Wil was eliminated in Big Brother 14 Episode 16, leading up to an endurance competition for HOH.
The first thing I notice about the HOH competition is that there are three coaches left in the house. How many of them are trying to win HOH? Zero. That should send a message to the newbies, but I don’t get the sense any of them is smart enough for it to click.
To nobody’s surprise, Boogie is going for the $10,000, which he’s pretty much guaranteed to win because nobody else wants the cash. Britney, Joe, Dan, Jenn, and Ashley compete for safety. Only 3 houseguests out of 9 are actually trying to win HOH: Danielle, Shane, and Ian.
Danielle’s falling a lot, and Ian is as well, complete with his own sound effects. That makes it easy for Shane to coast right to the HOH prize.
Britney, who doesn’t look like she has fallen at all, is killing the others in the safety battle, which she ends up winning. The others can now switch to HOH, but Shane is more than 1/3 of the way to his goal by that point. In the meantime, Mike Boogie wins the cash prize, bringing his total for the season to $16k.
Had he not started off going for safety, Dan might have had a shot at this. Shane falls about half way through, and he starts to slow down as a result. But it’s not enough for Dan to catch him. Shane wins HOH.
Frank considering nominating Dan, though he did not do so, is sufficient excuse for him to be nominated, and if he were nominated, alongside him would be his coach Boogie.
Normally when the HOH room is unveiled, everybody pretends to care, even though they really don’t. Frank and Jenn are in bed and don’t join the party, though Jenn at least goes upstairs to say a few words.
Boogie thinks he can still trust Ian, but everything he tells Ian just gets back to Britney. With that, Boogie’s question of whether Ian would nominate Britney or Shane if by some miracle he were to win HOH gets into Britney’s ear. As if she needed more ammo for the Boogie/Frank nomination, she gets some more. Shane’s worried that he gets blood on his hands, which she honestly understands. That would explain why she didn’t even try to win HOH, nor can she really be faulted for not doing so since she has other alliance members who are stupid enough to take the hit.
Now that Frank and Ashley have made out, Ian finally makes another move and asks her out on a second date. She realizes that they’re just friends, which isn’t going to change even if Frank gets eliminated this week.
Shane talks to Joe, who tells him he’s onboard with whatever plans he has and will even jump in front of a bus if necessary, though I don’t see any buses in the Big Brother house.
Ian believes that, in a game of good vs. evil, he would be on the evil team. Villains don’t tend to name their alliance Quack Pack.
Prior to nomiations, they find a box with balls and a question mark inside. Britney assures Shane there’s no chance this will impact nominations. Really, no chance?
Nominations
Britney has safety.
Danielle is safe.
Dan is safe.
Jenn is safe.
Ashley is safe.
Joe is safe.
Ian is safe.
Boogie and Frank have been nominated for eviction.
So much for that alliance.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 14 Episode 18, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.