The following is a special announcement from the National BB House Forecasting Center: The countdown to the arrival of hurricane Davonne is now underway. Storm forecasters are predicting this to be a category five storm of unprecedented scale. The storm is expected to start impacting the Big Brother house late Monday afternoon and build in intensity until it reaches its peak on Thursday night. Viewers in the vicinity are warned to expect dire threats of revenge, tears, accusations of disloyalty, rage, and the possibility of thrown objects. Forecasters are warning that there is a possibility, even a likelihood that the storm may turn around on Thursday night and return to the vicinity of the BB house and continue to batter the inhabitants for an additional week and possibly longer. If you find yourself within the BB house viewing area, you should stay tuned for the latest outbursts.
When last we left the house Bridgette and Paulie were two pawns on the block just waiting for the POV to be played so one of them could come down and Paulie's real target, Davonne could go up to replace them. Yesterday's drawing of the POV players worked out well for Paulie in that Natalie, Corey and Victor were drawn to play. Multiple house guests are now claiming to have thrown the comp to Paulie who emerged victorious. The first parts of Paul and Paulie's plan have been sliding into place nicely for them so far.
The next step in the plan is for Paulie to use the POV on himself, take himself down and then Paul will put up Davonne since she volunteered to be a pawn. News that Davonne volunteered to be a pawn will likely come as something of a surprise to Davonne since she didn't really volunteer to be a pawn and Paul has assured her she's not going up. Davonne has managed to convince herself that Paulie's not even using the POV and will stay on the block so they're sure they get Bridgette out. (Davonne's a bit out of the loop on this and James and Zakiyah haven't filled in the blanks and are letting Davonne stagger into this completely blind.)
In a house of eleven people, ten are aware of the plan to backdoor Davonne, at least to some extent, while only Davonne remains in the dark. Michelle and Zakiyah are hoping to find a way to swing the votes to save Davonne, but the odds of that are pretty slim. It would take at least four votes to force a tie then Paul would break the time. At this moment, barring Nicole and Corey breaking free from Paulie's mindmeld (and truthfully the only two people in the house not in Paulie's odd little cult are Natalie and James) the only likely votes to save Davonne would be Michelle, Zakiyah and possibly James. Natalie has promised Bridgette she won't vote her out and Nat's word is generally pretty solid. Victor seems solidly with the guys not knowing or caring apparently that he's the fifth person in their four person (Paul, Paulie, Corey and James) alliance. That pretty much means they have to get Nicole and Corey on board with saving Davonne, and it should be pointed out that both Corey and Nicole know that Davonne has been pushing hard for one or both of those two to go up and be voted out. The odds favor Davonne being voted out in Thursday night.
In a rare surprise, the house guests got alcohol last night. Being the sober, intelligent group they are, they immediately got pretty sloshed. Nicole managed to get drunk enough to fall out of the hammock and Paul was so sloshed that Nicole, who was barely able to walk herself, had to help him stagger into the house to talk to Paulie. Paulie and Corey being Have Nots got to watch all of this go down without partaking. I suspect the house will be fairly quiet today as they sleep off the effects of last night and recover.
The house went into a bit of a fitness frenzy yesterday as they realized they were letting themselves go a bit. Natalie and Michelle are lamenting their current physical state. In fact Michelle laments just about everything from her weight to her hair color to her fingernails, to the air she's breathing. We may need to end up adding a new phrase to our vocabulary, there's Debbie Downer and now Moping Michelle. There was lots of running, weight lifting, exercising and general physical activity with the exception of Davonne who mostly sat and watched everyone else working out.
The house should be relatively calm today unless someone informs Davonne of the pending danger. Not that there's a lot, or anything for that matter, she can do about it. Davonne will go up tomorrow since she volunteered to be a pawn. ("Say what? When did I volunteer to be a pawn?") The house is expected to tell Davonne that the plan is to still get Bridgette out, but Davonne will know better.
Things will start to get interesting after the POV ceremony tomorrow. Paul's power will be done, so the house can regroup and reorganize itself with no further fear of what will Paul do. (By the way, Paul may be the first house guest ever to wear out his HOH bathrobe. The guy is living in it. The good news is it does help muffle his shouts a bit.) Zakiyah and Michelle can try to fish around more actively for votes to keep Davonne and vote out Bridgette. They likely won't succeed. They'll need Davonne and Nicole to make peace with one another and neither of those two is overly forgiving or trusting.
The ideal scenario for this week, at least from this viewer's perspective, is for Davonne to go on a rampage, expose everything going on, wake up a few of Paulie's acolytes from whatever spell he's got them under, then have Julie open Davonne's envelope revealing the round trip ticket and have Davonne return to the game breathing fire, win HOH and look for victims. As much as Davonne has wanted Nicole or Corey out, I doubt that she'd waste an HOH on them at this point and would instead target Paulie and Paul. Watching those two scramble would be a lot of fun.
Should Davonne not have the magic envelope and the round trip ticket then Michelle and Zakiyah are the next two targets for Paul and Paulie followed by Nicole. They want to use Bridgette to put up Michelle and Zakiyah, knowing that Bridgette and Michelle aren't exactly best buds. What the big dummies don't know is that Bridgette is still close to Natalie and Natalie knows Paulie is the leader of the house. Their pawn (Bridgette) may just end up getting one of them thrown out of the house.
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for Saturday 7/30/2016!!!
The house has become a bit dull and boring and I've got some spare time this morning, so it's time to go medieval on it.
When last we left the kingdom, the brave King Paulie, benevolent ruler of the land, brother of former ruler Cody, student of the great wizard Derrick, and descendant of wolves, had been attempting to test the loyalty of his people by asking them to volunteer as bait to lure out the dragon known as Eviction so they could then throw the evil sorceress Davonne at the dragon for it to consume her.
So fearful were the peasants of the dragon however that none chose to volunteer. Eventually Nicole, handmaiden of the knight Corey, reluctantly agreed to serve as bait. The great King Paulie, frustrated at the lack of trust shown by his peasants then expressed his disgust and said that he would serve as the bait himself to teach the peasants a lesson. The befuddled knight Corey then also volunteered as his handmaiden (in more ways than one) Nicole withdrew her offer.
The jester Paul, wearing the king's robe and acting as king this week then agreed with the plan of King Paulie. The recently abandoned maiden Bridgette, having just lost her beloved Frank to the dragon, would stand alongside King Paulie and the two would attempt to lure the dragon from its lair.
If the king's plan were to work as planned, then in today's POV competition one of King Paulie's loyal followers would win the POV and remove the good king from this situation. The evil sorceress known as Davonne would then be forced to take his place. Then on Thursday the two, Bridgette and Davonne, would lure out the dragon Eviction and the broken-hearted maiden Bridgette would hobble away from the dragon on her bad ankle and knee and the dragon would consume the evil sorceress Davonne, freeing the kingdom from her evil magic.
The fair maiden Natalie, fairest of the women in the land, had a gift bestowed upon her by the Gods. Never again would she want for food or comfort while in the kingdom. This gift from the Gods, while accepted with great gratitude by Natalie, resulted in the rest of the kingdom expressing anger, frustration and jealousy that the Gods would show favoritism to one the other peasants viewed as being so inferior. Even the King Paulie showed some frustration with the situation, but greater problems faced him.
His consort, the maiden Zakiyah, who while fine of appearance and form, lacks in confidence and self respect, turned upon the king just before he needed to be focused on the POV comp. Having spent weeks eagerly seeking King Paulie's comfort and companionship, she was cast aside by the good king after annoying him by saying that professional knights (athletes) were disloyal to their loved ones. King Paulie, who considers himself a former professional knight, though in truth he lacked the aptitude, was appalled by this revelation.
Once before Zakiyah had spouted such heresy and the king had expressed his displeasure, but this repetition of the heresy was too much for the king to endure. He dismissed Zakiyah from his bed and chose to share it with the Jester Paul instead. (One could get the impression the great King Paulie prefers to share his bed with his fellow knights. He so favors them that he even allowed the jester Paul to cut the king's hair to match that of the jester.)
The maiden Zakiyah, swallowing what little pride she had, met with the king in a room decorated with treasures from the king's trip to Africa and begged for forgiveness. The king attempted to rebuild Zakiyah's confidence so that she could compete on his behalf in the POV, while still maintaining his distance from her. After this exercise Zakiyah was dismissed and sent to lie in bed with the maiden Michelle.
The stress of living in the kingdom has driven some of the peasants to the verge of madness. The maiden Michelle, dark of heart and filled with hatred for all, has resorted to talking to herself in the royal bathing chambers. She complains of being fatter than ever before, being less fit, having less confidence in her appearance, and even bemoaning the color of her hair. She knows however that her problems are of her own doing. Michelle, who entered the kingdom as the royal nutritionist cannot understand why she's now eating cookies and not following the advice she so freely gives to others. Her disgust with herself is almost as though she's pleading to the Gods for a gift.
Indeed, many in the house, having seen a gift from the Gods bestowed upon the fair Natalie, are now pleading to the Gods for a gift. Nearly all have speculated on what future gifts the Gods may bestow and upon whom they may bestow them. Some, the brave knight James and the mean spirited maiden Michelle have appealed directly to the Gods, while others trust that their loyalty to King Paulie will win them favor from the Gods.
The knight Victor, former betrayer of the fair Natalie and consumer of vast quantities of food, was challenged to an eating contest. If he could consume an entire pizza in ten minutes he would win the admiration of the kingdom. Alas for Victor he fell just short. So prodigious is his eating however that the kingdom, just restocked with food yesterday, is already experiencing shortages of the foods favored by Victor. He has the appetite of a dozen men.
Today will find the selection of the peasants to represent the great King Paulie in the POV competition. So confident is the great King Paulie, who was bred for this, that he has no fear of who is selected to participate. He trusts that all will be loyal to him and use the POV to save him from danger and allow the dragon Eviction to remove the evil sorceress Davonne, spreader of lies and dissent, from the kingdom. He is confident that should that fail for any reason, and truthfully he finds it nearly impossible to believe that it will fail, but if it should, he trusts that dragon will consume the maiden Bridgette rather than him.
Oh, but the king does not see the evil that lies in the hearts of his followers. Even the jester Paul, trusted with the king's robe this week, may turn upon the king. For the jester Paul trusts the evil sorceress Davonne and has promised her safety. Where does his true loyalty lie? We shall not know the answer to that until the POV ceremony takes place on Monday. The great King Paulie has foolishly placed himself at the mercy of the peasants and assumes they'll protect him. Perhaps he is correct for they follow him as a flock of sheep follows a shepherd, but even the best shepherd knows he must keep an eye on the flock and the great King Paulie may be unaware of some of the trouble that lies before him.
Indeed the evil sorceress Davonne holds in her clutches an envelope upon which the Gods have inscribed the magical number of eight. Davonne, wiser than many though intemperate of tongue, knows well the language of the Gods and saw a sign (literally in this case) that featured the number eight in the language of the Gods. Trusting that this is a sign from the Gods offering her protection from the dragon, Davonne is less fearful of the fate that the great King Paulie is seeking for her. Even the king believes the envelope inscribed by the Gods with the number eight has special powers bestowed upon it, but he believes it is in the hands of his trusted knight Victor. It is an oversight he may soon come to rue.
Today shall find the picking of the POV players and the POV competition shall take place. A win by King Paulie or one of his truly loyal followers will likely ensure the removal of the king from danger and his replacement with the evil sorceress Davonne. However the jester Paul, though loud of voice and short of wit, may opt to sacrifice the handmaiden Nicole or Bridgette instead. Indeed, Paul seems most interested in removing the maiden Bridgette, for despite her being lame of ankle and knee, he fears that she will best him in competition. Great turmoil awaits the kingdom this week as many different plans are in motion while the great King Paulie assumes only he has plans. It is an oversight he may soon regret.
Friday, July 29, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/29/2016!!!
Quick! Someone call the Centers for Disease Control and tell them the world's worst case of HOH-itis has struck the BB 18 house! Yes, in a disaster of previously unimaginable proportion, Paul has somehow won the HOH. (It's going to be a long, long week.) King Paul, adorned nonstop in his HOH robe, is now in charge of the house.
When last we left the house, the ball rolling comp was ongoing. It was generally assumed the house guests would continue to practice most, if not all night before committing to the red ball. Paulie quickly threw the comp after taking just a couple of practice rolls. He knows he's safe this week, so he took just a couple of practice rolls then committed to the red ball and rolled a six. About 45 minutes in, BB realized that this could go on forever and BB reportedly changed the rules. They announced that the house guests had five minutes to roll or they'd automatically be a Have Not. So the house guests then grabbed the red ball and took their best shots. Nicole rolled a seven, but Zakiyah, Corey and Natalie joined Paulie in rolling a six or less and were made the Have Nots. Paul rolled a twenty one and got the win.
Paul and Davonnne celebrated the win together and Paul assured Davonne he had her back. Paul assured her that Bridgette was the target and that Bridgette was going home. Paulie then met up with Paul and told him that Bridgette wasn't the target and that Paulie wanted Davonne as the target and maybe Victor up against her. Paul's head more or less exploded at the idea of having his two allies up under his HOH and quickly refused. (Wait a minute? People are allowed to disobey Paulie? Shocking!) Paulie quickly agreed to let Paul nominate Bridgette, but still wanted Davonne up. Paul refused, but reluctantly agreed to backdoor Davonne. (Paul has been feeding info to both Paulie and Davonne and wants neither one of them telling the house what he's been doing.)
So with Bridgette as a nominee, but not a target (Paulie knows that Bridgette will work with/vote with them if they keep her safe this week) and there needing to be two nominees who would both be pawns, Paul and Paulie needed a volunteer to go up as the second pawn. (Who in their right mind puts up two pawns at this stage of the game??? Oh yeah, that's right, these hamsters.) So Paulie went on a search to find a volunteer to be the second pawn. Shockingly, no one was thrilled with the idea.
Nicole's head nearly exploded when the offer was made to her. Zakiyah refused. Davonne thought Paulie was out of his mind. Natalie refused. James refused. Paul wouldn't consider Victor. (which has quite a few of the house guests now realizing there might be some connection between Paul and Victor that could make them big targets in the near future.) Michelle refused to be a pawn.
Nicole, after failing in an effort to convince Natalie to go up as a pawn, reluctantly volunteered, kind of, sort of, in a way, but by then Paulie was so frustrated with his minions refusing to trust the house that he volunteered to be the pawn. Corey then decided that maybe he should volunteer too. Nicole quickly withdrew her name and at last check, the pawn up opposite Bridgette is most likely going to be Corey or Paulie.
Davonne (who's normally among the first to go to bed) is still up as I type this and glued to Paul. She doesn't want to take a chance on him being persuaded to put her up and she'll stay glued to him nonstop until it's time for the nominations. Davonne knows how dangerous things are for her right now.
We'll have the nominations going down later today. Expect Bridgette to be one of the nominees. At this moment the other one will likely be Paulie or Corey. Oddly enough, none of the nominees will be the target. Since Paul is the HOH the safest person in the house seems to be Victor. Paul's refused to even consider putting him up. Those most at risk of being backdoored are Davonne and Nicole. It would be kind of hilarious to see Davonne win the HOH this week. She could then pull down Bridgette and really put Paul in a tough spot. With Paulie on the block opposite say Nicole (who Davonne would really push Paul to put up) the house might be a bit divided on who should go.
This is going to be a long, tedious week with Paul ruling the house. He's going to let this go to his head in a big, big way and forget that his power only lasts one week. He's likely to make a few new enemies in the next few days. This could be fun assuming Paul doesn't drive us all too crazy.
When last we left the house, the ball rolling comp was ongoing. It was generally assumed the house guests would continue to practice most, if not all night before committing to the red ball. Paulie quickly threw the comp after taking just a couple of practice rolls. He knows he's safe this week, so he took just a couple of practice rolls then committed to the red ball and rolled a six. About 45 minutes in, BB realized that this could go on forever and BB reportedly changed the rules. They announced that the house guests had five minutes to roll or they'd automatically be a Have Not. So the house guests then grabbed the red ball and took their best shots. Nicole rolled a seven, but Zakiyah, Corey and Natalie joined Paulie in rolling a six or less and were made the Have Nots. Paul rolled a twenty one and got the win.
Paul and Davonnne celebrated the win together and Paul assured Davonne he had her back. Paul assured her that Bridgette was the target and that Bridgette was going home. Paulie then met up with Paul and told him that Bridgette wasn't the target and that Paulie wanted Davonne as the target and maybe Victor up against her. Paul's head more or less exploded at the idea of having his two allies up under his HOH and quickly refused. (Wait a minute? People are allowed to disobey Paulie? Shocking!) Paulie quickly agreed to let Paul nominate Bridgette, but still wanted Davonne up. Paul refused, but reluctantly agreed to backdoor Davonne. (Paul has been feeding info to both Paulie and Davonne and wants neither one of them telling the house what he's been doing.)
So with Bridgette as a nominee, but not a target (Paulie knows that Bridgette will work with/vote with them if they keep her safe this week) and there needing to be two nominees who would both be pawns, Paul and Paulie needed a volunteer to go up as the second pawn. (Who in their right mind puts up two pawns at this stage of the game??? Oh yeah, that's right, these hamsters.) So Paulie went on a search to find a volunteer to be the second pawn. Shockingly, no one was thrilled with the idea.
Nicole's head nearly exploded when the offer was made to her. Zakiyah refused. Davonne thought Paulie was out of his mind. Natalie refused. James refused. Paul wouldn't consider Victor. (which has quite a few of the house guests now realizing there might be some connection between Paul and Victor that could make them big targets in the near future.) Michelle refused to be a pawn.
Nicole, after failing in an effort to convince Natalie to go up as a pawn, reluctantly volunteered, kind of, sort of, in a way, but by then Paulie was so frustrated with his minions refusing to trust the house that he volunteered to be the pawn. Corey then decided that maybe he should volunteer too. Nicole quickly withdrew her name and at last check, the pawn up opposite Bridgette is most likely going to be Corey or Paulie.
Davonne (who's normally among the first to go to bed) is still up as I type this and glued to Paul. She doesn't want to take a chance on him being persuaded to put her up and she'll stay glued to him nonstop until it's time for the nominations. Davonne knows how dangerous things are for her right now.
We'll have the nominations going down later today. Expect Bridgette to be one of the nominees. At this moment the other one will likely be Paulie or Corey. Oddly enough, none of the nominees will be the target. Since Paul is the HOH the safest person in the house seems to be Victor. Paul's refused to even consider putting him up. Those most at risk of being backdoored are Davonne and Nicole. It would be kind of hilarious to see Davonne win the HOH this week. She could then pull down Bridgette and really put Paul in a tough spot. With Paulie on the block opposite say Nicole (who Davonne would really push Paul to put up) the house might be a bit divided on who should go.
This is going to be a long, tedious week with Paul ruling the house. He's going to let this go to his head in a big, big way and forget that his power only lasts one week. He's likely to make a few new enemies in the next few days. This could be fun assuming Paul doesn't drive us all too crazy.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/28/2016!!!
And another day has passed in the old BB house with lots of manipulating to paint others as big targets in the house. Davonne and Nicole are currently the two house guests with the biggest targets on their backs. Michelle and Davonne hope they both have lots of fans on the outside, and their read on the house is that Paul, Paulie and Victor will all have the most fans. (Yeah, not so much. While I type this Paulie is 16th out of sixteen house guests on the Jokers popularity poll with Paul at 15, Michelle is at 11, Victor is at 9, and Davonne is at 7. Natalie and James have largely owned the top two spots for several weeks now.)
Davonne is working very hard to turn the house against Nicole. This has succeeded in making both her and Nicole into big targets. Corey isn't helping matters any as Paulie now knows Corey is telling Nicole some things he's told Corey not to tell anyone. This could eventually be a problem down the road for Corey as Paulie is less sure of his loyalty now.
Paulie's master plan is to put up two girls each week until all of the girls are gone and only the "Big Rooster" alliance is left. Paulie got into a little bit of trouble with Zakiyah when he let Nicole touch his hair while he draped his legs over Nicole. Zakiyah went into hyper-jealous girlfriend mode over that and vented to Davonne who added that news to her repertoire of reasons they need to get rid of Nicole. Nicole realized Zakiyah was upset and tried to make amends and Zakiyah assured her it wasn't Nicole's fault but Paulie's. Zakiayh then asked Victor if she could sleep with him overnight to try and make Paulie jealous, but when Paulie refused to get jealous over it, Zakiyah ended up climbing into bed with Paulie.
The Paris room is currently locked down due to a damaged camera in the room. Paul and Davonne were up there earlier in the day and started tearing the room apart to try and find a hidden DIamond Power of Veto. Apparently Davonne got a bit more energetic in her search after Paul left the room as BB scolded her and they locked down the room afterwards for repairs.
Frank now knows he's going home. He's told Bridgette that the only person who absolutely promised to vote for him no matter what was Paulie so to watch the votes and if Paulie doesn't vote for him then Bridgette will know she can't trust him. Frank's advised Bridgette to work with Michelle. Bridgette pointed out that Michelle hates her and Frank replied that it's not a bad thing as at least she knows how Michelle feels.
Nicole had some bad timing in walking past Frank and Bridgette only to be called in by Frank for a chat and then Davonne walked by and saw the three talking. Davonne has been busy trying to convince the house that Nicole is working with Frank and Bridgette to try and flip the house and to Davonne this was just further proof of them being in cahoots. Nicole gave credence to that theory when upstairs earlier talking with James and Natalie she said she didn't care if Frank left or not and she'd vote with the house.
Paul is continuing to be Paul and try to stir up the house at all times. I wouldn't be surprised to see Paul and Paulie share the block at some point in the not too distant future. Those two guys are a little too close to escape notice for long.
Things should stay pretty quiet in the house today. Frank knows he's going and the focus of the house is more on who goes next. It would be fun to have a wildcard win HOH this week. A win by Natalie could be interesting. Davonne is so focused on getting out Nicole that she'd put up Nicole and Corey. Nicole knows Davonne is gunning for her and would likely put up Davonne and a pawn. The guys will do whatever Paulie tells them to do with the possible exception of Victor who might go after Paulie if he won. Most of the house is so under Paulie's control that they'll do whatever he says. Getting Paulie out is going to be a challenge at this time. Even if nominated he's likely to have enough support to avoid eviction.
BB saved the hidden room footage for tonight's show, so we'll see that played tonight before the eviction. Frank will likely leave by a unanimous vote and hug Bridgette on the way out. Then Julie will ask for the envelope and tear it open. If the speculation is correct then Davonne has the winning envelope since she took envelope number eight and the word ocho was in one of the clues. The HOH comp for tonight was under construction much of the day yesterday and the things being moved sounded heavy, so it could be a fairly involved comp. It should be a quiet day today with no big surprises. The house is saying goodbye to Frank.
Davonne is working very hard to turn the house against Nicole. This has succeeded in making both her and Nicole into big targets. Corey isn't helping matters any as Paulie now knows Corey is telling Nicole some things he's told Corey not to tell anyone. This could eventually be a problem down the road for Corey as Paulie is less sure of his loyalty now.
Paulie's master plan is to put up two girls each week until all of the girls are gone and only the "Big Rooster" alliance is left. Paulie got into a little bit of trouble with Zakiyah when he let Nicole touch his hair while he draped his legs over Nicole. Zakiyah went into hyper-jealous girlfriend mode over that and vented to Davonne who added that news to her repertoire of reasons they need to get rid of Nicole. Nicole realized Zakiyah was upset and tried to make amends and Zakiyah assured her it wasn't Nicole's fault but Paulie's. Zakiayh then asked Victor if she could sleep with him overnight to try and make Paulie jealous, but when Paulie refused to get jealous over it, Zakiyah ended up climbing into bed with Paulie.
The Paris room is currently locked down due to a damaged camera in the room. Paul and Davonne were up there earlier in the day and started tearing the room apart to try and find a hidden DIamond Power of Veto. Apparently Davonne got a bit more energetic in her search after Paul left the room as BB scolded her and they locked down the room afterwards for repairs.
Frank now knows he's going home. He's told Bridgette that the only person who absolutely promised to vote for him no matter what was Paulie so to watch the votes and if Paulie doesn't vote for him then Bridgette will know she can't trust him. Frank's advised Bridgette to work with Michelle. Bridgette pointed out that Michelle hates her and Frank replied that it's not a bad thing as at least she knows how Michelle feels.
Nicole had some bad timing in walking past Frank and Bridgette only to be called in by Frank for a chat and then Davonne walked by and saw the three talking. Davonne has been busy trying to convince the house that Nicole is working with Frank and Bridgette to try and flip the house and to Davonne this was just further proof of them being in cahoots. Nicole gave credence to that theory when upstairs earlier talking with James and Natalie she said she didn't care if Frank left or not and she'd vote with the house.
Paul is continuing to be Paul and try to stir up the house at all times. I wouldn't be surprised to see Paul and Paulie share the block at some point in the not too distant future. Those two guys are a little too close to escape notice for long.
Things should stay pretty quiet in the house today. Frank knows he's going and the focus of the house is more on who goes next. It would be fun to have a wildcard win HOH this week. A win by Natalie could be interesting. Davonne is so focused on getting out Nicole that she'd put up Nicole and Corey. Nicole knows Davonne is gunning for her and would likely put up Davonne and a pawn. The guys will do whatever Paulie tells them to do with the possible exception of Victor who might go after Paulie if he won. Most of the house is so under Paulie's control that they'll do whatever he says. Getting Paulie out is going to be a challenge at this time. Even if nominated he's likely to have enough support to avoid eviction.
BB saved the hidden room footage for tonight's show, so we'll see that played tonight before the eviction. Frank will likely leave by a unanimous vote and hug Bridgette on the way out. Then Julie will ask for the envelope and tear it open. If the speculation is correct then Davonne has the winning envelope since she took envelope number eight and the word ocho was in one of the clues. The HOH comp for tonight was under construction much of the day yesterday and the things being moved sounded heavy, so it could be a fairly involved comp. It should be a quiet day today with no big surprises. The house is saying goodbye to Frank.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/27/2016!!!
And yesterday was largely a quiet day in the old BB 18 house. Frank did some quiet campaigning to stay, but knows he might only have a couple of votes and the rest of the house is lying to him. Nicole is worried that Frank will turn the house against her while Davonne is frantically working to turn the house against Nicole. James wrote his HOH blog and the HOH camera appeared.
A few of the house guests went back to the Parisian park to hang out in the new room. Nicole thought for sure she got in trouble for doing it, but she didn't. Michelle was upset to find that the blankets up there were considered props because one was nicer than the blanket she's using and she wanted to take it, but BB refused to let her. (Which strongly implies that BB has plans to use the room again since they don't want stuff taken from it and they haven't torn it down after the envelopes were taken. In a typical season, once a room is done, it gets sealed up and forgotten.
Rumor is circulating that there will be a BB 19 starting almost immediately after BB 18 ends. Casting has already started which is very quick. We'll have to see what happens there, but with POP and CBS All Access, CBS needs a lot of programming, so there's some logic to it. CBS All Access loses a lot of subscribers when the BB season ends and the live feeders go back to their normal programming, so keeping them subscribed makes sense for CBS.
By and large nothing much is changed. Frank is going home, likely by a unanimous vote. Davonne is out for Nicole's blood. The couples seem to have regained the trust they had in one another before Phone-Gate (where Corey refused to tell Nicole the code to get into the tunnel and Paulie didn't wake up Zakiyah.) Zakiyah is back to making marriage plans since Paulie told her he'd likely date her outside the house. Nicole's happy because Corey said she was his closest ally in the house. (Though if it came down to Nicole or Paulie, I'm pretty sure Corey would opt to go with Paulie.)
Today should be another quiet day in the house as everyone kills time waiting for tomorrow's show.
A few of the house guests went back to the Parisian park to hang out in the new room. Nicole thought for sure she got in trouble for doing it, but she didn't. Michelle was upset to find that the blankets up there were considered props because one was nicer than the blanket she's using and she wanted to take it, but BB refused to let her. (Which strongly implies that BB has plans to use the room again since they don't want stuff taken from it and they haven't torn it down after the envelopes were taken. In a typical season, once a room is done, it gets sealed up and forgotten.
Rumor is circulating that there will be a BB 19 starting almost immediately after BB 18 ends. Casting has already started which is very quick. We'll have to see what happens there, but with POP and CBS All Access, CBS needs a lot of programming, so there's some logic to it. CBS All Access loses a lot of subscribers when the BB season ends and the live feeders go back to their normal programming, so keeping them subscribed makes sense for CBS.
By and large nothing much is changed. Frank is going home, likely by a unanimous vote. Davonne is out for Nicole's blood. The couples seem to have regained the trust they had in one another before Phone-Gate (where Corey refused to tell Nicole the code to get into the tunnel and Paulie didn't wake up Zakiyah.) Zakiyah is back to making marriage plans since Paulie told her he'd likely date her outside the house. Nicole's happy because Corey said she was his closest ally in the house. (Though if it came down to Nicole or Paulie, I'm pretty sure Corey would opt to go with Paulie.)
Today should be another quiet day in the house as everyone kills time waiting for tomorrow's show.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/26/2016!!!
Yesterday was a very lively day in the old BB 18 house. Things started early with Bridgette and Michelle being the first two up and meeting in the bathroom. Bridgette, taking the advice she'd been given by both Frank and Natalie tried to make amends with Michelle. She apologized for anything she might have said or done to offend Michelle and tried to explain any issues Michelle had with her, but Michelle was having none of it. She made it abundantly clear that she hated Bridgette and wanted nothing to do with her. Bridgette finally gave up. James had been called to the DR during this discussion and stopped on the staircase on his way back to the HOH and eavesdropped on the conversation then went upstairs to tell Natalie about it.
Michelle then had a chat in the back yard a bit later with Frank, Davonne and Natalie where she started to tell them how evil Bridgette was only to find out that in fact, much of what she hated about Bridgette was stuff that Bridgette hadn't done. Instead of the other three supporting her, they more or less told her she was wrong which had Michelle a bit confused. Before she could process this too much it was time for the POV ceremony.
At the POV ceremony Michelle pocketed the POV and left Frank and Bridgette on the block. As is typical of the after POV ceremony, Michelle got called to the DR for a segment. She emerged from the DR upset as they'd been asking her about her confrontation with Bridgette. and she suddenly realized that she might be being portrayed as a mean girl. (Largely because she's been a very mean girl.) She then tried to make amends with Bridgette who was less than receptive after being attacked by Michelle earlier when Bridgette had tried to smooth things over. Michelle retreated to the storeroom where she started to cry. Frank, then Davonne and Zakiyah came in to comfort her and Michelle explained that she was upset that people might think she was a mean girl and she didn't want to be hated when she left the house. She told Frank she really didn't want him to go and she'd been hoping to spend time with him in the jury house. (Michelle had the POV and could have saved Frank but didn't.) The three tried to comfort her and reassure her, but Michelle ended up retreating to the Have Not room where she laid in a bumper car crying for a while.
BB decided the house guests needed a bit of prodding on looking for the secret and popped up a message on the living room TV screen stating that there was a secret in the house and clues were all around them. James and Natalie were the first to see this and James called out for everyone to come and see the message. Paulie then shushed him and told him not to tell anyone as just a few of them were then awake and knew of the clue. Frank, Bridgette, James, Natalie, Nicole and Paulie were the first out and looking for the clues while the rest of the house napped. Corey and Victor were napping on the HOH bed upstairs and Paulie woke up Corey to have him help in the search but left Victor lying there. James then woke up Victor. Downstairs, Zakiyah came staggering out of the bedroom to go to the bathroom and saw the message. She then went back to the bedroom and woke up Davonne and Paul.
Within seconds the house guests knew the phone booth upstairs played a role, but no one could figure out the number to dial. Pretty quickly they figured out they needed to call Paris, but the 211 number shown on the Departures board downstairs didn't work, neither did any of the other numbers shown on the board. Paul finally figured out to dial P A R I S and that worked and he got the message telling him to hang up and wait five seconds and the trap door would open or he could leave the booth and come back later if people were watching. Paul then desperately tried to get rid of everyone else so no one could see what he did, but the rest of the house wasn't having that and finally Paul just dialed back the number and crawled through the tunnel it revealed.
Paul found himself inside the alternate HOH/Pandora's Box room that had been decorated to look like a Parisian park. He found a note from BB that was very long and he read it to himself, then we got fish for a few seconds as BB gave him instructions then the feeds came back as Paul read the instructions aloud. There were twelve envelopes in the room numbered one through twelve and he could pick any one he wanted. One of the envelopes would hold a round trip ticket while eleven held a one way ticket. The round trip ticket would allow an evictee to immediately return to the house while those with a one way ticket would be gone. Paul picked a ticket and emerged from the tunnel as the house demanded to know what happened.
Everyone then wanted to know what had happened and he kind of skirted things a bit, but Natalie, Frank and Bridgette thought he was acting shady and went back up to try the phone again. They failed in their attempts then Victor went in and figured it out and got through the tunnel. The feeds then went down as each house guest went through culminating in Michelle. The feeds came back up as Michelle was finishing up in the Paris room and took the final envelope.
There's widespread speculation that envelope eight is the one with the round trip ticket since Ocho Rios (ocho being Spanish for eight) is on one of the posters that held the clues. Davonne has envelope number eight.
The number to dial on the phone resulted in quite a bit of controversy. Nicole was furious that Corey wouldn't tell her what number to call and Victor had to tell her. Corey explained that he didn't want the guys mad at him for telling her. This has obviously made Nicole a bit concerned about Corey's loyalties and led to some tension between them. Zakiyah was upset that Paulie not only didn't call her, but told others not to call her when the message was on the screen. This has driven her back towards Davonne and away from Paulie. (word has also reached Zakiyah that Paulie has mentioned getting rid of her soon.)
So everyone now has an envelope that may, or may not have a round trip ticket in it. Paulie is upset that this could be rigged for Frank. (BB could have no return trip tickets in the envelopes now but exchange the envelope of someone they want to save in the DR.) Paulie is revising his eviction order with Bridgette moving down the list a bit and Davonne and Nicole moving up the list a bit. Paulie still largely owns the house and seems likely to stay safe for quite a while as everyone is deferring to him for some reason. Nicole and Corey have made up and seem okay again now. James and Natalie snuck back into the Paris room together and had some fun joking around in there.
Things should be pretty quiet in the house today as James will do his HOH blog and the HOH camera will get passed around. Expect lots of photos to be taken from inside the Paris room. Frank is still the big target this week. He'll be leaving on Thursday. Whether he stays gone or not is a whole different question, but he'll go. The next HOH will be quite interesting to watch. A lot of the house is at risk this week if they don't win HOH. Nicole, Davonne, and Bridgette seem most at risk, but Natalie (who Paulie thinks they can use as a pawn for multiple weeks,) Michelle and Zakiyah are all at some risk along with Victor. Only Paulie seems really safe this week and he should be the biggest target. It's kind of bizarre that a guy who constantly talks about getting tutored in the game by a recent winner is allowed to just cruise through the game, but these aren't the brightest hamsters.
Michelle then had a chat in the back yard a bit later with Frank, Davonne and Natalie where she started to tell them how evil Bridgette was only to find out that in fact, much of what she hated about Bridgette was stuff that Bridgette hadn't done. Instead of the other three supporting her, they more or less told her she was wrong which had Michelle a bit confused. Before she could process this too much it was time for the POV ceremony.
At the POV ceremony Michelle pocketed the POV and left Frank and Bridgette on the block. As is typical of the after POV ceremony, Michelle got called to the DR for a segment. She emerged from the DR upset as they'd been asking her about her confrontation with Bridgette. and she suddenly realized that she might be being portrayed as a mean girl. (Largely because she's been a very mean girl.) She then tried to make amends with Bridgette who was less than receptive after being attacked by Michelle earlier when Bridgette had tried to smooth things over. Michelle retreated to the storeroom where she started to cry. Frank, then Davonne and Zakiyah came in to comfort her and Michelle explained that she was upset that people might think she was a mean girl and she didn't want to be hated when she left the house. She told Frank she really didn't want him to go and she'd been hoping to spend time with him in the jury house. (Michelle had the POV and could have saved Frank but didn't.) The three tried to comfort her and reassure her, but Michelle ended up retreating to the Have Not room where she laid in a bumper car crying for a while.
BB decided the house guests needed a bit of prodding on looking for the secret and popped up a message on the living room TV screen stating that there was a secret in the house and clues were all around them. James and Natalie were the first to see this and James called out for everyone to come and see the message. Paulie then shushed him and told him not to tell anyone as just a few of them were then awake and knew of the clue. Frank, Bridgette, James, Natalie, Nicole and Paulie were the first out and looking for the clues while the rest of the house napped. Corey and Victor were napping on the HOH bed upstairs and Paulie woke up Corey to have him help in the search but left Victor lying there. James then woke up Victor. Downstairs, Zakiyah came staggering out of the bedroom to go to the bathroom and saw the message. She then went back to the bedroom and woke up Davonne and Paul.
Within seconds the house guests knew the phone booth upstairs played a role, but no one could figure out the number to dial. Pretty quickly they figured out they needed to call Paris, but the 211 number shown on the Departures board downstairs didn't work, neither did any of the other numbers shown on the board. Paul finally figured out to dial P A R I S and that worked and he got the message telling him to hang up and wait five seconds and the trap door would open or he could leave the booth and come back later if people were watching. Paul then desperately tried to get rid of everyone else so no one could see what he did, but the rest of the house wasn't having that and finally Paul just dialed back the number and crawled through the tunnel it revealed.
Paul found himself inside the alternate HOH/Pandora's Box room that had been decorated to look like a Parisian park. He found a note from BB that was very long and he read it to himself, then we got fish for a few seconds as BB gave him instructions then the feeds came back as Paul read the instructions aloud. There were twelve envelopes in the room numbered one through twelve and he could pick any one he wanted. One of the envelopes would hold a round trip ticket while eleven held a one way ticket. The round trip ticket would allow an evictee to immediately return to the house while those with a one way ticket would be gone. Paul picked a ticket and emerged from the tunnel as the house demanded to know what happened.
Everyone then wanted to know what had happened and he kind of skirted things a bit, but Natalie, Frank and Bridgette thought he was acting shady and went back up to try the phone again. They failed in their attempts then Victor went in and figured it out and got through the tunnel. The feeds then went down as each house guest went through culminating in Michelle. The feeds came back up as Michelle was finishing up in the Paris room and took the final envelope.
There's widespread speculation that envelope eight is the one with the round trip ticket since Ocho Rios (ocho being Spanish for eight) is on one of the posters that held the clues. Davonne has envelope number eight.
The number to dial on the phone resulted in quite a bit of controversy. Nicole was furious that Corey wouldn't tell her what number to call and Victor had to tell her. Corey explained that he didn't want the guys mad at him for telling her. This has obviously made Nicole a bit concerned about Corey's loyalties and led to some tension between them. Zakiyah was upset that Paulie not only didn't call her, but told others not to call her when the message was on the screen. This has driven her back towards Davonne and away from Paulie. (word has also reached Zakiyah that Paulie has mentioned getting rid of her soon.)
So everyone now has an envelope that may, or may not have a round trip ticket in it. Paulie is upset that this could be rigged for Frank. (BB could have no return trip tickets in the envelopes now but exchange the envelope of someone they want to save in the DR.) Paulie is revising his eviction order with Bridgette moving down the list a bit and Davonne and Nicole moving up the list a bit. Paulie still largely owns the house and seems likely to stay safe for quite a while as everyone is deferring to him for some reason. Nicole and Corey have made up and seem okay again now. James and Natalie snuck back into the Paris room together and had some fun joking around in there.
Things should be pretty quiet in the house today as James will do his HOH blog and the HOH camera will get passed around. Expect lots of photos to be taken from inside the Paris room. Frank is still the big target this week. He'll be leaving on Thursday. Whether he stays gone or not is a whole different question, but he'll go. The next HOH will be quite interesting to watch. A lot of the house is at risk this week if they don't win HOH. Nicole, Davonne, and Bridgette seem most at risk, but Natalie (who Paulie thinks they can use as a pawn for multiple weeks,) Michelle and Zakiyah are all at some risk along with Victor. Only Paulie seems really safe this week and he should be the biggest target. It's kind of bizarre that a guy who constantly talks about getting tutored in the game by a recent winner is allowed to just cruise through the game, but these aren't the brightest hamsters.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/25/2016!!!
When the house finally woke up yesterday, they slept most of the day away, Frank met with James and wanted to know how James felt about having Michelle use the POV and have James put up Davonne instead. James made it clear he would have to know the whole house was aboard. Frank spent most of the day trying to find a time when everyone but Davonne and Zakiyah were available to have the house meeting. Most of the house spent the day trying to avoid the meeting. Multiple attempts to arrange the meeting failed and finally this morning Frank got his meeting with the house, but Davonne and Zakiyah were included.
Frank made his case, the house said, "Thanks, but no thanks" and Frank's likely going home on Thursday. Michelle (who really wants Frank to stay and wants Bridgette out) has said she won't use the POV. The meeting largely served to (hopefully) make Paulie a bigger target. James is a bit annoyed with Paulie. (Hint: Have Michelle save Frank and backdoor Paulie.) By the way, the house meeting likely won't be seen on TV due to Paulie's language used during the meeting. His nonstop use of the F word is driving the producers more than a little crazy this year. They've had chats with him about that, but Paulie can't/won't moderate his language. James knows Paulie is upset with James for calling the house meeting. Michelle thinks and fears that Paulie is going to join up with Bridgette.
I think Frank has a clue that something's up with a hidden power. He strip searched the Nairobi room opening every box, disassembling everything he could disassemble and looking all through the room for it, but to no avail. Frank should know where the hidden room is in the house (it's alongside the HOH room) and he should know where the normal door to the room is (hidden behind the double wooden doors in the HOH room) and he should also know that there might be a different way into the room. A bit of looking around the general area should let Frank find the hidden entrance and get the power.
Frank has let it slip that the vets are getting more money than the newbies which will likely be used in the near future to get rid of most of the rest of the vets. Nicole's especially worried since Frank's told everyone he had a final two deal with Nicole. I wouldn't be surprised to see the vets march out the door one by one over the next three or four weeks. I expect Frank to blow up most of the rest of the house before he leaves, unless he finds the hidden power. Nicole and Davonne already don't trust one another very much.
I don't think Frank will just roll over and play dead the rest of the week, but we'll see. Frank is feeling out the house to see where alliances and loyalties lie to try and help Bridgette down the road. It sounds like he's trying to find her a nice safe, alliance for her to slide into. Frank's telling Davonne that everyone told Frank that Davonne was the ringleader to keep Tiffany. Davonne's denying that. Frank's trying to hook Davonne and Bridgette up together. He'll have Bridgette talk with Davonne later. He's telling Davonne that Bridgette is a fierce competitor and loyal to the end. Davonne's not necessarily buying in, but we'll see.
The POV meeting will take place later today and barring a massive surprise, Michelle will pocket the POV and Frank and Bridgette will remain on the block. In all likelihood Frank will be leaving on Thursday, but Michelle wants Bridgettte gone and I'm not sure several others don't agree that she's a bigger threat. I would not be shocked to see Bridgette go home on Thursday instead of Frank depending on how things play out.
Frank made his case, the house said, "Thanks, but no thanks" and Frank's likely going home on Thursday. Michelle (who really wants Frank to stay and wants Bridgette out) has said she won't use the POV. The meeting largely served to (hopefully) make Paulie a bigger target. James is a bit annoyed with Paulie. (Hint: Have Michelle save Frank and backdoor Paulie.) By the way, the house meeting likely won't be seen on TV due to Paulie's language used during the meeting. His nonstop use of the F word is driving the producers more than a little crazy this year. They've had chats with him about that, but Paulie can't/won't moderate his language. James knows Paulie is upset with James for calling the house meeting. Michelle thinks and fears that Paulie is going to join up with Bridgette.
I think Frank has a clue that something's up with a hidden power. He strip searched the Nairobi room opening every box, disassembling everything he could disassemble and looking all through the room for it, but to no avail. Frank should know where the hidden room is in the house (it's alongside the HOH room) and he should know where the normal door to the room is (hidden behind the double wooden doors in the HOH room) and he should also know that there might be a different way into the room. A bit of looking around the general area should let Frank find the hidden entrance and get the power.
Frank has let it slip that the vets are getting more money than the newbies which will likely be used in the near future to get rid of most of the rest of the vets. Nicole's especially worried since Frank's told everyone he had a final two deal with Nicole. I wouldn't be surprised to see the vets march out the door one by one over the next three or four weeks. I expect Frank to blow up most of the rest of the house before he leaves, unless he finds the hidden power. Nicole and Davonne already don't trust one another very much.
I don't think Frank will just roll over and play dead the rest of the week, but we'll see. Frank is feeling out the house to see where alliances and loyalties lie to try and help Bridgette down the road. It sounds like he's trying to find her a nice safe, alliance for her to slide into. Frank's telling Davonne that everyone told Frank that Davonne was the ringleader to keep Tiffany. Davonne's denying that. Frank's trying to hook Davonne and Bridgette up together. He'll have Bridgette talk with Davonne later. He's telling Davonne that Bridgette is a fierce competitor and loyal to the end. Davonne's not necessarily buying in, but we'll see.
The POV meeting will take place later today and barring a massive surprise, Michelle will pocket the POV and Frank and Bridgette will remain on the block. In all likelihood Frank will be leaving on Thursday, but Michelle wants Bridgettte gone and I'm not sure several others don't agree that she's a bigger threat. I would not be shocked to see Bridgette go home on Thursday instead of Frank depending on how things play out.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for Sunday 7/24/2016!!!
Saturday found the house guests largely just lying around waiting for the POV comp. Natalie and Bridgette had a long chat in the bathroom early in the day where Bridgette downloaded pretty much everything she knew about the house to Natalie who quietly absorbed it all. James came in a few minutes later and apologized to Bridgette for putting her up. Bridgette and Frank were largely glued together all day. Frank campaigned to various people to be nice to Bridgette if he leaves and not leave her isolated.
Much of the rest of the house was involved in the "Who should go?" game between Frank and Bridgette. The girls all pretty much want Bridgette gone while the guys want Frank gone. Frank and Bridgette both would prefer to be voted out this week than next. Neither is thrilled with spending six or seven weeks in the jury house and would rather go back home. Bridgette doesn't want to be trapped there with the mean catty girls and Frank would far rather go home than to the jury house.
The house guests are thinking there will be a Pandora's Box this week as they've heard BB working in the hidden room, so they know something's up, and Frank has talked about getting a Diamond Power of Veto or something, but no one seems to be actively searching for clues. I think they're all expecting BB to just drop something on them rather than have them search for the answer. It's been years since BB last made the house guests search for something like a hidden room and I think only Michelle watched those earlier seasons. BB will want someone to find the hidden room, so they'll start dropping more and more hints in the DR if the house guests don't start looking on their own. (It's not like the room itself is hard to find. It's right adjacent to the HOH room and at least Michelle and the vets should all know that.
The house guests got around to picking the POV players and Michelle, Nicole and Davonne were drawn which looked like a really good draw for Frank and Bridgette. The long delayed POV comp finally started around 11:30 (ET) last night and was the OTEV comp where the house guests start at the top of a hill, get given a clue, slide down the hill into the yard and search for the plaque containing the correct house guest's name then climb back up the hill. The last one to arrive with the correct answer each round gets eliminated. James apparently threw it quickly. He didn't want to win it. Oddly, Michelle excelled and won the game. Michelle, Davonne, Nicole, and Zakiyah, the four remaining members of the Fatal Five then celebrated wildly in private. (Maybe the Fatal Five is still alive? This is the first real sign of life I've seen from that alliance in a while. If they are still alive they're going to have to step up their game and win a few HOH's in the very near future.)
Michelle likely won't use the POV and the nominations will remain the same. All week we'll have the back and forth as to who should go with both nominees more or less wanting to go. I expect Frank to be given a clue or two about the hidden room. He's always been a favorite of the producer's so I don't see them letting him wander off without giving him another chance to save himself. Michelle, who had been floating along under the covers is now a target of Paulie's since she's now shown she can win a comp. Paulie's moved Michelle way, way up the target list now. Paulie really wants all of the girls gone and all guys at the end. I believe his plan is to get rid of Frank this week, Bridgette next week, then Michelle the next week, though all of that is subject to change. Paulie's got a nice little army of followers he's built with Paul, Victor, Corey and James all more or less at his command and doing his bidding. With Zakiyah and Nicole also more or less following his lead, he's got control of the house unless someone knocks him down.
Frank just told James he's not doing any more DR's for the rest of the week. That's going to complicate BB's attempts to give him clues as to the hidden room and the power hidden within it. And now BB just called Frank to the DR and he said, "Nope. I'm not doing it." They called him again and now he's agreed to go. He gave in pretty easy.
Things should stay pretty quiet in the house today. The backyard should get reopened sometime later today. I expect Bridgette to go off on the house sometime this week. She's not a happy camper and I suspect she'll blow at some point. That's likely to be part strategic (vote me out so Frank gets to stay) and part venting. She's been building up venom for a while now and there's only so much she can hold in before she explodes.
I'm mostly watching BB now to witness the collapse of the Paulie Empire. Until that happens the game will be pretty tedious. He's learned from Derrick's season and is attempting to pull off the same result. Pick off your enemies one by one while keeping a solid core of supporters under you. I'm hoping the sheep they recruited this year aren't as blind as they were in Derrick's season and Paulie gets toppled soon. Watching him on the block and scrambling will be a fun week. Once Paulie gets toppled his minions should go out in short order with Paul being among the first to go. His nonstop shouting gets more than a little tedious. I suspect the BB sound people would love to see him evicted. His shouts fill the house and he's always shouting.
Who will topple the Paulie Empire? My money would be on Natalie, Michelle, Davonne, or maybe James. The guys (Paul, Corey, Victor and even Frank) all seem to be too far up Paulie's tail side to take a shot at him. They have no problem cruising with Paulie to the final four/five and then worrying about things. Whoever takes a shot at him will need to know they've got the votes to evict him.
If the Fatal Five (now Four) wanted to, and Michelle was game, she could use the POV to save Frank or Bridgette, get them solidly on their side (Frank's been in favor of eliminating the guys most of the season) and if Michelle could get James on board (the really tricky part) then Michelle could use the POV on Frank/Bridgette, have James put up Paulie, get the Fatal Four (Michelle, Zakiyah, Nicole, and Davonne) along with whoever they saved from the block to evict Paulie. If they saved Bridgette she'd vote out anyone opposite Frank. Natalie would also likely vote to evict Paulie. The odds of that happening are less than one percent, but if Michelle hears that Paulie wants her gone soon, she could opt to make the big move.
In the last few years we've seen far too few big moves made in the game. Everyone plays safe until they're picked off and then they lament not making the big move earlier. We saw this trend start with Helen "It's too soon to make a move" back in BB 15, and it's continued on to today. Everyone's trying to play safe and instead they get picked off one by one. There are times in Big Brother where you've got to identify the Alpha and take a shot at them. The person in charge doesn't generally get weaker as the season goes on and if you let them stay unmolested, your side just gets picked off one by one. Right now Paulie has the numbers more or less on his side and is the Alpha. He's picking off the opposition one by one. Dethrone Paulie and the loyalties of the house get scrambled which isn't a bad thing if you're not on Paulie's good side.
Will we see Paulie get toppled soon? Probably not. As the evicted house guests will say as they leave one by one, "It was just too soon to make a big move." If they look ahead to next week they'll realize there's only one big target left in the house after either Frank or Bridgette goes and that will be whichever one stays. Who goes up opposite them? Davonne? Michelle? Nicole? I'm pretty sure it won't be Paulie or one of his guys if he has any say over it and up to now he's had nearly total say. There's a chance to take out Paulie now if James and Michelle get together. They could get the votes necessary and take out the guy who looks like he's got an easy stroll to the top spot. Unfortunately, "it's too soon" and the chance will slip away and we'll likely continue to see the reign of Emperor Paulie for the rest of the season. Maybe, just maybe Michelle is a strategic enough player to opt to make the big move and can pull together enough of the house to get it done. I'm thinking there's less than a one percent chance of that though.
The best hope for drama this week is someone (Frank) finding the hidden room and getting a special power. Will it happen? We'll have to wait and see.
Much of the rest of the house was involved in the "Who should go?" game between Frank and Bridgette. The girls all pretty much want Bridgette gone while the guys want Frank gone. Frank and Bridgette both would prefer to be voted out this week than next. Neither is thrilled with spending six or seven weeks in the jury house and would rather go back home. Bridgette doesn't want to be trapped there with the mean catty girls and Frank would far rather go home than to the jury house.
The house guests are thinking there will be a Pandora's Box this week as they've heard BB working in the hidden room, so they know something's up, and Frank has talked about getting a Diamond Power of Veto or something, but no one seems to be actively searching for clues. I think they're all expecting BB to just drop something on them rather than have them search for the answer. It's been years since BB last made the house guests search for something like a hidden room and I think only Michelle watched those earlier seasons. BB will want someone to find the hidden room, so they'll start dropping more and more hints in the DR if the house guests don't start looking on their own. (It's not like the room itself is hard to find. It's right adjacent to the HOH room and at least Michelle and the vets should all know that.
The house guests got around to picking the POV players and Michelle, Nicole and Davonne were drawn which looked like a really good draw for Frank and Bridgette. The long delayed POV comp finally started around 11:30 (ET) last night and was the OTEV comp where the house guests start at the top of a hill, get given a clue, slide down the hill into the yard and search for the plaque containing the correct house guest's name then climb back up the hill. The last one to arrive with the correct answer each round gets eliminated. James apparently threw it quickly. He didn't want to win it. Oddly, Michelle excelled and won the game. Michelle, Davonne, Nicole, and Zakiyah, the four remaining members of the Fatal Five then celebrated wildly in private. (Maybe the Fatal Five is still alive? This is the first real sign of life I've seen from that alliance in a while. If they are still alive they're going to have to step up their game and win a few HOH's in the very near future.)
Michelle likely won't use the POV and the nominations will remain the same. All week we'll have the back and forth as to who should go with both nominees more or less wanting to go. I expect Frank to be given a clue or two about the hidden room. He's always been a favorite of the producer's so I don't see them letting him wander off without giving him another chance to save himself. Michelle, who had been floating along under the covers is now a target of Paulie's since she's now shown she can win a comp. Paulie's moved Michelle way, way up the target list now. Paulie really wants all of the girls gone and all guys at the end. I believe his plan is to get rid of Frank this week, Bridgette next week, then Michelle the next week, though all of that is subject to change. Paulie's got a nice little army of followers he's built with Paul, Victor, Corey and James all more or less at his command and doing his bidding. With Zakiyah and Nicole also more or less following his lead, he's got control of the house unless someone knocks him down.
Frank just told James he's not doing any more DR's for the rest of the week. That's going to complicate BB's attempts to give him clues as to the hidden room and the power hidden within it. And now BB just called Frank to the DR and he said, "Nope. I'm not doing it." They called him again and now he's agreed to go. He gave in pretty easy.
Things should stay pretty quiet in the house today. The backyard should get reopened sometime later today. I expect Bridgette to go off on the house sometime this week. She's not a happy camper and I suspect she'll blow at some point. That's likely to be part strategic (vote me out so Frank gets to stay) and part venting. She's been building up venom for a while now and there's only so much she can hold in before she explodes.
I'm mostly watching BB now to witness the collapse of the Paulie Empire. Until that happens the game will be pretty tedious. He's learned from Derrick's season and is attempting to pull off the same result. Pick off your enemies one by one while keeping a solid core of supporters under you. I'm hoping the sheep they recruited this year aren't as blind as they were in Derrick's season and Paulie gets toppled soon. Watching him on the block and scrambling will be a fun week. Once Paulie gets toppled his minions should go out in short order with Paul being among the first to go. His nonstop shouting gets more than a little tedious. I suspect the BB sound people would love to see him evicted. His shouts fill the house and he's always shouting.
Who will topple the Paulie Empire? My money would be on Natalie, Michelle, Davonne, or maybe James. The guys (Paul, Corey, Victor and even Frank) all seem to be too far up Paulie's tail side to take a shot at him. They have no problem cruising with Paulie to the final four/five and then worrying about things. Whoever takes a shot at him will need to know they've got the votes to evict him.
If the Fatal Five (now Four) wanted to, and Michelle was game, she could use the POV to save Frank or Bridgette, get them solidly on their side (Frank's been in favor of eliminating the guys most of the season) and if Michelle could get James on board (the really tricky part) then Michelle could use the POV on Frank/Bridgette, have James put up Paulie, get the Fatal Four (Michelle, Zakiyah, Nicole, and Davonne) along with whoever they saved from the block to evict Paulie. If they saved Bridgette she'd vote out anyone opposite Frank. Natalie would also likely vote to evict Paulie. The odds of that happening are less than one percent, but if Michelle hears that Paulie wants her gone soon, she could opt to make the big move.
In the last few years we've seen far too few big moves made in the game. Everyone plays safe until they're picked off and then they lament not making the big move earlier. We saw this trend start with Helen "It's too soon to make a move" back in BB 15, and it's continued on to today. Everyone's trying to play safe and instead they get picked off one by one. There are times in Big Brother where you've got to identify the Alpha and take a shot at them. The person in charge doesn't generally get weaker as the season goes on and if you let them stay unmolested, your side just gets picked off one by one. Right now Paulie has the numbers more or less on his side and is the Alpha. He's picking off the opposition one by one. Dethrone Paulie and the loyalties of the house get scrambled which isn't a bad thing if you're not on Paulie's good side.
Will we see Paulie get toppled soon? Probably not. As the evicted house guests will say as they leave one by one, "It was just too soon to make a big move." If they look ahead to next week they'll realize there's only one big target left in the house after either Frank or Bridgette goes and that will be whichever one stays. Who goes up opposite them? Davonne? Michelle? Nicole? I'm pretty sure it won't be Paulie or one of his guys if he has any say over it and up to now he's had nearly total say. There's a chance to take out Paulie now if James and Michelle get together. They could get the votes necessary and take out the guy who looks like he's got an easy stroll to the top spot. Unfortunately, "it's too soon" and the chance will slip away and we'll likely continue to see the reign of Emperor Paulie for the rest of the season. Maybe, just maybe Michelle is a strategic enough player to opt to make the big move and can pull together enough of the house to get it done. I'm thinking there's less than a one percent chance of that though.
The best hope for drama this week is someone (Frank) finding the hidden room and getting a special power. Will it happen? We'll have to wait and see.
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/23/2016!!!
And the live feeds are back!!! On last night's Battle Back show we learned that Victor was returning to the house. It sounds like he's assimilating back in nicely. He made a bet with Nicole where if she could memorize the details on his bracelet that he'd be her slave today. She won and now wants him to make breakfast for her today. Victor's annoying Corey by bringing up a girl Corey told Victor about that he met just before coming on the show. He asked Corey about this while Nicole was in the room. This made for a bit of an awkward situation for Corey and he had to explain to Nicole about Shane. (Is it just me or is it weird that every "girl" Corey dates has a guy's name? Nic, Shane, there's something of a pattern developing here.) Is Victor trying to pry Nicole away from Corey? (It's not working as they're lying in bed kissing now while Victor and Paul keep meandering into and out of the Tokyo bedroom.) Victor's been cooking and cleaning for the house assuming Bridgette's role which will likely tick off Bridgette pretty quickly.
