Big Brother 20: Hacker Comp, Nominations Blog Party - August 12

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging it -- 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 discussion!

Please remember the show posts, like this one, are spoiler-free zones. While many already know the PoV winner and more, it has not played out on the show.  

Uh-oh. I did indeed jinx it last week when I said I was shocked there have been no East Coast delays. Golf. Gah. It will start about 8:20pm here. I can't talk about it until it starts!

Finally, we're to the "previously on" segment (which I refuse to write up).

We pick up where they said goodnight to Julie. Haleigh is pumped, she expected to be the target this week. Tyler isn't a happy camper that she won, but knows he has his Cloud power. Fessy was tired of being "on the wrong side of the vote" and felt he had to vote with the house last week. He's all over Haleigh, of course.

Haleigh thinks either she, Rockstar or Fessy must win the Hacker comp. Sam is all sad, telling Rockstar she didn't vote against her but for Bayleigh. Tears and more tears. After all, she and Bayleigh were some sort of soulmates after one week of friendship. 

Tyler and Kaycee are over Sam. Tyler tried to get her to vote Bayleigh out all week and even told her of his power. In a DR bit, she tells us that she thinks it's a lie and, if it isn't, he should have told her sooner. (She is the ONLY one he told!) Tyler is thinking Sam is dangerous for his game.

Sam is crying more. Kaycee and Angela think that she needs to be a nominee. They also want to not have two Level 6 members on the block.

Brett is planning to infiltrate the other side, gather info and flirt with Haleigh.

Haleigh and Rockstar talk -- Tyler is Haleigh's target but she feels he would need to be backdoored. Thinking of Sam, he tries to tell Haleigh she needs to think of the jury and make the least amount of "splash." Angela also pushes for a Sam nomination. Haleigh, in the DR, tells us she will consider putting Sam on the block next to her (Angela).

Then a teary Sam talks to Haleigh, crying that others are making fun of her. Sam cries to us in the DR about how mean everyone is (for playing the game of BB) -- she wants to make friends. @@

A segment on Fessy and Haleigh. He's definitely more into her than she is him. She's trying to play the game. He's clueless about so much BB. 

Oh my gosh, Sam is talking crazy stuff about maiming and killing people to JC. Tyler is eavesdropping. Eek!

Tyler and Haleigh talk. Tyler tells us that, if he uses the power at nom, he could still be backdoored. He wants Haleigh to not put him up in the noms, but if she backdoors him, that's okay. She is confused by him, but would love to backdoor him. Tyler told her if he wins veto, he'll do what she wants with it. 

Time for the nominations ceremony. Tyler tells us he's taking the chance of not using his Cloud app. Haleigh nominates Angela, then Kaycee. She says Angela because of the Bayleigh thing and Kaycee because she doesn't speak. From the DR, Haleigh tells us her target is Tyler.

Tyler tells Kaycee and Angela the plan is to backdoor him. They need to win the Hacker comp and veto to get both off the block.

Haleigh trusts Brett. She wants him to keep the noms the same if he wins the Hacker comp. Heh. Brett lets us know he won't abide by any wishes of hers.

Hacker comp time! Same hotel hallway scene. Same desks and computers. Hack the cameras in the BB house. Identify the room the camera shown is in each round.

Tyler is as bad as JC at it! Thankfully for Tyler, Kaycee is good at it. Kaycee wins the Hacker comp! Scottie was one point behind her. 

Unlike Bayleigh, Kaycee tells her alliance. They decide only the four -- Brett, Tyler, Angela and Kaycee -- will know, no peripherals like JC or Sam. 

The Hacker screen calls all to the living room. Kaycee is removed from the block. Rockstar is placed on the block in her place.

Big Brother 20: Live Feeds Friday, Hacker! - August 10

After nominations Kumbaya My Lord

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Hacking Hamsters:

• Nominations came through early this morning.
• Well, early for them.
• Always blocked to the feeds, there apparently were no brouhahas, not even a kerfuffle.
• As a matter of fact, it seemed sickeningly sweet as the cameras showed them all hugging.
• I call Fake Hugs!
• As I mentioned in my last quick update, it's Kaycee and Angela on the block -- totally expected.
• Level 6/4 might be down to 6/3. It's hard for both them and me to read Brett since Haleigh became HoH.
• Brett is Haleigh's personal favorite boy-toy in the house.
• I haven't seen him breaking away for quick updates with Level 6/4. But we've seen him play the act before.
• Angela, Tyler and Kaycee have decided they've lost Scottie ... if they ever really had him.
• Sam is still weird and is BFF with Rockstar who considers her expendable, at least in the game.
• JC is still running back and forth.
• Ah, but then the feeds got blocked for the Hacker Comp.
• Unlike last week, this time the Hacker told her (yes, her) alliance.
• It was Kaycee.
• She saved herself and put Rockstar in her place.
• So, now it's Rockstar and Angela on the block.
• Tyler, Kaycee and Angela are scheming to keep all of them safe this week.
• Although I didn't see him say it, it sounds like he told them of his Power App.
• Rockstar, Fessy and Haleigh are pretty sure that Kaycee is probably the Hacker because of the Kaycee save/Rockstar up scenario. They think that Kaycee is too chicken to get blood on her hands and put up someone who has already been on the block before.
• They also think the Hacker, especially if it's Kaycee, will choose Tyler to play in the Veto comp.
• Haleigh, who's been telling Fessy her target is Tyler (but not emphasizing the Tyler bit so much to either Scottie or Brett ... hmm) has said that if it is Kaycee, she's so mad that if Angela comes down, she'll re-put Kaycee right back on up there.
• Tyler took the still chronically crying Sam aside and gave her a big pep talk about how great she is and they pinky-promised she would keep her head up.
• I don't care. I'm over her. 
• But, since Tyler had only confided in her about his power before, he probably feels he needs to cover his bases. He doesn't need her mad at him and telling her new BFF Rockstar.
• To Sam's credit, I actually don't think she'd tell.
• But I wouldn't have thought she'd lose it this past week, either.
• He told her that he felt at the time he had to tell someone and trusted her.
• He also told her that he will use it if he thinks the veto will be used.
• Hmm.
• She BETTER not spill the beans!
• Tomorrow is the veto comp. Scottie thinks it will be OTEV. That person all the spoiler sites get inside info from says it will be OTEV.
• Well, um. It's the right time of season for OTEV.
• It should be interesting!  

