BBUSA Contestant Frankie Grande Signs Up

[Denver]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1503360/celebrity-big-brother-lineup-the-13-celebrities-going-into-the-celebrity-big-brother-house-tonight/?CMP=spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-TheSunNewspaper-_-20160726-_-Showbiz&TV-_-526919334

Ariana Grande’s younger -half brother Frankie has already been stepping out from his famous sister’s shadow in recent years and has forged a successful career as a Broadway star.

As well as starring in numerous musical shows, he has also come out as a social media star with his own YouTube channel and hugely popular accounts on Twitter and Instagram.

He is known for his dapper fashion sense, and even released a perfume with his stylish sister.

Frankie may be the underdog in the series of CBB, but we are sure he will give one of the most memorable performances of the show.

[LukeB]

Oh ffs

[Lostie!]

D:

This better be false. He's one of the most revolting ***** I've seen on a reality show.

[Samm]

Hmm delete it

[Ross.]

Okay I'm not watching

[Lostie!]

has already been stepping out from his famous sister’s shadow

Lmao I love parallel universes. His whole identity is "Ariana Grande's brother".

[Jack_]

SCREAMING OMG no WAY can this be happening

I will fall over laughing at the meltdowns

Make it happen

[Babayaro.]

Oh ffs

D:

This better be false. He's one of the most revolting ***** I've seen on a reality show.

Hmm delete it

Okay I'm not watching

Was he that bad, huh?

[Braden]

http://67.media.tumblr.com/4fb158a5a6b2d99e9978a602c637c3db/tumblr_nl40a4xIJ91ql5yr7o1_500.gif

I hope he does make the show, so he can be booed mercilessly like he was supposed to on the US version.

[Jack_]

Was he that bad, huh?

...not really

But he was hated. And I don't think you'll like him

[Ross.]

Jack_ will be throbbing when on the nightly feeds Frankie tells everyone about how BBUS works

[Headie]

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

[Samm]

Was he that bad, huh?

Think of Dennis and Marc combined

[Denver]

757690987275845632

He is in London

[LukeB]

Was he that bad, huh?

Told a woman to kill herself because she was sad about being up for eviction

Said something about teaming up on a female to take her virginity

I could go on.

[Jack_]

Jack_ will be throbbing when on the nightly feeds Frankie tells everyone about how BBUS works

This was actually one of my first thoughts welp :joker:

The producers to be listening in and think it's a good idea to adopt? :whistle:

[Babayaro.]

...not really

But he was hated. And I don't think you'll like him
If he's anything like Perez then i'll love him
Think of Dennis and Marc combined

oh

[Raph]

Oh dear, wasn't watching any ways as CBB shouldn't take over the civilians time, but how gross, Classic Channel 5 :umm2:

[Headie]

If he's anything like Perez then i'll love him


oh

He's honestly a bottom 5 BBUS housemate, one of the worst ever

He made rape jokes about his fellow female contestants as well

[DrunkerThanMoses]

Oh my god....lmfao

[Babayaro.]

Told a woman to kill herself because she was sad about being up for eviction

Said something about teaming up on a female to take her virginity

I could go on.
Conor would never


(But yes, that is rather...horrible)

[Lostie!]

Told a woman to kill herself because she was sad about being up for eviction

Said something about teaming up on a female to take her virginity

I could go on.

He also thinks being a lesbian is a choice ... until he's quizzed on this by a lesbian and backtracks like it's an Olympic sport.

[Samm]

Hmm I hope Renee batters him

[Ross.]

This seriously can't be happening

[Firewire]

I'm literally boycotting

[Jack_]

If he's anything like Perez then i'll love him


oh

Oh really? Perez isn't actually a far off comparison really

Basically he was hated cause he was an OTT camera wh*re that doesn't act his age and is full of delusions of grandeur (that I actually happen to think are quite amusing) about his status as Ariana's sister

Oh and he made a few questionable comments on the feeds but for the most part I think his hatred is a little excessive sorry not sorry

I think he'd be a good housemate on our version

[Babayaro.]

Didn't he get quite far in BBUS?

How would he fare in a vote to save?

[Cal.]

I'm screaming

[Lostie!]

Didn't he get quite far in BBUS?

How would he fare in a vote to save?

He'd probably get far in a vote to save, unfortunately. The likes of Hopkins and Austin reaching top 2 shows that there's a big portion of people voting for horrible humans on the basis of them apparently being "entertaining" (I have to beg to differ there but whatever).

[Jack_]

Didn't he get quite far in BBUS?

How would he fare in a vote to save?

He played a really good game and came 5th, he only got evicted cause they reset the week so went from HoH to out the door. I think he'd have probably made the F2 and contested the obvious winner had he not

[Maxxie.]

The line up's outnumbered by 3 men, I'm going to try my best to not look at the rumours but I'm kinda glad I saw this one as I would have been so pissed if I was suprised with this guy. There's 8 women also, so it doesn't look like Lil Kim is gonna be there!!

[LukeB]

Didn't he get quite far in BBUS?

How would he fare in a vote to save?

Yes because he was in a all guys alliance and won comps but got evicted over the female he wanted to rape.

He will get the ariana grande votes because he will never be out of her shadow

[Firewire]

I would literally take Aaryn over him

[Samm]

I hope the females out number the men

[Jack_]

I'm gonna piss myself if this happens

The meltdowns will be glorious

[Headie]

757690987275845632

He is in London

http://66.media.tumblr.com/9c978e8c4ec60d3130f0c0555ce578eb/tumblr_nuvgzsC0vW1u8fkp2o3_250.gif

[Samm]

I'm here for him being Andrew CBB9 booted! out first

[Babayaro.]

I'm a tad here for it ngl

People's reactions have been hilarious :joker:

[Firewire]

I hope the BB producers are homophobic and kick him out on the first night

[Samm]

Someone search through his tweets for any offensive comments

[Lostie!]

Someone search through his tweets for any offensive comments

:joker::joker:

[LukeB]

Someone search through his tweets for any offensive comments

Someone send c5 his rape comment too

[Ross.]

