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Kalia nominated Rachel and Jeff for eviction in Big Brother 13 Episode 14. Nobody believed that she made her own decision.

Rachel starts packing her bags. Like anybody believes she’s really leaving. Jordan has now taken on the role of managing Rachel in Brendon’s absence.

Kalia follows Rachel’s breakdown with one of her own. Daniele pretends to care.

Porsche’s happy to distance herself from her friend and hang out with Daniele instead.

Kalia, Jeff, and Rachel are joined in the veto competition by Adam, Shelly, and Jordan (Rachel’s choice). Jeff’s plan is to beat anybody, even the Hoff.

Jordan doesn’t know who to trust any more, including Shelly, so now Jeff gets to listen to more women crying. At least he’s saved by Daniele and Porsche not having any emotions.

Their veto task is to keep rolling their ball back and forth to themselves. First person to 300 without dropping it (a drop resets the counter) wins. Shelly, Jordan, and Jeff are all playing for Jeff. Rachel’s plan to rush through this isn’t working for her, as she repeatedly drops the ball, drawing much mocking from the onlooking Daniele who wonders why Rachel hates her. Somehow, Adam (yes, Adam) is in the early lead by 10 and is the first to 100. Jordan says that Adam has more balls than Jeff, quickly realizing exactly how they’re going to make that sound. Jordan drops the ball again at 60. Adam hits 140, Jeff at 135, Kalia is in third at 100. Shelly drops at 98, and along with the other two and the now taking the break Kalia, it would seem like she’s not in the running. Jordan stops to root for Jeff. Strangely, Kalia does the same. She knows what Jeff will do with the veto (not save Rachel), but she doesn’t know what’s on Adam’s mind. As we approach the end, Jeff is narrowing the gap on Adam, but it looks like he’s too far behind to catch him. Jeff finally takes the lead 292-291. Retaining his lead, Jeff wins the power of veto.

Kalia hopes to mend fences again, but Jeff still doesn’t like the fact that she put him in danger. As a peace offering, she says she will not be putting Jordan on the block.

In celebration of his 40th birthday, Adam shaves his beard for the first time in 6 years. I don’t recognize him, but his voice will help with that.

Rachel offers to work with Kalia, but she promises to get rid of Daniele if she stays.

Lawon suggests that they put him up. This is not about being a pawn. He wants to be evicted. He’s got it in his head that he’ll come back with some special powers, and maybe a cape. Nobody cares if Lawon goes home anyway (even his former partner Kalia), so this may be the easy way to just waste this twist week.

At the veto ceremony, Jeff takes himself off the block, and Lawon takes his place. Kalia thinks she just gained three allies, but they’re not forgetting that quickly.

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Following Brendon’s eviction in Big Brother 13 Episode 13, Kalia won HOH.

Daniele complains that Brendon and Rachel have pulled a lot of crap. Surely that is something Daniele knows a lot about. Her gameplay is ultimately what caused it all.

Porsche chose Jeff and Shelly in the competition, an indication to them that she’s on the other side. She calls it a mistake, but she’s happy if it buys her one week of safety.

Kalia says nobody better say she’s not here to play. Based on one multiple guess challenge win, I’ll say it. Let me know when you’ve done something worthwhile.

Meanwhile, Rachel has another breakdown, and then Kalia follows suit when she walks into her HOH room.

Rachel offers Kalia one week of safety if she receives the same thing in return.

The contestants head to a lounge in the backyard, where the have not challenge is to blend three ingredients with milk and serve it to their opponent. The houseguest who names the most ingredients will win a point, and in the event of a tie, they must drink the glass the fastest. Jeff guesses creamed corn and corned beef hash, while Lawon guesses scrambled eggs and gorgonzola, bringing them to a tie, which Jeff wins. Shelly guesses carrots (disregarding Jeff’s input that canned yams are in it), while Porsche guesses beets and dill pickles to win the point. Daniele and Jordan both try to make the grossest combination. Jordan guesses horseradish sauce, while Daniele guesses liverwurst, bringing them to a chug off tie breaker, which Daniele wins. The red team of Daniele, Porsche, and Adam are the haves for the week; the blue team of Jeff, Jordan, Shelly, and Rachel are the have nots.

