Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Wednesday - September 16

Poor Coco, covered in Steve's tears

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

• Not only have nominations already been made, PoV has already played out in advance of tonight's (really) live eviction show.
• Remember, last night's show was taped Monday and the feeds were down from Monday morning until last night's West Coast airing of the (not really) live eviction show.
• We did not see the nominations, nor the Power of Veto comp.
• But we know about them nonetheless.
• Steve nominated Vanessa and Johnny Mac.
• Say what?
• I didn't see what went down but I'd imagine he might have felt sorry for Liz, thus sparing her from the block.
• Or, he could have thought her as a renom.
• This is the week that all the power is in the hands of the PoV winner -- they decide who goes to the final three. It's just that one vote and the HoH has nothing to do with it other than put up the nominees.
• Vanessa won the Power of Veto.
• You heard me.
• It sounds like Steve threw it to her.
• All of the power is in Vanessa's hands.
• Uh-oh, Steve has a breakdown.
• Even though he knows he's one of the final three, he feels Vanessa will take Liz instead of Johnny Mac.
• He thinks he can beat Johnny Mac, but not Vanessa.
• Liz, of all people, comforts him.
• Yeah, you heard me.
• When Steve and Vanessa talked, they each thought they could beat Liz in a final three and take each other to the final two.
• But Steve had second thoughts on his own later. He doesn't think he can win against Vanessa.
• I don't think he should win against her.
• To be honest, although she's driven me crazy all summer on the feeds, of the four remaining, Vanessa SHOULD win. She's played the best game.
• However, we all know that's not always how things go in BB Land.
• It's a mind kerfuffle!
• Meanwhile, Liz seems to have turned um ... different ... she told Steve it was cute that he campaigned for her vote against Austin. She also told him he should work out more and try again with Julia because she really does like him but thinks he looks "puny."
• Hmm.
• I'm not sure Liz is quick enough to play mind games on the kid.
• Back to Steve's quandary -- he thinks that Vanessa would take him to the final two over Johnny, not as sure over Liz. He's sure that Vanessa will vote out Johnny Mac. He thinks that Johnny Mac would have taken him to the final two over Vanessa.
• He had to go cry to Coco, then Liz, then Liz and Vanessa.
• Where's Johnny Mac in all of this?
• Sleeping.
• In other news, Rachel Reilly is now following me on Twitter.
• Why can't Brad Pitt follow me instead?

SlingBand has returned

Will this be the end of Johnny Mac?

Talking plans

Mom, I screwed up, a horrible mistake

Big Brother 17: (Not) Live Eviction, HoH Show Blog Party - September 15

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? We're heading into a real mystery tonight as the most credible leak in such blocked feeds evictions situations is out of the picture for some time to come. That was the person I depended on for credible news. Sigh.  Remember, although it's airing tonight, this was taped yesterday.

AND NOBODY TALKED! Gah.

I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes and thank BB for not having to blog live feeds since yesterday morning!

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

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Steve - KelseyNY, Carrie, K

Vanessa - Chacha, Heather Reyes, T-Town Chick

JURY:
Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob
Jackie - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian
Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl
James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML 
Julia - No pool people due to being announced late in cast

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!

Recap. recap ...oh my gosh, I forgot they also have to squeeze in PoV in this show!

Acting like the show is live, Julie blindsides them with the news that there's an eviction tonight. Wah, wah. Vanessa doesn't mind targeting Johnny Mac, but cries all over Steve.

Johnny Mac tries to make a whacko deal with Austin/Liz that he'll throw the veto to them for safety. They're confused. They tell Vanessa.

PoV comp time. They all get to watch Life in Pieces. The comp is related to the show ... playground in the backyard, chances of winning in pieces, have to put together Life in Pieces puzzle. The board demagnetizes when they fall off the balance beam or take too long between hitting the buzzer.

Vanessa eliminated first. Johnny Mac wins veto!

Vanessa cries to us. Steve thinks he can talk Vanessa into keeping him and getting rid of either Austin or Liz.

PoV meeting -- Johnny Mac saves himself. Vanessa puts Austin on the block because "Liz was just on the block last week." Austin thinks he's safe, but has some worry about Vanessa. Johnny Mac leads Austin to believe he would vote out Steve.

Time for the vote:
Steve - Didn't prepare, no warning, surprised even there, incredible, thanks all.
Austin - Sucks up to Life in Pieces, likes Steve, nice speech, vote with your heart, plugs he wants in on Bold and Beautiful.

Votes to evict:
Liz - Steve
Johnny Mac - Austin

Tiebreaker - Vanessa votes to evict AUSTIN! Liz cries, Austin is already bitter and low class, telling Vanessa she won't win the jury vote. Perhaps the most class-less exit of this season. I'm not surprised.

They announce the favorite houseguest voting in online now.

HoH Comp time! Vanessa can't play. What the Bleep is the name of the game. Videos of previous HG, with a bleeped-out word. Julie will say the word, true or false.

All right.
All right.
Steve takes lead, by one point.
All right. 
Johnny gets a point, tied with Steve.
No one right.
Steve and Johnny Mac right, tied and Liz is out.

How long was the Under the Rainbow competition in seconds -- tiebreaker.

STEVE WINS THE NEW HOH! 

You can vote for favorite at this link. 

