Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Friday Daytime, Nominations - August 14

Listening to Vanessa brain freeze

Here's today's happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Perplexed People:

• Okay, I lied. They're not people. They're hamsters.
• I personally don't mind the twins so much in the game. But their voices and screaming have to be evicted.
• This morning Liz freaked out over ants in the kitchen. I certainly hope she doesn't live in an apartment with shared walls. If I ever heard a neighbor screaming and carrying on like that I'd call 911. Have they never had any home training?
• After Johnny Mac rescued Liz from the ants, he asked her if he does go up, to please not make him a Have Not.
• She said she wouldn't.
• Austin nixed that one on her right away.
• I guess he's the HoH, after all.
• Austin preached an anti-Vanessa sermon to Liz and Liz admitted she doesn't really like Vanessa. (But not to the point that Austin was trying her to get to.)
• Vanessa, Austin and the twins discussed how depressed Johnny Mac has been lately. Vanessa thinks it's been a couple of weeks.
• Austin thinks it's been because he thinks Becky and Johnny Mac are hiding some sort of deal or alliance and things went awry with Becky's plan last week.
• I guess Austin is finally thinking, eh?
• The feeds were blocked for the Have Not selection -- Liz chose Vanessa, Steve and ... Johnny Mac.
• Well, that's the way to improve his spirits!
• They have pork slops this week, so it won't be a bad week. They can eat actual pork chops.
• Unless, of course, they're vegetarian or of a religion forbidding pork!
• Liz feels bad about making Steve a Have Not. She says she really loves that kid. Hmm.
• Meanwhile, Johnny Mac is worried that he's the target.
• He has a heart to heart talk with Vanessa.
• Or, more like a never-ending fast talk while he dazed out with Vanessa.
• She told him that she doesn't think he's the target and will ask them if he is.
• She pointed out (truthfully) that while she is close with Austin and the twins, she is the fourth one and not in that inner circle of the three.
• I would go further even in saying that it's an inner circle of two and the twins will stick together when they're through using Austin.
• The Vanessa/JM talk kind of ended with JM remembering something Vanessa said and Vanessa denying it.
• Oh, it's the Audrey within them all this year!
• Now there's yet another named alliance in town -- The Brass Tacks -- Austin, the twins, James and Meg.
• @@
• Liz and Austin both say Becky opened their eyes about a lot of what Vanessa's been doing.
• But, will they target her and bring Becky aboard their crazy train?
• Nah. Even though she has experience with trains, she's going to be left on the platform this time.
• Liz promised Steve she won't put him on the block.
• And, she seems to mean it. She told Julia that she thinks of him like a little brother. I don't think Julia feels quite as sisterly to him, but hey.
• They decide that they won't target Vanessa because someone else will take her out.
• The nominations went down -- Johhny Mac and Becky
• Liz thinks Johnny Mac gets called to the Diary Room often because he's popular with America.
• Well, kind of, sort of. He gets called because his DR sessions are funny.
• (Didn't you love his "What do you want?" he barked at Julie last night when he went in to vote? I cracked up!)
• Sigh. Johnny Mac went from acting depressed to acting out.
• It gave Vanessa material to claim he's "volatile."
• Steve backed him up and has been trying to figure ways to calm him down.
• Johnny Mac's behavior may do him in even though, on the whole, it's Becky they feel is sketchier.
• Liz says JM scares her.
• But now Austin is really, really pushing his anti-Vanessa kick. Combined with Johnny Mac's anti-Vanessa "rage," it might turn into a Vanessa backdoor although they've mentioned James as a backdoor.
• A lot is going to hedge on the Power of Veto.

The hat remains the same

Sad Johnny Mac

Twins with wine, sans Austin

This year's Victoria

Will she still be smiling on Thursday?

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Friday, 2nd HoH - August 14

Pensive

Well, that was something, wasn't it? Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Topsy Turvy:

• After the live show ended and the feeds returned, everyone was a bit subdued.
• Steve went around apologizing to appropriate parties.
• He also got very antsy checking to see if his HoH basket was in the storage room yet.
• The basket is about all he gets for his reign in the house.
• Becky, naturally, is not a happy camper that the "Mad Hatter" remained in the house and her grand backdoor plan backfired.
• Johnny Mac isn't overly thrilled with the nominations that Steve made but thinks he (JM) did what he had to do ... not use the veto.
• Meg, occasionally teary, doesn't think she can play dirty enough to play the game.
• Well, duh. We know that.
• She also can't win comps.
• Becky and Meg think that Vanessa all but brainwashed Steve.
• They don't know that, albeit be a strange one with Vanessa holding the cards, Steve has been aligned with Vanessa all along.
• As much as Steve can be aligned with anyone, that is.
• He's a bit of a lone wolf.
• Or, more accurately, a sad puppy tied out in the rain in the yard.
• Becky and Meg are sure Austin's been throwing comps while playing summer camp with the twins.
• Meg and Becky told Steve he should have gone after Austin because Austin and the twins have just been using him.
• Steve isn't handling things well. He got mad at himself for the nominations he made and realized the twins had been being nice to him solely for their game ... according to Meg and Becky, that is.
• He threw his HoH key (which does him no good anyway because the first HoH in a double eviction doesn't get the room at all anyway -- it's purely symbolic). The key broke. Must be a BB Dollar Store key!
• The feeds got blocked for the second HoH comp.
• Oh my.
• LIZ won HoH.
• That's not quite what I was expecting.
• Does this mean I'll have to listen to high-pitched twin squeals and those voices all week?
• For the second time I've seen, Steve says he wants his mother. Poor kid. 
• He also wants his basket with his letter!
• Vanessa thinks they should work to get Becky out of the house. In a worse case scenario -- if Becky remains and Jackie comes back, they'd work together.
• Talk of Johnny Mac going up as a pawn.
• Austin thinks Becky is an easy target because she's offended everyone.
• Well, I agree she's an easy target, but I don't think she's offended all in the house. She certainly offended Vanessa, but ...!
• Liz is personally leery of Johnny Mac -- she thinks he's been getting too close to winning HoH comps and thinks he might target her.
• The Have Nots ended and Meg and James could finally eat real food. James had been holding up fine, but Meg not so much.
• Steve finally got his HoH basket!
• Heh. Becky said her family would only send old photos because they don't want to be tied in with the show at all. I doubt we'll see a Becky family segment this season!
• Austin is still grumbling about the "stinky" comic of him -- he showers! He said now he's obsessive with cleaning and deodorant. Others tell him he doesn't smell, not to worry about it.
• Becky approached the HoH Trio (Liz, Julia and Austin) and once again began her anti-Vanessa campaign.
• Same old stuff she was saying last week, this time portrayed using M&Ms.
• BB told them they couldn't use Freaks and Geeks as their alliance name, perhaps copyright issues? They sat around trying to think of a new name.
• Austin thought that Becky made some valid points.
• But I personally doubt that he would push for a Vanessa ouster until he's cornered.
• They decide on the Scamper Squad and even have a little dance.
• It's looking like they're probably going to target Johnny Mac.
• Oh my. 
• Johnny Mac is talking to Liz as I get this posted. She seems to like him. 
• We'll see.

Sad

What's gonna happen now?

Look! No hat!

This didn't go too well

Steve apologizes

James and Steve are good

You didn't think I could do it, did you?

Big Brother 17: Live Double Eviction, HoH Show Blog Party

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? Tonight is the big live double eviction, HoH comp show! 

IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE SHOW IN THE NYC METRO AREA, YOU CAN FIND IT THIS WEEK AT ITS NORMAL TIME ON WLNY 10/55 -- WCBS2 IS AIRING AN NFL GAME. IF YOU DON'T GET WLNY, WCBS2 WILL AIR IT AT 11:35 PM.

Before we get going, here's the latest update on the blog pool:

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian

James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl

Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob

Steve - KelseyNY, Carrie, K

Vanessa - Chacha, Heather Reyes, T-Town Chick

EVICTED:

Jace - Becky in TX, CherylinNC, JOKATS, CaelaXO

Da'Vonne - jessica UNderwood, SueGee, Ed in Ohio, Nickelpeed
Jeff - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Audrey - David, Chase, Orkmommy, Nicole K
Jason - Witt, Sharon, WolfpackRed
Clay - FairieGoddess0714, QuixoticElf, DonnaNY, JonMD1267

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!

Julie announces the double eviction to us and tells us the hamster who remain are two steps closer to winning. Sorry, but they're not -- it's already been said that a jury member will return. 

Recap time. 
The first two members of the jury will be tonight's evictees. Aw, Vanessa is hurt and confused. She thinks Becky gave her word that she wouldn't be put on the block. Becky said she pointed at her and tried to force her word. Then she walks away. "I don't know why you're being so venomous to me!" Steve thinks Vanessa will go either way and he should vote for Shelli to stay to be good with the house. Vanessa thinks Steve is personally betraying her.

Drama, drama.

Vanessa is scrambling, says she ALWAYS keeps her word. She tells James that Becky has said that he's her target. Meg, Jackie and James talk that Shelli might be better to send out.

DE revealed to houseguests.

Shelli -- Happy birthday, Jason! Love family, miss Clay. ATEOTD, I can get back in the game.
Vanessa -- Quotes a long quote that I can't type quickly.

The votes to evict:
Austin - Shelli
Steve - Shelli
James - Shelli
Meg - Shelli
Jackie - Shelli
Julia - Shelli
Johnny Mac - Shelli
Liz - Shelli

Unanimous vote, bye-bye Shelli. She, like Clay, didn't answer the love question posed by Julie. She said if she gets back in she wants to work with Johnny Mac and Steve. No goodbye tapes shown.

