BB23: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - Sept. 22

 

Here we are -- the final Power of Veto comp of the season! And, it's the most important one, too. After all, we have one HOH and two nominees ... the fourth person is the sole vote that decides the final three. Unless the HOH wins the veto, that is. Still it's just that one vote. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see that vote happen until tomorrow's live show. But, maybe. 

I will be live blogging and constantly updating this post 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!

Previously On is being ignored by me as per usual. We pick up the action after the nominations ceremony. Xavier nominated Azah and Kyland and tells us he wants to go to the final two with Derek. 

Derek tells us he wants to go to the final three with Xavier and Kyland and is sad that he might have to vote out Azah. He tells her that he has final two deals first with Xavier, then Kyland. He's messing with his ear again. That habit is disgusting! Azah is upset that it sounds like a final three deal with the guys.

Derek tells Kyland that he's in a bad spot with Azah and told her he had previous deals. Kyland tries to tell him that he (Ky) is in a worse spot than he is -- he's worried about making it to final three while Derek is worried about final two. Kyland has a point. Derek is annoying for someone carried by others the whole game.

Xavier is talking to Azah and tells her that Kyland is a strong competitor and he's not certain about how that would work out. He tells us that his odds of winning against either Azah or Derek are so much better.

Ohh ... Kyland tells Derek he has done for him but Derek hasn't done much for him at all. Derek tells Kyland that their final two deal is dead until after veto. Kyland tells him he would be best to leave the conversation and leaves the room.

Segment on bad habits. Kyland sniffing tortillas and other things throughout the house.

Derek talks with Xavier. Xavier tries to plant seeds to vote out Kyland. He says they can both beat Azah. Derek tells us he really wants to honor the final three deal with Xavier and Kyland. Xavier has hinted quite boldly that he would prefer a final three with Azah rather than Kyland.

Xavier chooses Azah to see the CSI screening he won with the HOH comp. He says he chose her because her HOH was so short. 

Derek apologizes to Azah for making her think he didn't care or didn't have her back.

Time for the veto comp. BB Winning Days. The backyard is seesaws, they have to walk down and fill the veto cart with balls adding up to the number of days different comps were won. First is the day they met OTEV. Last player to answer gets a strike, two strikes is out. Azah is first on the first round, then Kyland. Then Xavier. Derek was last and got a strike.

Second was the day BB NFT appeared on Memory Wall. Xavier first, Azah, Derek ... Kyland gets a strike.

Round three -- Day Christian won his second veto comp. Xavier, then Azah, Derek ... Kyland eliminated.

Round four -- the day the oven caught on fire. Azah isn't sure of the day, neither does Xavier. Derek isn't really sure. Pigs are flying ... Derek was first, then Xavier, Azah gets a strike.

Round five - day the first Wild Card comp played. Derek AGAIN first, Xavier second, Azah eliminated.

Round six -- the day the Cookout became the final six in the house. XAVIER WINS THE POWER OF VETO!

Kyland feels very vulnerable and cries in the DR. He kept Xavier safe. Will Xavier do the same for him? He feels paranoid. Xavier comes in and tells him there is to be no veto talk today, saving them for tomorrow. Kyland tells him he doesn't know why they would need to talk. Xavier is sidestepping Kyland's questions.

Neither Kyland nor Azah feel really safe with Derek being the sole vote. The veto meeting will be on tomorrow's live show.

Survivor 41: Season Premiere Blog Party

 

Are y'all ready? Tonight's show is two hours (leading into Big Brother). Since it is so long and I will probably have a lot to write about, the blog pool match-ups as well as images/names of the new castaways are at THIS LINKED POST. That post can be used as a cheat sheet until we get used to the names!

I will try to keep updating the best I can through tonight's show as it airs here on the East Coast -- it's always hard until I get the names down and I won't really have the luxury of checking out my own cast cheat sheet while updating! Refresh this 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!

It sounds like we're in for some changes according to Jeff. And, I'm not just talking the 26 instead of 39. They're running clips of the new castaways. Tiffany was an alternate. Except for her, all the others were in a holding pattern during the pandemic. The tribes are being boated to a barge already wearing the color buffs. Naseer learned English by watching Survivor from season 21 on.

