Big Brother 17: Power of Veto Show Blog Party

Good evening! Ready for a blog party?

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!

A side note before we get going: If you live in the NYC Metro viewing area (as I do), tomorrow night's live double eviction show will be airing on WLNY 10/55 instead of WCBS2 due to NFL football. 

Let's get this party started! 

Recap, promise of the BB comics veto ahead. And Steve vows he'll win the veto and make Becky his target next week. Vanessa is upset because Becky won't talk to her. 

Jackie gets to take off her armor. Yikes, that seems to have happened so long ago when you watch the live feeds! 

Vanessa gets Shelli to agree to choose her if she gets HG choice for the veto player pick, then gets Steve to agree to it, too. Johnny Mac is in the oust Vanessa camp due to his lack of allies in the game.

Johnny Mac talks to Steve, tells him they will send Vanessa home. He told Steve that he has to pick him (JM) for veto if he gets HG choice. Then he tells Steve that he would save Shelli. Steve bemoans the fact that his two closest allies hate each other ... to the camera, not to Johnny Mac, of course.

Gah. Liz tells us in the DR that Austin is growing on her. Ick. 

Veto Player pick time! Becky draws Austin, Shelli gets HG Choice and goes for Vanessa, Steve draws Meg. Johnny Mac hosts.

Veto comp time! Comic book covers featuring the hamsters. 17 new superheroes, sneak into the studio via zipline, memorize the comics order, put them in correct order. The one in the shortest amount of time wins.

The times:
Meg 15:37
Becky 17:02
Shelli 25:31
Austin 21:20
Steve 13:57
Vanessa 21:44

Steve wins the Power of Veto! 

Vanessa is very worried ... par for the course for her. She tried to corner James but he escaped. She corners Becky with fast talk. Vanessa thinks Becky owes her for getting Jason out instead of her. Becky tells us she owes Vanessa nothing. 

Time for the veto meeting:
Steve saves himself, Becky puts Vanessa on the block saying it's a personal decision for her own game. Doesn't know who she's with, who she's against, drops people like that when they don't benefit her game, etc.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday into the Evening - August 11

Seeking Divine Intervention

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of How I Spent My Summer Vacation:

• Okay, let's blindside Vanessa this week.
• Plan set.
• Set-up accomplished; we've got her on the block.
• No! Wait! Maybe we should get Shelli out instead!
• Gah.
• I realize that in BB you can't trust anyone. I know that.
• But this constant second-guessing is making me dizzy!
• Meg now thinks that Shelli is the more dangerous player and has been working with Becky.
• Oh, no! Shelli will target US! Shelli will target James!
• If Meg thinks anyone wants to target her because she's a dangerous threat, she's got another think coming.
• But her strategy might get her to a Victoria position at the end if they don't notice she's there and needs to go away.
• That, of course, would be why Becky is pushing for a Vanessa eviction when last week most figured Clay would go one week, Shelli the next.
• Yet, Becky has spoken valid reasons for evicting Vanessa.
• We should probably make note that Vanessa might have had a hand in this sudden epiphany of Meg and James -- she told them about Becky playing both sides. At the time told, they didn't seem to care. Now it seems to be sinking in.
• Now James's "gut" is telling him to not trust Shelli.
• But can Vanessa be trusted more?
• TRUST NO ONE, YOU FOOLS.
• Oh, no! Becky has been working to get STEVE on her side, too!
• (Of course, this is the same Becky who told Steve that he needs to talk game more with James and Jackie and get to know them better.)
• A side note: If I were in charge of the BB wake-up music, every morning I'd blast (Paranoia the) Destroyer by the Kinks.
• James and Meg now think they need to watch everything they say in front of Jackie. After all, she's tight with Becky who always planned to keep Shelli and they're getting Steve in the fold and ... and ...
• You get it.
• Austin and James talked about getting everyone on the same page ... going for another "house" vote.
• Ick.
• I prefer suspense. It's no skin off my nose who goes home. I want kerfuffles and brouhahas. I want entertainment!
• Vanessa talked to James. She's a straight-shooter, y'know. It would behoove him to keep her in the house.
• @@
• Oh, then some tears.
• Haven't we seen this before?
• She tells him that Becky had previously named him as a target.
• Meanwhile, Jackie and Meg are talking -- they think the twins need to go before Austin and Jackie thinks Shelli needs to be out first.
• So, they're all thinking they should save Shelli.
• Then they talk about how, if they don't get Shelli out this week, they might never get her on the block again.
• My head hurts.
• Vanessa blames Steve for her being on the block. She thinks he sold her out and gave information to Becky.
• Gosh, if she could see how distraught Steve is. If she could see that he actually gave some thought (before wisely deciding against it) of not using the veto because he knew she'd go on the block. While he, at the end of the day (heh), did betray her with Becky, it was so hard for him -- probably the most conflicted I've ever seen anyone in the BB house.
• Shelli tried to work on Steve, but he said he has to vote for Vanessa to stay.
• We have nearly two more days of this before eviction.

