The ill-fated from the beginning alliance was officially flushed down the drain in Big Brother 14 Episode 17 when Shane nominated Frank and Boogie.
Rather than take credit or blame or give any reason for the nominations, Shane gives the most ridiculous nomination speech in history. He later blames it on influence from other people. Like Joe and… people in this house.
He declines to throw Dan or Ian under the bus, but he does reluctantly admit the obvious that Britney’s pulling his strings. She’s upset that her name is mentioned, as she thought this was going to be a week in which she would not get any blood on her hands, which is why she (like the other coaches) did not even try to win HOH. In turn, Shane’s not happy that she expects him to take all the blame (again). Upon hearing this, Britney goes downstairs to talk to Boogie and Frank, and she lets Shane know he’s not welcome to participate in their conversation.
Frank returns to his mindset from last week. He doesn’t trust Dan again/still. Britney only helps to cement this by refusing to reveal her super reliable secret source. As these people all look like idiots, they continue to protect their mole, who is just skating by with no enemies and no target from either side of the house nor anyone in the middle. Dan’s just about fed up with him, though.
Shane picks Jenn at random to play in the veto competition. Boogie picks Ian as houseguest’s choice. Frank picks Ashley as houseguest’s choice. Frank and Boogie just got lucky by ending up in a competition with the three weakest competitors in the house. Granted, they still have to beat Shane.
They see candy everywhere. They’ll have to figure out how much candy is in larger containers based on how much candy is in smaller containers. Ian plans to throw this game of dumb luck. Historically, the trick here has been to just keep folding and watch all the people who are making an effort get booted.
Frank, Shane, and Boogie stay, while Ashley and Jenn with their ridiculous answers fold, as does Ian. Frank scores a point, but Boogie is narrowly eliminated. Ashley continues with her strategy that cannot be explained in our Earth logic, and she folds, with Ian (who would have been eliminated had he not folded) following suit. Frank gets another point, and Jenn is eliminated. Frank goes over the top this time and folds, and as usual Ashley folds as well. Shane gets a point, and Ian has been eliminated. Frank comes up with a huge number, but this time he’s right about it. He didn’t need to fold but does anyway. Despite being off by 13,000, Ashley gets a point, while Shane is off by even more and is eliminated. She is very pleased with her pretty lollipop point. Frank is correct on the next counting question and wins the power of veto.
Boogie hopes to rally the floaters to get Dan nominated in Frank’s place. The other side made a big move too early, and there are enough votes to turn the tables. He also wants to convince Britney to get onboard so that she can again tell Shane what to do. He should just stick to talking, though, as the fake tears aren’t going to work.
At the veto ceremony, Frank removes himself from the block. The replacement nominee is Jenn. It’s perhaps the most dangerous player in the house against the most invisible.
Shane has now nominated half the players in the house. Maybe this week one of them will actually be eliminated. Wonder if that question mark will blow up in his face.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 14 Episode 19, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.