In Big Brother 8 Episode 24, Eric had the chance to step up and make a game changing move by backdooring Danielle, but much to the chagrin of Jessica and the rest of the house, he left the nominations the same. It appears he may have been trying to get America to like him by getting rid of Amber, and the way he’s playing, he’d better hope more of America find him and Jessica cute rather than nauseating, at least in large enough numbers to overcome Dick’s popularity. So tonight’s boot will either be Amber or Zach. I can see pros and cons to both, but I suspect it’s time for Amber’s final tears of the season. There is some speculation that tonight we may see a double eviction week, since there are two weeks left and 6 players after the next eviction. Find out in another live blog.

Jessica starts crying after the veto ceremony because she’s getting rid of someone who likes her, rather than Dick and Danielle who have no use for her. Zach and Amber both start scrambling, but most people’s minds are already made up. Amber swears on her daughter’s life (again and again and again) for a Danielle vote. She also makes some accurate arguments to Jessica about Eric, but it doesn’t take much time for Eric to reverse this damage. Zach promises Dick he’s with him, though it’s unclear where his loyalties actually are.

America wants Amber evicted by a margin of 78%.

Eric’s brother acknowledges that he isn’t dating Cheryl (perhaps because she rejected him three weeks before they went into the house).

It’s time to vote.

Jameka-Zach
Eric-Amber
Dick-Amber
Danielle-Amber

By a vote of 3-1, Amber has been evicted from the house.

It’s time for HOH. This is Jameka’s fourth week of five of not being able to compete. The challenge is to move a large volume of tea with a teacup from one side to another. The cups hold 3 ounces of tea, and it takes 16 gallons to fill the tanks. The distance is equivalent to 7 miles, assuming they have a full cup each time. Yep, this will take quite some time. To make matters worse, the addition of corn oil and baby oil should make things a lot more slippery (and dangerous), though it may also help them go faster.

Want to know who won HOH? Head on over to the Big Brother 8 Spoilers page.

As expected, this is a double eviction week. There will be a double live eviction next Thursday, with a cameo appearance by Janelle on Tuesday’s veto competition.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 26, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

In Big Brother 8 episode 23, Jessica nominated her former ally Amber and wannabe ally Zach for eviction. A much less obvious outcome than last week.

We start off with Amber praying to stay in the game. Yeah, because that’s something new. Danielle wisely goes up to Zach and tries to make him feel better. These people need to embrace the outcast who is a potential vote, not make him more of an outcast. Next CBS continues to try to push Eric and Jessica together. Then it’s Jameka’s turn to pray (but a thankful prayer, rather than Amber’s angry prayers). Jess takes the opportunity to bond with Jameka over religion.

Zach attempts again to break up the relatives by talking about them being a threat with Jessica (he will later pitch this to Eric as well). Since they most likely have America’s backing, it’s going to get harder and harder to get rid of even one of them, so it is a logical plan even when you don’t consider the family bond, however weak it may appear.

Amber and Danielle bomb out on Power of 10. Danielle’s most upset that she couldn’t see Nick.

Then what CBS has been waiting for finally happens. Eric awkwardly works his way up to kissing Jessica. Her initial response is not all that surprising considering they’ve been in the house for two months: “It’s about time.”

It’s time for the veto.
Jessica picks Danielle at random.
Zach picks Eric (houseguest’s choice).
Amber picks Jameka at random.
Dick is the host.

The backyard is transformed into a swamp. A cat tells the houseguests an answer, and they must hunt for the riddle that describes that person/thing. The last person back is eliminated. Pretty similar to the one last year where Janelle “assaulted” James (and BB’s 5 dozen cameras “didn’t have a good angle”). Jessica is the first one eliminated. Jameka is next eliminated. Danielle is out next. Eric just barely beats Zach back. He then proceeds to inch out Amber, who for whatever reason appeared to be taking her time, and wins veto, giving Eric and Jessica all the power this week. Danielle is concerned about what will happen with the veto, and Dick comes to the conclusion that they have to get rid of Jessica.