We learned that James won HOH in a five and a half hour endurance comp that has left everyone in the house with sore arms and shoulders. Apparently James and Davonne were the final two on the comp. Davonne must know she's in trouble to outlast everyone but James on an endurance comp. Those are not Davonne's specialty. Bridgette apparently finished third. The first three off, to no one's surprise were reportedly Zakiyah, Nicole and Michelle, who were all pretty much safe no matter who won. Being the first three off however has reportedly made them the Have Nots for this week. Expect to hear lots and lots of whining about that. (The Have Nots may not have started yet though as Nicole is in bed with Corey in the Tokyo room, or that report could be wrong.)
James made his nominations in an effort to avoid getting any undue blood on his hands. He put up Frank and Bridgette, which is what he was told the house wanted and everyone would have his back. Now he knows that Paulie is telling Frank that he was surprised by this and how shocked he was when Frank went up. Paulie's playing both sides right now and that could come back to bite him. James had apparently promised Bridgette safety and feels bad that he lied to her.
Natalie is doing a good job of spying on the house and eavesdropping to report back to James. A lot of people are having conversations while Natalie's present and she's reporting back what she hears. Natalie's got a pretty good feel for the house right now. James knows there are more or less two sides with Paulie playing both sides. James joked that there's a guy's alliance and a girl's alliance and Natalie joked that she's in neither.
Zakiyah is still obsessed with the status of her relationship with Paulie asking both Nicole and James for advice. Nicole told her that Paulie and her would make beautiful babies. James has said he'll talk to Paulie about Zakiyah for her. Zakiyah doesn't know if Paulie wants to sleep in a bed with her or not now that he's no longer HOH and she's a Have Not. (I don't see Paulie climbing into a bumper car just to be with Zakiyah, but I could be wrong. With Nicole still in bed with Corey it's possible Paulie is a Have not instead of Nicole. Paulie, Michelle and Zakiyah are all still up in the Safari/Nairobi room as I type this, so they could be the Have Nots.)
We've got the POV comp coming up today. Frank really wants to win and thinks he's the big target, so he's told Bridgette that if there's a trip or something of value in the comp she should take it as he'll use his influence on James to get Davonne put up in his place and Davonne would go home over Bridgette. Meanwhile Paulie, Corey and Paul think getting rid of Bridgette over Frank might be their best move as Frank still thinks they're on his side and Bridgette is a fiercer competitor. Natalie and James are thinking of putting up Victor should someone come down and James might even save Bridgette if he wins the POV to try and get back on her good side. We'll likely go back to the old format of drawing POV players now that the Road Kill is done with each nominee picking a chip and the HOH picking the final one.
We know we'll have three strong players in the HOH comp in Frank, Bridgette, and James. One of those three will likely win it and that will make things interesting. Likely replacements would be Victor or possibly Paulie if James is feeling really brave. I don't think James will be talked into putting up Davonne, but I could be wrong. We'll see the picking of the POV players later today and then the POV comp after that. It likely won't be an intensely physical POV comp after a long endurance comp. I'd expect Frank, Bridgette, or James to win the POV. James will likely want to keep the nominees the same to avoid getting more blood on his hands.
I haven't heard anything about the mystery room just yet and I suspect the DR will have to start dropping hints, lots of hints, to get any of these idiots looking for anything. They aren't the most observant hamsters. They're memorizing everything in the house, but aren't assuming anything is a clue. It's been a while since BB did anything like that. (One year they had a safe hidden away and the house guests had to figure out the combination from clues hidden in the house.) Most of these hamsters have only watched the most recent seasons where there hasn't been anything like that, so they're not looking for anything like that.
Friday, July 22, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/22/2016!!!
We are without updates and spoilers today as CBS has opted to block the feeds until after tonight’s West coast broadcast of the Battle Back competitions. During the feed blackout we managed to smuggle our Live Feed Spoilers and Updates reporter into the house to ask the house guests a simple question: “How’s the game going for you so far?” We’ll supply the house guests’ answers (as we imagine them) in alphabetical order starting with Bridgette, the sweet, sort of fifties style homemaker with a bit of a cursing issue.
Bridgette: “Why am I always the first ^#$#*%#& house guest who has to answer these %@%$#%# questions! Why won’t you people just let me bake my #%#*)$#*& cookies?”
Perhaps we’ll come back to Bridgette a bit later.
Next up is Corey, our somewhat confused metro-(or something)sexual.
Corey: “I never came into the house expecting to find the love of my life, and then there he, er I mean she was. Nic, she likes it when I call her that, and I hit it off almost immediately. We were both chatting with Paulie as he applied sunscreen on that hair free, god-like torso of his and our eyes met. I knew in an instant that I’d found the love of my life. Here’s something not a lot of people know, other than a few million live feed watchers, but I tried out to be on The Bachelor before coming here. The thought of me locked in a secluded house with 24 other handsome young men was very tempting to me, but then Big Brother called and I ended up here with Paulie, er rather Nic instead. Now, as some of you know, Nic and I have taken our friendship a bit farther than initially anticipated, but Nic has such large, warm hands, almost the same size as Paulie’s if you haven’t noticed, and well, things just escalated to the point where they are now. As to the game, well I don’t really understand a lot of what’s going on, but Paulie and I have spent many hours lying next to one another in the HOH bed discussing the game, life, our futures and so, so much more.”
Up next is the returning veteran Davonne.
Davonne: “Wait a minute? Why are you asking me all of these questions? Is this some sort of a trap? I’m on to you! I’m telling everyone what you’re doing! You think you can trick me? Ha! You can’t fool me! You’re not getting me to tell you nothing! Now you get out of here with that tricky little tape recorder of yours and go bother someone else!”
Perhaps we caught Davonne at a bad time. Let’s take one more look into the kitchen at Bridgette and see if she’s ready.
Bridgette: “I’ll *%^&#$^# call you when I’m **&^)% ready! What part of the %#%^#^ answer don’t you understand?”
Perhaps we should move on to Frank, the elder statesman of the house and another returning veteran.
Frank: “I think the game is going exactly how I’d like it to go. Sure there may have been a few small hiccups along the way, but I’m in total control and everything will be fine. The majority of the house is behind me and loves me despite my flatulence issues and does whatever I ask. Things couldn’t be going better. I’ve really stepped up my game this time around. I’ve been showering almost twice a week. Everything’s looking great. By the way, that’s a lovely tie you’re wearing. You know, I used to sell ties a lot like that. If you’d like another tie like that, look me up and I can get you a good deal on one.”
Next up is James, another returning veteran and beloved former house guest.
James: “Well, I don’t know much of what’s happening as this cute little Venezuelan girl named Natalie kind of keeps me locked up in a bumper car most of the time, but I don’t mind. I know I vowed when I came into the house not to get in trouble with another girl, but have you seen Natalie? Good lord! She makes Meg, my crush from last year, look like a grandmother. Right now I’m just doing everything possible to keep Natalie safe so I don’t lose my cuddle buddy.”
Next up is the quirky Michelle. Sullen, depressed, hate-filled and annoying are words people have used to describe her.
Mihclle: “Wait? People are talking about me? They’ve noticed me? Me? People have noticed me in this house surrounded by these people? How can that be? Most of the people here don’t know I’m here and outsiders have noticed me? That’s amazing. I hate it, but it’s amazing. As to the game, well none of these dumb people deserve a dime. They’re all idiots. I hate every one of them. Well, with the exception of Paulie. He and I have this special connection. It’s oddly organic and makes me all tingly inside. We have to downplay it when others are around, which is pretty much all of the time, but he’ll give me a little nod as we pass in the hall and once he even mentioned me by name, so I know he feels the same way! Oh, if only we could hurry up and get rid of the rest of these bozos, he and I could be together.”
And that brings us to Natalie, described as the sweetheart of the house. Kind, sweet, and loving she’s been taken under James’ wing for special tutelage.
Natalie: “Ah, the game. It started out great with me and the Spy Girls in total control of the house then something went horribly wrong and Bronte left. Bridgette has now left me for Frank and I’m all alone in this big, cold house with only what’s his name, that funny little guy who’s always pulling the pranks? Well whatever his name is, he’s my only real company. He’s kind of cute, like a lost little puppy. If I can just make jury I’ll be happy.”
And on to Nicole, another of the returning house guests who was a favorite in her earlier season but who’s not as loved now.
Nicole: “Wait a minute? Not as loved nowwww? But I’m in another showmance! I’ve been letting that Lurch like creature touch me and I’ve been satisfying him and I’m not loved? Wah!!!!!! Whhhhyyyyyy? Why does everyone hate me? It’s so unfairrrrrrrrr!!!!!”
And that brings us to Paul, the hipster bearded chameleon who is serving as the rat to the house.
Paul: “WHAT’S UP BRO! IT’S YOUR BOY PAUL!”
“You don’t have to shout. We can hear you fine.”
Paul: “I’M NOT SHOUTING FOOL. WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU? THIS IS YOUR BOY’S NORMAL SPEAKING VOICE. HECK, THIS IS PRETTY DARN QUIET FOR YOUR BOY. AS FOR THE GAME, WELL THINGS STARTED OUT A BIT BAD WITH EVERYONE I WAS ALLIED WITH GETTING VOTED OUT, BUT NOW YOUR BOY IS IN GOOD WITH A GROUP OF GUYS AND WE’RE GOING TO THE END TOGETHER AND WE’LL WIN THE WHOLE THING, FOOL!”
And now we meet Paulie. The shirtless wonder much of the house seems to adore.
Paulie: “Yo man, like I’m not used to this type thing, like this, so if I’m you know, messing up this type thing you just let me know how you want this type thing handled and I’ll try to change the type thing I do, okay? As to the game, well this type thing ain’t easy to win, but I’m bred to win this game. There’s this chick here named Zak , aint’ it weird how Corey and I ended up with girls whose first names sound a lot like a guy’s name? Corey and I were lying in bed the other morning talking about just that type thing. He was rubbing the back of my neck as I rubbed his forearm and we were laughing at how a girl named Nic found him and a girl named Zak found me. That type thing just don’t happen all that often. And Coco, I call Corey that, it’s our type thing we call each other, did you know he was going to be on that show called The Bachelor? Imagine that, being surrounded by all those bachelor type thing guys? Anyway, forgetting all that type thing, the game’s going pretty good. Corey and I have hit it off good and we’re cruising to the end, or that type thing. I was bred for this type thing.”
And finally we come to Zakiyah. The preschool teacher who has been known to ask her students for dating advice.
Zakiyah: “Were you just talking to Paulie? What did he say about me? Did he say anything bad about me? Of course, not! How could he? He didn’t, did he? Do you think I’m moving too fast for him? Maybe too slow? Maybe I’m not being girly enough? Do you think he likes girly girls? What’s that smirk mean? Are you smirking at me? I’ll wipe that smirk off your face! Oh, he doesn’t like girly girls? I get it! That’s okay. I don’t have to be all girly all the time. I can be a bit of a Tomboy. Is that what he wants? A Tomboy? What do mean he wants a Corey boy? Paulie’s not gay. I can tell when someone’s gay! Sure he likes lying in bed with Corey and cuddling with Corey instead of me, but that doesn’t mean he’s gay! Just the other morning I got him to cuddle with me for a few minutes when I pretended to have a nightmare. He almost even kissed me, but then he turned his head away at the last minute when he saw Corey on the monitor.”
Let’s take one last look in on Bridgette and see how she’s doing in the kitchen.
“Oh my #$^#$^ God! These are the best *^#%^# cookies I’ve made yet!”
Actually, let’s just conclude it with that. There you have it ladies and gentlemen, the BB 18 house guests and how they view the game thus far. God help us all!
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/21/2016!!!
Yesterday saw Frank actively campaigning to save Tiffany and it looked pretty good for a while, but ultimately Paulie's intense hatred of Vanessa rose to the surface and likely doomed Tiffany. James helped seal the deal with fear that Tiffany would put up Natalie as a pawn, so James opted out of the effort to save Tiffany. It's not like anyone wants to keep Davonne, but Paulie really, really wants Tiffany gone first, so the house is more or less going along with it.
