Author: Shane

On Big Brother 8 Episode 17, Jessica nominated Dick and Danielle for eviction as expected. Not bothering to wait for veto to see whether he or his daughter would be safe, Dick proceeded to turn up the heat in an attempt to make sure everyone in the house hated him enough so they’d not only vote him out but also contemplate strangling him in his sleep, a great plan considering he’ll be with them in sequester and his actions will linger and be blamed on Danielle by those who remain. Jessica revealed her true target is Danielle. Because they fear that one of them is going home and without anyone else in the house to trust, though, Dick and Danielle do appear to be starting to bond some.

The veto selections:
Jessica randomly selects Jameka.
Danielle randomly selects Dustin.
Dick randomly selects Zach.

The veto competition is a combination gross food/croquet challenge. The more drinks you finish, ranging from plain water to BB blood (I don’t want to know), the more shots you get. Jameka gets stuck on a bacon/egg/OJ drink. Dustin doesn’t appear to have any problems, nor does Dick. Zach wimps out and pretends he threw it. Danielle’s gagging the whole time but does decent. Jessica also has trouble keeping it down, just what I need to see while I’m eating. Then comes the croquet, which is mostly moot because it’s really just about who has the most shots.

Zach-3 shots, 6 points
Jameka-4 shots, 10 points
Jessica-5 shots, 17 points
Danielle-7 shots, 20 points
Dustin-10 shots, 32 points
Dick-10 shots, 33 points

Dick wins veto. Will he save himself or sacrifice himself for Danielle? While Dick celebrates by starting fights, the entire house, including Jen and Zach, runs upstairs to get away from him. Danielle eventually follows and gets into a long debate about how she’s tired of being blamed for what he does.

Jessica jokingly says she’s going to put Dustin up if Dick saves Danielle. Dustin requests that he be put up instead. Never a smart move, but Dick is probably the best person ever to be nominated against.

America tells Eric to give the silent treatment to Jessica. Great. Why doesn’t America just say we never want to have any more say in this game ever again? Jen convinces Jessica Dustin has a deal with Dick. And Jessica buys it. Huh? Eric obviously fails this task but does manage to irritate her to the point where she gets paranoid and believes he has a deal with Dick, too.

As promised, Dick uses the veto to save Danielle. A respectable move that most parents would do, even if Dick does top Marcellas. Per his request, Dustin has been nominated alongside Dick.

As per usual, America gets to tell Eric who to evict. Oh hell. Why not just kick him out the house now? It’s pretty obvious the choice will be Dustin, which will only contribute to the growing conspiracy theories in the house. This stray vote is, however, Dick’s only chance of staying in the house, albeit a small one.

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Jessica emerged victorious in the HOH competition on Big Brother 8 Episode 16, which means there are about 2-3 people who will be surprised if the nominations are Dick and Danielle, but there’s still plenty of room for fireworks and drama.

Dick is upset about being lied to and tells Eric he doesn’t deserve to be here (as if lying is something new in this game). The LNC goes nuts over Jessica’s HOH win, reminiscent of season 6. There are no secrets any more how this house is divided. For a change, instead of just listening to what Dick says and taking it, everybody gets up in his face. And it’s another argument about religion between Jameka and Dick… because that won’t piss anybody off.

Dick plans to sacrifice himself for Danielle if they’re both nominated. He says he will do whatever it takes to make them hate him so bad they won’t be able to stand him for one more minute. Apparently that would be a change. At some point we go from entertaining and lots of drama to just uncomfortable to watch. Tonight’s theme seems to be religious wars.

Danielle, who turned on her alliance last week, attempts get Jen on her side. Unlike the alliance with Dick, which was most likely equally fake on both parts, this one may actually work. They don’t exactly trust each other but don’t completely hate each other either. Jen’s still just a big floater, but it doesn’t hurt to have people at least not hate her.

The food competition had to do with smashing guitars. Looks like a lot of fun and a great way to relieve the tension that’s been building up in the house. Dick, Danielle, Jen, and Eric lose and are on slop, but Dick wins a slop pass. Dick tries to give it to Danielle, but she tells him to give it to Jen instead, which is a great strategic move.

