BB19: Live Double Eviction Show Blog Party - August 17

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! 

Tonight's evicted hamsters will be the first members of the jury. The live feeds are expected to be off until after tomorrow night's "special" show airs on the West Coast. Hmm.

Here are the blog pool match-ups for easy reference tonight --

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
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
Raven Walton - Kristen from Ohio, David, Nora

Hamster watchers ready?  Let's have recap!

Julie seems to never being wearing blue jeans again. We get a segment on the house imploding as Cody sits back a bit. Josh and Elena get into a kerfuffle. Then Alex goes at Elena.

To the living ... Julie tells them it's a double eviction night. First eviction.

Elena -- Another canned speech, but she screws it up. 
Cody -- Love to family, Jessica, Alex played a dirty game, rats out that Matt and Raven are targeted.
Matt -- Happy safe kind of speech.

The votes to evict:
Paul - Cody
Mark - Cody
Kevin - Cody
Josh - Cody
Raven - Cody
Jason - Cody
Christmas - Cody

It's unanimous. Cody is out once again. He walks over the table to avoid passing close to the others and immediately heads out the door.

HoH Time -- Let it Slide, BB Eliminator style. Shuffleboard. Rounds of two facing off, closest to the end wins. 

Matt and Josh random draw for first. Matt out.

Mark and Elena - Elena out.

Josh and Christmas - Josh out

Raven and Mark - Raven out

Christmas and Kevin - Kevin out

Mark and Jason - Mark out

Christmas and Paul - Paul out

Christmas and Jason - Christmas out.

JASON is the new HoH! 

To the living room. Jason has to immediately nominate two. He goes for Mark and Elena, no surprise there. He tells them Cody told him not to trust him. Outside it will be a different story. Elena -- Alex is my girl, betrayed her (not in those words, but thought). Jason says he has no target. 

Raven, Josh and Matt were random picks to participate in the PoV comp. Can You Solve It? Puzzles in a lane, three of them, first one back to buzzer wins. All puzzle pieces must be completely flat. 

MARK wins the Power of Veto! 

Veto meeting time -- Mark saves himself. Jason replaces Mark with Matt.

Live vote time:
Elena - Nothing to say, tells Mom to set up dog teeth cleaning, will spend my birthday in the jury.
Matt - Upbeat again.

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

Elena is gone. Yes! Six to one. 

Hmm. Tomorrow Derrick will "surprise" the houseguests. A new temptation will be revealed during the week.

BB19: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - August 16

You too can be EXTREME

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

• I'm so ready for the double eviction.
• I think the hamsters are, too.
• Raven's been fussing for days that she never gets called to the Diary Room.
• When they finally called her, she yelled, "They do love me! They do love me."
• Um. No. I bet they don't.
• They probably were just tired of hearing her whine about not being called.
• It's getting to Mark that Christmas is so possessive of things like the food in the house, down to slop and slop cookies. He says she yells and gets too agitated about it.
• Hmm. If I recall right from more than a few instances, Mark inhales food like he's breathing fresh air. He eats ten to twelve eggs every morning for breakfast. Once the house ran out of eggs until the end of the week because of his breakfasts.
• I'm not saying Christmas should be yelling about him eating stuff.
• I think I'm saying I'd hide food to make sure I had enough to eat if I lived with him and limited amounts of food.
• Christmas is suspicious because Kevin gets called into the Diary Room so often.
• Maybe it's because his take is more interesting than most?
• Elena told Mark that she questions Josh's intelligence.
• I think I question the intelligence, or at least common sense, of anyone who goes in the house for a season. Unless it's a kid like Ramses who was like a child in a candy shop, it's just not the kind of thing that attracts level-headed folks for the most part.
• Instead, we watch and are happy that we're smart enough not to be in there!
• Christmas is very worried that she's projecting poorly with all the arguments and her fans (pre-show from her books and exercise stuff) are not going to be happy.
• Then stop it.
• Alex also claims that she's not a fighting kind of person.
• Gee, I wonder what this particular BB house would be like if they got in people with really quick tempers! It would probably be blocked off with crime scene tape by now.
• Jason told Paul that Mark told him he wants to get Paul out.
• Well, duh. I would bet Paul already had a clue about that.
• Paul is getting tired of Mark, Elena, Matt, Raven and Kevin.
• Yep, a hit list!
• Surprisingly, he might put Raven at his least liked. Maybe if he wins HoH, he'll get her out!
• Paul hinted to Matt that if Mark wins HoH, he (Paul) won't be the target -- he thinks Mark will target couples.
• Isn't Mark part of a couple? I see where Paul wants to make Matt nervous, but that whole thing doesn't make sense to me.
• Meanwhile, Josh is sure Mark will target him. After all, Mark has told Josh that he can't stand living with him.
• Still lots of talk about Elena and Mark working with Cody.
• No brouhahas today.
• Nor any real kerfuffle.
• I think they're in a holding pattern until after tomorrow night. 

