The houseguests were split up in Big Brother 9 Episode 11, and for some reason they actually seemed surprised by the twist, despite the fact that Jen and Ryan’s original challenge was to get to the end together. Thanks to the twist, only Allison went home, thus saving Ryan, who went on to win HOH.
Adam & Sheila are both happy to get rid of their partners. Matt’s happy to get rid of his clingy partner as well, which he doesn’t attempt to hide from Natalie. She’s not taking the hint that he doesn’t want her in his bed any more. The creepy stalker music is a nice touch.
Joshuah & Sharon, who went on a power trip last week like most of the HOH’s have, couldn’t be more unhappy to see Ryan win HOH.
James is worried that Chelsia will change now that they’re no longer partners.
Joshuah apologizes to God for being an asshat to people and asks for help winning the game and dieting.
Ryan really does miss Jen (since he hasn’t seen the footage of the show yet), so he’s happy to see the picture of her in his HOH room.
Sheila, who for no apparent reason decided she hated Allison, now is crying that she’s gone.
James still wants to cuddle with Chelsia at night, but says she doesn’t think it’s a smart idea. They still have a plan to stick together as a duo, though, unlike half the teams.
Matt and Ryan want to get an all male alliance going. They take Adam onboard, but they don’t completely include James, who doesn’t trust them either anyway. Josh’s name isn’t even brought up, though. Regardless of who the plan does or does not include, an all male alliance has never worked. Ever. It’s just a question of how long it takes to implode and who the first casualty is.
Natalie learns that there are only 26 letters in the alphabet because the and in “Y and Z” doesn’t count.
The teams must choose blue and red bandanas for the competition. Knowing that Matt’s favorite color is blue, Natalie makes sure she grabs blue, so she’s the only girl on his otherwise all male team. It’s James, Matt, Adam, and Natalie against Sheila, Sharon, Josh, and Chelsia. Teams will swim through chocolate pools to grab letters and spell words (Natalie’s team is worried). The winning team will get whatever food they spell correctly. Sheila, who blamed Adam for their constant failures, continues her losing streak without him, allowing the other team to get a huge lead. When the other team loses the chalk, though, that big lead is almost erased. The red team gets 11 food items. The blue team wins with 12 correctly spelled words, obtaining a diet of 12 food items, but at least it beats slop (let’s hope nobody passes out).
Josh, who put Ryan on the block last week, promises to not put him on the block (again) if he wins HOH. He’s completely fine with Sharon going on the block, which may not be the wisest move, but better her than him.
The boys came up with the plan to put up Sharon and Sheila. Rather than simply agreeing with this plan, James of all people talks them out of it, suggesting Chelsia instead of Sheila. He’s trying to prove he’s willing to do anything, but this is a hell of a risk to take.
Nominations
Adam-Safe
Natalie-Safe
James-Safe
Matt-Safe
Sheila-Safe
Joshuah-Safe
As planned, Sharon and Chelsia have been nominated for eviction.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 13, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.