Saturday, August 22, 2015

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Saturday - August 22

Finally, it's the smaller table.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Someone Has to Go:
  • Despite the tension in the house, they're still having fun with chocolate throwing fights and their "Cooking Show."
  • That's a good thing.
  • One thing about this cast is that it seems the majority of them will probably keep in touch after leaving the house. No one really seems to "hate" each other.
  • That's not good in the fact that we lack real brouhahas and there's no chance of fisticuffs or arrests!
  • Heehee.
  • In a long talk to us from bed (they're no John and Yoko), Austin explained his plans.
  • They told both Steve and Johnny Mac they're pawns.
  • They told Johnny Mac there's a backdoor plan.
  • Vanessa is NOT a backdoor plan and Austin will not be putting her on the block.
  • Steve would be their second choice to leave.
  • At the moment, Johnny Mac is their first target -- mainly because they don't really have him figured out.
  • I don't think anyone other than perhaps Becky had John figured out.
  • What the Austwins (which, right now is more just John and Yoko ... er, Austin and Liz) don't have is a real contingency plan if the veto is used.
  • They're thinking that they'd put Meg up and have the votes to keep her.
  • Steve, after his bit of a fall from grace yesterday, seems the lesser target once again.
  • But if Johnny Mac saves himself, Steve will be in trouble.
  • Both Steve and Johnny Mac have a knack for winning veto when needed.
  • But, obviously, there are no ties in Big Brother.
  • If someone doesn't rise up soon to break up the twins, I can see them as the final two.
  • Not too bright of a cast this year to let such a strong bond stay.

He'll stay if he stays.

Shrewd, but can she beat The Three?

Explaining plans to us.

More cooking fun

Friday, August 21, 2015

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Friday, Nominations - August 21

Quite fitting, methinks

It's yet another convoluted HoH reign this week. Austwins have made too many deals with too many people. And, yeah, he's just a clown in a top hat with dangly hair with doohickeys in it (who does hickeys), a dangly ponytail beard. What do we really expect of him? Had he not latched onto Liz/Julia, his game might have him out by now. Instead, the block of three just might make it to the end. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of One Potato, Two Potato:
  • Austin told Steve he made deals with everyone by mistake.
  • Well, duh. Had he thought things out, he could see that way leads to trouble!
  • The original plan he/they (Austwins) had was to put up Steve and Johnny Mac as pawns, then possibly backdoor Vanessa.
  • As Shelli puts it, "Vanessa got in his ear."
  • Despite the fact that she tried to backdoor him, despite the fact that her lies have been exposed, despite the fact that (like Johnny Mac pointed out) the majority of people out today were Vanessa's choices to be gone ... Austin seems to forgive her and now wants to keep her in the house.
  • Liz has been pro-Steve; Julia anti-Johnny Mac.
  • Austin has always liked Steve more than he liked Johnny Mac.
  • Remember back when Austin hated James?
  • Those days are gone.
  • Austin promised James and Meg he wouldn't put either of them on the block.
  • He seems to want to stick with that particular deal.
  • Austwins (since it's not just Austin HOH this week) are worried that Becky or Shelli will come back into the game and team up with either Steve or Johnny Mac.
  • Sheesh, they can't vote BOTH of the out!
  • Vanessa had been told the target was Johnny Mac.
  • Steve said, in front of Vanessa, that he didn't want to go up as a pawn.
  • That gave Vanessa ammo against Steve because he's "not a team player."
  • Yet, she's begging not to be put on the block.
  • Oy.
  • These hamsters are making my head hurt.
  • In the end, Austin nominated Steve and Johnny Mac.
  • And, they're seriously looking at them both -- Steve might be in more trouble than Johnny Mac.
  • That wasn't the case just yesterday.
  • Tomorrow might be a different story.
  • Austin is also talking of possibly putting up James if one of the two are saved by the veto.
  • Vanessa?
  • Vanessa who?


Is Johnny Mac giving the Evil Eye?

They know she lies, yet they believe in her

Could it be bye-bye, Steve?

James needs to win HoH!

Big Brother 1: Live Feeds into Friday - August 21

Is the prankster in danger?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Quirkydirks:
  • If you went to bed last night and didn't know, Austin won HoH.
  • So, we have another week of him and Liz canoodling up in the HoH room.
  • Sigh. As long as they don't have all four cameras on it!
  • One thing about the extensive Jeffish during the comp last night (blocked feeds with Jeff Schroeder interviews/clips) last night ... he truly mocked the Liz/Austin showmance. Bwahahaha!
  • But that was only entertaining the first few times around.
  • James is thrilled that they did a segment on him scaring Julia.
  • In the beginning, I wasn't sure I'd like James. But, if not for him, a lot of the entertainment would be gone out of the house.
  • Austin told James and Meg he wouldn't put them up. He tells Julia he plans to stick to that.
  • Now, that doesn't leave a lot of other folks -- Julia (he won't due to Liz), Vanessa, Steve or Johnny Mac have to go on the block.
  • Obviously, he wouldn't put Liz up.
  • Obviously.
  • Austin promises this week will be BIG and he'll get to be Judas.
  • Hmm ... sounds like a Vanessa ouster to me!
  • I think the only "big moves" Austin could make in a Judas scenario would be Vanessa or Julia. Perhaps to a lesser degree -- Steve or Johnny Mac.
  • Austin tells Vanessa that his target is Johnny Mac, but Steve doesn't want to go up as a pawn.
  • Vanessa came up with a convoluted plan of thrown challenges which would supposedly send JM home.
  • Vanessa proposed several different plans.
  • Austin nodded, but didn't commit to any of them.
  • In his HoH basket, Austin got a clown nose.
  • He doesn't understand.
  • He also got a photo of someone he met once.
  • Weird.
  • Austin is completely seeing through all of Vanessa's tactics now.
  • Good.
  • He, of course, can make Liz see it.
  • But, is Julia still a sympathizer?
  • I think if she had her druthers, she'd choose Vanessa to keep over Johnny Mac.
  • It's a good thing she has her sister, not her druthers!
  • James and Meg volunteered to be Have Nots this week.
  • Austin wonders if he should go after Johnny Mac or Steve because Vanessa isn't currently targeting him.
  • @@
  • Austin tells Vanessa he might put her up as a pawn against Johnny Mac.
  • Vanessa wants him to use Steve as the pawn and gives a gazillion reasons.
  • She thinks it's a backdoor James plan.
  • Eventually, she kind of gave in, but asked Austin for a few minutes to talk alone.
  • He told her NO! Not as emphatic as when Becky shut her down, but ...!
  • As the night wore on, Austin doesn't know if this is the week to go after Vanessa.
  • Hey, credit to Vanessa if she stays in yet another week!
  • I said the above, not Austin.
  • Johnny Mac's odd behavior is turning people against him. They can hear him screaming in the Diary Room and such.
  • And, of course, Julia never liked him.
  • As I wrap this up ... I'm really not sure which way he'll go. In trouble are Johnny Mac, Vanessa and, to a lesser extent, Steve.
  • I guess we'll see with nominations.

