BB23: Friday Live Feeds/Nominations - July 16

 

Claire seems to be in a good place

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

• They played the Wildcard Comp and the winner was (drumroll please) ... SarahBeth.
• She gave up the safety because she did not want to switch teams.
• Frenchie got all bent out of shape about it because he apparently told her to throw it.
• Oh, I forgot to tell you -- the Have Nots this week are Whitney, Brent, Derek X and Hannah. Whitney and Brent volunteered them without even consulting the other two.
• So far Kyland is handling his HOH better than most we've seen.
• Due to a time crunch, he tried to give each person a five-minute one on one meeting.
• He asked them (or most of them) the same two questions -- What can they or do they want to tell him about what's going on in the house and who they thought did the two hinky votes.
• They ALL threw Frenchie under that Bus of Reality.
• Even Whitney -- Frenchie had snapped at her in front of other people that he's through with the Slaughterhouse and, obviously, that outed her as an ally.
• Even Brent -- saying that Frenchie had handled the HOH poorly and is causing issues (even though he loves him as a person). Brent used part of his time trying to con Kyland into working with him.
• Tiffany's talk was interesting. She told him he should keep Frenchie but get one of his two henchmen out -- either Whitney or Brent. She told him she thinks those two were the hinky votes at Frenchie's request so they could blame him (Kyland and Derek X). She says Frenchie himself is powerless without those two.
• Remember ... Tiffany herself was one of the hinky votes at Frenchie's request.
• When Kyland asked her if one of those three went, would working with the other two be possible? She all but snorted and said, "If you work with a snake, you know sooner or later he will bite you."
• She suggested to him that it might be good if the Kings, Queens and Derek X worked together.
• Then ... poof ... time for blocked live feeds, pretty kittens and the nominations ceremony.
• I'm waiting it out now as I get this typed up.
• And the nominations are BRITINI AND fRENCHIE!
• Britini is almost hysterical crying.
• Frenchie is consoling her and Derek F, telling them they both need to be calm and take it easy. He will take it, make the target on his own back big enough that he will be sure to go so they won't have to. He told Britini that if he wins the veto, he will save her. Not a real Marcellas bit as he would plan to go home. He is sure he'd get the vote.
• Derek F seems more upset that two from their team were chosen rather than the people themselves who were chosen. 

"If you evict me, you lose the whole show!"

Tiffany is one of the best ever on the show!

If he handled HOH like he is his nom, we would adore him.

Britini? Not taking it well at all.

BB23: The Unraveling of Frenchie - July 16

 

The one on one HOH talks are a gem

Just a brief update --

The Wildcard Comp went down and SarahBeth won. Frenchie was so mad as he told her to throw it. Bwahaha!

I'll go into more detail later, but ...

... every single person talking to Kyland in the HOH talks is throwing Frenchie under the bus, even his so-called allies Whitney and Brent.

Meanwhile Frenchie is imploding and even alienated one of his strongest allies, Whitney. Oh my.

BB23: Live Feeds into Friday Morning - July 16

 

Kyland talks to Mom and us in his HOH room

It's a new dawn, a new day and the hamsters are up. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Jumpy Gerbils:

