Month: August 2012

Danielle won the power of veto in Big Brother 14 Episode 12, and she used it to change her own nominations, putting Janelle in danger while saving Wil. Can the producers scramble enough to save Janelle as they have done in seasons past, or will Frank live to see yet another day?

Everybody pretends to be shocked by what just happened, but then they all leave the room and do a happy dance.

Worse than being nominated, Janelle’s biggest concern is that she did not put on makeup before heading into the veto ceremony.

Britney says she’s upset because she has to keep lying to Janelle’s face. Welcome to Big Brother. Last time she was in the house, she was the one whose face was being lied to, all season long, and that did not play out well in the end. She does make a good point, though. Janelle does not seem particularly interested in targeting her.

Votes
Boogie: Janelle
Jenn: Janelle
Joe: Frank
Wil: Janelle
Ashley: Janelle
Britney: Janelle
Shane: Janelle
Dan: Janelle
Ian: Janelle

By a vote of 8-1, Janelle has been evicted from the Big Brother house. In the first sign of a change from the coaches running the season, Janelle was only able to retain the support of one of her former teammates, who is apparently the only person in the house that is completely in the dark.

If last week didn’t do it, the HOH competition should show the house where everybody stands with each other. Pairs of people square off answering questions about competitions, then the person who got it right gets to choose the next two to face off. Wil beats Jenn and picks Joe and Boogie. Boogie is correct and puts Wil against Ashley. Ashley is correct and puts Shane against Britney. Britney is correct and puts Ashley against Ian. Ian is correct and puts Dan against Britney. Britney is correct and puts Boogie against Frank. Boogie buzzes in before any words are said, and he is incorrect. That leaves Ian and Britney left to determine the final two. Britney is correct and faces Frank. Frank wins HOH, which pretty much seems to be the only way he doesn’t get nominated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 14 Episode 14, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

After Shane wasted a week painting a bigger target on himself in Big Brother 14 Episode 10, the coaches entered the game, cancelling the eviction for the week.

Britney denies pressing the button, though it would have been stupid of her not to seeing as she only had one player left who’s a big target. Dan, likewise, had just one player left. In spite of having a full team of three, Janelle needs to redeem herself, having placed third twice before. Boogie, however, felt he was running the game and was completely comfortable staying as coach, which is why he was the only person who did to press the button. Despite the two girls also having pressed the button, Dan’s an easy target.

After the coaches made their decision, Dan tells Boogie that Frank was the target, not Joe. That means that Wil and Danielle lied to him, while Dan withheld information.

The HOH competition is one of endurance. This generally gives people who fail at every other competition an opportunity to actually gain control. Boogie’s the first one out after 1 hour and 10 minutes. He wasn’t going to win anyway, so no point in continuing this. Jenn follows him 2 minutes later. Joe drops 1 minute after that. Ashley drops at 1 hour and 51 minutes. Dan goes 4 minutes later, as his strategy remains the same, an effort to look weak. Frank falls after 2 hours and 13 minutes. Danielle promises Wil safety, and he drops at 2 hours and 43 minutes at the same time as Shane. Janelle falls 6 minutes later. Dan may have pressed the button, but he’s not done coaching Danielle. She doesn’t really need it, though, because this is a walk in the park for her. Receiving a promise of safety, Ian drops at 3 hours and 15 minutes, and Britney gets the same offer. Danielle wins HOH.

Great news for coach Dan and also Shane, who promptly kisses her to continue the showmance, which she’s falling for. Boogie, who just learned the name of this otherwise invisible player, is not so happy.

Danielle gets a bad vibe from Janelle, who’s been calling her a floater, a word that has lost all meaning since season 6.

Dan was trying to gain Boogie’s trust by telling him Frank was the target. That seems to have backfired now. Boogie’s not grateful for this news but rather annoyed with all parties involved, which would include Dan.

Dan suggests nominating Frank against Wil, taking out Frank, and leaving Boogie on his own. His main concern is that the coaches do not get nominated because his name comes next if they do.

After this conversation, Danielle remembers her promise that apparently meant more to him than it did to her. She told Wil he’s safe this week. Having been reminded of this deal by Wil, Danielle wants to nominate Boogie. She tells Dan she’s worried that Boogie might win veto, which does not seem terribly likely, but if that does happen, both Boogie and Frank would be safe if Boogie’s not on the block.

Nominations
Britney is safe.
Ian is safe.
Dan is safe.
Janelle is safe.
Jenn is safe.
Shane is safe.
Ashley is safe.
Joe is safe.
Boogie is safe.
Frank and Wil have been nominated for eviction.

The coach twist may be gone, but not really. Dan’s still coaching his lone remaining player, with his own best interests in mind, and she’s still doing as he says.

Wil has learned that Danielle’s word is meaningless, if for no other reason than she so quickly makes deals without considering them.

This is the reason why Shane’s decision to get rid of Frank did not make sense last week. The physical threats keep going up. He may be safe while his showmance is in charge, but that only lasts for a week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 14 Episode 12, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Eventually giving in to his coaches wishes, Shane ended up nominating Frank as a replacement nominee in Big Brother 14 Episode 9.

