Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Saturday, Power of Veto - August 8

Examining an apple

Since the live feeds were blocked so long first for the picking of the PoV players and then hours for the PoV comp itself, today is a bit short and sweet. Here's the latest from that Big Brother House of a Jeffish Day:

• Shelli and Steve believe they're on the same page.
• Well, they're surely in the same nominations chairs!
• Vanessa told Steve that if she wins PoV, she'll take him down. She is going to try hard for it because of her (very valid this time) fear of being backdoored.
• She honestly thinks that Becky will put up Johnny Mac because she made deals with everyone else.
• Vanessa doesn't know that Becky and Johnny Mac are working together.
• Meg, Austin and Vanessa will be playing for veto with Steve, Shelli and Becky.
• Vanessa told Steve (and Shelli) that if Shelli picked her for Houseguest's Choice, and she won, she'd take her (Shelli) off the block.
• And, guess who got Houseguest's Choice?
• Why, Shelli did. She told Johnny Mac she chose Vanessa because Vanessa would freak.
• Finally, after more than five hours, the PoV comp was over. It was something to do with comics and art.
• STEVE won the Power of Veto!
• Becky and James are thrilled, Backdoor Vanessa in motion.

How I feel

Containing a guffaw

Llama up for eviction

After PoV, the winner relaxes

The PoV shirts

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Saturday pre-dawn - August 8

Time for the armor striptease

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Flipflopping Flunkies:

• Vanessa is scrambling. She's paranoid, as usual. However, this time it's rightfully so.
• She asks Austin to let her know of any plans he might hear that she's a backdoor plan.
• Hey, Vanessa ... you're the backdoor plan!
• I said that, not Austin. 
• Although he knows she is.
• Becky is now thinking that she'd rather take Shelli off the block than Steve.
• She's worried that Shelli would be angry with her.
• Hmm.
• I guess Steve being angry with her is just fine. She doesn't think he'd come gunning after her.
• Enough people would probably vote Vanessa out, but it's still playing with Steve's life in the game.
• Jackie finally got to take off her knight armor-tard.
• Johnny Mac has switched his game on. About time!
• He told Shelli that Vanessa had made plans to take the remnant of Clay/Shelli out to protect herself.
• He told her that Vanessa had been behind all the evictions so far in the game.
• He told her that she (Shelli) is only there because Vanessa wanted her to stay one more week, not Clay.
• Johnny Mac told her that if he wins veto, he would save her (Shelli) from the block.
• Steve thinks he's the only superfan to make jury. He doesn't count Austin, I guess. And he doesn't really know about Johnny Mac.
• Vanessa thinks that Austin and the twins trust Becky more than them.
• Oh, I'd say they'd float to wherever the power might keep them safe.
• Then, the most interesting thing of the night happened -- Johnny Mac "talked game" with Steve.
• He told Steve that if he won Houseguest's Choice for the PoV, to choose him.
• He told Steve he wanted blood on his hands.
• He told Steve that he (Steve) is in the alliance with himself and Shelli and that Vanessa was by herself.
• (Johnny Mac didn't mention his private alliance with Becky, mind you.)
• Instead, he told Steve that if Vanessa didn't go out this week, it would be him -- Johnny Mac going as the secondary backdoor target.
• He told Steve that if he won the veto, he'd save Shelli.
• Say what?
• He got Steve to promise to pick him if he got HG choice AND to throw the veto.
• When Johnny Mac gets his game on, he really gets his game on.
• After Johnny left him, Steve cried. He said he needs his mother. He has promised to keep the Johnny Mac talk secret.
• But he has the SOS alliance -- final two -- with Vanessa.
• Is he loyal to her? Should he be?
• Should he tell Johnny Mac about SOS and Freaks and Geeks?
• Yeah, I'd like him to tell him.
• Heh.
• That's all for now!

Grumpy cat

Tell me if I'm the target!

Johnny Mac talking game?

With Steve?