Cut-throat player. Bwahahahaha!

Steve is having a ball

That look ages her

A conflicted Steve talks to Shelli

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Tuesday - August 11

Girls from the block

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Whispers Abound:

• Steve went to talk to Vanessa and Shelli. He apologized for it taking so long.
• We know that he would probably prefer to put off a talk forever!
• Vanessa grilled him about what was being said about her.
• Shelli finally said something about how she (Vanessa) turned on people.
• Vanessa vehemently, I say VEHEMENTLY, denied she ever turned on anyone.
• Shelli brought up the Austin thing.
• "I never turned on Austin, the twins or Steve!"
• Gah. I guess if you lie to yourself enough you might just believe the lies are the truth.
• Vanessa continued to defend herself saying that Becky was fine with blindsliding Austin.
• Steve suggested that, after things calm down, she might want to go talk to Jackie.
• Vanessa has no desire to get a "verbal smackdown" from Becky again.
• Heh. That was no smackdown. It was whatever and walk away down.
• Like a broken record, Vanessa went on about Becky being a flip-flopper, a hypocrite and such.
• Yawn.
• Again, she pressed Shelli to find out if she (Shelli) knew the blindside was coming. Shelli denied it.
• But we know she did.
• Meanwhile in the house, Shelli has been going around taking clothes James supposedly appropriated from Clay and James is going around saying his clothes are going missing.
• Vanessa told Julia that she has a plan, not to count her out yet.
• Hmm.
• A lot of talk about "If I win HoH, I'll put up ..."
• Of course, most of the talk is coming from people who haven't won anything.
• Liz thinks James is trying to get close to Steve.
• Well, unbeknownst to them, Becky advised Steve to get together more with James, Jackie and Meg. She said that they would trust him more if he talked more with them.
• James and Liz tag-teamed to scare Julia in quick succession.
• It worked.
• EEK!
• EEK!
• Then James hid in her bed and scared her again.
• Oh, those rascally hamsters!
• Uh-oh. Becky may stick to her guns, but what about her people?
• James, Meg and Jackie think it might be best to get Shelli out instead of Vanessa.
• Yipes. That throws a monkey wrench into the works.
• Jackie thinks that if they don't get rid of Shelli now, she stands a good chance of winning HoH in a double eviction.
• Shelli has done better than Vanessa in comps.
• They could be right.
• Maybe.
• Maybe not.

Steve and Becky compare notes

Two for tea and tea for two

Liz disses Austin's cooking talents

Everybody lies to me!

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Monday, PoV Re-nom - August 10

Has good reason to smile

 Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of No Waffles This Week:

• Shortly before the veto meeting, Becky filled in Austin on the plan to blindside Vanessa.
• And, during the veto meeting, as expected -- Steve removed himself from the block and Becky put Vanessa (the real target) in his place.
• Now, it's not really a total blindside because Vanessa is no dumb bunny. She knew Johnny Mac and Becky were close and doubted he'd be the renom as people were saying.
• She knew eventually her paranoia would come to fruition!
• She confronted Becky telling her she can understand a game move explanation, but the things she said were out of line. She told Becky that now she had a pissed-off juror and there was no need for it.
• Becky brought up the time, in the HoH room with the decision to oust Jason, Vanessa just pointed at her saying she was in the deal without her being able to commit or not commit on her own.
• Then Becky walked away.
• "Why are you being so venomous towards me?," Vanessa called out.
• Becky didn't answer.
• Now, Vanessa thinks Steve lied to her.
• No, he didn't lie. He didn't know of the plan until AFTER he had his talk with her.
• Plus, what was he to do even if he knew days ago? Pull a Marcellas? 
• She warned Austin and the twins that they're next.
• The other side -- James, Meg, Jackie and Becky -- smiled a lot.
• Johnny Mac was his usual Johnny Mac self.
• Steve was subdued.
• Shelli, who knew yesterday about the plan, showed sympathy to Vanessa, but didn't 'fess up to knowing the blindside was coming.
• I don't blame her.
• Vanessa hasn't really exploded, but I swear I saw her simmering.
• It may yet come.
• We still have a few days before Thursday!

