Author: Shane

With McCrae’s elimination in Big Brother 15 Episode 34, we were brought down to a final three of GinaMarie, Andy, and Spencer. I give them all credit for forming their Extermintors alliance as a last ditch effort of desperation to eliminate the real players, but the problem is that they did get rid of the real players. Normally I find someone I’m rooting strongly for or strongly against, but I think this is the first time I really don’t care. People like Amanda, Helen, and Aaryn, who dominated the game, are out in favor of people who had a good last two weeks but otherwise didn’t do much of anything.

I couldn’t bring myself to watch Sunday’s show, and I see I didn’t miss anything. We start off with part 1 of the final HOH competition in which they are all on rollerskates and heading around in circles past cones. Spencer has no hope and falls first. After the bubbles come out and make the rink slick, Andy falls next, and GinaMarie wins.

That leaves Andy and Spencer to face off in part 2. They must grab houseguest faces from the bottom of the giant tank and put them in the order of eviction. Andy mixes up the order of Helen’s and Aaryn’s evictions on his first try before correcting them and buzzing. Spencer is correct on his first try, but he also struggles a lot more with this physical challenge involving a lot of climbing. Andy wins with a time of 21:54 compared to Spencer’s 36:11.

Spencer’s fate now lies in the hands of the other two. He wants to convince them that they have a better chance against him, and I can’t imagine he’s wrong. Other than one or two particularly bitter jury members, I don’t see a reason anyone would vote for him.

Dr. Will joins the jury to welcome juror #8. For all the fighting that’s still going on, Candice and Aaryn say they get along now, which nobody really believes. GinaMarie has a lot of support, but Amanda offers a realistic view: GM did not really play the game. Andy, however, was a backstabber who played all sides, but he did it well. Spencer’s basically the throw away who sat on the block all season, but as a result, he has no blood on his hands.

GinaMarie and Andy square off in the final part of the HOH competition.

Candice said: The most shocking moment in the house was when Aaryn flipped my mattress. Both are correct.

Jessie said: The moment in the house that irritated me the most was when Helen didn’t follow through with our plan to evict Amanda. Both are incorrect when they say it was when she fell off the wall.

Helen said: The most uncomfortable moment in the house was watching Judd plead for his life. Andy is correct, but GinaMarie incorrectly believes it’s the Jeremy wine incident.

Aaryn said: If I had to spend a romantic evening with a houseguest, I’d choose Judd because he has manners. Both are correct.

Amanda said: The moment in the house I’m afraid to have my friends and family see is every single one. Andy is correct, but GinaMarie incorrectly answers none.

Elissa said: The houseguest whose behavior I was most shocked by was Aaryn because everything about her was cute and adorable except her personality. GinaMarie answers correctly, but Andy incorrectly answers that Amanda was a bully.

Judd said: My biggest regret in the game was not working closer with Helen. Both are incorrect.

McCrae said: The best thing about being in the house was free food. Both are correct. Andy wins HOH.

Andy has the lone vote to evict and must choose between GinaMarie and Spencer. He chooses to evict Spencer, stating he must honor his word to GinaMarie. Both he and GinaMarie seemed to have decided this was the course of action they would take if they won, despite knowing it would be a harder fight. I don’t think either could stomach the possibility of a Spencer win.

The jury as a group has come up with three questions for each finalist.

Prior to joining the Exterminators, what was GinaMarie’s biggest game move? She doesn’t really have an answer.

Same question for Andy. He aligned with Amanda and McCrae and worked as their mole.

What was the biggest obstacle GinaMarie had to overcome? Having Nick leave. I thought we were past this.

Since Andy stabbed everyone in the back, why should they vote for him? He apologizes to a laughing jury and says he played a strong game.

Why should they give GinaMarie the money when she offended much of the jury? And I’m not really sure what her answer was.

Why did Andy lie to so many jurors unnecessarily? Because he didn’t want to live in the house with people who are upset with him and didn’t want people talking.

Why should Spencer vote for Andy? He was loyal. To at least one person anyway, GinaMarie.

It’s safe to say they already have their minds made up, but that Q&A session did not help GinaMarie at all. The answer remains clear that Andy played the better game of the two. The question is whether people are bitter since he was the one who screwed most of them over, but this is an interesting dynamic. They trusted him right up until and in some cases after he turned on them, and even now nobody seems particularly mad at him.

Amanda has finally realized that it was America that nominated her. The booing helped her come to that conclusion.

Votes
Spencer: Andy
McCrae: Andy
Judd: GinaMarie
Elissa: Andy
Amanda: Andy
Aaryn: GinaMarie
Helen: Andy

By a vote of 7-2, the Big Brother 15 winner is Andy Herren. The right person won. I was not overly impressed with his game on its surface, but what was impressive was his ability to fool these gullible people, stab them in the back, and then still not make any enemies.

Lastly, America will decide their favorite player. Do we even need a vote? That’s been Elissa since the season started because Rachel is her sister. She never really did anything, though nonetheless she did stay likeable throughout. Judd, Elissa, and Howard are the top three vote getters. Unsurprisingly, Elissa has won the $25,000 prize.

