BB23: High Rollers, Nominations Show Blog Party - August 22

 

Good evening! I'm preparing this ahead and I'm not sure if the show will even air here as the television has been All Henri All the Time All Day. Yes, there has been a ton of rain and it's still raining here in NJ just outside NYC. But, unlike Sandy which was all about the wind, Henri is about the rain. I personally haven't been affected as I haven't had to go out and don't even live on the ground floor.

Anyway ... hopefully, as the show airs I will be updating this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please feel free to join in on the fun!

And, YES! They stopped the storm coverage and the show is ON! Sitting through "Previously on..."

We pick up the action after the HOH. SarahBeth brags to the Diary Room about her HOH win. The edit has Derek F happy about still being there (although he knew he was a pawn) and happier about the kiss from Kyland. People, other than Kyland, are a bit worried about the nominations SB will make. He tells us he has to steer her away from Cookout members without saying such.

Azah is crying over Britini. If not for the Cookout, she would have been her final two choice. Tiffany is not happy with the SarahBeth win. After all, she's been trying to get SB on the block!

Derek F is tired of losing. Um. Well. It actually could have been predicted in a physical comp when you consider the competition. Xavier feels safe with SarahBeth as HOH. Derek X is pretty sure SB will go after him as he nominated her.

The High Rollers comp available is the Chopping Block Roulette. The winner saves someone off the block and spins the roulette wheel to name the re-nomination. Pure chance!

Derek F tries to mend fences with Tiffany. She says they aren't on two different pages, they're reading two different books. I like that! She is NOT making this easy for him! Heh.

Kyland and SB talk. She tells him that she trusts Claire and Tiffany, but isn't sure about Alyssa, Xavier or Derek X. Of course, he feels he has to try to sway her away from nominating Xavier. She wants the Chopping Block Roulette used this week. 

She talks to the others one-on-one. Alyssa agrees and actually wants to play but lets SarahBeth think she's playing it for her. Claire cannot afford it as she spent last week. Derek X says he's willing but would prefer to save for next week's Coin of Destiny. Derek F won't be playing as he doesn't want SB to know he got the $100 BB Bucks last week.

Derek X wonders to Claire and Tiffany about who Azah might be working with. It turns out he was just trying for a reaction from Tiffany. He thinks Xavier is working with Tiffany and it seems to be dawning on him about the Cookout. Meanwhile, Azah is really worried about SarahBeth while Derek F is just given to fate.

SarahBeth tells Kyland that everyone is after them. She mentions Alyssa. Kyland tells us the biggest threat to the Cookout is Derek X. He steers her away from Xavier. Kyland suggests Derek X on the block but she thinks he would be a backdoor. She wants to set up the initial nominations so she can get him. Two pawns on the block. She's thinking Xavier and Claire.

Time for the Nominations. SarahBeth nominates Derek F, then Claire. She says it's because it's a complicated week, not personal, respects both as players and friends. She tells us neither is her target, but she wants Derek X. Tiffany doesn't want Claire to go just yet but has no BB Bucks to take a chance to save her. Hannah tells Derek X that she doesn't think he's a target. But she doesn't want two Cookout members up.

High Rollers is open -- Claire $100 but cannot afford to play / Azah $50 cannot afford / Hannah $75 saves for next week / Xavier $75 saves / SarahBeth $50 cannot afford / Tiffany $50 Cannot afford / Alyssa $75 plays game of balance and skill standing on a disk rolling a ball around the edge judged by laps around - she got 19 / Kyland $50 cannot afford / Derek F $100 saves it / (Kyland tells Derek X he shouldn't play) Derek X $100 saves it for Coin of Destiny. (Sigh)

Only the winner's name is revealed -- Alyssa (only one who played, but they don't know that). She takes Derek F down. She does not want to land on Xavier with the roulette wheel. She spins the wheel ... Xavier is on the block with Claire! Alyssa feels terrible that she put her best ally on the block. She had no clue about the Cookout and isn't a part of it.