The Bold and the Beautiful Casts "Brenchel" from Big Brother 12

The latest Big Brother showmance will follow in the footsteps of Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd by making its debut in CBS daytime next month: Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas, a.k.a. Brenchel, will appear in two episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful on October 25th and 26th.

Reilly will play a waitress and Villegas, a bartender in a scene with Hope (Kim Matula), Liam (Scott Clifton), Bill (Don Diamont), Katie (Heather Tom), and Amber (Adrienne Frantz).

Entertainment Weekly spoke with Reilly who acknowledged that the role wasn’t much of a stretch — she worked as a VIP waitress in Las Vegas, after all, before joining Big Brother this summer. But the gig represented the opportunity of a lifetime because she’s been a longtime fan of the show.

But enough about the soap cameo: Has she followed through with her plans and actually moved to Los Angeles to be with her man? “I’m in the process! I’m going to make it happen!” she told Entertainment Weekly. She’ll miss Sin City, though — especially the folks who were nothing like BB 12′s Ragan and actually liked being around her. “Oh my gosh, everyone has been so supportive. I was shocked. Everyone hated me in the house and I was convinced everyone in America hated me. But coming back to Vegas, everyone was so welcoming and supportive.”

Even though her fellow houseguests expressed skepticism during the Big Brother finale that she and Villegas wouldn’t last, Reilly said she’s seen the opposite reaction in the real world. “Everyone wants to know when there will be a proposal and a wedding,” she gushes. “We are head over heels in love. I’m so lucky to be with him. I foresee a long future together. He is my missing puzzle piece!”

Reality Sweethearts Jeff and Jordan: The Amazing Race Made Us Stronger

After falling for each other in the Big Brother house last summer, salesman Jeff Schroeder, 31, and salon receptionist Jordan Lloyd, 22, decided to take their new relationship for a test drive around the world on The Amazing Race. While they didn’t win any money this time around, the couple agree the experience gave them new tools to make their long-distance (he’s in Chicago. Illinois; she’s in Charlotte, North Carolina) relationship last.

So sad to see you guys go as you never ceased to entertain.
Jeff: At least we accomplished something.

Much of the entertainment value came from Jordan’s ditsy moments — the granddaddy of them all being confusing Noah’s Arc and Joan of Arc.
Jordan: I was like, “I don’t want to watch this episode because I know they’re gonna show that stupid thing I said about Joan.” If I ever learned about her, that was a long time ago and I’d forgotten. Racing, you’re not always thinking straight and the first thing that came to my head when I heard Arc was Noah and animals. It made me feel better when Caite said the same thing. At least I wasn’t the only one.

Where did you go wrong? Biggest misstep?
Jordan: Directions. It was cold. We didn’t communicate well with each other. The whole cab ride in Germany really threw us off for the next two legs. That guy took us probably 40 minutes out of the way and put us so far behind. It just went downhill from there.
Jeff: That really messed with our heads. It’s hard to play catch-up.

It must be hard to swallow when bad luck — or even worse, bad directions — are to blame for your elimination.
Jeff: If you can’t trust a tourist office, who should you get directions from? But one hand washes the other. When something good happens in life, usually something bad happens. We got sent on some unfortunate cab rides and got some bad directions, but we also got saved by a non-elimination [round] and a U-turn. We should have been off the show two weeks earlier. Not winning wasn’t the worst thing ever. We had a great time doing the show. We learned a lot about each other and doing the show made us a stronger couple.

Glad to hear you guys are still dating. Many contestants who have known each other much longer weren’t so lucky.
Jordan: The Race helped us learn more about each other. A lot of things I didn’t understand about Jeff going in, I understand now. Like sometimes I felt he was yelling at me because he was raising his voice. I kept telling him, “Lower your tone with me.” I learned that’s just Jeff being competitive. I thought it was going to make or break us. It just made us stronger.

Jeff, is it fair that people accused Jordan of holding you back?

