A bedtime bitch session ultimately led to the first eviction nominations of the Big Brother 10 season, which got started (on TV) Sunday night.

Iowa bodybuilder Jesse and New Orleans socialite Renny are the first two on the block. Jessie was trying to sleep while Renny was trying to open a door so that she could take off her makeup, and she started yapping, cackling and "howling like a jackal." Jessie made a fuss about it, and Renny told him to quit being a baby.

Long story short is that 75-year-old HoH Gerry MacDonald used this as leverage and reasoning in making them this week's nominees, saying that the rest of the house could decide which of the two would go.

Unlike typical HoH ceremonies, Gerry didn't win a contest or a competition. He was elected to be HoH, and by a 4-3 vote, he beat Renny. We do not know who else got votes, just that Renny got 3 and Gerry 4. This happened before the houseguests moved in, and he seemed quite grateful, declaring over a champagne toast that he already "loved these kids!"

Typically, it's a curse to be the first HoH. We'll see how this plays out for Gerry.

All in all, the way he handled nominations was quite diplomatic and reasonable.

Behind the scenes though, he might have a little something working with Brian, the telecommunications salesman. On behalf of Dan, a Catholic school teacher, Brian went to Gerry and leveraged their military experiences as a currency of bonding, suggesting that Gerry nominate Jesse and Renny.

Guess what: That's what Gerry did.

However, it wasn't before Gerry suggested Dan, noting that he thought Dan was kind of a weasel. Brian quashed that, and Gerry passed off the decision as being all about the pair's earlier conflict. What Gerry doesn't know is that Brian and Dan (and Ollie) are already in somewhat of an alliance.

It's too early for an alliance, fools!

Alas, it was a pretty typical premiere episode, complete with feigned excitement over finding their BB keys. I mean, the CBS camera is there. How stunned could they really be?

The houseguests moved in, and the only hubbub over rooms was Dan's insistence in being in the red-and-black themed room. Didn't want the pink room. Too girly.

There was a champagne toast, and Ollie, a 27-year-old preacher's son, did not participate because he does not drink. I didn't inspect too closely, but he appears to be the only teetotaler so far.

Outside of the nominations, the big event of the night was a slop competition, the first of BB10. But it wasn't any ordinary comp: This one was for a vintage automobile, either a '65 Mustang or a '69 Camaro. I'm not 100 percent positive on the year of the Mustang.

The contest featured a pair of upside-down Volkswagen bugs in the back yard. The teams had to split up into two, and one houseguest had to decide to sit out. That would be Jesse, who didn't want to intimidate his fellow houseguests in a competition.

"Hopefully, my physique doesn't handicap me," he said at one point in tonight's show.

The gist of the game was that each team had to get each of its players into the upside-down car and then navigate it across and then back across the yard. At the end of one full trip, the team had to decide on one player to let out of the car. That player would be eliminated from the competition but could still help push the vehicle across.

The team to complete this process until only one person is left and until that person has gone back and forth one time will win the competition and will avoid slop for the week. That last person will win the vintage car of his or her choice.

The winner? Memphis, the mixologist.

Wow, this guy is kind of cocky. He isn't a bartender; they sling whiskey and coke and beer. He creates drinks. He's a chef for alcoholics, which is a rather insulting thing to say about a clientele. It would be like a chef of Southern cuisine (chicken fried steak yummy goodness) saying he's a cook for fat people.

However, Bobby (Memphis' real name) didn't have a car. Steven, the gay rodeo cowboy was kind of in the same boat relative to transportation, having had truck problems recently. The Dallas native lost a game of rock-paper-scissors, giving Memphis the win and the car.

So, were the leakers before the show right about what happened? They got the Gerry HoH part correct, but he did not just pull names from a hat to get nominations. Whether or not the discussion with Brian had much to do with it, Gerry seemed pretty calculated but diplomatic in picking Jesse and Renny.

And, Renny is getting on the house's nerves.

"She's totally off the deep end, off the reservation," Memphis said.

And she is. Renny is cuckoo, and I think I like it although I would acknowledge some level of annoyance. She has a bit of BB8 Jen in her just from the level of nutiness.

In the end though, Gerry believes Jesse and Renny will self-destruct, so he had no problems putting them both on the block. He noted that he believed it was a safe choice. On the other hand, Brian believes he's pulling all the strings already, which could be the case. It's just a tad too early to tell.

So, it's time to fire up the live feeds and get some real scoop. AND, if you guys have any specific questions about what's going on in the house, I'll do what I can to sleuth it for you -- so fire away with comments, questions, etc.

Good first night, don't you think?

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