Following his confrontation with Dick in which Dick basically let him know he had to win or he’d be going home, Zach won the endurance HOH competition in Big Brother 8 Episode 26. With his new power, the previously invisible Zach let everybody know he was thinking endgame, putting up the two people the jury likes the most: Jessica and Jameka. I do agree Jessica is the biggest threat, so while I’m not so sure this is the best move he could have made, if he can get her out, it will have been a useful week, and he ironically will not be blamed. Of course, if she stays, there will be hell to pay. At this stage of the game, tonight’s veto has the potential to be interesting. If Dick or Danielle get it, it’s unlikely it will be used because it would put the other one at risk of going up. If Eric gets it, Zach will have no choice but to nominate Dick or Danielle in Jessica’s place. If ever there were a time for Eric to actually try at a competition, this is it.
Jessica thinks she would have been safer if Zach left last week. Apparently then Dick and Danielle wouldn’t have turned on her I guess. Eric feels guilty because his decision to support Amber’s eviction last week is the key factor in Jessica being on the block, and he’s worried that he’ll lose her.
Dick upsets Danielle by… opening his mouth. More bickering ensues. He tries to apologize, she ignores him, she whines, he leaves mad. So pretty much the same as every other conversation they have.
While the houseguests are sleeping, Janelle sneaks into the house. Zach wakes everybody up and tells them it’s time for the veto competition. They show a picture of Janelle, to which Eric responds, “Looks like Miss Piggy meets Janelle. Must be her after the weight gain.” Immediately after, Janelle walks out to greet them. Whatever points Eric gained with America by booting Amber, he lost by insulting Dr. Will’s favorite puppet.
In the competition, the houseguests spin in a pink chair and must then do the morphomatic. They have 4 minutes to complete as many as possible.
Dick embarasses himself by primarily focusing on flirting with Janelle, who thinks he’s hot anyway (way to stay neutral), so maybe it wasn’t too embarassing. Without trying to flirt at all, Eric and Jameka somehow end up doing worse than him, though.
Dick-4
Zach-6
Eric-3
Jameka-2
Danielle-7
Jessica-4
Danielle wins the power of veto. She can either use it to seal someone’s fate or risk taking out Eric at the expense of possibly putting her dad in the line of fire.
As with prior weeks, Jameka is seen as a non-threat because she can’t compete for the next HOH. All her crying about it being a mistake was silly. It doesn’t matter if you can’t win HOH. Winning HOH normally is a bad idea anyway.
Eric believes the alliance is strong, but as Zach warned just a week ago, Dick and Danielle will decide who goes home, and there’s not a great deal Eric can do about it. He tries to convince Jessica of this, but she’s a realist.
The America’s Player task is to mimic Dick. Eric is happy to do it. He thinks it’s a good chance to bond, and Dick thinks it’s hilarious to boot. This actually did turn out to be one of the more entertaining tasks of the season.
Dick’s concerned that turning on Jessica may look bad, but it’s not like either of them have any jury votes anyway, unless they’re up against each other. Of course, if they do turn and either Eric or Jessica win HOH next week, they’re both going up, and one of them’s gone.
Danielle decides not to use the veto. Jessica doesn’t trust them and never has. At the very least, I hope America isn’t cruel enough to make Eric vote out Jessica. This week will be a special live double eviction week, so it should be an action packed (read: rushed) show on Thursday.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 28, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.
Let me say this I hope Jameeka stays because shes the only one who hasn’t lied and did some sneaky **** behind someones back. I think that Dick with his ignorant ass and Danielle with her non eating ass should have been out he game, but America still keeps them in the game, How damn dumb are we? I feel as though all pairs should be broken up. You had Amber and Dustin, hes gone Jameeka and Amber now shes gone, but you still have the disfunctional daughter and father pair and of course the oh so lovely stupid ass couple, i say break it up get rid of Jessica’s ass. I like her but I love Jameeka and her honesty.
I’m okay with the lying. I can’t figure out why America’s so crazy about Dick either, and I agree the pairs need to be broken up. It’s a question of which pair needs to go first. I do think Jessica’s a pretty good target. Popular with the jury + good at competitions = huge threat.