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The Biggest Loser Season 15 Episode 1

The Biggest Loser is back. Kind of. For season 15 (Second Chances 2), the show has been shrunk down to an hour a week and maybe a dozen episodes for just one run this year (it will not be back midseason as The Voice takes over its time slot because NBC sucks).

The 15 new contestants who make up The Biggest Loser Season 15 cast include the heaviest contestant this year, American Idol winner Ruben Studdard.

Bob, Jillian, and Dolvett were allowed to choose who is coming to the ranch. We start the show with a brief glimpse at the casting interviews followed by singing competition style process of elimination.

Rachel used to be a national level swimmer. Holley is a current Olympic weightlifter. Jay was a rodeo athlete (is that a thing?). Tanya gained 125 pounds while pregnant with her daughter, and her daughter was then born overweight.

David is unable to finish the first workout and is the first to be tossed out of the gym, though he probably will not be the last.

Jillian wants to get rid of Ruben’s disturbing back (and shoulder) hair.

After their initial workout, the trainers announce the teams they have picked. And they speed through it so fast with no logical order that I can’t even keep up and have to fill in all the names as the show goes by.

Jillian: Craig, Tumi, Rachel, Marie, Fernanda
Bob: Holley, Chelsea, Jay, Matt, Bobby
Dolvett: Ruben, Jennifer, Tanya, David, Hap

Speaking of speeding through things because the episodes are apparently too short, we don’t have time for a starting weigh in, so this is how things start.

Bobby: 358 pounds
Chelsea: 241 pounds
Craig: 385 pounds
David: 409 pounds
Fernanda: 250 pounds
Hap: 403 pounds
Holley: 351 pounds
Jay: 297 pounds
Jennifer: 266 pounds
Marie: 249 pounds
Matt: 356 pounds
Rachel: 260 pounds
Ruben: 462 pounds
Tanya: 262 pounds
Tumi: 319 pounds

There will be no yellow line tonight. Rather, there is a red line. Whoever has the lowest percentage of weight loss on the losing team will be eliminated.

This season’s twist is that there will be a trainer’s save. Each trainer will be allowed to save one person.

Then it’s time to rush through the weigh in. Breathe, people. You sure are making this impossible to live blog. If I didn’t have the starting weights, I’d be completely lost.

Holley: 335 pounds (-16, 4.56%)
Hap: 386 pounds (-17, 4.22%)
Chelsea: 229 pounds (-12, 4.98%)
Matt: 333 pounds (-23, 6.46%)
Bobby: 338 pounds (-20, 5.59%)
Blue Team Total: 1621 pounds (-88, 5.15%)

Ruben: 441 pounds (-21, 4.55%)
Jennifer: 255 pounds (-11, 4.14%)
Tanya: 247 pounds (-15, 5.73%)
Rachel: 239 pounds (-21, 8.08%)
David: 371 pounds (-38, 9.29%)
Red Team Total: 1552 pounds (-107, 6.45%)

Tumi: 319 pounds (-14, 4.39%)
Fernanda: 238 pounds (-12, 4.80%)
Marie: 240 pounds (-9, 3.61%)
Jay: 274 pounds (-23, 7.74%)
Craig: 372 pounds (-13, 3.38%)
White Team Total: 1429 pounds (-71, 4.73%)

The blue team didn’t do much better, but the white team ended up being dragged down by a couple of particularly bad performances. Craig has fallen below the red line, but despite her warning that she probably would not use her save, Jillian saves him. Not only does this make good strategic sense since he’s the only male on her team, but I don’t think anyone wants to see someone go home after just one week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 15 Episode 2, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 23 Episode 3

Rowan & Shane outsmarted themselves in The Amazing Race 23 Episode 2 and ended up getting knocked out of the race.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Chester & Ephraim – 6:27PM
Second: Leo & Jamal – 6:39PM
Third: Brandon & Adam – 6:58PM
Fourth: Nicole & Travis – 7:11PM
Fifth: Jason & Amy –
Sixth: Tim & Danny – 12:25AM
Seventh: Ally & Ashley – 12:27AM
Eighth: Tim & Marie – 12:33AM
Ninth: Nicky & Kim – 1:00AM

Teams will now fly to Lisbon, Portugal.