Jeff asks them if calling them all "guys" is okay. No one objects. I don't object either. As long as he doesn't call them all "dudes." He tells them it's a shorter season, very meager supplies -- one machete, one flint, no rice. Gameplay has never been more dangerous.

They have to find their color-coded six paddles, get in tribe boat, go retrieve flint. Only one tribe gets the machete and flint. The others get nothing. Yase (yellow) can't even find their paddles! Ua (green) pulled out in front of Luvu (blue) who didn't release one of their anchors. Oops! Ua wins the machete and flint!

Ua is pulling together nicely. Jairus, one of the child castaways (born 2001) even made fire. Yase has to choose between two tasks. If they complete one they can earn supplies. The physical challenge has them filling barrels with ocean water, only two in there. David who wanted the savvy challenge (solving a triangle riddle) rather than sweat got drafted. He's not happy. On Luvu, they also go for the water hauling.

Genie has been married to her wife for 25 years. Ricard is married to his transgender pregnant husband and they have a daughter. On Luvu, Danny and Deshawn carry the water AND search for idols! Uh-oh ... Naseer sees them and tells the others! Nothing like putting targets on their backs on the first day!

Liana and Evvie are bonding. Yase's Abraham is already pointing out what he perceives as weaknesses on his tribe. Heck, they were ALL weak if they missed that paddle!

Jairus is called JD. He is working with Brad already. JD seems to be rubbing many the wrong way and Ricard and the women already have him on their radar.

Both tribes finished the water challenge. One of the women tell Danny and Deshawn that Naseer told them they were looking for idols so now they decide that Naseer needs to go first.

Luvu has a visitor which needs one of them to go with him. Danny volunteers. Xander goes for Yase. JD pulls rocks with his tribe and ends up getting the odd rock.

The three see a sign telling them to go to the summit and get to know each other. JD tells us he was picked on while growing up. His Survivor "heroes" like Ozzy and Woo gave him inspiration.

At the top of the summit, a sign directs them to separate and make a decision. They can protect their vote, risk their vote. If all choose the first all stays the same. Risk has them risk to get an extra vote. Danny wants Protect. It doesn't show what the other two decided.

Danny tells his tribe the truth. Xander risked it and told his tribe. He said he did it for the team. JD tells them he protected his vote. They all think he's lying.

First Immunity Challenge is at hand. The game must be afoot. Ricard brings up that he doesn't like "guys." Jeff is happy. He won't say it again. He tells them of a new twist at Tribal. Shot in the Dark. Don't vote, reach in for a 1 in 6 shot for safety in the voting booth.

Over and under obstacles to sled, load puzzle pieces, clear track, pull up track and two members solve puzzle. Two losing tribes go to Tribal, two going home. Both losing tribes lose their flint.

LUVU wins Immunity! Ua and Yase have to give Jeff their flints.

Tiffany and Liana want to target Abraham while Abraham wants David and Xander to target Tiffany. They bring in Evvie who acts like she agrees. Evvie works on David to switch the target to Abraham. Tiffany knows her name is out there. She goes looking for an idol. Jeff shows us where he hid it and she goes right by it.

Sara is crying on her tribe. Ricard is pushing for JD to go. He talks to the others and they all seem to be on board. Brad comes along and says JD is strong and the weak players are Shantel and Sara.

Yase and Ua head off to Tribal Council to face Jeff's Probsting questions. First up is Yase. In answer Abraham talks about moving on with the strengths. Tiffany says he talks around in circles. Jeff starts asking and talking about the Shot in the Dark. Xander collects his extra vote at the booth. 

Jeff goes to tally the votes. Tiffany, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham. That's four, enough. Abraham is the first out. He didn't see it coming at all but it's all his fault.

Ua goes in. Jeff congratulates them on the first win they had from the vote. JD again says he protected his vote. Hmm. Jeff brings up to Sara about the puzzle piece she accidentally left in the bag which cost them the challenge. Uh-oh ... whispering while JD is talking. Sara and Shan were the names out there. Whoa! Ricard just whispered to JD to vote Brad! They all bring their dice for Shot in the Dark. YES! JD was lying! He has the extra vote!

