You can watch videos of people who have submitted their videos so far and vote for them. Obviously, the longer you have your video up, the more chance people have to vote for you.
After people vote and the voting period via the website closes, the top 3 people will be going into the house automatically (according to the BB website) and the next 50 go to the judging panel to decide who else goes in.
There will be a lot of videos to watch so over the next few weeks, I'll look at some as well. However, former HM and "Oh Brother" podcast host Tim Brunero has picked his Top 10 (so far). Also, Reality Cast co-host Ganesha has also selected some videos for you to look at. You can read Tim's & Ganesha's opinions on their websites but I thought I'd use their lists to start me (and you!) off. I have linked to each video so you can see the videos for yourself.
Tim's Top 10
Tim has listed his top 10.
| | Name | Stats | Erk’s Short View |
| 10 | 32 year old married lesbian from Qld. | | |
| 9 | 22, single, SA | | |
| 8 | 22, single, NSW | | |
| 7 | 32, married. Qld | | |
| 6 | 29, attached. NSW | | |
| 5 | 22, single. VIC | | |
| 4 | 22, attached. VIC | | |
| 3 | 65, single. NSW | | |
| 2 | 22, single. NSW | | |
| 1 | 24, attached. NSW | |
Erk's Views on Tim's list
I thought that the videos were supposed to be under two minutes and without copyrighted stuff like music or it is ineligible but I have seen examples of both from this list. Rules are rules, init?
Monique - She seems nice. Has an unusual story as a straight married woman, fell in love with her best friend while pregnant with her second child, left husband, got married to her best friend. Is a lesbian advocate in Brisbane. BB has been severely lacking lesbians in the house compared to the amount of gay guys in the house over recent BB series. The video was OK but it was half video, half photo slide show with heaps of Photoshopped "Me" with an arrow on it. YES from me.
Athena - Add 2 parts Krystal from BB06 to 2 parts Emma from BB07 and you have Athena. Says that she likes to get her kit off. She is a personal trainer/model who will probably be as boring as anything in the house. Look at me, I'm hot. On the plus side, she does have a light sabre and she knows how to use it! She'll be the type to get in the house but that's a NO from me.
Josh - He had hair. He shaved it off. He is a church dude. He did a stunt like those that was on the Channel 10 news tonight about people who like to jump off buildings. He is one of those guys who is a dude in a bear suit at a sporting event. Unless he is prepared to spend 3 months in a bear suit, what else is he going to offer? NO from me.
Carl - Carl has Asperger's Syndrome which he is very quick to point out. He does however have a joke about it, Merlin's "Free th Refugees" protest, Channel 10 and the whole BB process. Very slickly done, he put a lot of effort into the video and is an early standout. You must watch this video. However, can he do this in the house? Is he a one trick (or a one issue) pony? I'd be prepared to give him a chance to find out. YES from me.
Em - Seriously, how did Tim pick this chick? She has a good message (the media sucks, BB is boring, blah blah blah) but dudette, if you are going to make a BB video, at least make it appear the right way up when I watch it! It was an editorial not an introduction. Maybe it is because she sounds a bit like a female version of Tim that gives her a tick from Tim and a YES from me but not because the video reached out and grabbed me. Maybe it is the hope for an intelligent woman in the house instead of one who looks at herself in the mirror. Maybe Em does look at herself in the mirror as well but this video doesn't show that. Then at the end of the video she says "I don't know if I am auditioning or not but blah blah blah blah............"
Achilles - He reminds me of a mix between Hot Dogs from 2005 and 2007's Brodie (BWNT). Is this guy serious? He wants to go into BB to win a scooter and two phones that are the same. Here's a tip, go and buy some YOU STOOGE! He lives in a garage, has some weird habits including using a heater to dry off instead of a towel and calls a can of Coke a "cooler". If he went into the house I'd throw my big remote through the TV. NO. NO! HELL NO! Next!
Ashleigh - Top marks for the video. It was fun. Will she turn into a princess in the house! HELL YEAH! I wish I was given a new VW Punch Buggy for my 18th! Watch the video for sure. Will she be good in the house? Probably not - but put her in anyway otherwise the house won't have many people in it. YES for me.
Pamela - Good on her for having a go but she will not get into the house merely on her age. People won't want to watch the video but to be fair, I did. I thought I was watching Carol from last year's UK BB. Not helped by poor audio, I think Tim picked her because of her age for his list to show that not all people applying are 18-25. At least Mike Goldman would be assured of having someone wake on Up Late but that is not enough for me to be able to say YES to so that is NO for me. Apart from being annoying, there was nothing of interest on the video.
