BB18: Battle Back to BB Special Blog Party - July 22

The Live Feeds will be down until after tonight's Battle Back episode. They should return late tonight at 9pm PT/ 12am ET

Will it be Glenn, Jozea, Victor, Bronte or Tiffany returning?

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We first get to see all five get evicted once again. Win or go home in four head to head competitions. 

Glenn takes on Jozea. The comp has them doing an identical one we saw earlier in the season. Balance beam logs, one short tough path, one longer easier, retrieve berries one at a time. They each have a poison berry that they can use to destroy a column of berries of the opponent. 

Heh. Jozea is rushing to prove how great he is and fell, twice. Glenn is going really slow. Now it's raining. Jozea is in the lead. Glenn failed to get Jozea with the poison berry. Jozea successfully got his poison berry in. Jozea wins over Glenn. Glenn has to go home.

Jozea will battle Victor next. Must knock down five face of their opponent targets with tennis balls and huge rackets that work like a trampoline. Victor wins! Jozea is going home. (Yay!)

Victor will battle Bronte next. That should be interesting. Bronte is already annoying on intro to the yard. Ohh ... she tells Victor not a single person in the house likes him (but her). They have monitors with photos of hamsters still in the game and answer six questions. Victor wins!

Victor will battle Tiffany next. The winner of that battle will return to the house. They have glowing wrist and ankle bands. Search through bins for puzzle pieces, listen for clues to complete band's schedule. (Puzzle is a band.) Climbing and suspended kind of thing. Victor wins and makes all kinds of ape noises.

Victor will be returning to the house, Tiffany goes home. She tells him to trust Frank, don't trust Da'Vonne.

Julie tells the hamsters about Battle Back. The doorbell rings. Victor enters, testosterone raging.  

Another twist has clues to a secret room only in play for the next four weeks. Finding the room can change the game of the winner.

BB18: Live Eviction, HoH Show Blog Party - July 21

From the CBS Big Brother website ...
The Live Feeds will be down until after tomorrow night's Battle Back episode. They should return Friday night at 9pm PT/ 12am ET

Are we ready for this? I know I'm SO ready!

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Here are the blog pool picks going into tonight's show:

Tiffany Rousso - meb, SueGee, David, Jessica UNderwood

Natalie Negrotti - Sharon N, Jackie P, QuixoticElf, Orkmommy

Bridgette Dunning - Brian, Indiana Jane, Caela, Chauncey, Paula Bell

Paulie Calafiore - Joel, Chacha, Sally, Ed In Ohio, Buzzmaam

Zakiyah Everette - Tilde, Jo C, Jenng326, Ayana, jennifer

Corey Brooks - Fred aka TwoBlackAces, Barbara B. W., Dierdre, Cheryl in NC

Paul Abrahamian - Jackie, Arf Barf, WolfpackRed, chrob61

Michelle Meyer - Rich, Chase, Glenn, Anonymouse, Delee
Nicole Franzel - Kelsey NY, Grove Wiley, Nickelpeed, Sharon C  
Frank Eudy - Dr_Celine, Dennis Comfort, Stephanie in Baltimore, PDX Granny
Da'Vonne Rogers - Donna in Alabama, uncartie, MarthaLight, Donna NY
James Huling - Becky, Donna in Alabama, Sharon S, Willie J

EVICTED
Glenn Garcia
Jozea Flores - Sasha, Merrilee, Tammy, Petals, JonMD1267
Victor Arroyo - Helenann2K, RBennie, Janice, Monty924
Bronte D'Acquisto - Jean in Tampa, elee86, Russ, Cheryl, Donna in FL

Julie says it's been one wild week. (Well, it was for a few days!)

Recap time, of course.

Cody and Vanessa will have a segment to talk about Paulie and Tiffany tonight.

Julie tells us everybody is scrambling. She says they were strategizing until just before the show.

Cut back to after the veto ceremony. We see the infamous braid "whipping" that Tiffany (on the feeds) called an assault. @@

Aw, James and Natalie had a slight kerfuffle. All is good.

