'Big Brother': Who Will Win the Battle of the Cliques?
By Angel Cohn, TWoP | Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 12:25 PM
Cast of 'Big Brother 11'
CBS/Sonja Flemming
Another season of our favorite summer reality show is under way, and we're already watching the cliques closely to predict who is going to take home the top prize. Read on to find out who our "Big Brother 11" favorites are, and who might be evicted early.
Braden
Stats: 28, Surfer, Single, from Santa Monica, CA
Clique: Popular
Odds of winning: 100 to 1. But if he can survive the first elimination and learn how to occasionally keep his mouth shut, he might stick around for a while.
Casey
Stats: 41, 5th grade teacher, Married, Father of two, from St. Petersburg, FL
Clique: Off Beat
Odds of winning: 50 to 1. We like to root for an underdog, and there are rumors that he might know Jessie from the outside world. It's always handy to have an ally in the house.
Chima
Stats: 32, Freelance journalist, Single, from West Hollywood, CA
Clique: Brains
Odds of winning: 10,000 to 1. She almost quit once, and she's first up on the chopping block (supposedly as a pawn), so we think time is running out for her no matter what happens in the first elimination.
Jeff
Stats: 30, Advertising salesman, Single, from Norridge, IL
Clique: Athletes
Odds of winning: 15 to 1. He's kind of like Drew (just the anti-gay version), who got to the finals. Hopefully he'll stick to the showmancing and quit it with the bigotry.
Jessie
Stats: 23, Body builder, Single, from Huntington Beach, CA
Clique: Athletes
Odds of winning: 1,000,000 to 1. Since it makes no sense strategy-wise to keep someone who has already played the game around, we'd like to think that the hamsters in the house would be smart enough to evict him the first opportunity they get.
Jordan
Stats: 22, Waitress, Single, from Matthews, NC
Clique: Popular
Odds of winning: 35 to 1. If she flirts with the right boys, she might have a shot at the finals, but it seems unlikely that she'll actually take home the big prize.
Kevin
Stats: 29, Graphic designer, Single, from Chula Vista, CA
Clique: Off Beat
Odds of winning: 8 to 1. He's grating, but if he tones it down, he could easily make it to the final two just because others might think that he's someone easy they can beat.
Laura
Stats: 21, Bikini model, Single, from Atlanta, GA
Clique: Popular
Odds of winning: 20 to 1. We were going to write her off completely, but then she mentioned in her bio that she's a diehard fan of this show, so playing the dumb bombshell card might be her strategy. Or not.
Lydia
Stats: 24, Special Effects Make-Up Artist, Single, from Torrance, CA
Clique: Off Beat
Odds of winning: 200 to 1. She seems like a cool chick, but she has no strategy aside from sucking up and seems like she's never really watched this show before. She's not long for this house.
Michele
Stats: 27, Neuroscientist, Married, from Pasadena, CA
Clique: Brains
Odds of winning: 75 to 1. She's sort of tiresome to watch, but if her human lie detector skills work, she might have a shot.
Natalie
Stats: 24, Tae Kwon Do Champion, Single, from Gilbert, AZ
Clique: Athletes
Odds of winning: 1 to 1. She's our early favorite to take this game. She's physically strong and came into the game mentally prepared to start lying out of the gate.
Ronnie
Stats: 30, Gamer, Married, from Belpre, OH
Clique: Brains
Odds of winning: 3 to 1. Being an uberfan hasn't helped many reality contestants in the past, but Ronnie seems to be playing an aggressive mental game (even if he's lame in challenges).
Russell
Stats: 24, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter, Single, Walnut Creek, CA
Clique: Athletes
Odds of winning: 6 to 1. We like Russell and appreciate the fact that he's not quite the idiot egomaniac that Jessie is. Though Russell does say that his pet peeve is people who don't think before they act, so he might spend a lot of the summer irritated with this bunch.
TALK ABOUT IT: Which "Big Brother 11" houseguest is your early pick to win?
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