BB18: Live Feeds Late into Saturday Night, PoV - July 23

Will he rule the veto?

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

• It seems like they spent most of Saturday waiting around chomping at the bit to play for the Power of Veto.
• Well, a lot of napping went on, as well.
• They slept in a bit, too.
• The consensus seemed that most would vote Bridgette out over Frank if the nominations remained the same.
• Of course, that doesn't have James sitting too pretty with his little lady Natalie.
• It seems he promised Bridgette safety during the HoH endurance comp.
• And, Bridgette is Natalie's buddy although not necessarily James's buddy.
• James thought he was making nominations "the house" wanted. 
• Natalie told Bridgette that she's in this position because she never tried to bond with the girls.
• Well, she did. The only problem was that the girls she bonded with were named Bronte and Natalie. Then, on the male side, she pretty much just bonded with Frank.
• James apologized to Bridgette for putting her on the block. He told her that everybody was telling him that he needed to put them (as a couple) on the block and he was tired and conflicted.
• He also pointed out that Frank running her game and treating her like personal property have turned others against her.
• They hugged.
• She's still on the block. She still might go home. Naturally, they'll fake hug then, too.
• Bridgette thinks that the girls don't like her because they're jealous of her career, home, looks, and boyfriend.
• Oh, yeah. She's got that boyfriend.
• And, she has Frank, too.
• Bridgette told Natalie that Nicole is playing both sides of the house.
• She also let her in on the Fatal Five and other information leaked by Tiffany.
• Natalie told her that she has her back, but she doesn't talk game with Frank and isn't working with him.
• When the feeds returned after the PoV players pick, the additional players are Nicole, Michelle and Da'Vonne.
• It's back to randomly picking out a chip from the bag. Uh-oh. Bridgette picked Da'Vonne. You can tell that one isn't Houseguest's Choice!
• "The House" seems to think that, even if one of them -- Frank or Bridgette -- come off the block, it doesn't matter the replacement, per se. The one remaining on the block will go out the door.
• Victor says it's much easier returning to the house.
• Nicole told him it's because Jozea is gone. 
• Of course, Jozea went before Victor did, but his presence still lingered at that time like a cheap perfume.
• I said that, not Nicole.
• They think the comp is going to be the one with prizes and punishments.
• I hope it's something new and different.
• James told Nicole she wouldn't be a replacement nominee. She asked him. He didn't just volunteer the info.
• He also told Bridgette she wouldn't be going on the block.
• Hmm.
• Lots of speculation as to who would put up whom if they won HoH, as usual.
• The feeds got blocked late and have been blocked for hours.
• But, finally ... we have a PoV winner and the feeds are live once again.
• MICHELLE won PoV. 
• It was the OTEV comp and, as Nicole pointed out, all four vets played.

Does he realize how bad that hair looks?

Oh, Nicole, you need to step it up

Better a silly hat than a silly haircut

Zakiyah sans Paulie

Michelle and her PoV necklace

BB18: Live Feeds into Saturday Morning - July 23

I'm b-a-a-a-a-a-c-k!!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of a Recent Returnee:

• If you missed my prior announcement: James is HoH. He nominated Frank and Bridgette.
• They seem to think that Victor has changed a lot in the last two weeks.
• "He's a different person! He's so nice!"
• Hmm. Give it time.
• Bridgette tried to convince Victor that she's been absolutely a sweetheart in the house and everybody has treated her horribly.
• @@
• Now, we need to remember that two people gave Victor advice during the Battle Back -- Bronte told him they all hated him and not to trust any. Tiffany told him to trust Frank.
• Frank, but of course, trusts Bridgette. Will Victor fall in with them?
• Da'Vonne thinks that James is going to have Pandora's Box in his HoH reign.
• If he does, Nicole wants him to be the first HoH not to use it.
• If there was one, I can't see any HoH not using it.
• But, I don't think this secret room stuff is quite a Pandora's Box. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
• Somehow, Paulie seems to be on Frank's little team now. Oh, not an official team -- they're gone. In his camp, so to speak. I'm not sure what happened there.
• Although Paulie claims that Zakiyah is the hottest girl in the house and he really likes her, he'll cut her from the game in a minute if he has to.
• Frank thinks he will win PoV (and that's always a strong possibility), so he and Paulie are trying to see what votes they might gather to oust Da'Vonne as a renom.
• If it came down to it, Paulie would rather Frank stay than Bridgette.
• Yep, alpha boys wanna stay together!
• Paul said he wouldn't save either Frank or Bridgette if he wins PoV.
• We don't know who's playing for PoV yet other than the HoH and nominees, mind you.
• Ah, Frank told Paulie that he's in his final three plan along with Bridgette.
• I have a bridge to sell to you, Paulie. The warm fuzzies of these few days aren't going to last.
• Paulie wants Da'Vonne targeted because she's "still saying my name" with the couples targeting. 
• Natalie told James that she thinks several people threw the HoH just in order to not get blood on their hands.
• Probably.
• She also told him that Frank was now in with Paulie as if he never put him on the block.
• Being a Bridgette buddy, she thinks James should have nominated Frank and Victor. 
• If Frank were to go home, she would have Bridgette back to herself, I say.
• James said he might put Victor on the block if someone is saved with the PoV.
• Natalie told James he had promised not to put Bridgette up and claims Paulie pressured him to do so.
• She doesn't trust Paulie.
• I don't think James trusts anybody.
• As it should be ...
• Natalie went on and on to James about Paulie playing both sides of the house.
• She is right there.
• James said that his nominations were "what the house wanted."
• Oh, James. I remember when you were willing to shake things up!
• He doesn't regret putting Frank up, but is now feeling bad about nominating Bridgette.
• Eventually Natalie said that she knows people want Frank/Bridgette out and they're probably decent nominations.
• Even if James did promise Bridgette he wouldn't put her on the block.
• From what was said, the HoH comp was one of the ones with a wall and them hanging on.
• It seems, as of now, out of the two nominees, more want Bridgette out than Frank.
• Hmm.

His haircut by Paul is incredibly stupid!

Not pleased that James put Bridgette up

Maybe it's just me, but that looks disgusting

Whazzat on her shoulder?

Doesn't seem like a happy HoH

BB18: Live Feeds Return HoH, Nominations Update - July 23

Just a quick update for now ...

• James won HoH
• The nominees are Frank and Bridgette.
• Pretty interesting, eh?

A full report will be up in the morning!

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?

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be constantly updating this entry. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments area -- come join in on the fun!

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!

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be constantly updating this entry. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments area -- come join in on the fun!

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.