Big Brother 16: Live Feeds Saturday daytime/Power of Veto - July 19

Caleb has his orange PoV socks on

Yikes! Busy day and I'm playing catch up here! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Too Much Going on in Two Days:

• The additional players for PoV drawn were : Zach, Nicole and Caleb.
• Brittany drew Houseguest's Choice and asked for a volunteer. Caleb was the one. Hmm.
• Oh geez ... we didn't see this coming -- VICTORIA won Power of Veto!
• Victoria who?
• Oh. She's in the house this year?
• It looks like it was a Germany/soccer related comp. 
• It was the one where they win things, then can swap with previous winners.
• Zach won a trip for two to Germany.
• Nicole has to wear a "Germa-tard."
• Victoria apologized to Brittany for winning.
• Um. Well. Victoria who?
• Brittany has to score soccer goals in the backyard for 24 hours ... or something to that effect. Cody too has to kick soccer balls. I'm not sure of the rules on either of them.
• Caleb won five grand.
• A segment of the house want Caleb or Zach to be put up as a replacement.
• They doubt that Cody would put up Zach as they're so close.
• Then the discussion turned to it being Caleb or Donny.
• Sigh.
• They NEED to stop putting Donny on the block!
• Derrick would prefer Donny to go up as he's sure Donny would have the votes to stay over Brittany. He fears if Zach or Caleb go on the block, either one of them might be voted out instead of Brittany.
• Cody is ticked off that he's probably going to put Donny up even though he's sure Brittany will be voted out.
• Lots of talking going on.
• Brittany is sure she's going home.
• I hope so.
• Unless Caleb goes on the block, that is.
• Then he can go.

Donny makes a sandwich

The fish seem to still be all alive

Zach in his green veto comp clothes

Brittany isn't a happy camper

I won this. What do I do with it?

Who woulda thunk it?

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds Friday evening/BotB results - July 18

Smiling through the tears

You're never going to believe what I did ... and I blame Big Brother for it. You know I've mentioned before that I hate them running the Jeff interviews or house highlights during comps instead of the trivia with the theme music. Y'see, with the latter, I could nap and, when the feeds came back live with voices talking, that would wake me up. If it's all talk, I can't nap. I work full-time in addition to trying to cover the show and feeds each season. I run on empty for the three months or so of the show. I'm not whining here, just explaining.

So, when they went into the BotB comp earlier, I decided to take a nap. Since it was voices not music on the feeds, I shut it down and set my alarm clock for 45 minutes. I woke up nearly SEVEN hours later! Gah! But now I've flashbacked on the feeds, caught up on what I missed and here I am ... here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Ants Marching:

• Victoria thinks the house is "too high school."
• Well, duh. It always is! The others think she acts like she thinks she's better than them.
• High school all the way.
• Amber and Jocasta won the BotB, so Frankie is dethroned. Cody remains HoH and on the block we have Brittany and Victoria.
• Christine told the guys that Amber was trying to rally up the girls to go against the guys.
• I realize that Christine says she's a superfan and, while I don't care much for recruits to the show and would prefer seeing fans on the show, I'm beginning to get increasingly irked by her.
• My irkitude (yeah, I made up a word, but better than PaoPao's!) started when I heard Christine call the live feeds watchers "creeps."
• Zach told Brittany he would vote to keep her. Yeah, he said the same to Devin. But he MEANS it with her! Or, so he tells her.
• Brittany is the main target of the two on the block.
• But I think we're in a situation this week, unlike last week, that the tides can change either way.
• While they have their eye on Brittany to go, Victoria might just implode and make them want her out more.
• Caleb told Amber there's some negative buzz about her going around. He said she only went on the block because she said she didn't mind going up as a pawn if needed.
• Amber told him it's obvious that the guys are all working together.
• Well, duh.
• Caleb, for once using his noggin, told Amber he thinks Frankie goes around stirring up stuff in the house.
• BINGO! Add in Christine and you have an Andy!
• Brittany is shocked that Cody put her up because she trusted him.
• Hey, it's BB. Trust no one.
• Victoria, in a huge crying jag after being called to the Diary Room, told Zach, "You'll never guess why they called me into ..."
• Cut to fish cam.
• I tried flashing back to see what she might have done, but I don't know. She acted like it was very traumatic.
• Caleb and Amber talked forever. In the talk, Caleb told her practically everything he knows about what's going on with whom.
• Oh my, silly boy. She can use all that to better her own game.
• Brittany thinks she's in the game to win (and create a better life for her family) while she pointed out to Victoria that most think she's (Victoria) is just there.
• Victoria bristled and said just because she doesn't go around telling everyone her life's story, doesn't mean she doesn't want or need to win.
• Caleb went and reported to Frankie, amongst other things, that Amber thinks he (Frankie) is working both sides.
• @@ Just when I thought the boy might have a brain.
• Nicole and Zach talked about Amber being a snake. That's true. But so is Nicole's buddy Christine!
• Victoria thinks that everyone is attacking her on a personal level.
• Hey, that happens in the house!
• Zach pigged out on cookies again.
• Donny thinks his sister might be watching the live feeds 'cuz she has the internets.
• Victoria said that Zach is pushing Brittany to throw her (Vic) under the bus.
• Amber insisted to the boys that she hasn't been repeating talks she has with the guys to the girls.
• Follow that?
• She's basically being honest about that.
• It's more Frankie and Christine playing both sides. Amber, while she tries to be in with the girls and talks to them, hasn't betrayed any confidences with the guys.
• Not that I've seen, anyway.
• Of course, that doesn't mean that she always agrees with them. She might be filing away the little tidbits of info to better her own game.
• There's getting to be unrest through much of the house.
• Good. I like it that way.

