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Britney’s veto win in Big Brother 12 Episode 12 spelled the end for one of two thoroughly lame showmances.

Hayden doesn’t get what just happened. He had a deal that he had no intention of honoring, and he’s surprised it didn’t work out.

Brendon and Rachel tell Hayden not to worry because he’s safe. He takes this as an indication that he’s got enough votes to stay, and he’s not going to campaign at all.

Britney tells Enzo that the reason she didn’t want to make the deal was because Lane may have gone up in Hayden’s place. He says that Rachel and Brendon now have targets on their backs. Oh. That’s new.

Britney thinks it will be a good idea to go into Rachel’s HOH room and mock her. Of course, Rachel overhears this because Britney is talking as obnoxiously as Rachel does. Lucky she has a sense of humor about it.

Kristen’s starting to think that maybe Hayden is in an alliance she doesn’t know about. She takes this information to Ragan, who has considered that himself. Ragan realizes he won’t be of much use if indeed all the other guys are teamed up. Britney has been considering this as well. Adding those two to Kathy, that leaves one more vote. No choice but to approach Brendon.

We find out from the hometown interviews that Kristen has a boyfriend at home. Or had.

Rachel says that she and Brendon are hoping to pull Britney into their alliance. Good luck with that. You have a better shot with Kristen.

Votes
Enzo: Kristen
Kathy: Hayden
Matt: Kristen
Lane: Kristen
Ragan: Kristen
Brendon: Kristen
Britney: Kristen

By a vote of 6-1, Kristen has been evicted from the Big Brother house. As usual, Kathy is the odd vote out. Whatever her strategy is, well, I don’t think she has one so it doesn’t matter. Rachel’s goodbye message is the same broken record we’ve heard before: Kristen is a bitch for trying to get in between her and her man. Brendon says that nobody can trust her because she made up Hayden being in an alliance, and she made a mistake she’ll have to live with. With that said, Hayden’s farewell is that he is indeed in an alliance.

Whoever wins the HOH competition will be tempted by Pandora’s box. If the power inside is accepted, the new saboteur will be unleashed. The houseguests with the most votes for saboteur were Enzo and Ragan, with Ragan winning by a narrow margin. He does not exactly have saboteur written on him to me, which may be a good thing.

This is an endurance competition. The last person standing on the edge of the giant spinning paint can will win. The first person to fall will be the one and only have not for the week.

If you want to know who the HOH is before Sunday night’s show, check out the Big Brother 12 spoilers.

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Keeping with this season’s theme of targeting lame showmances, Rachel nominated Kristen & Hayden in Big Brother 12 Episode 11.

Brendon asks Rachel to start thinking before she speaks. Seems she was trying to take a page out of Janelle’s playbook when she used the phrase “bring it on.” He doesn’t want her to be upset with him. She is. Again. Dude, give it up. You’re not gonna like this chick when you’re out of the house, and she’s killing your game. Rachel agrees to apologize, although it’s not taken as sincere by Hayden. Regardless, she anticipates some pity from Brendon, which is not forthcoming.

It’s time for the veto competition.

Rachel chooses Britney at random.
Hayden chooses Ragan at random.
Kristen chooses Enzo at random.

Rachel doesn’t think Britney would use the veto. Hayden doesn’t think Ragan would use the veto. Enzo has no intention of using the veto, and he will be fine with Kristen’s elimination.

They walk outside to wizards and pinball. They are granted one shot on a giant pinball table for each round to try to hit the veto mark in the center. The eliminated players will win prizes, which they can keep or exchange with somebody else.

