BB19: Live Feeds Friday Daytime, Temptation Challenge - July 28

Keeping Kevin at arm's distance

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

• Most of the conversations of last night held into today.
• Elena is all kinds of grumpy.
• She blames Mark for their showmance and the perception that they are together.
• Sure, she's just an innocent victim.
• The feeds were blocked early so they could tell them about the Temptation Comp.
• Jessica and Cody talked of the wisdom of Cody participating in the comp.
• Neither Jessica nor Cody tried it.
• The feeds were blocked for most of the afternoon (with puppy cam) as the comp played out.
• Oh my ... Mark seems to have won!
• Even though he's in a neon green tutu.
• Jason was the last in the comp and is the third nominee.
• What will Paul do now?
• Paul is almost positive that Jessica and Cody are bluffing about her temptation. 
• She is. She has the Halting Hex, but it's not something that will keep both her and Cody safe for two weeks as she's been telling them.
• If Jason wins veto and pulls himself off the block, Paul can't replace him.
• Josh has been warned that he might be used as a pawn.
• Paul has serious thoughts of putting either Jessica or Cody up (or both) and seeing what happens.
• Elena's name is getting tossed around as a backdoor.
• All is up in the air now. 
• His Plan A is Jessica and Cody.
• Hmm.
• More later. 

Puppy cam!

Blaming Mark for their showmance

Mind controlling the fruit?

Mark has a nice tutu

BB19: Live Feeds Overnight into Friday - July 28

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

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

• There were no fisticuffs.
• No brouhahas.
• No real kerfuffles.
• Despite all of what Josh said about getting in Cody's face, he (Josh) was on the live feeds very little and well-behaved.
• It's evident that BB not only talked to them about language during the live show (remember someone saying no F-bombs during the aftermath of the HoH?), but they must have had warnings about possible fights.
• That might make this season the most talked-to about possible physical altercations ever.
• It's not Paul they've been warning about the physical stuff. (Although his language is ridiculously profane ...)
• It's Josh, Mark and Cody I would guess. Cody's military background might give him a bit more restraint than others. But he will get right up in people's faces and would surely retaliate if fists were to fly!
• The worst behaved of ALL was Elena -- slamming things around, saying she was talking to no one.
• You figure, once she got that dropped jaw off her drooping chest when she was blindsided by Ramses getting evicted, she was the most shocked.
• Just about everyone but Mark and her knew it was coming ... even Jessica and Cody. Heck, even Ramses knew.
• Paul and the others had the story all set -- Ramses won the 25 grand, he was a superfan, you never knew where he stood, he flip-flopped sides with the wind, he could win comps while Josh can't, he had to go because he was a more dangerous player (for the win) than Josh, etc.
• "It was nothing against you or Cody, Jessica." 
• They made it all about the Power of Ramses and tried to take the targeting Jessica and Cody right out of the mix.
• They said that the decision to evict Ramses was purely strategic while Jessica/Cody were targeting Josh as a personal vendetta.
• After all, Josh can't win anything, right?
• I don't think the story was totally bought, but each of them had the same story.
• Elena claimed to be more upset because her own alliance didn't tell her what was going on.
• They covered that base by telling her she didn't need to know -- they had enough votes and she would tell Mark, Mark might tell Jessica and Cody.
• (Although Kevin told Jessica, but that's beside the point.)
• Mark, with his cheeks that go red when he's upset, spent a lot of time saying he was sorry to Elena. He thinks everything is his fault.
• He thinks he's an outsider.
• Jessica and Cody talked about how they tried to socialize more.
• BB might have warned Jessica to stop lying about the power of her Temptation.
• But the thought is already in mind that she and Cody have some kind of protection for the next few weeks.
• No real talk about who Paul might nominate. He told Elena that she might be a pawn if Jessica and Cody can't be nominated.
• Elena told Paul that Mark is more into her than she is into him. Well, duh. It's been obvious she's just using him as her summer boy toy.
• No feeds block yet for the Temptation Challenge yet. That's supposed to happen before nominations.
• Jeff interviewed Ramses. I don't know why the kid likes Elena so much for the win. He said she and Paul will go far in the game. Well, Paul will.
• I can only assume that Paul's peeps will turn on him before the end. 
• But, whether he is obnoxious and annoying with a potty mouth or not, his social game has them all respecting his game, if not liking him. 

No one wants to play with me

Acted out the worst of all

Will the lies keep her and Cody safe?

