Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Thursday - July 23

Audrey's own Bohemian Rhapsody

"Is this the real life or is it fantasy? Caught in a landslide, can't escape reality." - credit Queen.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Mixed Nuts:

• Although I think there was more to Audrey's song than we were allowed to see, it reminded me of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.
• Mama, just shot a man ...
• Er, wait. That's not her song.
• Her theatrical dance and song had lyrics (paraphrasing here) like: "Is this my real life? James and Shelli stabbed me with a knife. Someone tell me if this is my life." She ended with a dramatic, "And ... scene!"
• Hmm.
• If Zach was here, he'd call out "Froot Loop dingleberry!"
• The cameras cut and we only saw her peek out once again and then briefly mingle, coming out to shout "BB Takeover!"
• Then she went back to her self-imposed death/exile.
• In other news, Austin tried to start a movement against Jason, using his superfan status as a weapon against him.
• Backfire.
• Jason told others that Austin too is a superfan.
• He also told them of Austin's girlfriend back home and the fact that, if Julia comes into the house for good, he'd want her out so he could have Liz more to himself. Plus, Julia and Liz would take each other to the end over him.
• Aha!
• Julia is not too keen on Austin anyway.
• Fuel for the fire.
• Actually, reading body language, I don't think Liz is all that into him, either.
• Austin might be working his way into being the next target.
• It looks like Clay, Shelli and Vanessa will set their sights on him.
• Too bad, so sad.

Chef Steve

Retelling the Audrey talk

I must rethink Austin

She isn't that into him

Austin has a girlfriend at home!

I'm not the only superfan

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - July 22

Product placement is key

Like in a Stephen King novel, they sometimes come back. Audrey, or the ghost thereof, has risen from her death room and up from her death bed. (Her death terminology, not mine.) Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of the Most Peculiar Houseguest Ever:

• First off, that Raid in the top photo really shouldn't be out where they eat. I know they have a terrible ant problem, but ... sheesh!
• It sucks to be them.
• Another day of small talk with the occasional game talk thrown in.
• Most of the game talk consisted of who they should put up if they win HoH.
• Steve's name was mentioned too often for my liking.
• They still don't seem to realize that the twins both in to play would mean one more person in the way of the half-million ... a needless person.
• The big news of the evening is that Audrey walks the night, dressed in her cloak (as Austin calls it -- it's really just a fleece blanket), hoodie and sunglasses.
• I've seen much weirdness in the house since I started watching in Season One.
• But, this one takes the cake.
• She talked briefly, very briefly, to Jackie.
• Jackie tried to be pleasant to her, showing concern and telling her to please join in with people.
• What? Join the living again? I think she'd rather be cast in The Walking Dead.
• She then went to the HoH room and brought Shelli downstairs.
• She kept demanding to know who was saying what about her and kept telling Shelli she thought she was her friend.
• And on and on.
• And on.
• Everything that Shelli brought up, Audrey twisted and denied it ever happened.
• Shelli held up for much longer than I thought she would.
• Then the tears came.
• Audrey told Shelli that betraying her (Shelli betraying Audrey) was the greatest betrayal of them all.
• She said she won't do the press day (after eviction) because she was too hurt.
• Several times she referred to herself being in the death room and on her death bed.
• Yet she lives.
• Audrey left the room in her Unibomber gone Franciscan Monk guise, startling both Austin and Johnny Mac as she passed the kitchen.
• She's back on her death bed now.
• And, life for the living, is going on.

I just don't know about him

Risen from the dead

The hand remained there

She wears her "cloak"

The world is against her, y'know

"When I was on my deathbed ..."

Look in my eyes. I've been wronged.

And Shelli cried.

Big Brother 17: Power of Veto, Renom Show Blog Party - July 22

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? Hopefully they'll delve a bit into the Audrey Meltdown tonight!

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 area. I hope to see you there!

Let's get this party started!