In turmoil, he needs his mom

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Friday, Nominations - August 7

Our illustrious HoH hard at work

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Wayward Boys and Girls:

• First, I notice there were questions about the Diary Room "leak" with James saying, "America's Player card? Thank you." -- I have no clue. I did hear it. I even replayed it a few times to make sure it's what I heard. I even checked other sites and they heard it, too. But that's all there is to it. Unlike Steve, James doesn't talk to us.
• All of the hamsters were sore today from the falls in the comp yesterday. I believe it. If I had taken some of those falls, I'd probably have a cast or two today. They're fun to watch, but I always think someone could actually hurt themselves.
• The day started off with Ants Marching. No, not the Dave Matthews Band tune ... actual ants all over the kitchen. I always cringe when I see them spraying Raid on the counters and near the food. That can't be healthy. But I've never had any sort of rampant insect invasion in my kitchen (knock on wood), so I'm not sure what I'd do.
• Vanessa fussed that Becky didn't want to listen to her. She was even to the point of being hostile to her, claims Vanessa.
• Well, Vanessa ... I often don't want to listen to you, either. You talk too much, make the same points over and over again and it's always a mile a minute. You give me a headache.
• And that green hat needs to go. Someone called 'Vanessa's Hat' has started following me on Twitter. I might have nightmares.
• Once again, the HoH chose the Have Nots. In continuing the fairness, everybody needs to be one sometime theory, Becky chose James, Meg and Jackie.
• I miss the old food comps in which the entire house had to win the foods they'd eat for the week. Plus, they were the only comps we'd actually see on the live feeds.
• Liz and Julia, fairly sure they won't be going on the block, think they need to win the veto so the nominations will remain the same.
• They are quite worried that people will think of them as the next "couple" who needs to be broken up. Neither seem all that worried that Austin will be targeted. 
• Jackie told Meg and James how Vanessa had been going around telling everyone James was bullying people about the vote.
• I never saw any bullying from James. I'll admit I saw him play the pity card in that he made this big move and really needed people to back him.
• That's not bullying.
• Clay bullied James. Jace bullied Steve. That was physical intimidation and bullying.
• Steve thinks the target is Austin.
• It's not.
• From late night talks, we know that Becky intends to put Steve and Shelli on the block with the backdoor target of Vanessa. Of those, it's expected that Vanessa would go home ... or Shelli would.
• Vanessa went on to Shelli that she thinks she's going to go on the block and, if nominated, she's going to hold up a flip-flop.
• Vanessa and Shelli think Becky has totally forsaken them.
• She has.
• Steve is very worried. He's still upset that Vanessa told Shelli about the Freaks and Geeks alliance. He thinks he might be targeted.
• Blocked to the feeds, the nominations ceremony went down.
• Surprise, surprise ... Steve and Shelli are on the block.
• Becky told Shelli that Steve volunteered to go up. Hmm.
• Steve now realizes that it's Vanessa who's the target, not Austin. He doesn't think that's good for his own game.
• Hmm.
• Vanessa has an epiphany! She tells Shelli they can get Johnny Mac on their side because she can PROVE Becky's in with James, Meg and Jackie.
• Well, duh. I think he realizes that. He's a lot tighter with Becky than Vanessa knows.
• Vanessa went on and on (and on and on) about how Becky is a flip-flopper.
• And on.
• And on.
• James, Meg and Jackie wonder if it would be better to get rid of Shelli than Vanessa.
• Meanwhile, Austin and Vanessa actually think they can get Becky to backdoor Johnny Mac.
• Oh, the drama of it all!

Not too appetizing?

Are we boring you, James?

Happy gals

Jump ship entirely or not?

I never get hair like that.

Armored for a full week, I guess

On the block again ...

How dare Becky flip-flop?

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Friday - August 7

Becky takes all the prizes!

Oh my. My blog pool person is the new HoH, plus she also got the Never Have Not and the $5,000. Whatever will she do as HoH? Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Slippery Sliding:

