'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Friday Evening After Eviction 8/18

<--- Will and Erika discussing how it was to leave the house after their seasons.

It's been 24 hours of stunning developments with temperatures running high both in the house and on the Internet. I don't think any of us could have predicted the latest turn of events.

Here's what's happened this evening in that Big Brother House Without a Jedi:

• After the feeds returned, even James seemed a bit bereft - "I've never been in the house without Howie here."
• Janelle was crying and saying she hates Danielle, Erika and Chicken George.
• After James consoled her, Will came along. Janelle told him that she thinks everyone hates her because they all cheered when she lost the HOH game. Will said that was the wrong thing to do. He told her that people fear her as a strong player. He also said that he's embarrassed and would understand her hating him for backstabbing her by voting out Howie. [Editor's note: The more you watch Will, the more you see that he thinks ahead and always says what people want to hear. He also sounds so sincere that it's scary. It is kind of amazing.]
• Ohhh! He told her not to let James fool her. Good. Then he told her he wants to get Mike Boogie (new HOH) to put up Danielle and James.
• They discussed how bad Howie took both the nomination and the eviction. According to Will, he "imploded."
• At the end of their talk, he apologized once again and said he was sorry she felt so bad. "I'm feeling better now, Will." [Editor's note: Do you think I can have Will negotiate a raise for me at my workplace?]
• Meanwhile, James and Danielle blame Janelle for every eviction which has taken place this season.
• Will told Janelle that James voted for Howie to stay just for the possible jury vote. [Editor's note: Aha! He did vote for him! I guess the vote was 2 - 4.]
• Will thinks he has no chance of winning. [Editor's note: I think if anyone should win for people manipulation skills, he should. If he gets to the final two, he just may.]
• James thinks he'll be backdoored within two weeks. [Editor's note: Cool!]
• Apparently Howie really lit into Chicken George at the eviction... and just about everyone else. He just lost it.
• Although she felt better for a bit, Janelle cried again claiming she'll never be happy again. She's to the point of being almost physically ill from working herself up so much.
• While she was upset, James kept asking her if Will said anything to her. Looking for clues? Great timing there, James.
• Mike's HOH room tour got the quietest crowd ever. He kept saying that he didn't know the people in the pictures and wondered if Jonah (production staff) was playing a trick on him. At the mention of Jonah, we got flames. They think the pictures are of Howie's family. Now, that's a quite the error, huh?
• Will got Janelle out of her hiding spot and tried to get her to mingle with others and check out the HOH room.
• Janelle said Will voted Howie out because he called out all the alliances in the house.
• Both Will (especially) and Mike Boogie defended Janelle's behavior to Danielle and Erika. For once, the guys seem to be showing some compassion. [Editor's note: Are pigs flying over Hoboken?]

The mood in the house is pretty subdued. It seems that the majority of the house is saddened not only by Howie's eviction, but the way he went out.

I wonder how he's going to get along with Marcellas in sequester?

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Bulletin

They're back up. Unlike last year they're keeping them going (probably due to the outcry).

Howie was evicted and it appears Mike Boogie is the HOH.

Oy.

Forget sleep for me, I guess. An update will be posted late tonight as I gather information.

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Digest - Friday 8/18

Just when you thought you had them all figured out, you remember you must...

... expect the unexpected. Not necessarily from Big Brother, but from the darn houseguests!