America wants Eric to get Dustin nominated. Great. Trying to screw him over again, and this time he lets us know. Now it’s Dustin’s turn to start with the bashing. Alcohol never works out well in the BB house. It does, however, open the door for Dustin to say he wants to go up as a pawn, which gives Eric an opportunity to at least make a weak effort in pleading for a Dustin nomination.

So we don’t forget he’s in the house, we get to see some footage of Zach in a bunny suit.

It’s nomination time.
Jameka-Safe
Jen-Safe
Eric-Safe
Amber-Safe
Zach-Safe
Dustin-Safe

Danielle and Dick have been nominated for eviction. Wow. Shocker. Jessica wants Danielle out rather than Dick because Danielle’s a stronger player, but Dick wants no part of that.

This week’s America’s Choice question: Who should Eric give the silent treatment to this week? Yikes, another heavily loaded question.

Want to know who wins veto and what they do with it before the next show? Check out the Big Brother 8 spoilers page.

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On Big Brother 8 episode 15, Jen pulled herself off the block after winning veto, and Eric was nominated in her place as planned. Dick and Danielle scrambled to get the votes to make an Eric eviction happen, including plotting to join their fiercest enemies, Kail and Jen. Tonight is eviction night. Did they get the 4 votes they need?

Kail is concerned because Eric has no real enemies except for D&D. Eric, who’s been pretty much liked by everybody thus far, proceeds to threaten (to Dick of all people) to tell everyone about a story Amber told him about how she lied about being pregnant to her boyfriend twice, while on drugs. Not a good move. Way too aggressive and desperate. Amber used the overused reality TV phrase of swearing on someone’s life when promising not to vote for Eric, which puts her in a position where she wants to vote for him but doesn’t want to go back on her word. She then confronts Dustin and asks him to vote out Eric for her, and explodes about it in front of the entire house (an excellent way to ensure the dirty laundry is aired to all of America). In exchange for a vote from Dustin and/or Amber, Dick promises a one week deal where neither pair will go after the other, which means Dustin/Amber would be in the position of putting their allies in danger, up to and including potentially nominating one of them (or just lying and putting up Dick/Danielle anyway), in addition to seriously shifting the balance of power in the house.

In her HOH interview, Danielle says that living in the house with her father is difficult but slowly improving. She also tells Julie that whether she’s right or wrong about Eric being the one who cast the stray votes, she’s okay either way because she knows he’s the biggest threat.

It’s time to vote…
Dick-Eric
Jen-Eric
Jessica-Kail
Zach-Eric
Jameka-Kail
Dustin-Kail
Amber-Kail

By a vote of 4-3, Kail has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Eric got lucky that it just didn’t make any sense to boot him. Dustin then tells Dick he voted Eric out because they had a deal. Dun dun dun.

Kail becomes the first person to walk out the door in a bunny suit. She says she doesn’t believe Dick’s attitude is all about strategy because he kept it up for 6 weeks. All the houseguests have pretty positive things to say in their goodbye messages.

The HOH competition is Let’s Make A Duel, which is about what evicted houseguests have said in the diary room. Jameka is not allowed to compete because of the veto competition. Danielle picks Dustin and Eric as the first pair.

Eric buzzes in correctly. Dustin is eliminated. Eric selects Dick and Zach.
Zach buzzes in incorrectly. He is eliminated. Dick selects Eric and Jessica.
Julie screws up the first question, giving the (obvious) answer, and preventing Eric from answering.
Jessica gets the followup question correct. Eric is eliminated. Jessica selects Jen and Dick.
Dick buzzes in incorrectly. He is eliminated. Jen selects Jessica and Amber.
Amber buzzes in incorrectly. She is eliminated.
Jessica answers correctly. Jen is eliminated. Jessica is the new HOH.

Jessica’s sitting pretty. I don’t know whether the HOH win helps her any, but once it was down to her and Jen, she had no choice but to take it. Dick and Danielle made their own bed, with the assistance of a banner ironically intended to help them, and are the likely targets this week. It appears one of them’s pretty much guaranteed to be gone.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 17, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.