After Ronnie’s eviction in Big Brother 11 Episode 13, Chima won HOH. Perhaps more importantly, in a competition better known as popularity contest with the producers playing favorites, Jeff won the coup d’etat, a power that may make tonight’s episode completely and totally pointless.
Lydia has realized that Jessie may have voted against her, meaning that her hitting on him didn’t get her where she wanted it to get her.
Russell’s not happy that Chima, Jessie, and Natalie did not do as they were told. And he’s even less happy that Chima has won HOH. If he doesn’t get nominated, it will take a miracle. As for Lydia, she’s ready to get nominated again.
Jeff is confident that he will use the power, just because he has it, even if two people he doesn’t like are on the block. The others are right: don’t make additional enemies if you don’t need to.
Natalie and Jessie want Russell to stay because he’s on their side. Is he, though?
Russell tells Chima she shouldn’t nominate an ally… like he did last week.
Listening to Jordan thinking can be painful, as we’re learning as time goes by, but it’s amusing. Chima, however, takes us in a completely different direction with a sad story. She was attacked by a serial killer, but she tries to put a positive spin on it about how she fought and survived. She hopes to use this story to empower women, and perhaps this is part of why she wants a woman to win, even if it’s to the detriment of her own game.
The doorbell rings. So who’s this guy anyway? It’s Jeremy Piven. I’ll take Jeff’s word for it that he is a celebrity. He’s there for a luxury competition. The winning team will get to see a screening of his new movie, The Goods. Really? The real prize is that one member of the winning team will get cash. These used car salespersons will need to sell the most used cars. Jeff, Kevin, Lydia, and Michele are the ties team; Jordan, Russell, Jessie, and Natalie are the shirts team. Each prop is worth a certain number of points. The team that packs the most points into their car wins. To raise the stakes, one member of the winning team will have a chance at a big payday, while the losing team will become the have nots for the week. Chima bets on the shirt team. If they win, she wins. Russell says you have to be strategic. Kevin doesn’t care… he’s just grabbing whatever he can get his hands on. Jessie is grabbing the items that the other team leaves lying around. The tie team has sold 399 cars. The shirt team has sold 410 cars, giving Jordan, Russell, Jessie, and Natalie the win. Jordan takes credit for the win because she was trying to stuff the teddy bear that made the difference into the car the whole time. Russell gets the highest check, so he wins $10,000. Having bet on the right team, Chima joins in the victory.
Lydia does not hold any ill will against Jessie for voting against her, but she’ll need to think twice about trying to get near him as long as Natalie’s in the house. When Lydia puts her on the block, it’s his fault. At the end of the day, if they’re really friends, she should have their backs. Just like they had her back last week? Seeing the tension, Chima wouldn’t mind seeing Lydia go home.
Now it’s time for another stupid vote: jalapeno peppers and pepperoni, squeeze cheese and kimchi, or sweet pickles and anchovies. The sad thing is they actually pay people to come up with this stuff.
Nominations
Natalie is safe.
Jessie is safe.
Kevin is safe.
Michele is safe.
Jordan is safe.
Jeff is safe.
Lydia and Russell have been nominated for eviction. Russell was obvious after last week. Lydia has been nominated in order to avoid her voting to keep him around. Russell is going to try to win people over with kindness. That would be new. Jessie’s worried about the unicorn coming and telling him he’s gone. Wait for it. Through no fault of his own, having played a good game thus far, he could very well be walking out the door on Thursday thanks to the power of favoritism.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 15, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.