…and I kind of already hate it.
another season with Jesse? with his extra 20lbs? really?
a season where the houseguests are split completely unfairly? really?
a season where I do not find a single houseguest remotely interesting, like, at all? really?
wow.
let’s go through the contestants, AKA, THE SEASON OF TOKENS, shall we?
Braden. Token surfer dude. he is popular? this dude seems Jeff Spicoli-meets-Donald Trump (at least in the bizarre combover-like hair he’s got going on)
Casey. Token old dude.
Chima. Token girl who starts the game by annoying people with her laugh.
Jeff. Token good-looking guy? (this one is questionable)
Jordan. Token blonde who starts out the gaming saying that she’s dumb. awesome.
Kevin. Token gay dude. I love him for calling out Boobs on her, well, boobs.
Laura. Token BOOBS.
Michele. aka Decepticon #1. She’s a neuroscientist, which means, she is wicked smart…but told people that she keeps plants alive.
Natalie. aka Decepticon #2. She told people she is 18 (she is 24) and she said she may have done a little tae-kwon-do (she’s a bronze world Championship Medalist)
Ronnie. Token geek.
Russell. Token muscles.
You know what they’re doing, right? They’re setting up their own alliances as part of the initial gameplay in order to see how that plays out. (You could also argue they are emulating the tribe style of Survivor, but with such small numbers I’d say they’re more like alliances.)
I’ve said for a while now that it would be more interesting to have the houseguests vote for HoH, with the caveat that they cannot vote for themselves or the previous HoH. There might be 1-2 weeks of alliance-controlled voting, but I think backstabbing would happen more quickly.