BB 17 Day 52 8-9

Looks like Vanessa is headed for the door if Becky's plan holds until Thursday. Steve's POV win was the catalyst to bring it about.


Saturday, August 08, 2015

John Kubicek
Senior Writer, BuddyTV

While women have dominated the HoH competitions on Big Brother 17, it's been the men who've ruled the Power of Veto. Five out of six PoVs have been won by men (Steve, Clay, James and two for John). So did another guy win it, or did the season of female power strike back?

SPOILER WARNING: This article contains Big Brother 17 spoilers.


Becky won the HoH competition. She nominated Shelli and Steve. Austin, Vanessa and Meg were also picked to play.

Steve won the Power of Veto!

Good for Sneaky Steve. It was an individually-timed memory game on zip line like the comic book comp from last year, which is why the live feeds were down for an extra long five and a half hours (usually PoV comps are done in just two or three hours). It seems Meg finished second, followed by Becky, Austin, Vanessa and then Shelli in last.

As for the comic covers, Shelli was a Puma (like a cougar, going after young men), Becky's involved a train, John was Dr. Drill, Meg is from the Big Apple, Clay didn't have a shirt, Liz was the evil twin, Julia was the good twin, Da'Vonne was Mama Da', Audrey was hiding under a blanket and Vanessa was the Mad Hatter (which is perfect).

Becky is celebrating because now she can perfectly execute her plan to backdoor Vanessa. Steve will save himself and with Vanessa against Shelli, James, Jackie, Meg and Johnny Mac should be guaranteed votes to send Vanessa to the jury house. This is going to be an interesting campaign to see how hard Vanessa is willing to throw Shelli under the bus, and whether Shelli will fight against Vanessa.

It might also start to worry some people about Steve. He's been nominated three times and every time, he won a competition to save himself (two PoVs and one BoB). He wins when he needs to, which is a great skill to have.

For now, Becky plans on telling Vanessa, Austin and the twins she's still putting up Johnny Mac as the replacement nominee, presumably to blindside them at the PoV ceremony.

FUN FACTS

-Steve is only the 16th person to win two PoVs in one season while on the block, something Johnny Mac did earlier this year.

-This is Steve's third comp win, tying him with Johnny Mac, Jason, Vanessa and Becky. James is still in the lead with five.

-Steve has only played in three PoV comps and he's won two of them. The only one he lost was the week he won BoB, so he didn't care at all.

-Shelli has played in six out of seven PoV competitions, the most of anyone. Vanessa and Johnny Mac have each played in five. Julia has never played in a PoV competition while Liz has only played in one.

Big Brother 17: Becky Sneaks Her Plan Past Vanessa
By: Matthew Boyer | August 9, 2015 at 12:00 PM EDT


We’ve watched Houseguests crumble under the rambling onslaughts of Vanessa Rousso, but last night Becky Burgess put the rest to shame with a confident smile, plenty of nods, and a handful of lies.


Becky gives Vanessa’s game a thumbs down – Source: CBS All Access

With the Power of Veto competition behind them Vanessa wasn’t feeling any better about her chances and now probably knew she was in even worse of a spot against the House. A quick trip to visit Becky may have calmed those fears, but she won’t feel comfortable for long.

Flashback to 11:54PM BBT 8/9 as Vanessa heads for the HoH room where she confronts Becky after a talk with James had her more worried than before. It’s a long talk that runs until 12:26AM BBT when Becky finally gets Vanessa out by leaving the room herself.

During their talk Vanessa is clearly concerned about going up as the renom. She starts off asking about Becky’s plans since she knows Becky is close with JMac, the proposed renom per the 8-HG deal last week. No worries, says Becky. She tells Vanessa that yes, JMac will go up on the Block and she’s not worried about it because she has the three votes of James, Jackie, and Meg. From there she’d need just one more to make sure John stays and Vanessa goes. Vanessa says she’ll even have her vote.

Becky doesn’t skip a beat as Vanessa continues to question her plan with the obvious concern that she’s going up. She’s all smiles and assurances to Vanessa. Nothing to worry about. Nothing at all, Vanessa! You just go along and enjoy your Sunday (because after that it’s gonna be a rough week).

Vanessa points out that if Becky did do something like put her up then she doesn’t know if Shelli would still be a sure thing to evict. Vanessa suggests that there could be a vote flip and suddenly HGs will want to keep Shelli when you consider things like the twins being sorority sisters with Shelli. Becky again uses that to agree and say she wouldn’t think of it.

Downstairs Vanessa goes to Austin, Jackie, James, and Meg to tell them that yes, she is going to vote with the house and send Shelli home. Flashback to 12:43 AM BBT. Vanessa has been convinced by Becky in their talk upstairs that she’s not the target and things are going to her expected plan.

Becky comes in to the room and Vanessa leaves. Becky tells them about the talk and how she sold the story to Vanessa. Flashback to 12:50 AM BBT for that one. Becky laughs as she explains “oh of course you have my word” and then flashes a thumbs down. Everyone laughs and is relieved.

Sunday will be interesting as we wait to see what Vanessa starts to think next as her paranoia will most likely return. She’s high strung and for good reason so we might get more fun out of those situations today. If not Sunday then get ready for one hell of a Monday afternoon with the Veto Ceremony that will put Vanessa and Shelli on the Block against each othe