Quick spoilers
- Head of household
- Drew
- Nominees
- Taylor, LaTrice, Yash
- POV players
- Pending
- POV winner
- Yash
- Veto ceremony
- Pending
- Have-nots
- Pending
3:20pm Backyard – All the houseguests except for Melody and Taylor are hanging out by the pool chatting about the Zingbot Veto Competition. They talk about their strategies and what others would have done differently.
5pm – 5:50pm HOH room – Drew, Devens and Barrett
Drew – I should put Devens up. Devens – That’s actually a really good idea but Barrett might be better at beating him in the blockbuster. Drew – Barrett might be better. This might be your one chance to beat him at something. Barrett – why would it be my one chance? Drew – because Barrett, if you don’t win this.. na just kidding. Dude if you can convince Yash to use it on Taylor and I’ll convince him that I put Devens up, and then I’ll put you up. Barrett – Great idea. Devens – Guys I love this. This could work. Barrett – Yeah.
Barrett – just give me your thoughts about Melody going up. Drew – Ah you know, it’s just really awkward for me to do it. Barrett – Yeah. Drew – I would definitely prefer if it was literally anybody else in the crossover ’cause then I automatically lose another jury vote, I lose hers. Barrett – very good. Drew – If she goes home, or she even stays, she’s never voted for me. I already didn’t use that weird medallion thing on. I use it on Angela. Lala’s never voting for me. Taylor’s never voting for me. I don’t think Yash is unless I do something like somewhat heroic down the line of like who knows what. So I’m already down 4 if Melody goes up and I think you need 4 to win. Devens – I’ve heard that’s my understanding so I don’t know BB that well. Drew – yeah but I think if it’s a 7 person jury not having four votes, it’s probably not a good thing. Barrett – yeah, I don’t think you went that way, man. Drew – Yeah, which is tough because like I don’t, you know, I would definitely rather not put somebody from the crossover. But like I think I need to save myself at least one jury vote even if I don’t get that far. Devens – And that’s almost what keeps like Angela and Dee from doing anything crazy. If I’m up there is like you’re burning four votes in the jury. Drew – Yeah. Devens – If you’re the one who blows it up exactly, there’s you’re burning them. Drew – Yeah. If it was Mallory, I told some. I forgot who I told last week. But I was like part of me is glad she went ’cause she I would have probably ended up putting her up as like the 4th because I didn’t want you to do it. Barrett – right. Drew – And like if you win HOH next week, I think you have to put
Melody. Barrett – Yeah, I do. Drew – Which is tough because you’re definitely closer to her than I am to Mallory. Barrett – no, that will be tough for sure. But she’s also somebody who understands what the dynamic is right now. Drew – Yeah. Barrett – So it’s like that’s what I was telling the other day. It’s like it’s, it’s not as weird anymore in that aspect. Drew – yeah. Barrett – anybody would suck. Drew – Everything’s a little more out in the open. Yeah,
Drew – Yeah. So I’m kind of like we’ll see .. Should I tell Yash to use it on Taylor and see what he says? Barrett – Would it hurt to even try that? Drew – It would be stupid but I am always down to be stupid. Barrett – Just do the opposite of what you wanted with Yash last week. And just be like Yash. You want the smoke, like yeah. Drew – Yash We can make a big move this week. You and me, but who do you think would have a better shot at beating him in the blockbuster. Barrett – between? Drew – well, you two guys. Devens – choose your fighter. Drew – because you have the votes regardless. It could be really sick if you knock them out this week anyways listen, this is such a far fetched idea. He’s never doing this. But if I tell him that an icon could go up. He could think about it. He might use it on Lala which would suck? Kind of but I would be more. I would say he would probably use it on Taylor first. Barrett – Leaving himself and Taylor on the block just seems like not something he would do. Drew – yeah. I could tell him I would break the tie in his favor. Barrett – he would definitely believe that. Drew – you think? Barrett – No. Drew – probably not. Drew – unless I tell him I’m on a redemption card. Like dude I feel like I’ve done this game wrong since the beginning. I think its time I change things. What do you think, do you think you could beat him in a blockbuster? Barrett – no. Drew – why not? Barrett – because I haven’t won anything really yet.. Drew – but you’re the champ! You’re the guy who’s most due. Barrett – I’m the guy who’s most due.. that’s what people say to someone who hasn’t won anything yet. Drew – dude, you’re like saving everything for like your ultra. This could be your ultra. Devens – I don’t understand that reference. Drew – Like in street fighters. Like you use your super ultra power. Devens – ok, got it. Barrett – I don’t think that’s a good argument to put me up. I think Devens has won a few more things than me. Drew – Devin’s and he’s been going to the gym too. Slam them out. I’m just messing around obviously. But if he were to use it on Taylor, that would be really cool. I don’t think he’s that dumb, but I do think, there is a world where he’s like, I’m a do this.. if I put so and so up you know they’re winning and coming back but you know who will beat them. You. I need you to be my freedom fighter. I could pull a Lala. Barrett – maybe he forgot about the freedom fighter thing. Drew – but do you want the smoke? Are you scared? Barrett – scared of what? Drew – the smoke. Barrett – no I love to smoke. Drew – hell yeah. Melody joins them and the conversation turns to talking about random things.
5:55pm HOH room – Barrett and Devens
Barrett – Devon’s fucking ass is being annoying as hell. Melody – Why? Barrett – He’s trying. He’s trying to get you on the block. Melody – Are you serious? Barrett – Yeah. and he practically just pulled me up here. And then Drew came up here and he was basically, he almost, it seemed like he really wanted me to push for you to go on the blog. So I’m sorry. I didn’t really push for you to go on the block, but I was just like, yeah, she is an option, isn’t she? Melody – Yeah, no you’re good. Barrett – it was awkward as hell. Melody – Well, I’m sure. Of course. Like they’re gonna push for that. Like, who else is gonna go up on the block? One of them or you. Barrett – Exactly. But thing is Devin’s practically volunteered to go on the block.