For better or worse, Big Brother 16 will air next summer.

Following Judd’s eviction in Big Brother 15 Episode 33, Andy won eviction. Tonight is another live show in which we will learn the players that form the lackluster final three.

Andy realizes that his nominations don’t really matter because the lone voter in the final four is the person who wins veto (unless that person is the HOH).

Nominations
GinaMarie is safe.
McCrae and Spencer have been nominated.

Despite fact that he’s the pawn, Spencer still does not trust these nominations and thinks something is going on between Andy and GinaMarie. Of course, considering the fact that he refused to even consider putting Andy on the block last week, he has recent experience in the thoughts of an HOH who is more loyal to certain members of the alliance than others.

When she enters the jury house, Aaryn again apologizes for her behavior, this time without mentioning the word Texas. Most people are happy to see Amanda because they don’t like her, but she does have some good information about Andy and his new alliance. Then Judd walks into the most lopsided jury house ever to find half a dozen bitter females.

There is much talk in the jury house about people who have or have not floated through the house, but to be fair, that describes everybody who remains. Two weeks ago, they were all coattail riders or a spare vote at best.

The final veto of the summer is up for grabs, and their challenge is to match up statements that match two houseguests. McCrae is the first to buzz in, but he’s not even close, forcing him to restart from the beginning when they drop all his pieces. I guess CBS got a good deal on some magnets this year. Andy wins the power of veto.

Despite the very loud celebration the other three are having, McCrae still thinks he has some life left. Better than rolling over and playing dead, but he’s done nonetheless.

Spencer wants to put some doubt into Andy’s mind. GinaMarie has a lot of support in the jury. He’s not wrong.

The three remaining Exterminators have decided to tell McCrae about their alliance just before going live.

Andy does not use the power of veto, keeping the nominations the same. By a vote of 1-0, McCrae has been evicted from the Big Brother house. He realizes now that he screwed himself over with his HOH nominations.

Whatever happens over the next few days, I’ll post to the Big Brother 15 spoilers, but I’m not going to bother watching on Sunday. It’s not like anybody really wants to watch a Spencer/Andy/GinaMarie recap episode anyway, but last year’s final Sunday episode was an insult to the intelligence of the viewers and a great big waste of time in which absolutely nothing happened.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 36, where we will find out who the Big Brother 15 winner is, which airs Wednesday at 9:30/8:30c on CBS.

Spencer won HOH and nominated McCrae and GinaMarie for eviction in Big Brother 15 Episode 32.

GinaMarie does some bad over the top acting post-nomination in her effort to pretend like McCrae is not the target. Nobody is going to believe her crying.

Spencer has already decided on the replacement nominee, Judd. At least wait until the veto has been won. Judd’s worried he must be the low man on the totem pole since Andy isn’t even being considered, and he should be worried.

The veto competition is hosted by Ian, who won Big Brother last season (even though Dan is better). They must make a puzzle but must fly back to the other side within 20 seconds to prevent the magnets from dropping all their pieces. Even if they almost win, if time runs out, they have to start back from the beginning. Judd ends up quitting and instead helps Andy by telling him when to hit the button. Spencer acts like Judd just did something wrong and should have helped him instead because he’s the one who makes the replacement nomination. Maybe if you didn’t tell him you were going to nominate him. This all doesn’t matter because McCrae wins the power of veto.

Judd asks Spencer to nominate Andy, and Spencer immediately answers no. He won’t even pretend he’s thinking about it. So Judd starts hitting things with his shirt. This is supposed to be a fit?

At the veto ceremony, McCrae removes himself from the block. In his place, Judd has been nominated. Not willing to leave well enough alone, Judd threatens McCrae. At best, he can now hope for a tie that Spencer will have to break.

With the end of this ill-fated season quickly approaching, tonight is a special Wednesday eviction night.

Votes
Andy: Judd
McCrae: Judd

By a vote of 2-0, Judd has been evicted from the house for a second time, but his reentry surely flipped the house and changed the game. The likeability factor of the cast remaining in this house just keeps dropping. Does anyone even care any more? As he departs, Judd says he’s voting for Spencer and Andy in the end. He secretly wishes McCrae good luck and tells Julie he wants GinaMarie to win. He does not regret turning on Elissa, despite it blowing up in his face. In his goodbye message, McCrae tells Judd that Andy and Spencer did not want to work with him, so he had to go with the house.

The final 4 HOH competition is the traditional Before or After. Everybody is correct on the first question. GinaMarie gets the second question right. Everybody is again correct on the third question. And the fourth. And fifth. McCrae is correct on the sixth question to tie GinaMarie for the lead. Andy is correct, leading to a three way tie. The tiebreaker question asks how long (in seconds) the latest veto competition lasted. Andy wants to change his answer, but it’s too late to do so. As far over as the other two were (more than 1000 seconds), I don’t think it matters. Andy wins HOH.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 34, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.

The double eviction night started with Amanda’s eviction in Big Brother 15 Episode 31. Then McCrae won HOH and continued to do the work of the alliance that got rid of her, and Elissa was evicted.

