Just as an aside, I am so incredibly bored by this season. I think this is the worst one ever. Was the casting department asleep when they found all these folks? There are no interesting personalities this season.
Remember that the casting producers complained that they didn't have enough "minorities" applying for the show, so they had to go out and recruit these folks.
In fact, the spoiler websites claim that of the 20 players this season, only THREE actually sent in applications. All the rest were "hand-picked" by the casting producers and had to be talked into appearing on the show.
If anybody is to blame for a boring season, it's the casting producers.