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Showmance Brendon and Rachel were nominated for eviction in Big Brother 12 Episode 2.

Not having learned their lesson about being this close this early, Brendon and Rachel head right off into a room alone together. Annie follows them in to offer her support. Lane follows them in to play dumb and pretend he doesn’t know what’s going on. Enzo just wants to watch over everything.

Afterward, the couple hide under the blanket and start doing… something. If they’re not doing something, well, that’s not how it’s going to be edited.

Now Brendon would like to threaten Hayden, and he wants to propose an alliance between himself, Hayden, Annie, and one other person. This only serves to make Hayden even more suspicious of Brendon and to think he’s already aligned with Annie.

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

Hayden picks Enzo, his ally.
Brendon picks Andrew, a wildcard.
Rachel picks Monet, then rolls her eyes.

Once again, Brendon has a warning for Hayden that he’s either with him, or he’s against him. I think he’s against you, dude.

The backyard is decorated with pinatas and bats. It’s Cinco de Mayo. Yeah, the pinatas are stuffed with rotten mayonnaise. The object is to reveal letters so that they can spell a word. Longest word wins. Those who aren’t playing are allowed to watch while sitting in a splash zone. Hayden thinks he’s a baseball player. Andrew’s fine with this kosher food. Rachel has no real hope. Enzo continues to refer to himself as “Meow Meow.” Hayden wants to spell journeyman. Hope that works out better for you than it did for NBC. Rachel wants to spell a word she knows how to spell, chemistry. Brendon intends to spell whatever he can add ing or ly to.

Hayden: possible (8 letters)
Enzo: factory (7 letters)
Rachel: chemistry (9 letters)
Monet: cheaters (8 letters, and apparently a hint to somebody)
Brendon: understanding (13 letters)
Andrew: pastuerized (11 letters and misspelled)

Brendon has won the power of veto. Knowing that he will be coming off the block, the brigade wants to target Annie instead.

Whatever happens, the girls realize they are the ones who are all vulnerable. Attempting to scare up the votes against Annie, Enzo tells Britney that Annie needs to go. Britney tells Annie hoping Annie will have her back. Annie tells Hayden hoping to sell out Britney.

Lane thinks it might be a good idea to nominate Kathy, a non-threat who probably won’t leave but won’t have any effect if she leaves anyway.

The saboteur informs the houseguests that two people are actually lifelong friends.

At the veto ceremony, Brendon removes himself from the block. Hayden nominates Annie in his place. After she is nominated, Annie calls out Britney and says she’s a liar. Moron. You need all the friends you can get right now.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 4, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

We met the houseguests in Big Brother 12 Episode 1, and then Hayden won HOH.

The question of the night remains: who’s the saboteur? Oh, like they’re going to tell anybody.

Andrew has decided he trusts Enzo.

Brendon is getting Rachel to fall for him when he says he’s a physicist. And yet he coaches a high school swim team. Either way, he doesn’t seem to be too concerned about keeping this a secret because he’s just telling random people really early. Annie’s sitting there watching this discussion, and she’s completely out of place.

Unlike everybody else who thinks it’s either Brendon or Andrew, Kathy’s theory is that the saboteur is a likeable girl.

Annie tells Ragan that she has a girlfriend. He’s obviously gay and is happy to not be alone in the house.

Hayden is observing Rachel and Brendon, seeing a showmance in the process of being formed.

Enzo goes to Hayden and says “Godfather, I need your help,” or something along those lines. He knows that you have to kiss up to the guy at the top. From there, he wants some brains in the operation, and he picks Matt. They also want to drag Lane into a foursome because they need some muscle. Matt is going to venture to say this is the strongest alliance in Big Brother history. So basically they should be history pretty quickly. The alliance is called “The Brigade”. Yeah, Lane doesn’t know what a brigade is.

For the challenge, they split into three teams of four. The losing team will be the have nots for the week. Andrew says that he will be unable to eat at all if he loses because slop is not kosher. Oy vey. I plan to have no sympathy for him since he’s doing it to himself.

