Blogs roundup

There's been some great coverage of Big Brother around in the past week or so.

Larvatus Prodeo, one of the top political blogs to be found on the web, have had their say on the formation of narratives of redemption in the season so far. It's a great critical roundup and we're planning to expand our comments from the post into a full entry for you here.

You can always count on Eye on Big Brother to have some interesting takes on the current situation in the BB arena. This year, much like us, she seems to be wondering if the fireworks aren't getting in the way of the show itself actually working on its most base level. Her most recent entry is similar in many ways to our point of view on the Corey vs. Bianca debate.

Tim Bruneo is, as always, keeping a keen eye on the household. Check out his website for a few good scoops (there are some distinct advantages to having a foot in the official door!). Most interesting so far from Brunero has been this article on the real enemy within the house - boredom - and his brutal laying down of how to manipulate both housemates and audience.

And what of our favourite entertainment website, Defamer? Well, after the mud-slinging joy that was their coverage of Michael's stripper girlfriend (and his demands to speak to their bosses), they're now on to the topic of Saxon's departure. We giggle, as always. And secretly hope this feud between themselves and Michael continue to grow (it's more exciting than the on-screen drama so far).

Lastly, the 'real' media seems to be largely quiet regarding Big Brother (other than the obvious Corey Commentary). You can of course check out Brisbane's Courier Mail and their yawn-worthy puff piece about Carson's entry into the house this Wednesday. Or how about the same publication's stale coverage of Saxon's departure? For a change of scene you could head over to The Age, where their coverage of Saxon's departure was so uninspiring it nearly sent us to sleep.

Corey Coverage

There are some strange things going on there in media land re Corey. Of course, you can find the usual kind of beat ups. Here is the Courier Mail's view on his entry to the Big Brother house.

What we're more interested in however is this Courier Mail story, click here for the article about his mother's recent arrest... which we are very confused about. Was she arrested for something to do with "that" party Corey held and the aftermath, or an entirely seperate incident? Let's hope an editor does a re-write on this story soon as it makes little to no sense right now.

Tim Brunero

We doubt we're alone in our jubilation over the return of former housemate Tim as a Big Brother pundit. Not only does he return with his podcasts (which we've been a huge fan of in previous years), but he's getting a run on the new Monday night show Big Mouth. We're hoping this show takes off given the new faces and the opportunity to offer more 'adult' content (and no, we don't mean just the nakedness!).

Anyway, we highly recommend heading over here to Oh Brother! to keep up with Tim's coverage of the Big Brother 2008 series.

Defamer weighs in on BB08 so far..

Well, the lasses over at Defamer Australia seem unimpressed with Big Brother thus far, with their latest post entitled "This Year's Series is Already Making the Baby Jesus Cry". Check it out here.

Geelong hit back over Rory's 'slum' comments

Who knew his hometown wouldn't like the label 'slum'? Predictably, Geelong residents are offended that new housemate Rory has described Corio as a the ghetto of Geelong.

Local paper The Geelong Advertiser have already published outraged locals who are keen to show their anti-support by voting the young brickie out of the house. Luckily for him, him Mumma is there to back him up. A boy's gotta have his Mumma to stand up for him when he can't. Ah, the LOLs.

Check here for some damn funny Geelong resident comments.