• While they all gathered for the HOH reveal, there was no shouting and thumping on the railing and walls as they waited.
• Thankfully that ridiculous bit seems to be a thing of the past.
• I mean ... it's a room. No need for screaming.
• Kyland was too emotional to read the letter from his mother aloud. So, Tiffany did and it sounded almost like his Mom was indeed talking to him.
• Actual tears. No, not from me. Get real. From Kyland!
• I like his snacks. Now I want snacks. He told them he's going to use the big package of Oreos as currency for favors in the house.
• Heh.
• I have something sad to report. Just call me Frenchie. I have to go back on my word and free y'all to go back on a blog promise.
• I just can't with Whitney anymore. I know we have the blog connection and I told you we will be supporting her.
• But I'm setting you free.
• Fly, little birdies!
• Y'see, there are issues. (A) She's deep in an alliance with Frenchie and apparently supports his wacky ways. (2) She so wants a showmance and is hanging all over Xavier dragging him into the alliance with Brent, Frenchie and her. (C) That not believing the horrific mass school shooting at Sandy Hook is still nagging at me. 
• I just can't.
• Despite all the big and small alliances, named or not, going on in the house, it seems the Frenchie/Brent/Whitney bonds are real.
• What about Derek F and Frenchie?
• Now, I see cracks in that one. True, I think they're good friends.
• BUT ... I don't really see Derek F as hanging onto every word from Frenchie. I think he's keeping his eyes open and will play his own game over Frenchie's game in the long run.
• Too bad he's already tainted. 
• Now, there was a kerfuffle over the hinky votes. 
• I just find that a bit ridiculous. Travis was evicted by almost the whole house. I wanted him gone, yes. But I actually would have liked to see less of a house vote than we had.
• Tiffany said she did it at Frenchie's request.
• Alyssa is worried and is gravitating towards Christian more. They still aren't a showmance, per se. But if both remain in the house, it could happen.
• Gah.
• Want to know what trio will be giving the Frenchie Trio a run for the money?
• One that basically formed last night. Well, they were a duo -- Tiffany and Claire -- but added in ...
• ... Derek X!
• It all started as Tiffany and Claire were using the chess board as a strategy tool. They were comparing observations about who was with whom, who would nominate whom, who to get close to, etc.
• Then comes Derek X. He took one look at the chessboard and said, "That's not a chess game."
• For a couple of hours the three talked strategy. I think it might have been one of the most accurate hamster observation and tactical discussions I've seen in the game.
• The rest can go away. I have my final three choice down. Once they get there, they can duke it out. All three are winners in my book!
• Ahem.
• As for Kyland, unfortunately he is planning on targeting Derek X.
• Wah. That's sad as I do think Kyland is good people.
• But they don't know that the winner of Wildcard will have the option to switch teams.
• And the Wildcard could very well shake things up.
• Kyland does have an advantage over the Frenchie reign going into this as he knows the Wildcard exists.
• The only one he's promised safety to is SarahBeth. 
• He isn't making any decisions until after it and seeing what changes.
• As I get this written up, the feeds are blocked apparently for the Wildcard choosing or maybe the comp. Once I know the comp results, I'll post a brief update.
• Kyland has said he plans on doing one-to-one talks with everyone. Let's see if he can fall out of the Frenchie camp. He should -- after all, Frenchie put him on the block! And Derek X saved him -- he should return that favor!
• Oh, well ... laters.

Strategy on a chessboard

NO! No no! Break it up!

HOH room reveal crowd

She needs to get in with Tiffany, Claire and Derek X

I said KNOCK IT OFF!

Will he escape being on the block this week? Maybe.

BB23: Live Eviction Show Blog Party - July 15

 

Well, well, well. For those of us following the live feeds it seems like forever. But it's been a week and here we are at the first live eviction of the season! Alyssa and Travis are on the block. One will get the boot tonight!

Before we go any further, let me remind you who you have in the blog pool:

JOKERS

Brandon Frenchie French: Cheryl in NC, cminnie, Janice from GA, Sally 

Azah Awasum: Dr Celine, Krysta Gibson, Nickelpeed, Rbennie 

Britini D'Angelo: CherryPie, Donna in Alabama, Jlaf, Sharon C 

Derek Frazier: Glenn Allen, Jean from Tampa, Luckysmom, MikesGirl 

ACES

Whitney Williams: Caela, ChaCha, David, Mario Lee, Jennasmom 

Brent Champagne: Bizaro22, Jennifer S, Nora M, Sharon N 

Derek Xiao: Auntie Leigh, Kelsey NY, PDX Granny, SueGee,T town Chic 

Hannah Chaddha: BB-Boy, Fred aka TwoBlackAces, Helenann2K, JoC 

KINGS

Christian Birkenberger: Jackie, Joanne Victoria, Shayne, Willie J 

Alyssa Lopez: CherylNY, JessicaUnderwoodJames, Skyriverblue, Terry is a Texan 

Xavier Prather: Aya Marie, Donna NY, Ed in Ohio, Petals 

Sarah Beth Steagall: Andi, Brenda, ~~~Tilde, TS14Fan 

QUEENS 

Claire Rehfuss: KarlaV, Laura, Marthalight, Monty924 

Kyland Young: chrob61, JonMD1267, Laura in GA, QuixoticElf, Tammy 

Tiffany Mitchell: April, Indiana Jane, MrsKB2, tbc 

Travis Long: Donna in FL, Joyce Johnson, Mary F from PA, Rich in Buffalo, YoDave22

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I'll be updating this post with the major happenings as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please feel free to join in on the fun!