Paulie wants Tiffany out. Frank wants Da/Vonne out. Paul's kind of caught in the middle, but thinks Da'Vonne is more of a danger down the road. Tiffany starts telling all the lies that Da'Vonne has said.

Lots of unrest. The edit is leaning towards Da'Vonne going. Da'Vonne tells James that she wants to go after couples. Um ... he's in a couple. Smooth move there, Mama Day! He runs to tell Paulie.

Cody and Vanessa time. Cody thinks Paulie is doing well with comps and his social game. But he warned him not to have a showmance. He thinks he should have aligned with James. He also thinks he could have aligned with Tiffany as a final two. Vanessa thinks that there's a double standard when Paulie and Tiffany are compared. People don't bring up Cody to Paulie. She's glad that Tiffany has stepped up and thinks working with Frank is good for both of them.

Live vote time. The talk with the nominees --
Da'Vonne - Thank God, etc. Love you guys, trust people, thanks in advance.
Natalie - Excited and nervous, best summer of my life, James. Please keep me.
Tiffany - Wild ride. Amazing time, ups and downs, once in a lifetime. Will be loyal.

The votes to evict:
Michelle - Tiffany
Zakiyah - Tiffany
James - Tiffany
Onto commercial ...
Nicole - Tiffany
Frank - Tiffany
Corey - Tiffany
Bridgette - Tiffany
Paul - Tiffany

Unanimous. Tiffany is gone. She handled it well, even Da'Vonne's over the top goodbye message.

Julie tells us that they've been playing in teams and having Road Kill ... all of that is about to change. Gonna shake up the game. (Good!)
 Onto commercial.

A segment with interviews of the first four evicted for Battle Back.

Julie talks to the current hamsters. Teams are ending as of tonight. Road Kill gone, too. Everyone is on their own, two nominees each week. More twists to come and secrets to discover ... goodnight houseguests.

No HoH tonight. Battle Back is tomorrow night. HoH will be announced on air Sunday. BBAD will not air tonight, nor will live feeds.

BB18: Live Feeds Overnight into Thursday - July 21

Will Tiffany still be around after tonight?

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

• Frank still wants Da'Vonne out, but seems to have come to the realization that it just might not happen this week. He thinks people would prefer a double eviction and BOTH Tiffany and Da'Vonne gone this week.
• Although being on the block is a bit nerve wracking no matter what, Natalie is blessed with two huge targets up there with her.
• It's as if she's not even on the block.
• I doubt anyone will vote her out.
• By the way, her and James are all copacetic once again.
• The late night hours continued to be as exciting as the daytime hours.
• Yes, that was sarcasm on my part.
• They all were called individually to the diary room to record goodbye messages. Some of those might be interesting. Once jury happens, we tend to get milder messages. After all, gotta get those jury votes!
• Nicole thinks one of the beds in the house is cursed because Jozea, then Victor, slept in it.
• Hey, maybe one will want it back after tomorrow!
• I always kind of hoped they burned the bed Amanda and McCrae lived on that one summer.
• Paulie told Tiffany that, if Frank can get things to a tie vote, he (the tiebreaker) will vote Da'Vonne out.
• I don't think so! Liar liar pants on fire!
• It's still either - or between the two.
• This is one week I'm not going to make a solid prediction. I think it will be Tiffany out, but ...!

Only on the radar due to Paulie connection

Whispering strategy

Will her bum ankle affect her HoH chances?

