Big Brother 16: PoV Show blog party - July 9

Tonight the folks who just view the show should see some of the drama going on in the house. While it's not the house divided we've seen in the past, there are definite kerfuffles. I like a good kerfuffle almost as much as a good brouhaha, don't you?

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest! However ... if you want to discuss the show with others as it airs, the party goes on down in the comments. Come join us and have an ice cold tasty beverage or two!

Gah. Devin considers himself "the puppetmaster."

Devin's Bomb Squad members are ready to mutiny. They all want to keep Brittany. Ohh ... the Caleb dares to cross Devin brouhaha is coming! The music is perfect!

Frankie and Derrick are the remaining America's Team members. They have the code words "bald eagle" and "apple pie" to find each other.

Veto comp choosing time -- Devin draws Zach, Brittany draws Derrick, PaoPao draws Amber.

Heh. Caleb went to make amends with Devin and told him everyone wants him (Devin) out. Great work there!

Devin calls yet another Devin meeting. He tells them PaoPao threw the comp. Zach is the ONLY one to speak up. Then he admits to Devin he said that he wanted him out, but didn't mean it. Silly Zach.

The Team America mission has to do with either getting two hamsters to kiss, then spreading a showmance rumor or spreading the rumor that a hamster is related to one from a previous season. Ho-hum. It will be up on the website.

Veto comp time with Donny hosting. They're wearing spacesuits and the yard looks like a galaxy. The planets are named after BB "icons." They have to hang the planets, balancing them so none fall to the ground. It's similar to one they had last year hanging toys (I think).

Devin wins the Power of Veto. Eek.

Zach tried to congratulate him and Devin told him he doesn't trust him.

Brittany goes to talk to Devin. Mind you, she's his biggest target (until Zach). She plays the parents card with him. She agrees to be loyal to him, making a deal with the devil. He told her Pao threw the comp. He claims he's looking for good faith.

Poor Devin. He's promised both PaoPao and Brittany he'd be using the veto to save them. And, if he puts Zach up, he's breaking the code of the alliance.

Veto meeting time --
Pao - Only time I'm going to shine, so she strikes poses. @@
Brit - Not a threat, haven't backstabbed. Her target is sitting next to her.

Devin saves Brittany, a single mother of three, etc.

He then puts ZACH on the block.

They're saving the after-veto drama for tomorrow's show. Rats. I wanted a brouhaha TONIGHT!

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds Tuesday night into Wednesday - July 9

Hayden can smile; he's not in the drama

Y'know, I'm actually liking a season without severe "hook-ups" and real showmances. I never watched the show to see couplings and watch hamsters have sex under the covers. I like to see the hamsters actually wearing clothes. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I think casting did the best job they've done in years with this bunch. True, I'd like to see more variety in age, but ...!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Scheming Demons:

• As a person who has worn eyeglasses since the age of eight, I'm really not getting the fascination they get from wearing those fake eyeglasses. Can anyone explain that?
• Another refreshing thing about this season -- it's not the gay guy crying! Heehee!
• It looks like, unless something changes by tomorrow evening, Zach will be the hamster to stay.
• That's as it should be. I'm not a big Zach fan, but he definitely is more into actually playing the game than PaoPao is. 
• PaoPao's not the spitfire she was in the pre-season interviews. About the only thing I like about her is when she talks with Donny. She seems to think the world of him (and not in a creepy way). It's refreshing.
• Of course, it seems that all of them enjoy talking with Donny. Alas, he's going to be a target again probably because everyone does like him. No one would want to be against Donny in the final two.
• Nicole told Donny she had a crush on Cody in the beginning. He advised her to change the discussion to rocks if the Diary Room tried to get her to talk about it.
• Heh.
• Oh noes! (YES!) There's an uprising in the house against Caleb and Devin amongst the house hamsters and the Bomb Squad members!
• Frankie's worried that he will be Cody's target if Cody wins HoH.
• I think Cody would have bigger fish to fry if he wins this week.
• Oh my ... Derrick talked Caleb away from his anti-Zach stance. Now Caleb is saying the only reason he wanted to vote him out is because he said he didn't want to be there.
• Caleb talked to Zach and told him it's likely he'll be staying.
• He told Zach he'll be voting for him to stay because he trusts him.
• Yikes! He drank the Kool-Aid!
• And it tasted good.
• Then Caleb turned around and said he promised to vote to keep PaoPao.
• @@
• Then Caleb told Zach that he wants him to stay.
• Will it go 'round in circles? I'm getting dizzy here. And, it's hard to take a guy with fake eyeglasses and bunny slippers seriously.
• In the Caleb/Zach talk, it's evident that Caleb is definitely drawing the line and splitting apart from his symbiotic twin Devin.
• PaoPao thinks she's more mentally strong than is Zach. Um. I'm not seeing that. 
• Meanwhile, Devin told both Jacosta and PaoPao (separately) all about the Bomb Squad.
• At this point, if there is a Bomb Squad left, it exists without Devin and does keep Zach.
• Realizing his best bro has deserted him, Devin told Frankie he should have put Caleb on the block.
• About the only one even acting like he's on Devin's side is Frankie.
• He's putting himself in a rather precarious situation with that.
• So, as the night dwindles down for them ... it looks like most (if not all) are going to shun Devin's wishes and Zach will stay. 

