Steve won the power of veto in Big Brother 17 Episode 22 and removed himself from the block. In his place, Vanessa was nominated against Shelli, successfully completing the planned backdoor nomination. This will be the first of two evictions tonight.
Becky lied to Vanessa about not nominating her, and her defense is that her word was forced from her, not given. I’m not sure that explanation makes sense to anyone else.
Vanessa’s hope is to convince people that Becky has been playing both sides, which she has been. She may have chosen a side now that she’s in power, but it’s been a month and a half.
Votes
Austin: Shelli
Steve: Shelli
James: Shelli
Meg: Shelli
Jackie: Shelli
Julia: Shelli
John: Shelli
Liz: Shelli
Well, that didn’t work. Shelli’s a good person for Becky to get rid of, but that was not her target. By a vote of 8-0, Shelli has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Her role as the head of the power couple sunk her, no matter how strong a game she played, and being up against a very strong nominee sealed the deal. Shelli says she’s rooting for Steve and John, which seems a bit random considering she has multiple alliance members left in the house.
The HOH competition is based on video memory loops. Everybody gets the first question correct. James, Liz, Meg, and Jackie are eliminated on the next question. Everybody gets the third question right. Julia and Vanessa are out next. Everybody gets the next question right. Austin and John are incorrect, and Steve wins HOH. Just yesterday, we watched John say nobody’s targeting him because he can’t win anything, and then he wins the veto and this lame HOH competition.
Nominations
Meg
Jackie
John, James, and Vanessa join the veto competition. They must roll balls down a slope and get one ball in each of three holes in order. John is in the lead the whole way and pulls out a veto win.
John does not use the power of veto. I must have missed the part where John and Steve considered these two the big threats. What happened to Steve supposedly targeting Becky? This does reduce whatever alliance James had going, though.
Votes
Vanessa: Jackie
Becky: Meg
John: Jackie
Austin: Jackie
James: Jackie
Liz: Jackie
Julia: Jackie
With a nearly unanimous vote, aside from the again alone Becky, this was obviously planned. By a vote of 6-1, Jackie has been evicted from the Big Brother house. She says there was some miscommunication with Steve. This is one problem with the double eviction night. I have no idea what just happened.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 17 Episode 24, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.