BB18: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - July 20

Pretty boy smile

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

• The three nominees got their bags and have to pack.
• Too bad, so sad.
• Sniffle.
• Their (very late) morning had just about started when Tiffany (alone) told the camera that she and Da'Vonne had made a final two deal on the second day before the live feeds came on.
• Then they were all called to the HoH room for a lockdown and we got Jeff highlights loops.
• In other words, the live feeds were blocked.
• Much of the rest of the day so far has been spent with Da'Vonne scrambling to make sure she has the votes (against Tiffany) to stay.
• Or, Frank trying to get a grasp on whether he's gathered enough votes for Da'Vonne to go.
• Nicole is appearing dazed and confused.
• Nothing new there.
• The Paulie Camp is on board for voting out Tiffany, but they're not telling the Frank Camp that.
• But, part of the Paulie Camp -- Zakiyah and Nicole -- feel that Da'Vonne is sketchy and more dangerous in the game than is Tiffany.
• They had been let out of the HoH room, but have been on indoor lockdown all day.
• Lots of speculation about what's going up in the yard.
• One very common thought is that someone is going to return to the game.
• A'yup.
• Corey is on board with voting out Da'Vonne even though he has issues with Tiffany.
• Paulie's Camp is dwindling. Perhaps they're all being eaten by bears.
• They didn't talk about what happened when they were locked in the HoH room and the feeds were blocked.
• They weren't told what's going on.
• Nicole told Frank she thinks that Tiffany's going. She also told him that people are saying that if Bridgette wins HoH, she would nominate her (Nicole).
• Frank denied that.
• Frank also tried to push for a Tiffany save.
• That's when we found out that Nicole doesn't know the meaning of the word "diabolical" when used in the context of a sentence.
• Oh my.
• Frank also pushed his Oust Da'Vonne agenda to Paulie.
• Paulie thinks Tiffany would go after them and wants her out.
• Around and around it goes. Where it ends up, nobody knows.
• Well, we'll know.
• Tomorrow night.

Michelle is a bit Christine-like

Wondering what's going on comp-wise

I'm not sure who's on board for the vote

She needs to win to buy new jeans

Again, talking with hands all over the place!

A suitable snack for the BB18 hamsters

BB18: Power of Veto Episode Blog Party - July 20

Hamster watchers ready? Let's get this show going! 

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We pick up after the Road Kill ceremony. Nicole is crying, Corey is on the block. Corey isn't crying. Natalie's crying. She remains on the block and now with Corey and Tiffany.

Zakiyah, Corey, Da'Vonne, Michelle and Nicole speculate that Tiffany is the Road Kill winner. Paulie had tried to trick her into confessing to be such just before the ceremony.  Da'Vonne knows it's her. 

Ohh ... Tiffany talks to Frank (and Bridgette), spilling the beans that his buddies can't be trusted, that he's low on the totem-pole. James is in there. He wants to lay low. 

Frank approaches Corey, wants to get him back on his side. But Corey KNOWS Frank won the Road Kill and put him on the block. (Which was all Tiffany, but ...!) Frank tries to make amends with Da'Vonne, too. 

Paul sees Frank and Da'Vonne whispering and runs to Paulie and Corey. Now Paulie is this thinking that if Tiffany wins the PoV, he'll put Da'Vonne up in her place. 

Paul discovers that he can bake muffins. How exciting! 

Veto player pick time. Paulie pulls Da'Vonne. Then he picks Paul. So, those two will play in addition to Natalie, Tiffany, Corey and Paulie. 

Meanwhile ... Bridgette and Frank grow closer to Tiffany. Tiffany has told Da'Vonne she was the RK winner, but doesn't know if she would save her.

Time for the veto comp! It's a candied wonderland in the yard. Rounds of ice cream battles.  They have to transfer huge fake ice cream scoops to match ones shown them. 

Corey goes against Tiffany. Corey wins. Tiffany's out.
Paul challenges Natalie. Paul wins. Natalie is out.
Paulie challenges Da'Vonne. Paulie wins. Da'Vonne is out.
Corey challenges Paul. Corey wins despite the fact he agreed to throw it to Paul.
It's down to Corey and Paulie. Paulie throws it to Corey. 
COREY wins the PoV. He's worried that Nicole might go up if he takes himself down.

Da'Vonne knows that Tiffany will go for a big target and she's worried. So, what does she do? She gets in a tiff with Tiffany! Tiffany spills the Da'Vonne beans to Frank. Tiffany tells Paul he's safe and that Da'Vonne is going down this week.

Time for the veto meeting! Corey uses the veto to save himself. The replacement nominee is Da'Vonne.