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Devin nominated Paola & Brittany, and Amber nominated Hayden & Nicole in Big Brother 16 Episode 6. Hayden & Nicole won the battle of the block, leaving Brittany and her big mouth on the block against Paola, who may or may not have thrown the challenge.

Zach, Derrick, Christine, and Cody want to prove that Devin is no longer running the house. For no other reason than to prove a point apparently, they want to get rid of Paola, the weakest person in the house. Amber has issues with Devin as well, and that means by default that Caleb will take her side.

Frankie sits by and watches Caleb and Devin attempt to have a battle of wits. Devin’s final conclusion from this battle is that there is no more alliance. Granted, it’s not as if Devin has a lot of options. His irrational behavior has alienated a lot of people. It’s a miracle his own alliance was not smart enough to dump him last week rather than take the risk.

Two more people have joined Team America: Frankie and Derrick. They have incentive for doing these idiotic potentially game ending tasks. For every mission they accomplish, each person will receive $5,000. These are interesting choices for me. I was thinking America hated the Bomb Squad (or at least enough of it) and would try to blow it up, but the team is represented by two members of that fragile alliance.

Devin chooses Zach at random for the veto competition, Brittany chooses Derrick, and Paola selects Amber.

Caleb apologizes for how their previous discussion concluded. He’s going to pretend like there is nothing wrong with Devin for now. Devin will do the same. One thing that comes out of this discussion, perhaps just because of a slip of the tongue, is that people want Devin out of this house.

So you know what that means. House meeting. Because the last one went so well. The women refuse to open their mouths. Zach acknowledges that Paola is the weakest player ever, but he likes Brittany better. Nobody cares to assist Zach with getting his foot out of his mouth, and he does not help himself by admitting that he suggested that Devin needs to go.

Before the veto competition begins, Devin tells Paola that he will pull her off the block if he wins, which would be a smart move because it would thwart his alliance’s plans and not even give them the opportunity to consider them. Of course, he needs to make a smart replacement because someone like the completely invisible Jocasta (this is the first time I have mentioned her name except during the introductions and voting) will not help him any.

Their task is to balance ten planets on their mobiles at the same time. I think we can safely count Paola out of this competition. Brittany is equally useless. Zach is doing pretty well, but Derrick and Devin seem to be the only ones with any chance. Devin wins the power of veto. I’m somewhat happy with that result just because it pisses a lot of people off who should have thought about going against this guy before he won HOH rather than after.

Zach now realizes he’s screwed because Devin makes it clear he does not trust him. Frankie can’t figure out why these idiots keep telling people the truth.

Brittany has been stupidly vocal about how evil Devin is pretty much since he won HOH, but now she finally realizes that she has to make a deal with the devil. In response, he tells her that Paola threw the competition (because she’s such a competition threat).

Devin has promised to use the veto on Paola. He has also promised to use the veto on Brittany. And he had previously promised not to nominate any of his alliance members, such as Zach. He’s about to break at least one of those promises. At least somebody in this house is lying. Not particularly well, but lying the nonetheless.

Devin uses his power of veto on Brittany, who says that Paola is her target. His reasoning is that she’s a single mom. Oh, now nobody’s going to buy that. The replacement nominee is Zach, which only sucks because he has surprisingly become likeable after making a really bad first impression.

That went about as badly as can be expected, and the teaser for tomorrow’s show warns that all hell is about to break loose. I was looking forward to Brittany’s ouster, too, because she’s just really dumb at this game, or at least she was toward the beginning of the week.

With 12 votes this week, Devin either needs to convince someone in his alliance to flip on Zach, or he needs to convince every single other person to go against him. Either that, or Zach can just keep telling the truth.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 16 Episode 8, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.

Following Joey’s eviction in Big Brother 16 Episode 5, Amber and Devin won HOH, ensuring the continued dominanace of the Bomb Squad for at least one more week.

It doesn’t really seem to matter for Cody whether he is HOH or not, but he makes a valid point. Devin is a ticking time bomb. Speaking of which, he goes into the room to tell Donny everything, while Zach is laying there “sleeping”. Then Devin calls a house meeting to tell everybody he was the mastermind behind the nominations but wants to be honest going forward. The fallout of this is that Caleb and Frankie now look like liars following their nominations. As the first person to mention this, Brittany has become Devin’s target.

Hayden has a crush on Nicole, and unlike Caleb, he actually has a chance. Christine is onboard with bringing him into their alliance. Like Devin, Christine is pretty much working with the whole house, except everybody does not know it.

There is discussion about putting up a member of the alliance, which is dumb. Don’t nominate somebody unless you are prepared for them to go home.

Devin’s nominations
Paola & Brittany

Amber’s nominations
Hayden & Nicole

Brittany is clearly Devin’s target, and now it is personal, as neither of them like each other. Not having learned from this, she’s going to keep running her mouth. Regardless of whether what she’s saying being true or not, there is no compelling reason to eliminate any of the other three nominees. Paola’s just a weak pawn there to lose another competition, and Hayden and Nicole were both random choices in Amber’s attempt to not make it obvious she’s working with the guys. As if it matters, Devin asks Paola to throw the competition.