America tells Eric to kiss Jessica, which is easy enough since he’d already done so on his own. He thought Dick would be a good choice just like I did, though.

Jessica doesn’t understand what benefit there is to keeping both Dick and Danielle. I don’t understand either. Eric, however, argues the point of keeping them. The only logic I can think of behind Eric’s choice is because he fears America will force him to vote to keep Danielle, which he set himself up for by pushing so hard for Dustin’s eviction. Either that or he’s trying to win over America so they do something in his favor, rather than whatever favors ED. Jessica says if Eric is thinking of what she wants, he’ll use the veto.

Eric decides to not use the power. Amber believes that means he’s evil and has no soul. Zach just says it’s a dumb move. This does make for an interesting scenario. As much as Amber doesn’t care for Eric, she hates Dick with a passion, so she’s more likely to ally with Eric. Zach, meanwhile, could have just been alienated back to the other side, a side which trusts him a lot more than they trust Amber. As for America’s vote, I’d anticipate it going toward Amber. As invisible as Zach is, Amber seems to provoke a stronger (negative) reaction. Who do you think will be going home?

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 25, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

When we left the hamsters in Big Brother 8 Episode 22, Jessica was crowned as the new HOH. With the exception of Zach, whoever she puts on the block, she’s breaking a bond with them, though even Zach has attempted to bond more with Jess than anyone else. Will she stick to her new alliance with Dick & Danielle, or will she gravitate back toward Jameka and Amber and not completely destroy that former alliance?

Tonight we start off with Big Brother whining about Jen eating again. Of course, there is no mention of Zach defending her choice. I may be in the minority, but I quite enjoyed it. She knew she was a goner and had been harassed all season. No need to follow some lame requirement that should not have been implemented in the first place (slop was lame for All Stars, and it’s lame now). We then relive everybody being stupid and forgetting she’s going to be in the jury house.

Eric fully knows he’s got no game with women but thinks he is the best choice of the remaining guys, which he’s probably right about. While walking out the door, Jen apparently told Amber to tell Jessica that Eric has a girlfriend named Cheryl and is a cheater. Eric plays it off as an on and off undefined thing.

Speaking of whining, Danielle continues to whine about/to her father. She doesn’t want him to be a parent, rude, or gross. Good luck with that. Eric and Jess think the fight is fake.

It’s time for a luxury competition for a Big Brother shopping spree. Jess decides to make it boys against girls. Everybody needs to strip to find the letters on their clothing to spell out words related to competitions. The girls panic. They will be covered in suds, but not completely. Amber manages to spell a word, which is probably the biggest surprise of the competition. Eric spells the word goat, which apparently has something to do with a competition he imagined. And that’s the kind of brainpower that was predominant on the male side. So obviously the girls won the shopping spree, where they had two minutes to grab as many clothes as they could.

Wow. This is. Wow. This segment on Amber’s delusion about being on America’s Next Top Model is leaving me speechless.

America tells Eric to get Amber nominated. Pretty easy task. His next task is to get him to kiss someone. Okay, now this is one time it would be hilarious for someone to vote for Dick, but it’s a pretty safe bet this one has to be Jessica, who he has already (finally after two months) kissed.

It’s time for nominations.
Eric-Safe
Danielle-Safe
Jameka-Safe
Dick-Safe

Zach and Amber have been nominated for eviction. Jessica would be comfortable with either of them leaving. Pretty safe week if one of them goes, as she retains both her relationship with Eric and Jameka and her word with Dick and Danielle. Will these nominations stick, or will she use veto to take out a real threat? Might be a bit too early to make a big move, but it’s not like there’s a lot of time left either. Granted, getting rid of Amber wouldn’t exactly hurt, and it would force Jameka to look to Jessica as her closest ally.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 24, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.

