Big Brother Canada is Finally on the Way

Many countries have had their own versions of Big Brother for years now, but Canada has always been the country that hasn't had its own and instead only aired the U.S. version.  Well all that is officially changing because Big Brother Canada is set to debut during the 2012/2013 broadcast season.

The allure for a Canadian edition of Big Brother by many is probably the fact that it would be the most similar to the U.S. version, and give fans in both countries another Big Brother season to follow.  Big Brother Canada is set to air on the "Slice Network," and Endemol (the same producers behind the U.S. Big Brother) will handle the show along with Canada's Insight Productions.  It remains to be seen if U.S. fans will be able to follow in any fashion, but live feeds for this version would be a very interesting concept.

Hopefully we in the U.S. will also be able to see the show somehow and get even more of our Big Brother fix.  It should be interesting to see if the show is similar to the current product we've see during the last few seasons of our Big Brother, or if the show is a little less organized or formatted in a different way like earlier editions of Big Brother due to it being a new thing for Canada.  We will update when we get more official details on when Big Brother Canada is set to air.

First Big Brother 14 Commercial!

OK some of you may be saying this isn't the first commercial, but basically this is the first full on commercial for Big Brother 14 as there have only been little mini teasers before.  This is the traditional yearly first commercial that lets everyone know that a new season of Big Brother is on the way!

As usual the commercial shows highlights from last season (Big Brother 13) and gets the hype going.  Feels so crazy that almost year ago we were anticipating legendary houseguests like Evel Dick and Daniele, Jeff and Jordan, and yes even Brendon and Rachel returning to the house.  Well things didn't turn out so great last year, but the season did have its moments. 

Now a new season is upon us, and hopefully a full cast of new houseguests for what should be a great season.  The hype begins here, and we know many of you are just as excited as we are and are dying for this last month to go by!  The CBS show, the live feeds, Big Brother After Dark, it ALL starts on July 12!  Here is the first Big Brother 14 commercial just to get you warmed up:

Rachel and Brendon Appear on "The Price is Right"

JUST when you thought you'd seen the last of Rachel and Brendon for the foreseeable future after The Amazing Race Finale, the duo popped up this week on the legendary game show "The Price is Right."  Playing off their recent Amazing Race tenure, Brenchel were presenting one of the showcases that involved trips to some of the Amazing Race locations.

Brendon and Rachel described each location in the showcase, and awkwardly waved after each description.  Thankfully this appearance was pretty short albeit a bit corny.  For the Brenchel fans out there it's a cool little appearance, check it out below:

Julie Chen and "The Talk" Co-Hosts Set to Enter the Big Brother House!

It's hard to believe we are less than 2 months away from Big Brother 14, but now is around the time when all the news and hype begins.  Today we have news via Yahoo TV that Julie Chen and her co-hosts from her morning talk show "The Talk" will be entering the Big Brother house in late June and playing a "fast forward" version of the game!

So it will be Julie, Sheryl Underwood, Aisha Tyler, Sharon Osbourne, and Sara Gilbert entering the Big Brother house just prior to the Big Brother 14 premiere.  The real interesting part will be how long they will be in the house since no time frame was announced yet.  Traditionally Big Brother media day (which will likely take place around the same time this year) has a few members of the media do a days worth in the house, but no one has stayed overnight.  For anyone that's ever wondered what it would be like to see Julie Chen as a houseguest, now will be your chance.  We will update further on the date and time where you can see Julie and her co-hosts on "The Talk" inside the Big Brother house.

Brendon and Rachel Come in Third Overall in The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race 20 is a wrap, and the Big Brother team of Brendon and Rachel finished third in the race.  In the 2 hour finale, the final 4 teams would have to go through 2 final legs to win it all.  Rachel and Brendon made it to the final 3 after Ralph and Vanessa were eliminated after a sushi bingo challenge, but ended up in third place at the end after a mistake that briefly had them going the wrong way in the final leg. 

The final leg of the race was quite a challenge, as the teams had to scale up a 45 story building and then back down before taking a helicopter trip and sledding down a hill.  Rachel and Brendon had a few of their trademark fights and cry fests, but what kind of season finale would it have been without them.

Rachel (the other one) and Dave ending up winning The Amazing Race 20 even after first missing one of the roadblock challenges and having to go back and complete it before they could be checked in as the winners.

Love them or hate them, Rachel and Brendon represented Big Brother well in their effort by coming in third out of all the teams.  They also gave us something to follow in the off season since they made it all the way to the end.  They have taken over as the team that future Big Brother contestants who want to also be on The Amazing Race will compare to when talking about the Race.  Jeff and Jordan only lasted a few weeks in the Race, but Brendon and Rachel went all the way and made it to a respectable place in the end.  Congrats to Rachel and Brendon on a great job in the race, but a small part of us is happy that this will likely be the last we see of them on reality shows for a good while.

Brendon and Rachel Make the Finals of The Amazing Race!

The Amazing Race has now gone through 10 weeks/legs, and next week is the season finale.  We are down to 4 teams in the race, and Big Brother's own Rachel and Brendon are one of those teams.  This week Team Big Brother averted disaster as they given the choice to get a fast forward to the end..........if they were both willing to shave their heads!  Needless to say, Rachel was not willing to part with her hair (citing that "girls need hair to look pretty") so they had to go on and do the regular tasks in the race which included decorating an elephant and then shoveling elephant manure.