The recap included the Audrey lies about Jason. Jason is sure that, if he can't save himself, he's going home. Johnny Mac wants to save himself with the veto if he can win it.

James heads to Chelli and tells some goodies to them about his bud, Audrey.

Audrey hides under covers as Clay tries to talk to her. She's worried about being put up as a renom and being backdoored.

Wackstreet Boyz -- Johnny Mac, Jason and Lizia -- have their first performance. They're bad. Really bad.

It's time to pick veto players! Yay! Yay! Shelli doesn't want Audrey to be picked. Shelli draws Vanessa. Johnny Mac draws Meg. Jason gets Houseguest's Choice and picks James. James thinks, if he wins, he'll pull Jason off for brownie points with him. Steve will host.

Even Meg is speaking up about how they need Audrey out.

All the veto players gather and the conversation turns to putting up someone else. The someone else remains quiet for now.

Shelli is all in tears thinking she's going to have to "betray" Audrey.

Veto comp time! It's a redo of the bomb defusing comp of last year set in a chemistry class with colored chemicals they have to add to a flask. James is out first with yellow paint exploding all over him. Shelli tells us she's throwing it so she won't get the blood on her hands.  She's out. Meg is out. John and Jason eliminated at the same time. Vanessa wins the Power of Veto!

More Wackstreet Boys segments.

Clay tries to tell Audrey she forces people away. And they get into it. She even lies about what she blatantly said ... as she has done since we've seen her. He tells Shelli and Vanessa that she refuses to admit that she said what she did indeed say -- that she wanted him to swear on his life that Shelli wouldn't backdoor her.

It's a KERFUFFLE! Clay, Shelli, Vanessa and Audrey. It's mostly Clay and Audrey going at each other. Then Audrey calls Vanessa a major manipulator. So, now Vanessa is in it deep.

Audrey is hiding herself in a hoodie, sunglasses and a blanket in the Have Not Room. She refuses to participate in the veto meeting. Jason talks about the game being a passion in his life and not leave. Johnny Mac said it would be cool to save him. Vanessa saves Jason. Shelli replaces Jason with Audrey (even though she's in hiding).

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday into Wednesday Dawn - July 21 - 22

The living is easy ... at the moment

You might wonder where I was last night. Well, I pulled an Audrey. Oh, I didn't have the sunglasses on, nor was I playing the martyr. Nor was I upset at the world. I just got home from work and started reviewing the live feeds to make my update and, then it happened. I decided just to take a short nap. That short nap turned into an overnight sleep. I needed it! Plus, the house has been in limbo since Monday with the Audrey issue -- not much gamewise is going to happen until she's gone and the comp cycle starts once again. Here's what I missed inside that Big Brother House of Playing Nice While Audrey is in Exile:

• A fear of mine has come to fruition -- they're all but holding hands and singing Kumbaya.
• They don't think Audrey will self-evict. Liz claims you don't get paid if you self-evict.
• I kind of doubt that's true just thinking of labor laws. I think they'd have to pay something for the time spent "on the job."
• But I don't know their contracts.
• Tons of small talk.
• Reams of it.
• BB continues to allow the rules to be broken to cater to Audrey's Martyristic Ways -- the lights have remained off in the Have Not room while she's in self-exile there and she's been eating food brought to her by others.
• Steve and James talked a long time about who they thought was a threat in the house.
• Steve did not mention to James that he's been telling us (alone to the cameras in the backyard) that he needs to get James out.
• They wonder if Audrey will get out of bed (dentist chair) for the live show on Thursday.
• James doesn't think that everything Audrey has said has been a lie.
• Steve is hoping that he gets the full stipend because that would pay for his next semester at school.
• Y'see what I mean? Small talk!
• Heh. Jason thinks that, once both are playing in the house, the twins should go on the block together.
• I'd personally get Liz out earlier, then work on breaking up Chelli. It's foolish to leave two people that close to work together on gameplay. Jason should know that, superfan he is.
• Ohhh! They got the HoH camera! Thrills. Chills. Yawn.
• Hmm. Austin seemed to remember he has a girlfriend at home. But ... "it's not like I'm cheating."
• Yeah, right. You're hanging all over Liz.
• Audrey isn't even acknowledging people who have been checking in on her.
• Are they sure she's still alive?
• She did eat half the omelet James made for her.
• Or ... maybe HE ate it and said she ate it to cover the fact that they have a body in the first stages of mummification right there in the Have Not room!
• Okay, maybe my imagination is running away with me.
• Of course, she can get a penalty nomination for eating off of the slop menu.
• Oh?
• I guess that doesn't matter at this point.
• I'll admit I'm more curious what will happen with her on the live show Thursday than I am for the HoH comp!
• Oh, wait. She's alive. Steve wished her luck and she fist-bumped with him.
• James continued his prankster ways.
• Yawn.
• All this no game talk and getting along well together is boring.
• No wonder I wanted to take a nap last night reviewing all these live feeds!
• I don't think today will be much more exciting.
• Here's to tomorrow night and watching Julie interview Audrey from inside the darkened Have Not room!

Hope he has on sunscreen

Now she's ALWAYS around

Will he ever win anything on his own?

Pre-season, I thought I'd like him more

What am I doing in this handbasket?

Audrey

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Tuesday - July 21

Now it's Austin and Liz cuddles

It's bad enough that we have to watch Clay and Shelli hang all over each other. Now it's Liz and Austin. Doesn't he have a loved one at home? I hope, if he wins HoH, his girlfriend at home sends him a letter. Sheesh. This is a dude who couldn't even tell Lizia was twins a week ago! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Audrey Who?:

• Attention hamsters ... is there an Audrey in the house?
• No, she isn't in the Diary Room -- she's used her quota of time for the entire season in there!
• Oh? Is that lump under the covers with sunglasses on at night in the Have Not room Audrey?
• Hmm. Maybe. Maybe aliens have abducted her and left this shell of a person.
• I just don't know.
• Audrey was a no show for the PoV ceremony in which she's the renom.
• I wonder if she'll be a no show for the live eviction (during which she will be evicted).
• She was also a no show for the late night/overnight hours as she hid "sleeping" in the Have Not Room.
• Meanwhile, all of a sudden we have two new houseguests in the midst -- two women named Becky and Jackie!
• They're mingling, they're chatting. They've suddenly come to life.
• I'm still not thrilled with either of them.
• Lots of small talk with the happy new crew ready to cast prior differences (due to Audrey's instigating ways) behind them.
• Dance practicing with the Whackstreet Boys.
• Not only is Jason having pimple woes, now they've hit Vanessa, too.
• Poor hamsters.
• Steve fell asleep outdoors on the couch. So prankster James poured some honey into his open mouth.
• And we wondered why Steve wants James out ...!
• It could have been worse. James could have put Steve's hand in warm water.
• Jackie thinks that Audrey will try her best to make them all feel guilty until eviction.
• I think she's right.
• Meanwhile, Audrey (remember Audrey?) went from in bed in a dentist chair to sleeping on the floor in the Have Not room.
• Later, she was back in a chair.
• James created sleeping dummies in the comic room.
• Oh, that silly prankster!
• Clay and Austin became his cohorts in crime. Audrey doesn't play pranks with James now. She's busy being a martyr.
• The new women, Jackie and Becky, hung out with Jason and John and decided that Austin would be a good target next week.
• Hey! How about knocking out two for the price of one and aiming for the twins?
• Silly hamsters.
• The ants have invaded the bathroom and hallway.
• And, there ya go.

Small talk, no Audrey

Catapulting grapes, no Audrey

Jackie, no Audrey

Johny Mac, no Audrey

Jason, Steve and new hangout friends

No Audrey around