Reality TV Thoughts

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Two days away from the season premiere, the cast of Big Brother 27 has finally been revealed! We have 16 new houseguests competing, including two former Survivor castaways and a RuPaul’s Drag Race Drag Queen. And of course, we have Angela Murray returning to the show for another chance at the $750,000 prize. With little knowledge about most of the houseguests, now is a better time than ever for me to predict how the season will play out. So, on this post, I will predict every placement from 17th-1st place, alongside what I am expecting from every houseguest based off of purely vibes… for the most part.

17th Place: Haley Thogmartin

Unfortunately, I do think there will be some variation of a night 1 eviction this season given the cast size, and I see Haley as the most likely victim of it. I expect that if there is a night 1 eviction, it will revolve around the social game and first impressions. The reason I fear that could be bad news for Haley is because I don’t see her being able to connect to the other houseguests that well, especially if all they have to go off is first impressions. In her intro package, she came off as boring and stoic. I hope I’m wrong and she turns out to be great and there’s not even a night 1 eviction, but if there is, I have the least faith in Haley to survive

16th Place: Rome Seymour

During the Big Broveal, I found Rome to be someone very confident in himself. He was already talking in his introduction about protecting the “betas and submissives,” whatever that means. While he very well could turn out to be a strategic mastermind, especially if he wins the first HOH, I just feel like he is prime for an early downfall. He could rub people the wrong way early on and play himself out of the game. If that is what ends up happening, the best case scenario would be him being a week 1 crash and burn, in the same mold as Brian on BB10. Who knows, someone could end up being the Dan Gheesling to his Brian.

15th Place: Kamuela ‘Kamu’ Kirk

Kamu is a self-proclaimed ‘nice guy’ and the clear jock of the cast. I could see him leading an all-guys alliance and being out in front as an “Alpha.” The problem is that he will be clearly out in front. I could be wrong, but I get the vibes that this is a cast full of very strategic players who know the game well. Him being out in front could put a giant target on his back and I believe there are a lot of people on the cast who will be ready to target him. Kamu will need to watch his back, especially if Angela wins an HOH competition.

14th Place: Melody Morris

Melody is one of the bigger question marks on the cast for me. I could see her either doing really well or being a target early on. I unfortunately see her being very expendable to a lot of people’s games and never really being a power player. I could be totally underestimating her, and maybe her game show experience could give her an advantage, but she is by her own admission very sensitive and could get manipulated if she’s not careful.

13th Place: Mallory Aurichio

Mallory is someone who I want to do well and I think is very capable of doing well. Unfortunately, I get major Kelley Jorgenson vibes from her. Now, unlike Kelley, she does seem to actually be a fan of the show and I don’t get the vibes she will volunteer to be a pawn. Unfortunately, I see her as someone who many people will be willing to use as a pawn regardless and she may have to adapt to a scrappy underdog role. She could be a Blockbuster master like Kelley, but having to rely on competitions to survive is never something anyone wants to have to do. I really hope I’m wrong about this one, though.

12th Place: Drew Campbell

A self-proclaimed superfan (apparently having even written a book about BB!), Drew is someone who comes in with a lot of potential. I could see him easily flying under the radar for the first few weeks. He wants to be friends with everyone and I think he could very easily accomplish that. But that’s where the problem lies. He will be eager to win an HOH comp and if he does, I’m worried it could ruin his position and he’ll ruin his good graces with the rest of the house. I see him as one of the most likely people to have a bad HOH reign and sink their own game. A friend to all is a friend to none and that is something Drew needs to remember.

11th Place: LaTrice Verrett

LaTrice has been watching the live feeds since season 2! She has been waiting for this opportunity and it’s finally here. I really, really want her to do well this season. But unfortunately, I think we are due for one heartbreaking pre-jury eviction this season and LaTrice could be the victim. I think she will easily be able to get into a good spot early on. Even is she isn’t a big comp threat, everyone will want to be her ally. The problem is that I feel some houseguests will catch onto that eventually and if the wrong person wins HOH, they’ll take the shot at her. Given that I don’t expect her to do the best at competitions, she could be screwed if that happens.

10th Place: Rick Devens

I have no idea how many of these houseguests know Survivor and the kind of player that Rick Devens is. I expect that him, Dee, and Angela will work together, at least for the short term. The problem is that I think, no matter what, people will eventually catch on to Rick Devens. He will have to start relying on competitions to survive, which I think he’ll be able to do for a while. But eventually, he’ll slip up, and he could be taken out right before the jury. I hope that before he leaves, we at least get a Rick Devens HOH reign. Overall, no matter what, it will be very fun and surreal to see Rick Devens play Big Brother.