Pink: Monet, Enzo, Britney, Lane
Green: Brendon, Annie, Kristen, Andrew
Blue: Matt, Kathy, Ragan, Rachel

They head out into the backyard, where they see a giant bucket of popcorn. Then Hayden joins them dressed as a fairy. One person from each team must jump into the caramel and then seach through the popcorn for Big Brother’s teeth. Brendon loses his shorts in the process as he goes against Matt and Monet. Rather than putting them back on, he just leaves them off so that Rachel can stare at his butt. Matt gives the blue team the lead. Kathy takes off after him. Brendon returns to tie it 1-1, and then Monet is next. Annie takes the lead for the green team. Enzo scores to tie the game at 2. Kristen laps Kathy to return with the green team’s third point. Andrew returns with the fourth tooth. Ragan makes up some ground to at least not be in last any more, as Britney seems to be dying on this course. Brendon makes it 5 for green. As Kathy flails about hopelessly, blue team heads back to last again. Enzo ties the game at 6, and rather than letting Britney sink them again, he decides to get a second tooth he finds as close to her as allowable. This prevents her from having to dig, but it’s still not enough to prevent the green team from winning. Lane finishes things off for the pink team. Meanwhile, Kathy’s still stuck in the caramel. Matt questions how she can fight crime if she can’t even get out of the caramel. Is she the saboteur?

This loss makes Matt, Kathy, Ragan, and Rachel the have nots, which means they will be eating slop, taking cold showers, and living in the have not bedroom. The beds are chase lounge chairs (at least they’re not hard), and there are jars full of bugs everywhere.

Kathy gives Britney a lecture about how she was struggling in the challenge. Wait. Britney was the one who was struggling? While she did horribly, Kathy was the one lying there all day.

The saboteur has struck again. There’s an X over Kathy’s and Britney’s pictures. Kathy pretends it doesn’t matter. Britney doesn’t hide that she’s angry. If you want something that’s going to cause drama, this is probably it. Britney’s already decided Kathy is her enemy.

Nominations
Andrew is safe by default.
Annie is safe.
Ragan is safe.
Enzo is safe.
Kristen is safe.
Britney is safe.
Matt is safe.
Monet is safe.
Kathy is safe.
Lane is safe.
Brendon and Rachel have been nominated for eviction.

Rachel says that she’s done nothing. She’s going to stay. By the way, she’s going to make sure Brendon stays, too. That’s exactly what you did. This is alliance is too close for comfort for Hayden’s liking.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 3, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Big Brother is back for another summer with a cast of 13 new contestants, host Julie “Chenbot” Chen, and another America’s Player that should make rigging the game easier than usual.

Andrew is a practicing orthodox Jew. Britney is from the town of Huntington, Arkansas with a population of about 688. Hayden is in love with himself. Rachel is a chemist with breasts as big as her head. Monet hopes the other houseguests are up to her standards. Oh geez. Matt is a Mensa member with a bunch of tattoos. Annie hopes her bisexuality will help. Enzo loves Jersey, meatballs, and his mama. His strategy is: none of your friggin business. So basically he doesn’t have one. Brendon’s used to dealing with high school drama, so he’ll fit right in the Big Brother house. Ragan’s prepared to lie, cheat, and backstab.

Matt thinks that people who succumb to organized religion are easily manipulated kooks. Annie expects to be annoyed by high maintenance young girls, like Monet. Enzo seems to be all for fake boobs. Brendon will be breaking out his speedo if he’s on the block. Hayden’s just fine flirting with a gay guy if it’ll keep him in the house, which is good because Ragan has a thing for big dumb guys, although Lane’s also looking for someone to do all the thinking for him.

Britney, Ragan, Brendon, and Rachel enter the house first. Brendon’s looking forward to seeing both of these girls in a bathing suit.

The next group to enter is Lane, Annie, Enzo, Kathy, and Andrew. Andrew immediately screams mazel tov. Annie is drawn to Britney.

Monet, Hayden, Kristen, and Matt are the final group to enter. Monet makes sure to run people over so that she can get a bed. Hayden is not so bold, meaning he is bedless.

