BB 17 Day 56 8-13

Well, after all this...........

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
'Big Brother 17' Recap: Vanessa Gets Blindsided
John Kubicek

Senior Writer, BuddyTV

Two weeks ago on Big Brother 17, Vanessa was HoH and she backdoored and blindsided Jason at the Power of Veto ceremony. This week, that same thing happens, only Vanessa is on the receiving end.

There's also the return of the hilarious comic book superheroes for the cast and a ton of gaming and scheming from Becky, Johnny Mac, Steve, Shelli and Vanessa. It's like they're the only ones playing the game this week while the trios of Austin and the twins and James, Jackie and Meg are just relaxing.

After the Nominations

Steve hates Becky, Becky still wants to backdoor Vanessa, Shelli wants to protect herself and Vanessa is terrified that she's getting backdoored. Meanwhile, Jackie is done with her knight punishment and does a strip show in the living room that nearly kills James.

Vanessa asks Shelli and Steve to pick her for Houseguest's Choice in the PoV and promises both that whoever picks her will be the one she saves if she wins. Johnny Mac also wants Shelli and Steve to pick him, but he tells Steve he'd use it to save Shelli (because Steve isn't as big of a threat as he thinks he is). Johnny Mac works his magic and basically tries to solidify his alliances with Shelli and Steve. Steve is frazzled because his two closest allies (Vanessa and Johnny Mac) hate each other.

The Power of Veto Competition

Austin, Meg and Vanessa get picked to play, with Shelli choosing Vanessa as Houseguest's Choice. Everyone freaks out over Shelli's decision and Shelli acts like she didn't want to pick that chip, even though on the live feeds she has had conversations about how she can tell which chip is HG Choice based on the feel.

It's the exact same competition as last season with the six HGs riding on a zip line to look at superhero comic book covers of all 17 HGs and trying to put them in the correct order in the fastest time. Highlights include Shelli as a Puma (a woman in her 30s who goes after younger man), Vanessa as the Mad Hatter (because she's crazy and always wears that stupid beanie), Audrey as the Blanket (because of her insane final days) and Becky as the Trainiac (because she got hit in the face by a train).

Meg, Steve and Vanessa have the same smart strategy to get the order first and then notice the differences on the two possible comics before going on the zip line. But Vanessa seems to do them one at a time instead of bunching them together like Steve and Meg did. Becky does the men first, then the ladies. Shelli does four at a time, but doesn't notice the differences at first. Austin is all about his strength and agility, but he runs out of breath quickly and is distracted by Liz.

Meg: 15:37
Becky: 17:02
Shelli: 25:31
Austin: 21:20
Steve: 13:57
Vanessa: 21:44

Steve wins the Power of Veto!

Once again, Sneaky Steve saves himself from the block. Maybe everyone should realize that he's won three comps and the only time he wins is when he's nominated. Steve and Becky are happy while Shelli and Vanessa are worried.

The Power of Veto Ceremony

Vanessa continues to be paranoid about whether Becky will stick with the plan to put up Johnny Mac, especially after talking to James. So Vanessa talks to Becky about how she kept her word when she was HoH. Um, you mean when she went against the Dark Moon plan and backdoored Jason? Becky says she owes Vanessa nothing and she's right. Vanessa keeps talking and Becky lies, telling her she's safe.

Vanessa comes to James, Jackie and Meg and wants to make ANOTHER deal for next week. Hilariously, Vanessa mentions how scared she is that the plan won't go the way she thinks it will and Jackie makes a perfectly passive-aggressive comment, clearly a reference to when Vanessa screwed them over with Jason. Vanessa doesn't seem to get the irony of making a deal with eight people and then changing it without telling everyone.

At the ceremony, Steve saves himself and Becky nominates Vanessa. Becky owns that it's a personal decision and it's because she doesn't know where her loyalties lie, she's too influential with her deals and she will turn on people she trusted too easily.

Vanessa acts like Becky was disrespectful and illogical, even though Becky very clearly listed the many valid reasons why she did this. Shut up, Vanessa, because this is the EXACT SAME THING you did to Jason. She's pulling a classic Derrick, lying and acting phony in the diary room to try and manipulate viewers, but I'm not falling for it. I wish I could say the same for the other HGs.