Jeff tallies the votes. Ricard, Sara, Brad, Sara, Sara. Sara is voted out.

   

Survivor 41: Blog Pool Match-Ups

 The revered and wonderful Lifeguard Laurie has made the random picks for the blog pool. So ... who is your castaway?

LUVU TRIBE BLUE

Danny McCray - Cheryl in NC, Nickelpeed, Jennifer

Deshawn Radden - Kelsey NY, PDX Granny, Jlaf

Erika Casupanan - Petals, Pam Arceneaux, Margo

Heather Aldret - Debbie, Joanne Victoria

Naseer Muttalif - CherryPie, Tammy M

Sydney Segal - Joyce Erickson, Laurie

Top: Erika, Danny, Naseer
Bottom: Deshawn, Sydney, Heather

UA TRIBE GREEN

Brad Reese - Marlo L, Glenn Allen, Shannon

Genie Chen - SueGee, Laura in GA, Bren

Jairus Robinson - Sydney, Brandi

Ricard Foyé - Mikes Girl, GiLLL

Sara Wilson - Sharon N, monty 924

Shantel Smith- Marthalight, Jackie

Top: Shantel, Sara, Ricard
Bottom: Genie, Jairus, Brad

YASE  TRIBE YELLOW

David Voce - Donna NY, Judy Sweeney, Skyriverblue

Eric Abraham - Jennasmom, Janice, Donna in AL

Evvie Jagoda - Sharon C, bizaro22, Indiana Jane

Liana Wallace - Terry is a Texan, ChicMC

Tiffany Seely - David, Dr_Celine

Xander Hastings - Donna in FL, April

Top: Tiffany, Liana, David
Bottom: Evvie, Xander, Eric

BB23: Live Feeds into Wednesday - Sept. 22

Laying about but smiling

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

• I haven't been reporting much because there isn't much to be reported.
• There still isn't.
• But I feel guilty for not posting.
• It's them.
• Not me.
• There have been the same revolving conversations regarding the veto over and over again.
• Xavier nominated Azah and Kyland.
• He wants Kyland out.
• If the veto isn't used Thursday night, Derek will have the only evote.
• Derek will most likely do what Xavier wants but keeps playing devil's advocate with himself.
• He doesn't really want the "blood on his hands" for voting out Kyland.
• Meanwhile, Azah has told Xavier if he took her off the block, she would have no issue with voting out Kyland.
• Derek is still laying on any piece of soft furniture he can find and bragging about how much he's done in the game and what a fantastic social game he has.
• He thinks that all kinds of doors are going to be opened to this cast.
• As a matter of fact, this cast in general have delusions of grandeur after the show ends.
• While they are making BB history and hats off to them for that -- it's basically only a "thing" for BB fans, not Hollywood.
• And, certainly, Derek is going to have a rude awakening when he reads internet comments.
• But he did it to himself.
• Then there's Kyland.
• Although I show a screen cap of him cleaning, he is so far from sanitary that it skeeves me out to even think about it.
• At one point he blew his nose into a paper napkin, then continued to wipe the counter with it.
• Another time he put a tortilla over his face and continued to cook with it.
• I just don't know.
• Remember ... tonight's show is on at 10PM EDT/PDT after the season premiere of Survivor 41. 

Ohh! He's sitting up a bit!

Large but neat bites

I'm not sure I trust his sweeping

 

Survivor 41: Promo Video and Blog Pool Reminder

Are you excited? The two-hour season premiere is only two days away! However, the blog pool sign up for the show ends TOMORROW! If you want in and haven't signed up yet, head to the POOL OPENS post and sign up in the comments there. That is the only place we're looking for pool entrants. Do not sign up on this post. Do not sign up on Facebook or Twitter. Only sign up on the post I linked above and do it NOW. The deadline for entries is tomorrow, Tuesday at 3PM EDT / 12PM PDT.