Jeff: I was worried about that going in and sometimes she could have tried a little harder, but I was also too competitive. It kept me from communicating well with Jordan. I was trained in sales and she was never in sports so she doesn’t share my way of thinking. I dealt with her like a coach would a player, but that’s not the way to do it with her. You have to talk a little softer and understand where she’s coming from. But we learned from it. She turned it up a level and I toned it down a little and that’s going to help us throughout life.

Is this it for you guys and reality TV or is there another show you’re hoping to get on?
Jeff: I think people are getting tired of us and need a break, so we’re going back to our regular lives. We loved every minute of our 15 minutes of fame and I’m sure we’re gonna miss it, so I would never say never.

Big Brother’s Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd Take on The Amazing Race

They capped off their inexplicable run on Big Brother with Jordan Lloyd emerging as the season 11 champ and Jeff Schroeder taking home the prize as America’s Favorite Player. But before the ink was even dry on their BB checks, America’s reality sweethearts signed on to compete in the 16th edition of CBS’s The Amazing Race, which started last night (February 14th).

With 11 other teams, eight countries and five continents standing between them and the ultimate prize, the couple who hadn’t even had a chance to take a vacation together faced a whole new set of obstacles. Jeff, 31, and Jordan, 22, sat down with People magazine to talk about their new challenge.

Were you fans of the Amazing Race before signing on?
Jordan: It’s kind of funny. I’ve been part of two reality shows and I had never watched either one before. I had to YouTube it, just like I did with Big Brother and figure out what everything meant, like ‘detour,’ ‘roadblock’, and all that other stuff.
Jeff: I had watched it a couple of times, but I wasn’t a die-hard fan.

Did your experience together on BB help you, or hurt you?
Jeff: I think it helped us, and played to our strengths. I’m sure that brothers and sisters, or mothers and daughters had issues after a week of being together non-stop. What was a strain on other teams was a positive for us; we didn’t have to worry about being together all of the time, we were already use to it.

Did traveling together put too much strain on you two, or do you think that it actually made you stronger?
Jeff: It was definitely a strain…
Jordan: (interrupting) I think it made us stronger!
Jeff: (laughs) Let me finish. It was definitely a strain on the relationship, but it definitely made us stronger. The fact that we went through the hard times that we did is a testament to our relationship. This show really pushed us to the max, and it was tough, but we’re still a couple, we’re still here, and it show’s a lot that we’re still together.

Do you think you two are lucky that you made it through this without going for each other’s throats?
Jordan: (laughs) I think the main problem was that I was too laid back about things, because I’m not that competitive, and Jeff is so competitive. We didn’t really meet in the middle, so it went from one extreme to another.
Jeff: I need to turn it down, and she needs to turn it up, (laughs) but there were moments when I did want to strangle her, and I’m sure there were times where she wanted to kill me.

Was there ever a point where things got so hard that you two almost threw in the towel?
Jeff: There was one point, but as much as we joke around about strangling each other, and argue, we were never, ever going to throw in the towel. We were never going to quit by any means. I don’t think it was ever an option for either one of us.
Jordan: Yeah, but it was the only time though. It was the worst ever, and I was about to cry but I didn’t want to look like a baby.

If you had a choose between slop for a month, and a Race food challenge, which would you take?
Jordan: I’d eat slop. Before we went in, I told Jeff that I would do all the height challenges, because he’s kind of scared of heights, but that he had to eat all of the gross stuff. I can’t stand anything fishy, or oily, and I can’t eat a bug, and I know that Jeff will do it.
Jeff: I would take care of eating weird stuff, but if there was something that had to be jumped off of,(laughs) it was going to be Jordan.

You two went from being locked in a house for three months with a bunch of lunatics to traversing 5 continents and eight countries in a race against other cutthroat teams. Are you two just gluttons for punishment?
Jeff: (laughs) No, but I look at it as an amazing story, how Jordan and I met, and how things have been working out between us. It’s definitely something to tell the grandkids type of story, and hopefully things keep working out the way they have, because as crazy as it’s been, it’s a serious relationship. I love the way things are and I wouldn’t trade it or change it for anything.