First flight (arrives at 7:00): Nicole & Travis
Second flight (arrives at 7:00 with two connecting flights): Chester & Ephraim
Third flight (arrives at 10:00): Tim & Danny, Brandom & Adam
Fourth flight (arrives at 11:00): Leo & Jamal, Ally & Ashley
Fifth flight (arrives at 12:00): Nicky & Kim, Tim & Marie, Jason & Amy

I was thinking everybody was going to be on the same flight, but there is much drama at multiple airports. Chester & Ephraim arrive first, but their ticket agent books them on a flight for the wrong day. By the time she realizes it, Nicole & Travis have already taken the last seats on the flight. Then she does find them another flight that arrives at the same time but that has multiple connections. Upon arrival, they are delayed on both their original flight and the replacement flight. Meanwhile, Tim & Danny, deciding they don’t trust Leo & Jamal, try to hunt for an earlier flight, which they do end up finding. And then Nicky & Kim outsmart the other two teams on their flight and get put on standby first, allowing them to get on the earliest flight, and making Marie hate them. Jason & Amy are also on that flight, though Tim & Marie have no such luck.

When they land, they must head to the building on the painting they receive, Museu Nacional Dos Coches. The detour is a choice between tiles or miles. In tiles, they must assemble a life size puzzle out of tiles. In miles, they head to a giant map of the world to chart Magellan’s course and calculate the miles.

Tiles: Nicky & Kim, Brandon & Adam, Leo & Jamal (switched from miles), Ally & Ashley (switched from miles), Tim & Marie
Miles: Jason & Amy, Nicole & Travis, Tim & Danny

Tim & Marie debate whether they should use their express pass but ultimately decide against it, despite the fact that they have no reason to believe they are not in last place.

At the road block, they will fire arrows medieval style. Jason hits this on his first try, so I’m not sure how dificult it really is, even if most teams won’t be that lucky.

Road block (in order of arrival): Jason, Travis, Kim, Danny, Adam, Ally, Jamal, Tim

Considering the tasks that have been laid out, nothing seems so complicated that it will provide much of a challenge to the teams in the lead. There’s a reason the airport took up half of the episode, and that reason is that it’s all that really mattered. We return to this again as the other teams are landing, and Chester & Ephraim are facing yet another delay in a different country, making it blatantly obvious who is coming in last.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is Castelo Dos Mouros.

First: Nicole & Travis (win a trip to Costa Rica)
Second: Jason & Amy
Third: Nicky & Kim
Fourth: Tim & Danny
Fifth: Brandon & Adam
Sixth: Leo & Jamal
Seventh: Ally & Ashley
Eighth: Tim & Marie
Eliminated: Chester & Ephraim

Unable to catch a break at the airport, Chester & Ephraim ended up taking a risk that didn’t pay off, and they have been eliminated. They are so far behind that Phil eliminates them in the airport when they finally make it to Portugal.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 23 Episode 4, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 4

When the tribe used his own strategy from the previous week against him, John was eliminated in Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 3 because they wanted him to go to Redemption Island, guaranteeing that at least either he or Candice will be eliminated. Probably.

Like everybody else on Redemption Island, Candice now hates Brad. He’s going to have to try a lot harder than this toward the end if he hopes to secure jury votes. Unlike those who are shouting, John is able to at least keep a level head, expressing calmly actual reasons why Brad can’t be trusted.

For their duel, they will unravel a key to unlock puzzle pieces. John easily wins the challenge, an impressive showing that suggests he’s not only a physical threat but perhaps also a mental threat. For a change, Candice does not win, but she is easily running ahead of Marissa. Candice places second, and Marissa has been sent home. John gives the hidden immunity idol clue to Monica because his wife tells him to do that. She promptly puts the clue in the fire, and Candice mocks her for doing what she’s told, like what John just did.

The immunity challenge will have them paddling out to retrieve crates, building a staircase, and solving a puzzle. Reward is tea/coffee/pastries or fishing gear. Tina and Kat sit out for Galang, while the one armed Tyson does not. Tadhana makes a quick run out to the crates, and they keep that lead as they return to the beach. This lasts until two crates fall out of their boat, which allows Galang to pass them heading into the staircase building. Tadhana retakes the lead during that process, but it will all come down to the puzzle. Not having learned from before, Tadhana pits Ciera against her mother Laura for the puzzle building, and Galang wins immunity as usual.

Brad has a plan that’s different from what he normally does. He wants to target Caleb because that’s the only person left in the tribe who does not have a partner. The other men, however, realize that Ciera is worthless in challenges.