McCrae correctly believed that Andy was the one who flipped, but his goal as HOH was to create the fewest enemies. That meant getting rid of Elissa because nobody would mind her eviction. The problem with this is he just got rid of the only target bigger than himself and guaranteed that he will be the next target, and strangely, he realizes this but put himself in this position anyway.

Following the eviction, Andy and Spencer make a fake alliance with McCrae, who just lost the only two people who were actually on his side.

Their task for HOH is to piece together the faces of former houseguests based on blurry photos of past competitions that slowly come into focus. Andy is eliminated in the first round. A frustrated Judd is out next. Spencer finally wins something.

As part of his HOH victory, Spencer must now assign “gifts” to his fellow houseguests. GinaMarie and McCrae will be tied together for the next 24 hours. Andy will have the chance to win up to $5,000. Judd must perform exercises on command while being insulted by a drill sergeant.

Because he’s tied together with her, McCrae offers GinaMarie a final two deal by default. These end game deals are interesting. They are meaningless and made out of convenience and desperation, rather than trust or some useful building block for an alliance.

Unlike the other two gifts, which were really punishments, Andy can actually win some money. He chooses three pigs to smash and manages to win $94.83. Better than being punished I guess.

Despite being chained together, GinaMarie and McCrae both attempt to whisper their plans to Spencer while the other person sits on the other side of the door. Awkward. Spencer has already made up his mind that they are both being nominated and both are told they are pawns.

Nominations
Judd is safe.
Andy is safe.
GinaMarie and McCrae have been nominated for eviction.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 33, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Amanda and McCrae ended up in the final round of the veto competition in Big Brother 15 Episode 30, and McCrae narrowly beat her to keep himself safe. That left Amanda on the block against Spencer, but there does not seem to be any miracle that could possibly save Amanda from eviction.

This marks the 500th episode of Big Brother. It’s not often that shows in primetime hit that mark. The only thing that comes to mind is The Simpsons.

Spencer volunteered to go on the block this week. He figured his alliance will keep him safe.

Amanda makes a deal with Elissa. Really? This is just pathetic. I can understand if you were just on opposite sides of the house, but when you go out of your way to make someone miserable, don’t expect them to want to be in the same room with you let alone be allies. That said, Elissa knows that keeping Amanda around would mean keeping a bigger target. If this deal happens, it would force Andy to pick a side, which would be different.

Another double eviction will be happening tonight. The last time, Spencer and Amanda were also on the block, but that was during the MVP twist with three people nominated (Candice ended up being evicted).

Votes
Judd: Amanda
McCrae: Spencer
Elissa: Spencer
Andy: Amanda

There is a 2-2 tie. In the event of a tie, the HOH must break the tie. GinaMarie votes to evict Amanda. Elissa’s now as alone as she was when Helen left. Despite the fact that Amanda has Elissa’s wedding ring in her suitcase as collateral, she still doesn’t believe Andy was the one who turned. Julie brings up her bullying, but she gives her a pass on her racist/homophobic/etc. comments. Now that the scapegoat has been evicted, I don’t think we’ll be getting back to that subject again until the finale, and if CBS isn’t guilted into airing it on TV, it didn’t happen. Then Andy drops the bomb. He reveals his vote and outs his entire current alliance. Stupid. What if someone else comes back from the jury?

The standard double eviction HOH competition is a hunt for two items from across the yard, this time dog bones. McCrae retrieves the first bone first and then wins HOH with the second bone.

His most obvious target is GinaMarie. She is not the best target, but 10 minutes after Amanda’s eviction, she’s the certain emotional target. If he’s smart, he’ll leave Elissa alone, but I suspect he won’t go near Andy either.

GinaMarie and Elissa have been nominated. There goes that theory. Elissa’s the outcast who nobody will miss, but if your goal is to get rid of GinaMarie, the wrong tree is being barked up.

For the veto competition, they must navigate their cars through the maze. This is one of those competitions where nobody has any idea what’s going on. Julie keeps telling us that Andy is in the lead (with the caveat that it’s a maze so you never know), but in the end Judd wins the power of veto.

Julie invites us to listen to last minute strategy. As with the last time, we can’t hear anything. We later find out that the argument is about whether Elissa did or did not know about Judd’s eviction.

Judd declines to use the power of veto. Usually nobody uses it, but this year everybody wants to save somebody. This marks only the second time out of 12 that the veto has not been used.

Votes
Spencer: Elissa
Judd: Elissa
Andy: Elissa

By a vote of 3-0, Elissa has been voted out of the Big Brother house. McCrae just did the Exterminators’ work for them, and now he can’t play for HOH, guaranteeing himself a place on the block. Julie tosses Elissa out of the house without her bag, and she doesn’t seem to have a desire to say goodbye. Oddly, she blames McCrae for Amanda’s eviction, rather than Andy. Even though Andy may not do much, it’s impressive how well he is fooling all of these people, in some cases even after stabbing them in the backs. Granted, now that he’s told Amanda everything, his deception will be the talk of the jury house.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 32, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.