Jordan, when Jeff says that it’s a story, ‘to tell the grandkids,’ what goes through your mind?
Jordan: (laughs) That he’s being nice today, he’s being real sweet! Normally when I talk like that he’s like, ‘Jordan, take it easy!’

SPOILER ALERT! Jeff and Jordan ended in first place on the first episode of the 16th edition of The Amazing Race.

Big Brother Sweethearts Jeff & Jordan to Compete on The Amazing Race

There will be some familiar faces competing on the new season of The Amazing Race!

Big Brother winner Jordan Lloyd and her fan-favorite boyfriend Jeff Schroeder will make up one of the 11 teams racing almost 40,000 miles on the 16th edition of the show, which premieres February 14th at 8:00 pm (ET) on CBS.

Departing from Los Angeles, the teams will have to make their way on public transportation to LAX, where they’ll hop a flight to their first destination, Chile, where they’ll face one of the most daunting Roadblocks in the show’s history, according to a CBS press release.

Also competing: Caite Upton, the former Miss South Carolina Teen USA who became a YouTube sensation after flubbing her answer to a question from pageant judges. Now a model, she’ll race with her boyfriend Brent Horne.

To learn more about the contestants — including a pair of undercover detectives, a World Series champion coach and his daughter, and cowboy brothers — competing on The Amazing Race, watch the following video.

Big Brother’s Jeff & Jordan to Appear onThe Bold and the Beautiful

After spending three months in a house of backstabbers, liars, and cheats, Big Brother’s dazzling duo Jordan Lloyd and Jeff Schroeder apparently haven’t had enough. The newly-minted couple will try their hand at scripted subterfuge with a pair of cameo roles on CBS’s daytime stalwart The Bold and the Beautiful. From BB to B&B. What is it about that abbreviation that these kids just can’t get enough of?

Needless to say, not even the antics of their former housemates Russell and Chima could prepare these two for their daytime debut. “Oh my God!” Jordan said in a recent interview, “I was so scared! I’ve never acted or anything like that. I only had one line, but I was like, ‘Please get this right, don’t mess up!’”

As for Jeff, cooler heads were prevailing. That is, at least until the 30-year-old got a look at the wardrobe. “It was an ’80s flashback,” he stated with a groan. “So I was wearing a vest attached to my shirt, and black pants with glitter thrown in there. I looked like a pirate, and not a cool pirate, but like a five-dollar costume you buy just before Halloween at the grocery store.”

To make matters worse was the wardrobe department’s attention to detail. “I even had to wear penny loafers,” Jeff says with a laugh, “with the pennies stuck in the front of them!”

And even though her nerves were getting the better of her, Jordan rose to the occasion in the end, just like she did in the BB house. “Part of my line was, ‘You’re big brother Storm will be so proud,’”Jordan says, “but I kept wanting to say, ‘You’re big brother Earl.’ It just sounded right to me, but I ended up nailing it in the first try.”

Not as fortunate as Jordan? Her “pirate” boyfriend, who needed a couple takes to get his line right. “Jordan was really nervous, and I wasn’t,” Jeff says, “and I’m the one that ends up flubbing his line. Go figure.”

The Bold and the Beautiful episode featuring Jeff and Jordan airs today (Tuesday, October 27th) on CBS.

Big Brother’s Jeff & Jordan: Officially Together!

For three months in the Big Brother house, theirs was the Showmance That Wasn’t. Jeff and Jordan had a chemistry that was undeniable but perplexing — although they made an adorable couple, their relationship seemed stuck at a perpetual slow boil.

Turns out getting back to the real world was just what they needed to turn up the heat because not only did Big Brother 11 winner Jordan walk away with half a million dollars, she also walked out of the house with a best-friend-turned-boyfriend.

