Why Big Brother Canada's Most Shocking Betrayal Is From The Producers

This past week on Big Brother Canada, the show had been teasing another "Power Shift" twist that could drastically change the game. (I won't digress into my thoughts on the first "power shift", but you can read them here.) But this most recent change wasn't one that drastically affected the strategy of the game. Instead what happened will surely change how trusting Big Brother Canada players will be of production forever.



Sunday night's show opened with host Arisa Cox promising an episode of Big Brother Canada unlike any other ... and she wasn't kidding. Arisa told us about how there would be an "instant eviction," as opposed to the normal week of nominations and politicking that normally define a week of Big Brother.

Frankly, the idea of an "instant eviction" wasn't one of my favourites. I didn't think it was especially fair to the nominees to go up on the block without the chance to compete for "Power of Veto" to save themselves. Though I didn't like it, people do get named as replacement nominees in the game and don't always have a chance to fight to save themselves, so I can't get too bent out of shape.

The part of the "instant eviction" that I found very distressing was the fact that when HoH Topaz was forced to make her instant nominations, her conversation with Arisa Cox was broadcast out to the entire house. At no point did we get any explanation why Big Brother Canada chose to broadcast what Topaz believed to be a private conversation. After hearing Topaz talk through her strategic process, her chances to win this game have been instantly evicted as well.

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