Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Saturday, PoV - July 25

A table for two

I so love a good kerfuffle. Here's what went down today inside that Big Brother House of a Panicking Judas:

• For the Power of Veto, it's John, Shelli and Liz playing with Vanessa, Clay and Becky. Jason hosted.
• Of course, the live feeds are always blocked for both the drawing of names and the comp itself.
• Vanessa had to pick three people (not four this week) for Have Nots. She chose Shelli and Clay as they hadn't been on slop yet. Steve volunteered to be a Have Not.
• Power of Veto comp apparently had them dressed as squirrels (should have been hamsters). Jason, the host, pronounces "squirrel" oddly with his accent. Heh.
• Uh-oh. Clay won something.
• He won the Power of Veto.
• Becky cried.
• Shelli did not cry.
• Becky is worried not only because she will remain on the block, but because she was told not to tell John of the backdoor Austin plan. Meanwhile, she found out that Clay told him. She feels that she's left out of things and she's worried.
• As she should be.
• Like I said, she's expendable.
• Liz continues to get more irked by Austin.
• Yet, he claims to be "in love" with her.
• @@
• Now the HoH groupies are doubting Johnny Mac because he (supposedly) said that he would save Becky with the veto.
• Liz told Vanessa that she is close to Austin, but he likes her a lot more than she likes him.
• Really. You don't say.
• As their conversation continued, Liz mentioned that he repulses her.
• Heh.
• Liz is scared that Austin will go wild about being backdoored.
• So what, I say.
• Now, for the last forever, I've been listening to Austin apologize, defend his actions, beg and plead with Vanessa not to put him on the block.
• She needs to toughen up.
• She tells him that he'd have to get others on his side, the whole house is against him.
• It continues as I get this posted.

Who wants to be on the block with me?

Reluctant HoH

Watching "Netflix"

YOU are the target, Austin.

Don't send me home!!! Wah!

I won something. I won something.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Saturday - July 25

The most in he's been in the house

Well, well, well. The twins are now guaranteed to be together in the house as Liz won the BotB and she/they are safe this week. Of course, the plan was for her and James to LOSE it, but no one told her that! James knew, but Liz apparently carried the comp. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Harried Hamsters:

• The comp was another rather messy one with some kind of paint (or something) on the participants.
• Heh. Clay is not a happy camper. After all, he was supposed to win this!
• Vanessa thinks that James overacted too much and it was obvious he was trying to throw the comp.
• Vanessa and Shelli think they need to explain to Liz why the comp was planned to be thrown.
• Which, of course, is to blindslide Austin!
• What? Liz's true love?
• Ha!
• As they say, she isn't that into him.
• As a matter of fact, I think he's really starting to creep her out despite the fact they say she jumped into his arms after winning the comp.
• Liz complained to Vanessa that James didn't do anything in the comp and she had to drag him around.
• Well, maybe that's because he was trying to throw it following the plan in place that no one told Liz about.
• Vanessa and Shelli now think that Julia didn't clue Liz into the betrayal (willing to get rid of Julia) by Austin.
• They still want to go through with the original plan -- backdoor Austin.
• Austin, of course, thinks they want to backdoor Steve.
• Yeah, Steve is indeed the alternate plan.
• But he's not the main target this week.
• Austin, for some odd reason created in his own mind, thinks that several women in the house like or desire him.
• Um, no.
• The more Steve talks, the more I think Woody Allen without the sexually frustrated aspect. His voice, his mannerisms, his awkwardness, his analyzing his own behaviors to others.
• Heh. Johnny Mac told a worried Becky that she survived a train wreck; a veto comp should be easy.
• Heh. Austin kissed Liz and she threw him aside saying he was annoying and that it was a sneak attack.
• REMEMBER, HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND AT HOME.
• Others (Jason, Meg, etc.) are still complaining that Steve eavesdrops, spies on people and pops up (like Andy did).
• Steve told us that he's come to the realization that the game is not for him but that he will do the best he can.
• Yeah, a bit like Donny last year, he's having real issues fitting in with the others. Unlike Donny, he's really trying to fit it. Donny got to the point where he didn't even bother.
• They're all in bed, rather early for them, as I get this posted.
• The veto should be interesting.

Things aren't going quite right

How di I get rid of him?

Jus' a country boy watchin' it all

I'll vote however Vanessa asks

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Bulletin - BotB Kerflooey - July 24

Uh-oh. The best laid plans went awry.