“Yes we are!” Jordan Lloyd, 23, said in a recent interview when asked if she and Jeff Schroeder, 30, are finally an item. “We never really talked about it. It just kind of happened.”

The champ and America’s Favorite Player have been inseparable since the finale. For ad salesman Jeff, being away from the cameras and the competition opened his eyes to a different side of the small-town waitress who ended up capturing his heart.

“I liked her on the show, that was obvious,” he said, “but after the show ended I liked her even more. I get in trouble when I say that, because Jordan is like, ‘You didn’t like me on the show, and now you like me!?’ but what I mean is that I like her even more now that I see who she is outside of the BB house.”

That includes what Jordan has decided to do with her newfound wealth, which is to stand by her pre-show promise and buy her mother a home. “Right after the show,” she says, “I got on the Internet, but I couldn’t find anything, and to make matters worse, my mom was being so picky. But I finally found something, and when my mom looked at it she fell in love with it!”

Another effect of Jordan’s run on the show, her newfound celebrity, came into play when sitting down with the builders of the house. “We closed on Wednesday,” she said, “and I had put an offer on the house that was lower than what they were asking, and they took it because they were fans of the show, and they knew who I was. They just wanted an autograph, not even an autographed picture!”

And what does a new Lloyd family home mean for the happy couple? Well, for the first time in years, Jordan, who unabashedly admitted on national television to being forced to share a bedroom with her mother, finally has four walls to call her own. “I got my bed back!” she says. “My bed was at my best friend Chelsea’s house, and now I have that back for my room.”

After being locked up together for three months, and non-stop side-by-side, it’s hard for the pair to say that things have moved fast, but in the short period since season 11 ended, there have been trips to each other’s hometowns and meet-the-parents moments, although to these Big Brother veterans, those weren’t big feats.

“I thought that the biggest hurdle in a relationship was taking a dump in front of each other,” Jeff says with a laugh. “We cleared that in the Big Brother house. As far as the relationship goes we have a leg up. We’ve fast forwarded a year!”

As for whether or not things have gotten intimate, or to use Jordan’s bizarre euphemism, whether or not “booger” is in their immediate future, the Southern belle plays it close to her chest, and says with a laugh, “I think he’s waited long enough.”

Big Brother 11 Finale: Jordan Wins!

It's been a long road to travel, but last night 'Big Brother 11' finally ended. And thankfully, Natalie did not win! Congratulations are in order for Jordan Lloyd. This year's winner of the $500,000 prize.

Here's a recap of the finale show:

The top of the show was all about how the three remaining Houseguests psyched themselves out and lied to each other. Natalie asked Kevin if they were still sticking to their plan and he assured her that all systems are go. But, of course, he had no intention of taking her to the final two with him (yay Kevin!). Then Kevin asked Jordan if they were still sticking to their plan and Jordan told him to stop asking her because he's making her think that he's going to back out. Lastly, Jordan told Natalie that she is sticking to their plans for the final two - and she means it this time.

The show then went into the Jury House and showed Jeff wanting to see Kevin enter, Russell wanted anyone but Michele and Lydia predictably echoed Jessie's conviction that it will be Michele. So, when Michele walked in, Jessie cheers like a jerk, Jeff says "I'm so disappointed" and Russell told her that he had hoped she would win. Michele revealed details on the second Pandora's Box and how Natalie's boyfriend proposed to her. Jeff's response? "Was he a tool?" Without really answering, she continued on about how Natalie lied to everyone (again) about a double reversal.

It seemed that the Jury House had become pretty sour on Natalie at first, as they watched groaning at her antics, outfits and general attitude - going so far as to call her "Queen of the trailer park". But as we watched them debating on the final 3, it appeared that there wasn't a clear loser. While Natalie never won anything, Jeff was too stuck on his ire at Kevin and I thought that his desire for Jordan to win made others question how deserving she iwas to win. As Russell said, she was the nicest girl in the house but her only game move was attaching herself to Jeff. In the end, they all agreed to put it off until they are down to the final two.