Oh my. Julie is casually dressed in dark slacks and flowy striped top. Let's sit through the recap twiddling our thumbs for a bit.

Heh. Julie talks of Frenchie's dizzying strategy and how he promised just about the whole house safety. She got that right.

Derek thinks he's regained favor with Frenchie by saving Kyland with the veto. Alyssa is feeling better sitting next to Travis on the block. Frenchie refers to Travis as "stud bull." Oh, I think "meathead" also suited him.

Christian and Xavier tell Alyssa they have her back. Heehee ... Tiffany, Alyssa and a couple more of the women are substituting Frenchie for a vulgarity beginning with an F.

Frenchie forms an alliance -- the Slaughterhouse. Whitney and Xavier are his first recruits. Then he gathers Kyland, Derek F, Christian and Brent and thinks they'll keep him safe. Now he adds Alyssa. He mentions to us that he has Final Two deals with Derek F and Brent. Xavier is a bit skeptical. 

Oh, geez ... now he wants to aim for the entire house? He goes to Hannah, Azah and Tiffany and proposes an all girls alliance. They're laughing. After all, he is not a girl. They're going along with it but not really.

It's Kyland's 30th birthday and they want to celebrate. Travis decides to go along with the lap dance idea put forth by the women.

Ohh ... Tiffany wants one of her team to stay ... Travis! She wants safety. She and a few others give Travis advice to use while talking to Frenchie. He first tells him loyalty, then the fact that he's a bigger target for next week instead of Frenchie and then last .. what can Alyssa do for your? Of course, henchman Brent sat in on the talk.

To the living room and Julie does her on the screen talk with the nominees.

Alyssa -- Shout outs geez, thanks houseguests, would love to stay and play, birthday on Saturday

Travis -- Takes off his shirt, shout outs, fell in love with the 15 all at the same time. Got pranked with shaving cream in bed.

Live votes to evict:

SarahBeth - Travis

Xavier - Travis

Whitney - Travis

Christian - Travis

Azah - Travis

Derek F - Alyssa

To commercial ...

Kyland - Travis

Tiffany - Alyssa

Derek X - Travis

Claire - Travis

Hannah - Travis

Britini - Travis

Brent - Travis

By a vote of 11 to 2, Travis is evicted. He handles it well. Julie and Travis air hug but no masks. Julie points out that live before the show he tried to blow up Frenchie's game. He's wearing a silly tight short short sleeve shirt muscles guys wear. Huh. I'm sorry, but that puts me off right there. In the goodbye messages, Brent refers to "me and Frenchie." I guess they're a couple, eh?

To the backyard for the HOH comp. POOL SHARK. Have to hit their ball with a croquet type mallet into a giant shark mouth. 30 is the hardest spot to stand. Pre-shots they have to decide what number they will stand on. The one on the hardest number sinking their shot wins. Two cannot use the same number. Uh-oh ... technical difficulties. Good, it gave me time to type this paragraph!

Alyssa - 15, easy shot, got it

Brent, 16, gets it, takes over Allysa spot

Hannah - missed

Azah - missed

Xavier, 19 misses

Christian, 20, misses

Tiffany, 21, misses

Whitney 22, misses

Claire, 23, misses

Kyland 24 GETS IT, displaces Brent

Britini 25, misses

Derek F misses

SarahBeth, 27, misses

Derek X -misses

KYLAND IS HOH!

BB23: Live Feeds into Thursday Morning - July 15

 

If I were two Dereks I wouldn't sit in those chairs!