James was supposed to throw the Battle of the Block. Liz, his fellow nominee didn't know that. They won it. Liz realized that James was throwing it. James is mad that he won and Austin is suspicious. Clay and Becky remain on the block, Vanessa remains HoH.

Damage control time. They have to convince Austin that Steve is the backdoor target. They don't want Austin to freak ahead of time or win PoV.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Friday Daytime, Nominations - July 24

What? Not on the block this week?

Okay, I'm ready to name my favorite player of the season. While Steve is my sentimental favorite, Vanessa is my serious contender for the win favorite. If she can hold her emotions in check, she reads people well and can think ahead. Here's today's happenings from inside that Big Brother House of the Giving Judas a Judas Kiss:

• Dig that hole even deeper, Austin.
• Austin is already a backdoor target of Vanessa due to his lying to her face regarding confirming the twins and even Julia's name to Jason.
• So, what does he do?
• Julia is the twin in the house right now. She doesn't like Austin all that much. So, when he told her that he was the hinky vote against Johnny Mac and was casting the blame on Steve, what did Julia do?
• Why, she ran right to Vanessa with the information.
• Heh.
• I really wanted to like Austin.
• But I really can't.
• Vanessa and Jackie made a pact to always be honest with each other.
• After the nominations live feeds blockage, the nominations are: (drumroll) Jackie nominated Lizia and James, Vanessa nominated Clay and Becky. 
• None of them are the targets.
• The target is Austin.
• The alternated target is (horrors!) Steve.
• Austin has also irked people by saying that once the twins both play, Julia can get the boot first and he might have some time in the jury house with Liz.
• @@
• HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND AT HOME!!!
• Well, probably not any longer, I guess. I hope she packed her bags.
• James has agreed to throw the BotB comp so Clay/Becky will come off and (as they agreed), Jackie will remain HoH.
• At least, that's the plan.
• Since their alliance has now grown to Jackie, Vanessa, Shelli, Clay, James, Jason, Meg and Lizia ... they have a good chance of someone winning PoV and Austin being the renom.
• Oh my. Vanessa had to explain "Judas" to Shelli. Heck, even if one isn't religious, most have heard the expression and know it means betrayal.
• Neither Vanessa nor Jackie, are afraid to be blunt with Austin (if the renom goes as planned) and tell him exactly why he's up.
• Austin is saying he doesn't feel well, but it's not because he's worried about being a target -- he thinks it's because he cast Audrey's spirit from the house or something hokey like that. He has a tummy ache.
• Austin is sure his Blame Steve strategy for the hinky vote worked.
• Heh.
• And, on it goes. 
• Battle of the Block is going on now. I'll post a brief bulletin when I find out the winner. But we do kind of know who it will be.
• PoV should be tomorrow.

I think Julia has more sense than Liz

Pre-nominations strategy meet

Jason can breathe easy this week

To me, she's still expendable

Are his days numbered?

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Friday - July 24

He's the Steve's knees

Ah, new power in the house ... and ones without men clinging all over them! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Judas Just Might be Judased:

• Jason is a bit paranoid, thinking Vanessa might target him.
• We all know from watching the live feeds that she's more likely to target Austin.
• James is trying to figure out why the audience laughed when he took the podium next to Austin during the HoH comp.
• :::giggle:::
• The lone hinky vote from "Judas" was discussed. Jason thinks it might be America voting.
• Well, um, Jason ... it would still have to be cast by a hamster. 
• Oh, yeah. Everybody thinks there's an America's Player when there isn't!
• Vanessa thinks Jackie would have nominated her if she hadn't won the HoH with her.
• Jason, not privy to Vanessa's betrayal by Austin, thinks Jackie needs to remain HoH so Austin might be evicted.
• While we know, Vanessa does hold some cards close to her chest until it's time to play them.
• Jason approached Jackie about possibly backdooring the twins.
• Aha, finally realizing that the Liz/Austin duo needs to be broken up and/or the twins are two for the price of one in the queue to a half-million!
• Jason also thinks that Steve has been throwing every comp.
• I too think Steve better get start playing before he ends up getting played. I like the kid but, between his Andy-like popping up places, social awkwardness and acting so inept, he might be overdoing his act.
• Jackie and Vanessa promised each other that, when one comes down in BotB, they won't backdoor each other.
• Jackie would like to remain HoH.
• Vanessa brought up that the twins are two people in the house even though just one is in the house now.
• Yay, they're finally noticing that!
• Jackie thinks, if they evict Austin, the twins would be easier to get rid of on their own.
• They came up with one plan I'd endorse -- Becky and Clay would be nominated by Vanessa and they'd win BotB. Jackie would nominated Steve and Liz and they'd throw the comp. Steve would be saved by the PoV and replaced by Austin.
• Of course, that plan is dependent on someone they want winning PoV!
• Austin continued to hint Steve was the hinky vote.
• Austin continued to dig his own grave with Vanessa by lying to her once again. She was perfect ... playing along with his lies. But, when he left the room and she was alone with the cameras, she turned to them and said he lied to her face (after she had told him NOT to lie to her).
• Heh.
• I'm liking Vanessa as a player more and more.
• Julia admitted to Vanessa that Liz isn't all that into Austin as he thinks she is.
• Heh.
• Right now the eventual targets seem to be Austin or Steve with pawns on the block as BotB tends to be.