Melody – Yeah, I remember you saying that. Barrett – and now he’s regretting doing. That is what is happening. Melody – yeah. That’s why it makes me nervous for next week. Like I need to f**king win, HOH next week. Barrett – well, I’m not putting you on the block. I hope you know that. Melody – Yeah. No, I trust you. Barrett – They don’t think that. Melody – right. Barrett – I’m not but I don’t, I don’t know what to push to Drew exactly right now
because I swear to God. Like if Devin’s full on volunteering at the beginning of this week, doesn’t end up with him on the block and ends up with me or you up there.
Melody – if I end up on the block or you end up on the block on Drew’s HOH yeah. Barrett – The good thing is like when I I after a little bit of awkwardness, I was like, Drew, what do you think about, tell me your thoughts about Melody going on the block. And he brought up a great point that was like, I’ve already lost all these jury votes with everybody else in the House. And putting Melody on the block would lose her jury vote for sure. And Deven’s really understood that point. So it’s like he can understand that, thank God. And even and even Devens is sitting here. Like I understand the awkwardness of Drew having to put Melody on the block so like I’m willing to cause as far as he’s concerned if one of us, wins HOH Next week that you would just be going on the block anyway. Melody – yeah. Barrett – So umm with that it’s like it’s like Drew, I think you found your your pic, but he’s gonna have to make that decision like
Barrett – And I also keep telling him like putting Devens up would be seen like by the other people in the house just like a good decent move. Melody – did you say that? Barrett – yeah I told him that last night. I didn’t want to tell him that with Devens in the room. Melody – oh no of course not. Barrett – I told him they would really like that you did this and that would get you in a little better graces. So I don’t know if that’s the pitch to him.
Melody – I mean yeah I told him I was just like obviously one of the three icons. Barrett – yeah. Melody – because who the f**k else are you going to put up. Barrett – yeah, like and I’m and I’m hoping that he’s still in that mindset ’cause as soon as Devens wasn’t in the room last night, he said I should just put up Devens, right? And I was like, yeah, so I’m assuming he’s just not wanting to speak on those on everything with Devens in the room. Especially now that Devens is like I regret saying I volunteer. Melody -did he say that or it was just like the vibe? Barrett – Oh, he Devens Yeah. He’s practically saying that but he’s also like, he gets it and he doesn’t, and he thinks he’s fine either way.
Melody – would you vote out Devens like for real?
Barrett – yeah I would.
Melody – You can be honest.
Barrett – I would. Its just, they don’t know that.
Melody – yeah.
Barrett – but I really don’t need them to know that.
Melody – yeah of course, why would they need to know that.
Barrett – he needs to feel as comfy as possible sitting up on the block.
Melody – absolutely. And I keep being like I really like Devens. I don’t want to see him go. That’s what I keep telling Drew, and I do like Devens, and I don’t necessarily want to see him go, but he needs to go. Someone needs to f**king go. Barrett – I don’t even know if just like telling truth that you would Drew believe that you would keep Devens if you were sitting there on the block or Nah. Melody – depends on who he’s next to. but it doesn’t matter for me like he’s going period like I would go him out but he might think I might save Devens over Lala. Barrett – I wish like, I would never, this would be the dumbest thing Yash could do. But I
almost want to be like, hey Josh, who’s the veto on Taylor, then Devens going to go up and then Yash can beat Devens.
Melody – I need to win f**king HOH next week. Or at least you. Or at least whoever. Yash
like, I don’t think y’all should put you up either. He’d probably put up Drew, but he’d probably put up all three icons. And then Drew was a renom. Barrett – Yeah I just need him to put up Devens like if he gets scared to put up Devens and just like f**king puts up me,
I’m going to be so fucking pissed. Melody – I’m not going to be friends. Like we’re not. I’m not going to be talking to him the rest of the f**king game, period. Like that’s what me and Taylor were talking about last night. Because she was like after the veto? She was like, do you think he’s gonna put up Barrett? And I was like, no way. And Taylor was like yeah he would lose Barrett’s. He’s already lost mine. Taylor’s, Lala’s, Yash. Like he would definitely lose mine. Yeah if he put you up. I would never like vote for him.
Barrett – I believe in my heart of hearts that Drew is still going to put up Devens but until I talk to him one on one.
Melody – maybe I’ll push for that too. Like should I be fine with Angela because maybe she could lose and be sitting on the block. I don’t give a f**k. I don’t give a f**k who goes home out of them 3. I don’t. Barrett – That’s the thing. I think you added the three icons. He likes Devens the most. Which is why I think if Angela had sat there at the beginning of the week, he said I’ll go up as a pawn. I think he’d have no trouble being like OK. Angela’s going to go up
tomorrow because it’s Devens It’s different. Melody – Do you think that if next week, one of the icons Win HOH. Obviously I would go up on the block, but do you think that like I would be the one that they want to go home like realistically. If like. If it was like Taylor or Lala that went home this week? Melody – Mmmhhmm..
Big Brother switches the feeds to the pound cams..
6:36pm Still blocked..
8pm Nothing yet..
8:24pm The live feeds return.. The house guests have the BB phone to take photos and videos..
9:24pm- 9:55pm All the house guests are hanging out in and around the pool chatting about random things.
10:05pm Backyard – Drew, Barrett, Devens
Drew asks Devens if he is willing to go up as the replacement nom. Devens – No, I’d think, you know, I’m ok with going up with the one caveat that we all agree on together that if anybody screws me over and sends me out of this house, they don’t get a single vote from any of us in the final two. I would love to reprimand us. No, you can put me up and I’ll win the blockbuster for us. That would be cool. I haven’t had my turn on the block. I’m happy to do that. I’m willing to do that. No, I’m willing to do that.
11:30pm HOH room – Melody takes HOH photos of Drew.