On the block together ... for a few hours

BB Voice: I said no climbing on furniture!

Still with Level 6/4 or not?

I saved my beloved Rockstar from a spider

No, Haleigh. I'm not the Hacker.

Pep-talking and pinky promises

So what? I'm on the block again.

Big Brother 20: Hacker Comp, Nominations Show Blog Party - August 5

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging it -- 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 discussion!

Tonight will finally answer the question -- Who is that Masked Hacker? Even on the live feeds, no one has 'fessed up to it. It's pretty amazing that the Sunday shows have started on time here on the East Coast all season so far. Watch ... I probably jinxed it now. 

I'm sitting out the "previously on" segment. If you don't know by now ...!

Brett is giddy over his speech and staying! Rockstar cries because she wanted the HoH win so bad. She cried so much that her eyelash fell off in the Diary Room. Angela wants to out Bayleigh's power app. Angela is still smug about Rachel going. Tyler went to Bayleigh just before the vote to tell her he HAD to vote out Rachel because she told him Bayleigh had the power app and other lies. 

Bayleigh confronts Brett. He insists he threw Rachel under the bus, not her. Bayleigh is firm that he wanted her to look like an idiot. Of course, Brett was her target -- she needn't get herself so worked up about what he said or did.

Fessy frustrated that he's voted "wrong" four times and is clueless. JC throws out names other than his own for the vote. Bayleigh needs to "get to the bottom" right now over the flip votes. Rockstar cries more. She didn't need Bayleigh being nasty to her! How to alienate your own alliance ...!

Tyler, Kaycee and JC celebrate their victory. Tyler puts his befuddled look on for a time with Fessy and Rockstar.

They're all called to the living room with the Hacker Comp on the screen. The BB Hacker can hack the noms after the nomination ceremony, removing one nom and replacing. Can pick a veto player. Can eliminate one hamster vote on eviction night. 

Sam calls a house meeting. She has a plan to knock down the Hackers Comp crisis. She suggests all make sure she wins, all go in and refuse to participate. She will win and vow to not use it. She means to give control back to them, but no one is buying it. (It is a silly plan.)

Level 6 down to four, are amazed they're doing so well. Angela suggests putting up Rockstar and Scottie, maybe a backdoor Bayleigh. If one of them get the Hacker win, they could even put up Bayleigh anonymously.

Baykeigh talks to Angela, thinking she's bonding. They talk about Bayleigh's power app -- she tells Angela she has to use it BEFORE nominations, can't change them. Angela tells us she wants Bayleigh to feel safe and works on that. Angela says she won't nominate Fessy or Bayleigh. She didn't say she wouldn't renom!

Nominations ceremony time! Angela nominates Scottie, then Rockstar. She says it's a weird week and they need to try to win safety. Rockstar cries some more. 

Finally Hacker Comp time. They're in what looks like a hotel hallway heading to their computers. Each round a scrambled BB word on the screen, must type it on keyboard, first three in each round gets a point. One with the most points after seven rounds wins.

Internet rumors were right -- Haleigh wins. She isn't planning on telling anyone.

They get called into the living room.
Scottie comes off and is replaced with Tyler.

Haleigh tells us the Tyler has been riding the fence and playing both sides.

Scottie is honestly shocked. 

Big Brother 20: Live Feeds, Hacker Comp. Friday - August 3

Lots of fish cam and reruns today

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Hacker Hamsters:

• The Hacker Comp had them taken from the house and had to do with typewriting words related to BB from available letters.
• No one admitted to winning it.
• Many think Scottie won it.
• He (like everyone else) denied winning it.
• He might have gone a bit too far in saying it made no sense for him to win. He kept saying he wouldn't be able to play for veto and a few other excuses why it wouldn't make sense for him to win and put someone in his place.
• They got called into the Diary Room one by one.
• And then we got reruns.
• I really didn't want to see Frankie.
• Oh noes!
• The Hacker winner took Scottie off the block and replaced him with ... TYLER.
• Rockstar is very upset.
• Bayleigh thinks someone from "the other side" did it.
• That other side is Tyler's side.
• Hmm.
• It's looking like Scottie to me!
• There's also talk the Hacker winner can replace a vote and another rumor about veto.
• Straight up as is, Tyler would stay over Rockstar.
• Hmm.
• JC, Kaycee and Angela think Bayleigh won it. They're trying to figure out which person's vote she'll cancel and if she will choose herself for veto (?).

Psst. I think either Tyler or Brett won

Will I be in danger?

Brett: I think Scottie has it.

Stop chewing your fingernails!

No, I didn't win it.

I just wish it was over!