Big game moves ahead, beware!

Johnny Mac does have a point!

So not targets

Would Austin/Judas be a double eviction?

"Austin first, then the twins."

Not the brains of the op

Big Brother 17: Live Eviction, HoH Comp Show Blog Party - July 23

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? With the whacko ways of Audrey, this show should be EPIC! 

Before we get into it, here are the latest blog pool standings:

Audrey - David, Chase, Orkmommy, Nicole K

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian

Clay - FairieGoddess0714, QuixoticElf, DonnaNY, JonMD1267

James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML

Jason - Witt, Sharon, WolfpackRed

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl

Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob

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 

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!

Let's get this party started!

Heh. Julie opened the show mentioning that Audrey's behavior after not showing up for the PoV meeting trended on Twitter, then wonders if she'll show up for eviction. Onto the recap now. They're playing up the "will she make it to the live eviction" at the end of the recap.

As the veto meeting ends, they are all abuzz over Audrey's behavior. They show her going into the diary room wrapped in a fleece blanket, hoodie and sunglasses on. She lies atop the seat in there, all covered up. (From the live feeds, I know it was about five hours before she came out.) Austin thinks she's going to leave the game on her own.

She emerges from the DR. Julia thinks she saw a ghost. Audrey headed immediately back to Have Not room.

James brought her an omelet. (She shouldn't have it as a have not.) She eats.

Back to her "cloak" and Unibomber look, she headed into the DR again.

Aha! She's sitting in one of the nomination chairs when they finally show that. Into commercial.

Julie talks to the hamsters. Jason first, with Whackstreet Boys question. She lies to them and tells them they've taken the country by storm. The Backstreet Boys tweeted about/to them. Time for a live performance.

Julie mentions Audrey's courageous journey pre-show. Family time on how she's playing now. Her family is supportive of her gender change. Her mother notices that she jumped right into the games while the others took it more easy. The family wishes she would slow down, but feel she's completed a dream of being in the house. Alas, as they say, you can't win with a party of one.

Julie tells us that Audrey already has one penalty vote due to eating regular food as a Have Not.

Audrey: Tells us e-address, honor to be on platform, first transgender, be embraced on the first day, etc. Game perspective ... Merry Christmas.
John: Shout out to Whackstreet Boys, if you want to keep me, AWESOME. If not, cool.

The vote to evict:
Clay - Audrey
James - Audrey
Austin - Judas evicts John
Jason - Audrey
Vanessa - Audrey
Becky - Audrey
Jackie - Audrey
Steve - Audrey
Julia - Audrey
Meg - Audrey

Nine votes to evict, plus one penalty vote, Audrey is evicted. Is this real? Is this really real? -- she says.

She handles the interview well and even has a bit of a sense of humor.

HoH comp -- Hop Until You Drop. They have to identify which comp in rounds via a song. It's a buzzer thing.

Steve and Jason - Jason wins
Johnny Mac and Austin - Austin wins
Jackie and Becky - Jackie wins
Lizia and Vanessa - Vanessa wins
Jackie and Meg ... into commercial - Jackie wins
Austin and James - James wins
Vanessa and Clay - Vanessa wins
James and Jackie - Jackie is the first HoH!
Vanessa and Jason - Vanessa wins

Jackie and Vanessa are the two new HoH.

Britney Haynes will talk to Julie after the commercial.

Britney says it's an amazing season. She likes Jason. Likes Vanessa as a player. Who doesn't love Johnny Mac? She said the twins twist took a different direction than she thought. She thinks that Vanessa has a great chance to win, Shelli or Clay in final three with a floater.

WHERE IS OUR TWIST A WEEK AND BB TAKEOVER?