Jordan blames herself for their loss, and she’s angry that Porsche and Lawon do nothing but just get by regardless. In addition to slop, the have nots receive coconuts and catfish.

Kalia says she wants to ally with Shelly for a trio to go to the end. Shelly plays along, like she’s played along with everybody else, but she really wants to be with Jeff and Jordan.

The plan for the nominations is Jeff and Rachel. But Jeff’s the pawn. Or rather, Jeff’s the person who’s just being nominated so that he can win veto, at least that’s how it’s being sold to him (he’s not buying this stupid story). Already in a bad mood today, Jordan walks out. Before leaving, she warns her that she should be nominating the dead weight, who are not a threat if they come back. Jeff departs with an additional warning, that Kalia’s his #1 target, and tells her that she needs to stop listening to Daniele and the floaters.

Before we get to the nominations, Daniele pouts because she has to sit next to Rachel.

Nominations
Adam is safe.
Porsche is safe.
Daniele is safe.
Jordan is safe (speaking up to say she’s going to be on the block anyway).
Lawon is safe.
Shelly is safe.
Rachel and Jeff have been nominated for eviction.

Kalia says she made her own decision, which is greeted by snickering.

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Desperate to get out of the house, Brendon’s veto win in Big Brother 13 Episode 12 led him not to saving himself but rather to saving Rachel. Tonight either he or Jordan will be sent home.

Daniele feels people aren’t threatened by Jordan, the only winner in the house, who’s a far better player than Brendon (or Daniele’s dad for that matter). She needs Jordan in this house because otherwise she’s in trouble. As if she’s not in trouble either way after throwing away her game.

Brendon and Rachel assume that Kalia and Lawon are lost causes, which will leave the power in the hands of the other three newbies. Rachel hopes she can at least count on her closest friend in the house, Porsche, assuming she’s able to take Rachel’s tantrums and self pity.

Julie points out that the only other person ever to use the veto on someone else rather than themselves when they were on the block were Dick and Daniele, who both saved each other during their season. It’s a mark of extremely poor gameplay, although in Daniele’s case it was merely for show since it granted her father the only vote.

ED returns to the show, still deluded into thinking he and his daughter played a great game (in spite of having full knowledge now about Eric and America’s Choice), but his main purpose for being on the show tonight is to talk about how much Daniele sucks at this game.

Votes
Jeff: Brendon
Rachel: Jordan
Kalia: Brendon
Adam: Brendon
Porsche: Jordan
Lawon: Brendon
Shelly: Brendon

By a vote of 5-2, Brendon has been voted out of the Big Brother house. Kalia and Daniele use their goodbye messages to be bitches, always a stupid idea.

It’s time to shake things up. I hate hearing phrases like that from Julie. Keith, Cassi, Dominic, and Brendon will be given the opportunity to return to the game. This is why you play nice in your goodbye messages. You never know when somebody will come back and/or how it will impact their jury vote.

Here’s the bad news. America will be able to vote between the four people who have been evicted to choose who they want to return to the house. If Big Brother were intended to be a popularity contest, the format would not have been changed in season 2.

The HOH competition has three choices for answers: Keith, Cassi, or Dominic.

During an eviction ceremony, who referred to the other houseguests as…
Kalia guesses Dominic and strangely enough is correct. Jordan is eliminated.

Rachel and Lawon are chosen to compete next by Kalia.
Who did not play in the march of the ants competition?
Rachel correctly answers Keith, and Lawon is out.

Kalia and Adam go next.
Who was nominated for eviction twice?
Kalia answers Dominic.

Rachel and Porsche are next.
Who putted their ball into…
Rachel guesses Dominic incorrectly rather than Cassi, and she’s warned by Julie not to swear on live TV (with a 7 second delay).

