There's a new head of house, but the cloud of the coup d'etat hangs over any decisions made this week. Chima, Natalie, and Jessie think that Jordan has the power. Here are the evening's happenings into the dawn from that Big Brother House of French Phrases:
- Kevin mentioned that the remaining houseguests are all on the jury now. For me, that would have been reason enough to oust Ronnie. I would NOT want an extended vacation with that twerp! Jessie's a stronger player and possibly a threat, but he's nowhere near as personally annoying as Ronnie.
- Chima told Kevin she'd have him host the PoV comp and she won't put him on the block.
- Natalie is a bit offended by the makeover question and answer on the live show.
- Jeff thinks that Russell ended up sad over the Ronnie eviction -- Ronnie had been giving Russell a lot of game advice and things had changed between them between nomination and eviction.
- Jeff and Jordan are still thrilled with Ronnie's eviction.
- Jeff told Jordan that if they're put on the block, they'll know it came directly from Natalie and Jessie.
- Lydia told Jeff that she knows he has the power and he's a good actor. He denied it.
- Chima says she won't put up Jessie, Natalie, Jordan, Jeff, or Kevin. Um ... that leaves Russell, Lydia, or Michele.
- Jessie is gleeful over getting past week four.
- I really should use "gleeful" more often. It's a fun word.
- Natalie is sure either Jordan or Jeff have the power. She kept bulldogging them about making three enemies if they use it.
- Michele and Kevin hope the power won't bring back a houseguest. No way do they want Ronnie in the house again.
- Natalie and Jordan talked about how cute Drew (BB5) was. Natalie thinks both Jessie and Jeff are very cute. At least she knows cute (when it comes to Jeff!).
- Michele told Jeff that Natalie must think he has the wizard power because she's been saying he's cute for the past two days.
- Heh.
- Chima got her HOH room -- cornmeal, photos which didn't thrill her a lot, a letter from home. Lots of fake smiles.
- Chima said that her baby picture proves she was born with her lips, they're not surgically enhanced.
- Chima was a bit upset that the letter was "old." It was stamped with a date and apparently BB must ask all the family members to write them at the beginning of the season.
- Chima and Jessie told Russell that his personal beef with Ronnie cost them numbers.
- Meanwhile, Chima is quite adamant that she'd like to put Russell on the block.
- Russell apologized once again to Chima and mentioned that he apologized in the Julie Chen HOH talk, too.
- Kevin has broken out in a rash. He sees the dermatologist later today. He's hoping it's not measles or chicken pox.
- Don't they have vaccinations for both of those things these days? Wouldn't he have immunity?
- I think it could be a stress reaction to being in a house of fools. But I'm no doctor. I don't even play one on TV.
- Jeff, Jordan, and Michele noted that Russelll is spending time with the others now that they have the power once again.
- Natalie is still campaigning to get Lydia away from Jessie. She'd like to see her on the block.
- Jessie says that if he goes against Lydia, he goes against two people -- Lydia and Kevin.
- Natalie told Jeff she knows he doesn't have the coup d'etat. She thinks Jordan won it.
- Jessie and Natalie argued about the virtues of Lydia.
- It looks to me like Chima will most likely put Russell and Michele on the block. We'll know later tonight.
- I leave you with a cup of tea to get your day going.
Sigh. My favorite for the win came in second -- Brandon. Janine won the season. Sniffle.
The show has started here on the East Coast. As it airs, this post will be updated with the major events. Later on tonight, my full review of the episode will be up on TV Squad. But ... (and here's where you come in) ... the real fun is in the comments! Everyone's welcome to participate, snack, and imbibe. Just clean up your own messes! Please remember the houseguests are fair game for criticism, but your fellow commenters aren't. Merci!A huge thank you goes to Zoetawny for the Ronnie is a Rat graphic!
Jeff won the coup d'etat. :-) He wisely chose to leave tonight's nominations stand.
The voting to evict:
Kevin --> Ronnie
Natalie --> Lydia
Chima --> Lydia
Jessie --> Lydia
Michele --> Ronnie
Jeff --> Ronnie
Jordan --> Ronnie
By a vote of 4-3, Ronnie is evicted.
CHIMA won HOH based on the calls from last night memory.
It's the wee hours of the morning. It's in the vicinity of 3:00 AM there in the Big Brother house. And, once again, they're still up and not drunk. - Natalie took a shower. I know. I'm in shock, too.
- Russell bashed Michele to Lydia, told her about the PhD. Now, there's a big bash, eh?
- Chima, Lydia, and Russell got into another brouhaha rehashing the previous brouhaha.
- Ronnie said he'll bash Michele in his speech on the live eviction show.
- Natalie, in particular, is coming up with scheme after scheme to save Ronnie. Most are off in left field.
- Everyone thinks their dire enemy in the house has the "wizard power." I've seen nothing which indicates anyone in particular has it.
- Ah, interesting. Ronnie, Jessie, his pit bull, and Russell are talking. Ronnie said if he makes it through and wins HOH, he'll nominate Jeff and they'd vote him out.
- "I can't do that," Russell told them. The man has some scruples although he's allowing the bunch to use him.
- I wonder if Natalie would ever use her harebrained schemes to save her own butt. Some of them are outright ludicrous.
- I expect today to be rather uneventful in the house as we gear for the live eviction and coup d'etat reveal.
- But Natalie will surely keep scheming for Ronnie.
- Ronnie is walking around in his underwear waking people up.
Well, I last posted about the brouhaha. We haven't had another major one yet, just some skirmishes. But that's not saying than nothing has been going down in that Big Brother House of Deceptive DIngbats.
- Lydia is all down, wants to hurt herself, and had to pack. Earlier she mentioned that she was told in the DR that if she does anything to hurt herself, they'll remove her from the house.
- Again, I say better psychological testing is needed.
- Chima and Michele blame Russell for all the stress in the house.
- I blame the pit bull and buddies.
- Lydia screamed at Natalie.
- What else is new?
- Chima tried telling Lydia that Kevin through her under the bus.
- Lydia had Kevin write the word "perspective" on her forearm with make-up.
- I recall the first season, there was no make-up other than Jamie's infamous lip gloss. She'd hide behind the sink to apply it.
- Ronnie is still trying to work Jordan and Jeff. It ain't working. They blatantly told him they don't trust him and never will.
- Natalie claims to not know how to use a tampon.
- Maybe she doesn't know the mechanics of a washcloth, either.
- They were all in and out of the Diary Room recording goodbye messages.
- There have been no hints on the coup d'etat. I keep hoping someone will look up at the cameras while alone and thank America.
- Natalie told Jordan and Jeff that she will be the sole vote to evict Ronnie, just a sympathy vote, just wanted them to know.
- That's part of the scheme she hatched with Jessie.
- The annoying phone calls started coming in and they're running every fifteen minutes as I type this report.
- I know a song that really gets on your nerves. Yes, yes it does. Make it stop.
- Lydia thinks Jessie is behind trying to destroy her relationship with Kevin.
- She loves him, she hates him. He hurt her, she wants to hurt herself. Lydia talked a long time with Jessie.
- He claims that he hasn't cast his vote yet, so she has no case to complain that he's voting against her.
- A common theme to the calls is calling for Natalie to bathe. Heh.
- They think they have to memorize the calls.
- Right now it's not looking like a solid exit for Ronnie.
- I'm irked. But if Lydia is so unstable that she's talking about cutting herself and stuff ... it might be in her best interest to get her out of there.
- I'd still rather Ronnie leave.
- Now Michele is crying to Jordan and Jeff about Russell.