One minute, Zach says he’s straight. The next, he’s cuddling with Frankie. Their celebrity couple name: Zrankie.

For the power of the block competition, they will need to look at photos, most of which are nonsense, and pick out the ones that actually match the questions. Brittany answers the first question incorrectly and must wear beer goggles for the rest of the game, which will supposedly make it so she can barely see any more. Paola is correct on the second question and assigns the hangover cure punishment to Hayden. Brittany answers the next question incorrectly after listening to Paola, and her punishment is to do a cannonball in the pool. Paola is incorrect again and is assigned the leaky beer helmet as a punishment. Brittany answers correctly and gives a swirly to Hayden. Hayden answers correctly to win the power of the block competition, saving himself and Nicole and keeping Amber safe and without any blood on her hands.

I’m not sure what to make of that challenge. Any idiot could have won that, so it’s hard to say whether it was thrown. In the end, the target remains clear and will only continue to grow.

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Donny won a spelling competition in Big Brother 16 Episode 4 that saved him from the block, while everybody else was unable to find all the letters to create any words. Not at all suspicious. In his place, Joey was nominated alongside Paola.

Paola plans to stay under the radar for the week and just let Joey keep digging her own grave. She may not be campaigning for herself, but Devin sure is, continuing his overly aggressive style that is worse than Joey’s stupid attempt to create an all girl alliance. As for Joey, she dresses up as a man (her alter ego Alex) and pretends to be one of the guys.

Caleb has a crush on Amber. When he finally admits it, he creates an awkward atomsphere because she does not feel the same way and does not plan to.

Votes
Devin: Joey
Derrick: Joey
Frankie: Joey
Cody: Joey
Zach: Joey
Brittany: Joey
Nicole: Joey
Christine: Joey
Victoria: Joey
Jocasta: Joey
Hayden: Joey
Amber: Joey
Donny: Joey

By a vote of 13-0, Joey has been evicted from the Big Brother house. I would have preferred that at least one person vote the other way just for the sake of screwing with Devin. The most important part of this vote is that it decimates this season’s other stupid twist, Team America. Let’s keep going in that direction. Paola made a terrible first impression, but I have found her a lot more likeable over the past couple of episodes.

This week’s HOH will be split into two parts, one for the men and one for the women, effectively ensuring that the all male dominance is at an end or at least wobbling for the time being, unless either Amber or Christine win. Both sets of people will compete in the same competition, transferring kegs across balance beams while having frisbees chucked at them.

Amber is in the lead the whole time and just keeps getting further ahead, eventually becoming this week’s first HOH. More importantly, she just saved the Bomb Squad from having to lose power this week. In hindsight, Devin bringing two girls into the alliance seems very smart, even if it was stupid for him to do so without bothering to discuss it with anyone else. Since almost all the guys are in the Bomb Squad, it seems a safe bet that they will get the other spot. But it’s Hayden who is dominating the game. When he gets a few feet away from winning, he falls and is eliminated. Cody wins. Or does he? Nope, his foot hit the ground before he hit his button. That makes Devin the second HOH of the week. Cody’s probably better off that way anyway.

Unsurprisingly, Donny is the second member of Team America. As much as I like him, I also like that he’s got a big target on his back. America does not need influence over this game. If you want it that way, just go back to season 1.

Ugh. Joey has been eliminated. So now the rules are changed. They won’t just let her go. No, they will be letting an additional person into Team America to keep it at three. CBS, you suck. Let these stupid twists die a natural death rather than trying to prolong the misery.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 16 Episode 6, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Caleb nominated Donny and Paola, and Frankie nominated Victoria and Brittany in Big Brother 16 Episode 3. Following the very first battle of the block, Victoria and Brittany were safe, while Frankie was put back into the potential nomination pool, having possibly made two new enemies for no good reason. As easy as it is to dismiss his HOH as stupid, the good news for him is that being the first HOH put him in a power position he would not otherwise be in, part of a jock alliance that likely would have ignored him. Of course, by this point, Devin has probably told everybody in the house about the alliance anyway.

Paola admits she’s usually selfish, but she says she would rather put Donny before herself. His water works, which seem genuine, are having the effect of causing sympathy, at least among some people.

Despite the fact that Donny just lost and was the first male to fall in the previous competition, the other guys are calling him a beast and a challenge threat. They also think he’s ex-military. Frankie sees this as further indication of Devin’s delusion, but now Caleb is being drawn into the spiral as well. Though Devin does not trust Donny and lets him know, Donny will keep trusting anyway.

Caleb must name the first four have nots of the summer. Hayden, Joey, Brittany, and Cody volunteer. Their room is an ice room, and the slop is in popsicle form.

Joey wants to salvage her all girl alliance, which has already fallen apart. Perhaps if she drags even more girls into the alliance, that will work better than what has already failed. This is a disaster that just paints a target on her, as Amber quickly informs her Bomb Squad alliance, which for some reason is still a thing, what’s happening. What Amber says doesn’t even matter because Joey tells Devin about the alliance she failed to start anyway.

