The end is here! It now seems nearly certain that if Turner wins part three, he'll take Monte. If Monte wins part three, he'll take Taylor, so our winner will be Monte or Taylor. (Though I'd prefer Turner and he has a reasonable argument but a woke jury not voting for the black player is unlikely.)
Taylor has been rehearsing her speech in case she makes the final two and she's really playing up the victim aspect. She'll claim she had to overcome Kyle's racism (which doesn't exist) and much, much more. It's an interesting speech, but one that could backfire on her as much of it is fabricated on lies. Still, it will take a ballsy jury not to vote for her to be the first black woman to win BB. (I almost hope she does so we can finally end that narrative. Maybe we can finally get back to just playing BB instead of having a cause each year. (Well, we'd still have to have the first black/minority transgender player win, but after that maybe we could finally just get back to playing the game.)
We have a two-hour finale tonight but 90+% of it we already know. We know who won parts one and two. We know who each of the final two will likely take with them if they win part three. We know the jury questions as they largely reuse the same ones each year and have them written down for the jury. The good old days when the jury questioned the houseguests on their own for hours in the days before the finale were better as the final two (or three) really squirmed afterward. They all came away convinced the jury hated them. These days the questions are all scripted and pre-approved by BB. We pretty much know that Taylor will win AFP (though reports indicate Kyle is coming on strong in the voting.) Kyle winning would be funny. I doubt CBS would allow it though. Production reserves the right to invalidate any votes they want to in the voting process, and they'd be apt to decide to invalidate many of Kyle's votes.
So, it all ends tonight. We may hear if CBS has plans for a winter BB, or another BBOTT, but they aren't casting for one, so probably not. Another BBOTT to compete against the World Cup Soccer in November/December would make some sense, and CBS uses BB to counter Olympic programming, but they may not consider the World Cup a big ratings threat. BB 25 is in the casting/planning stages already and BB won its time slot every night until it came up against the NFL, so it'll be back next summer. (Starting the season earlier and ending it before the NFL season starts would be a lot smarter for CBS.)
It's been an interesting season of BB. Far from the best, but not one of the worst either. Just largely predictable. The season was largely set up for Monte or Taylor to get the win. Monte probably deserves it more, but Taylor will probably get it if she's in the final two. I'd like to see them flip the script for BB 25. All new comps would be nice. Throw in an extra comp/event for the live feed watchers on a Tuesday that we could see live. It wouldn't have to be a game-changer, just something to get them moving and doing something. Maybe a $500 prize for finding something BB hides or changes in the house. Lock them all in the HOH room then make a very subtle change and unleash the houseguests to try and find it. Maybe don't tell them what the prize is and possibly include something like a slop pass, cash, an extra POV, etc. Just give them something else to do than lie around and killing time until Thursday each week.
So, the season ends tonight. The post-show interviews will go live tomorrow. The final three get locked up overnight for their media availability tomorrow then everyone gets turned loose and back into the wild. Most will fade into obscurity and go back to a normal life having had their moment in the spotlight. I don't think anyone ruined their life or greatly enhanced their life this year. It was a so-so season without any real breakout stars.
Fly!!! Eagles!!! Fly!!!
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