Tuesday, 20 August 2024

Big Brother 26: Update #9

 


Before we get started, a reminder of who has whom:

We pick up following a true house flip which led to the best eviction ceremony of the season, and ended Cedric’s game, sorry Joe, as Godzilla’s begging to be in the alliance reminds us why we hate her (2 points for “Speak in the opening vignette” to Brian!). 

Following Cedric’s eviction (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” to Joe!), both Kimo and Quinn are in tears, as they both feel they were the reason he went home.  While it’s accurate in Kimo’s case, neither should feel bad.  It was the right move. (1 point each for “Shown on camera crying” to both Tessa and Demi!).  Chelsie sees Kimo and T’Kor as punking out

 


While T’Kor convinces herself it’s ok to take control of her own game, Brooklyn is shocked, SHOCKED, that the house kept Rubina after she flat-out told her they weren’t.  This is not a good look for Brooklyn, as Five-Pointz alliance mate (and winner of every freakin’ comp) Tucker knows he can’t trust her, but now she sees them as easy nominations when she wins HOH so they should both be fine.   T’Kor was getting the evil eye from Brooklyn but she decided to put fear aside. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” to Joe!)

Both Quinn and Brooklyn struggle to understand why Kimo and T’Kor flipped but they’ll never get it since they can’t see past their own games. Brooklyn closes the segment by reminding us she’s a momma from Texas and Hell’s comin’ with her

You brought the wrong snacks! (quote by Carol)

It’s time to fight for the HOH and it’s the wall competition which, as Chelsie reminds us is, iconic. (1 point for “Mention something is iconic” to Viviana!) and that she needs to win it (1 point for “Say ‘I need to win << comp name >>’” to Viviana!).  She’s not the first one to fall, that distinction goes to Godzilla, but her blessed behind only lets her hang on for 8m.  Now she’s counting on Cam, Brooklyn or Quinn to take home the W (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” to Viviana!).

Note: I should add a category for “hit all of the catchphrases (ex: is iconic, in this game, need to win…) in one episode”.  Thoughts for next season!

After a half hour, Cam finally falls and it’s down to Tucker and Quinn, who are strategically placed as far apart as possible. That doesn’t stop them from offering (read: lying) to keep the other safe.  A couple of minutes later, Quinn falls leaving Tucker the last person standing (5 points for “Win HOH” to Brian!).

In the aftermath, Joseph and Kimo are glad they made their move while Brooklyn, Cam and Chelsie see themselves as sitting ducks. Quinn ruminates over the last week where his friend went home on his HOH, 2/3 of his preferred alliance flipped without telling him and now he lost to Tucker again.  He’s rockbottoming while Tucker is riding high. It’s all Tucker can do to play it cool when Kimo suggests adding Joseph to the Tanks alliance without knowing about his Final 2 with the new HOH. At their first meeting, Joseph, Kimo, T’Kor, Tucker, Rubina and Angela become The Sixth Avenue Alliance (3 points for “Name an alliance” to Evan!) and (6 points each for “Be a member of an officially named alliance” to Brian and Evan!), (3 points each for “Be a member of an officially named alliance” to Tessa and Joe!).

Now…about those nominations…

Tucker tells Quinn he’s going to be nominated but he’s not the target.  The chef wants Brooklyn out, and I believe him, understandably Quinn doesn’t buy it at all.

It’s time to play some Big effin' Brother

One-by-one, Tucker talks to Brooklyn, Chelsie and Cam to get their information on the Cedric/Rubina vote. 

  • Brooklyn comes clean, telling him she expected it to be 9-1 against Rubina. 
  • Chelsie lies, saying she thought she’d be the only one to vote against Rubina
  • Cam also lies, saying he knew Cheslie was voting Rubina but didn’t know who the other vote was. 

 Tucker should call all three of them together, tell them all what each of them told him individually and walk away saying “Figure out what your story is. Come get me when you’re ready.”

He’s got four targets (Quinn, Cam, Brooklyn and Chelsie) but only three can be nominated.  In the end, it’s Quinn, Cam and Brooklyn on the block (3 points each for “Nominated for Eviction” to Demi, Tessa and Viviana!).  Brookyln breaks down into tears (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” to Viviana!) while Quinn goes the other way reinforcing his Veto win need (1 point for “Mention ‘I need to win << comp name>> to Demi!).

In the DR, Tucker tells us he’s targeting Brooklyn because she’s in everyone’s heads. With Quinn and Cam on the block, I imagine it will be tough to focus the votes on her but somehow, I believe he has a plan.

What does this do for our scores?

Brian’s lead over 2nd place Demi is an astounding 63 points!  In fact, if his lead were a player, it’d be in 3rd place!  Since it is not, Teresa stays in in 3rd while Tessa, Joe and Viviana are in a flat-out tie for 4th! No luck for Carol on Sunday as she remains stuck with SlayZeeAh in 7th as Joseph’s penchant for naming alliances inches Evan ever closer to leaving the basement!

  1. Brian     138
  2. Demi       75
  3. Teresa     61
  4. Tessa      55
  5. Joe         55
  6. Viviana  55
  7. Carol     46
  8. Evan      44

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