Why are you being so VENOMOUS?

Quietly eating his SLOPpy Joe

One tough cookie, no waffling here!

Keeping with getting bad screen caps.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Monday Morning - August 10

Why is Jackie reminding me of Yoko Ono?

After a day of little game talk, the night was ALL game talks. Oy. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Mini-Meetings:

• Vanessa poked around her usual sources -- Steve, Austin, Liz -- for any news on what Becky might do.
• She obviously doesn't really believe the Johnny Mac renom story she's been fed.
• She WANTS to believe it, but her paranoia tells her that she will be the renom.
• Her paranoia is right this time!
• Austin checks in with Becky who confirms Johnny Mac will be the renom (with the target being Shelli).
• He reports back to Vanessa.
• Meanwhile, Meg tells James he needs to be nicer to Johnny Mac because "he's on our side." Becky told her that JM will target Austin and the twins.
• She also told him that Johnny Mac wants to go after Vanessa.
• Yep, on their side.
• Of course, they (Meg, James and Jackie) know that the Johnny Mac renom is nothing but a red herring in the whole PoV renom debacle.
• But they feel better knowing for sure that he too is gunning for Vanessa right now and they can be safe-ish with him.
• That would be opposed to Jeffish, mind you.
• Hahahaha! I crack myself up.
• Ahem.
• Becky and Jackie worked on Becky's speech for the Vanessa renomination.
• Becky told Meg that she might tell Austin (and thus, twins) about the planned renom just before it goes down. It bothered her that she knew about Jason being the target so far ahead, yet would also feel bad being totally left out.
• Although we know Steve knows Vanessa is playing him like a fine fiddle, the others (Meg, Becky, Jackie) have picked up on it. They don't know he knows. They can't really figure out Steve.
• The three women, plus James, also made note how the twins bully and pick on Steve. They're worried that he'll buckle in if he wins HoH in a double eviction.
• Time for them to bring Steve to their side!
• But, first ... Vanessa corners Steve, asking him questions about whether he's ever heard Johnny Mac say anything about her. He denies hearing much except for a bit after the big Clay smackdown.
• "You know I hate liars," Vanessa says.
• Um. Yeah. Whatever.
• Vanessa ranted about how everyone has lied to her! What did she do to deserve this?!?!
• Steve said to her that he doesn't think it's in Becky's best game interest to send Shelli home. (Of course, he's still thinking John will be the renom.)
• Vanessa said that if she goes up as a renom, she's going to blow up Becky's game.
• Steve told her it's a shame she's not because that would be interesting.
• Heh.
• It certainly will be.
• After Steve told her he was close to Johnny Mac, Vanessa told Steve that Johnny Mac never had his back and, since he's a recruit, he doesn't even understand gameplay in the house.
• Bwahahaha! Johnny Mac is the superfan who claimed in the pre-season interviews that he wasn't going to tell people he's a fan.
• But Steve should have picked up a bit on it from his talks with JM.
• Steve left and Vanessa continued her loop with the twins as the night progressed.
• Steve told us in a secluded moment, "I think Vanessa is going up."
• Well, yeah.
• Steve ended up talking with Becky. She laid it all out to him and told him he should open himself up more to James, Meg and Jackie -- they'd be receptive.
• I personally don't know about Meg. She really seems to personally dislike Steve some.
• He tells us that he must throw the next HoH, he should be safe right now. He does not want to win the DE HoH.
• He also thinks he's playing both sides too much.
• He's right. With Vanessa out this week and the only good comp player Shelli being left on the one side, it's time for him to permanently drift. The twins will have each other, Austin can't win anything for the life of him. Steve would be odd man out on either side. He may as well go with the side that might benefit his game the most and keep him in the game longer before he needs to step it up.
• That's my thought, anyway.

Steve is buying what Becky is selling?

The big Steve/Becky talk

Vanessa continues to spin her web

It's not paranoia when they are after you!

The Shelli/Jackie talk