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puddin:
Exclusive Big Brother All-Stars Interview: Janelle
We chat with the blonde bombshell about her second season in the house.
by Staci Krause 
 September 8, 2006 - In Big Brother 6, the final three were Janelle, Ivette and Maggie. Ivette ended up winning the final Head of Household, despite Janelle's strength at competitions, and took Maggie to the final three. Last night, de ja vu hit in Big Brother All-Stars. Mike and Erika battled it out for the final HoH and Mike won. He took Erika and Janelle became the last member of the jury.



We talked to Janelle about finishing third twice, Will Kirby, her strategy and her time in the house. Here's what the Queen Bee had to say.



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IGN TV: This is the second time that you went to the final three but could not win the last HoH and were not taken to the final two. Congratulations on making final three again, but how does it feel to be so close twice and not able to finish the deal?

Janelle: I have mixed feelings. I was obviously a huge target and I feel like I accomplished a lot just by making it to the final three, but to be so close to the money again, it is a little bit disappointing. I think that if I would have won that first endurance one, I could have beat Mike 'Boogie' in the Q&A and I probably would have won the whole thing. After I knew I didn't win the one with Mike 'Boogie', I knew I was toast.

IGN TV: Why did you agree to do Big Brother again?

Janelle: Just because I love the challenge of it. It's a really hard game. It probably looks a lot easier on TV, but it's hard to be in there for three months with all of the gaming that goes into it and all of the strategy and all of the backstabbing and lying. It's challenging and that's why I wanted to do it.

IGN TV: Was it worth it?

Janelle: Yeah! Of course. I had a great time.

IGN TV: You mentioned you made a lot of mistakes this season when you evicted Will? What do you think the most critical mistake you made was that led to your eviction?

Janelle: I did make mistakes in the game, but I think I made the best possible move I could. I did make it to the final three. The mistakes were more personal for me. Getting rid of Marcellus, that hurt me a lot because I felt like I was responsible for that even though that's not what I wanted. That had no bearing on the game. It was more of, I had listened to Will and Boogie tell me that they had promised me they would not evict Marcellus. And that was a mistake for I had trusted them. It wouldn't have mattered who I got rid of really. I made it as far as I could by making the best moves I could and I really did the best I could.

IGN TV: Looking back, do you wish you would have gotten rid of Mike and Will earlier?

Janelle: No. I think a lot of people in my season six alliance, we had talked about it, and I thought it would be more strategic to target the floaters so they couldn't float and they had to play rather than go after Chilltown. Mike 'Boogie' and Will did make it further, but I got rid of Nakomis and Jase, which are huge players. They would have probably been at the end. It was a give or take who would have been at the end, you can only get rid of so many people, there were only so many weeks.

IGN TV: What was your strategy?

Janelle: My overall strategy was just to get into an alliance with people I trusted and play the best I could. Be somewhat of a leader of my alliance and win competitions and HoH's and kick people out of the house.

IGN TV: In the diary room, you at first said you were flirting with Will as a strategy. At what point did your affections for Will stop being a strategy and become reality?

Janelle: I definitely started flirting with him as just a game. It was a fun little cat and mouse game in the beginning. I think after Howie left, he became that sole person that I confided in and we became really, really close. It was more than flirting and it was kind of just a day to day thing.

IGN TV: I know you didn't have an answer for Julie Chen, but do you have an answer now about how you feel about Will?

Janelle: I was so embarrassed because Julie keeps on asking me about how I feel about Will like over and over. It's embarrassing. In the house, he obviously told me how he felt and I told him and we were whispering and whatever. Yeah, I definitely had somewhat of feelings. I mean, I was playing him, that's how it started out, and then I think I ended up liking him a bit more than I thought I would

IGN TV: How was Chilltown still in the house all the way to the final four?



Janelle: Chilltown played a great game. They misled a lot of people. They had me protecting them. They had Erika protecting them. And they used us. Everytime I was HoH, they had me put Erika up as a pawn, and then they would get whoever else was put on the block, they would get them to leave. It was a great strategy. I felt like in the middle of the game, I absolutely trusted Will way more than James. They made it to the end by getting me to protect them. I was always protecting Will and I didn't want to get rid of Will and I think Erika did not want to get rid of Boogie. So there was really no way to get them out of the house because we had to work together in order to get them out and we didn't realize that until later on in the game.

IGN TV: Would you rather have been evicted before sequester?

Janelle: No. I think a fun part of the game is deciding who wins. It's a pretty big decision and it's a nice, little fun way to end the show, to get together and talk about who should win and about what happened. It's definitely still part of the show. I get to vote and my vote really will count, I think.

