Big Brother 17: Live Dead Feeds Thursday, Survivor Cambodia Second Chance

Well, this is new and different

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Inanimate Objects:

• I really got nuthin' for you.
• They were awakened early (9am their time) after the exhaustion of last night's first part of the HoH comp.
• Apparently, I'm guessing here, it was for filming the BB walk down memory lane bit as we had Jeffish for a few hours.
• They've been conked out ever since.
• The camera people keep focusing on odd things along with a two-cam view of sleeping hamsters.
• More exciting is the Jeff Probst Survivor: Cambodia - Second Chance cast assessment video posted below the BB still life shots!

How exciting!

Worldly, even!

The new Survivor season leads into the BB17 season finale next Wednesday night. I'll be watching. How about you?

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Final Three HoH Part 1 Endurance Comp Updates - Sept. 16

Playing a waiting game ...

Once they get started, I'll be updating this post -- refresh the page to get the latest.

It's 10:10pm ET. They finally took the time off the banner. That had been reading to stay tuned for it to start at 9:00pm ET. 

11:00pm ET - We have Jeffish interviews/highlights.

11:30pm ET - Still Jeffish 

11:43pm ET - finally ...

They're swinging on giant candy apples and dunking into red liquid. They're periodically being slammed into a wall. 

11:51pm ET - A new thing, a blast of powder. 

11:58pm ET - All three still in, by the way. Liz looks the most uncomfortable.

12:10am ET - All still in.

Steve said that it's exactly the kind of comp he's wanted -- endurance, but not overly physical, a "how bad do you want it" kind of comp.

12:24am ET - Steve slipped, now sitting directly on the apple instead of above it. He uses the dunk to get back in the right position.

12:27am ET - Although Steve had his slip (and fixed it), it really looks like Liz is having the hardest time with this comp.

12:34am ET - Finally the BB voice yelled at Steve for singing (humming). It was driving me bonkers.

12:45am ET - All three still in it.

1:00am ET -- All three still in.

1:15am ET -- All three still in. Am I a bad person for wishing one of them, any of them, will fall soon?

This is REALLY BORING. One better fall soon!

1:38am ET -- Some kind of goopy white gunk sprayed on them. All still in.

If no one is out by 2am ET, I'm going to take a nap or an outright sleep and catch up with this in a few (or four) hours. This must be one of the most boring comps they've ever done.

Steve down 12:18am PT

Vanessa wins HoH Part 1 at 12:31 their time

That's, of course, 3:31am for me! She just wore down Liz, telling her that she needed to win this part because it's the only one she'd be good at, she has a good ten more hours in her and more.

Big Brother 17: Live Eviction to Final Three Show Blog Party - September 16

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? Tonight we'll get down to the Final Three to head into the three-part HoH comp for the win. Tonight's show will expose the nominees and the PoV winner (although we already know those from the live feeds), plus a Brenchal segment ... so it should be busy!

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

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Steve - KelseyNY, Carrie, K

Vanessa - Chacha, Heather Reyes, T-Town Chick

JURY:
Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob
Jackie - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian
Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl
James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML 
Julia - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

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

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 recap, then a promise of Caleb BB16 hosting a judo veto comp gets us started. Into Vanessa doing damage control with Liz. Vanessa cries some more. Liz cries. Steve cries. Johnny Mac doesn't cry. All is about Vanessa. Liz is in shock.

Steve wins HoH (as we know) and wants to throw up. Liz is ticked. Vanessa reminds us the PoV winner has the power this week as the sole vote. Vanessa talks to Liz. Liz cries more. Liz doesn't like Steve nor Johnny Mac, so she feels she has to work with Vanessa.

Vanessa makes final two deals with both Liz and Johnny Mac. 

Nominations -- Steve nominates Johnny Mac and Vanessa. He says it's purely strategic, nothing personal. Steve doesn't want Vanessa to win veto. He doesn't think he can beat her at the end.

Jury segment ... Julia shows. Meg was expecting Liz instead. They hold no animosity towards Steve. Then Austin arrives. Austin thinks he's going to affect the vote and get them all against her. Shelli talks about how good Vanessa's game is and Austin remains childishly bitter and a sore loser. No surprises.

Brenchal time. Yeah, she's pregnant. 

PoV time! Asian theme, judo outfits. And, Caleb rolls on in. Big Brother Dojo. Martial Smarts. Several matches, reads an event that happened, guess what day, punch or kick counter.

Liz has one strike against her for finishing last. You get two strikes, then out. Whoops, second strike in the second round and now Liz is out. Steve now has a strike. Second strike for Steve. He's out.

JM gets his first strike. Second strike and Vanessa wins the final veto of the summer! 

Vanessa tells us she has a tough decision to make. Liz thinks Vanessa will take her to the final three, but is worried. Johnny Mac is just plain worried.

Live veto meeting and eviction time. Vanessa saves herself, Liz is up with Johnny Mac. 

John -- Awesome summer, fun, doesn't beg.
Liz -- Challenging and intense game, made friends, always have your back, Vanessa.

Vanessa votes to evict Johnny Mac because of his relationship with Steve -- either with him or breaking his alliance with him. 

