Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Power of Veto Bulletin

Didn't win, but not sad

I didn't post an update earlier because it was the same revolving discussion.

The PoV players were Liz, Johnny Mac, Becky, Austin, Steve and Meg.

It sounds like it was the OTEV comp. Apparently, at one point, Becky knocked Austin down. Perhaps she thought he was a train.

LIZ won the Power of Veto. Becky better start packing, I guess.

Put it down, Austin. LIZ won it.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Saturday pre-dawn - August 15

The Hat Attack

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Grassy Knolls:

• Oh noes! Johnny Mac ate a cookie and he's a Have Not!
• He said he completely forgot and even offered to BB to throw it up.
• He's very upset, said he really didn't need the problems it presents now.
• It doesn't sound like it's going to result in a penalty vote. I guess we'll see.
• The target was shifting towards backdooring Vanessa when I last posted.
• Well, that seems to be gone now.
• They've really decided, with so many wanting Vanessa out, it's not necessary for them to act.
• Steve is in heavy with Austwins.
• Johnny Mac is definitely the pawn, Becky the target.
• Liz is worried about "blood on her hands." Becky is a relatively safe target for her as she's drifted back and forth.
• Of course, Johnny Mac is still worried that he'll go out. And, his strange ways -- sitting staring and thinking -- tend to make him a bit suspicious to others.
• Vanessa went around bad-mouthing Steve.
• She knows he's in more with Austwins than she is. Hey, she tried to get Austin backdoored. People don't forget those things.
• Much of the HoH room discussion centered around how they don't want the veto to be used and who Johnny Mac should pick if he gets Houseguest's Choice.
• Steve really, really doesn't want to play veto.
• But, then again, he didn't want to win HoH last week, either.
• They seem to be counting on ANYONE other than Becky winning the veto. 
• If someone wins and saves Johnny Mac, it's possible James may go up -- still a pawn, supposedly.
• Austin did a long talk with live feeders basically pondering what to do if the veto is used ... said that they (Austins) are safe and in a good place right now -- they're in with Meg and James, they're in with Steve. He wishes he could tell Steve about Meg and James being with them, but is worried too many people would "sketch him out." They want to replace Vanessa in the group with Johnny Mac. Austin is very upset that he had to whine and grovel to save his butt because of her.
• He said they can't take out Vanessa because she would blow them (Austwins) up.
• But they need to decide what to do. If the veto doesn't get used, no problem. Becky goes.
• He rants more about Vanessa and her "ultimate betrayal" when she tried to get him and Liz both on the block.
• Can't put Steve up. We've promised too many people too many things.
• We'd have to put up Meg or James. Keep Meg. James? Send home Johnny Mac. James? Send home Becky.
• We're in a bad situation. Made too many promises.
• Are we the good guys or the bad guys?
• This season, everyone has been working every angle.
• Really like Meg and James.
• Vanessa has gone off and done a lot of things on her own we don't like.
• Steve saved us and has worked with us all along. We want to continue to work with him.
• Becky and James. Hmm.
• Both have targets who aren't us.
• Lie to the one who has to go home.
• Could we betray Vanessa and let her go nuts for the week?
• Then, if she goes, who will be targeted? If she comes back in, she would kill us.
• James would be our best choice for the renom as it would be the least amount of blood on our hands.
• If it's James and Johnny Mac up, JM would go.
• Ahh.
• Okay, I'm sick of transcribing.
• When veto is played, we'll know. But they don't really have a good contingency plan if Becky wins it.

True love, for sure

Strategy mask

I sit and stare a lot

In with Austwins

That rat tail beard looks silly

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.