Off the block

Dreaming of Amber, stardom and fame

Not all the way in with the in crowd

Undercover lovers? No.

"People don't have my back."

Sock puppet body language says it all

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds - Nominations revealed, BotB underway - July 18

Nominations

After a long feeds block earlier, they came back on with Nominations wall all lighted up. As expected -- Frankie nominated Amber and Jocasta, Cody nominated Brittany and Victoria.

As I post this, the Battle of the Block is underway. When I know, you'll know!

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds Thursday night into Friday - July 18

One HoH and Devil Donny

I'm still a bit ticked that they didn't show any of the comp on the live feeds. Grr.  Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Frankie is Way Too Loud:

• Caleb is still crying for attention. First he showed a lump of some sort on his chest and told Brittany it was cancer, that he had it checked out.
• Then he said the doctors said it was nothing and would go away; he's had it before.
• Then he said he looked like a Holocaust victim due to his week on slop.
• @@
• Nicole is no longer a frog, but Hayden still wants to be her prince.
• Frankie really should never win HoH again. He screams and is overly excited about everything -- he's either going to give me a heart attack or disturb my neighbors here. Shh ... Frankie, just shh. Act like a normal human being!
• Hmm ... my boy Derrick needs to remember he's NOT HoH anymore. He was saying Jocasta and Brittany need to be on the block, opposite sides so that one goes home. He also tossed Amber's name around.
• When they talked with Frankie and Cody, it was all girls they're planning to put on the block -- Amber, Brittany, Victoria and Jocasta. 
• An Amber nomination would satisfy the strong player as she's probably the strongest female competitor in the house -- Brittany is also a strong competitor.
• Cody does not want to personally put Amber on the block although he has no problem with Frankie putting her up.
• Brittany cried as she thinks Cody will probably put her on the block. 
• She's probably right.
• Cody thinks that if Amber and Brittany are nominated together, they'd win the BotB over Jocasta and Victoria.
• Jocasta hinted that she had darker days before coming into her current life. She should have gone to jail?!?! Hmm.
• They're discombobulated over the sleeping arrangements once again.
• I don't get to use the word 'discombobulated' nearly often enough.
• Poor Nicole, after getting teased by Zach about who's sleeping where, cried.
• Donny told Zach to apologize to her. He did.
• Zach seems to be one of those jokesters who doesn't realize that not everything is a joke to everyone.
• Dang. Does Frankie have to keep screaming about everything?
• It turns out that, not only did a crow attack and carry her away when she was a child, but Victoria is scared of ALL animals.
• @@ 
• When she talked about it and they all laughed, she thought they were laughing AT her, not WITH her.
• She's right; she sounds silly. Nicole's fear of ghosts and the dark are more rational.
• This time Frankie got word about the Team America mission and told Derrick.
• Frankie told Derrick they need to convince Donny that Amber is a physical threat.
• Neither are talking about putting up Caleb or Hayden, the obvious physical threats.
• Brittany is solidifying their thoughts of putting her on the block by exiling herself and being weepy while everyone else is having a good time.
• Let's all see the HoH room! Oh, joy! Joy! Frankie screams some more as he discovers what he thought was a Hogwarts shirt, Fig Newtons and every little thing in his basket. Make him stop. My neighbors are probably going to call the police!
• Cody's letter was from his father, Frankie's from his sister.
• Yet his sister's identity was NOT revealed.
• Derrick and Brittany talked about how Victoria was lousing up the sleeping arrangements -- she won't sleep in the same room as men ... except Cody. For some odd reason, it's okay for her to sleep in the same room as Cody.
• @@
• And Nicole doesn't want to not sleep with Christine.
• Sheesh.
• At least, with Frankie as one of the HoH and Derrick counseling them, Donny should be safe this week.

Christine and Frankie celebrate in bathroom

Zach and Victoria - no hate there!

Frankie has a plethora of Fig Newtons

Brittany and Donny talk

Jocasta thought it a bowtie night

Instead of cassettes, they got iPods

Big Brother 16: Head of Household Comp Coverage - July 17

Confirmed -- FRANKIE AND CODY ARE THE NEW HOH DUO
Brittany and Jocasta were working on their 12th egg when Frankie/Cody won. Victoria and Christine had ONE egg through when Frankie/Cody won. ONE EGG! Bwahahaha!

Feeds back -- COMP OVER -- It sounds like Frankie and Cody won.

10:35pm EDT - Still blocked

10:26pm EDT - Still blocked

10:18pm EDT - Feeds still blocked

Once the feeds return, this post will be update with screencaps, progress and the final winning team. Newest info will be at the top of the post; refresh the page to get the latest.

The teams are:
1. Vic/Christine
2. Caleb/Nicole
3. Brit/Jocasta
4. Amber/Zach
5. Donny/Hayden
6. Frank/Cody

As I post this at 10:04pm EDT, feeds still blocked.