Ramses thinks Elena will go far. Ha!

On the subways, that's man-spread, Alex

Paul reading his HoH letter

BB19: Live Eviction and HoH Episode Blog Party - July 27

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging and constantly updating this entry -- refresh the page to get the latest! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join in on the fun! 

Here are the blog pool match-ups for easy reference tonight (note that Cody's pool people are back in it) --

Alex Ow - jujufruit423, caela, Donna in FL, Nickelpeed
Christmas Abbott - Willie J, Rich from Buffalo, Glenn, QuixoticElf
Cody Nickson - MikesGirl, Chacha, Donna in NY, Delee
Elena Davies - Uncartie, Fred aka TwoBlackAces. Sharon N, chrob61
Jason Dent - Donna in Alabama, Cheryl in NC, jo Chapman, Marthalight
Jessica Graf - zombiehospice, Jean in Tampa Bay, Merilee
Josh Martinez - Petals, Stormy, Kelsey in NY, Dr_Celine
Kevin Schlehuber - elee86, aya, SueGee on the Left Coast
Mark Jansen - Buzzmaam, Judi Sweeney, Cheryl C, Sharon S
Matthew Clines - JonMD1267, T-Town Chick, Sharon C
Paul Abrahamian - Indiana Jane, Jackie, Brian, Marlo L
Ramses Soto - tbc, Pupis, Babs, Tammy
Raven Walton - Kristen from Ohio, David, Nora

Hamster watchers ready?

Last week Julie wore jeans. This week she's back to a dress. And ... we're in recap mode. 

Jessica hopes her decision not to use the veto won't come back and bite her in the butt. Paul tells us that he won't be letting Mark and Elena in on the save Josh plan. Josh plays up his sad game. He dances around when he's alone in a room.

Paul thinks that Mark and Elena are too chummy with Jess and Cody.  Cody tells us he's only pretending to work with Mark -- he doesn't trust him and Mark so quickly backstabbed him last week. Mark throws shade towards Raven and Matt to Paul. Now he distrusts him more. Paul goes to Raven and Matt with that information.

Cody tells Ramses he has a dream of Josh leaving to boos from the audience. Now, he didn't get boos when he played such a non-social game when he went. I doubt Josh will get boos. I also doubt Josh will walk out the door tonight, but that's another matter. 

After Jessic tells him it was her best week, Kevin asks about the Temptation, whether she won it or not. She said she won it and it was better than Paul's one -- her and Cody can't go anywhere for a while. He feels bad for her and tells her of the Ramses going home plan. She's livid. Cody and Jessica go around trying to get the votes to keep Ramses. Cody seems to alienate rather than convince. Jason thinks he's threatening him. Perhaps Cody should read the old book 'How to Win Friends and Influence People.' He has worse people skills than my cat.

Finally, to the living room for the live vote.
Ramses - Super fun, doesn't want it to end, can help a lot of people here. Please.
Josh - All for the family and housemates, except two meatballs, will go to war if I stay.

The votes to evict:
Cody - Josh
Jason - Ramses
Alex - Ramses
Mark - Josh
Elena - Josh
Kevin - Ramses
Matt - Ramses
Raven - Ramses
Christmas - Ramses
Paul - Ramses

As planned, 7-3, Ramses will go home tonight. Into commercial.Cody and Jessica look disgusted. Elena's jaw drops past her drooping chest. Josh acts like he didn't know and is all grateful.

Talking to Julie, Ramses says he knew he was leaving. 

Apparently, although Jessica hasn't used the Halting Hex, the consequence will be announced anyway. Hmm. 

Last night they studied photos of the three evicted hamsters on the Memory Wall. It will be a memory comp for HoH. It's fake magazine covers with tattoos.

Time for the comp. Inked and Evicted comp. They get true or false questions about the photos.

First question has Elena out.
Second question Mark, Alex, Cody, Josh and Kevin out.
Third question: All right
Fourth question: All right
Fifth question: Christmas and Jason out
Sixth question: Matt and Jessica out.

Paul wins HoH! 

Jessica lies to Julie about the Temptation and says it will keep her and Cody safe for the next few weeks.

Julie tells us that there's going to be a Temptation Comp each week. The winner will be safe, loser will go on the block as a third nominee.

