Rumors of Cheating, Misjudged Competition, Anti-Semitism and Abuse - is This Year's Big Brother USA the Worst Ever?

This year's Big Brother, U.S.A. (Big Brother 8) arguably has been the worst season of Big Brother ever. Long-time fans are disappointed, some vowing never to watch the show again. Rumors of it not coming back next year have been going around, as it had already been picked up again by this time last year. This year it has yet to be picked up. And speculation about the reason for this year's disappointment runs the gamut from new-this-year producer Allison Grodner to the poor casting of emotionally unstable Amber and the highly abusive "Evil (Evel) Dick."

For long-time Big Brother fans the first clue that something was amiss was in the casting. Most of the contestants were either beautiful-but-bland or just downright bland. But two stood out as possibly having serious emotional problems that could upset the game in a really negative way.

First was Amber. People thought it was touching, at first, the way she cried when fellow houseguests were nominated or evicted. Then it turned out that she cried about every little thing. Tears pouring. Absolutely gut-wrenching sobs. Ok, there is something seriously wrong with this woman.

Then she was witnessed, on the on-line 24/7 Live Feeds, trashing Jewish people left and right. First she said that her mother and her sister hated Jewish people. And then she said that she herself didn't like them and went on a tirade of why. She even said (and I'm paraphrasing here, not quoting) that when she doesn't like someone, she often finds out later that they are Jewish, and then thinks to herself,'no wonder I didn't like them. This was witnessed by many on-line and even captured and posted to You Tube. But for some reason it was never shown on the television show.

The other unstable person in the house is referred to as "Evel Dick" (or "Evil Dick" as his t-shirt says). He went on hate-filled tirades and personal attacks on every single person in the house. At one point he claimed it was strategy, but as Julie Chen pointed out on one show, he pretty much does it any old time. Even after competitions are over. Which can't be claimed as strategy, thusly.