• Shelli cried. Now, she wasn't the worst -- Meg, Austin and Vanessa can take credit for that. But, she wasn't all that close in the running in the comp.
• Becky rarely fell while Austin spent a lot of time down.
• Johnny Mac looked sad and seemed to be crying. He's tried very hard at the last two comps. We should keep in mind that he, like Steve, Jason and Austin, is a huge fan of the show. I think he's been planning to make his big moves last week and this week and failed.
• I could be wrong.
• Becky SEEMS to have chosen a side ... Jackie, James, Meg. Apparently something Vanessa said set her off against those other folks.
• Johnny Mac wants all to band together against Vanessa.
• While Johnny Mac and Becky are buddies, it seems like every single "band together" plan has flopped this season.
• Or, flip-flopped. Or waffled.
• Johnny Mac told Steve about the target Vanessa plan.
• Hmm.
• Steve told Vanessa that they (he and she) might not be safe this week.
• I think he's absolutely right.
• Vanessa tried to defend whatever happened during the fight pre-show. Gosh, she can yap a mile a minute and leave you totally befuddled.
• In her whirlwind of words, she told Shelli about the "secret" Geeks and Freaks alliance. 
• Loose lips do what?
• When she told Steve that she told Shelli about it, he wasn't happy.
• Shelli continued to creep me out by talking about how much Clay looks like her brother.
• Okay, this week's plan (if it actually works) is to nominate Steve and Shelli, backdoor Vanessa.
• That's according to Becky, Meg, Jackie and James and then by Becky and Johnny Mac separately.
• A worried Austin promised Becky safety if a double eviction comes up. He's hoping not to go on the block.
• He really shouldn't worry -- he's rather inept at comps and his social game is far from the best. I don't think he could ever be a threat to win it all.
• Vanessa tried to make a deal with Becky, but no way. Becky said she's done with deals.
• Becky keeps harping on how Steve needs to play THIS season, not keep spouting facts about past seasons.
• She's actually right.
• In privacy, Becky told Johnny Mac her one true target and the only person she "hates" in the house is Vanessa.
• The twins and Becky agreed not to target each other.
• Heh. No more deals, eh? 
• Just not deals with Vanessa, Becky's new found nemesis.
• Vanessa's paranoia is kicking in. She went to Austin to see if Becky made a deal with him. He told just the original double eviction safety deal. Vanessa told him that Becky is bragging about her group -- James, Meg, Jackie.
• Austin said that was puzzling because he thought he and the twins were close to Becky.
• Of course, we know that Johnny Mac is the one closest to Becky.
• Vanessa thinks she's going to be the backdoor target.
• Methinks she's right.
• Whoa? A diary room "leak" seems to have James receiving an America's Player card. Hmm.

New green hat?

Feeling safe

Summit meeting

Inner circle meeting

Pawn? Target?

Safe this week?

Big Brother 17: Live Endurance HoH Comp Updates - August 6

As the comp goes on and the feeds return, I'll update this post with the latest news as it happens. Refresh the page to get the latest news!

Feeds not back on yet at 10:03pm ET.

Feeds back on!

Quad cam 10:15pm ET

Johnny Mac at 10:24pm ET

It looks like Becky has the lead in this at this time.

Becky at 10:30pm ET

10:38pm ET

10:44pm ET - Austin and Meg are way, way behind. They might as well throw in their towels!

10:45pm ET - Meg lowest, Austin 2nd lowest

10:50pm ET - Becky still in the lead.

10:53pm ET - Jackie

11:00pm ET - JMac bookin'!

Becky still seems to be in the lead. JMac tried to get his hand in, no go. He's put on the speed.

Julia is catching up with Becky! At least, that's how it looks here.

11:13pm ET - Liz, Austin and Meg are the worst. Becky, Julia and John hustling. Correction - I think that's Vanessa on the end, not Liz. No matter, Becky and others are SO FAR ahead.

Becky at 11:15pm ET

FIRST NEVER HAVE NOT, THEN MONEY, THEN BECKY GOES STRAIGHT FOR THE HOH BALL. SHE'S THE NEW HOH AT 11:30PM ET!

Big Brother 17: Live Eviction and HoH Show Blog Party - August 6

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? Tonight either Clay or Shelli will leave us. Oh, boohoo.

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

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian

Clay - FairieGoddess0714, QuixoticElf, DonnaNY, JonMD1267

James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML

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
Audrey - David, Chase, Orkmommy, Nicole K
Jason - Witt, Sharon, WolfpackRed

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!

"The hunters have become the hunted," says Julie regarding Clay and Shelli. Now a recap ...

The HitMen (Cody, Derrick) will be there. And, it looks like an endurance comp will start. If indeed endurance, I'll create a separate post to cover it after the show ends.

Julie tells us that Clay and Shelli agreed not to campaign against each other. Tears. James wants Shelli out. We'll see. Blech, Clay and Shelli hugging and crying. I don't need to see that, do you?

James tells Austin that Clay and Shelli told him about Judas and the hinky votes. Austin is ticked. He tells Vanessa, now she's mad, too. Now Shelli wants to try to mend fences with her 6th Sense alliance. She wants to stay.

Now they're kissing. And, thankfully, interrupted.

The 6th folks want to keep Shelli while James and Co. want her gone. They think they can knock both out in succession. Jackie is suspicious (rightfully) of Vanessa.

The twins would prefer that Shelli go. Austin is now torn.

Derrick and Cody segment. Derrick likes Johnny Mac, rooting for James. Cody likes James, too. Holla!