At the final part of the HoH competition, Jordan and Kevin faced each other in a competition that was supposed to gage who knew the members of the Jury House best. It was neck and neck all the way through, forcing Julie to go to a tie breaking question. Which was when Jordan took the final win. Predictably, Jordan cast her vote to send Kevin to the Jury. She apologized to him profusely and it took him a moment to realize he's supposed to leave the house. Outside, Julie asked Kevin if he regretted evicting Michele and his head nearly exploded.

The Jury was brought out and when Kevin joined them, he collected hugs from everyone except Jessie. Even Jeff, though somewhat reluctantly, I'm sure. Lydia told Julie that there were two witches left in the house, which got a rounds of "OOoo!" from the audience. They wee allowed to ask Jordan and Natalie a series of questions, which amounted to the usual "Why do you deserve to win?", "What was your strategy?" followed by the predictable answers. The most interesting moment was when Lydia asked Natalie who she saw as her biggest threat in the jury house and what role she played in their eviction? Being a clearly personal question, Natalie answered just as Lydia would want to hear - that it was her. Michele also asked Natalie why it was so important for her to tell the Jury House about how she is "supposedly engaged". Natalie got a bit touchy and said there is no "supposedly" and that she wanted to share the good news with all her friends in the Jury House.

While casting their votes, the Jury House members were allowed to give a brief statement. Most were nondescript ("I voted strategically"), but Lydia gained the audience favor by coyly grinning "Jordan, I love a good blond". With Chima having been kicked off the show, America was the 7th juror and Julie locked in that vote. But before we got to find out what the count was, the four first evicted Houseguests were brought in.

During their segment, Ronnie brought up all Natalie's lies right away, shocking Kevin and Jordan with her real age, while Casey said the biggest mistake in the game was Jeff falling for Natalie and Kevin's lies about Russell.

Braeden was just impressed with how Jessie got all the girls in bed and no one wants to defend Chima. In fact, they were all still offended by her actions and it's consequences for her team. Ronnie admitted Michele was not the worst person ever, Jessie admitted that his relationship with Lydia was more than platonic, and Jeff agreed that Jordan is on the short list to go to Hawaii. The audience was less than pleased with him for not being more certain about her.

Finally we get to the votes! America cast 11 million votes for Jordan. Next we found out that Jessie voted for Jordan - which shocked everyone. Probably Natalie most of all. Next was Lydia - who also voted for Jordan, and that's it. Jeff would clearly have voted for Jordan, so we automatically knew she was this year's winner. We then heard Russell's vote - which went to Natalie, but then Jeff's vote came up and that's all she wrote. Michele also voted for Jordan and Kevin voted for Natalie.

With her winnings, Jordan mentioned she plans to put a down payment on a house for her family, help her cousins with college and maybe get a new car. Jeff was America's favorite Houseguest, which is not a shock at all. He won the $25,000 prize.

Congratulations to Jordan for winning an awesome season of Big Brother. Until next Summer for the 12th season of Big Brother.

Big Brother: Kevin Goes After Natalie!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … BB does it again!

For the first time in the reality show’s history, the “final three” tag actually lived up to its name. In the midst of a never-ending HoH competition, host Julie Chen dropped the latest BB bomb. No one would follow Michele to the Jury House, and all three of the remaining players would make it to the finale. It was a first, and to put it simply: With half a million on the line, two is company and three is more than a crowd.

The final HoH competition was split into three parts, with Jordan literally stumbling her way out of contention during the first section, saying of her log-rolling misstep, “I kind of zoned out for a second, I would say it was a $500,000 mistake!”

Kevin then made a brilliant play by convincing Natalie to throw the first part of the HoH by swearing on just about everything that he could that he would take the quick-lipped, conniving 24-year-old to the final two. “I swear on everything that I know,” he said, “my man, my everything, my life!” Natalie took the bait, dropping her BB key in a move that she is certain to regret.

