Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Friday - August 28

John's back ... I crack myself up

I should have remembered how confusing a Vanessa HoH actually is. Because she doesn't talk to us and spins her web over everyone, it's hard to tell where her mind really is on things. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of So Far, No Clue They're Heading Into a Double Eviction:

• Austwins were ticked that Vanessa told Johnny Mac he was safe in order to have him drop in the HoH comp.
• They want him out immediately again. Before the comp last night, the general consensus was that the returning juror would be voted out before anyone else.
• Steve thinks it was the second shortest endurance comp ever. I think it might have been the shortest. I was trying to do so much in about two minutes that I froze my computer up and never did post a screen cap of the comp!
• Austin is grousing about how they should have evicted Steve, not John.
• Hindsight won't help him now.
• Austin, who is NOT HoH nor is his twinmance, told Meg and James that the nominations this week should be the same as last.
• Hmm. I don't think he's in charge and Vanessa just might think it's time to gather a new troop of allies. With her gaming experience, she has to realize the odds of anyone other than Austwins winning narrows each week that they're left intact in the house.
• The circular conversations/interrogations began before long.
• This is where it's hard to tell where her mind actually is.
• She told Austin that Austin's Angels remains -- he and the twins are safe.
• She told Steve he's welcome to share her HoH bed.
• She told Steve that if they work with Johnny Mac, they can beat the Austwins.
• She told him that working together, they could beat Austwins in any comp.
• I'd say that's probably true.
• Of course, I mean that they could beat them. But, will she go that route? It's hard to tell. I do think that would be best for her own end game.
• Steve tells us (privately) that he'd like a final three with them with him and John being the final two. Would that classify as a final two deal? Heh.
• Vanessa told John that everyone thinks she'll put him up and "no one will see it coming." Hmm.
• Austin told Vanessa that she should do what she has to do and he's behind her 100%.
• I ask, "What if what she has to do is break up Austwins?" 
• Heehee!
• She told him (again) that they're safe.
• She tells Steve the best option is to go for Meg/James and then take on Austwins.
• Then she went on to talk about her Trust Test strategy with Austwins. She claims that Meg and James failed it.
• She tells them that she should put up Meg and James with the backdoor if needed will be Johnny Mac.
• As Johnny Mac had said to Julie, the conversation keeps turning to evicting Meg.
• Then she changes to listing the pros to getting James out this week.
• Vanessa made Austin feel secure.
• And, that he seems to be ... this week.
• The Scamper Squad reunited.
• They overwhelmingly agree to go after James/Meg.
• Then Vanessa talks to James and Meg.
• She gets James to totally throw Austin under the bus.
• At the end of the talk, James and Meg were both volunteering to go on the block as a pawn.
• She has that kind of mojo.
• They think she's going after Austin.
• They're wrong.
• Dead wrong. 
• It SEEMS that now Vanessa is back to being closest with Steve and that the plan is that she, Steve and Johnny Mac will face off with Austwins in the final six.
• But, of course, that could change any moment. 
• I do doubt that she would make the final move against Austwins at this point ... not when she has Meg and James who have never been close allies with her.
• I do think the best chance that Vanessa has is in teaming up with Johnny Mac and Steve. 

Will Vanessa trust him?

Hmm ...

If he can survive, maybe there's a chance

Vanessa won't get that "blood on her hands"

Putting a spell on Meg and James

Workin' her mojo on Steve

Put me up instead of James!

Big Brother 17: HoH Endurance Comp live Updates - August 27

After the live feeds return, this post will be updated with screen caps and ... well ... updates on the endurance comp. Who wants to wait until Sunday to find out the outcome? Not US! Refresh the page to see the latest and feel free to join in comments below!

Steve, Julia and Meg are out before the show ends.

Gah, James is out.

Johnny Mac told Vanessa she's safe with him. She promises she won't put him on the block. It's a deal.

JOHNNY MAC IS THE NEW RETURNING JUROR. VANESSA IS HOH.

Quickest and lamest endurance comp ever.

Big Brother 17: Live Eviction, HoH Comp, Returning Hamster Show Blog Party - August 27

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? Tonight either Steve or Johnny Mac will go to jury. But someone is due to come back from jury. It's supposed to be an endurance comp (again) tonight. A separate post for screen caps and updates on any of the happenings after the show ends will post at 10pm ET. I'll follow the comp and update, so please join me!