Someone search through his tweets for any offensive comments

:joker:

[Firewire]

Someone search through his tweets for any offensive comments

Lmfao

[VanessaFeltz.]

I rather die

[EspeonBB]

This can't be happening

http://oi56.tinypic.com/1rdkds.jpg

[Cal.]

The public wants Aaryn

[Denver]

this has to be one of the most random signings ever even worse then Bobby Sabel

[MB.]

KlLL IT BEFORE IT BREEDS

[Ross.]

Let's boycott this

http://oi56.tinypic.com/1rdkds.jpg

[Samm]

Let's boycott this

http://oi56.tinypic.com/1rdkds.jpg

Not when Katie is involved

http://oi56.tinypic.com/1rdkds.jpg

[Daniel-X]

Hmmmm, hope Sam Fox does a verbal takedown on him like she did to that little wanker on that celebrity nightclub competition.

[Lostie!]

I mean on the plus side sort of, Ariana Grande's brother being on the show would probably get it a bit more attention (even if said brother is a repugnant sociopath piss stain of a person)?

[Daniel-X]

I mean on the plus side sort of, Ariana Grande's brother being on the show would probably get it a bit more attention (even if said brother is a repugnant sociopath piss stain of a person)?

:joker:

[MB.]

I mean on the plus side sort of, Ariana Grande's brother being on the show would probably get it a bit more attention (even if said brother is a repugnant sociopath piss stain of a person)?

Let's hope we get a replica of the time in BB16 when he made a huge reveal about being Ariana Grande's brother and nobody had even heard of her

(I bet he won't even promo Into You, the little eejit)

[Headie]

Let's boycott this

http://oi56.tinypic.com/1rdkds.jpg

https://media.giphy.com/media/TTgdzuJRMCi23hVkw3S/200w.gif

[Firewire]

Let's hope we get a replica of the time in BB16 when he made a huge reveal about being Ariana Grande's brother and nobody had even heard of her

(I bet he won't even promo Into You, the little eejit)

To be fair if this means producers play into you over the "waking up" shots every episodes then I could cope

[Black Dagger]

I want it dead.

[Mitchell]

FFS FFS FFS FFS

Noooooooooo

[Wizard.]

Grodner is shook that she can't use him for a task now

[jennyjuniper]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1503360/celebrity-big-brother-lineup-the-13-celebrities-going-into-the-celebrity-big-brother-house-tonight/?cmp=spklr-_-editorial-_-twitter-_-thesunnewspaper-_-20160726-_-showbiz&tv-_-526919334

ariana grande’s younger -half brother frankie has already been stepping out from his famous sister’s shadow in recent years and has forged a successful career as a broadway star.

As well as starring in numerous musical shows, he has also come out as a social media star with his own youtube channel and hugely popular accounts on twitter and instagram.

He is known for his dapper fashion sense, and even released a perfume with his stylish sister.

Frankie may be the underdog in the series of cbb, but we are sure he will give one of the most memorable performances of the show.

nooooooooooooooooooo

[StevenS]

For those who did not watch BB16 is the USA, he was super annoying to watch and he said some horrible things. He was one of the worst contestants.

[Nick.]

Arsehole.

[Natalie.]

Kind of love it
Even though I know he's awful.

[Greg!]

Screaming at people's reactions

[Greg!]

They've obvs only signed him because he's arianas brother. It wouldn't surprise me if the producers didn't even know he was on BBUS

[AarynGriesfan]

I'm out.

[jennyjuniper]

For those who did not watch BB16 is the USA, he was super annoying to watch and he said some horrible things. He was one of the worst contestants.

He was insanely jealous that the public loved Donny more than him.:laugh:

[Pete.]

DELETE IT

[Lostie!]

He was insanely jealous that the public loved Donny more than him.:laugh:

http://dlisted.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bigbrothersfrankiegrandelosesamericasplayer.jpg

[Braden]

Guys, Frankie is famous in his own right. Let him remind you:

https://media.giphy.com/media/P6iFscNo9yvMA/giphy.gif

[Pete.]

We want Ariana

[Liam-]

I'd rather they cast the doughnut that made Ariana hate America than Frankie.

[Mitchell]

We want Ariana

I could do without either of them

[Moosething]

Not the social media mogul

[Lostie!]

I could do without either of them

.

[EspeonBB]

Hopefully Frankie promos Into You on the show. Ariana needs the sales

[caprimint]

He is currently the reason of why I'm excited for this launch.

[Pete.]

Hopefully Frankie promos Into You on the show. Ariana needs the sales
Yes :clap1:

[Rob!]

I've seen gifs of him and he looks putrid :clap1:

[Jack_]

I can't believe this may actually be a thing rofl

There's way better BBUS people they could cast (though I know it's the Ariana angle they'll be going for). Janelle for CBB19?

[Liam-]

Just cut to the chase and give us Daniele Donato already

[LukeB]

I can't believe this may actually be a thing rofl

There's way better BBUS people they could cast (though I know it's the Ariana angle they'll be going for). Janelle for CBB19?

Here for Rachel Reilly :flutter:

and ofc Janelle and Dan

[Lostie!]

Here for Rachel Reilly :flutter:

and ofc Janelle and Dan

Oh God don't. :worry:

[EspeonBB]

The public demands Rachel Reilly

[LukeB]

Oh God don't. :worry:

I understand your dislike for Rachel

but Janelle and Dan? I thought you liked Dan?

[Pete.]

TiBB wants Chima Simone

[Jack_]

Dr Will and Janelle to enter and be the new #BBSTEVICHLOEJASMINE

[Mitchell]

The public demands Rachel Reilly

Give me Frankie please

[Headie]

Only here for this if it paves the way for the Red Queen to win her second BB title!

[caprimint]

Zach would've actually been a better option than Frankie though, putting the 'Ariana's brother' stuff aside.

[LukeB]

TiBB wants Chima Simone

Chima :lovedup:

[Liam-]

I'd rather Jordan over Frankie and Jordan ****ing sucks

[reece(:]

TiBB wants Chima Simone

.