“My word means nothing in this game!” Kevin later admitted. “I will swear up and down, left and right … at this point, all that matters is getting Natalie to fall!”

Kevin is the one player that seems to know what the Diary Room is actually for — telling the catty truth! Natalie has coasted through the entire game, giving new meaning to the term, “floater,” and that BB philosophy came back to haunt her when the unassuming Jordan took the second part of the final HoH competition.

While Natalie still feels that she has safety in numbers, Jordan and Kevin face off on Tuesday to decide the scrappy 24-year-old’s fate

Big Brother’s Jeff: I Wish I Kissed Jordan

With matinee-good looks, chiseled abs and a charm that worked on both the ladies and the men in the house, Jeff Schroeder seemed to have it all. But then he quickly ostracized himself from his Big Brother clique and stumbled in the first open competition (”Technotronics” anyone?).

When America came to his aid by granting him the power of the "coup d’etat," the advertising salesman flipped the game on it’s head and seemed well on his way to claiming a cool half million. Now headed to the Jury House, the 30-year old talks about his future with Jordan Lloyd, who he thinks is the strongest player left and what he can expect when he is reunited with Russell Kairouz.

What happened to the kiss you promised to give Jordan?
There were a lot of emotions running through my head. Jordan was the first person that I grabbed and if she would have come with me to the door, I definitely would have [kissed her]. I didn’t leave the way that I wanted to. I wish I would have kissed Jordan and I wish I would have said more encouraging words to both Jordan and Michele.

What did you think when Kevin called your final plea “desperate?”
You want to talk about desperate? How about being the HOH and sleeping downstairs so that no one can talk to Natalie? That’s desperate … Not only that, I left him alone all week after he stabbed me in the back and I get a 30-second plea to stay in a game that’s worth half a million dollars, and he has to take a cheap shot at me as I’m leaving? That’s desperate.

Do you think you made the wrong choice by going after Russell and siding with Kevin and Natalie?
Everyone is confused about me “switching” sides from Russell to Kevin. There were no sides. It was me and Jordan in the end. I wanted to split Michele and Russell up because there was something cooking between them two, and I wanted to get the strongest player that was left in the house. I wouldn’t change anything that I did. I made the decisions and I put it all on my shoulders but if I had won the POV, I personally think that I would have won the game.

You gave Jordan a great pep talk before the eviction ceremony. Do you really think she can win this?
I absolutely believe it! I really think that she has a shot at making it to the final two. Depending on who she goes up against and if she comes up with some big wins late in the game, it’s absolutely possible.

America gave you the coup d’etat, which you used to flip the game on its head. How shocked were you when they revealed it to you?
It was actually overwhelming and I don’t think I did a good enough job in thanking America for that because I was actually speechless. I was wishing for something the entire game and I felt like my back was to the wall and this was a gift from above. It was the best feeling in the world to know hat someone outside the game was on my side.

Who do you think has played the best game so far?
Hats off to Michele. She comes through in the clutch, she has big wins and proves herself time and time again. To this day I cannot figure her out, which is probably a really good quality to have in this game. The difference between Michele and Kevin is Michele bends the truth and Kevin is a straight out someone that cannot be trusted.

Is there a future for you and Jordan outside the BB house?
It’s hard to have a relationship on that show, in that house. I definitely want to maintain a close friendship with Jordan outside of the house and if something evolves from there, great. If it doesn’t, I don’t want to jeopardize the friendship that we have.

Who is going on your Hawaiian vacation with you?
Hawaii is still a question mark for me. Let’s just say that Jordan is on a very short list.

You’re headed to the Jury House that is filled with people that feel that they have a bone to pick with you. How excited are you for your new digs?
Very! But really, I’m not threatened or scared at all to go into that house. Russell’s bark is way louder than his bite. I’m actually excited to see if those three have grown as people now that the game is behind them. I understand that I’m going to get my stones, so right when I walk in, let them have their party. Their wish came true.