Well, that was fun! Yesterday found the house in a minor state of war. Neeley went off on Scott after overhearing him talking to America about keeping him so he can harass Danielle all week. She went ballistic and Scott largely just stood there and took it. The house anxiously sat around and waited for the live eviction.
At the live eviction Scott spoke first and kept it calm and short saying "Thanks for the memories." Neeley then launched into a long narrative detailing everything she thought Scott had done wrong in the game. Among the items she used was Scott clapping when Kryssie got hurt. (For the record Scott had no idea Kryssie was injured and was clapping to psych himself up. Neeley was relying on Kryssie's interpretation of why Scott was clapping to smash him.) Whitney then said, "When you vote tonight, please be smart and know I love you guys with all my heart. And you know, when something rhymes it must be the truth." Whitney's cute and clever and likely a final three house guest in my opinion.
As expected the house split the vote with zero votes to Whitney and a 3-3 tie along house sides for Neeley and Scott with Jason, Justin and Danielle voting to evict Scott and Alex, Morgan and Shelby voting to evict Neeley. America voted to evict Neeley and Neeley was gone! This led to private joyous celebrations among the Ball Smashers while Kryssie retreated to the Tokyo bedroom to try and figure out what happened.
Jason and Scott then got into a tiff in the kitchen with Jason feeling that Scott was playing a bad game and reminded Scott that there was only one ED in the game's history and Scott was no ED. A few tense minutes then passed as the house waited for the HOH comp. The Ball Smashers sat silent on one side of the kitchen island snacking on chips and dip while the LNJ sat on the other side glaring at them.
Kryssie then got called to the DR to start the HOH comp. They all gathered in the living room and were told they'd have ten minutes to study baseball cards that would be displayed on the memory wall before going into the yard to answer questions about the cards.
BB then had all kinds of trouble getting the audio right and you could hear the booth audio bleeding through as they talked about how to fix the problem and things spiraled downhill from there for production. They eventually started the comp and on the first question, Alex, Shelby and Scott were eliminated. (Alex and Shelby claim that was the only question they didn't know the answer to.) Eventually the comp came down to Whitney and Danielle. They both put up their answers and when Whitney put her answer up the audio issues came up again as the house guests could hear someone in the booth say, "Oh no, Whitney!" Danielle won the HOH.
Jason became a bit concerned that maybe, just maybe it was a bad sign that production was rooting against Danielle and for Whitney and rethought how he's been playing the game. As his side gathered to discuss the situation he suggested that he'd tone things down with Shelby (the least of his problems) and suggested that maybe the LNJ side of the house was being depicted a being petty while the girls were being depicted as being more fun loving. (Petty, vile, disgusting, puppy hitters/starvers, race baiting, label tossing, insulting, demeaning, degrading, and many, many other words could be used to describe the LNJ side of the house also.)
Justin's loyalty was questioned quite a bit by his allies. First Jason confronted him in the storeroom after the vote to ask if he'd voted out Neeley and Justin assured him he hadn't, that it was America. Danielle then was upset because she'd heard Justin cheering for Whitney when it was just her and Whitney as the final two in the HOH battle. Danielle's also not sure Justin didn't vote out Neeley.
Danielle doesn't seem to know who she'll put up this week. She's said she won't put up Alex or Scott. I'm guessing she's assuming America will nominate one of them. (She's wrong as Kryssie seems to be the leading choice for America after her comedic POV performance.) That leaves Morgan, Whitney, and Shelby as possible nominees. The girls aren't planning to talk to Danielle until after they see what the Care Package is this week and who gets it. The Care Package this week is "cancel three votes" which allows whoever gets it to take all the votes from the other side. Shelby seems to be leading the early polling for that.
The LNJ are now experiencing what Monte and Alex felt the first two weeks. You're HOH and safe, but America controls the game. Kryssie lost Neeley on her HOH and once again this week the POV will likely determine which side stays or goes. Assuming the voting goes as expected, Shelby will win the Care Package. Kryssie will be America's nominee and likely America's Eviction vote if she stays on the block.
There really is no strategic move for Danielle to make. If she assumes Kryssie will be America's Nominee and also get America's vote to evict, then she needs someone on her side to win POV to save Kryssie, but if they win POV they can't backdoor someone else meaning one of her two initial nominees will have to go. Her two biggest targets should be Scott and Alex, but she's already said she won't put them up, apparently hoping to backdoor them and keep them from playing for the POV. Would she leave Kryssie on the block and use the POV on Whitney to try and backdoor Scott? With a Ball Smasher (likely Shelby) winning the Care Package, Kryssie would be gone. Danielle's HOH bought her a week of safety, but that's about all. The same as it worked for Monte and Alex in the first two weeks. You've won, you should be in control and instead you're just killing time and hoping for a miracle.
Today the house gets to chat with Julie who will no doubt talk about the tension in the house. The voting for the Care Package starts at 1:00 PM ET today. It looks like Shelby will win that. The early favorites for the Have Nots are the two who haven't been Have Nots in Justin, Whitney, and then add in Kryssie. And if things go as expected Kryssie will likely be America's Nominee.
The POV comp is once again huge.The LNJ have to win it to have any chance of sending a Ball Smasher home. Their problem is there are no weak players on the Ball Smashers' side. Any of them could win any POV. Danielle may not want to put up Alex as she's a good physical threat, but Morgan just flew through the wall comp despite two mistakes. She may not want to put up Scott thinking he's more of a mental threat. There is no good move for Danielle. Her best option is to put up the two she most wants gone and pray someone on her side wins POV.
Barring a big surprise, we won't know how this week will play out until the POV comp on Monday. I wouldn't be shocked to see Danielle put up Justin. His flirting with the other side and her uncertainty over how he voted could have her sacrifice him to the Ball Smashers. She could make a deal with the girls and put up Scott and Justin and see what happens. Danielle and Justin aren't best buds. I don't think that will happen, but who knows. There's a lot of uncertainty in the house right now.
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