Daniel - I copied and pasted Em's paragraph and edited it to suit. This is what Em's video COULD have been like. Funny, slick but also getting the message across. He's put a lot of thought into it and effort and there is a Tim cameo appearance. Part Chaser boy, part Tim, let's get him in there. Having said that, can he be like that without a camera and a scriptwriter and willing participants? At least Daniel made his video the right way up! Daniel and Em coul make babies together. It was an editorial not but unlike Em's video, it was also an introduction. YES from me.
Amie Jane - One of the better videos out there. She appears to be a multi-faceted person and not a one trick pony. I'd say put her in the house but she'd get voted out first if the previous seasons are any indication. Watch this video for sure. Definitely not a typical female BB contestant! I couldn't figure out why she got strapped into her car but strap her into the BB house! YES for me. How the hell didn't she kill herself?
Ganesha's Picks
Unlike Tim, Ganesha has chosen a varied list of people in no order of preference including some people who he did not necessarily like but stood out to him for whatever reason. I have numbered them merely for my convenience.
I watched these videos early on Sunday morning but before I comment I want to see the videos again. However on Sunday afternoon, the BB audition section of the site is going slower than a blindfolded Ninja so I can't see any videos! I finally managed to get some time to get onto the site on Xmas Day after dinner!
| | Name | Stats | Erk’s View |
| 10 | | Part video clip, part boring, shouldn't get a part in the house. | |
| 9 | | | |
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| 1 | | See Tim #10 |
Erk's views on Ganesha's Picks
Here are my opinions about Ganesha's picks who I must point out again isn't his BEST 10 but a cross section of applicants.
Sean - Part mimed JT video clip, part cliched video. It doesn't show anything that makes me want to throw him into the house.
Jae - Says that she is a party animal but spoils it by saying that her and her friends like to play Charades and eating chocolate. There are heaps of better videos out there and the audio quality was not good on the ear which didn't help.
Emily - Think Kari from Mythbusters then think Emily. She is a self confessed nerd but she doesn't come across as an intellectual nerd like Jamie from BB07. She is more of a nerd from her videos because of her interests and quirks and self-depreciating humour rather than her psycho-analysising ability. The fact that she is cute helps too. I'd give her a chance as a non typical female BB housemate.
Jessica - Super confident traveler chick who would get awfully annoying awfully quick. If you wanted someone to fly in like Cyclone Michelle (aka HM69) from 2007 and then fly out again, Jessica would be that person. Ideal intruder but not HM material. She reminds me a little of Christie from 2005 but I don't think that Christie was ever THAT loud compared to Jessica!
Sputnik - He is an "ideas merchant" which he says is another way of saying that he can be a BS artist. He is certainly well travelled but it seems to me that he wants to get his photo taken with everyone just to say that "I have done .............. at .............. and here's a photo." I'd still have him in the house though for variety and a non-boring house. He may cop some friendly fire during the Blamestorming Session (aka Nominations). I hope he stays true to what he promises and I doubt he'll just cruise along to the normal BB rules like the conformists in BB07 were doing in the end.
Michelle - She's got an annoying voice and I thought that her part photo slideshow part video was a singles ad for RSVP rather than a BB audition. She won't make it in the house unless a token short person is requested.
Peter - Sick of younger gay guys in the house? Here's Peter, an inked up disability support worker who we see in the video going for a swim in his Sluggos (he's a braver man than me!). I don't know if being a gay guy is enough to get him over the line nor is being the other side (to me) of 40. I wouldn't complain too loudly if he did get selected.
Peta - Peta was born a man but has had a sex change operation and is now a woman. She wants to experience the BB experience like a woman and feels a lot younger than her stated age after the operation. I'm sure it is an interesting story but is it interesting enough to get her in the house? What is she like apart from the fact that she has had a sex change? I'd be prepared to find out. My co-host Drue mentioned in Erk Pod episode 66 (also on ETTDR 1/08) that she could be used in a plot turn or a mystery task like the last two years but because of the nature of the auditions, those people who have viewed Peta's video know her secret. Also, what would happen is a male Peter got into the house? Would BB insult our intelligence and get one of them to change their name like they have in the past or would it be "male Peter" or "female Peta" or "Peter with an R" or "Peta with an A"?
Julie - Another person going for the "let's get some older people into the house" angle. She is editorializing or going for the title of "Senior Citizen of the Year". I don't know too much about her (which is the whole idea of these videos, init?) so NO NO NO.
Monique - She seems nice. Has an unusual story as a straight married woman, fell in love with her best friend while pregnant with her second child, left husband, got married to her best friend. Is a lesbian advocate in Brisbane. BB has been severely lacking lesbians in the house compared to the amount of gay guys in the house over recent BB series. The video was OK but it was half video, half photo slide show with heaps of Photoshopped "Me" with an arrow on it. YES from me.
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