Big Brother 16 and Amazing Race Canada 2 News

Two of the shows Survivor Scrutiny will be covering during the summer season are Big Brother U.S. season 16 and The Amazing Race Canada season 2. When we get closer to summer, I'll talk specifics of covering those shows.

Big Brother 16

Big Brother alumni are tweeting left and right about possible scenarios for this summer's season. Janelle Pierzina, from BB6, 7, and 14 posted the following yesterday on Beamly:

BB12 player and BB13 winner Rachel Reilly, as well as other alumni, have been responding frequently with fans on Twitter, claiming that they've heard about an all-stars or "blood vs. water"-type season.

This makes it extremely unlikely that any of these scenarios are actually happening. Unless the alumni posting were snubbed by casting and are trying to ruin the chances for other past contestants, they are just feeding the masses and helping the rumors spread.

If someone like Rachel was to be on this season, you can rest assured production would not want her tweeting about an all-stars season.

Contrast that, though, with what Miss Cleo (a trusted spoiler who thoroughly and accurately spoiled the most recent season of the Amazing Race) had to say on Survivor Sucks

There will be returning players this season. 

There will also be newbies this season.

Cleo also hinted that the the twist would be similar to Survivor: Blood vs. Water, with returning/new contestants bringing a loved one along for the ride. Due to the alumni activity mentioned above, returning players seems unlikely, but Cleo is a reliable source so far.

Stay tuned for more updates; the cast will most likely be sequestered a week or two before the premiere (June 25th), so if any veterans are to move into the House, we will probably find out then. Click here to see the BB16 News forum on Survivor Sucks.

The Amazing Race Canada 2

Just like Big Brother Canada, the TAR version north of the border last year lived up to--or even surpassed--the U.S. iteration. And now The Amazing Race Canada will return on July 8th.

Huffington Post Canada apparently received an anonymous message from a reader in Hong Kong that reveals TAR Canada will be going outside the country for its second season:

"I'm traveling for work and happened across a Canadian team for supposedly the Australian show (overheard staff at the clue box - wanting to keep it top secret), but reviewing the video and photos I took the clue envelope clearly reads "The Amazing Race Canada" (1 - 10 sec video, 2 photos of the red team, 2 of the blue team running thru a crowd, 1 poor picture of the clue box)."

Various people on Instagram posted photos and a video that back up the anonymous source. This one is from "FTHJIL" on the Reality Fan Forum; click here to read the Huffington Post article containing the other picture and a short video of a team at a Double U-Turn.

Hopefully we'll learn more soon; stay tuned for updates!