Hey Julie! - Big Brother & Survivor Recaps

Brett & Danielle are back from a post-BB28 mini-hiatus and are back to recap the latest in the Big Brother, Survivor & Traitors worlds. First, it's been widely reported that BB30 will be the third all-star season with a cast of returning houseguests and a $1 million grand prize. We chat about what that means for BB29 and our first guesses about what faces we could see in the summer of...

Brett & Danielle are back to react to Thursday night's BB28 finale, which Rick Devens took home the coveted BB double-crown: winner of Big Brother and America's Favorite Houseguest. We chat about his decision to evict Drew at Final 2, Taylor's strategic move in the game's final day, the jury questions, the pre-jurors and the idea of potentially, maybe beginning to think about s...

Big Brother 28 is in its final days, both Melody and Dee were sent home this week, but it feels most appropriate this week to talk about the future. With a final three of Taylor, Devens & Drew -- it really could be anyone's game with only six days left in the house. Brett & Danielle break down all the different scenarios, who won the first part of the three-part HOH and the case for al...

If we told you on Wednesday night that Barrett and Yash would be the victims of this season's double eviction, you probably wouldn't be too surprised. But if you knew HOW they became the 3rd and 4th members of BB28's jury, your mind would simply stop working and your grip on reality itself would tear apart. Yes, MeloQUEEEN won both the BB Blockbuster and the HOH comp back-to-back in la...

Barrett put Dee, Devens and Angela's heads on a platter and with Dee & Angela sitting on the block Thursday night, the house decided to flip against the remains of FAP and send Angela to the jury house. So either Taylor and Yash are the dumbest people alive or Dee is really just that good. Brett & Danielle react to the week that was in Big Brother , Dee's uncanny ability to save he...

Brett & Danielle return after the 8th week in the BB28 game, which early saw the demise of Haley in the Medieval Times twist and late saw the eviction of LaTrice as she became the first member of the jury. Most importantly, we have a deeply spoiler-riffic (for six hours) conversation about the current HOH and their nominees, which upends the existing power structures of the house for the rest...

Thursday night's broadcast marked the special occasion of the thousandth episode of Big Brother and thanks to NFL preseason games, it may have been consumed live by up to a thousand whole people! Truly incredible work from America's favorite broadcast network, CBS. Brett & Danielle dive into the beautiful disaster that was Thursday night's episode, airing at random times across the...

Brett & Danielle return for a spoiler-filled episode about state of #bb28 – Kamu was sent home and **SPOILER** Dee is your new head of household. Like a few weeks ago, in the early hours of Haley's HOH – vibes were bad in the BB fandom. Brett & Danielle examine that feeling of 'all is lost', why it pops up when the majority alliance has hold of the game for so long, and why tha...

Thoughts and prayers for Haley Thogmartin right now, who just had the worst week of her life. Brett has returned from his mystery hiatus and joins Danielle for a recap of the wild week that sort of was: the Angela/Haley fight, the Chuk's week-long mental short circuit and the Survivor veterans getting dangerously close to needing to fight for their lives. Also, they reveal the new HOH, their p...

It's another Dani solo pod as she walks through the week's somewhat boring events that led to our first BLINDSIDE BUTTERBEANS of the season. It's a quick recap of all of the HG's current gameplay, SPOILER SECTION about who won the wall comp and what to expect, and more! Follow Hey Julie on Bluesky and submit your questions ⁠⁠@HeyJulieBB⁠⁠.bsky.social, our ⁠⁠Discord server⁠⁠, or ema...

Brett & Danielle recap a tea-soaked week in the Big Brother house. They look back at Mallory's Tea Party disaster, talk about the failed plot to save Jason, and why his open dealings with everyone couldn't save him. They also chat about Lyric's reformed gameplay in a post-Rome world, the walls closing in on Drew and Barrett and what the current HOH's plans are. Follow Hey Julie...

Danielle reports with breaking news on a Monday morning, explaining Sunday night's 'Tea Party' blowup that went down on the live feeds as the battle between Jason and Kamu boils over, literally! Follow Hey Julie on Bluesky and submit your questions  ⁠⁠ @HeyJulieBB⁠⁠.bsky.social , our  ⁠⁠ Discord server ⁠⁠ , or email us  ⁠ heyjuliebigbrother@gmail.com ⁠ ! Watch Hey Julie on  ⁠⁠ YouTube...