Jeff and Shelly are next.
During an eviction ceremony, who said “There are some friendships I’ll carry outside of…”
Shelly correctly answers Cassi.

As the only others who remains, Kalia and Porsche square off.
Who was the third houseguest to fall off a banana? Kalia correctly answers Keith.

The final competition is between Kalia and Shelly. I doubt Shelly even wants this.
Who spelled the word standings?
Kalia answers Dominic, and she is the new HOH.

Oh joy. Another week of Kalia and Daniele.

Julie leaves us with information that two evicted houseguests will battle live to get back into the game. (Yeah, I was listening to her for once.) So is that next week’s evictee and America’s choice, or is it the top two vote getters?

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Daniele followed her scripted for television HOH win in Big Brother 13 Episode 11 with an also scripted for television nomination of Rachel & Brendon, a couple that once again can’t make it past week 5 before the house turns on them.

Brendon’s plan: win veto and remove Rachel so that Daniele is stuck with her rather than him being stuck with her.

Well, I can see this is going to be an evening of waterworks.

Jordan volunteers to Jeff to go on the block as a pawn should it be necessary. Jeff is willing to honor his deal with Daniele for as long as she’s in power.

Daniele views this as her opportunity to make a big game move. Her and her army of… Kalia. Somehow her terrible gameplay is Rachel’s fault.

Daniele, Brendon, and Rachel are joined in the power of veto by Jeff, Adam, and Porsche. They have apparently run out of ideas because it’s a mix of all the previous competitions.

The first competition up for bids is how long it will take them to transport 10 gumballs across the balance beam. Dominic’s winning time was 70 in 12 minutes and 10 seconds. With her bid of 2 minutes, Rachel will either need to complete the task in that time, or Adam will be knocked out after bidding 3:17. Now we get to listen to Brendon being a cheerleader and Kalia’s equally annoying impression of him. With a time of 1:49, Rachel eliminates Adam.

Brendon and Rachel completed the superhero veto puzzle. They are now bidding on how long it will take them to complete this new version. Rachel again bids lowest, 38 seconds, and she is competing to knock out Porsche, who bid 1:58. The ridiculously short bid is not enough, and Rachel is eliminated.

The third task is to pluck 11 hairs and spell an 11 letter word, nominations. Not wanting to spell, Jeff bids a high 1:59, but the thinking she was being smart Daniele accidentally bids lowest by a good margin with 29 seconds. She seems to have the word but not enough time.

While dressed as cows on the moon, they will have to transport 3 gallons of milk from the pool to the jug. Saying she does not want a repeat of what happened when she was partnered with Keith (I’m sure there’s logic in there somewhere), Porsche bids 3:19, a time far higher than Jeff’s 54 seconds. Coming just a couple seconds shy, Jeff is eliminated.

The final round is to put a ball into the hole. Brendon’s bid of 33 seconds is 2 seconds lower than Porsche. Finishing with 3 seconds to spare, Brendon wins the power of veto.

Brendon’s plan is to use the power of veto to save Rachel so that he can stop whining about his PhD and what he’s giving up to be here. However, he will tell everybody that he’s going to save himself so that Daniele has to make a last minute decision that burns her. He’s not even telling Jeff and Jordan, a good thing because Daniele’s only hope is to send them fishing for answers.

Daniele doesn’t trust Shelly because she considers her a floater, though she doesn’t want to make yet another enemy either. Her other option is to nominate Jordan and assume the house will view her as less of a threat. I disagree because Jordan’s clearly a far better player than either of them, but ultimately, you don’t take anything for granted in this game. If you nominate two people, make it two people you want to get rid of. Don’t assume your intended target is certain. This is Big Brother 101 and was made obvious the very first week of the very first house nominations in Big Brother 2.

Rachel and Brendon offer to work with Daniele, but she’s not biting.

As planned, Brendon uses the power of veto to save Rachel, a surprise to everybody in the house. The replacement nominee is Jordan.

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