Listening to advice ... or not.

Don't make me yawn, Cody!

The bags are bigger than she is!

BB19: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - August 16

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! 

PLEASE be respectful to your fellow commenters!

But first ... let's sit out this recap.

Elena doesn't feel totally safe, but knows Cody is a target. Cody knows it's a backdoor plan. Paul and Alex discuss taking out Elena if Cody wins veto and the noms remain the same. Alex thinks they need to target Matt and Reven. Alex wants to steamroll all the way to the end with Paul. 

Kevin and Cody talk. Kevin misses his family. Kevin tells us if he cries on TV, he wouldn't be able to go back home. He looks as sad as you can without bursting into tears.

Veto player pick time. Alex first pulls Mark's chip. He tells us he would keep noms the same and keep Cody in the house. Alex pulls her own chip, then names Paul as her choice. 

Kevin told Cody his biggest problem in the game was taking with the showmances. Cody tells Kevin about his daughter and told him to keep it confidential.

Their is an Outback set-up in the yard. They launch arrows at adventures on a map. It's the comp with the prizes for all and people can swap prizes from those who are out before them. 

Paul out first and he won the veto. (But it surely will be taken away.) Mark is eliminated and wins a trip to Colorado for two. Jason out next, gets tandem skydiving punishment with another HG. Jason takes Paul's veto. Now Paul has the tanDAM punishment (as Josh would say). Matt out next, wins an Xreme-itard. He takes the veto from Jason.

Elena and Alex make a deal not to curse each other with a punishment. Alex is eliminated. She wins 5000 and is thrilled. Elena gets camp guide. take camping equipment and cook hot dogs. Cody hints to Elena that she should take the money from Alex and not the veto from Matt.

Alex is SO ticked. Paul chooses Christmas as his sky dive partner. 

Cody tells Elena that he would have taken the money. He also told her that she's a target already. He's hoping that Elena might have made herself a bigger target and it might save his game. He doesn't tell Elena that part. 

Alex invites everybody, including Cody, up to the HoH room ... except Alex. Cody tells us he doesn't like any of them. 

Jason gets his Xtreme-itard. He has to scream that he's so extreme every time the BB voice talks about him being extreme. Paul and Christmas only have to go two days in their skydiving outfits, complete with helmets and goggles. For a week -- Jason is also a week -- Alex has to lug around heavy camping gear, set up a tent, cook hot dogs for all, then pack up again every time BB blows the bugle. She is SO angry at Elena.

Cody tries to improve his standing, offering to help Alex. The show is definitely being edited to give viewers the idea that Elena might be more of a target. Um. Sure. 

Matt's Outback Steakhouse Reward time -- he can choose five guests for a dinner in the backyard. Mark, Elena, Paul and Alex are going with him. Paul gives his spot to Christmas. 

Cody goes to talk to Jason and Alex. Cody reminds them that he saved the both of them and all but begs for them not to put him up. Alex tells us Cody is making sense to her.

Um. Yeah. 

Matt knows that if he saves himself, he won't be replaced and the others will probably be mad because Cody won't go up. 

Matt saves Jason with the veto. Alex puts Cody on the block. Backdoor Plan in motions.

