After Russell’s endurance HOH competition win in Big Brother 11 Episode 11, he nominated the two people he heard talking badly about him, Ronnie and Lydia.
Russell’s target here is Ronnie. He wants to see whether people will actually support him. I wouldn’t bet on it, but he should already have almost enough votes lined up.
Ronnie immediately goes to talk to Russell. It’s an emotional conversation complete with more lies. Russell doesn’t believe the fake crying.
Chima thinks Lydia should go home, but she will do what Russell wants. He wants Ronnie gone.
Jessie and Natalie are still pushing for Ronnie to stay. As for Chima, she still wants Lydia to go, no matter whether she agreed to do as he wants or not. As Russell sees it, Jessie and Natalie are scared, and they’re at the bottom of the pecking order. Well, that was fast. Thanks for the update. So who’s at the top of this pecking order?
Natalie goes to Michele to see if she can get the vote. She doesn’t trust Ronnie. As the split vote, it’s time for her to make a decision. No more under the radar.
Russell selects Michele to play for veto.
Ronnie picks Jessie.
Lydia picks Kevin.
They get dressed up in togas and review various random objects, such as a big guy that has Jessie afraid he may not be the biggest guy in the house and a bunch of rats. The players will answer questions based on these objects, and then they may choose to stay or fold. If they are closest, they will earn a point. If they are furthest, they will be eliminated. Typically in this competition, people just don’t try for a while and watch others eliminate themselves.
How many jewels are on the emperor’s chariot?
Michele, Lydia, Russell, Ronnie, and Kevin fold. Jessie stays and wins the point. Kevin was 1 away from the right answer of 514.
How many arrows are in the shield?
Michele, Lydia, and Ronnie fold. The total is 213 arrows. With a guess of 215, Russell gains a point. With 490 arrows, Kevin has been eliminated.
How many grapes are on the platter?
Michele and Ronnie fold. There are 907 grapes. Russell is closest with a sad guess of 320. With her guess of 241, Lydia has been eliminated.
How many marks are on the gladiator’s belt?
Ronnie, Russell, and Jessie fold, despite Russell being at 2 points. Michele does not fold, so she gets a point with her answer of 280 marks, compared with the actual answer of 177. Had Jessie not folded, he would have scored with 101.
How many rats are in the Roman underworld?
Russell, Ronnie, and Jessie all fold again. Michele gets a point by guessing 51 points. The actual answer is 149 rats, which Ronnie would have been closest to with 125 rats if he had stayed in. As amusing as Russell thinks he is, that number does not include Ronnie.
How many feathers are in the helmet?
Russell and Ronnie fold again. Jessie, however, finally stays. Nonetheless, Michele is the closest to the actual answer of 92 feathers with her answer of 68.
Michele wins the power of veto. The best thing about this competition being over? These stupid names ending in -us to symbolize the Roman theme can now no longer be used ever again.
Ronnie’s not above begging. What can he do to get Michele to use the veto on him? She’s not really giving him the time of day. Maybe later.
Instead, Michele would rather talk to Russell in his HOH room. Russell complains about how he’s like her. He doesn’t have anyone who’s a teammate, unlike Jeff and Jordan, Kevin and Lydia, and Natalie and Jessie. So if he’s worried about the teams, why is he targeting Ronnie? Natalie would like to interrupt them, but Jessie figures they’re going to talk regardless, so they may as well let them talk. Russell says that Jessie is threatened by him because he’s smarter than Jessie is. Like that joke doesn’t write itself.
Natalie tells Ronnie that Michele won’t be voting for him. So if she’s not going to vote for him, what prayer does he have of being saved by veto? Sweet talk over, Ronnie tries a threat. He’s with Chima, Jessie, and Natalie, so she will be evicted if she helps get rid of him.
Chima’s teasing Russell about hanging out with Michele. Because of this, Russell says that Chima is jealous. Wait, you got that from that? Now that that’s done, he would like to put Chima on the block. Dude, you really can’t be this emotional here. Emotional players shoot themselves in the foot, sometimes both feet and maybe their hands.
Not having learned from earlier, Ronnie continues to say stuff about Russell behind his back. Russell overhears again, and this time he walks in the room, then walks right back out.
Michele decides not to use the power of veto. Nobody is surprised. Michele says she’s standing on one side with her new team. She’ll need to actually vote with them to be able to join their team as a sixth and final member, but regardless things don’t look so good for Ronnie.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 13, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.