Rachel's unwillingness to shave her head could have cost them the entire race since Mark and Bopper did the fast forward but luckily for Rachel and Brendon, still narrowly came in last.  Rachel and Brendon went on to come in second, literally by being a few feet ahead of Ralph and Vanessa.  At the finish point Rachel and Vanessa were asked what problem they have with each other, and both hashed out their opinions and ended up shaking hands to supposedly "let it go."

Next week is the big 2 hour season finale, as the final 4 teams of Brendon and Rachel, Ralph and Vanessa, Rachel and Dave, and Art and J.J. do battle to win the race.  The previews give us a sneak peak at a big game changer that goes down, as the team that actually arrives first did not complete all of the tasks, and is forced to go back and get it done before they can be first.

Team Big Brother has made it to the end, are you cheering on Brendon and Rachel to dominate yet another reality show?  Next week's finale on CBS will be 2 hours, tune in to find out!

Rachel and Brendon Come in Second Again, Can They Win The Amazing Race?

We didn't expect to still be covering Brendon and Rachel's quest to win The Amazing Race 9 legs in, but here we are and they are still surviving.  This week they even matched their other top performances by finishing second in this leg. 

With 5 teams remaining, they traveled to India to take part in a Bollywood dance routine.  Rachel chose to take on the challenge for Team Big Brother, and of course had a crying fit when she couldn't get the routine down right away.  This wasn't too bad of a blow up and Brendon was able to calm her down enough to get it done. While it seemed like the team of Mark and Bopper were going to quit the race when they couldn't complete the dancing challenge, they opted to complete the challenge even though they knew they were in last place by far.  As it turns out, Mark and Bopper once again got lucky with a non-elimination week, so 5 teams will continue on next week in the race.

Judging by next week's previews, it looks like one of Brendon and Rachel's biggest enemies may have a major catastrophe occur as it appears Vanessa goes down to a major injury that could be bad enough to take Ralph and Vanessa out of the race.  If this happens, Rachel and Brendon will be in the final four and have a very serious shot at winning it all.  Tune in Sunday to CBS to see how it all unfolds on The Amazing Race.

Team Big Brother Overcome Adversity and Make the Final 5 in The Amazing Race

This week Brendon and Rachel had more of a challenge than usual in The Amazing Race, as they were the victims of a U-Turn dealt to them by the team of Art and J.J.  The U-Turn option was first available to the team of Dave and Rachel, who turned it down after seeing how far Brendon and Rachel were behind even after they made a deal with Art and J.J. to U-turn team Big Brother if the opportunity presented itself.

The choice made by Dave and Rachel caused obvious friction with Art and J.J. since they didn't follow through on their deal.  Even though Rachel and Brendon were U-turned, they completed the extra task and survived elimination by coming in 4th place.  This new drama between the duos of Art and JJ/Dave Rachel may take some of the heat off Brendon and Rachel, although their other enemies Ralph and Vanessa also remain in the race.

Team Big Brother has made it to the final 5 teams!  If Rachel and Brendon can turn it up these last few weeks, they may soon be boasting about being not only great Big Brother players, but The Amazing Race as well.

 

 

Rachel and Brendon Finally Stir up Their Trademark Drama on The Amazing Race

Well it took a few weeks, but Brendon and Rachel finally got into it with a couple of the other teams on The Amazing Race.  The duo continues to stay around the middle in the race, having not won first place in any of the legs yet, but also avoiding coming in last at all. 

As the teams were rushing through the airport this week, Brendon and Rachel shoved by the other teams which set off a few arguments directed at them.  The majority was with Ralph and Vanessa, with Vanessa hitting Rachel with the 1 liners about being 38 years old but still looking younger than Rachel, and also how Rachel should have had her nose done before her boobs.  All of this let to one of Rachel's signature crying sessions.

Despite the drama, team Big Brother made the wise choice to do the "courtship" challenge that involved doing a traditional jumping ceremony in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.  From there they had to set up a complicated tent which had many teams breaking down, but Brendon and Rachel held it together to grab the 4th place spot.  This week ended up being another non elimination week, so there are still 6 teams going in the race.  Check out the next episode this Sunday at 7 on CBS.

 

 

Rachel and Brendon Survive Another Week of The Amazing Race

Brendon and Rachel have outperformed the original Big Brother team of Jeff and Jordan from a couple of years ago, and are in the final 6 teams in The Amazing Race 20.  The duo has yet to come in first in any of the legs of the race, but they've stayed consistent and avoided coming in last and being eliminated.

This week teams had the chance to do a "fast forward" challenge that would allow 1 team to skip challenges and move closer to the end.  Brendon and Rachel chose not to risk it and go ahead and do the missions.  First off Brendon had to do a challenge that involved being submerged underwater and breaking out of a window.  Next up both Rachel and Brendon had to go scrub oil off a hairy local - only on The Amazing Race. 

Brendon and Rachel came in fourth place, barely being edged out for third by Mark and Bopper.  This week there was actually no drama between Brendon and Rachel, as they seemed focused and got the job done.  It looks like we will get our fair share of drama in the next episode (which will air in 2 weeks due to the country music awards) as it looks like there is a blowup between Rachel and Vanessa, as Rachel calls out Vanessa about her age, which Vanessa returns with a "You should've done everyone a favor and got your nose done before your boobs" ZING!

Catch the next episode of The Amazing Race in 2 weeks on April 8th on CBS to see who will be the remaining 5 teams!