Before we get going, here's the latest update on the blog pool:

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl

Steve - KelseyNY, Carrie, K

Vanessa - Chacha, Heather Reyes, T-Town Chick

EVICTED:

Jace - Becky in TX, CherylinNC, JOKATS, CaelaXO

Da'Vonne - jessica UNderwood, SueGee, Ed in Ohio, Nickelpeed
Jeff - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Audrey - David, Chase, Orkmommy, Nicole K
Jason - Witt, Sharon, WolfpackRed
Clay - FairieGoddess0714, QuixoticElf, DonnaNY, JonMD1267

JURY:
Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob 
Jackie - No pool people due to being announced late in cast

Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian  

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

After recap, Julie mentions that once again Austwins can't make up their minds. Now it's into Vanessa controlling who goes home every week. Vanessa is crying to the Austwins because Johnny Mac told her everyone wants her out. Liz approached Johnny Mac about him going to Vanessa about the five-person deal. Now they're all upset with him. He thinks they have a deal with James and Meg and he didn't feel safe. 

JM figures if he can get Vanessa to keep him, he'll be safe. Vanessa tells us she will only vote the way the twins vote (they want to keep Steve). Vanessa gets cornered by Steve. He's intimidated and tells us his brain freezes. She's "hurt."

The rounds keep going. Now Liz is talking with Johnny Mac. She wants him not to go after them. Johnny Mac thinks he has a chance. Yet, they don't know if they can trust him.

Next up is a segment on James.

His friends at the bar hangout at home. He pranks his friends, too. They talk about how much James loves his cat, Gizmo ... even goes fishing with him.

Onto the live vote time ...
Johnny Mac - We're biggest dorks here, always Rock Stars. Steve knows a lot of BB things, I know gas management.
Steve - Thanks people. Cool experiences, gave Meg an awkward kiss, improved social skills, lifelong experience to remember.

The votes to evict:
Meg - Johnny Mac
James - John
Vanessa - Johnny Mac
Julia - John
Liz - Johnny Mac

It's unanimous -- Johnny Mac is gone. After the eviction, it's two battles in one as the jury members and house hamsters vie.

Jury segment ... Shelli and Jackie hanging out. Becky arrives. Oh noes, they think! Her toe is all bandaged. They see the replay of Meg slamming her head in OTEV and Liz winning the veto, then Becky's eviction. 

All four are now on stage with Julie (JM is the fourth). They all go back in the house. Julie tells them that all four are back and one will return to the game. Hugs all around. @@ 

Head to the yard. Two epic competitions in one. HoH is up for grabs. Austin can't play. "Dizzyland" - holding onto a cable/rope - that have to hit giant hands as they hang on the cables and go around in a circle. It's kind of like the swing in a circle kiddie amusement ride. The hands are huge and padded and swing them around. The last juror standing (hanging on) stays in; all are eligible to win HoH.

Double eviction next week. 

Steve, Meg and Julia out already befor the show ends.

Follow the comp on my new post.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Thursday - August 27

I don't have much for you. Everyone went to bed early except Steve. He walked around practicing his speech.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - August 26

Liz in a quiet moment

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Waiting for Thursday:

• Gah. They slept in. Noon for them is 3pm for me!
• They talked again of using Rock, Paper, Scissors for the vote.
• I'd still be in on that if just one of them would add Lizard, Spock to it.
• Austin thinks that Rock, Paper, Scissors would leave them blameless for the eviction.
• @@
• Damn, Austin. Take a real stand, will you! You're playing all namby-pamby. 
• Vanessa is still preaching an anti-Steve sermon to whomever will listen.
• Except Steve, that is.
• However, Vanessa did tell James and Meg that no one should tell the nominees who they're voting for and just vote for who they want to leave.
• (Of course, she thinks they both want Steve to leave.)
• When cornered by Johnny Mac, Vanessa wouldn't tell him by name who she'd vote for. She talked a lot about having to work with others and watch her own game.
• That, at this time, would mean a vote to keep Steve.
• While the Austwins keep seeming to go back and forth over the vote, it does come down to the fact that none of them really have any relationship with Johnny Mac. They do have one with Steve.
• Austin is trying to figure a way to get Johnny Mac out without Johnny Mac blaming him. Ah, blame Vanessa!
• @@
• Julia thinks white rice is made from flour.
• Oh my. I'm speechless. Someone else comment on that, please.
• James and Meg also talked Rock, Paper, Scissors (sans Lizard, Spock) for the vote. James wants a quarter with Steve and Johnny Mac's heads on either side for a coin toss.
• What is going on with this crew?
• Lots of talk back and forth only to conclude that Steve will stay (once again).
• Yawnsers.

Vanessa's new hat

Breakfast at 1pm

As always, Vanessa on his shoulder

Should be staying ...

Should be going ...

Julia and the evil eye