Devens' backdoor plan on Rome worked in Week 2 of BB28 with a 12-1 vote against Florida's favorite loverboy. But his choice to pull down Lyric instead of Melody certainly was a less-than-efficient game move. Brett & Danielle discuss Devens' potential strategy mistake in Week 2, Lyric's all-flirt strategy, Melody's lack of game, Drew's precarious place & more on a We...

The first eviction of BB28 is in the books. Poor Ashley was sent home with a burger in her stomach, some memories and nothing else. Our season's Gen-Z queen was all sizzle and no steak. Brett & Danille talk about Wednesday and Thursday night's episodes, the brewing Angela/Jason rivalry, the dynamics of the split house, whether we're experiencing FOUTTE 2.0 & more. Our early mor...

It was a fun and informative first weekend of feeds, how about some more pod? Brett & Danielle check in on Monday night reacting to their first reactions of the live feeds. If Tuesday's Broveal was the first impression, and Thursday's premiere was the second impression -- call these our BB28 third impressions. We run through each of the 17 houseguests and talk about where we place thei...

The BB28 premiere was...crazy, camp, messy and...good?! Brett & Danielle react to the absolute lunacy that was Thursday night's premiere episode, and they have to start with the end where Rachel Reilly was...thrown into a volcano by a velociraptor. Yes, that happened. We break down why Big Brother's turn towards the absurd has resulted in some positive momentum for the series, go throu...

It is officially BB28 time on Hey Julie . Brett & Danielle are back to go through the bios of all 14 new houseguests...plus those three other ones that are (un)officially waiting in the wings. We react to the new Big Brother Broveal on YouTube, Julie's odd house tour and our initial reactions to the new houseguests: who's cute, who's weird, who's come here to play, and who'...

BB28 Silly Szn has completely taken over the blogosphere. A leaked Chinese language sales deck has thrown the BB universe into a tizzy. There are rumors of a partial returners cast. People are doing forensic research on IG posts. It's crazytown out there and nothing is confirmed. Brett & Dani open the pod talking about the final full week of BB28 rumors, all of which are completely unsubst...

Brett & Danielle are back for a little double feature-as-a-podcast episode, as they break down the 21st century Steven Spielberg bookends of Disclosure Day and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence . First, they break down two trailers in Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning and the whale-eats-man tale Whalefall. For the rest of the show, they break down last weekend's sci-fi epic Disclosure Da...

Brett & Danielle are back in what will be the first of a stretch of episodes without Big Brother or Survivor news. So it's a pop culture grab-bag day! Brett chats about the puzzling conclusion of Euphoria , which re-centers the idea of who the stars of the show even are. They both talk about the 2025 documentary Predators , which documents the NBC news program To Catch a Predator, its mora...

Danielle & Brett break down Survivor 50 's big Wednesday night finale and they can't start anywhere but Jeff Probst spoiling the results of the fire-making challenge in front of America. An iconic Survivor moment happening before our eyes in real time. They chat through the entire three-hour show, but mostly the stupid stuff like: why did Aubry also win a car, is Joe the real winner be...

One more episode left to go in Survivor 50 and we're getting down to the final five castaways remaining. Unfortunately for fans of the show, Wednesday's penultimate episode sent home two fan favorites in Rick Devens and Cirie Fields. Brett & Danielle break down this week's episode, how it allowed both to go home without twists or any other chicanery and who we have left in Aubry, J...

Two more episodes of Survivor 50 to go and the endgame is taking shape. We said goodbye to Emily and Ozzy this week in a double tribal on one of the most electric episodes of the season. Also, Tiffany's immunity blunder, more psychotic behavior from fireman Joe and has Rizo become rizz-less? Later in this episode, we chat more about episodes 2-4 of Euphoria season 3, Dani watched Wuthering Hei...

After months of anticipation, MrBeast finally graced our television sets on Survivor 50 and... it wasn't terrible. Yes, sometimes a broken clock is right twice a day, and a twist can actually be fun and benefit players we like. That's what happened this week as Rick Devens flipped the MrBeast coin (I can't believe I'm typing those words) and made an electric 40-minute tribal one fo...

What a loaded episode today! Brett & Danielle kick off with a juicy episode of Survivor 50 that unfortunately saw the end of Christian at the hands of none other than Jimmy Fallon. Of course, a debate about twist fairness ensues, but more importantly, we discuss cooking rice, Emily Flippen's flippiness, Cirie's status, Jeff's challenge participation & more. Later in the episode...