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So, as long as one of the icons won the first competition, at least 2 of them were safe for the week. How’s that for stacking it? And since you get to save someone the person who didn’t have someone close to will be eliminated. Haley was doomed from the first.
It was Haley’s fault. She had FOUR chances to win safety and lost all four. She was not doomed…..only doomed herself.
Yeah and than got voted out by a player .
But the result just showed what I was saying.
Dee wins, saves Devens
Dee chooses Drew, he wins,did he save Melody, the person he is trying to get back into her good graces? No because he was told to save Angela by D&D.- ALL ICONS SAFE!
Drew, under Dee’s & Devens’ orders, picks Barrett to play. Barrett beats Haley,who is exhausted by now, comes back & has to send back two to compete & saving two from even having to compete. Barrett is not going to send Melody out so she’s safe. Instead he sends two of the remaining- Yash, LaLa. or Taylor. Doesn’t matter which goes & if they lose because none of them are important. What we do know is one of them won & Haley is out.
So, icons, with their choices of who to send with each comp, managed to save their whole group. Yes, Haley was with them but was expendable, just weeks ago, they were trying to get rid of her.
Seems the 4 comp opportunity can work against a player. By the end of game two Haleys face was flush from the heat in that heavy costume. Add in her adrenaline amp and you get an overloaded head space.
The fact she said all you can do is hope the balls don’t fall out. No, you need to maintain as much balance as possible like Barrett did. Haley executed that comp like a giggly 12 yr old.
YES. And she INSISTED she wanted to go in early, so she shot herself in the foot.
Why is he not putting Dee up? I don’t understand. Logically, if someone puts you up, you return the favor.
If he doesnt put Dee up, he is definitely controlled by the powers of prod bc theres no way someone who watches bb and knows the game cant see what the best move is! ( i keep giving him graces for being young and stupid but still… )
He IS young.
BUT, he is NOT stupid.
He is a pathetic,sniveling COWARD!
PERIOD.
Because he has no balls. That’s why. Same reason he voted out Mallory. Same reason he saved Angela instead of Melody. Same reason he’s about to put Barrett up.
OF COURSE he should put Dee up since she already put him up TWICE.
There is absolutely NO reason NOT to put Dee up.
Except that the wimp is devoid of testes!
What a pathetic excuse for a man.
She prob redeem herself giving him a chance for safety, in that twist.
Can’t believe these people protecting the icons for one of them to potentially win. Especially 2 people who played survivor and one won a boatload of money. You can’t even make this mess up lol
It’s almost like Drew and Barrett look up to the icons and are a bit “celebrity” worshipping them.
They both know everything about big brother and also watch Survivor.
Enough already!
SPECIAL MEDIEVIL TWIST EPISODE
POST EVICTION
Mallory gets ovation
Melody screams
Dee gets oh i feel bad bullshit d/r what she fears is her image taking a hit with a fanbase that isn’t Survivor. Please. Dee does not consider others. Her world is her. i don’t buy emotion from Dee. I think she’s hyper performative. Tough she’s nope. I will stay on her neck.
Yash wanted Drew out. Yash cannot nominate icons.
Barrett is pissed and doesn’t like the Crossovers anymore.
Drew is sucking up to the Icons and selling out his real allies. They targeted him twice. HUSH. Revelation of his selling out is what would have sent him home if he lost blockbuster. Not the same. Dee Angela and Devens target him every other day.
Melody Drew
Melody is not pleased with Drew, “Thanks for lying to our faces. What you did is not okay.”
Can’t believe anything he says.
Drew won’t target her or put her up he says. They skipped the ick hug. oh.
Barrett / Drew
Drew is pushing Icons strong like he and Barrett never planned to flip last week.
Barrett is Sick of Crossovers. Sick of puppydog, but will have to sicken himself playing middle.
Year 1000
Britney returns.
Women in dresses they later complain impeded them in challenges.
HOH cancelled. One of you is executed
Outgoing HOH gets to compete. this is a sometimes yes sometimes no Grod thing depending on who the outgoing HOH is to her storyline.
4 contests with a safety stone to give to anyone you choose.
I see soooo much Grodding potential here. bet Dee wins and Dee is the decider of way too much. Eyeroll I see you Grod. Gonna save those Survivors if you have to hire a sniper.
BRITNEY FOR CONTEST ONE
Yash thinks insane. Devens thinks he’s a target and Dee is a target.
Build 4 candles. center ring. win.
Dee wants safety. Drew wants to win nobody else will save him. Melody wants to win and hates everyone.
Angela and Drew dumped.
Dee wins of course (I SEE YOU GROD). Safe for the night. Stone of Safety to: Angela or Devens… Angela begging. Dee saves Devens. STONES OF SACRIFICE decided by DEE. SO DEE IS HOH OF MEDIEVAL TIMES. EYEROLL. GROOOOOD.
See how that Grods? Dee gets to decide an awful lot for stacking candles. wonder if her candelabra even moved like the rest. eyeroll. Calling the Grodian bullshit. STUNTCAST, NOT ONLY DO YOU GET TO SAVE THE OTHER ONE, BUT YOU GET TO DECIDE WHO TO TARGET AND SALVATION ORDER. ANYONE MISSING THE LEVEL OF GRODDING HERE IS BLIND. STONES GET BETTER ODDS AT SAFETY. WHOEVER WINS HAVE TO SAVE ANGELA DEE DICTATES.
Haley doesn’t think anyone will save her. she made an alliance with Angela and Dee we aren’t seeing. Dee doesn’t trust Drew but she’ll send Drew before Barrett? ooomph that gotta hurt.
Barrett sees he’s being pushed out.
DREW AND HALEY GOT STONES OF SACRIFICE.
weakest congrats ever.
CODY FOR CONTEST TWO: HALEY V. DREW.
fake british accent is really realllly realllllllllllllllly bad.
