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@1867019037072560406 :cry: I’m really just blown away with Mary, I really didn’t expect her to come back and be this vulnerable.

This season is sooooo good. CBS honestly added crack to Big Brother and Survivor this year. Devastated however my top two are out. 100% throwing my support behind Rachel, but she’s probably 4th?!

Trailer should be dropping for Season 5 shortly, apparently next Wednesday (with the last Season 40 Episode for the year). Apparently this won’t air on Paramount+ anymore and instead will air on MTV (so edited as Paramount+ was uncensored).

I've just started another Big Brother 3 rewatch. I've said in this topic and previous BB topics that it's one of my favourite seasons! Is it full of masterful gameplay and strategy? No. But, for me, it's filled with nostalgia. This was the season that really got me into Big Brother. I was obsessed! I give this a rewatch every few years, this season aired right around the time I realized that I was gay so watching someone like Marcellas play was really eye-opening for me. Impressions of everyone going into this season: Chiara: I was a huge Chiara fan, I really loved how open she was. She was always just that fun girl that you wanted to hang out with. She had a mean streak with Amy however and it definitely felt like, at times, she was isolating Amy and Lisa. Amy: I was obsessed with Amy from the moment I saw her cast picture. She's one of my Top 10 Big Brother Players of all time. You rarely hear anything about Amy unfortunately. Lisa: Stunning. Beautiful, but I don't blame her for wanting to take a step back from Big Brother after what happened on Season 7. I have hopes she will do this again one day. Josh: Thank god he left early in the season. There's a genuinely nice guy in there, but his desire to be this villain was just ick. Jason: again another big part of me coming out was watching Eric, Roddy and Jason all summer. I was spoiled :lol: what a sweet guy. I mean, I'm not dying for him to play again - but if the opportunity presented itself I would be excited! Gerry: People do NOT GIVE Gerry enough credit! Competition beast. He broke up a couple (and the right couple too). He shaped the first half of that season more than anyone else. Roddy: If you have a chance to get caught up on Roddy I'd recommend it. He was so charismatic and desirable. What a STUD. Thank god for Danielle because he would have walked this season. Lori: she served SO MUCH that first week and immediately went home and got lost on the way to meet Julie. Eric: he was hot but that was about it. He went at just the right time. Tonya: not everything you may have seen about Tonya over the last few years was true. That being said, I'm glad she went when she did and what a blindside :lol: Danielle: I do feel bad for Danielle at times. She played the hell out of both seasons just to fall short. I'm glad she's starting to be more involved in the Big Brother community now. I'm excited to see her on the Traitors! Marcellas: I'll be talking paragraphs about Marcellas and his impact as I rewatch this. Part of me also misses the old house as well. It's not as slick and animated as the new house. Even the editing, I miss the old announcer and his sultry voice. I miss that old intro and the key wheel!

I’m excited for this actually :lol: and three episodes is all we really need.

OPERATION ITALY OMG THAT WAS SENSATIONAL

Thanks for hosting, this was fun!

Love seeing all the plays for Jacqline!!

A few highlights this year.... Opening Song: Girls Aloud - The Promise I listened to 117,113 Minutes of Music this year (2023: 86,074) and I am in the top 1% (2023: 2%) of listeners worldwide. I played 3,646 Songs this year with Jacqline's Effortless as my top track, I was in the top 0.005% of listeners globally. Top Songs: Jacqline - Effortless KEiiNO - Damdiggida Dua Lipa - Houdini JADE - Angel Of My Dreams Girls Aloud - Call The Shots I listened to 682 Artists. Girls Aloud were #1 and I am in their top 0.01% of listeners. (2023: Taylor Swift in top 1%) We listened to 6,829 Minutes this year. Top Artists: Girls Aloud Beyonce Taylor Swift Mariah Carey Nelly Furtado I got a Taylor Swift video, and another item a few weeks back.

Girls Aloud were my top artist of the year, I'm a Top 0.01% Fan and we spent 6,829 Minutes together this year! However, only Call The Shots was #5. I'm not sure if I know where to find my Top 100 of the year. Edit - found it! 05: Call The Shots 09: The Show 13: The Promise 17: Wicked Game 31: Disco Bunny 39: Girl Overboard 43: Something Kinda Ooooh 47: Love Machine 52: Wake Me Up 56: Baby When You Go 60: Close To Love 70: Sound Of The Underground 80: Sexy! No No No 90: I'll Stand By You

This is done now. There was a lot of progression towards the end with the Traitors going back to back, leaving only Neda. I felt this season was pretty mid, they lost points for making the roundtables so short. They also could have used another 2-3 Episodes with the amount of people they had at the end. Neda won - congratulations girl. It was a well-deserved win, very boring, but deserved.

