fizzle

if you make it to Semi's, they give you a paper with info on it concerning call back dates and finals. I guess since finals can last up to 10 days, they give the semifinalist the dates so they can make arrangments to take off from their normal lives.... most applicants have jobs and cant just be wisked away at the drop of a hat. I think what Diane from last year was talking about was when she picked for the show, they show up and give the person 1 hour to get their stuff and go.

sad to say... yes

they have been sending out rejection letters to anyone that didnt make it to finals... finals start on or around May 18th.

well... that is not the house and that photo was taken 3/29/04 i believe. The same photo is on the Terraserver.microsoft.com sight. if you go to the google site and pull up that photo, you can see the bb house in the upper right hand corner of the photo, of course, its the old house because the photo is from spring of 2004. on the Terraserver.microsoft.com sight you are able to zoom in more and you can actually see the back yard with the huge chess board on it (I forget which bb they had that in.) and the pool is covered... :wink: