Saturday, 12 October 2024

Big Brother 26: Update #29

 

Before we get started with this 2-part update, a reminder of who has whom:

Second, 10 points to Brian for knowing if looks could kill, you’d be lying on the floor. You’d be begging me please, please baby don’t hurt me no more.”  is “If looks could kill” by Heart.  Well done! That one was tough!

We pick up following Kimo’s eviction with Makensy and the Warrior slapping each other with tortillas. (2 points each for “Speak in opening vignette”[Cam], [Makensy] to Tessa and Teresa!).   They say goodbye to Kimo (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” [Kimo] to Tessa!) as The Warrior proves he’s not just lazy – he’s also delusional when he says they targeted Kimo because he’s better at comps.  They’ve played god knows how many comps. He’s got 2 comp wins to Rubina’s 1.

A distinction without a difference

Rubina is happy to have made it to the Final Four, as that’s her favorite number and that she’s the last of her once-mighty trio left standing (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” [T’Kor] to Joe!).  She’s going to push even harder now.  I’m sure Chelsie and Makensy are shaking.  Both Makensy and Chelsie do some jury management, lying to Rubina that they are in for an all-girls final three. 

Everyone thinks they need to win the upcoming HOH comp (1 point each for “Mention ‘I need to win HOH’” [Makensy], [Rubina], [Chelsie], [The Warrior]  to Teresa, Evan, Viviana, and Tessa!).   Three columns, each filled with gibberish code. One column has a real phrase. First to find the phrase earns a point. Most points after 7 questions wins HOH.  Shockingly, Rubina and Cam jump out to early leads, but Chelsie storms back to lead 3-2 and in the end, she takes home her 4th HOH of the summer! (5 points for “Win HOH” to Viviana!). 

Following the competition, Chelsie does some work on Rubina ensuring she’d take her to the Final 3, and since she’s a woman Rubina is all-in, even though Chelsie may need to nominate her. (1 point each for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Chelsie], [Rubina] to Viviana and Evan!)  Meanwhile, The Warrior is super-aggravated that he lost but if he gets the chance, he’d send Makensy home.   I get more aggravated failing a Clash of Clans War attack than he does losing a competition that could cost him $750,000.  One of us probably needs to change.

Makensy volunteers to be nominated (3 points for “Agree to go up as a pawn” [Makensy] to Teresa!)  but it doesn’t really matter. With four people left, whoever wins Veto casts the sole vote to evict.  At the ceremony, Makensy and the Warrior are nominated (3 points each for “Nominated for eviction” [The Warrior], [Makensy] to Tessa and Teresa!) .  Chelsie thinks that, in an odd way, nominating both keeps blood off her hands and I agree with her.  Making that choice at this point could’ve gone wildly wrong.

At the veto comp, It’s a “slowest person to answer / answer incorrectly earns a strike.  Three strikes and you’re out” comp about the days events took place in the house.   The Warrior finally realizes that if he wins, HE gets to make the decisions (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [The Warrior] to Tessa!).  Nice to see you finally joined the game!

Shocking no one, Rubina is the first to Strike Three

“Soy un perdedor” 5 bonus points each if you name the title and artist. 5 more points if you know what it means.  

No Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Aliens, Time Travel or anything else!

Once Rubina loses, Chelsie throws the rest of the competition to avoid having to make the final decision.  Smart gameplay.  Makensy and The Warrior both get to Strike Two and we get….a cliffhanger ending.  Which I hate.

But lucky for you, the next episode has already aired! No cliffhangers here! We pick back up on Thursday with Rubina explaining synchronized periods to The Warrior (2 points for “Speak in opening vignette” [Rubina] to Evan!)  and go Makensy reminding us how important winning the Veto comp is (1 point for “Mention ‘I need to win Veto” [Makensy] to Teresa!). In the final round, Makensy edges out The Warrior to take home yet another Veto, and the sole power to evict! (4 points for “Win Veto” [Makensy] to Teresa!)

Makensy tells us she doesn’t think Cam would take her to Final 2.  She’s right, but does she REALLY believe it?  If so,  Rule #3: Play to Win says she should evict him.  Chelsie wants both Makensy and The Warrior in the Final 3 because she thinks, correctly, that they’re both stupid enough to take her to the finale.  She’s playing the game on a completely different level than they are.  It’s almost Pro’s vs. Joe’s (Google it). Finally, The Warrior doesn’t like that his fate isn’t in his hands. TRY WINNING SOMETHING THEN.

 Makensy thinks The Warrior could win his way out, to which I almost spit out my drink.  He has as many comps wins as:  Kenny the Yo-yo, Lisa (Glitter girl), and Young Cedric…and they’ve all been out of the game for over a month!   In our game, The Warrior has as many points as Glitter Girl Lisa who was the 2nd player voted out! Chelsie sees that as Makensy potentially keeping Rubina, and she doesn’t want that.

Rubina reminds Makensy about their all-women pact (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Rubina] to Evan!) which is fine in Makensy’s eyes since she’s beatable.  Chelsie knows that evicting The Warrior is best for Makensy, but that’s not best for her so she invents a pile of well thought out bullshit to cloud Makensy’s thinking.  She was in the biggest showmance and is still here! (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” [Tucker] to Brian!).  She’d be afraid of the story Rubina would tell at jury, which resonates with Makensy since it’s similar to hers (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” [Matt] to Carol!) and she has two immediate votes on the jury (1 point each for “Shown on camera in gray” [Kimo], [T’Kor] to Tessa and Joe!) but if we sit next to The Warrior, we win no matter what.  You can almost see Makensy’s will failing, her mind bending to Chelsie's will.

Later, Makensy probes at whether the Warrior would take her to Final Two.  He follows Rule #7: Always Say Yes, saying the shock factor of cutting Chelsie would help his story.  It doesn’t matter if he’d do it. Mostly because making that decision requires winning a competition, but also because the only thing that truly matters is Makensy believes him.

At the veto meeting, Makensy uses the veto on herself which means Rubina gets nominated (3 points for “Nominated for eviction” [Rubina] to Evan!).  Both of their speeches are funny but neither is convincing.

At the end, Makensy gives in to Chelsie’s will and evicts Rubina. That loyalty is going to be a $750,000 mistake. (1 point for “Received vote against” [Rubina] to Evan!), (-2 points for “Evicted” [Rubina] against Evan!) and (2 points for “Jury Member” [Rubina] to Evan!)

A reminder about Finale night scoring:

Win HOH Part 1 (Finale)

7

Win HOH Part 2 (Finale)

9

Win HOH Part 3 (Finale)

11

Least Valuable Houseguest (the Houseguest who earned the fewest points in the season) (Finale)

5

Most Valuable Houseguest (the Houseguest who earned the most points in the season) (Finale)

5

Third place (Finale)

5

Runner up (Finale)

8

Winner (Finale)

15

America’s Favorite Player (Finale)

12

Be in Final Two deal that makes it to Final Two (Finale)

18

 So what does this mean for our scores?   With just one episode to go, Brian has cemented his win. There aren’t enough points left for anyone to pass him.  The battle for 2nd is close, however, which shows just how much Tucker and Godzilla dominated the game.  Carol has a small lead over 3rd place Tessa and 4th place Teresa, but she has no one left.  Tessa has Cam left, while Teresa has Makensy.  It’s possible Tessa could pass Carol, and it’s likely Teresa will.  The only question is which one of them finishes higher?

  1. Brian    307
  2. Carol    183
  3. Tessa    175
  4. Teresa  169
  5. Evan     151
  6. Demi    136
  7. Viviana 129
  8. Joe        115


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