Finally to the live vote:
Clay - Thanks God and family and others. Special place in my heart for all, vote for Shelli to stay.
Shelli - Shout-outs. Tears, Clay is her heart. Want to live in real world with you. Loyal and fair game.
@@

The votes to evict:
Vanessa - Clay
Meg - Clay
Austin - Clay
Jackie - Clay
To commercial ...
Liz - Clay
Julia - Clay
Steve - Clay
Becky - Clay
John - Clay (It's been a weird day.)

Unanimous, Clay is evicted. More tears from Shelli. I can only hope she's too distraught to do well in an endurance comp. When Julie asks Clay if he loves Shelli, "Ummm ... that's a big word." Ha.

HoH Comp - All in jury from here on out. Jury members might come back, she hints. Comp called Midway Mayhem. Fill up funnel with gas and go across the lawn to fill gas tank. Three checkered balls to reach as it fills -- 5 grand, never have not pass or HoH, each ball. Game ends at claim for HoH. And, yes, it's slippery lanes.

To follow the HoH Comp as it plays out on the live feeds, I made this post. Meet me there!

Next week is the double eviction!

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Thursday - August 6

Once a knight, always a knight

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Hamsters Gone Wild:

• I'll be glad when the couple is split up. Despite Allison Grodner's idea that show fans want to see couplings, that's not why I watch. Since their first kiss the other day, they're hanging all over each other and the cameras focus on them way too much.
• Who am I talking about? Well, duh. Clay and Shelli.
• I'm also tired of the couple knowing each other less than a month and a half and acting like teenagers in love.
• Clay and Shelli had to pack their bags.
• Aw, ain't it just tugging on your heartstrings?
• Those silly hamsters are still thinking this will be a double eviction week.
• Steve has been having a toothache. Other than advice, Johnny Mac isn't allowed to help him.
• I don't think they have pliers in the house, either.
• The twins are being Vanessa-fickle, going back and forth over which one to vote out. Austin told them that if they keep Shelli, it will "look bad."
• Hmm. It sounds like Austin thinks the power will be stronger on the James side of the house.
• Steve thinks that they should keep Shelli in because she's a larger target.
• I dunno. Either one would be a target.
• Vanessa continued her Save Shelli campaign.
• And now Austin has gone all Vanessa, deciding they need to keep Shelli.
• At least James isn't waffling. But he doesn't have a vote.
• Austin said he doesn't want to see James blindsided (in a double eviction). Maybe his allegiance is literally torn. Hmm.
• Clay worked on Steve to get him to vote him out, keep Shelli in. He made his plea telling more than a few lies along the way. After Clay left the room, Steve exuberantly faced the cameras and ranted about Clay lying to his face. Earlier he had been told that Austin only became the target when the Clay/Shelli campaign to target him (Steve) failed. Clay told a whole different story.
• Meanwhile, James had assured Steve that they (he, Meg, Jackie and Becky) had his back.
• Becky told Steve that she will be voting Shelli out and he needs to do what's best for his own game. She said that she wants Shelli out because she's a bigger threat physically and mentally in comps. They both find it funny that Clay is pretty much saying the same as the reason they should vote him out.
• And on it goes ...

How could they do this to us?

A moment of levity

Clay didn't earn that HoH robe!

A young Trump thing going on with his hair

You lied right to my face, Clay!

Big Brother 17: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - August 5

Good evening! Ready for a blog party?

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!

James is not scared. It's good to know that. Clay's biggest fear was being put up on the block next to Shelli. Shelli cries a tear. Clay tries to intimidate James by yelling at him. James is not scared.

Now Clay and Shelli are scaring Vanessa. They blame her saving Austin for them being on the block. Vanessa cries.

Shelli and Clay talk to James. They go on about having had his back all along. James doesn't fall for their twisted tales. Shelli cries.

Shelli backtracks and goes for damage control with Vanessa. "This alliance is still on." Shelli cries. Vanessa cries. "Why this week? I'll be spending the rest of the time in the jury house without HIM!"

Time to pick PoV players! James wants to win to keep the nominations the same. James draws Houseguest's Choice, goes for Jackie. Shelli draws Becky. Clay draws Vanessa. Vanessa is not thrilled.

Becky sits in with Jackie and James as they talk about winning the veto and keeping the nominations the same.

Time for the PoV comp! Kingdom of Big Brotherhood. Played in rounds, catapult darts. Reveal the prize inside crowns. It's the comp where they can trade prizes with rewards and punishments. The onlookers can drink wine while they watch.