I’m going to attempt to answer this through a few different lenses. But I'd recommend checking out a few previous seasons if you can! I will say I don’t hold Survivor as close as I do Big Brother. There are a few seasons I’ve rewatched, but I’ve seen all seasons at least once. The good seasons however I’ve seen at least 4-5 times. One suggestion I’d make would be to start from Season 41 onwards. It was post CBS’ 50% BIPOC mandate so we know the casting for the most part has been stepped up. There aren’t any returning players so you aren’t missing out on anyones previous journeys on Survivor. However, I hated Season 43 so if you’re cherry picking seasons, you can give this a pass. I will also say, the best part of Survivor prior to Season 32 is that they went all over the world. Now it’s just filmed on a beach in Fiji. Another recommendation, just watch from the beginning Season 1 is iconic, Season 2 was great.. I get lost from Season 3-6 however. If you know that you’re going to watch Survivor and get into it, I would absolutely watch from the beginning because there are a lot of Returning Players, All-Stars, Half-Stars seasons and honestly - they are the BEST SEASONS. Aaron’s Cherry Picked Seasons if you really just want to watch seasons randomly, aren’t too worried about being spoiled and just want to see if Survivor is worth the investments, I’d recommend, in order: Season 1 Season 2 Season 7 (Must Watch) Season 8* Season 12 Season 13 Season 15 Season 16 (MUST WATCH!!!!!)* Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 (Must Watch)* Season 27 (Must Watch)* Season 28 Season 29 Season 31 (Must Watch)* you have to watch Season 30 Finale however Season 34 *Returning Players in some capacity. Season 16 is one to watch out for, but I’d recommend ensuring you at least watch watch season 12, 13 and 15 prior to Season 16. If you do start from the earlier seasons, you're just going to end up finding players you want to watch play over and over (Cirie for example) which is actually a really great way to watch. Also, don’t just limit yourself to American Survivor. The UK was a bust, but I have to say Australian Survivor has completely outpaced Survivor at times. You have to be careful with Survivor Australia, they moved networks so sometimes people refer Season 3 as “Season 1”. I’d recommend: Season 3 (a bit slow) Season 5 Season 6 Season 7* Season 8 Season 10 (Must Watch)* Season 11 I know you weren’t really looking for recommendations but I had an hour gap in my schedule and was feeling nostalgic :lol: perhaps a guide for anyone that may be looking to get into Survivor at any point. I would say I’d put this in the middle tier as far as seasons go, but this is definitely one of the best seasons in the “new era (41+)”. But honestly anything Season 41+ does feel fresh, well edited and some great gameplay.

Norway 2025 Kyle Alessandro Lighter J33XVmhk_fY I’m not sure if I saw a topic already, if so - I apologize! Starting to see some names float around, not sure when we will get a proper announcement. One of the names I’ve been seeing a lot is… KEIINO.

RHOC: I just finished watching this. I'm so f***ing sick of hearing about John. Get rid of Alexis and just bring everyone back next season. I really didn't care for Katie either. Shannon was the MVP for sure. Tamra needs to smarten up or she's going to get fired again. She's however at least smart enough to know she can't go into the next season the way she went in this season. Not watching New York or Potomac at all. Married to Medicine is back, I'll be tuning in for this. Southern Charm is back in a few weeks as well, seems like there's a bit of a cast shakeup here. Finally, it's been confirmed everyone is exiting Vanderpump Rules and they're rebooting with an entirely new cast. I'll never get over Bravo/NBC/Peacock failing so bad with this show, the first few seasons were sublime, some of the best Reality TV of all time. Just as the show was about to sizzle out, scandal, they fire Stassi and half a dozen others. They probably should have cancelled the show at this point, but I'm glad they didn't because we never would have gotten Scandoval. There was to be a spinoff before the first scandal, but that never happened. Instead, we got The Valley which was just EXCEPTIONAL. It kinda just feels like Bravo rolled with the punches and never strategically put any thought behind Vanderpump Rules. I'm not interested in another cast, honestly, Lisa should have transitioned away from the show at some point. Nobody even works at SUR anymore. Bravo continuing to support Lisa comes at a cost, she basically ran out of her last season of RHOBH - but the cast of VPR was always engaged and ready. Fixing the show should have happened before the mass firing and Scandoval, they really mishandled this juggernaut of a show.

