Im really unsure with this season, and I don't know why. The whole AP thing is driving me INSANE. Sure the mustard thing was funny, and things like that but I dunno how I feel about Eric voting for America.
The way I see it, America choosing his actions is CBS's way of controlling the game right out in the open. They can carefully edit footage to basically get who THEY want voted for, given that almost everybody gets CBS and Shotime 2 is a subscription channel on a network that is basically total crap, not to mention the live feeds that require a subscription and putting that accursed Real Player on your poor computer. There's enough viewers that will absorb whatever the Big Brother producers throw at them without watching After Dark and getting a better perspective, and voting for Eric's actions based on that. Certain people get a boost simply because they are the ones featured in an episode while people like Mike, Jessica, etc. are rarely featured. If Mike didn't confront Dick, you'd never know he was in the house to begin with based on CBS's editing. I can't wait to see if Dick is ever a target for him to try and get nominated. That would stir things up like crazy.
Anyways, if Eric makes it to the final two, there will be claims he had an unfair advantage. Earning money along the way, getting at least a 2nd place prize, and having inside information the whole time via how American's wanted him to vote or who to mess with or who to nominate. Things like public opinion of people based on diary room sessions, which by coincidence they talked about tonight on BBAD...about how they are 100% private during the stay in the house.
You raise a good point about Eric not winning HoH. It seemed that he threw it last time too, and badly. Correctly answering question after question so fast I couldn't even hear the question to play along at home, lol, and suddenly he buzzes in to answer when Julie hadn't got more than a few words into the question.