[Jack_]

Zach would've actually been a better option than Frankie though, putting the 'Ariana's brother' stuff aside.

Correct

Prepare to be dragged in 3, 2...

[LaLaLand]

https://theflunkedadjunct.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/this-does-not-bode-well.jpg?w=300&h=289

[EspeonBB]

TiBB wants Chima Simone

Here for her dragging C5 production

[LukeB]

Give me Frankie please

So you want someone who made rape comments and who is sexist and ignorant about lesbians over a bitch who wasn't that nasty well compared to Frankie Rachel is an angel.

[LukeB]

Correct

Prepare to be dragged in 3, 2...

Zach :lovedup:

[Mitchell]

So you want someone who made rape comments and who is sexist and ignorant about lesbians over a bitch who wasn't that nasty well compared to Frankie Rachel is an angel.

I want neither :shrug:

[LukeB]

Imagine if they got Amanda next season :umm2:

I'm sure she was so close to being on BB18us because the returnees(except Day) are 7th placers and Amanda was also a 7th placer.

[Lostie!]

I understand your dislike for Rachel

but Janelle and Dan? I thought you liked Dan?

Oh that was just at Rachel. I don't mind Dan, haven't seen enough of Janelle to judge. :hee: (well I have BB14 but I mean her original stint)

[StephenPullen]

Gross

[LukeB]

Oh that was just at Rachel. I don't mind Dan, haven't seen enough of Janelle to judge. :hee: (well I have BB14 but I mean her original stint)

imo (and Pete's too) because we are her biggest fans on here :lovedup:

you need to watch BBUS6 :spin:

[zakman440]

https://i.imgur.com/vy57pZh.gif

[Pete.]

imo (and Pete's too) because we are her biggest fans on here :lovedup:

Supporting talent :clap1:

[Macie Lightfoot]

"Helen Flanagan could have took the 5000 pounds but she didn't ;_;"

--future CBB winner Amber Siyavus

anyway, as the forum's resident American jackass and BBUS historian I will give a concise history of The Frankie Grande Experience for everyone unfamiliar with this stain to society :)

[Braden]

I've been awaiting your presence on this subject, Macie :love:

[Pete.]

OK this is practically confirmed by multiple media outlets wtf

[Jack_]

It really is one of the most bizarre and unexpected signings in CBB history

Does anyone know if he's watches BBUK/CBB? I'm surprised he was bothered about it tbh

[Oaker]

Is Ariana going to promo CBB then

[Jack_]

Here for her appearing on BOTS having to be pretend to be on a tennis court while Rylan shouts at her

[Pete.]

Ew does this mean that Frankie will join Anoushka and Nikki in the elite group of HMs who have participated in other countries' BBs?

[Jack_]

And Jade and Tim

[Ross.]

Don't let him into the group Nikki!

[Macie Lightfoot]

I've been awaiting your presence on this subject, Macie :love:

thx hun...x :love:

I'm gonna wait until after the funale bc there's no way I can do a scathing write up of Frankie that covers all bases in 20 minutes, and I don't want it to get lost in all the final hoopla.

[Pete.]

Anoushka, often imitated never duplicated

[Lostie!]

Ew does this mean that Frankie will join Anoushka and Nikki in the elite group of HMs who have participated in other countries' BBs?

Don't forget Nadia! (unless you just mean as contestants)

[Ross.]

thx hun...x :love:

I'm gonna wait until after the funale bc there's no way I can do a scathing write up of Frankie that covers all bases in 20 minutes, and I don't want it to get lost in all the final hoopla.

:clap1:

I'm ready for the scathing review

[Maxxie.]

And Jade and Tim

And Tahan!

[Time]

Flop @ him participating in civilian BBUSA before this :joker:

[Pete.]

Flop @ him participating in civilian BBUSA before this :joker:
There's only 1 version of BBUSA over there

[iRyan]

I can't stand him, be prepared for self righteousness and plenty attention seeking.

[LaLaLand]

xJjHx-lMWH4

[llNicolall]

does that mean zack will come watch :joker:

[Wizard.]

Let's be honest he's only on because of his sister and social media following cause they'd never have any other BBUSA houseguest on CBB

[Mokka]

Okay I'm not watching

x2

[armand.kay]

Ew does this mean that Frankie will join Anoushka and Nikki in the elite group of HMs who have participated in other countries' BBs?

You snubbing Nadia?

[letmein]

Let's be honest he's only on because of his sister and social media following cause they'd never have any other BBUSA houseguest on CBB

He's more famous now thanks to BBUSA.

[Macie Lightfoot]

famous and BBUS don't really mix hun...x

[Macie Lightfoot]

"Helen Flanagan could have took the 5000 pounds but she didn't ;_;"

--future CBB winner Amber Siyavus

anyway, as the forum's resident American jackass and BBUS historian I will give a concise history of The Frankie Grande Experience for everyone unfamiliar with this stain to society :)

hello...it's me...x

So, Frankie Grande is a complete shell of a human being. He's a toxic gay in the same vein of Perez Hilton and Austin Armacost. He warrants his own entry in the DSM-5. He's entirely narcissistic and vapid and piggybacks off of his sister's "fame" even though her already-dying career consists of costarring on a terrible Nickelodeon show and releasing different variations of the same song over and over.

Frankie views himself as one of the most entertaining people alive and doesn't hesitate to let us know how entertaining is! He's hyper-aware of the cameras and his personal image and spent the first few weeks of BBUS talking in wacky accents and stuff just so we wouldn't forget how entertaining he is! My thing is, if your entire character is about entertaining, you should spend less time telling me that you're supposedly entertaining and more time actually being entertaining.

Naturally, Frankie was one of Alison Grodner's prized pigs so he had lots of production help. He was thrown into this Team America twist which basically forced two people who hated him to protect him in order to earn money (remember when BB16 was shaping up to be a war between Frankie and Derrick, and then they were forced to work together much to Derrick's chagrin?) The entire house was ready to boot him halfway through the show and tried to throw a Competition to guarantee such, but the ever-quick-thinking Grodner made the Competition such that it was easier to do by yourself rather than with a partner and didn't allow Frankie's partner to participate before he realized what a mistake he was making. If you're not convinced that production catered to his whims, remember that the house was given next-to-no alcohol bc Frankie used to be an alcoholic and cold water wasn't used in any endurance Comps bc he has a bone-related issue that makes his skin hypersensitive or summat.