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Into Monday - September 14

Walking the Backyard of Broken Dreams

Well, this will be the last update until after the feeds blockage ending after tomorrow night's show. While the feeds shut down at noon here, it's 9am there and, unless BB wakes them up, they'll be asleep still when they go off. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Indecisive Incentivizing Indecisions:

• Obviously, the feeds are shutting down so that I can head into the city (NYC) to photostomp the Feast of San Genaro, sleep in tomorrow and celebrate my birthday without worrying about blogging BB live feeds!
• I know it must be all about me, not about them taping the eviction for tomorrow.
• Heh.
• Austin pumped Johnny Mac for the latest news and what Steve might have said to him.
• While JM was basically honest with Austin, telling him that he told Steve he needs to campaign and such, he didn't let on that there was any chance in heck that Steve would stay.
• Steve did try to campaign to Liz. 
• That didn't go over well.
• But the HUGE NEWS is that Vanessa called Johnny Mac in for a talk and told him she wants to make a big move ... and get Austin out.
• She wants Johnny to vote to keep Steve, knowing Liz will vote to keep Austin. She will then break the tie and vote out Austin.
• Of course, this is Vanessa.
• It's subject to change.
• Of course, this is Johnny Mac.
• It's subject to weirdness.
• We will see.
• No matter what, I won't miss seeing Austin literally shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth. He cooks up a half-dozen or so at a time, a few times a day and inhales them.
• No manners whatsoever.
• Whether he goes tomorrow or next week, he'll be off my monitor and TV screen forever more.
• Make sure you stop by tomorrow night 8pm ET for the show blog party!

Shoveling down mass quantities of eggs

As long as I don't go up!

I need to win HoH. I need to win HoH.

Thinking of end game.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - September 13

Knows he's in serious trouble

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Too Much Talk:

• A banner is scrolling across the top of the live feeds which says they'll be "paused" from 9am PST tomorrow (Monday, 9/14) until 9pm PST on Tuesday, 9/15. Again, I'm wondering about why they think they're on Standard Time. The feeds themselves also list the time as PST. It should be PDT. Who error checks this stuff?
• Not a heck of a lot happened today in the house.
• They now know they're on an accelerated schedule and expect an eviction on Tuesday. But they don't know beyond that and assume the next show would be another eviction on Thursday.
• We know there will be shows on both Tuesday and Wednesday, no show on Thursday.
• Johnny Mac and Steve talked.
• JM admitted to Steve about his deal with Austin last week.
• He also pretty much told all about his conversation with Vanessa last night.
• JM admitted that he told Vanessa he'd vote out Steve (to save his own butt).
• He said that Vanessa will not be willing to go with them into the final three because she considers them a "couple."
• Like Austin/Liz isn't a couple?!?!
• Well, Vanessa thinks of Steve/John as a more dangerous threat to her own game couple. She thinks she would have a harder time winning over them and they'd take each other to the final two.
• Johnny Mac told Steve that Vanessa is all but positive the upcoming veto (after the HoH which she can't play in) will be hers.
• He also told him that he doesn't dare approach Vanessa to tell her he wants to vote to keep Steve -- that would be bad for his own game with her and she wouldn't go for it.
• He advised Steve to convince Vanessa to convince him to vote for Steve to stay.
• It sounds odd, but I see the sense in it if it can actually go down.
• It would seem like it's Vanessa's idea if Steve can convince her to convince JM to vote to keep Steve.
• I personally don't think Steve has the skills to bring it off, though.
• Oh ... and they got photo booth today. Woot. Woot.
• More in the morning ...

Back to looking like Liz

Convince Vanessa to convince me ...

Doing her nails surrounded by junk food

Big Brother 17: HoH Reveal, Nominations Show Blog Party - September 13

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

The show isn't due to start here until 8:30pm ET tonight due to football and may even start later than that. I'll be posting this at the regular 8pm ET although word verification won't come down until it starts here. I'll be updating 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!

We're getting started ... the recap, the promise of the eggs-citing HoH comp and a once in a lifetime trip (ew, Frankie) ahead.

At the comp, Liz is doing poorly while the other three are more evenly matched. Vanessa has taken the lead. John is a close second. Liz, still doing horribly, goes for the luxury prize and wins it. Vanessa still in the lead with Johnny Mac on her tail.

VANESSA wins HoH!

She's worried because now she'll have to decide between her two different alliances. Steve thinks he's safe. Johnny Mac thinks he's safe. Austin thinks he's safe. Liz thinks Vanessa has been acting "sketchy" lately. 

The paranoia and interrogations begin. 

And on and on, the interrogations go. 

Vanessa says she's going to go with her gut, but it looks like her head hurts. I know mine does. 

Vanessa talks to Steve and indicates that Johnny Mac will be her target. Then she talks to Austin, tells him she's after Johnny Mac and gets him to make all kinds of deals with her.

Oh, geez. Frankie is in the house bouncing like Richard Simmons. The trip is to an Ariana Grande concert VIP experience and Liz can choose someone to go with her. They will be disguised by a professional. Austin points and Vanessa, so Liz takes her. 

Lots of hoopla. I actually think Liz looks much better made up with short auburn hair. 

Johnny Mac talks to Vanessa. She looks for deals with him. He thinks he's using reverse reverse reverse psychology and tells her if she wants, put up him and Steve. He's hoping her head explodes.

Time for nominations. Vanessa nominates Steve and Johnny Mac. Her head did NOT explode. She claims she adores Steve, respects Johnny Mac ... not personal, just strategy. She thinks their loyalty is to each other. (What about Liz and Austin?)