Britney mocks Brendon’s hosting ability because she can then scores a 5. Kristen scores a 2. Hayden gets a perfect shot, and so do Rachel, Ragan, and Enzo. Kristen is the first one out, and she’s got the power of veto. Hayden scores a 5 to start off round 2. Rachel gets a 5 as well. Ragan bounces in and out to get stuck with a 1. Enzo scores a 6. Britney scores a 2. That’s enough for Ragan to be eliminated, and he receives a veto ticket, which guarantees a spot in next week’s veto competition. Rachel scores a 6 in round 3. Enzo gets a 1. Britney gets a 6. Hayden makes a perfect shot, eliminating Enzo, who receives a 3D flat screen TV. Britney makes a perfect shot to start round 4. Hayden gets a perfect shot, too. Rachel scores a 6. Close but not good enough, and she must take a prize that has been selected. That person she takes the prize from will be given a second chance and return to the pinball game. She takes the veto ticket, and Ragan is back. Hayden gets a 6. Ragan scores a 1. Yeah, Rachel probably should have picked somebody who doesn’t suck. Britney gets a perfect shot. Ragan is eliminated again, and he earns $5,000, which he can keep or give away at any time. He doesn’t want that target on his back, so he trades the money to Rachel for the veto ticket. She doesn’t want the money either and begs him to reconsider. Britney makes a perfect shot in the final round. Hayden gets a 5. After he is eliminated, Hayden wins the hippie-tard for a week. He’ll give Kristen that in exchange for the veto. Britney’s prize is solitary confinement for 24 hours. Having just taken the veto, Hayden will now head to solitary confinement, as Britney wins veto.

Kristen’s crying after the competition. So are their lies about supposedly not being an item over now?

After 24 whole hours, Hayden walks out of solitary. It seems he believes that he and Kristen are still hiding what they have. Nobody’s buying it. Nobody really was buying it before either.

Hayden has an offer for Britney: use the veto so that Kathy goes up, and he and Kristen will have her back to the end. Britney wants him to talk Rachel and Brendon into putting Kathy on the block. He suggests having a couples alliance, which he has no intention of sticking by. Rachel doesn’t believe he’s really going to go against all of his friends just to ally with her and Brendon.

When Britney talks to Rachel, she changes her tune. Perhaps she’s not going to put up Kathy. How about Lane?

At the veto ceremony, Hayden promises saving him will help her. Kristen says she’s on the block but didn’t do anything to deserve it (uh, you had a “secret” showmance that you kept secret by making out with other people in the room). Britney has opted to not use the power of veto on either of them.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 13, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Andrew got voted out in Big Brother 12 Episode 10, but not before blowing the lid off Hayden and Kristen’s “secret” relationship. Then it was time for the HOH competition, where Rachel won again.

Kristen doesn’t seem to understand what happened. They were so careful, what with their making out when somebody else was in the room.

Hayden and Kristen call Andrew a liar, protesting too much. Nobody’s buying their protests. Regardless, nobody took it into account when they were voting.

Rachel warns the floaters they’d better grab a life vest, namely Kristen, who is a floater because she hasn’t won any competitions. Wait. What? Now the definition of a floater is somebody who doesn’t win anything? Furthermore, winning HOH apparently makes somebody smart. This is all part of the cat fight in the middle of the boxing ring after HOH. Everybody else is happy. Not only are they entertained, but the two couples are all after each other, thereby reducing the targets on everybody’s backs.

Kristen told Rachel three days ago that she was not sure what she would do if she wins. Rachel’s interpretation: Kristen said she would put her and Brendon up. Who wouldn’t? Well, Matt, apparently.

Rachel intends to be the biggest bitch that Big Brother has ever seen. She’s well on her way then.

The Brigade wants to get Hayden’s girlfriend out of the game so that his loyalty to them is reaffirmed.

Hayden apologizes to Rachel. Rachel apologizes to Kristen. Kristen does not, however, apologize, nor accept any apology. She also does not want to see Rachel’s HOH room. The others at least play nice and go up and see her room, while gagging in the process.

Once again, Kathy does not get that hanging out with outcasts is not doing her any favors. Having been nominated last week apparently did not teach her a lesson.

The houseguests report to the living room to be greeted by Will Ferrell and Marky Mark for a promotion for The Other Guys. This is Big Brother’s definition of luxury. They split up into teams of three, then they walk out and see crime scene tape, police cars, and other things that make Kathy smile. The object is to get through an obstacle course.