Everyone's bitching about how he made some rape joke about Victoria (gross) and how he said that Jocasta should kill herself (I understand being part of the PC Brigade but when you watch BBUS you just have to let some things slide and this isn't even close to one of the worst things said on this show) and I don't even think those are some of the worst things about Frankie, but it's definitely worth noting that he's one of Those Gays who thinks that it is acceptable for him to make derogatory remarks because he's gay.

Frankie's grandfather died in the house and he held three different memorials for him specifically calculated for when Big Brother After Dark aired as some sort of metagame move. When this didn't work and the house was turning on him, he blamed his erratic gameplay on his grandfather's death rather than him just being an asshole, and then worked up this ~BIG REVEAL~ about how his sister is one of the most famous people in the world and was left dumbfounded when nobody could piece together that his last name is Grande so he is Ariana's sister (Derrick responded "oh, Amanda Grande?" in the only moment he was ever funny because you so know he was doing that just to get under Frankie's skin.) He then tried to guilt the rest of the house into keeping him in the game so he can go through with his plans to use the prize money for one of the most blatant examples of voluntourism, going to Africa and building houses and holding dance classes for impoverished African children (his GoFundMe page later found that he only had like $150 towards this cause.)

I guess I need to talk about the #Zankie thing, and: I ****ing hate Zach and I ****ing hate Frankie. That being said, Zach was a fresh-out-of-college kid who was forced to deal with realizing that he might be bicurious on national television with an audience watching his every move. Frankie is a lecherous gay who purposely threw himself at every reasonably attractive dude. Production and Tumblr tried to present this as a revolutionary, groundbreaking bromance, but in reality the whole thing was predatory and unsettling. Not to mention that Frankie coldly got the entire house to turn on Zach in a needlessly cruel way while he had to watch his whole summer unravel with no idea as to how or why it was happening this way. If you're looking for a BBUK analogue, I guess it's kinda similar to James Hill and Austin Armacost but with roles reversed?

Frankie then came in 5th place because production needed to kill another week so they froze the game and made everyone play in the same competitions over again, resulting in Frankie losing both his Head of Household status and Power of Veto :love: he was then not even voted in the top three for America's Favorite Player and he was jaw-dropped shocked and cried on stage and it truly was the best moment of the worst season of BBUS.

I don't even know if I'm properly explaining why Frankie sucks so much, but that's because so much of it is in his affect. BBUS generally has a problem where the behaviors of the people on the show do not resemble the behaviors of actual human beings in any way, shape, or form, and Frankie truly took this to the next level. A Frankie-heavy segment was an excuse for a bathroom break or the time for you to hit fast forward on your DVR. The producers shoved him down our throats even though literally NOBODY liked him. Not only did the internet community ****ing hated him, but the cat ladies and casual fanbase couldn't stand him either. Yet, even with his overwhelming negative popularity, the show went (and continues to!) go out of its way to shoehorn Frankie references or have him come back as a guest for an episode or feature him in the live audience on eviction night. It's one of those instances where you're left to sit there and think "wow, I'm actually offended that this is what you think I want to watch."

So there it is, a ridiculously long rant about why Frankie Grande is a bottom three BBUS HG, sandwiched firmly between Dick Donato and Dan Gheesling, neither of whom we will ever see on CBB thankfully. I'm still in utter disbelief that this diseased creature is working his way into this franchise, and I think it's more stunning because I absolutely did not see this ever happening. I'll probably watch launch night and pessimistically laugh to myself about how he's gonna be his awful self and get no comeuppance for it again, and then just stick to reading your guys' updates about how he's fulfilling his destiny to complete the trio of soul-sucking gays Perez and Austin. And yes, he's going to make it to the final week, and yes he is going to get cheered, there's nothing this show loves more than awful gays. Come to think of it, I wouldn't even want Frankie to get booed. The worst thing for Frankie would be for him to get Alex or Sam levels of indifference, but unfortunately that will never happen.

[Pete.]

Poetry

https://uploadir.com/u/1d5tvnsm

[Firewire]

Wow I love the bible

[VanessaFeltz.]

hello...it's me...x

So, Frankie Grande is a complete shell of a human being. He's a toxic gay in the same vein of Perez Hilton and Austin Armacost. He warrants his own entry in the DSM-5. He's entirely narcissistic and vapid and piggybacks off of his sister's "fame" even though her already-dying career consists of costarring on a terrible Nickelodeon show and releasing different variations of the same song over and over.

Frankie views himself as one of the most entertaining people alive and doesn't hesitate to let us know how entertaining is! He's hyper-aware of the cameras and his personal image and spent the first few weeks of BBUS talking in wacky accents and stuff just so we wouldn't forget how entertaining he is! My thing is, if your entire character is about entertaining, you should spend less time telling me that you're supposedly entertaining and more time actually being entertaining.

Naturally, Frankie was one of Alison Grodner's prized pigs so he had lots of production help. He was thrown into this Team America twist which basically forced two people who hated him to protect him in order to earn money (remember when BB16 was shaping up to be a war between Frankie and Derrick, and then they were forced to work together much to Derrick's chagrin?) The entire house was ready to boot him halfway through the show and tried to throw a Competition to guarantee such, but the ever-quick-thinking Grodner made the Competition such that it was easier to do by yourself rather than with a partner and didn't allow Frankie's partner to participate before he realized what a mistake he was making. If you're not convinced that production catered to his whims, remember that the house was given next-to-no alcohol bc Frankie used to be an alcoholic and cold water wasn't used in any endurance Comps bc he has a bone-related issue that makes his skin hypersensitive or summat.

Everyone's bitching about how he made some rape joke about Victoria (gross) and how he said that Jocasta should kill herself (I understand being part of the PC Brigade but when you watch BBUS you just have to let some things slide and this isn't even close to one of the worst things said on this show) and I don't even think those are some of the worst things about Frankie, but it's definitely worth noting that he's one of Those Gays who thinks that it is acceptable for him to make derogatory remarks because he's gay.

