Big Brother 16: Live Eviction and HoH Show Blog Party - July 10

Hamster watchers ready? Who's going to go home? Will I be losing my blog pool hamster Paola and becoming a free agent? The feeds watchers already have an idea of the likely evictee. But, more important ... who will win HoH? Devin can't play this week, but Amber (the dethroned HoH) can play.

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. As always, the real party is in the comments. Come watch with us!

The after POV meeting brouhaha! Brittany points out that PaoPao lied to her, had no glasses, threw the comp. Pao tells that Devin told her to throw the comp. Devin, Frankie, Pao and Zach get into separate brouhahas and kerfuffles.

Devin wants to replace Zach's Bomb Squad position with Hayden. Hayden's not keen on it, but nods.

Derrick convinces people to keep Zach. Frankie tells Devin that even Caleb is on board to keep Zach. Devin claims he's a solo player now and will pick off everybody one by one, love of his daughter and ad nauseum.

To the living room ...
Paola -- Feel like a winner already, everyone is special, Devin has five different personalities and they all suck, Zach sucks at comps too, Love Donny best friend.
Zach -- Feels blessed, thanks family, love the 12 voters, not my target, keep me safe, will go after Devin.

The voting to evict:
Jocasta - Zach
Brittany - Paola
Derrick - Paola
Donny - Zach
To a commercial ...

Caleb - Paola
Amber - Paola
Hayden - Paola
Cody - Paola
Frankie - Paola
Nicole - Paola
Christine - Paola
Victoria - Paola

By a vote of ten to two, Paola (PaoPao) is evicted.

Time to crown two new HoH ... the power is up for grabs. Underwater Polo. Hit a single polo ball down to a numbered slot below. The two highest win.
Amber 17
Cody 17
Caleb 21
Frankie 24
Christine 4
Nicole 29
Victoria 12
Brittany 16
Zach 8
Donny 20
Hayden 17
Jocasta 22
Derrick 28

Derrick and Nicole are the new HoH duo!

Julie announces that we can go to the CBS website to track how lazy/active the hamsters are due to activity trackers they're wearing.

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