Devin tells Jacosta about the Bomb Squad

Burning his bridges

Mr. Bunny Slippers talks to PaoPao

Mr. Bunny Slippers talks to Zach Attack

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds into Tuesday evening - July 8

Showing off his gift from PaoPao

Compared to yesterday, it's been a snoozefest today in that Big Brother House of Accumulating Alliances:

• Zach practiced his speech for eviction night.
• Donny told Cody he likes him. No, not in a crush kind of way.
• Cody told Donny he'd really like to keep Zach in the house.
• Then he went into PaoPao throwing the comp once again. It's like a broken record with Zach and Cody.
• Heck, PaoPao got "cat."
• Cody said Devin warned him not to tell people he (Cody) was planning on voting to keep Zach.
• Cody, like the honey badger, don't care.
• Donny thinks they need to get rid of Caleb, then Devin.
• Good luck with that. I'm thinking that both would need to be truly backdoored.
• Donny told Cody he likes Derrick, but thinks Derrick will go with the numbers.
• Donny also told Cody the only ones he really trusts are him (Cody) and Hayden.
• Shrewd guy, that Donny. He's covering the America's Team alliance and not bringing them up in the mix.
• A lot of vote counting is being done. This will NOT be a unanimous vote despite what Devin wants.
• Will he pout? Will he cry?
• Victoria is in a quandary -- she doesn't want to keep Zach because he bullied her and she doesn't trust PaoPao.
• Devin got the HoH camera.
• Woot.
• PaoPao and Donny have kind of an endearing friendship. Nothing weird, mind you. It's kind of like she thinks of him as a grandfather kind of thing. She gave him her headphone necklace and told him to keep it.
• He told her she wasn't going to go home.
• She wants him to keep it anyway.
• Christine is trying to rummage up a 7-5 vote to keep Zach.
• Hmm.
• Derrick thinks that Nicole is playing a game like Andy last year.
• I don't think so!
• That's about it.
• For now.

Brittany and Derrick talk Devin

Frankie's finding the game a bit harder

Cody has had it!

It's the gal's gas grill!

Victoria vs. bok choy, bok choy wins

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds Monday night into Tuesday - July 8

Zankie falls apart

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Testosterone Lads:

• In addition to the yearly BB voice reminding them not to sing, this year it's been telling them not to quote movies.
• Now, THAT is Big Brother!
• There have been severe ant problems in the yard. It won't be long until they're in the kitchen again. Some things never change.
• I don't believe any fish have died yet, though.
• Brittany is really scared she'll be targeted next week. 
• Not if Devin has anything to say about it! He's gone all Caleb over her!
• She knows he's been flirting with her, but she doesn't know the full extent of his infatuation.
• Zach has been campaigning to stay and thinks he is near having the votes.
• Zach claims that all Devin had to do is not use the PoV -- they could have agreed on which would go.
• Tru dat.
• While Frankie has an emory board fixation, PaoPao is a nail-biter.
• Team America -- Derrick, Donny and Frankie -- met up and pledged allegiance amongst themselves before all others.
• They think they should vote as a block and discussed the pros and cons of keeping Zach in the game versus appeasing Devin/Caleb at the present time.
• They haven't been assigned their first mission yet.
• Derrick thinks that if Zach can somehow make amends with Devin, all might go well.
• Yeah, but can that happen? I can see both sides balking at the thought!
• Derrick has picked up on Devin's "crushing" on Brittany.
• Once again, it's looking like Zach might indeed be staying.
• Who knows what will go on by this afternoon?

Hanging out in the bathroom

Team America meeting

Amber is still Caleb's dream gal

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds into Monday evening - July 7

Am I next?

Well, if Zach wanted to stir things up, he surely succeeded. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of the Boob Squad Implosion:

• After an extended screaming match between the two nominees (Zach and PaoPao), things calmed down a bit.
• So, it's down to a mere kerfuffle rating after becoming nearly a full-fledged brouhaha.
• But, it's an entire house kerfuffle, so there are some bonus points for that.
• Christine and Hayden both said they plan to target Devin if they win HoH.
• Christine also likened Caleb's infatuation with Amber akin to a 13-year old school girl. 
• I don't think they realize that Devin's in the same state over his new-found crush object, Brittany.
• Zach thinks he just might have the votes to stay.
• Hmm.
• Frankie's not handling his Bomb Squad world falling apart well. One minute, he's giving Zach advice and wants him to stay with PaoPao being voted out unanimously. The next, he's bad-mouthing Zach.
• Frankie and Jocasta talked about Zach being the biggest threat in the game and how he should go out while they can get him out.
• Meanwhile, PaoPao adds practically nothing to the game -- she sucks at comps and isn't playing the best social game either.
• What if she skates through until the end?
• When asked, Derrick told Brittany he'd prefer PaoPao go home this week.
• Brittany wonders if Zach is doing all this just to sabotage his own game and go home.
• Devin/Caleb decided to bring Hayden and, to a lesser extent, Nicole into the Bomb Squad to maintain numbers.
• Cody told Derrick he's worried that he will be the next target of the Bomb Squad, his own alliance.
• "If they can do that to Zach, what safety is there for any of us?"
• Got a point there, kiddo.
• Everyone is in fear that the HoH will keep rotating between Caleb and Devin weekly as they're both brutes in the comps.
• Brittany has no clue that Devin is going almost Caleb-like in his infatuation with her.
• Run, Brit, run!
• The next few days might make it more clear which person goes. Right now, it's looking more like Zach will be ousted.

Hayden inducted into the Bomb Squad

Guaranteeing his demise?

Might skate through another week