BB19: Live Feeds into Tuesday Night - August 15

Another day, another outburst

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

• Gee, according to the scrolling banner on the live feeds page, I'll get some sleep Thursday night. It sounds like the feeds will be down from Thursday pre-show (normal) until maybe after whatever show they having on Friday.
• Maybe the special Friday show is a Dr. Phil intervention show.
• It was another day with kefuffles and tension bursting through on and off.
• Cody has accepted that he's leaving, probably welcomes it to an extent at this point.
• Oh. And, he misses Jessica.
• In the morning, Cody was alone in the yard talking to the camera. He doesn't really want to talk to the others. He doesn't like them.
• Kevin came out and talked to him. They both talked about going crazy.
• Kevin also mentioned his toothache -- now, that was supposed to be taken care of before the 4th of July! He's hoping they'll do it tomorrow so he won't lose yard open time.
• They sat around grousing about the other hamsters until other hamsters came out into the yard.
• Alex is definitely holding a grudge about Elena passing off the hot dog cooking park ranger punishment on her.
• A huge kerfuffle went down in the kitchen later about it.
• But first ... there was a kerfuffle starting with Alex at Cody because she gave him her cereal to eat a bowl of it and he ate the whole box.
• So, call to arms to everyone to light into Cody who didn't want to deal with them or talk to anyone.
• He (rightfully at that time) got nasty back at them.
• Then it turned into a Josh/Elena battle.
• And the battling kept going on.
• Now, you know me. I like a good brouhaha. But these are like reruns of shows you've seen rerun before.
• It's the same arguments, different day.
• Well, the cereal part was new.
• I don't even want to write about all the side-fights.
• It's ridiculous.
• Paul likens Josh to a male Big Meech. Well, yeah.
• Alex kept at Cody on and off, accusing him of lying about his kid, just using Jessica, etc.
• So, now she just won't stop with either Elena or Cody because they wronged her.
• The stress is even getting to usually unemotional Paul. He had to wipe away a few tears as he thought about how the season was going down.
• That lasted about a minute until Jason fell almost on Alex and into the hammock.
• I can see it now -- WhistleNut, Rodeo Cowboy, breaks one woman's foot in an act of tomfoolery and then squishes another in yet a second act of tomfoolery.
• Jason tried to get Alex to cool her jets -- telling her that her outbursts will end up making her a target.
• Interesting ... Paul told Josh that Kevin took the 25 grand in the beginning. Josh told him he already knew it -- Kevin told him.
• Huh. Maybe Josh can keep a secret! I didn't know he knew.
• Josh asked Paul not to tell anyone he knew about it.
• Paul tells Josh that he's going to tell others (not that Josh knew) about Kevin taking it.
• Josh was surprised, said Kevin is a jury vote.
• He doesn't think it's wise to tell anyone.
• Oh my. Josh can think!
• Josh later told Christmas that he's worried all the animosity in the house is getting to Paul.
• I say, "What about Jackie? How is she affected by this?"
• So ... Paul tells Alex that Kevin has that money and that Josh knows.
• Geez.
• Paul lays it all on Josh! He told Alex he thought Kevin might have won the money and asked Josh, Josh confirmed it!
• Oh, GEEZ!
• He's setting up Kevin and then Josh for the jury!
• We know that no one wants to be against Kevin at the end -- he'd surely win the money just because he's Kevin.
• But I thought they'd want to sit with Josh, the Excitable Boy. Maybe Josh has been showing too many signs of being a game player -- winning comps. fitting in better and, obviously, in the case of Kevin's secret ... trustworthy.
• When told about Kevin taking the money, Jason doesn't believe it. He's sure it was Ramses or Jillian.
• Remember ... they ALL went for their buttons on that. Kevin just got to his first.
• Now, they don't want Josh and Kevin out immediately. They have other targets first.
• But, if they have their way the final four will be Alex, Paul, Jason and Christmas.

Who, me?

Emphatic, but not with empathy

Kitchen Kerfuffle Players

Fun times in the habitrail

New disease ... knee pimples

Putting on a bit of weight

The morning laps walk

BB19: Live Feeds into Tuesday - August 15

No longer a sky diver

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

• Cody joined Alex and Jason for a talk in the HoH room.
• Invited by Alex even.
• Oh my.
• Don't get your hopes up, though. He's still a dead man walking.
• He explained how things went down from his perspective and said he was there because he loved the game -- not there for fame. (Cough::: Elena:::cough)
• He said he'd like to do another show with Jessica. The Amazing Race? Hmm. I think he'd be good at that; I'm not as sure about Jess. But, since his biggest weakness is in social doings with bunches of people, he'd do better in the race.
• Mystery solved as to why he didn't choose HoH room to be wrong with the temptation noise answers -- they had an HoH room lockdown and some noises played then.
• Cody found out that Raven had her sights set on him at the beginning and, when he wasn't interested, lied about things he said. 
• Paul and Christmas were relieved of their sky diver tandem suits.
• That punishment was much more complicated, in a part due to her broken foot, than tethered together punishments of past shows.
• Cody hopes that being first to jury gets pick of the best room and bath.
• Mark thinks that Christmas hobbles around and then jumps in on the anti-Mark bus.
• He claims to respect Alex and Paul's gameplay. But, of course, wish they'd stop targeting him.
• He was telling this to Cody, mind you.
• Josh decided to create a scene claiming that Mark was telling people to keep Cody.
• Cody told Josh to work it out with Mark. He's over it.
• Paul said they're not playing Big Brother -- they're playing Big Baby.
• He's spot on with that. 
• But babies are generally better behaved with other babies.
• Paul told Kevin that Cody said he had him (Kevin) in his pocket.
• Now, I did NOT see Cody say that. I either missed it or it never happened.
• It's all working towards targeting Kevin after Mark and Elena (and perhaps Raven and Matt).
• Apparently Josh has taken Kevin's place in the final five plan.
• Kevin would be too popular in a final two. 

Hot dogs for all!

Children at summer camp