Cube puzzle. Angela wants Haley to win not Drew.
LaTrice thinks nobody saves her. Taylor pep talks the panic.
Melody and Barrett are commiserating the save Angela zeal.
DREW WINS
Drew wants to save Melody…. but Icons.
Yash notices the steamroll with the little henchman. Drew wants Xovers safe. So sending Barrett out and saving Angela. Drew tells Melody. She wants to believe in him because she has no options. He keeps pretending he doesn’t have a choice.
DREW SAVES ANGELA.
Melody is not impressed. Proof is in the pudding again.
DREW SENDS BARRETT.
TIFF FOR CONTEST THREE
Haley is ONLY working with Icons. She thinks it’s Red Corner 4… and Drew and Barrett are the latchkey kids???
Balance beam and 28 balls.
2 stones of sacrifice. 2 people sent back against Loser.
Barrett has facts for why he is bottom of xovers.
Dee thinks Haley will win. Drew thinks Barrett will win.
Yash hopes Barrett wins and sends him in.
Barret figured out a system. but sucks with balance apparently.
BARRETT WINS
Barrett has to choose 2 opponents to go against Haley. Winner chooses which loser goes home after CONTEST FOUR
Melody calls Barrett her only ally. Barrett wants Melody safe.
Are we okay with losing Haley? Dee’s face. oh. Haley is a number for HALEY not a number for the alliance. ICONS want LaLa and Taylor. Icons have shown Barrett they value Haley more than Barrett. Like a lot a lot in the past week.
Yash wants the steamroll to end. Yash volunteers to keep Taylor safe. LaLa and Yash have best shots to take the win.
CLIFFHANGER. REALLY???? CLIFFHANGER? SO THEY WERE GOING TO CUT FEEDS FOR 3 DAYS FOR A CLIFFHANGER AND HAVE EVERYONE KNOW BEFORE WEDNESDAY ANYWAY??????
Now we know WHY the feeds returned early. Because Cliffhanger.
NOTICE:
Taylor has episode inclusion again. sideye. Cameras aren’t cutting when she’s in a room with certain houseguests as much. sideye. mmhmm.
Tiffany Mitchell said that it was extremely hot in the backyard during these comps
And conspiracy thinking that Haley just wanted to leave.
I’m all for conspiracies when feed cuts persist when 2 houseguests are in the same room. At. All… especially after the ‘i spoke in d/r and i’m giving you the opportunity to get ahead of it’ line that started the feed cuts / cam switches.
NOTE
the candle comp was a comp Dee won on survivor.
Just saying.
I looked it up.
I saw some of the alumni stating that all of the comps felt Survivor coded
Ugh, I hate it here
Thanks, I had no intention of watching, but you saved me a second guess. Just give Dee the check and get on with ANYTHING ELSE CBS. Anyone else get the ferling Grod post-dated the check given to Dee already?? Just sayin…
#notrealicons
WoW; but of course..
That’s why Grod made it the 1st contest. To protect her expensive import from any chance at danger. I am SO sick of Grod’s scripted meddling. She is ruining John de Mol’s creation.
She REALLY NEEDS TO GO!!!
Drew has put backed himself into a corner. Might not end well for him.
Side note – Simon/Dawg, on The Wall, Mallory still shows as a houseguest while Haley has already been grayed out to evicted status. Just FYI.
Notice after that weird cliffhanger: The eviction interviews have been rescheduled for Thursday (which probably means Haley will be in sequester through Thursday and Julie might be interviewing her as well)
So, it wasn’t just me? I thought my recording cut off.
Ok, now I am really wondering about Drew. He is just handling the icons the game.
And for no damn reason. He’s getting nothing out of it for himself. Pure cowardice, IMHO.
Ridiculous, Dee should not have been able to compete, she had won the last HOH. I knew that was a ploy so that she would be able to compete and stay safe.
No rules apply to her. NONE!
Oh yes,the show has to protect their paid “actors” lol
Give us a break,we’re not dumb
Perspective.
Drew in episode said his 4 person alliance couldn’t win anything.
Mallory had a veto and a Block Buster.
Drew had 2 Block Busters and now an HOH.
Plus Contest 2 and Contest 3 wins but for argument let’s not count them.
5 comp wins if his perspective was ever really FAP is my alliance.
I don’t think it ever was.
Remember when they made the alliance. He was pretty nonplus and silent on the hammock.
He enjoys them but. They aren’t stars in his eyes.
Second Perspective:
Think about Drew’s middle school orange running shirt story.
Think of the friend who was a better runner that he resented and didn’t really like anymore until Drew got a shirt of his own.
Now look at his relationships in the house. Especially with Barrett.
The 2 racing each other to be mom and dad’s best little boys makes sense now too.
TINFOIL PERSPECTIVE
remember when I said it would not surprise me if Lyric actually wanted out of the game because she was fearful her image would be tanked by her game (especially selling out Mallory)?
I contend we have seen the second houseguest opt out by competition. After Haley and Taylor’s talk about concerns expressed in d/r…. I get the feeling that for image sake Haley ALSO wanted out because she feared an image problem.
It has happened before. I’m saying tinfoil me sees that alterations were made in storyline when Lyric came out of d/r crying. Suddenly Drew and Melody hanging out became a ‘flirtmance’ so that Grod had something to keep the love islanders interested. Again… happened before.
Totally agree
So incredibly fishy about them saying originally that live feeds down for 3 days and to go outside lol
And Haley losing like 4 tries,eye roll
She wanted to leave
Second Perspective Piece
Feed block could be for anyone under a rock on west coast airing time that doesn’t know the results.
Second Tinfoil Perspective Piece
Feed block could be for a production notes meeting on how this week is supposed to go. We’ve already got enough oddity that i wouldn’t put it past Grod. And yes I’m talking about d/r calls that I’ve been saying in posts we should watch.