.......we then got this early this morning, so it's still up in the air as who will go tonight, Vanessa or Shelli ?

Big Brother 17: Goblins Hint Their Vote Flip To Becky – Freak Out Ensues
By: Matthew Boyer | August 12, 2015 at 12:45 PM EDT


Overnight Becky Burgess went to the Goblins alliance of Jackie, James, and Meg to discuss fears that there may be talk to keep Vanessa and evict Shelli. Nothing to fear, promised the Goblins.


Becky Burgess is starting to worry on Big Brother 17 – Source: CBS All Access

After a lengthy talk with the Goblins where Becky explained Vanessa’s alignments and positioning over Shelli’s she was left with promises of safety, support, and security. As soon as she left the room it was another story.

Becky was hanging out with Meg and Jackie when she left for the bathroom giving them a quick few minutes to talk. Flashback to 1:26AM BBT as Jackie and Meg scramble to agree that they think it’s too risky to not vote out Shelli. They know Becky will go up on the Block against John, but they’ve been assured by Austin that it’ll be John going, not Becky. So what’s the harm, Meg and Jackie argue to each other.

Wait, wait. Stop them if you’ve heard that one before from Vanessa and the Austwins. Rewind one week as Vanessa promised the same trio that she didn’t care who went between Clay and Shelli and she would go with their wishes. How’d that one turn out?

Flashback to 1:29 AM BBT as Becky is freaking out over the idea of Vanessa staying. She returns to talk with Meg and Jackie. In no uncertain terms Becky says she is not okay with Shelli going over Vanessa. Becky says they had days to make this choice and now it’s too late to go back on it.

“If someone had said something Thurs, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday morning” then her conversation with Vanessa would have been disguising her renom as a pawn, not the target. Becky wouldn’t have detailed out why she’s so steadfast against Vanessa. Remember that the Goblins encouraged Becky to be very detailed in her reasons to target Becky. Heh.

Meg suggests the rest of the house isn’t against Shelli like they are against Vanessa. Becky points out then they should have considered that sooner before making this commitment. Fear not, Becky! “No one is going after you!” promises Meg. They assure Becky they can protect her. Keep in mind that they were just discussing how Becky could be going up on the Block as a result.

Tonight On Big Brother 17: Double Eviction Live Show

Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:00 AM PDT

Get ready for an entire week of Big Brother 17 crammed in to one hour tonight on CBS at 9/8c when the Houseguests are faced with some tough decisions and very little time to make them.


Double Eviction tonight on Big Brother – Source: CBS

We’re about to watch not one, but two evictions play out live as the Houseguests scramble to make sure they’re not the ones on the chopping Block and their flimsy deals hold together.

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These are always fantastically exciting episodes, but I warn you, they don’t tend to go well for fan favorites for whatever reason. As for who should be worried about tonight, there’s no mystery inside the House. The targets know they’re in a bad spot.

Johnny Mac and Becky are the top targets for the five HG alliance lead by Vanessa. The other four remaining Houseguests say they’d want to go after Vanessa. However, the Goblins have been discouraged by Austin from targeting Vanessa and they’ve agreed that JMac should go though they won’t be upset if it’s Becky. We’ll have to see if the Goblins stick to nominating Vanessa should one of them win HoH.

Here’s how tonight’s order of events should go:

Julie will announce & confirm to HGs it’s a Double Eviction
Quick vote will send home either Vanessa or Shelli (It’ll be Shelli)
HGs will compete for HOH, possibly with questions about videos they watched
Scramble, scramble as the HoH will pick 2 noms
6 players will race in the backyard to win the Power of Veto
Veto Ceremony will set the final noms of the DE
Another vote will send home a second HG with 4 votes deciding
Episode ends without a new HoH

The next Head of Household will be decided later in the night well after the show is over. Production has to break down the backyard’s HoH & Veto comps to make room for the next HoH comp. We’ll get spoilers from the Live Feeds, but don’t expect to be able to watch that particular competition. In the past it’s been cut off like a PoV comp. We’ll wait and share the results as soon as they’re revealed.

Once the new HoH is decided overnight we’ll be back on track for the regular routine of events with more nominations on Friday and Veto on Saturday.

What do you think will happen tonight on the Double Eviction? Will it be a good or bad night?