BB23: HOH and Nominations Show Blog Party - August 15

 

Good evening! I hope all is well with you and yours! Tonight's show should be the HOH as they didn't show that Thursday, nominations and, I believe, the start of the High Rollers room twist. It's hard to tell these days. Since this is a show post, it's a NO SPOILERS ZONE. That means no spoilers from the live feeds as some folks only read the show posts and we know the show is a few days behind the action of real time.

I will be live-blogging, updating this entry with the major happenings, as the show airs here on the East Coast. 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 there!

Sitting through the "previously on" segment. I just can't go back to the past!

We pick up the action and the backyard is full of musical instruments. It's the BB Lounge. The comp is "Name That Croon." It's one of the comps in which they pair each other off in a face to face. They have to tell which of the three types of comps -- HoH, Wild Card, Veto -- the song depicts. 

The first random pairing is Britini and Claire. Claire is out. Britini picks SarahBeth and Kyland to face off. SarahBeth out. Kyland chooses Britini and Azah. Britini out. Azah chooses Kyland and Alyssa. Alyssa out. Kyland chooses Azah and Derek F. Derek out. Azah chooses Tiffany and Hannah. Hannah out. She chooses Azah and Kyland. Azah out. She's mad because he didn't let her win. Next is Xavier and Tiffany. Xavier out. Final round is Tiffany and Kyland. Tiffany out even though Kyland tried to throw it to her. She rang in with the wrong answer. KYLAND WINS HOH!

Tiffany is crying because she knows he won't nominate SarahBeth. Azah is mad because he had agreed to throw the comp to her and didn't. Well, perhaps she should have tried to win for herself? She is worried that Britini will go home. Xavier tries to console the miserable. 

And, gee, Derek F is giving Kyland game advice. Kyland tells him that Claire, Alyssa and Britini could be targets. Tiffany tells Xavier she is worried that Claire will go on the block. Tiffany tells him that she feels closer to some outside the Cookout than in it.

Azah talks to Kyland. He tells her (when she asks) that he kept picking her to go up because of her tight ties with Britini. She demands to speak of her feelings. She's very salty for someone who hasn't won anything, isn't she? She thinks he's thinking of his own game while he claims he's looking out for the Cookout Six.

Claire talks to Kyland. She hasn't talked much to him the past few weeks. She offers to help him by voting the way he wants. She suggests a Joker or Xavier. Derek F talks to him. He is suggesting all non-Cookout members and SarahBeth as a pawn. No way. Kyland suggests putting Britini on the block and Derek F balks at that. Kyland asks him if he would go up as a pawn and he reluctantly agrees to protect Britini and Azah.

Nomination ceremony -- Kyland first nominates Claire, then Derek F. He says actions taken in yesterday's comp caused him to re-evaluate his position in the house.

Azah is confused. Derek F tells us he isn't telling them that he's a pawn because they would slip up and say something. Tiffany is upset that Claire is up there, especially with a Cookout member.

The High Rollers Room is open! It's a casino. They can gamble for greatness. They can bet on $50 is Veto Derby betting on one player to win veto and getting a second veto, $125 can remove a nominee, $250 coin of destiny, call coin toss and overthrow the HOH.

Sarahbeth - 50, uses it to play veto derby which entails sliding a cup down a shuffleboard lane. She will receive the number of points she earns in three shots.

Hannah - 75, saves money

Xavier - 75, saves money

Britini - 100, saves money

Azah - 50, saves

Alyssa - 50, saves

Kyland - 50, plays the veto derby

Tiffany - 75, plays the veto derby, all  three fall

Derek X - 100, saves money

Derek F - 100, plays the veto derby

Claire - 50, plays veto derby

Kyland calls all to the living room. The results of the veto derby -- 

1st - Kyland

2nd - Derek F

3rd - Claire

4th - SarahBeth

They can place their bets after the veto players get drawn.

And that's it ...