All the drama of the prior week led up to a rather uneventful eviction, as Jason was eliminated in Big Brother 17 Episode 17. We left off at the start of an endurance competition for HOH, the first individual HOH competition of the season now that the battle of the block is dead.
After 25 minutes, Steve falls, and Austin is right behind him, saying goodbye to Liz’s shameless offer of a kiss if he were to win. Julia and Meg are next. Jackie falls after 1 hour and 28 minutes. Liz is the next to fall. Becky is next. Then Clay.
After begging Clay to hold on, Shelli starts talking about how she’s not sure she wants to win again anyway. She makes a deal: safety for herself and Clay. Not Vanessa or anyone else in the alliance. As they’re talking, James says John is good anyway, so John jumps off. After James agrees to keep her and Clay safe, Shelli drops. James wins HOH.
Julia confronts Liz about Austin being shady. Liz believes Jason twisted everything, but Julia is not buying it.
James may have made a deal with Shelli, but it’s not sitting well with him. They want to get rid of her anyway because she’s the queen of that side of the house. They think Becky’s on their side, but she tells Shelli and Clay who their target is.
Vanessa’s not willing to stick her neck out for Shelli this week. For their part, Shelli and Clay wouldn’t mind Austin going home.
Nominations
Clay
Shelli
James has decided not to mess around with pawns. He goes right after the targets instead.
Shelli denies any involvement in last week’s nomination of Jason, a statement that Vanessa logically views as throwing her under the bus. They’re not helping their case by speaking during the nomination ceremony.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 17 Episode 19, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.