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Previously on Big Brother 8, Jen and Kail were nominated for eviction. Then Jen and Kail were nominated for eviction. Then Jen and Kail were nominated for eviction. Again. Will one of them finally go home? Will one of them get off the block because of the veto? Again? And will I finally wake up from this recurring nightmare? Stick around for another live blog.

Jen finds her nomination hilarious. Definitely taking it better this time than last.

Dick and Danielle want Eric gone, turning on the original alliance, since they know Eric’s lying about the votes. The problem now is securing the votes. Jessica plans on playing along. Dick will obviously go along, Jen is unlikely to vote against Kail, and Zach’s a wildcard who may remain loyal to Nick, despite disliking Kail. The four others seem to be remaining strong together, though.

Time to pick for veto:
Danielle picks Zach at random.
Jen picks Dustin at random.
Kail picks Jameka (houseguest’s choice).
Amber is the host.

It’s a bidding game. The houseguests have to bid highest on various tasks of sacrifice.

First up: bunny suits. Dustin is eliminated with a bid of 100 hours. Jen, Kail, Zach, and Danielle will wear bunny suits for 120 hours.

Second: manure will be dumped on the houseguest who bids highest. Everyone offers to have it dumped on them every hour for 24 hours.

Third: $10,000 cash. Because this didn’t cause any problems last time. The high bidder will be eliminated but will get what they write. Everybody bids 0.

Fourth: how many hours are you willing to live on slop over the next 30 days? Jen and Kail go the max: 720 hours. Zach is eliminated by putting the lowest amount, 250.

Fifth: how many HOH competitions are you willing to not participate in out of the next 5? Massive risk here, but then again, winning HOH generally isn’t that good anyway. Kail and Jameka put 5. Danielle puts 3 and is eliminated with the lowest bid. She attempted to change her answer to 4 at the last minute but was told it’s too late.

Sixth: how much of the grand prize are you willing to give away, up to $250,000? Jen goes the max amount and wins POV, allowing her to pull herself off the block for the third week in a row. The cost to her: $250k if she wins, slop for 30 days, bunny suit for 5 days, and manure on her head once an hour.

Jen, despite being on the outside, has also heard the rumors that Eric will be nominated. Dick hatches a plan to apologize to Jen and attempt to get her on his side. The most insane alliance ever. Neither of them trust each other, but they may need each other. After Jen has a discussion with Jessica, who may be a key swing vote, Jessica begins to wonder whether Eric’s playing her. At the same time, Eric’s closer to her than anyone in the house.

America gets involved again but gives Eric a task that won’t screw him over this time. His assignment is to convince Jessica he wants to take her to the final two, which is easy because it’s true.

Jen uses the veto to save herself. Danielle replaces her with Eric.

Since Eric has been nominated, the vote this week for America’s Player is: Which houseguest should Eric flatter incessantly in order to ensure his safety in the house?

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 16, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Since the Big Brother house is under surveillance 24 hours a day, it allows us to know quite a bit of what’s going on before the show airs. Some people would rather not spoil the suspense. If you’re impatient (like me), though, you may be interested in knowing.

I have created a new page on this site in which I will post the major spoilers as they happen. This will primarily include: nominees, veto winner, and replacement nominee (if applicable).

If you don’t mind being spoiled, head on over to the Big Brother 8 Spoilers page.

TMZ reports that lawyers for Endemol, the production company behind Big Brother, have sent a cease and desist letter to the pilot who has been flying banners over the house for years.

This development happened after it was learned that a banner was going to be flown that spoiled the twist that Eric is America’s player. It also follows on the heels of episode 14 last night, which pointed the finger at Eric as being the one who’s been screwing with the vote all along, though it ironically may just backfire and harm those who it was intended to help.

Pilot Jerry Hider told TMZ, “If I had a bunch of attorneys I would fight this, but it’s not worth my time.”

When we left the houseguests in BB8 Episode 13, they were hanging upside down fighting for HOH. Those of you who read the spoilers in that post already know the results of the competition, but tonight we get to watch it play out and see who gets nominated. Dustin is of the belief that it’s 6 against 3. We’ll see how long that lasts.

Amber is first out at 6 minutes.
Eric is disqualified at 9 minutes for going too high.
Jameka is eliminated next.

Generally, they force everyone inside when banners fly over the house because it had such a big influence over the game in season 1. However, since it flew over with perfect timing during an endurance competition, the entire house got to see this one: “We love Nick. Amber & Eric are Liars. LNC is the nerd herd.”

Zach falls at 32 minutes.
Dick is next out at 44 minutes.
Jessica is out at 59 minutes.

Around that time, the gloves come off. Dick starts (again) with the personal attacks on Kail and Jen. Jen then starts about Danielle’s relationship with Nick. Eric for some reason jumps into the battle and begins yelling at Jen, an odd move for someone who’s been pretty much safe and in the middle most of the time.

Jen falls at 1 hour 31 minutes.
Kail makes a deal with Danielle that she’ll be safe, even if she puts her up. As if Danielle controls the vote (she can’t vote, and her father probably won’t even listen to her, let alone anyone else). Kail drops at 1 hour 36 minutes. Danielle is the new HOH.

Danielle believes the second vote to keep Nick was to set her up. America voting on the basis of popularity is wreaking havoc on the house, but at least it’s keeping things interesting. She realizes based on the banner that Eric was responsible for that vote.

Dick and Danielle decide to confide in Jessica because they don’t really have anyone else to count on, telling her Eric’s in an alliance with Jen and Kail. This again? I was impressed they figured the first part out, but then they come up with the theory Jen’s in yet another alliance. Jessica, who’s been getting closer to Eric lately, brings this information to him.

America wants to see Jen get nominated, giving Eric yet another simple task to complete, but perhaps not as simple as last week. While Eric’s pitching the scenario, Dick blows up at him because he knows the voting is screwy.

At the nomination ceremony:
Dustin is safe.
Eric is safe.
Jameka is safe.
Amber is safe.
Dick is safe.
Jessica is safe.
Zach is safe.

Jen and Kail have been nominated. For the third time in a row. Surely a surprise to at least three people. It appears, however, that the actual plan may be to backdoor Eric. Who do you think will go home? Jen, Kail, or neither again?

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 15, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.