Here are the day's events (and there are plenty of them) from that Big Brother House of Snakes And Other Critters With Bad Reputations:

• Way before dawn, George took the Big Brother Rules Book to study. He's taking this all very seriously and everyone has been pulling him in every direction.
• George told Janelle that the whole house, including James, said they wanted her out.
• He told her he will not put her on the block and he wants to team up with them (Howie and Janelle). He didn't tell them his plans, but asked that they do one more favor for him - don't vote out Erika.
• In one of the few funny moments since late last night, George locked himself out of the HOH room. [Editor's note: Only George, only George!]
• George then went to Erika and told her that he's secured the votes for her to stay, but once again didn't tell her who he'd be putting on the block in James' place.
• Erika pleaded, begged, cajoled, you name it to get George to put up Janelle or Howie. She was unbelievable! Yikes!
• Howie comforted Janelle as she cried. He said George confirmed that James was against them.
• One thing George didn't do (although he SAID the WHOLE house was against her) was to tell her that Woogie was pressuring him to put her on the block. [Editor's note: I think he didn't specify mainly because she was already so upset. Maybe not, I'm not sure.]
• When Janelle asked Howie if he thought Chill Town sold her out, too... he told her no.
• Howie thinks that the others may be lying to George for their own purposes.
• Janelle told Howie she wants Erika out tonight and she had to lie to George. She feels terrible about lying to him.
• Howie wants to go to Woogie and tell them they have to win HOH and nominate James. [Editor's note: Ah, Howie... I thought you were catching on. Maybe not, eh?]
• George kept walking around muttering to himself that he was doing the right thing. [Editor's note: At this point he's the only one who knows what the thing he's doing is!]
• Erika followed him like a puppy dog and he told her he wants to put Will on the block. [Editor's note: Really? Will Will shmooze his way with George?]
• Erika told him that Howie and Janelle are in with Chill Town and won't vote Will out - she would go. [Editor's note: Tears! Whine! Fuss! Oh, no! Almost hysterical!]
• George told her not to tell anyone his plans.
• Erika told George that she thinks the "secret power" Mike has is the ability to change the nominees. [Editor's note: Well, she got that right.]
• She kept at him for what seemed like a decade as he just wanted to relax in the HOH bathtub.
• Danielle told Mike she thought George would put up Will. Mike said he'd work on it.
• Erika ran to Mike Boogie and Danielle and told them that George is planning to put Will on the block. [Editor's note: So much for not telling anyone, huh?]
• She told them not to tell George that she told them. [Editor's note: Well, that fixes it.]
• Mike told James that George wants Will evicted.
• Will said he's fine with being put up on the block.
• Between flame/clouds with annoying music, Will and Mike Boogie worked their mojo on George - Will with the "it's all okay" act, both with "in your best interest in the game" and so on.
• The next thing you know... WHAM... the POV Ceremony has been held and Will is claiming to have a secret weapon... named Janelle! Howie is on the block and when he goes, Will will have Janelle on his side.
• The Woogie theory is: If Janelle leaves, Howie will be mad. But, if Howie leaves, Janelle will run to the cover of Chill Town.
• Apparently Howie called out all the alliances in the ceremony (which we didn't see).
• Howie told George that he promised him he wouldn't be on the block and now he's on the block. Howie told him that if it's a tie, he should do the right thing and save him due to the broken promise.
• George told him he couldn't do it to Janelle and there was no one left. [Editor's note: Danielle, Will, Mike...]
• James isn't thrilled. He wanted Janelle on the block.
• Mike told James that he was surprised George nominated Howie. They had wanted him to nominate Janelle. James wants to vote for Howie to stay. Mike told him that either way, Janelle and Erika would be out soon - LOD!
• Danielle is just befuddled. She'd like to see George's Diary Room segments because she never knows what he's thinking.
• James told Howie he's probably going home as his only votes are Janelle and himself (James). He said that if Chill Town was honest (@@) with their alliances, Erika would only get one vote to stay (Danielle).
• Will and Mike told Janelle they'd vote for Howie to stay. [Editor's note: I guess we'll see about that!]
• Janelle is going through hoops studying and practicing - she said she wants to win HOH today. That sounds like the eviction is tonight and Sunday's show will be taped.
• Erika and Danielle are happy with the turn of events. They're sure Erika will stay.
• Will told Danielle that James plans to vote out Erika. Danielle said, "That'll be two votes against him right there in the jury." [Editor's note: Does she honestly think James will make the Final Two and she won't?]
• Howie packed his bag. (Sniffle)
• Danielle told Erika that James is voting for Howie to stay.
• George talked to Janelle. She told him she didn't care what anyone else did, she'd be voting for Howie to stay.
• For a bit the feeds showed somethiing being set up in the backyard... the HOH comp?
• Will told James that he should vote to evict Howie to prove he's really in their alliance. He said he had to vote to keep Howie, if nothing else than for the jury votes. [@@]
• Will then told Mike that they need to vote for Howie to stay if James won't change his vote.
• Will now wants Erika out, Mike wants her to stay. Will says he will keep Janelle's trust if he votes to keep Howie.
• Woogie went to Danielle for advice. As anyone could guess, she wants them to vote out Howie. Of course.