Frankie's grandfather died in the house and he held three different memorials for him specifically calculated for when Big Brother After Dark aired as some sort of metagame move. When this didn't work and the house was turning on him, he blamed his erratic gameplay on his grandfather's death rather than him just being an asshole, and then worked up this ~BIG REVEAL~ about how his sister is one of the most famous people in the world and was left dumbfounded when nobody could piece together that his last name is Grande so he is Ariana's sister (Derrick responded "oh, Amanda Grande?" in the only moment he was ever funny because you so know he was doing that just to get under Frankie's skin.) He then tried to guilt the rest of the house into keeping him in the game so he can go through with his plans to use the prize money for one of the most blatant examples of voluntourism, going to Africa and building houses and holding dance classes for impoverished African children (his GoFundMe page later found that he only had like $150 towards this cause.)

I guess I need to talk about the #Zankie thing, and: I ****ing hate Zach and I ****ing hate Frankie. That being said, Zach was a fresh-out-of-college kid who was forced to deal with realizing that he might be bicurious on national television with an audience watching his every move. Frankie is a lecherous gay who purposely threw himself at every reasonably attractive dude. Production and Tumblr tried to present this as a revolutionary, groundbreaking bromance, but in reality the whole thing was predatory and unsettling. Not to mention that Frankie coldly got the entire house to turn on Zach in a needlessly cruel way while he had to watch his whole summer unravel with no idea as to how or why it was happening this way. If you're looking for a BBUK analogue, I guess it's kinda similar to James Hill and Austin Armacost but with roles reversed?

Frankie then came in 5th place because production needed to kill another week so they froze the game and made everyone play in the same competitions over again, resulting in Frankie losing both his Head of Household status and Power of Veto :love: he was then not even voted in the top three for America's Favorite Player and he was jaw-dropped shocked and cried on stage and it truly was the best moment of the worst season of BBUS.

I don't even know if I'm properly explaining why Frankie sucks so much, but that's because so much of it is in his affect. BBUS generally has a problem where the behaviors of the people on the show do not resemble the behaviors of actual human beings in any way, shape, or form, and Frankie truly took this to the next level. A Frankie-heavy segment was an excuse for a bathroom break or the time for you to hit fast forward on your DVR. The producers shoved him down our throats even though literally NOBODY liked him. Not only did the internet community ****ing hated him, but the cat ladies and casual fanbase couldn't stand him either. Yet, even with his overwhelming negative popularity, the show went (and continues to!) go out of its way to shoehorn Frankie references or have him come back as a guest for an episode or feature him in the live audience on eviction night. It's one of those instances where you're left to sit there and think "wow, I'm actually offended that this is what you think I want to watch."

So there it is, a ridiculously long rant about why Frankie Grande is a bottom three BBUS HG, sandwiched firmly between Dick Donato and Dan Gheesling, neither of whom we will ever see on CBB thankfully. I'm still in utter disbelief that this diseased creature is working his way into this franchise, and I think it's more stunning because I absolutely did not see this ever happening. I'll probably watch launch night and pessimistically laugh to myself about how he's gonna be his awful self and get no comeuppance for it again, and then just stick to reading your guys' updates about how he's fulfilling his destiny to complete the trio of soul-sucking gays Perez and Austin. And yes, he's going to make it to the final week, and yes he is going to get cheered, there's nothing this show loves more than awful gays. Come to think of it, I wouldn't even want Frankie to get booed. The worst thing for Frankie would be for him to get Alex or Sam levels of indifference, but unfortunately that will never happen.

:clap1:

[Braden]

Who can remember when America voted that TA had failed their mission:

Julie: "Frankie, what kind of food would you like to eat as a have-not?"
Frankie: "Apple pie! :amazed:"
Julie: "That would be an overwhelming...no.
Frankie: D:

Macie makes it perfectly clear how abhorrent Frankie is. I would love for him to be as inconsequential as Alex and Sam, but that would never happen because he would never (ever) let it happen. I think he would be equally as mortified if he left to horrendous boos. However, Macie also makes a good point about how the British public are likely to fall for his contrived 'Rainbows and Glitter/Shine Bright Like a Frankie' nonsense.

[EspeonBB]

Such a righteous post

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9PzvCedphJE/maxresdefault.jpg

[Mitchell]

If Macie doesn't get some sort of Nobel peace prize for that I swear

[Ramsay]

Oh **** THAT. Literally the most annoying person i've ever had the misfortune of watching on reality TV.

[Ross.]

hello...it's me...x

So, Frankie Grande is a complete shell of a human being. He's a toxic gay in the same vein of Perez Hilton and Austin Armacost. He warrants his own entry in the DSM-5. He's entirely narcissistic and vapid and piggybacks off of his sister's "fame" even though her already-dying career consists of costarring on a terrible Nickelodeon show and releasing different variations of the same song over and over.

Frankie views himself as one of the most entertaining people alive and doesn't hesitate to let us know how entertaining is! He's hyper-aware of the cameras and his personal image and spent the first few weeks of BBUS talking in wacky accents and stuff just so we wouldn't forget how entertaining he is! My thing is, if your entire character is about entertaining, you should spend less time telling me that you're supposedly entertaining and more time actually being entertaining.

Naturally, Frankie was one of Alison Grodner's prized pigs so he had lots of production help. He was thrown into this Team America twist which basically forced two people who hated him to protect him in order to earn money (remember when BB16 was shaping up to be a war between Frankie and Derrick, and then they were forced to work together much to Derrick's chagrin?) The entire house was ready to boot him halfway through the show and tried to throw a Competition to guarantee such, but the ever-quick-thinking Grodner made the Competition such that it was easier to do by yourself rather than with a partner and didn't allow Frankie's partner to participate before he realized what a mistake he was making. If you're not convinced that production catered to his whims, remember that the house was given next-to-no alcohol bc Frankie used to be an alcoholic and cold water wasn't used in any endurance Comps bc he has a bone-related issue that makes his skin hypersensitive or summat.