In episode 21, the contestants finally got what they’ve been hoping for since week one: Jen finally got (and stayed) on the block. I’m not so sure it’s the smartest move to get rid of her, but it does appear quite likely that they will. Can she somehow manage to scramble and save her life in the house?

Dick’s truce with Jen is over, as he doesn’t believe he needs her any more. He’s probably right, but instead of waiting to be sure, he jumps the gun as usual and immediately just assumes he’s going to get what he wants.

Jen seems pretty carefree about the nomination but decides she doesn’t want to go to sequester. She immediately packs and starts cooking, despite the fact that she’s supposed to be on slop for 30 days. Then proceeds to grab Dick’s cigarettes and destroy them. In retaliation, Dick steals her clothes.

And it’s time to eat: a turkey burger, cottage cheese, and an apple, none of which resemble slop. Stick it to the man. Of course, Big Brother is not happy with her decision. She receives a penalty vote in return, as if it matters. Nobody else has ever been bold enough to break the food restriction rule, as threats by BB are normally enough to prevent it. While she’s trying to eat, Dick blows smoke in her face, and things get even more heated. She tries to take away his cigarette, and he obviously has no problem using it as a weapon against her.

Amber and Danielle get to go on Power of Ten as their reward for coming in first and second in the veto competition. Amber’s cousin is there to meet her. It goes without saying that Danielle’s boyfriend isn’t anywhere within 1000 miles, but Nick shows up to greet her. Amber waves to the crowd as if she’s popular. The show will air on Tuesday on CBS.

Danielle looks forward to sitting with her dad in the final two because she feels nobody likes him. As we get closer to to finding out the winner, this actually becomes a more compelling reason for everybody to keep him around.

Votes:
Big Brother-Jen
Amber-Jen
Dick-Jen
Eric-Jen
Zach-Jen
Jessica-Jen

By a vote of 6-0, Jen has been evicted from the Big Brother house. This leaves us with three pairs of two and one wildcard (Zach). I’d be surprised if someone doesn’t regret not making a deal to grab Jen as another swing vote. Dick, of course, does not say goodbye to Jen, and is the first person I can recall to ever to leave the room when someone’s leaving. These two should have much fun together in sequester. Despite that, everybody has positive farewell comments. As positive as “you’re not as bad as I first thought” can be anyway.

Jameka is on week three of not being able to compete for HOH, which has been helpful for her thus far, making her seem non-threatening. Jen gets to dunk anyone who answers incorrectly in the competition.

Joe said a slop diet would best suit Zach. Everybody got it right.
Carol said Jessica (her arch enemy) would do worst in a spelling bee. Eric got it wrong.
Kail said she would give her bible to Dick. Everybody got it wrong.
Nick said he was least fond of Zach streaking. Amber and Zach got it incorrect.
Joe said his BB experience could best be described as Meet The Fockers. Dick got it incorrect. Jessica is the new HOH. The most logical target from here is Amber and Jameka. However, Eric has a lot of influence over her, so America may be able to change that. Granted, I suspect America will likely vote for one of those two, thereby just simply cementing the nomination.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 23, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

It’s one crazy Tuesday here at dingoRUE, with the On The Lot winner and America’s Got Talent 2 winner, but it’s also Big Brother night, so I’m obviously going to do a live blog of that as usual. In episode 20, Danielle nominated Amber and Jameka for eviction but revealed that her actual target is Jen. Will the nominations remain the same, or will the veto change them?

Jameka doesn’t buy Danielle’s explanation that she’s nominating them because they’re nice to people, nor should she. Jameka is in reality just a placeholder, one who can’t participate in the next three HOH competitions. Jen feels somewhat safe but doesn’t believe the nominations are the true targets.

Whether there’s anything there or not, CBS wants Eric and Jess to be in love. Zach, on the other hand, just wants to mess with Eric’s mind and run interference.

Amber says she had a vision sent from God that she will win the POV, save herself, and get to the final two with Jameka. Amber also says she’s not going to cry any more (while crying). I’m not touching this with a ten foot pole.

