Welcome to the first update for Pretend Points Big Brother 26! Before I get started, let me mention that this is a SPOILER FILLED POST! If you don’t want spoilers, click away now. This is your first and last warning.
Ok, now As I mentioned inthe rules, scoring that took place before Sunday’s show does not
count. That means Quinn and Makensy’s upgrades,
along with Cedric and Rubina’s downgrades will not be scored. Can’t remember who was drafted by whom? Click
here to see the teams!
The scoring season starts with T’Kor, Quinn, Leah and Matt
cheering that they’re in the Big Brother house, (2 points each for “Speak in
Opening Vignette” to Mairssa and Jen. 4 points to Ricky for having both Leah
and Matt!). Angela is really excited
to be here – and not the normal OMG I’M HERE level either. More like “Just drank
3 cups of coffee and followed it with a bucket of Red Bulls” excited.
As they sit around the living room introducing themselves,
we learn that Tucker is a chef and Lisa is a narcissistic, look at me try-hard who
interrupts him the moment he says the word chef. We are three minutes in and between her and
Angela, I’ve already got villains to root against. Finally able to finish his intro, Tucker
realizes he has a lot in common with Old Man Kenny, while Matt and Rubina bond
over being Filipino. Kenny also bonds
with Matt over military family/cop stuff, though the undercover cop doesn’t
share his history quite yet.
A look at the last time they will all like each other
In a bedroom, Brooklyn, Makensy, Rubina and Chelsie talk about how a girls alliance would help all of their games, (1 point each for “Mention ‘in this game’” to Dalphyne, Jen, Carol and Marissa!) but they fail to solidify the alliance, and openly say how the girls alliance is always discussed but never happens.
In the shower/bathroom, Angela jokes that Matt is so good
looking he will be in a showmance in short order. Visibly cringing, Matt tries
to shy away, but Angela keeps going leading Angela’s owner Jay to say “Just
shut up. Just shut up!”. (1 point for
“Mention ‘in this game’” to Jay!).
At that point, Jay and I agreed on a trade – mostly because
he can’t bear to root for Angela. I give him Lisa. He gives me Angela. The trade takes effect on Wednesday.
In the kitchen, Lisa makes sure everyone knows she’s a chef
and adds edible glitter to….everyone’s food and then to Matt, Cam and Tucker’s
bodies. It’s a good thing I wasn’t in the house for this. I hate glitter. There’s
a decent chance I’d have made her cry.
The group discusses who won the upgrade powers. Lisa, Leah
and Brooklyn can’t wait to use someone else’s power to their advantage. (1
point for “Mention ‘in this game’” to me!).
We find out that Makensy has won America’s Veto – she can use a veto
at any time in the next four (4) weeks, and America will choose the replacement
nominee
Quinn has won the Deepfake HOH where he can strip the HOH of all power, control the nominations and even make videos as the HOH saying anything he wants it to say. Ok, that’s cool.
AI Ainsley calls everyone together to tell the houseguests the HOH will have to nominate three (3) people each week, and all three will play in an AI competition just before the vote with the winner coming off the block. Everyone thinks it’s insane which helped me realized Ainsley's true alter ego:
At the HOH comp, Rubina and Cedric can’t play due to downgrades. The remaining 14 houseguests must break into teams three, leaving Tucker and Makensy out. They don’t even get to compete! Rolling a disc along a virtual board, the highest team score gets to eliminate another team, Kimo, Rubina and Brooklyn are quickly eliminated in Round 2. In Round 3, Kenny, Leah and Angela advance leading Leah to cry at the idea of winning HOH (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” to Ricky!). Unfortunately for her, tears don’t get the job done as it’s OMGOMGOMGANGELA who takes home the win. (5 points for “Win HOH” to Jay!), bringing joy to….no one but her.
Kenny and Tucker don’t know where they stand with Angela,
but she is good with her roommates Joseph, Cedric, T’Kor and Chelsie. It’s a diverse group and the video store
clerk is all for it. (1 point for “Mention
‘in this game’” to Roberta!). Matt
breaks Rule
#4: Know Your Audience, openly telling Lisa, Kenny and Joseph about how
Angela will put him up leading Joseph to sprint to the HOH room so he can
squeal.
Unsure who to put up, Angela does interviews and it’s Quinn
who gets the most out of it. He shares that he won the Deepfake HOH, which
would normally break Rule
#1: STFU, but it absolutely builds trust with Angela. Not only do they make a final-two deal, but
they cement it with a formal alliance name! (1 point for “Mention ‘in this
game’” to Jen!), (3 points each for “Make a final two deal” to Jay and Jen) and
(3 points for “Come up with a formal alliance name” to Jay for BB Guns!). The rest of the interviews have one
common theme:
The true fun begins when Matt comes up. Angela apologizes to Matt for the misunderstanding and going too far about showmances, saying it wasn’t gameplay. I believe Matt bought it, but he very openly threatens her saying if he’s nominated, he will have two chances to come off the block and if – by some miracle – he doesn’t, the house likes him anyway and he will come after her. She is seriously taken aback by this aggression and I love it!
At the nomination ceremony, Matt’s aggression paid off as he avoids the block. Lisa, Kimo and Kenny are not so lucky as all three are nominated for first boot. (3 points each for me, Jay and Dalphyne!), and (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” to Jay!) for Angela’s episode-ending tears. All three will compete in the Veto and the AI competition, so who knows who'll be on the block come eviction night?
I feel like there are several explosive personalities in the
house and the fuse has been lit. Let’s
hope it’s an crazy season!
On the strength of Angela’s HOH win, forming a final two and naming an alliance, Jay jumps out to a quick lead, doubling up Jen who rides Quinn into 2nd place with Ricky, Scott and Dalphyne close behind. Alas, its a slow start for Carol and Roberta as they take up the bottom two spots in the current scores:
- Jay 16
- Jen 8
- Ricky 5
- Scott 4
- Dalphyne 4
- Marissa 3
- Carol 1
- Roberta 1
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