Liz and the HoH

"Did Johnny Mac call us DUMB?"

Should I make a big move?

Austin, can I talk to you? NO

We do need to get Vanessa out

He won't give me any time!

They still have the giant table.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Big Brother 17: HoH Endurance Comp Live Updates - August 20

After the live feeds return, this post will be updated with screen caps and ... well ... updates on the endurance comp. Who wants to wait until Sunday to find out the outcome? Not US! Refresh the page to see the latest and feel free to join in comments below!

10:06pm ET - Feeds not back yet.
10:10pm ET - Still Jeffish
10:20pm ET - Still no live feeds.
Grr.

10:22pm ET - feeds on sidelines

Quick back to Jeffish, but Julia is out with Meg sitting on the bench. And, Vanessa jumped the gun, so she's out. At least we saw that much.

10:30pm ET - Feeds back.

10:30pm ET

10:33pm ET - I think Steve might be out, but they cut to Jeffish quickly.

10:36pm ET - Steve is still in it. It's JOHNNY MAC who's out.

10:36pm ET

More Jeffish than comp tonight.

10:46pm ET - Feeds back, same crowd on bench.

10:48pm ET Quad Cam

Jeffish again.

10:54pm ET It's down to James and Austin.

10:57pm ET Quad Cam

10:58pm ET - Final sprint


10:58pm ET - AUSTIN WINS HOH

Big Brother 17: Live Eviction, HoH Comp Show Blog Party - August 20

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Good evening! Ready for a blog party? Tonight either Becky or Johnny Mac will go to jury. It's supposed to be an endurance comp (again) tonight. A separate post for screen caps and updates on any of the happenings after the show ends will post at 10pm ET. I'll follow the comp and update, so please join me! On that note, though I do hate to bring this up ... I put a lot of effort forth during the BB seasons while also working full time. Other sites get a percentage of the money from live feeds subscribers; I don't. I do, however, accept and really appreciate donations made to the blog. While I love the community here, there's quite of work involved on my part and little sleep for three months. If you wish to donate, the link is right in the sidebar on the right!

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
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

JURY:
Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob 
Jackie - No pool people due to being announced late in cast

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!

Recap, recap ... along with the promise of our first look at the jury house. Liz tells us that someone else will get the blood on their hands for evicting Vanessa. Becky realizes Liz won't backdoor Vanessa. John has the idea that he's not the target and will do his "dead fish" strategy -- lie about and not cause waves.

Segment on James and Meg silliness and James's pranks. He wraps all of Steve's stuff up with plastic wrap on a dentist chair. 

Johnny Mac is now in with Steve, Austin, Liz and Julia. They all have the same idea about Vanessa. Johnny Mac says he'd put her on the block. Their eyes light up! (Well, not Steve's eyes so much.)

Becky pleads her cast to Austwins ... she also says she would target Vanessa. Now the Austwins have to decide which one is best to keep. 

To the living room and showing them James scaring Julia. Then they talk about OTEV and show Meg's head slam. Steve misses his family. 

Into a degment about Steve alone in the yard talking to us and then into a family segment on him. His town is all behind him!

Jury house time -- Shelli wants Vanessa to be next. Oh noes, it's Jackie! She tells Shelli it was Steve's doing. Steve told Jackie that he heard she was going to backdoor him. They both know it was Vanessa who told Steve that. They both hope Vanessa is next. Jackie would actually prefer to get back in and evict her herself. 

The live vote pleas:
Becky: Lost our minds, fun, great journey, do what's best for your game.
John: Lists Becky's virtues in the house, keeping me here would be dumb, but I want to stay.

The votes to evict:
Steve - Becky
Vanessa - Becky
Meg - Becky
Austin - Becky
Julia - Becky
James - Becky

It's unanimous -- Becky is evicted. 

Buh-bye, Becky. She's limping from a toe injury in OTEV, a small part of the reason they voted her out. 

ZingBot will appear next week. He also has a Twitter account - @ZingbotOfficial 

HoH comp -- Ready, Set, Woe -- a track meet, six races, each race one eliminated. They have to hold three buttons down, watch for words "ready, set and go" to show, then race across to hit their button. Decoy words, time differences, etc. expected.The buttons are held down with hands and one foot/knee.

Meg out first.

Julie promises exciting news about the next eviction. I predict that it's about the jury members competing to return as next week will be the fourth member of the jury.

I'll be following the endurance comp on this post linked here.