Ragan would love to form an alliance with Brendon… and fall in love with him. Kristen wants to get with Hayden, who in turn plans to get with her as well because she’s a model. Andrew’s wearing his yamaka already. He pretends to be a shoe salesman, not a doctor. Kathy’s the old lady of the house at 40. She’s also the law, which isn’t something Enzo likes. Annie loves Jersey accents apparently. Ragan also lies about what he does for a living. Britney plans to be best friends with Ragan, the flaming homosexual. Those are her people. Annie does not mention she’s bi.

Julie reveals the twist to the houseguests. There is a saboteur amongst them with the mission to sabotage an individual, a group, or all of them. If that person makes it through the first 5 weeks (halfway), they will get $50,000. If they are evicted prior to that, they will walk away with nothing.

It’s time for the first HOH competition. They will all divide into two teams of six. Since there are 13, one person will sit out. Andrew quickly volunteers. He’ll be the mascot, which means he can dress as a weiner but cannot be HOH. They walk into the backyard and see giant hot dogs, ketchup, mustard, and a grill. Rachel definitely wants to jump on those big weiners. Although he cannot be HOH, Andrew is automatically safe from the first eviction. Very good trade.

The challenge is for one person to jump on the hot dogs and be pulled across the line by their teammates. The winning team will receive prizes based on how they cross to the other side: $10,000 for first, $1,000 for second, $100 for third, $10 for fourth, $1 for fifth, and HOH for the last person across. Kristen wants the money and to go first. Annie doesn’t give it much thought before deciding either, and she makes it across. Monet goes after Kristen falls, and then she realizes that the person who just won $10k is probably a target. Ragan crosses second for his team. Lane ties the score at 2 each. As her team realizes the best strategy is to grab the strap at the top rather than wrapping their legs around a slippery weiner, Kristen gives her team the 3-2 lead. Brendon has a plan, too. He wants to wrap his T-shirt around the top so that the girls can grab it. His team is not smart enough to listen to him yelling to bring him back, so he gets across to bring his yellow team to a 3-3 tie. After repeatedly falling, Britney goes down and stays down with a knee injury. I kept wondering when that was going to happen.

Following her injury, Britney is cleared to be able to quit by the medical team. It didn’t look like she was going to make it across anyway, so she’s thrilled by that. She will be switching places with someone who has crossed to the other platform. The yellow team will be able to choose, and they select Kristen. She had no trouble getting across the first time, and Kristen very easily gets across the second time, giving the red team a 4-3 lead. Matt and Hayden make a deal. If Hayden gets HOH, he will keep Matt safe. With that, Matt goes next to take the 5-3 lead, and Hayden wins HOH.

The lights go out. Sabotage. Being from Jersey, Enzo knows about such things. Brendon, however, thinks it’s Big Brother’s way of telling them to go to bed. Andrew leaves the room as well because he wants to pull a prank. When the lights come back on, there’s a padlock on their storage room, so they’ll be stuck with slop.

So now the question is: who is the saboteur? The answer: wait a week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 2, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Big Brother is back yet again for a 12th season. The Big Brother 12 cast consists of 13 players, including one saboteur.

Andrew Gordon
39
Miami Beach, FL
Podiatrist

Annie Whittington
27
Tampa, FL
Bartender

Brendon Villegas
30
Riverside, CA
High School Swim Coach

Britney Haynes
22
Huntington, AR
Hotel Sales Manager

Enzo Palumbo
32
Bayonne, NJ
Insurance Adjuster

Hayden Moss
24
Tempe, AZ
College Student

Kathy Hillis
40
Texarkana, AR
Deputy Sheriff – Sergeant

Kristen Bitting
24
Philadelphia, PA
Boutique Manager

Lane Elenburg
24
Decatur, TX
Oil Rig Salesman

Matt Hoffman
32
Elgin, IL
Web designer

Monet Stunson
24
Glen Carbon, IL
Model

Rachel Reilly
26
Las Vegas, NV
Chemistry Graduate Student/VIP Cocktail Waitress

Ragan Fox
34
West Hollywood, CA
College Professor