Nicole and Zakiyah have been exchanging boy managing strategies. Zakiyah had to resort to faking a nightmare to get Paulie to hold her closer yesterday. (Note to Zakiyah: buy a copy of "He's Not Into You" and read it.) Nicole has taken more of a 'hands on' approach to keeping Corey close. Corey's getting serviced under the covers by Nicole on a fairly routine basis these days. Maybe that's not what's happening but Corey's "Don't stop" as Nicole's hand makes suspicious movements under the covers gives a strong indication that she's 'handling' their relationship. Neither guy seems all that invested in the 'relationships' however. These showmances seem to exist more in the minds of the two girls than in reality. Paulie really seems focused on the four guy (James, Paul, Paulie and Corey) alliance and oddly enough wants Natalie to be the last girl standing instead of Zakiyah. Corey seems to only have eyes for Paulie, though he's also staying pretty close to Frank.
Natalie continues to keep James in tow. James seems the most loyal of the male showmance partners, but I'm not sure how committed Natalie is. Oddly James, Zakiyah, and Nicole all seem really smitten while their partners seem less so. Frank and Bridgette have a solid partnership, but there seems to be nothing romantic there, it's more of a business partnership.
Right now those most at risk this coming week seem to be Frank, Bridgette, and Davonne. Most of the house would be pretty happy with any of those three going. Paulie's a pretty big target, but his multiple alliances might help save him. If the girls are ever going to unite, this would be a good week to do so. The numbers are starting to even out a bit and the guys are taking control of the game. A win by Bridgette where she puts up Paulie and Corey could change the flow of the game once again. A Davonne win could also be interesting to watch.
The HOH comp tonight seems likely to be one of the two endurance type comps, either the wall hanger or the spinning around hitting things comp. The wall hanger comp favors the smaller, lighter house guests while the spinning around comp tends to favor the bigger, stronger guys who can better absorb the blows. It looks like the team concept may now be ending and that could shake things up a bit. The Road Kill comp will likely not take place this week too. After the long endurance comps they typically skip the next comp as they have the endurance comp footage for Sunday's show. We'll have to see what happens. Whoever wins the Battle Back comp tomorrow night and gets dropped back into the game is likely to emerge as the top target for the rest of the house unless they can quickly hook up with someone.
Bronte might have the best chance of hanging around a while if she comes back in. Bridgette and Natalie would quickly welcome her back and with James and Frank already with those two they'd have a pretty solid group of supporters for Bronte. I'm not sure Victor, Jozea, Glenn or Tiffany could rally more than one supporter (Paul for Jozea and Victor,) Tiffany might still have Frank and Bridgette on her side, and I'm not sure if Glenn would have anyone. Bronte has a pretty good shot at hanging around a while if she gets dumped back in.
It'll be an interesting show tonight. Expect the feeds to go down for much of tomorrow as they insert the Battle Back winner. That'll be annoying but there should be some fun stuff going down afterwards as the returning house guest tries to figure out what the heck they're doing there.
Nicole and Zakiyah have been exchanging boy managing strategies. Zakiyah had to resort to faking a nightmare to get Paulie to hold her closer yesterday. (Note to Zakiyah: buy a copy of "He's Not Into You" and read it.) Nicole has taken more of a 'hands on' approach to keeping Corey close. Corey's getting serviced under the covers by Nicole on a fairly routine basis these days. Maybe that's not what's happening but Corey's "Don't stop" as Nicole's hand makes suspicious movements under the covers gives a strong indication that she's 'handling' their relationship. Neither guy seems all that invested in the 'relationships' however. These showmances seem to exist more in the minds of the two girls than in reality. Paulie really seems focused on the four guy (James, Paul, Paulie and Corey) alliance and oddly enough wants Natalie to be the last girl standing instead of Zakiyah. Corey seems to only have eyes for Paulie, though he's also staying pretty close to Frank.
Natalie continues to keep James in tow. James seems the most loyal of the male showmance partners, but I'm not sure how committed Natalie is. Oddly James, Zakiyah, and Nicole all seem really smitten while their partners seem less so. Frank and Bridgette have a solid partnership, but there seems to be nothing romantic there, it's more of a business partnership.
Right now those most at risk this coming week seem to be Frank, Bridgette, and Davonne. Most of the house would be pretty happy with any of those three going. Paulie's a pretty big target, but his multiple alliances might help save him. If the girls are ever going to unite, this would be a good week to do so. The numbers are starting to even out a bit and the guys are taking control of the game. A win by Bridgette where she puts up Paulie and Corey could change the flow of the game once again. A Davonne win could also be interesting to watch.
The HOH comp tonight seems likely to be one of the two endurance type comps, either the wall hanger or the spinning around hitting things comp. The wall hanger comp favors the smaller, lighter house guests while the spinning around comp tends to favor the bigger, stronger guys who can better absorb the blows. It looks like the team concept may now be ending and that could shake things up a bit. The Road Kill comp will likely not take place this week too. After the long endurance comps they typically skip the next comp as they have the endurance comp footage for Sunday's show. We'll have to see what happens. Whoever wins the Battle Back comp tomorrow night and gets dropped back into the game is likely to emerge as the top target for the rest of the house unless they can quickly hook up with someone.
Bronte might have the best chance of hanging around a while if she comes back in. Bridgette and Natalie would quickly welcome her back and with James and Frank already with those two they'd have a pretty solid group of supporters for Bronte. I'm not sure Victor, Jozea, Glenn or Tiffany could rally more than one supporter (Paul for Jozea and Victor,) Tiffany might still have Frank and Bridgette on her side, and I'm not sure if Glenn would have anyone. Bronte has a pretty good shot at hanging around a while if she gets dumped back in.
It'll be an interesting show tonight. Expect the feeds to go down for much of tomorrow as they insert the Battle Back winner. That'll be annoying but there should be some fun stuff going down afterwards as the returning house guest tries to figure out what the heck they're doing there.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/20/2016!!!
The house was largely pretty quiet yesterday. Nothing terribly game changing happened. Frank continued to lobby to keep Tiffany and continued to get lied to. I'm not sure if Frank believes the liars or not, but Tiffany seems largely resigned to going out on Thursday. Tiffany's acceptance and calmness has Davonne freaking out. Davonne is busy meanwhile trying to blow up her own game, but so far Paulie's hatred of Vanessa is too strong for even Davonne's stupidity to overcome it. Davonne's still trying though, she's been telling the house she needs to get rid of the showmances, news that James and Zakiyah relayed to Paulie, but Paulie still wants Tiffany gone first.
Speaking of the showmances, James somehow managed to get through a day without getting into trouble with Natalie. Nicole and Corey are continuing to play games under the covers. Frank and Bridgette continue to have a flirtmance with nothing much happening. Zakiyah is getting frustrated at Paulie's lack of obvious interest in her despite her stroking his hair and holding his hand. If she can't get him to kiss her soon, she's walking. Corey is getting frustrated by Paulie's lack of obvious interest in him despite his stroking his hair and holding his hand. If he can't get Paulie to kiss him soon he'll have to stick with Nicole. Paul is getting frustrated at Paulie's obvious lack of interest in him despite his living up Paulie's backside. Michelle is still largely alone in the real world, but in her head Paulie is madly in love with her and just hiding his mad obsession with her to protect their game.
The house played hide and seek last night and had some fun. Davonne's upset that Bridgette isn't cooking anything overnight and worries that it means Davonne's going. Davonne's paranoia has increased to a point where everything is a bad omen to her. Paulie knows that Davonne and Frank are coming after him 100%, so therefore he wants Tiffany gone. (Uh, Paulie? You know Davonne is on the block this week right? If she's after you doesn't it make sense to get rid of her now? Yeah, yeah, I know Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa.) With Paulie in showmances with Zakiyah, Corey, Paul and Michelle's imagination, he's a prime target for anyone targeting a showmance. You can kill four showmances by eliminating one Paulie.
Paulie's not worried about the game though as he's got it all figured out. Tiffany goes this week. His allies will get rid of Frank next week, Bridgette or Davonne next, and whichever one of those survives goes the following week, then they'll pick off the rest of the girls leaving Natalie to the last (his Victoria?) and end up with the four guys (Paul, James, Paulie, and Corey) at the end. It almost looks like Paulie is going to pull a Cody and take James (possibly Natalie) to the final two with him. Sure, take the most popular, beloved guy/girl in the house to the end to be sure he/she wins the $500,000 while you get the $50,000. I guess Paulie thinks the newbies won't vote for a vet to win, but with Davonne, Nicole and Frank on the jury, there would be three easy votes for James. Add in Natalie (or James if he takes Natalie) and you've got four votes against Paulie. All he'd need would be one more vote (Bridgette?) to win and with Paulie being the Godfather controlling the whole game (at least in his own head,) it wouldn't be hard to turn one more vote against Paulie.
Things should stay pretty stable today. Davonne will continue to see a conspiracy against her in everything that does or doesn't happen. Paulie will continue to see Vanessa every time he looks at Tiffany. Frank will try to save Tiffany while Tiffany packs her bags and prepares to leave. Zakiyah, Corey and Paul will wonder what they have to do to get Paulie to kiss them. Michelle will continue to believe that Paulie is madly in love with her and hiding it to protect both of their games. Bridgette will bake something to try and keep from going too insane. James and Natalie will snuggle in their bumper car as James tries to figure out how to stay out of trouble. Meanwhile BB continues to assemble the comp in the backyard for tomorrow night's HOH comp which we may not see due to the feeds being blacked out. Expect it to be a complicated mechanical comp of some sort. Those have to be tested and that takes time which explains the long lock down.
I'm hoping they'll let us see the HOH comp on the feeds and then kill the feeds sometime Friday to insert the returning house guest. Pop them back in early in the day Friday and they'll be there in time for the nominations. When they have a long endurance comp they often kill off the normal Friday comp (formerly Have Not or BOTB comps, now the Road Kill comp) and use the HOH comp for the Sunday show instead of the typical comp. If they do that, then the game will revert to the normal format with no teams, two nominees, and no Road Kill. With no more teams they can then revert to Have Not comps for the Sunday shows. The feeds should come back up sometime late Friday or early Saturday morning. They could keep them off until the Sunday show, but the feed watchers would rebel in a big, big way if they tried that. We'll see what happens.
Speaking of the showmances, James somehow managed to get through a day without getting into trouble with Natalie. Nicole and Corey are continuing to play games under the covers. Frank and Bridgette continue to have a flirtmance with nothing much happening. Zakiyah is getting frustrated at Paulie's lack of obvious interest in her despite her stroking his hair and holding his hand. If she can't get him to kiss her soon, she's walking. Corey is getting frustrated by Paulie's lack of obvious interest in him despite his stroking his hair and holding his hand. If he can't get Paulie to kiss him soon he'll have to stick with Nicole. Paul is getting frustrated at Paulie's obvious lack of interest in him despite his living up Paulie's backside. Michelle is still largely alone in the real world, but in her head Paulie is madly in love with her and just hiding his mad obsession with her to protect their game.
The house played hide and seek last night and had some fun. Davonne's upset that Bridgette isn't cooking anything overnight and worries that it means Davonne's going. Davonne's paranoia has increased to a point where everything is a bad omen to her. Paulie knows that Davonne and Frank are coming after him 100%, so therefore he wants Tiffany gone. (Uh, Paulie? You know Davonne is on the block this week right? If she's after you doesn't it make sense to get rid of her now? Yeah, yeah, I know Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa.) With Paulie in showmances with Zakiyah, Corey, Paul and Michelle's imagination, he's a prime target for anyone targeting a showmance. You can kill four showmances by eliminating one Paulie.
Paulie's not worried about the game though as he's got it all figured out. Tiffany goes this week. His allies will get rid of Frank next week, Bridgette or Davonne next, and whichever one of those survives goes the following week, then they'll pick off the rest of the girls leaving Natalie to the last (his Victoria?) and end up with the four guys (Paul, James, Paulie, and Corey) at the end. It almost looks like Paulie is going to pull a Cody and take James (possibly Natalie) to the final two with him. Sure, take the most popular, beloved guy/girl in the house to the end to be sure he/she wins the $500,000 while you get the $50,000. I guess Paulie thinks the newbies won't vote for a vet to win, but with Davonne, Nicole and Frank on the jury, there would be three easy votes for James. Add in Natalie (or James if he takes Natalie) and you've got four votes against Paulie. All he'd need would be one more vote (Bridgette?) to win and with Paulie being the Godfather controlling the whole game (at least in his own head,) it wouldn't be hard to turn one more vote against Paulie.