Eric gets his task from America. He first has to figure out what the hell a woobie is. America rightfully tells him to give his childhood woobie to Jessica. He gives it to her in bed and hops in there with her.

Zach and Danielle start talking about all the people they hate, which is everybody, and both settle on Jen at the end of the conversation.

It’s time for the veto. The winner and the second place finisher will win a trip outside the house.
Danielle picks Dick (houseguest’s choice).
Amber picks Jessica at random.
Jameka picks Zach at random.
Eric is the host.

The competition is taken from a survey. The furthest away from the actual answer is eliminated. There are also motorcycles involved for some reason.

What % think Kail would make a good politician? Actual 19%. Dick was the furthest away with 78% and is eliminated.
What % think life in the Big Brother house is easy? Actual 14%. Zach is eliminated with 62%.
What % think Dustin is a better boyfriend than Joe? Actual 47%. Jessica is eliminated with 67%.
What % would rather have a beer with Nick than Mike? Actual 70%. Jameka is eliminated with 87%.
What % said Zach was the sexiest bunny of all? Actual 35%. Amber is eliminated, and Danielle wins the power of veto, giving her the chance to change the nominations if she wants.

Danielle and Amber are thinking along the same lines. Danielle asks for a one week deal of not being put up. Without Danielle saying a word beyond that, though, Amber is a dumbass and begins promising everything, including a vote against Jameka if needed, safety for the entire time she’s in the house, and yet again swears on her daughter’s life. Jameka warned her not to give up too much, and Amber said she wouldn’t, but so much for that.

As originally planned, Danielle has removed Amber from the block. In her place, Jen is nominated. I don’t like Jen’s odds of survival here. Dick and Amber will vote against her, which means her fate is in Zach’s hands, someone who never liked her (but is at least a wildcard), and then from there she has to get America on her side to swing Eric and Jessica, which might not be that easy because despite Jen being seemingly more popular than Jameka, America may just do whatever Dick wants.

The special trip out of the house is a promotion as usual. Danielle and Amber will appear on Power of 10.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 22, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

In typical Big Brother fashion, the balance of power shifted on Big Brother 8 Episode 19, and the side that was in danger the week before somehow won HOH. Now that Danielle’s in power, will we see something unpredictable happen, or will the nominations be pretty much as expected (again)?

The show starts off with Amber crying and crying some more… and then crying some more. Eric suffers even more fallout because of what America makes him do, yet somehow he still seems to be in a pretty good position.

Danielle gets no pictures of her boyfriend and a letter from Nick. No need to draw any conclusions here, as they’ve already been arrived at weeks ago.

A montage of all the words Amber doesn’t know. Scary. Eric then attempts to smooth things over with her, which probably isn’t necessary but couldn’t hurt. She acts tough in the diary room but eventually does figure out with Jameka that they’ve been sold down the river.

After watching the contestants play beer pong for a couple weeks (and Eric dress up in Jessica’s clothing), the food competition is a combination of beer pong and a toga party. (Yeah, these competitions are really planned out months in advance. We believe it. Honest.) In a close game, Amber, Jameka, Jen, and Danielle end up on slop.

America wants Eric to get Amber nominated for eviction. An easy task that thanks to Thursday is now in line with his gameplan. Dick seems to be really grateful to Eric for giving him a second chance in the game, but Danielle’s not so sure because she doesn’t trust him any more than she trusts anyone else (except her dad) in the house, which is not at all.

His next task is to give his childhood woobie to one of the houseguests. The logical choice here is Jess, but I don’t see how any answer could actually turn out bad for him.

Nominations for HOH:
Jessica-Safe
Jen-Safe
Dick-Safe
Zach-Safe
Eric-Safe

In yet another way too obvious nomination ceremony, Amber and Jameka are nominated for eviction. Amber believes she’s being nominated because everybody likes her, and Danielle wisely plays on that and tells both of them they have too many friends. At the end of the day, though, Danielle is actually targetting Jen and hoping that this time a backdoor doesn’t completely blow up in her face like it did with Eric. Will the nominations stick, or will someone get off the block and be replaced by Jen?