Everyone's bitching about how he made some rape joke about Victoria (gross) and how he said that Jocasta should kill herself (I understand being part of the PC Brigade but when you watch BBUS you just have to let some things slide and this isn't even close to one of the worst things said on this show) and I don't even think those are some of the worst things about Frankie, but it's definitely worth noting that he's one of Those Gays who thinks that it is acceptable for him to make derogatory remarks because he's gay.

Frankie's grandfather died in the house and he held three different memorials for him specifically calculated for when Big Brother After Dark aired as some sort of metagame move. When this didn't work and the house was turning on him, he blamed his erratic gameplay on his grandfather's death rather than him just being an asshole, and then worked up this ~BIG REVEAL~ about how his sister is one of the most famous people in the world and was left dumbfounded when nobody could piece together that his last name is Grande so he is Ariana's sister (Derrick responded "oh, Amanda Grande?" in the only moment he was ever funny because you so know he was doing that just to get under Frankie's skin.) He then tried to guilt the rest of the house into keeping him in the game so he can go through with his plans to use the prize money for one of the most blatant examples of voluntourism, going to Africa and building houses and holding dance classes for impoverished African children (his GoFundMe page later found that he only had like $150 towards this cause.)

I guess I need to talk about the #Zankie thing, and: I ****ing hate Zach and I ****ing hate Frankie. That being said, Zach was a fresh-out-of-college kid who was forced to deal with realizing that he might be bicurious on national television with an audience watching his every move. Frankie is a lecherous gay who purposely threw himself at every reasonably attractive dude. Production and Tumblr tried to present this as a revolutionary, groundbreaking bromance, but in reality the whole thing was predatory and unsettling. Not to mention that Frankie coldly got the entire house to turn on Zach in a needlessly cruel way while he had to watch his whole summer unravel with no idea as to how or why it was happening this way. If you're looking for a BBUK analogue, I guess it's kinda similar to James Hill and Austin Armacost but with roles reversed?

Frankie then came in 5th place because production needed to kill another week so they froze the game and made everyone play in the same competitions over again, resulting in Frankie losing both his Head of Household status and Power of Veto :love: he was then not even voted in the top three for America's Favorite Player and he was jaw-dropped shocked and cried on stage and it truly was the best moment of the worst season of BBUS.

I don't even know if I'm properly explaining why Frankie sucks so much, but that's because so much of it is in his affect. BBUS generally has a problem where the behaviors of the people on the show do not resemble the behaviors of actual human beings in any way, shape, or form, and Frankie truly took this to the next level. A Frankie-heavy segment was an excuse for a bathroom break or the time for you to hit fast forward on your DVR. The producers shoved him down our throats even though literally NOBODY liked him. Not only did the internet community ****ing hated him, but the cat ladies and casual fanbase couldn't stand him either. Yet, even with his overwhelming negative popularity, the show went (and continues to!) go out of its way to shoehorn Frankie references or have him come back as a guest for an episode or feature him in the live audience on eviction night. It's one of those instances where you're left to sit there and think "wow, I'm actually offended that this is what you think I want to watch."

So there it is, a ridiculously long rant about why Frankie Grande is a bottom three BBUS HG, sandwiched firmly between Dick Donato and Dan Gheesling, neither of whom we will ever see on CBB thankfully. I'm still in utter disbelief that this diseased creature is working his way into this franchise, and I think it's more stunning because I absolutely did not see this ever happening. I'll probably watch launch night and pessimistically laugh to myself about how he's gonna be his awful self and get no comeuppance for it again, and then just stick to reading your guys' updates about how he's fulfilling his destiny to complete the trio of soul-sucking gays Perez and Austin. And yes, he's going to make it to the final week, and yes he is going to get cheered, there's nothing this show loves more than awful gays. Come to think of it, I wouldn't even want Frankie to get booed. The worst thing for Frankie would be for him to get Alex or Sam levels of indifference, but unfortunately that will never happen.

Beautiful post

https://uploadir.com/u/1d5tvnsm

[Morgan.]

hello...it's me...x

So, Frankie Grande is a complete shell of a human being. He's a toxic gay in the same vein of Perez Hilton and Austin Armacost. He warrants his own entry in the DSM-5. He's entirely narcissistic and vapid and piggybacks off of his sister's "fame" even though her already-dying career consists of costarring on a terrible Nickelodeon show and releasing different variations of the same song over and over.

Frankie views himself as one of the most entertaining people alive and doesn't hesitate to let us know how entertaining is! He's hyper-aware of the cameras and his personal image and spent the first few weeks of BBUS talking in wacky accents and stuff just so we wouldn't forget how entertaining he is! My thing is, if your entire character is about entertaining, you should spend less time telling me that you're supposedly entertaining and more time actually being entertaining.

Naturally, Frankie was one of Alison Grodner's prized pigs so he had lots of production help. He was thrown into this Team America twist which basically forced two people who hated him to protect him in order to earn money (remember when BB16 was shaping up to be a war between Frankie and Derrick, and then they were forced to work together much to Derrick's chagrin?) The entire house was ready to boot him halfway through the show and tried to throw a Competition to guarantee such, but the ever-quick-thinking Grodner made the Competition such that it was easier to do by yourself rather than with a partner and didn't allow Frankie's partner to participate before he realized what a mistake he was making. If you're not convinced that production catered to his whims, remember that the house was given next-to-no alcohol bc Frankie used to be an alcoholic and cold water wasn't used in any endurance Comps bc he has a bone-related issue that makes his skin hypersensitive or summat.

Everyone's bitching about how he made some rape joke about Victoria (gross) and how he said that Jocasta should kill herself (I understand being part of the PC Brigade but when you watch BBUS you just have to let some things slide and this isn't even close to one of the worst things said on this show) and I don't even think those are some of the worst things about Frankie, but it's definitely worth noting that he's one of Those Gays who thinks that it is acceptable for him to make derogatory remarks because he's gay.