Red team: Britney, Lane, and Matt
Yellow team: Kristen, Kathy, and Ragan
Green team: Brendon, Enzo, and Hayden

Red team has Lane the mule leading them, as they drag Britney along for the ride. The yellow team is on a leisurely Sunday drive. Ragan says it’s like Weekend at Bernie’s, where they’re just carrying around a dead body because they’re stuck with Kathy. The green team should be able to win this, having the deck pretty well stacked in their favor.

Red: 52 seconds
Yellow: a humiliating 2 minutes, 18 seconds
Green: 47 seconds

By a narrow margin, Brendon, Enzo, and Hayden win the competition and will be able to see the movie, along with HOH Rachel. That means that Brendon and Rachel get to go on their first date.

Rachel and Britney take a bath together, where they bad mouth Kristen. It’s almost like having Monet back, except in this case Britney hates Rachel still.

Kristen doesn’t want to talk to the HOH to plead her case. As if she has a case. Hayden convinces her otherwise. Her case is basically that Rachel still does not have her facts straight, and if she does nominate her, revenge will be sought. After their conversation, Rachel says she’s not sure if she wants to nominate Kristen. Really? After all that?

Nominations
Brendon is safe.
Britney is safe.
Ragan is safe.
Lane is safe.
Enzo is safe.
Matt is safe.
Kathy is safe.
Hayden and Kristen have been nominated for eviction. Obviously.

Rachel tells them they’re not doing much, and they’re gunning for her, so bring it. Brendon wants Rachel to play nice. By doing what she’s doing, all she’s doing is making their target even bigger than it already was to begin with. Lane wants Hayden to end what he’s got going with Kristen, whatever it is.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 12, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Brendon won veto in Big Brother 12 Episode 9, thereby ruining everybody’s plans, or lack thereof. So tonight, one of two floaters, neither of whom is actually a floater, will be sent packing.

Rachel’s angry about Andrew’s speech. Brendon promised he would keep it a secret. That didn’t last very long. The rest of the house believes that Rachel was just acting. They think wrong, as usual.

Trying to patch things up with Rachel, Brendon tells her he loves her. She does not care.

Kathy is working as much of a sob story as she can muster.

Andrew has a warning for Kathy and Kristen. Don’t play him like a fiddle. What’s the point of this, dude? Kristen and Andrew both blame each other for not talking to each other. He doesn’t get that he can’t be waiting for people to come talk to him when he’s up on the block. This leads to a loud shouting match. Let’s see how loudly Kristen can scream.

Matt proposes that Andrew may be worth keeping because he’s a big target, whereas nobody notices Kathy.

The houseguests will be granted a one week break from the thoroughly pointless have not twist for this week.

Matt’s wife says that he’s extremely intelligent but lacks common sense.

Matt says that, if there is a weak link in his alliance, it’s Hayden, who may well be hooking up with his possible secret friend and/or cousin Kristen. In his pre-vote speech, Andrew reveals their relationship, which he overheard due to their excessively poor inability to understand the concept of the term secret.

But wait. There’s more. Kristen does not like the way Britney talks. She thinks Ragan is in her pocket. Hayden does love Lane… but he’s just taking him to drop him at fourth or fifth. The things they said about Enzo’s intelligence were wrong. Oh, and Hayden, you gotta get out of this relationship now. Awesome speech, but it’s a little late.

Votes
Kristen: Andrew
Rachel: Andrew
Britney: Andrew
Enzo: Andrew
Brendon: Andrew
Lane: Andrew
Hayden: Andrew
Ragan: Andrew

By a vote of 8-0, Andrew has been evicted. Hell of a way to leave the house, though.

Rachel’s a bitch to yet another departing houseguest, once again saying that he’s not getting in between her and Brendon.

The HOH competition is a series of questions based on previous competitions. They will take turns in pairs, and whoever is right will eliminate their opponent and choose the next two contenders. This should offer some insight into who wants to get rid of whom.

