Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Special - HoH Endurance Comp Updates - August 1

As soon as the live feeds come back on, I'll be updating this post with news, screen caps of the comp and (ultimately) the winner of HoH. Why wait until Sunday?

10:10pm ET all still in

Quad cam 10:13pm ET

The barrel stopped, then started again.

Brief cut to trivia 10:17pm ET. Back, Spencer is huffing and puffing.

10:21pm ET, after blurts of trivia mixed with feeds, it stops again. It had been going fairly fast. Spencer seems to have the most problem with it.

Spencer out, Candice, Helen out in a row when it goes backward. Then Elissa. Andy off. Trivia keeps cutting in and out, hard to tell. Amanda out. Judd out, too.

10:30pm ET

Jessie, McCrae and GinaMarie are the only ones still in the comp and we're having extended trivia on the live feeds.

10:36pm ET - GM, McCrae and Jessie still on

10:41pm ET -- GinaMarie promises safety to McCrae, Jessie and Amanda, as well as the room to the couple ... if she wins.

10:47pm ET - Jessie out. GinaMarie is really trying to convince McCrae to drop. They say they have each other, but both want to win.

10:50pm ET - McCrae yells for Rich (producer) to open the doors and let all the watchers inside. Ready to deal? Rich doesn't do it.

GinaMarie seems more solid on the barrel than McCrae at this point. It's the going backwards that's killing them.

10:57pm ET - Still the two up. GinaMarie says she really needs her hair dye. Yeah, she really does. She has a point.

10:59pm ET - McCrae goes down -- it seemed to be a real fall. GINAMARIE IS THE NEW HOH!!

"Did I win? Did I win?"

I think Candice got the money and, for some odd reason, Spencer got a megaphone(?). Helen had something with writing on it. Slop pass maybe? I'm not sure. The feeds cut in and out through that and I've only picked up bits and pieces here and there.

BB won't let the smokers smoke. It's been two days. But there's too much straw in the backyard.

Spencer has to have the megaphone until nominations. My neighbors aren't going to like that.

Big Brother 15: Live Eviction, HoH Comp Show Blog Party - August 1

Who's ready for the party? As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page for the latest news. In the event that the HoH competition is an endurance one, I'll be making a separate post to update that from the live feeds (once they return).

The real party is always in the comments, though. Come join us there!

So, far we have the recap and various camps campaigning their own agendas for tonight's vote. The editing makes it look like there's a big chance Candice will go home. We'll just see about that.

 A visit to Judd's family and town.

Speech time! Amanda -- says hi, not ready to go, McCrae, scary, engaged. Candice -- says hi, one tough cookie, don't worry about me, not ready to go, Howie. Howard -- Thanks God, says hi, vote with your own mind, don't play it safe.

The votes --

Helen - Howard
Elissa - Howard
Spencer - Candice
McCrae - Howard
Andy - Howard
Judd - Howard
GinaMarie - Howard
Jessie - Howard

No more Howard-a-Day screen caps on the blog!

America is the MVP again this week. We get to pick a nominee again!

HoH comp time -- old time country street setting, Bull in a China Shop, stay up on a rolling barrel and hold onto their bull the longest time.

Oh, geez. Amanda is probably good at holding her bull!

No Have Nots this week.

First three to jump off open boxes. One contains 5 grand.

Double eviction next Thursday!

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Wednesday Night into Thursday - July 31-Aug. 1

Howard-a-Day

Well, the time is dwindling for one hamster and it's back to just about unanimously a vote for Howard to go. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Pancakes:

• When I last left you, Jessie was hiding under the covers avoiding the world.
• Elissa got her to poke her eyes out and start talking.
• Then it was Helen and Elissa talking to her (and her responding).
• Then it was just Helen talking to her.
• Jessie was upset because Amanda had been interrogating her the night before.
• She is scared of everything she might say or has said in the house.
• Jessie is definitely a bit too fragile to be in this house of hate and deceit.
• It's more fitting of an Amanda, for sure.
• Elissa agreed with Jessie that Amanda has been bullying everyone in the house, not just her.
• At least they didn't report back to the others every word she said like Andy did earlier. He went and told everyone that she was scared of talking to anyone after he promised not to.
• Well, he told everybody but Judd.
• And Howard and Candice as they were otherwise occupied.
• Judd told Elissa he'd never put her on the block.
• Aaryn thinks that Judd and Jessie are up to something.
• Andy and Judd hashed out their differences and shook hands, friends again.
• Helen told Judd that she was the one who decided that Howard and Spencer would go on the block. Why would she not vote for her nominee?
• She told Judd that they (Judd and herself) should talk more. She told him that she's gotten out everyone she's wanted to so far.
• Judd told Helen that he's not as close to Jessie as everyone thinks he is.
• He pledged loyalty to Helen, Amanda, McCrae and Andy.
• Well, at least that might keep him safe for a while.
• Maybe.
• For a while, there was frivolity in the house! Yeah, I know that's amazing.
• They did a whole music-less Harlem Shake dance from room to room.
• Everybody, including Candice and Howard, joined in.
• A hilarious time was had by all.
• Amanda thought that Andy should marry her and McCrae in case she gets evicted.
• Well, that he should perform the marriage, that is.
• Several attended, but not Candice and Howard.
• It was no glorious trashbag wedding as we saw with Brendon and Rachel.
• Aaryn cried because any and all plans of trying to keep Howard instead of Candice have fallen to the wayside.
• After all, she hates Candice. Candice is the one who started all the racial talk BS, after all.
• @@
• It looks like Howard out the door tonight.
• It also looks like we're in for an endurance HoH.

Harlem Shake in Have Not

Harlem Shake time

Andy marries Amanda and McCrae

Attending the wedding

Meanwhile, in another room

Jessie came back to life

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Wednesday into the Evening - July 31

A thrill a minute

What's been happening inside that Big Brother House of Hate?

• Nothing much today, nothing much at all.
• They've been on indoor lockdown since 5am for the building of the HoH comp in the yard.
• Helen did a lot of housecleaning, including cleaning the mirrors in the house.
• BB thanked her.
• Other than Helen, no one was up before 1pm (their time).
• Gah.
• Last night's discarded Save Howard Plan by Aaryn, Jessie and GinaMarie caused more unrest while Candice thought that others were scheming to evict her.
• And, Andy's trying to throw the blame for all the rumors on Judd.
• Needless to say, in the house of discomfort, there's even more discomfort.
• So, they napped some more.
• Aaryn is positive that Judd is the MVP.
• Helen told McCrae that Judd wants to evict him once they hit jury, figuring McCrae would vote for him to win.
• Andy wants Judd out.
• Things aren't looking too great for Mumbling Man.
• But, at least he's not up on the block.
• This week.
• Aaryn really thinks it would be better for her own game for Candice to go home instead of Howard.
• Where are Candice and Howard?
• Exiled together napping, cuddling and talking all day.
• I'd say that's not helping either of them. But they do seem to have more problems when they try talking to people in the house.
• They think, as I do, that tomorrow's HoH comp will be an endurance one.
• Yet they nap most of the day and probably will be awake for most of the night.
• The big excitement of the day so far has been Jessie Drama.
• She hid under the covers in one room and refused to talk to anyone.
• Everyone except Howard and Candice even tried an intervention telling her they love her and it didn't work.
• Knowing how she's been about seeking friends, I bet she actually smiled under the blankets.
• "They like me! They really like me!" -- credit to Sally Fields.
• But, nah.
• She finally told Andy (alone) that she was scared to talk to anyone because everything always gets so twisted.
• So, there's the day in the house. 
• It sucks to be them, huh?

A bible and a banana

Napping

Napping

Napping Howard-a-Day

Clownie never naps

Big Brother 15: MVP Nomination, PoV Show Blog Party - July 31

Everybody got their beverages and snacks at hand? The party's starting! As tonight's show airs here on the East Coast, I'll post the major events right here. To get the latest news, refresh the page.

But, if you came to party and discuss the show with others ... head to the comments! Please, though, I do ask that things are kept to a PG-level. Thank you in advance!

Amanda is the MVP nomination -- of course, she blames Howard. The additional veto players are Candice and Jessie. Helen is the host.

Veto comp time! Mad scientist Helen is in the time lab. They must travel back in time to solve a puzzle in prehistoric backyard times. Spencer wins PoV!

Aaryn is leaning towards Candice as the replacement nominee. But we all knew that would happen.

Veto meeting time. Spencer saves himself and Aaryn puts Candice on the block. No surprises there.