Drew is not the type to pushback in d/r. I think Barrett might be. I think this is the current issue.
1/2 way plus almost 2 weeks party?
oh. odddd.
I second that about Lyric, plus she’s lived a fairly easy, pseudo-Nepo baby life, what can she gain from winning BB? She doesn’t need the money, and she found friends and a “BF”
If she & Rome live happily ever after, they’ll end up with the best outcome of season 28.
Even better than Dee’s extra $750 k, in my opinion.
As the Reverend Al Green sang: “Nothin’ beats love & happiness!”
Fame. Her generation is obsessed with clout chasing.
After 1001 episodes, I officially HATE Big Brother. For the last few years I’ve told myself I would not watch it anymore. I always came back (except I now refuse to waste my time watching feeds). Tonight just might be the episode that finally did it for me. Will probably finish the season but next year I’m finding something else to do.
I checked in last night and they had all 4 cameras on devins and dee sleeping while none of the cameras on anyone else in the house. im not wasting my time on feeds anymore either.
Hats off to you guys. Not sure how ya’ll keep track of the feeds as often as they get cut. My attention span dies about one loop of the theme song.
Who did Barrett choose to play in the final comp and who eliminated Hayley?
Devens has again volunteered to be the renom.
Of course he had to pull threat and intimidation.
if anyone flips (pointed at Barrett) they lose 4 votes in jury.
Um.
Or you could have NOT used your dpov on Dee, let her put on her big girl pants and saved herself. Or you could have used better judgment in suggesting Dee break the alliance, and stopped Dee from dismantling the alliance you gathered to maintain your safety after USING the dpov on HER. Think. If Drew and Mallory don’t touch the block last week, this week is VERY different.
Or you could have maintained relationships instead of napping two hours a day going to bed at 10pm and floating in the pool all the time.
What was his biggest sin? He went to an alliance member, told him the Mosh pit was a trio and a 4… when BOTH were members of the five person xovers. That was whacked out strategically. It showed Barrett he was not in the same class and did not hold the same value as the other stuntcasts. Like Barrett needed one MORE reason to feel on the bottom.
But sure. make threats that further REVEAL that you don’t trust your alliance. That’s a great sign. These survivors and their threats and intimidation tactics and tendency to lead all mobbing……
THEY SUCK ASS.
Ok. got it out of my system. Nope Vent Emergency Broadcast System Test. Had this been a real emergency…
Okay. what REALLY HAPPENS?
If Devens IS the renom? Block Buster is WHAT-EVER comps Devens won on Survivor. Thanks Medieval Times for showing me that Grod IS indeed using Survivor comps that the stunts are good at. That helps.
Or Barrett chickens. Or Dee warpaths. Or. OR. OOOORRR.
the only other thing is hey, what if Dee IS the promised one, and Devens was always support to get her further, and now can be used to make sure she gets jury votes.
That works too.
Okay. i’ve rambled. and covered a lot of possibles. Ceremony isn’t until tomorrow. Plenty of D/R call time before then.
I’m confused…
Barrett went against the Icons’ wishes and sent out Yash (& Lala, I’m assuming) to play instead of Lala/Taylor, so why aren’t Devins and Drew more suspicious of him?
They keep saying there won’t be an issue with the votes even if Devins loses BB, but WHY didn’t that independent choice by Barrat and the comments Melody has made post-shutdown that prove BarRAT spilled everything to her giving them cause for pause on this assumption that he’ll keep Devins safe?
It feels directed, especially because Devs & Dee are typically very suspicious of any little thing.
Another side note is Barrat laughed way too hard & nervously when Devs said if they didn’t vote to keep him, they’d lose all the Xover jury votes. Devins played it like he meant Dee/Ang, but IMHO that was geared towards the guys.
Also, consider that Dee would be the most logical Icon to put OTB, given she put up Drew or even Angela before Devins, given Drew’s closeness (read: Daddy issues) to him.
Couple that with Drew-Devins clocking that BarRAT told them two different renoms he wanted (he told Drew to put up Devs & told Devs he preferred Melody). That’s a handful of reasons for the D’s & Angela to be clocking that something is definitely amiss.
This isn’t authentic to how everyone has played up to this point; not considering the minor things they’ve used to get mad at Drew/others for, but you’ve got BarRAT with a bunch of bigger issues, and it’s not making them nervous at all???? Come on.
Does it make sense to anyone why Barrat isn’t getting ANY heat from the Xovers about his choices/ratting or gameplay that hints at a shift to the other side? They aren’t broaching it at all. Drew will occasionally complain to Devs about Mel only being mad at him, but they haven’t delved into the accumulation of all these factors, which makes zero sense.
Notably, I’m not someone who grabs the tinfoil hat immediately, and while the season has been HEAVILY produced, since the feeds returned, nothing feels authentic – it ALL feels scripted. And if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
Hiya Tambz!
You are correct to be confused.
This week is confusing. I think there is a BIG convo post medieval times pre-HOH that we are missing due to feedblock.
Since we don’t know how things got explained or what excuses or confessions were given things feel very ‘but why’.
Suppositional and possibly annecdotal: somewhere around Wednesday of last week there was a small convo that Barrett was part of with Devens and Dee where they were shining him on. They were saying of course Haley is not in the alliance and she would have to go at some point. I wonder if he will use that as part of his fait accompli forgiveness request.
What we, and the stuntcasts are aware of: last week Dee and Devens’ actions caused them friction with Barrett. Barrett, still in his spineless Gerbil phase… pushed back on a directive from the overlords. Dee whined about how she was losing him to the cam.
I am very much betting there is a big convo that we are not privy to as of yet.
Possible excuses that allow Barrett to still be in the alliance:
Play weak. Barrett could easily say he just wanted one of the big three comp winners to go out, and thought Haley would beat them. Since none are in xovers, he didn’t care which. Since he is good with everyone, and three people came to him with the proposal, he didn’t want to make three enemies.