Hayden and Britney go first. Hayden answers correctly. Brendon and Rachel are up next. Rachel answers correctly. Kristen and Hayden go next, an indication that perhaps Andrew’s speech may have had an impact. Kristen answers correctly. Kathy and Rachel are next. Kathy answers incorrectly. Kristen and Enzo are next. Kristen answers correctly. Rachel and Ragan are next. Rachel answers correctly. Kristen and Lane are next. Lane answers correctly. Lane and Rachel are the final two. Rachel answers correctly to win HOH.

A new saboteur may be unleashed on the house based on America’s vote. Hey, CBS. Didn’t you get the memo? Your twist was stupid and failed miserably. Do we really need to relive it?

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Following Matt’s HOH win in Big Brother 12 Episode 8, he chose to nominate Andrew and Kathy.

Nobody understands Matt’s nominations, not the nominees, not those who are against him, not those who are in his alliance. I’m pretty sure even Matt doesn’t understand what he just did.

Hayden wants the nominations to change so that Brendon can go home.

Rachel puts peaches in the iced tea, which apparently causes Andrew to become possessed. He says that this means the have nots cannot drink it, so like every other action Rachel makes in the house, it bites him. He couldn’t stand to be in an alliance with her, although he’d like to be with Brendon.

Seeing as his whole alliance wants the backdoor to happen, Matt seems to be onboard with it.

Andrew’s a neat freak. He’s cleaning everything, whether it’s dirty or clean. And he dresses like a ninja while he’s praying. Lane didn’t realize that Jews dressed up like ninjas. That’s what he likes about this show, learning about different cultures.

It’s time to pick players for the veto competition.

Matt chooses Brendon at random. Nice pick.
Kathy picks Lane at random.
Andrew picks Rachel at random. Well, that didn’t work out too well.

Enzo is dressed up like a genie. He leads them outside where they are given 10 minutes to look at items. To earn a point, they must be closest to the amount of objects. They can stay or fold. So basically the strategy is as usual, folding every time and letting people drop. Brendon, Andrew, Kathy, and Rachel fold the first round. Matt scores a point, and Lane is eliminated. In the second round, Brendon and Kathy fold. Andrew scores a point, and Matt is eliminated. There goes the Brigade. Andrew and Rachel fold in the third round. Brendon gets a point to tie it 1-1, and Kathy is eliminated. Rachel and Brendon fold in the next round, giving Andrew the lead 2-1. Rachel and Andrew fold, giving Brendon the 2-2 tie. Everybody stays the final time. Brendon is closest, and he wins the power of veto.

Time to figure out plan B. There is no plan B. There really wasn’t a plan A, although Matt insists his target all along was Brendon. Whatever happens, it’s just a wasted week.

It goes without saying that Brendon is not going to use the power of veto. If he did, they’d just nominate Rachel and screw him over, not that she’s not weighing him down. At the veto meeting, Andrew announces that he’s going after Brendon and Rachel, a fake ploy of desperation. Oh, and by the way, Brendon, since I’m coming after you, please use the veto on me. The veto is not played.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 10, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Following Monet’s obvious eviction in Big Brother 12 Episode 7, an endurance competition for HOH began.

Brendon says that the reason he didn’t vote to keep Monet is because the house didn’t want to. As if keeping her would have been the wise move anyway.

Then there’s Kathy, who did vote against the house. Her vote didn’t make a lot of sense to me.

Kathy is the first person to fall out of the HOH competition. She pretends this is strategy, rather than just the fact that she sucks. Lane falls off shortly after her. Kristen is the third person to fall. Then Hayden, who says he threw the competition, which is more believable than Kathy. The fifth and final person to avoid the have not fate for this week is Britney, who quits yet another competition rather than being a have not for the week, not that she was going to win anyway. Everybody who remains will be a have not unless they win HOH.