9th Place: Chuk Anyanwu

Chuk is admittedly a casual viewer of Big Brother. I suspect that he’ll try to be a power player and win as many competitions as possible. I do think he’ll win a good amount of them. The problem is that I could very easily see him being tricked into doing someone else’s bidding and overall being used by someone who knows the game way more than him. Once they get closer to the end, he’ll be tossed aside before his comp abilities can get too dangerous.

8th Place: Ashley Trail

Ashley seems like she’ll be a solid enough player. I could easily see her getting into a majority alliance early on and having an easy ride to the jury stage. She’ll be capable in competitions and won’t blow up her game if she wins HOH. However, she is one of the people who is itching the most to get into a showmance and if she does, she’ll be targeted because of it. To summarize, she’ll be safe for a while, but eventually, will fall victim to the showmance curse.

7th Place: Yash Patel

Along with Melody, Yash is the biggest question mark on the cast. He’s allegedly an alternate, having replaced a guy named Levi just before the cast was released. While I don’t think he’ll find his hairdresser wife in the Big Brother house, I do believe he’ll do relatively well in the game. That is, do well in terms of placement, because I predict he will be a comp flop. I see him being much like Cam on BB26, flopping in almost every competition he plays in. I could be wrong and he could actually be the second coming of Jag Bains, but for some reason, that is the vibe I get from him. I also think it would just be really funny for him to be a comp flop after basically his entire intro was about competitions.

6th Place: Dee Valladares

Dee is a triple threat: social, strategic, physical. Once again, i have no idea how well these houseguests know Survivor. But I think the people that do, such as Jason, will be eager to work with her. And if they let her get her footing in the game, Dee will run a mile. She could become one of the biggest comp threats of the season and pull off some brutal blindsides along the way. She’ll also have a good safety net early on with Devens out in front as a bigger target. However I predict, someone in the game savvy final five will snipe her out in the double eviction. Whoever that is will become the new frontrunner.

5th Place: Angela Murray

Angela is such a wild card on this season. She is technically the only returning player this season. Typically, solo returning players do pretty well on Big Brother: Jessie Godderz, Rachel Reilly, Paul Abrahamian. I think that Angela will continue this trend. I don’t see her being targeted by anyone early on and there will be people eager to work with her. Of course, she’s not the best player in the world, but I still see her finding herself in a good spot somehow. Her emotional nature could spell trouble for her, but I think people will tolerate it more this time around. The problem is that I unironically think she will eventually gain a lot of win equity. People will want to reward her with the money and the others will recognize that. She’ll unfortunately be cut right before the end.

4th Place: Taylor Brown

I think Taylor will find a lot of friends early on. One of the alliances I feel will be the most likely is one between Taylor and LaTrice. The two look so alike, I find it hard to believe they won’t connect over that. Once LaTrice is evicted, Taylor could go on a crazy revenge tour and eventually turn into one of the front runners. However, the others will recognize that and snipe her out before the end.

3rd Place: Barrett Pfeiffer

I feel that Barrett will be the strategic mastermind of the season. He is a major superfan and unlike Drew, he won’t shoot himself in the foot with a bad HOH reign. I could see him being in a alliance with the other two houseguests I have yet to talk about. The problem is that I think he’ll underestimate one of them and that person will backstab him at the final three.

2nd Place: Jason De Puy

I’ll admit, I have never watched a single season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Also, Drag Queens do not have a good track record on other reality shows. Despite that, I am still feeling very high on Jason’s chances. I think he will find himself in the majority and will have lots of charisma to the point that no one will want to target him. He will play a respectable and solid runner-up game…

1st Place: Lyric Medeiros

I’ll be honest and say that I don’t know how confident I really feel in Lyric as a winner pick. On first impressions, she gave me Lauren vibes; which is not really the best sign. However, Lauren, to be fair, was a great social player and just lacked a killer instinct. I think Lyric won’t have that same fault. She has a very interesting career path of being an attorney in the day and singer in the night. I think she’ll be able to backstab people and won’t hesitate on every decision she makes, unlike Lauren. She is capable of making a game winning move of backstabbing her closest ally at the final three to win the game.

Conclusion:

I cannot wait to come back to this in three months to see how wrong I was. But, no matter how wrong I end up being, I at least hope that Big Brother 28 is a fun season. There are so many things that I didn’t account for, such as the countless twists we are sure to receive or any potential quits and expulsions, which I’m sure will render my predictions obsolete almost immediately. I do hope I get at least three of these correct though…