show and character did don adams play before Get Smart, where he played a similar character to maxwell smart?"

A. "Inspector Gadget"

UPDATE #6: 10.15pm and Would You Believe...

"Producers Get Smart"

"BBBA can confirm the housemates will get to watch the movie next week, with talks taking place to secure Steve Carell."

FINAL UPDATE: Seven hours all up, no source supplied.

From the "Whatever Happened To..." file

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:42:00 +0000

Behind Big Brother, last week:

"Rumours are suggesting that everyone’s favourite host Kyle will be entering the house on Sunday - think Gretel in the Mastercard challenge circa season one.

Think at this stage of the race if BBBA were a horse, you'd shoot it.

Biting the hand that feeds them

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:51:00 +0000

Just when you thought BBBA couldn’t jack the yawn factor any higher… they do.

Now, you’d think the boys would be grateful Network Ten gave their front page something to do. I mean, relaunching an entire website with hopes of becoming Australia’s Largest Unofficial Big Brother TV/Form Guide is a daring move and tough at the best of times. But no.

An extra ten minutes! today’s lead story storms.

"Never ending schedule changes continue"

It's like they almost resent having to do some work. Still, they did manage to squeeze an incredible 120 words out of those eternal ten minutes, even going so far as to bravely suggest,

“(they) could simply be to avoid any scheduling problems and last minute changes if it runs over the usual 60 minute slot.”

Wow. Ya think?

BBBA's "Secret Sex Orgy" finally explained

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:49:00 +0000

Baffled BBBA forumers didn't get the "joke" so Will thought he better explain things:

"We're waiting for one of the gossip sites to pick it up as actual news."

Poor fellas. Someone break it to them gently that they're now the brunt of gossip sites?

A vicious, calculated effort to shut me up

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:31:00 +0000

Here’s all the jaw-dropping goss those madcap, no-holds-barred Behind Big Brotherers offered up for the first half of June:

Lasseters’ odds
Big Brother UK
A “stupid rumour” about Tara Reid entering the house. Yep, another one
More Big Brother UK
A passionately biased opinion piece from Nobbi-lobbier Will
A completely fictitious beat-up about the FNL audience ordered to boo Nobbi
All reference to that contrived booing edited out of Will’s passion plea
A reprint of Media Spy’s rating report
More ratings
More Lasseters’ odds
What everyone heard all week – Big Brother Prize To Be Revealed On Sunday!!
What’s in the TV guide
More of what’s in the TV guide
More ratings lifted from Media Spy
Rehashed Herald Sun and Sunday Telegraph articles on Gretel and Kyle

Oh, and the odd rotation of meaningless Big Brother Live Stream screen caps.

Positively whelming, eh?

BBBA Media Watch

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:28:00 +0000

Hey! Look who's making the news!

First Mikey G takes a dig at Vibes & co on the Courier Mail website on Monday, "... Tara Reid going into the Big Brother house story was just another stupid rumor."

Then just a day later the Daily Telegraph's Garth Montgomery sticks it to Behind Big Brother following their claims that Nobbi had abused Ollie, summing things up perfectly as a smear campaign.

So... Where's the usual hyperventilating and We Got Mentioned!!! We Got MENTIONED!!!!! I mean, any publicity is good publicity, isn't it, guys?

The weird-o-rama just goes on and on

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:50:00 +0000

What happens when you go away for four days? Stupid stuff like this:

From BBBA: “Audience members at FNL have confirmed that they were indeed told too (sic) boo Nobbi, even when he won.”

Of course “audience members” confirmed nothing. There wasn’t even a story to confirm until a random thread, created by a BBBA forumer, popped up insisting “friends” were right there and they saw, first-hand, Big Brother employees themselves hand down a BOO NOW directive at any mention of Nobbi’s name.

And it all gets woefully predictable from this point on.

Yep. In the trigger-happy tabloid style Behind Big Brother aspires to aspire to, the above mentioned random post was duly pounced upon and sensationally shoved onto the front page.

Well, for a little while, anyway. Soon after:

“Conflicting reports are coming in on the wake of news that audience members of last night’s Friday Night Live show were encouraged to boo for Nobbi.”

How bout that “Live Breaking News” voice in the update, eh? Reports are coming in!! Actually, what was coming in was a thread full of BBBA users hollering “Bullshit”.

Cue the damage control team – think Alvin and the Chipmunks, here – who snuck that retraction in and made sure the word “rumour” (that idea suggested by one of the more savvy BBBA members) was hastily attached to the wild front-page claims of manipulated Nobbi booing.

And how do they eventually wrangle their way out of this mess? In typical fashion, really. Give everyone the finger, lock the now offensive thread and shut down all discussion:

So we were wrong. Bite us.

(Thanks to Leaper)

Blog break

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:53:00 +0000

Off on a short holiday. Kinda like the way BBBA has been all week. Which naturally segues (isn't it cute when someone picks up a new word and then tries to work it into every possible situation?) into...

Um, guys? It's a bit silly, isn't it, realising your mistake and frantically sticking up a new Mike For Host poll on the front page a day after the story? It's not like anyone's coming back. It's what known in the trade as yesterday's news.

Oh hang on. That's what you d... nevermind.

Ignoring the Obviously Redundant

noreply@blogger.com (Mica) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:13:00 +0000

Add NineMSN to the list of media outlets who won't touch BBBA.

In an article today supporting Mikey to take over Kyle's Eviction Night hosting role, NineMSN rang Timmy for his comments, quoted TV Junior's blog, reprinted forum comments from the Official Site - the Official Site again!- and got Mikey's take from his blog.

What did BBBA get? A passing mention of the results of a poll on their forums. And not even a poll the "We're Watching" boys had the insight themselves to set up. Nup. It took a bored forumer to take that initiative.

There's a lesson here, guys.

Polls. Stick to polls. That way you've only got a + or - 3% chance of getting it all wrong.

As opposed to all the time.