Enzo’s the first of those who remain to fall in, leaving only Matt for the Brigade. Brendon follows him, and Rachel is now thinking she made a mistake last week by targeting the two chicks who hate her guts. At this point, Ragan and Andrew make a deal with each other, both ignoring the fact that there’s a third competitor on the boards with them. Matt overhears this, but he’s not interested in dealing. Andrew is the next one to drop. That means he’ll have nothing to eat for the week because slop is not kosher. If you choose not to eat the food, don’t come on the show if it’s a problem. Ragan asks for the remainder of the house to go inside so that he can chat with Matt. During this time, they decide to just keep battling. As Ragan shivers, Matt looks as comfortable as he has the entire time up there. At 2 hours and 15 minutes, Ragan falls, and Matt is the new HOH. His allies are smart enough to not be jumping up and down.

Back inside, Rachel’s crying. Again and/or still. If she does get nominated, she deserves it for calling him out last week.

Britney decides to teach Enzo how to speak properly. Well then.

The letter Matt receives from his wife supports his claim that she has melorheostosis.

As much as the rest of his alliance wants to target Brendon & Rachel, Matt is seeking revenge on those who tried to vote him out last week.

Kristen and Hayden continue to sneak around and believe their relationship is still a secret. While Hayden’s in the other room with her, the rest of the Brigade talks about their relationship. Are they the lifelong friends? For that matter, are they cousins? Whatever the case, they’re hopeful he’ll remain loyal to them rather than her.

Every time Andrew walks into a room, he interrupts Brendon and Rachel doing stuff. Not that this is difficult because they’re always doing something.

America’s choice is for what additional foods the have nots get. Baby food and bok choy. They got screwed. Fish sticks and fruitcake was much better. Then again, I don’t know, maybe baby food tastes good. Regardless, Andrew’s happy because it’s kosher.

Matt proposes to keep Brendon and Rachel safe in return for not putting him up next week. She doesn’t know if she can trust him. Based on the house meeting she called last week, it doesn’t seem he can trust her either.

Looking for a pawn, Matt wants Andrew to go up on the block. The obvious choice that the whole house would be happy with is to target Brendon and/or Rachel, but he doesn’t want to go the obvious route.

Nominations
Ragan is safe.
Kristen is safe.
Hayden is safe.
Enzo is safe.
Lane is safe.
Britney is safe.
Rachel is safe.
Brendon is safe.

Kathy and Andrew have been nominated for eviction. He once again protests too much claiming he doesn’t have any alliances. Kathy doesn’t get what seems like a revenge nomination. It’s not as if she’s a big threat, whether she voted for him or not. Andrew doesn’t get this stupid plan. Enzo wonders what the heck Matt is thinking and if he has a backdoor plan.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 9, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Following Britney’s veto win in Big Brother 12 Episode 6, Matt decided it would be wise for him to volunteer to go on the block against Monet.

In a change of heart, Monet decides that she hates Rachel’s guts. Oh wait, that’s what she already thought before, which is the reason why she’s in danger.

Monet and Britney hate everyone in the house. Yeah, I think I already saw this storyline last time and the time before that.

Hayden seems to have a showmance with Kristen, a secret showmance, and it’s no longer just in his head (not entirely anyway). Apparently, his idea of keeping a secret is kissing five feet away from Andrew.

Rachel comes up with a random lie that Britney thinks she has Kristen’s vote for Monet to stay. What’s the point of this? Oddly enough, this pointless lie does not backfire.

With all they’ve been through, you’d think Rachel would have learned by now. Nope. Somehow, she thinks that Britney may be her ally. Yeah, just like how The Brigade is her ally. She decides to tell her that Matt volunteered himself to go up as a pawn. Considering how badly Rachel and Brendon have buried themselves, this may not be the worst strategy, though. Getting Britney riled up about Matt may just save Rachel’s butt at some point by giving them a common enemy. Matt is simply playing too hard.

After their chat, Rachel calls a house meeting. For religious reasons, Andrew cannot come to this meeting. His god apparently prohibits him from associating with idiots. This time, it’s not just about telling one person Matt’s plans. Nope, the whole house needs to hear this. Matt’s defense is that he felt strongarmed by them. Really? He tells Rachel the hard truth. No matter who wins HOH, she and Brendon are targets.

Julie insists on talking to Rachel. That means we have to listen to her voice/giggling. Would it be possible for someone to slap her?