HoH comp -- Time to Get Loopy -- videos on the memory wall showing moments so far. They have to study them. The winner immediately names two for eviction. Becky can't compete as outgoing HoH.

True or False questions. Wrong answer, eliminated.
All right on first question.
James, Liz, Meg, Jackie out on the second question.
All right on third.
Julia and Vanessa out on fourth.
STEVE WON HOH!!! 

They're talking about the questions and no one's talking to Steve! Into commercial. 

Steve nominates Meg and Jackie, nothing personal. John, James and Vanessa were randomly drawn to play with them.

POV - Slippery Slope, roll a ball down a ski slope, three holes, one ball in each hole, must sink in numerical order.  It's actually a table maze thing.

Johnny Mac wins the PoV! Steve and Johnny Mac had a brief conversation we didn't hear.

PoV Meeting - 
Meg - Hi, surprise! Honest, loyal game so far, want to stay, fun, trust you, John.
Jackie - John, never gone after you, played honest.

John does NOT use the veto, says he wouldn't know which one to use it on. Steve goes all emotional just before break.

Live vote:
Final pleas:
Meg - Crying, up against good friend, please keep me.
Jackie - Love you all, hope to come back and see you, (Sounds like she expects to go)

Votes to evict:
Vanessa - Jackie
Becky - Meg
Johnny Mac - Jackie
Austin - Jackie
James - Jackie
Liz - Jackie
Julia - Jackie

With six votes against one, Jackie is evicted.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Thursday - August 13

Goblins meeting

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Why Don't They Go To Bed Already:

• Various and sundry groups studied, quizzing each other on the videos they saw on the Memory Wall last night.
• Jace was represented in the videos although the show has replaced his photo with Julia's on the wall.
• He does exist.
• Apparently.
• Vanessa advised Julia that one of the twins need to win HoH so it won't look like Austin is carrying them.
• Huh. Now, Austin could probably physically carry them, but he's having trouble carrying himself in the game. If not for Vanessa's rescue efforts, he might not even be in the house right now!
• Vanessa pleaded not to be blindsided on national television. Hmm. It's not a blindslide if you have a clue it's coming.
• Besides that, it still looks like they're going to keep her and boot Shelli.
• It's not for the lack of trying on Shelli's part, though. She keeps making her rounds trying to convince them they need to oust Vanessa. 
• She promises that, if she gets HoH, her targets will be Austin and the twins.
• Becky, of course, is still pushing for Shelli to stay.
• After all, it's Vanessa she wanted out all along.
• Becky claims that if Vanessa stays, she'll put Meg on the block.
• Um. I have a feeling if Vanessa stays, it's Becky who'd feel the heat.
• Meg thinks Austin and the twins need to stay in because they're easy to beat.
• Says the woman who just might be easier to beat.
• Steve tried to get information from Jackie as to what's going on, but he's not really getting much. Not that he's shunned; it's more like he's a ship lost at sea.
• Jackie does think they should study with Steve. After all, they think he has a photographic memory and they obviously have a memory test coming up.
• Yeah, just use and abuse Steve.
• The Goblins (Jackie, James and Meg) think that the only person who will benefit from keeping Shelli over Vanessa is Becky.
• So, after so much more talk (talk, talk, talk) ... it still looks like it will be Shelli walking out the door tonight.
• For the first eviction, that is.
• The second one could be anybody's guess.
• But I wouldn't be surprised if it was Becky.

Chess diversion

Shelli (again) pleading her case

Juggling - an apt metaphor for BB

Listening or acting like she's listening

Working her mojo

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Wednesday into the Evening - August 12

This isn't going quite how I planned

Argh. I didn't file an update this morning because it was same-old, same-old. Both Vanessa and Becky nattering on and on for their own causes. Ack. But now I feel guilty. So here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Never-ending Loops of Talk:

• So, the original plan flipped and everyone knew about it except Shelli, Johnny Mac and Becky.
• Now they all know.
• Commence more scrambling.
• Shelli even talked to her nemesis James. 
• There were no fisticuffs.
• No changed minds (yet) either.
• Shelli denied she'd go after them.
• No changed minds (yet).
• Becky is looking worse and worse. Kind of like a train hit her.
• Johnny Mac is getting caught in the crossfire. Now he's acting all kinds of sad and told both other sides of the house that he was a man without a team.
• Vanessa cannot understand why Jackie "hates" her, though.
• To be honest, I don't think the majority of them "love" her. I think it switched more because they fear Shelli more in comps.
• Steve remains conflicted. He can't tell both of them that they have the vote.
• "Oh, live feeders, what do I do?"
• I dunno, Steve. It might be best for you to win HoH and temporary safety.
• It's looking like just about everybody but Shelli has turned on Becky.
• The feeds went Jeffish for a while and it sounds like they saw videos of themselves on the Memory Wall. Study groups are breaking out. Hmm.
• And the beat goes on ...

These twins are too LOUD

Big talk, little gameplay

We're screwed

One of us is out with a double eviction

What changed things?

Now I'm staying!