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

• Just a quick note -- don't forget tonight's live eviction show is at 8PM ET/PT. For years it was an hour later.
• It still looks like Travis will go.
• However, in his scramble for votes I forgot about the teams aspect until I was watching one of his talks with Frenchie.
• I'm not AS sure as he is, but he brought up that the teams should be voting for their own person on the block to stay.
• Therefore, both Travis and Alyssa should have three built-in votes from the get-go.
• Now, I don't think the teams are obligated in any way to vote to keep a teammate, so his thinking might be flawed.
• But, if they do, we're talking seven votes at stake.
• The one staying would need four of them.
• Frenchie was telling Travis that if it came to a tie, he would vote to keep him.
• His math must be off. 16 hamsters minus three who can't vote (HOH and two nominees) minus six (or even not) will result in an odd number. There will be no tiebreaker no matter how the votes go down.
• Frenchie keeps assuring Travis he has his back when in reality he's backing Alyssa. Or, at least I think he is. It's hard to tell with him as he keeps lying to people and changing his mind.
• Alyssa is worried that she will go.
• But I don't think she should worry so much.
• Despite the chaos of Frenchie's whirlwind HOH hot mess, this group is more interesting to watch than many past seasons.
• It seems for the most part that they have better than the average hamster candidates life experience-wise. True, the ages still gear young but we're not seeing the bartenders and dead-end jobs people so much.
• Well, Xavier lied and said he was a bartender, but he's a lawyer!
• He almost got caught with the lie when some were talking about going to Las Vegas and drinking after the season. He went and said he wasn't so much into either Vegas or drinking. He kind of clarified it by saying he's just a home-buddy at heart, but he needs to be careful.
• I usually don't think they should lie about their jobs. However, he just might have a point. People automatically think money when they think lawyers. Due to the fact he's 27, I think he's just starting out, doesn't earn a fortune and has student loans to pay. He's the one with 11 siblings, so I doubt his family is made of money!
• Frenchie seems to be focused on targeting Xavier rather than Derek X now. But he has no power, so I don't know how far that will go. I get the feeling that some of his followers are just surface following to avoid drama right now. I think the only real follower would be Derek F.
• As far as Derek F goes, although he is so tight with Frenchie, if it comes down to it he's surely going to be his own man.
• Brent is just using Frenchie. If he (Brent) doesn't win HOH, it will be interesting to see if he latches onto the new HOH.
• While everyone should be dubious of Frenchie at this point due to his all over the place reign, he does still have people who seem to trust him.
• Why? I just don't know.
• This house of hamsters tend to do group activities to amuse themselves (and us).
• Last night was some bizarre horror murders mystery led by SarahBeth. It came complete with werewolves and witches as well as gruesome murders as they "slept" through the night. 
• It's better than watching them play chess.
• The feeds went to adoptable animals for a while yesterday, totally unexplained. While we get blocked feeds (too often!) a lot, the animals are usually reserved for comps, veto meetings, comp instructions and such.
• Tiffany thinks Frenchie is using the current atmosphere in the world of social injustice and racial inequality for game purposes and is not sincere.
• I agree. From his bio, Frenchie is very cognizant of the issues. BUT ... he keeps telling POC and women they're safe with him, then targeting them. Hey, if you're going to talk the talk, follow it up with walking the walk. Otherwise, don't make promises when your actions belie them!
• I remain impressed with the women this season -- Tiffany, Claire and Azah are all huge show fans and probably the most well-rounded ones in years.
• Then there's Whitney and Alyssa who have now decided to work together. I don't have the same feelings about their skills in the game.
• How about SarahBeth, Britini and Hannah? Well, they have promise in the game.
• The men this season ... not so much.
• Huh. Britini made a promise to herself at 14 that she would remain a virgin. And, she stuck with it. Yay! It's nice to know that the likelihood of soft porn in the house this season is lessened even more. Allison Grodner may think that's what we like ... but NO.
• That's pretty much it for now.
• It still looks like it will be Travis out the door.
• Oh, well. He irks me anyway. I don't know why. Perhaps it's those too-short sleeved tight shirts showing off his muscles or the no shirt at all bit. 

Curls to braids to mouse ears

Claire dies in their horror Big Brotherton murders mystery

Hannah sports mouse ears better!

Azah is attractive with 'fro and with it hidden

Xavier just better not fall for a showmance!

Alyssa is more worried about tonight than is Travis.