Votes
Andrew: Monet
Enzo: Monet
Britney: Matt
Kathy: Matt
Hayden: Monet
Kristen: Monet
Ragan: Monet
Brendon: Monet
Lane: Monet

By a vote of 7-2, Monet has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Monet leaves with a wave, not even hugging Britney. She said goodbye to Kathy (what was up with her vote?) and Britney already last night. She has no regrets about how much of a bitch she was about Rachel.

The houseguests jump on surfboards. The last person standing on their board will be the HOH. The first five people to fall off their boards (plus Rachel) will be the haves for the week. It’s going to be a long night.

Want to know who wins HOH before Sunday’s show? Check out the Big Brother 12 spoilers.

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Believing that the people who nominated her are responsible for her still being in the house (what ridiculous twisted logic is this?), Rachel instead set her sights on Britney and Monet in Big Brother 12 Episode 5.

Britney says that she just caught up on the wrong side of the house, the side against Rachel and Brendon (so everybody).

Monet’s not surprised the $10k is coming back to be used as an excuse, something she probably should have thought about week 1.

Rachel tells Britney that her goal is to get rid of Monet. That’s not a plan that sits well with Britney either.

As if Britney’s and Monet’s crying is not enough, now we get to see Rachel crying (again). Well, that crying doesn’t last long. Now Britney and Monet get spiteful and back to hating people.

Matt has decided to give his wife a fake disease. He’s only in the house to earn the money to pay for her surgery. He tells this story to Andrew because he’s a shoe salesman. He’s not a doctor, so he thinks he can outsmart him. But wait. He is a doctor, one who hasn’t heard of this disease.

Time to choose for the veto ceremony.

Rachel chooses Brendon as houseguest’s choice.
Monet chooses Lane at random.
Britney chooses Enzo at random.

The only two of these with any likelihood to modify the nominations are the nominees themselves.

They go outside, grab some briefcases, and put their heads and arms through the stocks. This is not a test of endurance, however. The winner will be the person who drops out closest to the one hour mark without going over. They’re all trying to count, as if that’s going to work. Enzo’s just daydreaming it seems. In order to make things more distracting, they start getting slapped in the face by spinning dollars. Britney is the first person to drop because it’s 10 billion degrees out. Everybody else thinks it’s way too soon, and they’re all probably going to go over. Enzo is next, followed by Lane. Then Brendon a few minutes later. Monet drops, and Rachel drops one second later.

Rachel: 1:15:07
Monet: 1:15:06
Brendon: 1:06:04
Lane: 1:01:29
Enzo: 1:00:14
Britney: 52:28

Enzo’s ridiculously close 14 seconds is not enough because he went over like everybody else. Having dropped out first, Britney wins the power of veto, which she takes to mean she’s not weak any more. No. Still weak. Dropping early because you’re too hot doesn’t make you strong.

Britney and Monet have a plan. Rachel should nominate Andrew. Why? He’s not after them. The only argument is that nobody would be mad if he went, but it would also be a wasted week. Brendon doesn’t think this is a smart move. Why would she keep those bitches around? While talking to Monet, Britney says that they’re amazing geniuses if they pull this off. Geniuses? On this planet?

Rachel’s theory is that maybe she should put Andrew up on the block as a pawn. Matt has a counteroffer. Go ahead and put him up instead. In return, he wants them to make it clear he’s the pawn and to allow him to act blindsided. Brendon is onboard with this, but Rachel thinks it’s super suspicious. It sure is. Unable to get through her thick skull that they need Andrew more than they need Matt or the girls who hate them, Brendon walks out of the room.

Not bothering with formalities, Britney announces that she is using the veto on herself. Rachel says that she genuinely likes everybody in the room. With that, Monet rolls her eyes. Yeah, roll your eyes. Brilliant strategy to convince Rachel you’re on her side. Per his request, Matt has been nominated in Britney’s place. He is of the belief he is a super genius who has just earned the trust of everyone in the house.

As calculated risks go, this is a pretty good one. Matt needs 5 votes to stay. The Brigade makes three, Ragan is four, and Brendon is five.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 7, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.