Things should stay pretty stable today. Davonne will continue to see a conspiracy against her in everything that does or doesn't happen. Paulie will continue to see Vanessa every time he looks at Tiffany. Frank will try to save Tiffany while Tiffany packs her bags and prepares to leave. Zakiyah, Corey and Paul will wonder what they have to do to get Paulie to kiss them. Michelle will continue to believe that Paulie is madly in love with her and hiding it to protect both of their games. Bridgette will bake something to try and keep from going too insane. James and Natalie will snuggle in their bumper car as James tries to figure out how to stay out of trouble. Meanwhile BB continues to assemble the comp in the backyard for tomorrow night's HOH comp which we may not see due to the feeds being blacked out. Expect it to be a complicated mechanical comp of some sort. Those have to be tested and that takes time which explains the long lock down.
I'm hoping they'll let us see the HOH comp on the feeds and then kill the feeds sometime Friday to insert the returning house guest. Pop them back in early in the day Friday and they'll be there in time for the nominations. When they have a long endurance comp they often kill off the normal Friday comp (formerly Have Not or BOTB comps, now the Road Kill comp) and use the HOH comp for the Sunday show instead of the typical comp. If they do that, then the game will revert to the normal format with no teams, two nominees, and no Road Kill. With no more teams they can then revert to Have Not comps for the Sunday shows. The feeds should come back up sometime late Friday or early Saturday morning. They could keep them off until the Sunday show, but the feed watchers would rebel in a big, big way if they tried that. We'll see what happens.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Big Brother 18 Live Feed Spoilers and Updates for 7/19/2016!!!
I think BB may have injected some pheromones into the old BB house yesterday. Yesterday morning started with some suspicious movements and fumbling under the covers between Nicole and Corey. Nicole later told one of the other women in the bathroom that Corey had tried to roll over on top of her and kiss her before she pushed him off and told him she wasn't ready for that just yet. A fair amount of suspicious movement occurred before the pushing off however.
Natalie fixed some baked beans for James who told her she didn't have to do that and he could cook for himself. This hurt her feelings and she sought comfort touching, stroking, caressing Paulie's leg which upset Michelle who combined with Nicole to harass Natalie a little bit while James sat by watching and not defending Natalie. This further upset Natalie who retreated inside. James went in to see what was wrong with Natalie and got ambushed by Michelle who was upset that James wasn't shunning Tiffany and was talking to her. James said he didn't want to be mean and said Michelle was being a mean girl to Tiffany. Michelle got upset at this and James had to do some damage control there.
James then finally got to the Have Not room where he found Natalie still upset with him. He tried to explain why he'd done what he'd done and how he wasn't sure how she really felt about him. Natalie worked him over for a bit and then finally let him off the ropes and all was good between them again.
Davonne got put up as the replacement nominee after Corey played his POV. None of that was a surprise. Davonne after being nominated took her place on the couch alongside of Tiffany and Natalie and then did a hair flip of her long braids right into Tiffany's face. (We'll see the severity of that on Wednesday's show, but Tiffany was very annoyed by it and reported it to the Diary Room that then called Davonne in for a chat and probably a warning.) Davonne then played an obviously social game trying to be out and chatting with people to avoid being voted out.
Davonne was very loud, vocal, and a complete change of personality from the Davonne we typically see. The change was noticed by the rest of the house. Davonne had said earlier that she only did the dishes when she was ticked off and she did the dishes yesterday afternoon. If it's possible to violently wash dishes that's what Davonne did. I've never heard such loud dish washing in my life. Davonne then kidnapped Tiffany's stuffed gorilla and hid it in the framework of the sofa.
Speaking of stuffed animals, the house got a box of cake mix for Bridgette's birthday last Thursday, but the house largely ignored Bridgette's birthday and no one made the cake, so Zakiyah, who has been celebrating her birthday pretty much all month, made up the cake mix for her stuffed giraffe Rafi's birthday. The whole house had to gather to sing Happy Birthday to Rafi who was wearing a tin foil hat along with many of the other stuffed animals (other than Tiffany's gorilla who was still stashed in the sofa.)
Tiffany had another mini-meltdown as the meanness towards her continued. Natalie and Bridgette are the only two girls in the house who have any time for her. Bridgette and Tiffany are getting closer all of the time. When Bridgette heard that Tiffany's gorilla was missing she went on a search and found him and returned him to Tiffany. Bridgette found it odd that a 32 year old woman was so upset about losing a stuffed toy, but whatever. Bridgette has a very high tolerance level for the mean girls and doesn't let them get under her skin too much.
Frank's been working the house for votes and thinks he can get as many as seven votes to keep Tiffany. He's tried working Michelle which seems like a lost cause, but he thinks he can swing her vote. (I think he's wrong, but we'll see.) He's had chats with Paulie, Nicole and Corey. Nicole and Corey seem to be willing to vote out Davonne. but they want to be sure the house is going with them and Frank has the votes. Frank thinks he's got James, Paul and Bridgette on board and with Nicole and Corey he'll have the votes he needs. We'll have to see how the votes go on Thursday, but I'm thinking Tiffany will be going unless Davonne blows up, which is still a possibility.
And in keeping with the pheromone injection theory the night ended with Nicole sneaking into the Have Not room where she tried to grab James' arm only to miss his arm and grab his nether regions instead. Nicole then retreated to the bed she's sharing with Corey and they used their knees to make a tent of the bedding to hide their hand movements as they did something under the covers.
The house is to be on a lock down early today which indicates a big comp coming up Thursday if the lock down lasts all day. Long lock downs typically come with the wall comp where they have the large hydraulic wall come in that tilts and shakes and gets sprayed with water, has wind blowing and debris gets thrown towards the house guests. The last couple of years they've added in ball catching to the comp so it's not just hanging on for dear life, but hanging on for dear life and catching balls at the same time. This is a complicated comp to assemble and needs testing before it can be used which is why it takes such a long lock down. It's also possible this will be a simpler comp and they're assembling a practice version of the comp early that will be made available to the house guests this evening. We'll know more about the length of the lock down by this evening. A lock down that starts this morning and goes all the way through Thursday will almost certainly indicate a complicated comp involving mechanics of some sort. The spinning comps, wall hanging comps, etc. are the comps that require a long set up time.
At this moment things look bad, but not hopeless for Tiffany. She might just survive this week. It looks like the upcoming HOH comp could be one that favors the smaller, lighter house guests. Davonne is a ticking time bomb and I suspect that she could implode at any time. Bridgette and Tiffany are planning to largely sleep the lock down away to stay out of the way of the mean girls. Frank will continue to work the house for votes. James will be trying to stay out of trouble. Corey and Nicole will continue to do whatever it is they're doing. Zakiyah and Michelle will continue to compete to see which one wins the title of the meanest girl in BB 18. It's neck and neck with them right now, but my money is on Zakiyah winning. There are no comps or events planned for today, and with everyone locked inside there's potential for fireworks. It could be an interesting day on the feeds.
Natalie fixed some baked beans for James who told her she didn't have to do that and he could cook for himself. This hurt her feelings and she sought comfort touching, stroking, caressing Paulie's leg which upset Michelle who combined with Nicole to harass Natalie a little bit while James sat by watching and not defending Natalie. This further upset Natalie who retreated inside. James went in to see what was wrong with Natalie and got ambushed by Michelle who was upset that James wasn't shunning Tiffany and was talking to her. James said he didn't want to be mean and said Michelle was being a mean girl to Tiffany. Michelle got upset at this and James had to do some damage control there.
James then finally got to the Have Not room where he found Natalie still upset with him. He tried to explain why he'd done what he'd done and how he wasn't sure how she really felt about him. Natalie worked him over for a bit and then finally let him off the ropes and all was good between them again.
Davonne got put up as the replacement nominee after Corey played his POV. None of that was a surprise. Davonne after being nominated took her place on the couch alongside of Tiffany and Natalie and then did a hair flip of her long braids right into Tiffany's face. (We'll see the severity of that on Wednesday's show, but Tiffany was very annoyed by it and reported it to the Diary Room that then called Davonne in for a chat and probably a warning.) Davonne then played an obviously social game trying to be out and chatting with people to avoid being voted out.
Davonne was very loud, vocal, and a complete change of personality from the Davonne we typically see. The change was noticed by the rest of the house. Davonne had said earlier that she only did the dishes when she was ticked off and she did the dishes yesterday afternoon. If it's possible to violently wash dishes that's what Davonne did. I've never heard such loud dish washing in my life. Davonne then kidnapped Tiffany's stuffed gorilla and hid it in the framework of the sofa.
Speaking of stuffed animals, the house got a box of cake mix for Bridgette's birthday last Thursday, but the house largely ignored Bridgette's birthday and no one made the cake, so Zakiyah, who has been celebrating her birthday pretty much all month, made up the cake mix for her stuffed giraffe Rafi's birthday. The whole house had to gather to sing Happy Birthday to Rafi who was wearing a tin foil hat along with many of the other stuffed animals (other than Tiffany's gorilla who was still stashed in the sofa.)
Tiffany had another mini-meltdown as the meanness towards her continued. Natalie and Bridgette are the only two girls in the house who have any time for her. Bridgette and Tiffany are getting closer all of the time. When Bridgette heard that Tiffany's gorilla was missing she went on a search and found him and returned him to Tiffany. Bridgette found it odd that a 32 year old woman was so upset about losing a stuffed toy, but whatever. Bridgette has a very high tolerance level for the mean girls and doesn't let them get under her skin too much.
Frank's been working the house for votes and thinks he can get as many as seven votes to keep Tiffany. He's tried working Michelle which seems like a lost cause, but he thinks he can swing her vote. (I think he's wrong, but we'll see.) He's had chats with Paulie, Nicole and Corey. Nicole and Corey seem to be willing to vote out Davonne. but they want to be sure the house is going with them and Frank has the votes. Frank thinks he's got James, Paul and Bridgette on board and with Nicole and Corey he'll have the votes he needs. We'll have to see how the votes go on Thursday, but I'm thinking Tiffany will be going unless Davonne blows up, which is still a possibility.
And in keeping with the pheromone injection theory the night ended with Nicole sneaking into the Have Not room where she tried to grab James' arm only to miss his arm and grab his nether regions instead. Nicole then retreated to the bed she's sharing with Corey and they used their knees to make a tent of the bedding to hide their hand movements as they did something under the covers.
The house is to be on a lock down early today which indicates a big comp coming up Thursday if the lock down lasts all day. Long lock downs typically come with the wall comp where they have the large hydraulic wall come in that tilts and shakes and gets sprayed with water, has wind blowing and debris gets thrown towards the house guests. The last couple of years they've added in ball catching to the comp so it's not just hanging on for dear life, but hanging on for dear life and catching balls at the same time. This is a complicated comp to assemble and needs testing before it can be used which is why it takes such a long lock down. It's also possible this will be a simpler comp and they're assembling a practice version of the comp early that will be made available to the house guests this evening. We'll know more about the length of the lock down by this evening. A lock down that starts this morning and goes all the way through Thursday will almost certainly indicate a complicated comp involving mechanics of some sort. The spinning comps, wall hanging comps, etc. are the comps that require a long set up time.
At this moment things look bad, but not hopeless for Tiffany. She might just survive this week. It looks like the upcoming HOH comp could be one that favors the smaller, lighter house guests. Davonne is a ticking time bomb and I suspect that she could implode at any time. Bridgette and Tiffany are planning to largely sleep the lock down away to stay out of the way of the mean girls. Frank will continue to work the house for votes. James will be trying to stay out of trouble. Corey and Nicole will continue to do whatever it is they're doing. Zakiyah and Michelle will continue to compete to see which one wins the title of the meanest girl in BB 18. It's neck and neck with them right now, but my money is on Zakiyah winning. There are no comps or events planned for today, and with everyone locked inside there's potential for fireworks. It could be an interesting day on the feeds.
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