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 21, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.

Following the nomination of father and daughter, Dick won veto in episode 18 and used it to remove his daughter from the block. In her place, Dustin was nominated. This leaves Dick with a best case scenario of a 3-3 tie, assuming Jen (the “ally” he detests) and Zach (the wildcard) vote for him. Ah, but then things get interesting thanks to America. America can potentially save Dick tonight by instructing Eric to vote Dustin out. Aside from the fact that Dustin’s never had much support as far as I can tell, Dick has had quite a bit, which seems to be going up after this week when a lot of people found his antics funny (for more than two seconds). I’m not so sure anyone’s going to actually want to run the risk of either forcing a tie or hoping for a stray vote, but it could easily happen and be one of the biggest moments in the game thus far. Granted, this wouldn’t make much strategic sense, but this year’s motto is pretty clear. Strategy? What’s that?

Danielle is touched by her father’s gesture with the veto. Jen couldn’t care less who leaves. Dustin thinks he’s safe but either way was dumb enough to offer himself up when it would have made more sense to put up Zach.

Eric’s got some splainin to do but has managed to bury the hatchet with Jessica. Until the next time he’s given a task. Zach cooks dinner for Jessica to kiss up to her and get the chance to try to talk some strategy and make a bond. He says he will vote however she wants. This may be one of the few attempts he’s made at this sort of gameplay this season.

America votes for Eric to try to get Dustin booted. Yeah, he’s about as surprised as I am, which is to say not at all. In between flirting, he makes somewhat of an effort to convince Jessica that Dustin’s a threat. Dick makes a deal with Eric that the two pairs (Danielle/Dick and Jessica/Eric) go to the end together. If this sticks, two pairs is very dangerous. Someone needs to pull in a third wheel. After that, Eric actually makes some logical points with the silly and broken puzzle pieces he’s been receiving as America’s Player, and does throw forth a more compelling argument about why Dustin should go. The fact that he and Jessica aren’t in bed with her talking about her boobs seems to help the conversation flow a bit better than the first one.

Because Dustin’s on the block, we get to see Joe again. Why? Didn’t this guy already get kicked out early because he was obnoxious? Much bitterness ensues, but with some valid points in there somewhere… I think.

Jessica tells Julie she trusts Eric and Jameka the most. She also says she has a great time with Eric but wants to remain focused on the game rather than having a showmance.

Votes to evict:
Amber-Dick
Eric-Dustin
Jameka-Dick
Danielle-Dustin
Zach-Dustin
Jen-Dustin

Well, the popularity contest voting influencing the game continues, as America saves Dick, and probably not for the last time this year. By a vote of 4-2, Dustin has been evicted. This has the potential to have a long lasting impact on the entire season. One interesting thing is that Jessica ultimately is responsible for Dustin’s boot because she could have controlled Zach, yet is also the only one who won’t be blamed.

Dustin’s clearly shocked that volunteering himself for nomination was stupid, and he jumps on the Eric is a weasel bandwagon. Dick believes he’s the reason Dustin has been evicted.

For the HOH competition, the house is invaded by a vertically challenged person, barbershop quartet, and a pirate on stilts repeating random phrases, along with some rabbits wearing playing cards and a living statue. Jameka can’t compete for HOH because of the veto competition sacrifice. Gee, it’s a true/false game based primarily on luck. Another big surprise.

Jen is eliminated on the first question.
Dick and Zach are eliminated on the second question.
Eric is eliminated on the third question.
Amber is eliminated on the fourth question.

Danielle is the new HOH. I’d believe Amber and Jameka are the main targets, but it’s unclear what Dick will do with his HOH power.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 20, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

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.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 19, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

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.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 18, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.

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.