BB19: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - July 26

The happy couple

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

• I really don't have much new and exciting to share with you.
• Today was more of a repeat of yesterday -- Paul and others scheming to keep Josh in, Jessica worried that she will be blindsided and Ramses will be voted out, hamsters doing the "if I win HoH' scenarios, etc.
• Cody is less worried about Ramses going home than is Jessica. Oh, he seems to be catching on that there is the chance. He thinks Ramses is a good kid, has done nothing wrong and deserves to be in the house while Josh deserves to go home.
• However, Jessica is feeling real guilt about it. 
• She should have listened to her gut feelings and saved him with the veto.
• Josh is still acting all defeated and a broken man-boy.
• But he promises a real show tomorrow.
• We'll see about that.
• Paul is concerned about the last Temptation -- who got it, what is it and what is the curse. Jessica told people she got it, but lied about its powers, claiming it gave her safety. 
• They're worried about either a reset or a double eviction.
• Jessica doesn't think Elena will stay loyal to Mark.
• Well, duh.
• Ramses is going around trying to secure votes.
• So, they lie to him. I think he knows they're lying.
• They've been on indoor lockdown since around noon their time due to comp construction in the yard.
• Something tells me it won't be the memory comp that Paul and Kevin have been studying for!
• Yes, I lived dangerously and ended the above sentence with a preposition. I'm wild like that, y'know.
• Jessica keeps talking to Elena about the possible blindside.
• Well, that's the wrong person; Elena isn't in on the plan.
• Matt really wants Mark out before the jury. He thinks Mark is a big bully.
• A lot of them, once again this year, seem to have the goal of making jury rather than the dream of first place.
• I never understand that.
• Sure, they get paid the $1000 a week stipend. But that's not really riches, I wouldn't think.  
• Jessica and Cody talked about her Halting Hex. 
• She said she'll most likely use it to save him (Cody) because he'll probably be the target before her.
• That's it. 

Very, very worried

At least she cooks.

Kevin reading the slop accompaniments

There's been a scooter theft

BB19: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - July 26

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging and constantly updating this entry -- refresh the page to get the latest! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join in on the fun! 

Recap City. 

Finally, the recap of nominations is done and over. Jessica once again tells us that Josh is her target, Ramses is just a pawn. 

Oh, geez. Josh is crying again in the bathroom and in the Diary Room. Christmas consoles him. Well, not in the Diary Room.

Jessica questions Elena about the certainty of Josh leaving. Elena says it will be Josh. Jessica asks Paul and he advises her to wait until after the veto comp. She doesn't like his "unsolicited advice" -- even though she did ask him! She doesn't want to be blindsided.

Paul thinks that Josh should stay, Ramses out. He thinks Josh will be loyal to him and the others. Paul advises Josh to lay low and stay cool. Of course, with a glimmer of hope, Josh will do it!

Christmas impresses Cody with her tale of being the first female on a pit crew at some NASCAR thing. Cody tells us he's trying to improve his social game.

PoV Players random pick time -- Jessica picks Houseguest's Choice (Cody, of course), Josh picks Jason, Ramses gets Christmas. 

Sigh. Now Jason is crying in the Diary Room. At least it's over missing his son, not the game. 

Veto Comp time -- Host Kevin is dressed as a bunch of grapes. The yard is done up in smoothie shops. It's the exploding stuff in your face comp. They have to memorize ingredients from a monitor and add the ingredient into their cup. 

Christmas out in the first round. Ramses, Josh and Jason all eliminated in the second round.  Only Cody and Jessica remain. Cody throws the last round to Jessica to save her hair.

Paul tells Josh to act like he's defeated so that Jessica will keep the nominations the same. Paul certainly doesn't want to be a renom! Josh goes to Jessica, telling her he wants to enjoy the few days he has left in the house.  But he goes wild in the Diary Room yelling she will be blindsided. 

Paul talks to his group about keeping Josh, citing Josh's loyalty. They can't depend on Ramses for the same loyalty. Plus, Josh will always be a bigger target.

Ramses is getting worried. He goes to Jessica to ask her to use the veto. She says she'll talk to people. Of course, they lie to her. Raven looked like a deer in headlights. Jessica is still worried.

She voices her worries and lays out what the other side of the house might be thinking to Cody. He pooh-poohs it and says she's being paranoid. She ponders putting up Alex and saving Ramses.

Time for the veto meeting!
Ramses - Praises her wins, consider options, please take me off the block if it's best for you.
Josh - Apologizes and plays the "I'm leaving" act.

Jessica does NOT use the veto.