Play sassy. Barrett could turn Dee’s own words against her. Haley has been pulled in, pushing him out, so he had to “be selfish this week and think of his own game” (her reasoning for last weeks HOH to him that peeved him enough to show the slightest glimmer of spine).
Play Grod. Tinfoil perspective: Since this week FEELS so… off. Maybe there is no excuse at all and we have to consider there has been a story rewrite. I get the distinct feeling that Taylor’s complaints to d/r that she gave Haley a heads up about is of note. Cams switched to another room for days involving Taylor and Haley. Taylor was almost invisible from cams for days. I’m very much of the mind we had another Kemi situation brewing. Advertisers don’t like Kemi situations attached to them even in these times. So… rewrite that used a BIG TWIST… to take out someone that has been on a downslide in storyline for 3 weeks according to d/r inclusion. Does that REALLY strike you as something Grod would do? Big showcase events resulting in a house c-lister with zero win equity being gone? sus-picious. And now… due to Haley’s removal by competition… there is a concerted effort to get back on storyline. That means the original intent of the Medieval Times twist has to be rectified: the removal of a central character. Why I feel this: Devens doesn’t volunteer. That is off. His self interest is such that… it defies credulity. Meanwhile Dee, who has nomd Drew and Drew knows he’s been a target of the alliance at least once… is taking over Barrett’s lease in Dee and Deven’s sphincters. She is not even a consideration.
Smell test. fail. You have to wonder the production whys when things feel like storyline has been snapped, and taped back together.
In regard to the Melody knows stuff. I know Drew is aware that Barr confessed stuff to Melody. I don’t know if Dev/Dee/Ang are aware. Fact of the matter may be that the FAP conversation is also part of the post Medieval pre HOH convos we missed in 24 hours of cuts. We will never know except what the edit wants us to know, and how reliabel is an edit in a stuntcast season?
Good to see your name.
This! The Icons and Drew have been more perceptive than the others for sure and pick up on little things throughout the house, which is why it baffles me that they still “trust” Barrett. Clearly he picks Yash for the comp instead of LaLa and Taylor, that should have been the first red flag to not trust him any longer. The comp pick would normally spike their spidey senses to think “hey we lost Barrett” and if we can’t trust him for a pick, how can we trust him for a vote. I do think Drew suspects that Barrett was going to flip on him, but he probably just doesn’t want to believe it, so he is pushing it out of his mind, as again Drew is loyal to a fault to Barrett and the crossovers.
And I get Barrett turning on the crossovers (especially after Mallory going, which last I thought was always the plan if crossovers were to get to final 5), but Drew was his like day 1, and he was willing to vote him out over Mallory/Taylor, that is such weasel move (think Vince nominating Lauren over Morgan last season). And honestly Barrett is either going to be at the bottom of the Yash/Taylor/Lala group or the bottom of the Icons group at this point, so why go against your early alliance and risk jury votes. That is also why I don’t get the hate Drew gets. He is putting his game and alliance Infront of friendships, which last I checked was the point of an alliance, especially an alliance formed at the beginning of the season, and again if he did flip sides, he would be at the bottom of the Yash/Taylor/Lala group and also expendable. And if Yash wins HOH, who is he putting up, obviously because of the bribe its going to be Barrett, Drew, and Melody. And if they stick with the crossovers, I think they could comp out better over the Icons rather than beat Yash in comps at the end.
In the end, if Drew does not want to piss off Melody (but really what’s the point, she has to go anyways), he should put up Barrett as a replacement as there is less of a chance of him going home over Devens, the Icons and Melody would not vote him out. I do think Dee, Devins, and Drew think Barrett will flip, but Dee and Devens don’t want to push Drew too hard on it, and Drew doesn’t want to pull the trigger. Clearly as we have seen Melody will be pissed, but again as we have just witnessed, she will keep coming back to Drew, as she complains about everyone, but never does anything, she wants everyone to protect her, but again never does anything. If the crossovers was any other season, or didn’t include icons, everyone would be loving the fact that a day 2 alliance made it all the way to the end. Alliances and friends are 2 different things people!
we need to see how the episode plays out, but i think anyone barrett picks is justifiable as who you send out is vulnerable to elimination and keeping yash safe isn’t good either.
BarRAT
Funny
D/R Tally as of the TWIST EPISODE SUNDAY
TOP TIER (100+)
Dee 133
Devens 135
Drew 112
Melody 107
SECOND TIER (80-99)
Haley 96
Angela 94
Barret 85
Yash 82
THIRD TIER (0-79)
Taylor 70
LaTrice 58
Notes:
Some of the jumps are explained by mix of reaction to eviction and participation in Contests. Drew, Melody and Barrett (his biggest inclusion yet).
Melody for having no comp wins, no HOH and 2 noms seems to be disproportionately included in d/r.
Yash is about plot counterpoint. He and Barrett are rising but… even the ‘other’ side is given no d/r love in a stuntcast season. It’s sort of creepy that their existence and especially LaLa and Taylor’s existence are denied in d/r.
Dee is getting Dee inclusion because of course she is. God forbid that the storyline isn’t about the stuntcasts for even ONE episode.
What shocks a bit is Devens not keeping pace with Dee. sometimes this rebounds on the next episode, so it might not be a huge deal.
SOMETHING BOTHERING ME:
If i’m writer and storyline editor on this bitch of an episode… I’m asking myself who got the pink pages (revised script notes). Here is what is off: A MAJOR MILESTONE TWIST… for Haley. blink blink. Followed by this week’s oddity. No really. TELL me something doesn’t feel off. There is an oddity that makes tinfoil me concoct possibilites. I’m not going down that road right now. I’m just saying my experience tells me that we’re in an active revision and it’s… not revising well. The seams in the storyline aren’t matching. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY OFF. In episode: i think they revised or cut a challenge. During Britney’s section there were odd cuts regarding rules. Britney is a pro at complines… so something is not right. There is a storyline cut in there. Probably due to the heat advisory… or due to choose your own adventure shooting of multiple comps that ended up unused.
