Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Tuesday - August 25

It's making me pull my hair outuuuh!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Workin' Things Out:

• When I last left you, Vanessa was all kinds of mad at Steve because Johnny Mac told her Steve orchestrated a five-person alliance against her.
• Of course, things are different now.
• This is BB17.
• Steve is no dummy. He often just plays one in the house. He knows that his relationship with Vanessa has been rocky all along and, more that a few times, she's wanted him out.
• He has a lot of damage control ahead. 
• He also knows the Austwins are closer with him and trust him more than they do Johnny Mac.
• His one game feather in the cap to "prove his loyalty" is that he got their nemesis Jackie out during his short-lived HoH reign.
• In talking with Austin, Vanessa has decided that Steve has too much dirt on them to go now, so she needs to play nice with him.
• And 'round and 'round it goes.
• Meanwhile, James told Meg that it's best Johnny Mac goes because he's his main competition for the kind of competitions he does well.
• Got that? In other words, the physical comps -- to James, Johnny Mac is more of a threat to him than is Steve. I believe he's giving Steve the fact that he'd win the remembering stuff comps over either of them.
• Meg, being Meg, isn't sure who she wants out.
• Steve and Vanessa had a talk during which he used the confusion over dates card about when the alliance was formed.
• In actuality, he's protecting Austin and company. He can't come out and say it was Austin and him forming the alliance -- then he'd have everyone mad at him.
• But, whether she's just playing nice or whether she's changed her mind (again), she and Steve mended fences.
• With the accusations that Steve and Johnny Mac have a final two deal, Steve denied it was such. He said they had a team, not an alliance. And, they called themselves Rock Stars because they're both musicians.
• Austin kept insisting that the team was a final two alliance because you don't make a bond like that without it being one.
• Hmm. What would you call what Austin has? A final three deal, leaving both Steve and Vanessa in the dust.
• Hmm.
• Anyway, things are back to Johnny Mac probably being voted out three-two.
• We still have a few days.

Steve, Johnny Mac, Vanessa pow-wow

Don't lie to me!

Vanessa and Steve smooth things over

Back in

Snarling

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Monday Evening, PoV Meeting - August 24

Entertainment Boy safe this week

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

• Vanessa did NOT use the veto -- either Steve or Johnny Mac will go out this week.
• Johnny Mac went to Vanessa telling her that Steve orchestrated a five-person alliance against her.
• Vanessa blew up at Steve who hemmed and hawed when confronted.
• She screamed at him that he's lost her vote.
• Steve immediately kind of called out Austin in public and Austin could only say that he (Austin) didn't orchestrate it.
• Liz and Julia are mad at Johnny Mac for telling Vanessa about the alliance.
• Steve is befuddled.
• Austin talked to Johnny Mac and JM said he'd go to Vanessa and tell her they were all a part of it and Steve didn't start it.
• @@
• Austin told him he ought to work things out with the twins instead.
• Austin is laying all the nominations blame on Vanessa.
• That's even though we all know he wasn't going to backdoor her anyway.
• But he's acting to both Johnny Mac and Steve as if he was going to do it.
• The twins want to convince Vanessa to keep Steve as they think that James and Meg will vote Steve out.
• They need three votes.
• It's a mess.
• And, it all could change (and be a bigger mess) by Thursday.

You've lost my vote, Steve!

What are we going dooooo?

You made Liz and Julia mad

It's all Vanessa ...

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Monday Morning - August 24

She can occasionally talk a good game

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Well, It's Tomorrow:

• And, because it's tomorrow, things have changed once again in the house.
• This drama is all because of Vanessa, mind you.
• It's Vanessa who holds the PoV and will use it or not.
• It's Vanessa who's going around from hamster to hamster mind-boggling them into thinking of reasons to target others.
• When I left you in my last post, it looked like she was going to use the veto to save one of the nominees (probably Steve) and James would be the target.
• Scratch that.
• It's now tomorrow.
• Now it looks once again like she will not use the veto and Johnny Mac will go.
• I cannot predict how this will go down. She's too hard for me to read and, unlike some, she doesn't talk to us. 
• In other news, Julia claims she's lost Liz because Liz is "in a relationship."
• @@
• Okay, then break up the relationship!
• Austin continues to have delusions of grandeur about how the show's fans perceive him and how we see his "relationship" with Liz.
• That boy is in for a shock when he gets out.
• He also thinks Johnny Mac's speeches (at ceremonies) are unintelligent.
• Need we get a transcript of his own speech from last night's show? That had some mighty big words in it, yet made no sense at all. It was written like he thought he'd be impressing people, but instead it just perplexed us and gave us more reason to want to chop off that ponytail beard.
• The poll on the website for live feed voters had us wanting them to play hide and seek. Johnny Mac was the winner, finally scaring Julia when he leaped from under one of the dentist's chairs.
• I guess we'll see whether Vanessa uses the veto or not.
• Then we'll see who Vanessa wants to go home.
• I'm so glad that Vanessa won HoH again this week!
• Heh.