Frankie's grandfather died in the house and he held three different memorials for him specifically calculated for when Big Brother After Dark aired as some sort of metagame move. When this didn't work and the house was turning on him, he blamed his erratic gameplay on his grandfather's death rather than him just being an asshole, and then worked up this ~BIG REVEAL~ about how his sister is one of the most famous people in the world and was left dumbfounded when nobody could piece together that his last name is Grande so he is Ariana's sister (Derrick responded "oh, Amanda Grande?" in the only moment he was ever funny because you so know he was doing that just to get under Frankie's skin.) He then tried to guilt the rest of the house into keeping him in the game so he can go through with his plans to use the prize money for one of the most blatant examples of voluntourism, going to Africa and building houses and holding dance classes for impoverished African children (his GoFundMe page later found that he only had like $150 towards this cause.)

I guess I need to talk about the #Zankie thing, and: I ****ing hate Zach and I ****ing hate Frankie. That being said, Zach was a fresh-out-of-college kid who was forced to deal with realizing that he might be bicurious on national television with an audience watching his every move. Frankie is a lecherous gay who purposely threw himself at every reasonably attractive dude. Production and Tumblr tried to present this as a revolutionary, groundbreaking bromance, but in reality the whole thing was predatory and unsettling. Not to mention that Frankie coldly got the entire house to turn on Zach in a needlessly cruel way while he had to watch his whole summer unravel with no idea as to how or why it was happening this way. If you're looking for a BBUK analogue, I guess it's kinda similar to James Hill and Austin Armacost but with roles reversed?

Frankie then came in 5th place because production needed to kill another week so they froze the game and made everyone play in the same competitions over again, resulting in Frankie losing both his Head of Household status and Power of Veto :love: he was then not even voted in the top three for America's Favorite Player and he was jaw-dropped shocked and cried on stage and it truly was the best moment of the worst season of BBUS.

I don't even know if I'm properly explaining why Frankie sucks so much, but that's because so much of it is in his affect. BBUS generally has a problem where the behaviors of the people on the show do not resemble the behaviors of actual human beings in any way, shape, or form, and Frankie truly took this to the next level. A Frankie-heavy segment was an excuse for a bathroom break or the time for you to hit fast forward on your DVR. The producers shoved him down our throats even though literally NOBODY liked him. Not only did the internet community ****ing hated him, but the cat ladies and casual fanbase couldn't stand him either. Yet, even with his overwhelming negative popularity, the show went (and continues to!) go out of its way to shoehorn Frankie references or have him come back as a guest for an episode or feature him in the live audience on eviction night. It's one of those instances where you're left to sit there and think "wow, I'm actually offended that this is what you think I want to watch."

So there it is, a ridiculously long rant about why Frankie Grande is a bottom three BBUS HG, sandwiched firmly between Dick Donato and Dan Gheesling, neither of whom we will ever see on CBB thankfully. I'm still in utter disbelief that this diseased creature is working his way into this franchise, and I think it's more stunning because I absolutely did not see this ever happening. I'll probably watch launch night and pessimistically laugh to myself about how he's gonna be his awful self and get no comeuppance for it again, and then just stick to reading your guys' updates about how he's fulfilling his destiny to complete the trio of soul-sucking gays Perez and Austin. And yes, he's going to make it to the final week, and yes he is going to get cheered, there's nothing this show loves more than awful gays. Come to think of it, I wouldn't even want Frankie to get booed. The worst thing for Frankie would be for him to get Alex or Sam levels of indifference, but unfortunately that will never happen.

There's no way they'll ban alcohol on CBB bc of an addiction, so good luck to him (sorry if that sounds mean, but producers will probably change the taps so they pour alcohol knowing C5)

[Ramsay]

Macie :clap1: :clap1:

[Jack_]

There's no way they'll ban alcohol on CBB bc of an addiction, so good luck to him (sorry if that sounds mean, but producers will probably change the taps so they pour alcohol knowing C5)

CBS and Grodner are notoriously strict on alcohol provision anyway, she did a pre-season interview once where they asked her about the lack of alcohol and she literally said 'the more they tend to ask for alcohol, the less we'll give :hee:' :umm2: so that's one of the only things I'd dispute in that post

Oh, and not blasting cold water seems fair enough to me...

[reece(:]

Macie's education :clap1:

[Rob!]

I really don't think that Austin can be put anywhere near Perez.

[VanessaFeltz.]

British public will boo him so hard <3

[Raph]

hello...it's me...x

So, Frankie Grande is a complete shell of a human being. He's a toxic gay in the same vein of Perez Hilton and Austin Armacost. He warrants his own entry in the DSM-5. He's entirely narcissistic and vapid and piggybacks off of his sister's "fame" even though her already-dying career consists of costarring on a terrible Nickelodeon show and releasing different variations of the same song over and over.

Frankie views himself as one of the most entertaining people alive and doesn't hesitate to let us know how entertaining is! He's hyper-aware of the cameras and his personal image and spent the first few weeks of BBUS talking in wacky accents and stuff just so we wouldn't forget how entertaining he is! My thing is, if your entire character is about entertaining, you should spend less time telling me that you're supposedly entertaining and more time actually being entertaining.

Naturally, Frankie was one of Alison Grodner's prized pigs so he had lots of production help. He was thrown into this Team America twist which basically forced two people who hated him to protect him in order to earn money (remember when BB16 was shaping up to be a war between Frankie and Derrick, and then they were forced to work together much to Derrick's chagrin?) The entire house was ready to boot him halfway through the show and tried to throw a Competition to guarantee such, but the ever-quick-thinking Grodner made the Competition such that it was easier to do by yourself rather than with a partner and didn't allow Frankie's partner to participate before he realized what a mistake he was making. If you're not convinced that production catered to his whims, remember that the house was given next-to-no alcohol bc Frankie used to be an alcoholic and cold water wasn't used in any endurance Comps bc he has a bone-related issue that makes his skin hypersensitive or summat.