The target and result feels anti climax. this week renom roulette is off. A LOT is off. I just don’t know why definitively.
the Dee count is not 133 it is 155. sorry. 5am when i typed it. wrong digit.
I agree. Why did Barrett get to save two & send back two? They could have had one more comp. And if it was all that hot, no wonder Haley didn’t have a chance.
If Drew was smart, he should put up Devens and get him out. Otherwise he has no chance to win this game. Someone correct me if I’m wrong but the numbers are there for a flip. SN:I’m not rooting for anyone to win this year. I will say I’m not a fan of the survivor addition.
drew botched this week by winning hoh. whoever he puts up should be the target so it’s a question of if barrett can convince the icons he’s still working with them and prevent himself from taking enough heat that they target him. if barrett can do this he can stay safe and might not even go up. but either the icons or yash/melody/barrett control the vote. i think yash/melody/barrett are willing to take out an icon if they can but have to be super careful that such a play doesn’t leak to the icons (which isn’t hard as you just don’t tell drew. everyone else isn’t gonna tell the icons anything).
I thought Cody was an actor. Sweet accent dude. Hitman lmao. That first candle comp sure did look like a poor man’s survivor comp. If drew knows he’s playing for 4th ish he missed his shot at turning the narrative by not putting Dee up. Sundays ep felt like grodner reaction to losing her stuntcast last season around this point in the game. Pretty blatant.
Dee won a pivotal comp very similar to that one although of course it was larger and heavier balancing. The candle one for her is like a 1000 piece puzzle enthusiast being given a 100 piece to complete. This was one of the most blatant production choice comps geared to a particular player. No one else came close to maintaining their stacks as they got to end. Seems the average person needs a learning curve.
Cody looked fat and stiff, and that accent. Just no.
Yeap! The big difference between this year and last year was the elimination of the clock during the comp, which lead to the “surprise” eviction of Rachel. Remember she CHOSE to do that “maze” at that point in time, based on known factors (how much time she had, how long it had taken the others before her to complete it), so she was confident she could get it done in the time allotted. Plus she knew if she waited the time would be shorter for the next person (they were knocking off like a minute each time IIRC, which I might not be).
So Rachel ended up eliminating herself, even while several of her alliance mates were cautioning her that it might be close. Once she failed, everybody else was safe.
This season Grod made sure the vets won the first comp, which gave them a lock on everything going forward. Funny how they had just enough competitions to ensure their entire alliance got safety before they got to the final 3 person elimination comp. Haley had been voting with them, but she was not in the Crossovers, and was certainly not a part of TOS, although had she been smart, she would have tried to work her way in over there. She seemed like she was just “dead fishing” it, ever since the Lyric flip happened.
Barrett is a cowardly sucker who seems absolutely desperate for a girl to like him. He’ll compromise his own game, play both sides and tell everyone whatever they want to hear just for a little female attention. It’s pathetic. He wants to win BB, but he seems even more desperate to be liked by the girls.
Is it really that hard to understand that Big Brother could be rigging things to support players who are trying hardest to win? People whining about production doing this seem to forget that reality TV has always worked this way. Contestants are hand-picked to fit a certain template. You really think a huge production staff just sits around on a Friday night and randomly picks people? Grow up. This is a reality show, which basically means it isn’t real. We tune in for the drama, social interactions, competitions and characters. Production wants us to root for certain players based on our own views, and ratings tell them whether it’s working. When a template player gets voted out and ratings drop, you can bet they’re looking at that data. They manipulate the show because that’s what reality television does. You can play along and believe it’s all completely organic if you want, but don’t ignore the obvious.
Why would anyone assume a commercially produced reality show is completely real when the entire production exists to create exciting television? The question isn’t whether production influences the show. It’s how much.
What benefit does Drew get from putting up Devens if he already knows Barrett is working against him?
Devens is a shield, Barrett is unreliable, and Drew needs jury votes. There is very little good news for Drew in putting Devens up unless he is confident Devens will actually leave.
He should be thinking how many jury votes am I potentially burning with this nomination. Angela and Melody are the safest nominations. Angela could lose the Blockbuster. If she does, Drew hasn’t sacrificed Devens. If she wins, Drew can evaluate. Devens and Dee are much more dangerous because Drew could be creating multiple guaranteed or highly likely jury votes against himself.
Devens could tell Drew that he wouldn’t get the icons votes from jury right now BUT they know he’s playing the game and helped them along the way very much and actually would get their votes I believe.
Monday AM HOH talk.
Drew has been shaking in his boots about making a declarative statement regarding renom. His candy ass is scared to death of putting an Icon on the block. No really. He is scared of decision making. Go into a conversation one on one with Drew and note how many times he deflects saying anything that would be an actual answer.
He floats Barrett renom to Dee and Devens.
In the HOH Devens affirms he will be renom but asks for everyone to yet again swear fealty and swear that if anyone turns they lose everyone’s jury vote. Again it is directed at Barrett and pointedly done. Barrett is good with LaLa and Taylor, and they don’t like anyone else in crossovers. There was some push for Barrett to volunteer but no gas.
Drew outs to the group that Yash proposed renomming Dee. (ANYONE with a brain knows Dee SHOULD be the renom).
CHOICES
it is certainly a choice to threaten mass jury votes. I mean… so should everyone just line up at the door because Devens game is so important that nobody else can vote for anyone without his permission? Know your audience. Drew would cave to that. Barrett who feels lapdogged and used?
The alliance is making him swear and showing they don’t trust him while trying to get him to volunteer to be renom. Okay. That worked when Dee put Drew on the block last week. But again…. does that work on Barrett? no.
Barrett can easily bury EVERYONE in the crossovers now. He can tank Drew for outing what Yash proposed.
