In Big Brother 8 episode 23, Jessica nominated her former ally Amber and wannabe ally Zach for eviction. A much less obvious outcome than last week.
We start off with Amber praying to stay in the game. Yeah, because that’s something new. Danielle wisely goes up to Zach and tries to make him feel better. These people need to embrace the outcast who is a potential vote, not make him more of an outcast. Next CBS continues to try to push Eric and Jessica together. Then it’s Jameka’s turn to pray (but a thankful prayer, rather than Amber’s angry prayers). Jess takes the opportunity to bond with Jameka over religion.
Zach attempts again to break up the relatives by talking about them being a threat with Jessica (he will later pitch this to Eric as well). Since they most likely have America’s backing, it’s going to get harder and harder to get rid of even one of them, so it is a logical plan even when you don’t consider the family bond, however weak it may appear.
Amber and Danielle bomb out on Power of 10. Danielle’s most upset that she couldn’t see Nick.
Then what CBS has been waiting for finally happens. Eric awkwardly works his way up to kissing Jessica. Her initial response is not all that surprising considering they’ve been in the house for two months: “It’s about time.”
It’s time for the veto.
Jessica picks Danielle at random.
Zach picks Eric (houseguest’s choice).
Amber picks Jameka at random.
Dick is the host.
The backyard is transformed into a swamp. A cat tells the houseguests an answer, and they must hunt for the riddle that describes that person/thing. The last person back is eliminated. Pretty similar to the one last year where Janelle “assaulted” James (and BB’s 5 dozen cameras “didn’t have a good angle”). Jessica is the first one eliminated. Jameka is next eliminated. Danielle is out next. Eric just barely beats Zach back. He then proceeds to inch out Amber, who for whatever reason appeared to be taking her time, and wins veto, giving Eric and Jessica all the power this week. Danielle is concerned about what will happen with the veto, and Dick comes to the conclusion that they have to get rid of Jessica.
America tells Eric to kiss Jessica, which is easy enough since he’d already done so on his own. He thought Dick would be a good choice just like I did, though.
Jessica doesn’t understand what benefit there is to keeping both Dick and Danielle. I don’t understand either. Eric, however, argues the point of keeping them. The only logic I can think of behind Eric’s choice is because he fears America will force him to vote to keep Danielle, which he set himself up for by pushing so hard for Dustin’s eviction. Either that or he’s trying to win over America so they do something in his favor, rather than whatever favors ED. Jessica says if Eric is thinking of what she wants, he’ll use the veto.
Eric decides to not use the power. Amber believes that means he’s evil and has no soul. Zach just says it’s a dumb move. This does make for an interesting scenario. As much as Amber doesn’t care for Eric, she hates Dick with a passion, so she’s more likely to ally with Eric. Zach, meanwhile, could have just been alienated back to the other side, a side which trusts him a lot more than they trust Amber. As for America’s vote, I’d anticipate it going toward Amber. As invisible as Zach is, Amber seems to provoke a stronger (negative) reaction. Who do you think will be going home?
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