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Thursday - July 23

Audrey's own Bohemian Rhapsody

"Is this the real life or is it fantasy? Caught in a landslide, can't escape reality." - credit Queen.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Mixed Nuts:

• Although I think there was more to Audrey's song than we were allowed to see, it reminded me of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.
• Mama, just shot a man ...
• Er, wait. That's not her song.
• Her theatrical dance and song had lyrics (paraphrasing here) like: "Is this my real life? James and Shelli stabbed me with a knife. Someone tell me if this is my life." She ended with a dramatic, "And ... scene!"
• Hmm.
• If Zach was here, he'd call out "Froot Loop dingleberry!"
• The cameras cut and we only saw her peek out once again and then briefly mingle, coming out to shout "BB Takeover!"
• Then she went back to her self-imposed death/exile.
• In other news, Austin tried to start a movement against Jason, using his superfan status as a weapon against him.
• Backfire.
• Jason told others that Austin too is a superfan.
• He also told them of Austin's girlfriend back home and the fact that, if Julia comes into the house for good, he'd want her out so he could have Liz more to himself. Plus, Julia and Liz would take each other to the end over him.
• Aha!
• Julia is not too keen on Austin anyway.
• Fuel for the fire.
• Actually, reading body language, I don't think Liz is all that into him, either.
• Austin might be working his way into being the next target.
• It looks like Clay, Shelli and Vanessa will set their sights on him.
• Too bad, so sad.

Chef Steve

Retelling the Audrey talk

I must rethink Austin

She isn't that into him

Austin has a girlfriend at home!

I'm not the only superfan

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - July 22

Product placement is key

Like in a Stephen King novel, they sometimes come back. Audrey, or the ghost thereof, has risen from her death room and up from her death bed. (Her death terminology, not mine.) Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of the Most Peculiar Houseguest Ever:

• First off, that Raid in the top photo really shouldn't be out where they eat. I know they have a terrible ant problem, but ... sheesh!
• It sucks to be them.
• Another day of small talk with the occasional game talk thrown in.
• Most of the game talk consisted of who they should put up if they win HoH.
• Steve's name was mentioned too often for my liking.
• They still don't seem to realize that the twins both in to play would mean one more person in the way of the half-million ... a needless person.
• The big news of the evening is that Audrey walks the night, dressed in her cloak (as Austin calls it -- it's really just a fleece blanket), hoodie and sunglasses.
• I've seen much weirdness in the house since I started watching in Season One.
• But, this one takes the cake.
• She talked briefly, very briefly, to Jackie.
• Jackie tried to be pleasant to her, showing concern and telling her to please join in with people.
• What? Join the living again? I think she'd rather be cast in The Walking Dead.
• She then went to the HoH room and brought Shelli downstairs.
• She kept demanding to know who was saying what about her and kept telling Shelli she thought she was her friend.
• And on and on.
• And on.
• Everything that Shelli brought up, Audrey twisted and denied it ever happened.
• Shelli held up for much longer than I thought she would.
• Then the tears came.
• Audrey told Shelli that betraying her (Shelli betraying Audrey) was the greatest betrayal of them all.
• She said she won't do the press day (after eviction) because she was too hurt.
• Several times she referred to herself being in the death room and on her death bed.
• Yet she lives.
• Audrey left the room in her Unibomber gone Franciscan Monk guise, startling both Austin and Johnny Mac as she passed the kitchen.
• She's back on her death bed now.
• And, life for the living, is going on.

I just don't know about him

Risen from the dead

The hand remained there

She wears her "cloak"

The world is against her, y'know

"When I was on my deathbed ..."

Look in my eyes. I've been wronged.

And Shelli cried.

Big Brother 17: Power of Veto, Renom Show Blog Party - July 22

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? Hopefully they'll delve a bit into the Audrey Meltdown tonight!

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!

Let's get this party started!

The recap included the Audrey lies about Jason. Jason is sure that, if he can't save himself, he's going home. Johnny Mac wants to save himself with the veto if he can win it.

James heads to Chelli and tells some goodies to them about his bud, Audrey.

Audrey hides under covers as Clay tries to talk to her. She's worried about being put up as a renom and being backdoored.

Wackstreet Boyz -- Johnny Mac, Jason and Lizia -- have their first performance. They're bad. Really bad.

It's time to pick veto players! Yay! Yay! Shelli doesn't want Audrey to be picked. Shelli draws Vanessa. Johnny Mac draws Meg. Jason gets Houseguest's Choice and picks James. James thinks, if he wins, he'll pull Jason off for brownie points with him. Steve will host.

