Big Brother 26: Update #18

 

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

Tessa	Cam	Kimo
Brian	Tucker	Angela (aka Godzilla)
Evan	Joseph	Rubina
Joe	Cedric	T'Kor
Carol	Matt	Leah (aka SlayZeeAh)
Viviana	Chelsie	Brooklyn
Demi	Quinn	Lisa
Teresa	Kenny (aka Yo-Yo)	Makensy

 Second, 5 points to Carol and Teresa for finding the secret points and texting me the word “Friendzone”! 5 more points to Carol for knowing “Mephistopheles is not your name. I know what you’re up to just the same.” is from the Police’s song “Wrapped around your finger”, which perfectly describes SlayZeeAh’s friendzone relationship with Quinn and dearly, departed Joseph.

Following the eviction ceremony, Rubina thinks the night couldn’t have gone better, In the post-eviction flashback, we see Makensy and Chelsie cry with Kimo about how his speech impacted them while SlayZeeAh laments Joseph’s eviction (1 point each for “Shown on camera crying” to Teresa, Viviana and Tessa!), (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” to Evan!)

As Quinn can’t believe his plans got blown up again (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” to Demi!) we are reminded how his botch led to Cedric’s eviction (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” to Joe!).   Godzilla tells Kimo she wanted to keep him around but voted to evict him to be on the right side of the vote, which he absolutely does not believe. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” to Brian!)

Later, Chelsie does damage control after flipping her vote against Cam’s wishes (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” to Viviana!) but Cam doesn’t understand why she flipped and is ready for war. 5 points if you text me the word war.  Message me directly. Tell no one else. Offer good until the next update is posted. Presumably that would include wearing a shirt and doing something, so I’ll categorize that as “unlikely”. 

As he is going to war, henceforth Cam’s nickname shall be “The Warrior” (he typed, tongue planted firmly in cheek.)

At the HOH comp, the houseguests recall details from videos they watched overnight, and Kimo thinks it’s his time to shine (1 point for “Mention ‘I need to win HOH’” to Tessa!).  7 Questions, most right wins.  Ties broken by guessing number of seconds the Egg Drop comp took.  After 4 questions, only Rubina has one wrong.  Godzilla misses Q’s 5, 6 and 7 while SlayZeeAh and T’Kor miss #7.  After 7 questions, The Warrior, Kimo, Chelsie and Makensy remain. The Warrior knows it’s his time to shine (1 point for “Mention ‘I need to win HOH’” to Tessa!) but since it’s a math question, it winds up being Chelsie’s time to shine and she takes home her 2^nd HOH of the season (5 points for “Win HOH” to Viviana!)

Following the competition she strategizes about the future. What she truly wants is for Cam to want her, but he’d rather flirt with Makensy and SlayZeeAh. She could focus on getting revenge but instead looks to protect herself and I respect that level of thinking.

Too afraid to approach the HOH, Godzilla enlists The Warrior to do it for her while Chelsie listens at the door.  God, I love this season.  Anyway, Chelsie tells us Godzilla needs to come to her, but she mopes around outside instead.  Finally, Chelsie invites her to the HOH room to do the Liar’s Dance. Godzilla makes her case - she’s easy pickings, you know. Chelsie is happy to give her the opportunity to play for veto so Godzilla can “use that to her advantage” the way Taylor did (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” to Brian!), (5 points for “Mention a previous season’s houseguest (Taylor)” to Viviana!).  Sweet Jesus, these two are spinning their BS so badly! There was less spin last week at the U.S. Open!

In other news, a passing bird uses T’Kor as a port-a-pottie and she cleaned herself off in the kitchen sink!  Ok, that's gross. THE BATHROOM IS RIGHT THERE!

A visual representation of T'Kor's week

Not finished getting crapped on, Chelsie also uses T’Kor as a port-a-pottie, suggesting T’Kor’s #1 ally Kimo as a pawn.  T’kor is fine with it, if they have the votes.  She’s much more on Chelsie’s side than Chelsie is on T’Kors.  Kimo agrees to it, like an idiot (3 points for “Agree to go up as a pawn” to Tessa!). Not finished using her power, Chelsie pumps SlayZeeAh for information but….like…SlayZeeAh…is….like…not….like….saying…like…anything….like…useful.

For God’s Sake! Say something! Say it! Say it!

For the 2^nd time this season, SlayZeeAh’s reluctance to name a target has her in the HOH’s crosshairs, and Chelsie sees that Cam would choose both her and Makensy over Chelsie if it came down to it.  Unrequited love is the most painful, alas!

In the end, Kimo and Godzilla are nominated, which leads Godzilla to channel Taylor and bust out some chips! (3 points each for “Nominated for eviction” to Tessa and Brian!), (5 points for “Mention a previous season’s houseguest (Taylor) to Brian!). If I were SlayZeeah, I wouldn’t get too comfortable.

So what does this mean for our scores?  Brian maintains his huge lead over now-2^nd place Evan, who just lost Joseph.  Teresa can thank bonus points for her move to 3^rd place, as Makensy continues to do nothing.  Tessa moves into 4^th, only a few points behind Teresa thanks to Kimo’s nomination.  Demi continues her slide and is in 5^th, only a few points ahead of Viviana and Joe. Carol can also thank some secret and bonus points and is almost ready to leave the basement! 

1. Brian   236
2. Evan    103
3. Teresa   99
4. Tessa     96
5. Demi     94
6. Viviana  89
7. Joe         87
8. Carol     85