At Tribal Council, when Brad starts talking about it being smart to get rid of someone partnerless, Caleb blindsides everybody by telling the girls that he plans to write Brad’s name down.

Votes
Brad
Ciera
Ciera
Brad
Ciera
Brad

With 3 votes each, it is tied. The others will now revote.

Votes
Brad
Ciera
Brad
Brad

With 3 votes, Brad has been voted off the island. Once again, their goal was clearly not to strengthen the tribe because, although Brad is a snake, he was a contributor toward their largely dismal challenge performances.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 5, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Amazing Race 23 Episode 2

Having struggled through both tasks, Hoskote & Naina were the first team eliminated in The Amazing Race 23 Episode 1.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Tim & Marie – 2:52AM
Second: Nicole & Travis – 3:02AM
Third: Rowan & Shane – 3:08AM
Fourth: Chester & Ephraim – 3:13AM
Fifth: Nicky & Kim – 3:14AM
Sixth: Ally & Ashley – 3:20AM
Seventh: Leo & Jamal – 4:00AM
Eighth: Jason & Amy – 5:17AM
Ninth: Tim & Danny – 5:28AM
Tenth: Brandon & Adam – 5:34AM

Museo Corbeta Esmeralda is their first destination, which ensure that all teams are bunched together due to hours of operation. Once the place opens, they must find a phrase and say it in Spanish.

From here, they will head to the Irlanda salt mines, home to the world’s largest concentration of sodium chloride. The detour is a choice between mining or brining. Brining requires them to add salt to pool water until they can comfortably float. Mining requires them to break open boulders of salt in search of a clue.

Mining: Brandon & Adam, Leo & Jamal, Chester & Ephraim, Rowan & Shane
Brining: Nicole & Travis, Jason & Amy, Ally & Ashley (switched from mining), Tim & Marie, Nicky & Kim, Tim & Danny

The dumb luck tasks are normally bad news, but that doesn’t stop multiple teams from doing the mining. Before they can actually start the detour, though, they must take a bike ride to get there, which proves to be more difficult for some than others. It ultimately does not seem to matter too much which detour they choose.

A bus 24 hour bus ride will take them to their next destination of Santiago, Chile.

1st bus (departs at 1:30): Brandon & Adam, Leo & Jamal, Chester & Ephraim, Jason & Amy, Nicole & Travis
2nd bus (departs at 2:00): Tim & Marie, Ally & Ashley, Tim & Danny, Nicky & Kim
3rd bus (departs around 3:00): Rowan & Shane

Rowan & Shane, who arrived in time to take the second bus, believe they have outsmarted everybody and will be departing on the third bus instead. They later learn that this bus is just as slow as the others and they just screwed themselves out of an hour or so.

The good news for them is that this is a day long bus ride. Anything can happen. The first bus arrives on schedule. The second bus arrives second, but it’s 5 hours later. This puts the third bus only about 15 minutes behind.

We’re starting to see some early alliances form. Leo & Jamal have dubbed Ally & Ashley their race wives. Having played minor league ball, Tim knows the husband of one of the baseball wives, which allows Tim & Marie to forge an alliance with Nicky & Kim. Out of this, Nicky & Kim are likely to get an express pass while Marie’s ability to make everybody hate her at least hasn’t backfired with every single team.

The road block requires teams to play the role of shoe shiners, figuring out how to put together their equipment then pushing it six blocks. In the strangest road block I’ve ever seen, Rowan does everything correctly… except he is just working with some random street vendor rather than going where he’s supposed to go. Meanwhile, Nicky neglects to take the mat with her, and her pleas to her new ally Marie to give her the express pass fall on deaf ears. Still, though it creates some drama, just running back to get the rug is not enough to drop her behind Rowan & Shane

The pit stop for this leg of the race is Cascada de Las Animas. Leo & Jamal speak Spanish, so there’s no excuse for what just happened, but they try to stiff their cab driver, which causes them to give up the win for this leg. They both very loudly blame each other.

First: Chester & Ephraim (win a trip to Turks and Caicos)
Second: Leo & Jamal
Third: Brandon & Adam
Fourth: Nicole & Travis
Fifth: Jason & Amy
Sixth: Tim & Danny
Seventh: Ally & Ashley
Eighth: Tim & Marie
Ninth: Nicky & Kim
Eliminated: Rowan & Shane

After a couple of very bad mistakes, Rowan & Shane have been eliminated from the race.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 23 Episode 3, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 3

Rachel started to get in between the bromance in Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 2, and that meant she had to go.

