Starstruck or Playing Scared: Will the Big Brother Houseguests Ever Learn?

Every season, I find myself asking the same question: What are these houseguests doing?

Three reality TV veterans walked into the Big Brother house, and somehow they still aren’t the biggest targets.

I don’t get it!

Anyone going home in the first few weeks when there are three veterans in the house makes zero sense.

Why target another rookie when the obvious move is sitting right there?

Instead, we’re watching the same story play out all over again.

The minute Angela, Devin, and Dee walked through those doors, every rookie should have had the same plan: Get the veterans out first.

It’s really that simple.

I’m not saying it would’ve been easy.

Angela, Devin, and Dee are all capable of winning Head of Household, the Power of Veto, the Blockbuster, or whatever else keeps them safe.

If they save themselves, they save themselves. That’s just the nature of Big Brother.

But if they don’t? Take the shot!

That’s what I’ve been having a hard time wrapping my head around.

The rookies came into the house with the numbers.

If they had targeted those three “icons” from the beginning, every rookie had a real chance to make it to at least Week 4.

That is three weeks of breathing room handed to them. Why would you throw that away?

There should never be a week when all three veterans are available, and another rookie becomes the easy vote.

The rookies had a simple advantage.

For the first few weeks, they had every opportunity to control the direction of the game.

Instead, they’re sending each other home while the veterans keep skating by. Why?

I keep hearing people talk about making big moves. Well, this is the big move.

You don’t get many chances to take out experienced reality TV players before they get comfortable. Why waste one?

The rookies didn’t need to form some unbreakable alliance, and they didn’t even have to like one another.

They only needed one simple agreement. Get the veterans out first.

After that, they could turn on each other all they wanted. At least then everyone would be playing the same game.

Too Much Naming, Not Enough Gaming

Instead, the rookies are so busy trying to come up with a cute and clever alliance name that they aren’t doing enough actual strategizing.

Everybody wants a name, a hand signal, and a moment they hope makes the episode. None of that matters if the alliance has no real plan.

A catchy name is not going to save you. But a good strategy might.

The veterans understand that because they have played these kinds of games before.

They know how quickly a loose conversation can become an alliance and how easily excitement can replace common sense.

The rookies should be watching them, not worshipping them.

I also don’t understand why everyone seems so impressed by the veterans.

You’re playing against them. Not with them.

Stop Calling Everybody an Icon

Additionally, it’s ridiculous hearing people throw around the word “icon.”

Every time someone calls Angela an icon, I cringe.

Although Angela is playing a much better game this time around, I’ll absolutely give her credit for that.

I still don’t like her. She burned that bridge with me during Season 26.

And I’d still vote her out the first chance I got. The same goes for Devin and Dee.

They were good Survivor players. Nobody is arguing that.

But being good on Survivor shouldn’t make them untouchable on Big Brother. This is a completely different game.

The fanboying and fangirling over these veterans is hard to watch.

You’re not there to collect autographs or make memories with people you watched on television, nor are you there to say you shared a house with reality TV veterans.

You’re there to win $750,000. Play like it!

Every season, the rookies convince themselves they have more time.

And every season, they think they can get the veterans later. Then later never comes.

Before they know it, the numbers shift. The rookies start running out of options, and they’re left wondering how they got there.

We’ve seen this movie before.

That’s why I keep asking the same question: What are these houseguests doing?

Fortunately, they still have time to change it up.

But only if the rookies stop playing scared, take control of the game, and finally make the move that’s been sitting in front of them from the beginning.

Will this cast finally wake up and flip the script? Or are they about to make the same mistake every rookie cast seems to make?

What do you think?

Are the houseguests starstruck, playing scared, or making the right move by keeping the veterans around?

Let us know in the comments.