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  CBS is Pairing Big Brother & The Amazing Race
Variety reports that CBS has firmed up plans for its summer schedule, and the biggest news is the networks' decision to pair established hit Brother Brother with the Emmy-winning The Amazing Race to create a two-hour reality block on Tuesdays from 9-11 p.m. CBS is also planning to bow Mike Fleiss' The Will during the summer.
Both "Brother" and "Race" will have 90-minute season premieres on Tuesday, July 6, with Big Brother 5 airing from 8-9:30 p.m. and "Race" following from 9:30-11 p.m.
After that, "Brother" will settle into its regular thrice-weekly broadcast pattern, airing Tuesdays at 9, Thursdays at 8 and Saturdays at 9 until the end of September. That's a change from last summer, when "Brother" aired Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 and Wednesday at 9 p.m.
"Race" will air Tuesdays at 10 p.m. starting July 13.
In addition to their schedule proximity, "Brother" and "Race" will be linked in another way: One of this summer's "Race" contestants will be 23-year-old Alison Irwin -- the runner-up in last summer's "Big Brother 4." She'll be paired with her boyfriend, Donny.
Both shows will also get some new twists this season to lure viewers. For example, on "Race", during non-elimination weeks, the team that finishes last will be stripped of all their money -- and not be given any coin at the start of the next leg of the race.
There'll also be a new "yield" component to the game that will let each team slow down someone who's lagging behind them in the race. The "yield" can only be used once by each team.
CBS Open Casting for Big Brother 5!
Calling all shut-ins and agoraphobics, CBS is looking for a new cast of aesthetically pleasing housemates for the latest incarnation of the summer reality franchise "Big Brother."
Last year's "Big Brother" was a popular programming alternative for CBS throughout the summer months, as the amusement of the show's "X Factor" attracted new viewers. Several of the attractive contestants were shocked to discover that they'd be sharing a cramped house on the CBS lot with former partners, though fireworks never really erupted.
The big winner was Jun Song, who topped Alison Irwin in the final.
There's no word on what twists await this year's lucky housemates as they compete for a million dollar prize. Fortunately, Arnold Shapiro and Allison Grodner are back as executive producers and promise myriad surprises.
"Allison and I are excited about 'Big Brother 5,' and the new surprises and twists that await this summer's houseguests," Shapiro says. "The one constant we can promise participants and viewers alike is: expect the unexpected. We're seeking the most outgoing, competitive, quirky and charismatic players we can find."
Hopefuls can get applications and instructions at www.cbs.com. The deadline for submissions is Good Friday, April 9. A two-minute videotape, two color photographs and a willingness to have your every move taped, recorded and mocked for posterity is required.
"The X Factor last year was only the beginning," Grodner says. "We look forward to returning to 'Big Brother 5' this summer and stirring things up for the new houseguests."
 TV Fan Goes Undercover to Nail Finalists of Survivor: All-Stars!
BOSTON -- Who's going to win Survivor: All-Stars, the CBS series shaping up as the "Super Bowl" of TV's most popular reality show?
A fan who calls himself "ChillOne" believes he has cracked the well-guarded secret and unearthed the identity of the two finalists: Amber Brkich and Rob Mariano. And ChillOne, the alias of Boston resident Bill Marson, insists he holds the credentials to back up his prediction. He correctly named the two finalists a month before the season premiere of Survivor: The Amazon last winter, with a clear hint that Jenna Morasca would emerge as the eventual champion.
Marson infiltrated the notorious Survivor shroud of secrecy last December, during his eight-hour "spoiling" operation at the site of Survivor: All-Stars filming in the Pearl Islands off the coast of Panama. Resort hotels were blocked and waterway access restricted before, during, and after filming. But during a layover en route to a two-week holiday vacation near Buenos Aires, Marson hired a guide to escort him around the islands and met with an anonymous source with reputed inside information gleaned from members of Survivor's production crew.
"My source also told me that Jenna Lewis and Rupert Boneham will be the others to reach the Final 4," said Marson, author of The Spoiler: Revealing the Secrets of Survivor (iUniverse, Inc.) under his ChillOne alias.
Survivor: All-Stars premieres on CBS Feb. 1, immediately after the Super Bowl, and will run through early May. Marson's complete story of his Pearl Islands discoveries is posted on his website, http://www.thechillone.com/ . Highlights include:
* Before facing off in challenges, the 18 contestants were separated from one another and escorted to their rooms by blindfold.
* Ethan Zohn, winner of Survivor: Africa, stumbled early and may be the first contestant booted.
* Jenna Morasca dropped out early in the series due to concerns over a sick family member.
* The fifth through seventh-place finishers are Tom Buchanan, Shii Ann Huang, and Alicia Calaway.
* A bag of condoms found on the island of Mogo Mogo could tip off a sexual union among tribe members.
Marson, who used similar sleuthing techniques in his trip to The Amazon, takes pride in his reputation as one of the most successful and most popular members of the spoiling underworld. A group of Survivor zealots featured by media including The New York Times, spoilers search for clues or leaks that point to potential outcomes.
"It's like a game against (Survivor producer) Mark Burnett," said Marson, who claims he learned covert techniques in a professional capacity. "I raised the bar with my success in The Amazon."
Marson insists that spoiling actually heightens interest in Survivor.
"With my 'intel' from The Amazon, everyone debated for months whether or not it would prove right," he said. "With Survivor: All-Stars, we'll all be watching to see how my information plays out this time, including me."
On the Web: http://www.thechillone.com
New Reality Shows Coming Up!
The Apprentice premieres 8:30/7:30 pm EST/CST Thursday January 8th on NBC then Wednesdays 8/7 pm.
Average Joe 2 NBC starting January 5th 10/9 pm EST/CST
Real World San Diego premieres Tuesday January 6th 10/9 pm EST/CST on MTV
Celebrity Mole Yucatan starts January 7th on ABC 10/9 pm EST/CST
The Surreal Life premieres on the WB 9/8 pm Sunday January 11th.
Nicole Ritchie & Paris Hilton are set to go back to Altus, Arkansas for a reunion special on FOX TBA
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