Big Brother 16: Live Feeds Wednesday night into Thursday - July 10

Improving mind and soul?

The night before the live show tends to be a bit quiet on the whole. Perhaps some late night votes scrambling, but rarely a brouhaha. Here's what happened last night (and into the time I'm posting this) in that Big Brother House of Pipe Dreams:

• They got to practice for the upcoming HoH comp.
• It looks to be croquet mixed with a roulette wheel kind of thing.
• They have to go for the highest number of points and there are obstacles.
• They're allowed to bank shots like you would in pool.
• Donny read all the rules out loud, but I couldn't hear all of them over the other hamsters.
• Zach seemed to do well. But, then again, he's a golfer dude. Croquet and golf both have 'em hitting a ball on the ground with a mallet/club.
• Nicole and Hayden both seemed to do well, too.
• But you never really know how they'll do until the actual comp.
• At one point Devin came outside. Obviously, as outgoing HoH, no sense in him practicing although others in the past have done it in fun.
• Devin ain't about FUN. Let's make that clear.
• He's about winning the game to give his beloved daughter (whom he hasn't seen for the three months before sequester) a better future as a single dad.
• Derrick told Zach and Cody he'll put Brittany on the block if he wins HoH. He thinks that if she wins, she'd put them (or, at least two of them) on the block.
• Cody told Brittany that Zach and Cody are the only Bomb Squad people he trusts.
• Brittany and Cody agree that both Devin and Caleb have been on a power trip and in charge. They think it needs to end.
• Oh, I think so, too!
• Brittany thinks the only way to get Caleb out is to backdoor him.
• Well, duh.
• Amber is being tossed in with the dislike of Caleb and Devin.
• It's all about the company you keep, y'know.
• Caleb told the others he wasn't working with Amber.
• Um. Okay, dude. Whatever you say.
• Brittany denied working with Devin.
• Frankie is spreading the rumor (based a bit on truth as she did make a deal) that Brittany is indeed working with Devin.
• Meanwhile, Devin has all but vanished. Now that they're locked down again, he's removed himself from anywhere where anyone else might be hanging out. I guess he's secluded himself in the HoH room.
• Enjoy your last night in there, Devin. You'll have to mix with the masses tomorrow.

Talking game

Misfit croquet

Having a ball

Is it just me or is Frankie aging rapidly?

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds into Wednesday evening - July 9

Indoor lockdown doldrums

Yawnsers! Here's what's happened today inside that Big Brother House of Ditzy Devin:

• Devin feels betrayed.
• Poor guy.
• He told Frankie that he found out it was Christine, not Amber, who claimed he came across as threatening.
• There goes that crush!
• He also thinks Caleb's a fool who doesn't know how to play the game.
• Well, Caleb is a bit off. But right now he looks like a BB seasoned pro compared to Devin's moves!
• Devin also told Frankie he plans on picking off the Bomb Squad members one by one, the last one being Frankie.
• Huh.
• If I were Frankie and knew Devin considered me a friend, I'd say, "Why even pick me off at all?!?!"
• Zach and PaoPao got over their brouhaha from yesterday.
• However, he still goes for the digs -- he told her to make sure not to forget to pack everything since she's going back to NY tomorrow.
• I think he's probably right.
• Jocasta is worried. She doesn't want to be the only vote to keep PaoPao.
• She told PaoPao she doesn't know what to do and can't trust anyone.
• Zach told Cody that Caleb said there's only one person he cares about in the house. You'd guess "himself." Nope, it's the love of his life, Amber.
• @@
• Donny told Frankie that Devin told him all about the Bomb Squad last night.
• Gee, why doesn't he just hold another house meeting?
• Donny told Frankie he wants to vote for Pao to stay because she's his best friend in the house.
• See, PaoPao does do something right!
• Derrick told Brittany that he was hurt that she didn't trust him enough to tell him about her conversation about the PoV with Devin.
• Brittany tells him she trusts him.
• I don't think she's being completely honest.
• But this is Big Brother.
• Brittany thinks Devin is desperate.
• Y'think?
• Or, is he just whacked and didn't have proper psychological testing pre-show?
• Dang. Devin then told Nicole all about the Bomb Squad.
• She just looked dazed and trapped in his telling of the sage and justifying his actions.
• Nicole told Donny that she thinks Frankie is playing both sides.
• He is.
• And he's going to find himself stuck in the middle, clowns to the left, jokers to the right.
• BB gave them each "activity trackers" -- seems to be a FitBit kind of thing.
• Yep, they're spending the big bucks this year!
• Donny and Derrick talked about their Team America partner. Donny thinks Frankie will stick with them even though he's playing the house. Derrick thinks if Frankie was that manipulative, America wouldn't have voted for him.
• Brittany doesn't believe the Bomb Squad is splintering apart.
• Derrick told Victoria that Brittany is working with Devin.
• It's all turning into a soap opera now ... As the Hamster Turns

Jocasta needs the win to buy new jeans

Before the lockdown

Nicole in a trance listening to Devin

Cody and Zach say hi to us

Guarding the bathroom door for Nicole

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