It's getting closer! Since the television premiere is only four days away, it's very possible that the houseguests are already in the house. They typically go in three or four days before the season starts so that producers have footage for the premiere.
So, who's going in the house? How do you get the feeds? Where do you get them? What's this about 14 houseguests instead of 12? What's the buzz...tell me what's a'happenin'...!
Once again, the 24/7 live feeds will be available through RealNetworks, for a price, of course. They'll be doing a two-week free promotion that you may want to give a try starting on July 6, although I'm not sure if the feeds will kick in after the show airs on the West Coast or during East Coast time. For the life of me, I can't recall when they started for real last year. I recall there were several most likely intentional "slips" after the feeds showed fishcam (video of the fishtank) last season a few days prior to the season debut. Today, if you have the RealPlayer SuperPass, you can tweak last year's feed URLs and see a shot of angry passing clouds with the BB7 logo and a message stating "the houseguests will be right back." Apparently, they don't want folks peeping for clues through the fishtank.
CBS will place episodes the day after airing on their Innertube video site. The individual episodes will be archived and available to viewers throughout the season.
Despite the hype about America choosing the houseguests, only six (three male, three female) will be chosen by the votes at the CBS website. The other six, possibly eight, will be chosen by CBS producers. It's very evident that CBS wants big personalities and even bigger egos in the house this summer. So, it's likely that we'll see folks like Dr. Will, Jase, and Alison instead of people like Cowboy.







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