Everyone's bitching about how he made some rape joke about Victoria (gross) and how he said that Jocasta should kill herself (I understand being part of the PC Brigade but when you watch BBUS you just have to let some things slide and this isn't even close to one of the worst things said on this show) and I don't even think those are some of the worst things about Frankie, but it's definitely worth noting that he's one of Those Gays who thinks that it is acceptable for him to make derogatory remarks because he's gay.

Frankie's grandfather died in the house and he held three different memorials for him specifically calculated for when Big Brother After Dark aired as some sort of metagame move. When this didn't work and the house was turning on him, he blamed his erratic gameplay on his grandfather's death rather than him just being an asshole, and then worked up this ~BIG REVEAL~ about how his sister is one of the most famous people in the world and was left dumbfounded when nobody could piece together that his last name is Grande so he is Ariana's sister (Derrick responded "oh, Amanda Grande?" in the only moment he was ever funny because you so know he was doing that just to get under Frankie's skin.) He then tried to guilt the rest of the house into keeping him in the game so he can go through with his plans to use the prize money for one of the most blatant examples of voluntourism, going to Africa and building houses and holding dance classes for impoverished African children (his GoFundMe page later found that he only had like $150 towards this cause.)

I guess I need to talk about the #Zankie thing, and: I ****ing hate Zach and I ****ing hate Frankie. That being said, Zach was a fresh-out-of-college kid who was forced to deal with realizing that he might be bicurious on national television with an audience watching his every move. Frankie is a lecherous gay who purposely threw himself at every reasonably attractive dude. Production and Tumblr tried to present this as a revolutionary, groundbreaking bromance, but in reality the whole thing was predatory and unsettling. Not to mention that Frankie coldly got the entire house to turn on Zach in a needlessly cruel way while he had to watch his whole summer unravel with no idea as to how or why it was happening this way. If you're looking for a BBUK analogue, I guess it's kinda similar to James Hill and Austin Armacost but with roles reversed?

Frankie then came in 5th place because production needed to kill another week so they froze the game and made everyone play in the same competitions over again, resulting in Frankie losing both his Head of Household status and Power of Veto :love: he was then not even voted in the top three for America's Favorite Player and he was jaw-dropped shocked and cried on stage and it truly was the best moment of the worst season of BBUS.

I don't even know if I'm properly explaining why Frankie sucks so much, but that's because so much of it is in his affect. BBUS generally has a problem where the behaviors of the people on the show do not resemble the behaviors of actual human beings in any way, shape, or form, and Frankie truly took this to the next level. A Frankie-heavy segment was an excuse for a bathroom break or the time for you to hit fast forward on your DVR. The producers shoved him down our throats even though literally NOBODY liked him. Not only did the internet community ****ing hated him, but the cat ladies and casual fanbase couldn't stand him either. Yet, even with his overwhelming negative popularity, the show went (and continues to!) go out of its way to shoehorn Frankie references or have him come back as a guest for an episode or feature him in the live audience on eviction night. It's one of those instances where you're left to sit there and think "wow, I'm actually offended that this is what you think I want to watch."

So there it is, a ridiculously long rant about why Frankie Grande is a bottom three BBUS HG, sandwiched firmly between Dick Donato and Dan Gheesling, neither of whom we will ever see on CBB thankfully. I'm still in utter disbelief that this diseased creature is working his way into this franchise, and I think it's more stunning because I absolutely did not see this ever happening. I'll probably watch launch night and pessimistically laugh to myself about how he's gonna be his awful self and get no comeuppance for it again, and then just stick to reading your guys' updates about how he's fulfilling his destiny to complete the trio of soul-sucking gays Perez and Austin. And yes, he's going to make it to the final week, and yes he is going to get cheered, there's nothing this show loves more than awful gays. Come to think of it, I wouldn't even want Frankie to get booed. The worst thing for Frankie would be for him to get Alex or Sam levels of indifference, but unfortunately that will never happen.

Couldn't agree more, very well said troy :clap1:

[Morgan.]

CBS and Grodner are notoriously strict on alcohol provision anyway, she did a pre-season interview once where they asked her about the lack of alcohol and she literally said 'the more they tend to ask for alcohol, the less we'll give :hee:' :umm2: so that's one of the only things I'd dispute in that post

Oh, and not blasting cold water seems fair enough to me...

Oh okay, shame C5 are a little more lenient - I think our format would work better with some stricter rules like BBUSA, although I wouldn't mind them doing an all stars style series with a USA format - just with players famous for 'playing a game' like Jason etc,

[Macie Lightfoot]

CBS and Grodner are notoriously strict on alcohol provision anyway, she did a pre-season interview once where they asked her about the lack of alcohol and she literally said 'the more they tend to ask for alcohol, the less we'll give :hee:' :umm2: so that's one of the only things I'd dispute in that post

Oh, and not blasting cold water seems fair enough to me...

BBUS is definitely stingy with alcohol to begin with but BB16 was especially, I'm sure partly to do with the whole "yeah we should probably play it safe this year after a good 70% of the HGs made bigoted remarks on a regular basis" mentality.

My thing with the cold water is that there's no way they would make the same accommodations for someone like, let's just say Danielle Murphree or Amber Borzotra. BBUS is Grodner's own personal vanity project and she most definitely saves that stuff for your Dick Donatos and Jeff Schroeders and Frank Eudys (who as much as I dislike, I can at least comprehend why a certain portion of the viewing public would take to them), and Frankie falls into that grouping.

[-Sue-]

I must be getting old.. wait I am old I had to google who he is.. and im still clueless lol

[Headie]

I can't decide whether the Conor comparison or the Gerry comparison is more accurate. Both are awful anyway.

[chriskicks]

that was beautiful to read. but here is why you should watch this season of CBBUK. BBUS shows the houseguests at their best... bbuk shows them at their WORST. we are going to see EVERY side of frankie on the daily show. and the public will likely eat him alive. the BBUK format is ****ing ruthless and that's why it's great.

[Patricia4]

Ive never heard of him.

[minny03]

He's despicable and he's a disgusting piece of ****. I absolutely hated him on his season of BBUS.

But I do believe some of the housemates that are going in this series will have no problem putting Frankie in his place. I could see some of them calling him out on his bull**** and that will be fun to watch.