Julia wouldn't mind if Austin was OUT

Continues to run the house

Can he hang in?

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - August 23

A new look?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of the Many Faces of Vanessa:

• I've decided that Vanessa is one of the best BB hamsters ever for facial expression screencaps.
• She's not doing too shabby at the game, either.
• Although I often find her annoying, she's a fantastic manipulator.
• Most of the day was lazy Sunday stuff, but the dilemma of this week's eviction remains.
• Vanessa has gone from anti-Steve to working a movement to get James up on the block as a replacement nominee.
• Now Vanessa is working with Steve again.
• My head continues to spin.
• Steve himself seems to have taken on a bit of Vanessa strategy gameplay as he talks to Austin.
• So, right now it looks like Steve is once again safe.
• If the veto is used, either Meg or James (most likely James) will be backdoored and Johnny Mac stays.
• They're worried about who might come back in, of course.
• All will hinge on whether or not Vanessa uses the veto.
• At the moment, it looks like she will.
• That may change by tomorrow, though.

Worried

New glasses?

Steve among twins

Praying to keep staying

Big Brother 17: HoH Outcome, Nominations Show Blog Party - August 23

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? While many of us already know the results of the PoV comp, tonight's television episode will focus on the  HoH comp outcome from Thursday evening, as well as the nominations.

I'll update this entry with the major happenings as it airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Before we get started, I'd like to thank those who donated to the blog this past week! You guys rock! 

The recap ends with Meg out first on the HOH comp and James scaring Julia. Let's get on with the show!

Round Two ... ready, set, crow! Austin tells us it would be in his interest NOT to win as he doesn't want to be responsible for sending Vanessa home. Julia accidentally moved her hand off the buzzer and is out.

Round Three ... Ready, set, flow! Vanessa out with a false start.

Round Four ... Ready, Set, No! Johnny Mac was last to finish, out.

Round Five ... Now Austin wants to win. Steve, false start, out.

Round Six ... it's James and Austin. It's a footrace and James is short. (Heehee) Austin is the new HOH! He gives us some scripted (?) Judas lines about being Judas and betraying someone. Yeah, right.

Liz is worried about getting "more blood on our hands." Too bad, so sad. Steve thinks it's win-win for him. Well, he might have another think coming before long.

Austin tells us he's aligned with everyone in the house. Not so good when you're HOH and have to put someone on the block. He tells James he's going to tell everyone he has a deal with Meg and James so he can't put them up. He can only target Vanessa, Steve or Johnny Mac. Johnny Mac (and everyone else) thinks he's safe.

Austin tells us that Vanessa is not running his HOH. We'll see about that. He tells the twins he's thinking about putting Steve and Johnny Mac on the block. Then Vanessa comes in to run his HOH for him. 

In a talk with Meg and James, we're led to believe that Austin might seriously consider taking out Vanessa.

Yeah, right. 

Meeting with Austin, Vanessa, Steve and twins. He tells them he can't put Meg or James up and the target is Johnny Mac. "The pawn has to come from this room." Vanessa says Steve would be best and pretty much volunteers him for the pawn position. He's reluctant. 

Steve talks to Austin alone. Steve throws Vanessa under the bus and brings up her throwing Austin under the bus and so on and so forth. The others return and Vanessa goes off on Steve and claims he's not loyal to the alliance because he doesn't want to be a pawn. I don't see her volunteering. 

Again, we're led to think Austin might go after Vanessa. 

Liz tells us she didn't like Austin at first, but now she does ... 93%. A gag-inducing Liz/Austin hammock segment ensues.

Austin tells Steve that he's considering a backdoor for Vanessa. He has to put someone up next to Johnny Mac. Steve SO doesn't want to go up with Johnny Mac. He says he'd rather go up against Vanessa. Austin agrees that it won't be him next to John. Yeah, right.

Julia runs to Vanessa and tells her Steve doesn't want to be a pawn next to Johnny Mac. Of course, SHE can't be a pawn, so she goes to work her mojo on Austin and the twins. 

It's time for the nominations ceremony. Austin wears his Judas hat. @@

He nominates Johnny Mac and Steve. He says he's conflicted. He goes off on a whacko speech about life and knowledge. Thinking about Liz, too. Victims are we all.  

Steve tells us he's in awe of Vanessa's gameplay.