Genevieve survives again :cheer: That was tight, but yes. Getting rid of Kyle made the most sense. Kinda need Teeny, Rachel or Caroline out next if they’re just gonna keep going after Genevieve.

Lots to digest here, but not shocking to see the Mans rumours were true, he wants this bad. I’m not here for another John Lundvik snorefest and his win on Melfest just seems to be an excuse now to send whatever. Klara Hammarstrom AGAIN?! At least she’s improving YoY. Excited for another bop from Malou Prytz and Dolly Style 43! ANDREAS *.* I’m not excited for this year at all. I was exploring potentially coming out for my first ever Melfest if A*Teens were in the mix. They lost out there.

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@1860051587441524914 I cannot wait. The cast photos alone are all 10/10.

Okay I officially love this season so much! They're so messy with the editing :lol: Teeny: I loved her confessional that last episode :cry: It must be so hard trying to figure out who you are while playing such an intense game. I really like Teeny and I'm rooting for them! Rachel: Definitely a sleeper pick, she's in an interesting position, if she can survive I think she has a good chance. But, so many people have her name in their mouths so it's gonna be tough. Kyle: I underestimated him earlier in the season, I'm surprised he's still around and I'm surprised they didn't get rid of him when he didn't win immunity. He's toast once he loses again for sure. Sam: WHAT A STRONG, LIKEABLE, WHITE MAN?! I do like Sam but his gameplay is a bit straightforward. Andy: my bi-king. He's far and above one of my favorites this season, he's brought everything to the table. I don't think he has the storytelling ability to win at the end, but if he gets to Final 3 I'll be happy. Sue: I love Sue and her bitterness towards Kyle deserves another 10 segments before this season ends. I really didn't think she would get this far either, but she's insulated which I love. Caroline: another sleeper pick but for me unlike Rachel she has a few more relationships. They've been a bit lazy with her edit and bringing her into the show but the LOOKS she gives :wub: Genevieve: omg I adore her and kinda need her to win but that was CLOSE last episode. I miss Daddy Sol. CBS is absolutely on fire this year. These are some heights for Big Brother and Survivor. At this point I want the Final 3 to be Genevieve, Andy and Sue.

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@1858544688141082650 I really just need them to go back to the live vote reads + reunion.

Ultimate Big Brother 2. It would never happen, but I’d love to see them go all the way back.

I’m quite liking this at the moment actually. I finally had Lapras drop from the event as well! I’m only Level 12, 113/226 (Genetic Apex) and 9 Cards from Promo A (including the Lapras). I am hoarding items as well, 257 Hourglass. 248 Wonder Hourglass. But, I’m happy with the decks I’ve created so far.

I have so many mixed feelings, overall I hated this season and was hoping it would be the last season on ITV. I dipped out mid-season, took a break, and returned to having this on the background while doing other things. Ali was a big reason that I had to turn this off, such a complex character but the mixture of her behavior and the edit she was getting was really triggering for me. I was really put off on how she went after Khaled and some of the comments she made. But at times she was absolutely brilliant. I was constantly going in circles with her, she deserved her win for sure, but not high up on any list for me sadly. Marcello: He was far from the worst BBUK male we've ever had. He would fit right in on BBUK3 with some of his opinions. I think he's genuinely a good guy, just a bit backward on a lot of things. Hanah: Delivered a BRAT Autumn! Her fight with Martha was just ick. Completely unaccountable and took the lowest road possible. Unpleasant for 80% of the season. Khaled: I find it odd he was evicted at the height of his popularity, but there really wasn't much there for me to throw support behind except for the way he was treated at times. Lily: I just don't get the support, there were a few freckles of brilliance here and there but for me it never outweighed how annoying she was and how little she contributed to the emotional development of the season. Dean/Martha: I did like their evictions back to back. They went to contributing absolutely nothing, to showing their true colours, to being evicted. We also have Baked Potato and Nathan. I felt bad for BP and the Eviction right before she left. This audience is so jankey sometimes I swear. She didn't deserve the reception she got. I do get a laugh that she was evicted as Baked Potato however :lol: Nathan was a complete fraud most of the season, it was so easy to see through his BS. However, I do think there were genuine feelings between him and BP. :ph34r: The HOH Twist although at times did save the season and give us a bit of drama felt unfair at times. This just didn't seem like the right group to deliver this twist to. Just not the season for me sadly. The ending of Marcello and Ali did feel like Good versus Evil. I’m happy Ali won, but I’m happy this season is over.

Perhaps a week or two early, but when I woke up this morning Spotify provided me with a “Fanship Bracelet” for being in the top 13% of all Taylor Swift listeners!