Colton thinks he’s in danger because he loves to be a strategist. I’m sure it has nothing to do with him being an ass (again).

Now we get to the other possible benefit to the Rachel elimination. When they get to the duel, Tyson is made the same offer the others were: she can get back in the game if he agrees to switch with her. She tells him to stay put because he has a better chance (logic Rupert should have used), but before sitting down, he picks a fight with the other tribe.

And then Colton starts crying out of nowhere. Huh? He says he doesn’t want to be there any more and wants to quit. Again. This is why quitters shouldn’t be allowed back. Probst says he didn’t really have appendicitis the first time but just wanted an excuse to quit. After a bit of back and forth, Colton decides he has officially quit for a second time. He does not want his fiance to go home, however, telling him he might actually have a chance.

At the duel, they must stack blocks along platforms while avoiding trip bars, allowing the domino effect to break a tile. Candice wins again. Marissa and Rachel are going back and forth, both unable to create an effective row of blocks. In the end, after more than 45 minutes, Rachel comes up short and is eliminated while Marissa places second again. Candice gives John a second clue to the hidden immunity idol location.

When they get back to camp, Tyson is now aware that Monica’s husband is a driving force behind Rachel’s elimination. That will make her an easy target.

He may have hid his first clue, but this time John decides to tell Brad about his latest clue. Strangely, after telling him, he says he wants him to stay behind while he goes and looks. So why bother telling him at all if that’s the condition? You could earn just as much trust by finding it and then telling him you have it. Unless you still can’t find it even with two clues.

The reward to go along with immunity will be comfort or fishing gear. Their challenge is a battle, and the first one to push the other off the platform wins. Brad beats Gervase to take the lead 1-0 for Tadhana. Laura B beats Katie to tie it 1-1. John beats Aras to retake the lead. Kat drops Ciera with one push, and it’s tied again. Hayden quickly drops Tyson to retake the lead, and medical has to come out and look at Tyson’s shoulder, which has been popped out but should heal given time. Tina beats her daughter Katie to tie it again. Aras gets hit with a cheap attack from his brother Vytas after letting him get back to his feet, but he still wins to give Galang the lead for the first time. Laura M beats her daughter Ciera, and Galang wins immunity again.

Katie and Ciera, who lost twice each, are the obvious targets for tonight’s vote. Afraid that Candice will continue to dominate Redemption Island, Brad has another idea. He wants to get rid of John instead. Most of this is just being done for the sake of proving he can do it, rather than it being the smart thing to do.

Part of Brad’s plan is to make all of his allies plus two girls to vote for John so that he can be the good guy and say he didn’t flip. Since he’s just told the majority his voting plans, they can now potentially get rid of him instead. Considering his clear disloyalty, I’d sooner drop Brad than John, though both are useful members that can eventually contribute to the tribe finally winning something.

Votes
Ciera
John
John
John
John

With 4 votes, John has been voted off the island. Not liking this Redemption Island twist. It is having far too much impact on the game.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 4, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Amazing Race 23 Episode 1

Because Comcast scrambled my DVR signal, this will be the first time I’m trying to live recap this show without one. I know it tends to be a bit of a fast paced show with far too many contestants, many of whom have similar (or the same) names, but I’ll see how it goes.

Following the traditional formula, The Amazing Race 23 cast consists of 11 teams of two each with a preexisting relationship. Included in this group is the usual smattering of people who used to be famous or who know somebody famous. And of course I see meatheads, cute blondes, hippies, and gay guys.

Ally & Ashley (Ice Crew Girls)
Brandon & Adam (Childhood Friends)
Chester & Ephraim (Former NFL Teammates)
Hoskote & Naina (Father/Daughter)
Jason & Amy (Dating)
Leo & Jamal (Cousins)
Nicky & Kim (Baseball Wives)
Nicole & Travis (Married ER Doctors)
Rowan & Shane (Theater Performers)
Tim & Danny (Best Friends)
Tim & Marie (Exes)

The pit start for the race is the old wild west (or a movie set resembling it), and their first destination is the coastline of South America (Iquique, Chile). At least there when they say “rapido”, it will be correct. The winners of this first leg will win two express passes, one to keep and one to give away.