Vanessa scored 26. Clay 19. Becky 11. Shelli 22. Jackie 1. James 29. Jackie out. Jackie's prize is the veto. She knows it will go.

In the second round, Shelli's dart lands in the water. Shelli is out. She wins a Knight in Shining Armor (costume). She takes the veto from Jackie.

Round three, Vanessa out. She wins an Ireland vacation, keeps it.

Round four, Clay is out. Knight of Shining Armor, 24 hours of shining the shining knight's armor. He takes the Ireland trip from Vanessa.

Shelli cries.

Last round, Becky is out. She wins $5,000, keeps it.

James wins Castle Guard, doing guard duties 2400 time in 24 hours. He likes the idea of the money, but takes the veto. Shelli is the Castle Guard and James wins the Veto.

Shelli cries.

Meg is all woozy and she and Clay kind of cling on each other, both a bit teary. Clay, sober, is kind of a hands on kind of guy during this!

Jackie gets her armor for the week and Vanessa must buff it for the day. Shelli got a sword -- must hit a punching bag, stab a target and knocking a bar down with the sword. Every 100 she has to run in the house ringing a bell to let the kingdom know they're safe. She does it!

Shelli tells us she has information from the twins that might sway James to use the veto. They talk to him. He tells them that he would need enough information to put someone else up. Shelli tells James about the Austin/Judas bit. She says that Judas voted for Audrey, Judas changed the target to him. She throws Austin under the bus. James tells them he'll think about it and then decide.

Veto meeting time! Clay says how much he cares fro Shelli. Shelli they've been good to their word, don't deserve to be nominated. James says they turned their backs on him, left him in the dark about stuff and does not use the veto.

Shelli cries.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Wednesday Afternoon - August 5

True lovebirds?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Rodents Running Rampant:

• Austin told James and Meg that Steve runs to Clay and Shelli with information.
• Like Austin is one to talk about that!
• They all think Steve is deliberately holding off on winning comps.
• They're all still fearful of a double eviction this week.
• Silly hamsters.
• Austin says that if Shelli goes first, the double eviction nominees should be Clay and Johnny Mac.
• Interesting to see his proposal even though we know it's not a double eviction. In that scenario, Clay would most likely be out.
• Vanessa said she promised Clay that she would vote to keep Shelli this week.
• Whatever.
• She also told Jackie that if she wins HoH next week, she'd put up Shelli (if Shelli remains).
• Yeah, sure.
• The general consensus amongst the group (no Steve, Johnny Mac or loving nominee couple) is that whichever goes this week, the remaining one should go the next. 
• We'll see. If Shelli does stay, I imagine she's going to fight pretty hard to continue on in the house.
• Liz and Julia read my mind. They started talking about how boring Mondays until eviction days are.
• Liz and Julia also said they'd rather vote with the house. I don't think it's as much of a house vote this week as we've seen before.
• Steve won't be able to go back to school next month. He really didn't expect to make jury. Thankfully (as he stated a while back), he gave his mother the information on how to withdraw him for the semester so he won't suffer either financially or academically.
• A new plan has hatched! The latest is that Clay and Shelli will out Becky as their mole.
• Oh, wow.
• Although, I have to say ... James, Meg and Jackie are still oblivious to it. It would be big to them.
• But it won't save Clay nor Shelli.
• They think if Clay stays, outing Becky as a rat will make her the target the next week and force Johnny Mac to align with Clay, Austin and Vanessa.
• Um. I'm not really sure if Johnny Mac can be all that controlled. While he threw the comps for them, he might just have his own game plans.
• Shelli's latest rant about James is due to his size. That really turns me off. I hate when people pick on non-controllable physical attributes as insult material. Does she call fat people "fatso" when she's angry at them? It's one thing to make comments about choices one makes -- hair, make-up, etc. But to rant with hate and include things like him being a small dude is a bit out of line, methinks. It tells a lot about her character.
• /end my own rant
• Vanessa told Clay and Shelli that James is bullying everyone to vote out Shelli.
• Hmm.
• I don't see any real bullying going on. She's exaggerating just a tad there. 
• Austin thinks that Shelli and Clay went up on the block because they were playing both sides.
• Shouldn't he himself be worried if that's the case?
• Now he's thinking they HAVE to vote out Shelli.
• And on it goes ...

Unlike Audrey's days, the lights remain on.

Talks more dentistry than game.

Still a knight

Look. It's Becky! Becky who?

Steve is laying low lately.