IF BARRETT CAVES AND CRAWLS…. I WANNA SEE THE D/R TAPES. Four and a half hours in d/r yesterday. Release the Grod cut.
PRODUCTION NOTE
This is the third time conversations with crossovers have been doubled next day. THIS CONVERSATION ALREADY HAPPENED. Now it is happening AGAIN in the HOH room so it is a better cam’d location with better sound. It makes episode edit inclusion better.
Melody needs to get her head in the Game and push for Devons or Dee on the Block! She needs to stop with the whining and bring Barrett to the Head of Household and make sure Drew will put up Dee because she put him up or Devins because he has volunteered to go up!And lets pray they can get one of them OUT!
Good luck with that. Devens underestimated his enemies, not because they’re smart, but because he doesn’t understand this bizarre, lazy, noncommittal game. The Icons expect players to take risks and make moves, but instead they’re dealing with people scared of their own shadows who just float along and let others make the decisions.
Validation – Melody says is there something I did correct in the game? Drew says you picked me.
Melody: I’m in a weird spot.
Barrett: I can show you my cards this week.
Melody: that will be cool.
Barrett: The group (Crossovers) were asking how much does Melody know about them (the alliance).
Melody: I’m not an F-N idiot.
Barrett: I hope this works out.
Melody: you and me both.
(courtesy jokers updates)
Comical. It sounds like two people who know they’re in trouble trying to reassure each other without having a particularly solid plan. Typical Gen Z who avoid conflict and are more concerned with reassurance and social approval. You want the icons gone? This is what you will get. Enjoy!
Melody- I kind of already knew this but I feel like I am just a mean person. Ding Ding!
DEVENS IS RENOM
?NOW WE GET TO SEE:
If Grod is still protecting Devens (I mean if Devens purpose is more than just protecting Dee)…
The Battle Back will involve tossing balls or bags on to shelves or poles.
Why:
Best of clips his return from extinction comp.
Cornhole.
BRAIN DOING MENTAL GYMNASTICS:
Since week one I have wondered… which one is the golden child and which one is akin to a gatekeeper prodopet (remember when Angela was prodoplant and Tucker was her gatekeeper prodopet for weeks).
My theory was one of them was approached for the season and brought another because of Cirie warnings.
Now we get to see. If Devens purpose is to help Dee get further… it is jury. He can now play jury manager.
IF both are in the golden one set up… Angela is their prodopet gatekeeper. She has had a large number or strategic insights to share with the Survivors post d/r visit. Uncanny how she clues into strategy ONLY after d/r visits… and each of her strategic insights helps the Survivors when they are heading off track. sideye.
As expected who is surprised and why by Deven being the renom he pleaded with Drew to be the renom. Deven is working Drew . Drew looks up to Deven.
I am not ” feeling”the subtle threats from Dee and Deven that if “any one voted against them they can count on having no jury votes. ” Drew has already made it clear : he is firmly with the Crossovers he is afraid to nominate Dee or Melody and loves Angela.
If Deven loses the BBBB and Barrett votes his conscience ( wink wink ) then an icon may go home. If not Taylor or Lala will ,Yas is next and the game remains Deven or Dee’s to lose. Angela, well they will let her float to the end ( look for Dee and Deven to betray each other soon) because both feel they can win next to Angela. They are not wrong.
Drew: he has backed himself in a corner and knows he has no jury votes ( he needs 4) to win the game if he makes it to #2). Will Barrett make a move? He will only if Deven loses block buster.
My money is on them giving them another Survivor comp style ” buster ” so Deven can win. I think the script is written: D&D against Drew and Barret. IMO it’s all easily predictable.
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From the start I though Dee was their chosen winner just so they could have a double winner even though Devens is a much better performer in dr for them narrating their fictional season (Dee is bad at that). Angela has been insightful from the start so that tells you everything about her position. If I’m right I’d expect Devens out soon but I also thought Haley would be in final 3 with Dee and Angela so I’m glad to be wrong. I hope I’m wrong about it all.
Melody Drew HOH conversation post Veto Ceremony:
Drew outs the Toolshed. begs her not to tell anyone.
Melody outs that against Mallory Drew was going home.
This outs that Barrett was keeping Mallory.
She says if Mallory won block buster Drew was staying against Taylor.
IS this a big reveal? To Drew it likely is. But the source is Melody. Of course Barrett told her that. Will Drew think Barrett has jumped ship OR wiill Drew think Barrett lied to Melody to stay on her good side.
Either way it’s just messy on both sides.
Mess mess mess.
Could be a hint of brain cells working in Melody. She is subtly throwing Barrett’s name out to Drew in the HOH as one of the five who she says would have voted him out, and saying Barrett was pissed when Mallory went up. Now, with the timing and her Hooter-like, free shooters to drunken guests, and googly-eyed, flirtatious teasing with Drew, is she actually trying to play the game, or is she still way overconfident in her abilities?
I’ll take that back.
Melody – Angela has always got that stupid ass blobfish face on her. You know you are not going up as the renom, get that face off of you.
That’s calling the kettle black.
Not sure there is anyone more unlikeable than Melody. It also tells you something about how cruelly she talks about people when they’re not directly involved in the conversation. She is the cancer of the house and you can see how she’s spreading her disease onto others. Good luck after the show.
Did Mallory airlines just do a low buzz over the house?
Head of Household: Drew
Original noms: LaLa, Taylor, Yash
Veto winner/outcome: Yash/used on self
Post-veto noms: Devens, LaLa, Taylor
Evicted player:Devens
Fingers crossed!!
every year since the cookout I’ve thought Worst Season Ever but they keep topping themselves. i’ll check back here to see if a miracle takes place but i’m done with the feeds and the show for now, it’s demoralizing. this is what you get when you cast a couple of ringers and a bunch of people who just want to be on tv and Make It To Jury