Tim & Marie are already arguing on the drive to the airport. They used to date but don’t any more because they hate each other. They should be fun.

Jason & Amy, Hoskote & Naina, Brandon & Adam, and Tim & Danny get on the second flight 3 hours behind the first 7 teams, so they will be battling for last.

Their first road block is a paragliding task in which the second teammate must follow the paraglider by taxi cab to meet them at their final destination. It’s also the first trick of the race because the person who volunteers to do the road block is not the person who’s paragliding. The way some of these people are freaking out, they’re in for a rude awakening later because this is probably the least scary heights task they will encounter.

The second road block requires them to choose a rowboat and search the harbor for 5 fish from any of 3 fishing boats, each of which has a limited number of fish. The paraglider is required to do this road block because technically they did not do the last one. Leo & Jamal neglect this detail, and Jamal does the road block anyway before someone points out the mistake.

Each of these tasks is largely moot for most of the show since the end result comes down to who was on the second plane. Following the first road block, things are looking bleak for Hoskote & Naina. Then after they arrive and she stumbles around on the boat for a while, she actually reads the clue and realizes he should be doing the task instead of her.

The clue for the pit stop (half an hour into the show?) is an early test of reading comprehension. Let’s see how many teams fail it. Nicole & Travis receive a 30 minute penalty for taking a cab rather than making their way on foot, which costs them the win.

First: Tim & Marie (win two express passes)
Second: Nicole & Travis
Third: Rowan & Shane
Fourth: Chester & Ephraim
Fifth: Nicky & Kim
Sixth: Ally & Ashley
Seventh: Leo & Jamal
Eighth: Jason & Amy
Ninth: Tim & Danny
Tenth: Brandon & Adam
Eliminated: Hoskote & Naina

Sometimes you get a surprise first elimination, but this is not one of them. Hoskote & Naina seemed to be one of the weakest teams and have been eliminated from the race.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 23 Episode 2, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 2

Thanks to her uncle’s big mouth, Marissa was the first person voted out in Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 1.

Colton is done pretending he’s turned over a new leaf. And what a painful 5 minutes that was for him.

Rachel sees the writing on the all. The women in her tribe have no hope, so she wants to get closer to the men. This leads Ciera to say she has an alliance with John.

Rupert, Candice, and Marissa face off in the first duel, for lack of a better word. Not having learned his lesson, Gervase keeps running his mouth. Their challenge is to maneuver objects through a metal contraption and stack them on top of it. Candice runs ahead of the others right away while Marissa falls behind. Marissa’s only hope is that the wind gets in Rupert’s way, and it does. Candice wins the challenge. With Rupert having fallen well behind, Marissa places second, and Rupert is going home with his wife likely to follow soon. As the winner, Candice can award a clue to the hidden immunity idol to anyone she wants. Obviously, she picks her husband John.

Back to Colton. He tells everybody that everybody else wants to get rid of them. Then he tells us he’s a raging bitch. None of these veterans want to deal with drama for 39 days.

Tyson, Aras, Gervase, Tina, and Monica bond over their distrust of Colton and form an alliance of five. This all just seems like an alliance of convenience formed by someone who counted the number of people he’s talking to and realizing it’s a majority.

Their immunity challenge will be to get tied together and push people in barrels toward balls to be rolled into the slots at the end of the course. In addition to immunity, they are playing for fishing gear. Kat sits out for Galang. From the start, Galang has a lead, but they lose it at the end. It’s going to come down to untying the balls and landing them in the holes. Hayden seems to be doing well, but Gervase manages to catch up to and pass him. Hayden ties it at 4. Gervase retakes the lead. Then he gets the final one and once again celebrates very loudly as Galang wins immunity and reward. At least this time he was an integral part in the win rather than the dead weight he was last week.

John’s main goal is to make sure that weak people continue to go to Redemption Island against Candice. To that end, he is going out of his way to protect Rachel. Between that and his unwillingness to reveal his idol clue to his alliance, they are growing wary of him. They would be dumb to vote him out, but that won’t stop them from considering it. However, it won’t hurt them too much to get rid of his new ally, and it will provide them with a potential opportunity to take out Tyson, one of the other tribe’s strongest members.

Votes
John
John
Ciera
Rachel
Rachel
Rachel
Rachel

With 4 votes, Rachel has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Blood Vs. Water Episode 3, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Big Brother 15 Winner

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.