And there you go. The feeds are down and CBS claims they'll be out until Sunday. We don't know who was voted out. We don't know the new HOH. The same thing went on last year with the double eviction. If I hear anything, of course I'll post. But it looks like I'm going to get a good night's sleep for a change! ;-)

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Bulletin

A full recap of today's events is in the works, but I have to mention a few things...

James used the veto to save himself.
George put Howie (!) on the block.
Feeds have been intermittent and it looked like they were preparing for the HOH comp when the feeds went down... most likely not to return until Sunday. They did this last year with a double eviction, too. However, there was a "slip" and we saw who went missing.

Please stop back for the day's recap to be posted within the hour and I'll update any more information I get on the feeds blackout, too.

Oh... and PLEASE don't judge other commenters here by their favorite houseguests! Everyone is entitled to have their own favorites for their own reasons. It's best to keep the comments directed at the houseguests and their actions than, "You're a jerk because you like ____!" Not only will it make it better for the commenters, but much better for me as I read a few hundred or more emails daily. Yes, I get an email for every comment. Eek, huh? Thank you!

'Big Brother 7: All Stars' - Live Feeds Digest - Overnight Into Friday 8/18

A night of nights, it 'twas.

Here are the overnight events from that Big Brother House of Shifting Confusion:

• Mike took his turn advising George what to do. He told him that, while he has to do what's best for himself, the whole house wants Janelle out. He also told George that Janelle would go after him.
• He also said that he should not win the POV, let someone else win it, then act like he put up Janelle because he had to put up someone.
• George said he picked James because he had a beef with him and he wants him out. He picked Erika because she won 6-0 against Marcellas and he was sure she wouldn't be voted out.
• George said he had a beef with Danielle, too. She lied to him to try to set him up to be the only vote against Erika. Mike tried to put spin on that.
• Mike kept telling George all the reasons Janelle should go.
• Then Mike later told Janelle that he was trying to figure out if George is as dumb as he seems to be or not.
• Danielle thinks George is smart - he wouldn't be on the All Stars show if he wasn't smart.
• George loves his Aruba Scuba HOH gift shirt!
• Janelle read the rules to the Veot comp after saying she had a bad feeling about it.
• The veto comp was blocked, so we didn't see it. But, from the talk afterwards... James, the Veto King, is at it again. He won POV. (Sigh.)
• There were gnomes in the POV comp.
• Danielle asked George if he'd be putting her on the block.
• James trashtalked Janelle and wanted to know who was behind George's nominations. George told him no one was behind them.
• James, now with more attitude, was nasty and condescending as he celebrated his own POV victory.
• George feels he can't trust Danielle.
• Erika hinted to George that he should put up Howie or Janelle in James' place.
• George says he can't go after Howie.
• Most of the house is pressuring him to put up Janelle. Erika told him that if he puts up Danielle, she (Erika) will be voted out. He had intended her to only be the pawn.
• Mike Boogie lied to Janelle and told her he told George she should put up Danielle.
• At the time of this posting, it looks like George is going to replace James with Janelle. He's very upset.