After Paulie won HOH in Big Brother 18 Episode 6, he decided he wanted to get rid of Victor. So he nominated Paul and Bronte. Then Victor won the roadkill competition and nominated Tiffany.
Victor chose Tiffany because he thinks she has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Little does he know she has basically no chance of going home. Of course, that doesn’t stop her from accusing the HOH and her allies of trying to backdoor her. Da’Vonne sees Vanessa’s paranoia and emotions coming back, and Frank doesn’t really like her anyway.
Tiffany will have to trust them because their plan hinges on her not winning veto. Perhaps not the smartest move, but it doesn’t seem like she has much choice. Of course, even if she is in a giant alliance, the way these people are talking (and the way she is behaving) doesn’t make her position seem overly secure.
Paul told Victor not to trust anyone, appropriate advice. In response, he ignored him did precisely the opposite, warning Paulie and Frank about his conversation with Paul. The information that Paulie has obtained is accurate, but this turn of events provides Paul with a reason to just let Victor sink on his own rather than dragging both of them down.
Da’Vonne is selected at random to participate in the veto competition. Paul gets to choose who he wants, and he picks Zakiyah, which should send a clear signal to Victor, but he convincingly plays dumb. Da’Vonne and Zakiyah join Paulie, Paul, Bronte, and Tiffany for veto.
Their challenge is to search through toe jam for fungi letters to use for spelling.
Paul: slouched (9 points)
Tiffany: twinkling (10 points)
Da’Vonne: redemption (9 points)
Zakiyah: duration (6 points)
Bronte: powerful (10 points)
Paulie: sustainability (10 points)
Somehow, the word sustainability (14 letters) is only enough to tie the words twinkling and powerful, but as the fastest person to complete the challenge, Paulie wins the power of veto. As for Tiffany, her word is not particularly impressive, but it could be seen as one that wasn’t trying to throw it, which she wasn’t.
In response to Paul not selecting Victor to participate in the competition, Paulie wants to remove him from the block.
Veto Ceremony
Paulie removes Paul from the block.
Paulie names Victor as the replacement.
It took him long enough, but perhaps Victor just woke up to what’s really happening. At least it didn’t take him as long as Jozea.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 18 Episode 8, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.