IGN TV: Who do you wish were in the final two?

Janelle: I wish Will and I were there. I think it would be an interesting show.
IGN TV: You had said at one point when you nominated Erika that you despised her gameplay? Do you still despise it?

Janelle: I play so different than Erika. I play very straightforward, win competitions, go after direct targets. Her gameplay is so much different, so I don't know if I despise it so much, but I don't respect it. She kind of plays the floating strategy. She thinks that she doesn't have to win competitions, she'll just kind of make herself look unthreatening, but she has the ability to do that. I do despise people that float around in different alliances and tell you they have your back and is two-faced to me. That's why I said that. At the time, she was so annoying to me. She was telling me one thing and just going around and she befriended everyone. It was annoying.

IGN TV: How bad was slop?

Janelle: Oh my god, it was gross. It was horrible. I think the first week I was on it, I think I almost just broke down and started bawling. It was just so disgusting and emotionally, it made you feel like crap. You don't feel good at all. Not healthy, by any means.

IGN TV: What was your favorite thing about being in the house this time?

Janelle: My favorite thing for me being in the house was that I had actual friends in there. I played the game with several people that I had played with last summer and that was fun for me, because going in there, we knew we would be working together if we all got put in there. It was fun for me to have an alliance that I could already work with.

IGN TV: Are you looking forward to seeing anyone in the jury house?

Janelle: I want to talk to Marcellus and apologize for what I did. I want to see Howie and I'd love to see Will too.

IGN TV: Any last words for America?

Janelle: Thank you America for voting me in the house, I love you. And Canada too.

http://tv.ign.com/articles/731/731756p1.html

Nuala:
Thanks Puddin.....that was awesome and as always Janelle looked beautiful!!!!

puddin:
Hometown girl is finalist on Big Brother
Britta Arendt
Herald-Review
Last Updated: Friday, September 08th, 2006 04:43:25 PM

She may have been evicted Thursday from the CBS hit reality television show Big Brother 7 All Stars, but Grand Rapids native Janelle Pierzina has gained millions of fans all over the world and helped the show top the ratings this summer.
“Our hometown girl is America’s choice and America’s sweetheart,” said Janelle’s mother Ann Pierzina.
A 1998 graduate of Grand Rapids High School, Janelle first became a national star when she acquired a spot on Big Brother 6 last summer. As part of the show’s premise and popularity, Janelle lived with a group of strangers in a house equipped with cameras and microphones that monitor their every move and word, 24 hours a day, seven days a week for three months. On season six, Janelle proved to be a tough contender competing for the rank of Head of Household and the right to stay in the house for the chance at winning up to $1 million. After spending 75 days in the house on season six, Janelle was one of just three remaining house guests before she was evicted.
This June, CBS asked America to decide which former Big Brother house guests from all six seasons they wanted to compete in the Big Brother All Stars and Janelle received an astounding number of votes and became one of 13 for this summer’s show. Surviving the manipulation, secrets, backstabbing, and betrayals that come to play with the game of Big Brother, Janelle lasted nine weeks in the house winning Head of Household several times and proving to be a very powerful player. In fact, it was her play of the game that eventually became so much of a threat that it drove the two remaining house guests to evict her.
“She’s rockin’,” said Ann. “Many have said she’s the all-time best reality competitor. She’s true to her spirit and honorable and that is what makes her the best player ever.”
Game and fame aside, Janelle’s family is very proud of their small-town girl as family, friends and local fans alike came to tune into their television sets every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday nights to spend the summer with Janelle, whom many fondly know as Janey.
“You’re always at awe with your first born child but now I’m even more at awe and amazed at the woman she has become,” said Ann who has watched her daughter grow and mature before the eyes of millions on national television. “She is so loyal and has so much goodness. She’s inspired people from their death beds, inspired people to go to college. She’s even inspired people to read the Bible after they’ve seen her read it in the house. People love her.”
What’s next for Janelle? She is now a member of the Big Brother jury that will vote for which remaining house guest they want to win $500,000. Ann said CBS also has approached her about continuing her reality television career, possibly on a future reality show.
To see more about Janelle and Big Brother 7, visit www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother7.

http://www.grandrapids-mn.com/placed/index.php?story_id=225063&view=text

Texas_kimmie:
Interesting read, thanks for that. I wonder why it says they compete for up to one million dollars? Oh, and by the way, I do think another reality show would be great....maybe with Will.

beccaluvswll:
Also, Janie will be on The View on Wednesday Sept. 13th

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