As great an idea as it is for Britney to get rid of Frank, this is the problem with the players playing their coaches’ games. Shane’s not Britney. She could not be a physical threat who’s the biggest target in the house. Shane needs to keep the threats in the house, if for no other reason than it helps deflect some of the attention away from the fact that he keeps winning challenges. It didn’t hurt that he had a final two deal with Frank either. The only good news in this for him is that Janelle’s a lot less scary than Boogie is.

Danielle, who should have the deciding vote, thinks Frank’s nomination was great.

Ian is receiving a lesson how to play this game. It’s okay to lie, and Magic 8 Ball answers are a problem.

Wil is growing tired of Janelle because he believes she is taking all the credit for him still being in the game. Like Britney, she insists that taking out Frank is the right move because it removes a target (so that Wil becomes a bigger target). Granted, if it’s a choice between Frank and one of their own, the argument for his elimination does suddenly become compelling.

The next day, Janelle, who doesn’t cry during child birth or at funerals, tries some crocodile tears to get back in Wil’s good graces. He’s not buying it, but he can act along with her.

A common thread, Dan trusts Frank, but he does not trust Boogie. Their offer to him is to team up and make Janelle’s team the targets. He tells Danielle this is a more appealing prospect than being in the vote out Frank camp, and by the way, her showmance with Shane’s not going to last.

Shane tells Julie she should probably not expect any more kisses between him and Danielle.

Frank’s dad is Sid Vicious, who was a big WWF (not the wildlife fund) wrestler. They don’t really talk any more, though this show seems to be connecting them.

More important than whether Frank survives or not: America’s vote. It’s week 3, so it’s time to sink this season’s twist and bring the coaches into the game to stop being coaches. Doing it as a vote gives CBS the opportunity to blame the viewers. The coach twist made things interesting, but it’s time for the players to start playing rather than just doing as they’re told.

Unsurprisingly, America has decided that they want to offer the coaches the opportunity to enter the game as players. In the event that any one coach says yes, there will be no eviction tonight. If they all say no, tonight will proceed as planned, but instead evicted houseguests will be returning next week.

Britney agrees to enter the game. Boogie declines, but he’s back whether he wants to be or not. Dan accepts. Janelle does, too.

The big loser here is Shane. His HOH week in which he nominated not two but three people just went up in smoke. Meanwhile, his former coach who talked him into making those extra enemies escapes relatively unscathed.

The good news for Shane is that, due to the game being reset, he will be allowed to compete in this week’s HOH competition with all the other players. This week’s HOH competition is one of endurance, in which they must all hold on to a ship. Want to know who won HOH before Sunday’s show? Check out the BB14 Spoilers.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 14 Episode 11, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Keeping his word to Boogie and Frank in Big Brother 14 Episode 8, Shane went after Janelle’s players, nominating Ashley and Joe despite Britney’s objections.

Joe says he’s angry and frustrated. I can’t tell the difference since the volume of his mouth is the same as usual.

Britney pretends she’s paying attention to Janelle, but really she doesn’t seem to trust anybody in the house, even the people she’s coaching.

Reluctantly, at the urging of his coach, Joe agrees to go upstairs to talk to Shane. For a couple minutes, he plays nice, before his rant about how this sucks begins. Shane’s now his public enemy number 1. I can’t imagine he would believe otherwise.

Shane picks Danielle at random for the veto competition. Ashley picks Wil (houseguest’s choice). Joe picks Frank.

The Big Brother circus is in town. The houseguests will have to roll two balls on different ramps and keep them off the ground. Wil is out first. Joe follows. Frank is next. Then Danielle. Ashley is the last one to drop. Shane wins the power of veto, his third in as many weeks.

Frank feels comfortable with this outcome. The target on Shane’s back just got even bigger, and like when he was allied with Willie, he trusts Shane. Janelle’s team, however, is not happy.

Janelle has an offer. They can have her wedding ring and earrings for 3 weeks and keep them if she goes back on her word. An impressive offer, but they don’t feel comfortable taking her jewelry.

Britney says she would rather shoot herself in the face than listen to Joe’s pitch that Janelle badgers him into making. Unfortunately, she does not happen to be in the room at the time Joe and Shane start their conversation. His offer actually sounds sincere, as he promises a final two deal, which I believe marks the third time Shane has heard that from someone.

40 minutes into the episode, Dan starts talking, but only because he won the sushi party prize. I almost forgot he was still in the house. This will probably be the last we hear from him tonight.

After that, the real party starts. Everybody begins kissing.

Britney asks Ian whether he plans on nominating Shane. He does not see any foreseeable circumstance in which that would happen. That’s not a no. When pushed, he cannot give her the answer she wants. At least lie, dude. This is the ammo necessary to switch the nominations or at least a sufficient excuse.

At the veto ceremony, Shane removes Ashley from the block. In his place, Frank is nominated. Not quite the move Joe had asked for, but it puts him in a much better position than he had been the previous night.

With two players from Janelle’s side and two players from Boogie’s side voting, that leaves the deciding vote in Danielle’s hands.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 14 Episode 10, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on CBS.