They end the show with Liz, Vanessa and Steve toasting their success (and Julie Chen) with champagne. Steve doesn't drink.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Wednesday - September 16

Poor Coco, covered in Steve's tears

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

• Not only have nominations already been made, PoV has already played out in advance of tonight's (really) live eviction show.
• Remember, last night's show was taped Monday and the feeds were down from Monday morning until last night's West Coast airing of the (not really) live eviction show.
• We did not see the nominations, nor the Power of Veto comp.
• But we know about them nonetheless.
• Steve nominated Vanessa and Johnny Mac.
• Say what?
• I didn't see what went down but I'd imagine he might have felt sorry for Liz, thus sparing her from the block.
• Or, he could have thought her as a renom.
• This is the week that all the power is in the hands of the PoV winner -- they decide who goes to the final three. It's just that one vote and the HoH has nothing to do with it other than put up the nominees.
• Vanessa won the Power of Veto.
• You heard me.
• It sounds like Steve threw it to her.
• All of the power is in Vanessa's hands.
• Uh-oh, Steve has a breakdown.
• Even though he knows he's one of the final three, he feels Vanessa will take Liz instead of Johnny Mac.
• He thinks he can beat Johnny Mac, but not Vanessa.
• Liz, of all people, comforts him.
• Yeah, you heard me.
• When Steve and Vanessa talked, they each thought they could beat Liz in a final three and take each other to the final two.
• But Steve had second thoughts on his own later. He doesn't think he can win against Vanessa.
• I don't think he should win against her.
• To be honest, although she's driven me crazy all summer on the feeds, of the four remaining, Vanessa SHOULD win. She's played the best game.
• However, we all know that's not always how things go in BB Land.
• It's a mind kerfuffle!
• Meanwhile, Liz seems to have turned um ... different ... she told Steve it was cute that he campaigned for her vote against Austin. She also told him he should work out more and try again with Julia because she really does like him but thinks he looks "puny."
• Hmm.
• I'm not sure Liz is quick enough to play mind games on the kid.
• Back to Steve's quandary -- he thinks that Vanessa would take him to the final two over Johnny, not as sure over Liz. He's sure that Vanessa will vote out Johnny Mac. He thinks that Johnny Mac would have taken him to the final two over Vanessa.
• He had to go cry to Coco, then Liz, then Liz and Vanessa.
• Where's Johnny Mac in all of this?
• Sleeping.
• In other news, Rachel Reilly is now following me on Twitter.
• Why can't Brad Pitt follow me instead?

SlingBand has returned

Will this be the end of Johnny Mac?

Talking plans

Mom, I screwed up, a horrible mistake

Big Brother 17: (Not) Live Eviction, HoH Show Blog Party - September 15

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? We're heading into a real mystery tonight as the most credible leak in such blocked feeds evictions situations is out of the picture for some time to come. That was the person I depended on for credible news. Sigh.  Remember, although it's airing tonight, this was taped yesterday.

AND NOBODY TALKED! Gah.

I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes and thank BB for not having to blog live feeds since yesterday morning!

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

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Steve - KelseyNY, Carrie, K

Vanessa - Chacha, Heather Reyes, T-Town Chick

JURY:
Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob
Jackie - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian
Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl
James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML 
Julia - No pool people due to being announced late in cast

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

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!

Recap. recap ...oh my gosh, I forgot they also have to squeeze in PoV in this show!

Acting like the show is live, Julie blindsides them with the news that there's an eviction tonight. Wah, wah. Vanessa doesn't mind targeting Johnny Mac, but cries all over Steve.

Johnny Mac tries to make a whacko deal with Austin/Liz that he'll throw the veto to them for safety. They're confused. They tell Vanessa.

PoV comp time. They all get to watch Life in Pieces. The comp is related to the show ... playground in the backyard, chances of winning in pieces, have to put together Life in Pieces puzzle. The board demagnetizes when they fall off the balance beam or take too long between hitting the buzzer.

Vanessa eliminated first. Johnny Mac wins veto!

Vanessa cries to us. Steve thinks he can talk Vanessa into keeping him and getting rid of either Austin or Liz.

PoV meeting -- Johnny Mac saves himself. Vanessa puts Austin on the block because "Liz was just on the block last week." Austin thinks he's safe, but has some worry about Vanessa. Johnny Mac leads Austin to believe he would vote out Steve.

Time for the vote:
Steve - Didn't prepare, no warning, surprised even there, incredible, thanks all.
Austin - Sucks up to Life in Pieces, likes Steve, nice speech, vote with your heart, plugs he wants in on Bold and Beautiful.

Votes to evict:
Liz - Steve
Johnny Mac - Austin

Tiebreaker - Vanessa votes to evict AUSTIN! Liz cries, Austin is already bitter and low class, telling Vanessa she won't win the jury vote. Perhaps the most class-less exit of this season. I'm not surprised.

They announce the favorite houseguest voting in online now.

HoH Comp time! Vanessa can't play. What the Bleep is the name of the game. Videos of previous HG, with a bleeped-out word. Julie will say the word, true or false.

All right.
All right.
Steve takes lead, by one point.
All right. 
Johnny gets a point, tied with Steve.
No one right.
Steve and Johnny Mac right, tied and Liz is out.

How long was the Under the Rainbow competition in seconds -- tiebreaker.

STEVE WINS THE NEW HOH! 

You can vote for favorite at this link.