Even Meg is speaking up about how they need Audrey out.

All the veto players gather and the conversation turns to putting up someone else. The someone else remains quiet for now.

Shelli is all in tears thinking she's going to have to "betray" Audrey.

Veto comp time! It's a redo of the bomb defusing comp of last year set in a chemistry class with colored chemicals they have to add to a flask. James is out first with yellow paint exploding all over him. Shelli tells us she's throwing it so she won't get the blood on her hands.  She's out. Meg is out. John and Jason eliminated at the same time. Vanessa wins the Power of Veto!

More Wackstreet Boys segments.

Clay tries to tell Audrey she forces people away. And they get into it. She even lies about what she blatantly said ... as she has done since we've seen her. He tells Shelli and Vanessa that she refuses to admit that she said what she did indeed say -- that she wanted him to swear on his life that Shelli wouldn't backdoor her.

It's a KERFUFFLE! Clay, Shelli, Vanessa and Audrey. It's mostly Clay and Audrey going at each other. Then Audrey calls Vanessa a major manipulator. So, now Vanessa is in it deep.

Audrey is hiding herself in a hoodie, sunglasses and a blanket in the Have Not Room. She refuses to participate in the veto meeting. Jason talks about the game being a passion in his life and not leave. Johnny Mac said it would be cool to save him. Vanessa saves Jason. Shelli replaces Jason with Audrey (even though she's in hiding).

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday into Wednesday Dawn - July 21 - 22

The living is easy ... at the moment

You might wonder where I was last night. Well, I pulled an Audrey. Oh, I didn't have the sunglasses on, nor was I playing the martyr. Nor was I upset at the world. I just got home from work and started reviewing the live feeds to make my update and, then it happened. I decided just to take a short nap. That short nap turned into an overnight sleep. I needed it! Plus, the house has been in limbo since Monday with the Audrey issue -- not much gamewise is going to happen until she's gone and the comp cycle starts once again. Here's what I missed inside that Big Brother House of Playing Nice While Audrey is in Exile:

• A fear of mine has come to fruition -- they're all but holding hands and singing Kumbaya.
• They don't think Audrey will self-evict. Liz claims you don't get paid if you self-evict.
• I kind of doubt that's true just thinking of labor laws. I think they'd have to pay something for the time spent "on the job."
• But I don't know their contracts.
• Tons of small talk.
• Reams of it.
• BB continues to allow the rules to be broken to cater to Audrey's Martyristic Ways -- the lights have remained off in the Have Not room while she's in self-exile there and she's been eating food brought to her by others.
• Steve and James talked a long time about who they thought was a threat in the house.
• Steve did not mention to James that he's been telling us (alone to the cameras in the backyard) that he needs to get James out.
• They wonder if Audrey will get out of bed (dentist chair) for the live show on Thursday.
• James doesn't think that everything Audrey has said has been a lie.
• Steve is hoping that he gets the full stipend because that would pay for his next semester at school.
• Y'see what I mean? Small talk!
• Heh. Jason thinks that, once both are playing in the house, the twins should go on the block together.
• I'd personally get Liz out earlier, then work on breaking up Chelli. It's foolish to leave two people that close to work together on gameplay. Jason should know that, superfan he is.
• Ohhh! They got the HoH camera! Thrills. Chills. Yawn.
• Hmm. Austin seemed to remember he has a girlfriend at home. But ... "it's not like I'm cheating."
• Yeah, right. You're hanging all over Liz.
• Audrey isn't even acknowledging people who have been checking in on her.
• Are they sure she's still alive?
• She did eat half the omelet James made for her.
• Or ... maybe HE ate it and said she ate it to cover the fact that they have a body in the first stages of mummification right there in the Have Not room!
• Okay, maybe my imagination is running away with me.
• Of course, she can get a penalty nomination for eating off of the slop menu.
• Oh?
• I guess that doesn't matter at this point.
• I'll admit I'm more curious what will happen with her on the live show Thursday than I am for the HoH comp!
• Oh, wait. She's alive. Steve wished her luck and she fist-bumped with him.
• James continued his prankster ways.
• Yawn.
• All this no game talk and getting along well together is boring.
• No wonder I wanted to take a nap last night reviewing all these live feeds!
• I don't think today will be much more exciting.
• Here's to tomorrow night and watching Julie interview Audrey from inside the darkened Have Not room!

Hope he has on sunscreen

Now she's ALWAYS around

Will he ever win anything on his own?

Pre-season, I thought I'd like him more

What am I doing in this handbasket?

Audrey