The HOH and the two nominees will compete in the power of veto competition and choose one person each to participate by random draw. Caleb chooses Vicotoria, Paola chooses Zach, and Donny chooses Cody. None of them got their wishes.

They are the Miami Lice (ugh) squad and must reveal letters on each gooey bug in what will culminate in a spelling competition. Zach spells warning. Cody spells competively, which is not a word, and I think he may have just realized it. Caleb spells secialize, also not a word. Victoria likewise could not find all the letters. Paola spells a random non-word because she cannot find all the letters either. Donny spells splitters, a pretty good 9 letter word that is enough for him to win the power of veto. Yes, Donny just won a spelling competition, even if for no other reason than not a single person in this house can spell. This should help reenforce the belief that he’s a highly trained ex-special forces super fighter.

At the veto ceremony, Donny removes himself from the block. Caleb nominates Joey due to her inept attempt at starting a competing alliance. Good. Let’s start getting rid of America’s team. It was stupid when Eric was America’s player, as he lost the game because he was dumb enough to listen and handed it to a frankly terrible player. We don’t need a whole team of people ruining the game. That’s what the producers are for.

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Caleb became the week’s second HOH in Big Brother 16 Episode 2.

Because there are two HOHs, they get to share a room. Frankie has a plan to be as fake as possible and pretend that he likes Caleb, despite his prejudged notions that he’s a conservative hick.

Devin, who’s allied with half the house already, now proposes an all male alliance. The Bomb Squad jock alliance includes Devin, Cody, Derrick, Caleb, Zach, and because he’s the other HOH, Frankie. As for his alliance with Donny, that’s over, but he will continue to play along.

The nominations would historically take the entire episode, but now they have to get it done before half past the hour because there is more to come. They have to draw to determine who nominates first, and the second HOH will choose from the remaining nominees.

Nominated by Caleb
Donny
Paola

Nominated by Frankie
Victoria
Brittany

Caleb nominated the first male and first female who fell to reduce suspicion of an all male alliance, and Frankie nominated the first two people who fell. Victoria feels betrayed by somebody who made an alliance with her night one because her shirt matched his hair.

The nominations make sense, but they may be a glimpse of things to come. Rather than make a big move, which it’s really too early to do anyway, both play it safe and just nominate the weakest links possible who have the least chance of winning the competition and dethroning them.

Something I’m not sure I have seen before: the HOH starts crying after the ceremony. Caleb is almost the most broken up about these nominations. Frankie goes to console the only person who is more upset, Victoria, telling her he had no choice but to nominate her but does not want her to go home. She’s not dumb enough to fall for it.

Apparently not content with being allied with almost the entire house already, Devin tells Amber and Christine about his new alliance and wants them to join. After he tells them, then he wakes Caleb up and informs him that two new people have joined. Furthermore, Devin is afraid that Donny is a mastermind. These guys might want to reconsider and get rid of this idiot before he does any more damage.

The first battle of the block requires them to swing, fill their glasses with liquid, and throw that toward their partners, who can then fill a container on the other side. Donny’s having fun, but Paola has pretty much given up from the start. After being pathetic for a while, Paola starts to make things interesting, but it’s too late. Victoria and Brittany win, which means Frankie is no longer HOH.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 16 Episode 3, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

A bunch of stupid twists started off the season in Big Brother 16 Episode 1, and Frankie ended up being the first person to win HOH this week.

For those of you keeping score at home, today is Ariana Grande’s birthday. You don’t want to pass up this opportunity, CBS.

They keep threatening us that this will be the most twisted summer ever. This will not end well.

The additional houseguests who will be entering the house tonight are Brittany, Christine, Jocasta, Victoria, Caleb, Derrick, Hayden, and Zach.

Victoria is orthodox… but does not dress it. Caleb is a metrosexual country boy, whatever that is. Brittany seems to be looking for a showmance now that her marriage is over. Christine is a BB fanatic. Derrick is a cop. Zach recently graduated from college, so now he just chills. He has been punched in the face before for having a big mouth. Jocasta thinks Jesus cares who wins this show. Hayden is goofy and thinks everybody will like him.

Paola wonders why a minister would come on Big Brother of all shows. Victoria delusionally believes she’s the hottest one there. Derrick pretends he’s not a cop.

Frankie is already worried about Caleb being too conservative within about the first five minutes based apparently on the words south and hunting. He’s probably right, but at least give the guy a chance. He’s not so worried about Victoria and is already making an alliance (or some sort of partnership) with her because she’s wearing pink.

Caleb doesn’t plan to throw any competitions, no matter how stupid that plan may be. In addition to the fact that Frankie is worried about him, so is Paola, who thinks he’ll go after the other big target in the house, which obviously would be her.

Donny’s plan is to just be funny. He does not want anybody to confuse him with someone who’s good at the game. I did not plan to.

Brittany and Derrick bond over the fact that they both have children.

Zach knows people from Frankie’s high school. He knows exactly what they are like. He does not clarify this statement, but Frankie assumes. It does not seem terribly far fetched if what we know about Frankie’s family is any indication, though such comments are about the worst first impression possible.

The second HOH competition is about to begin. They are going to be roasted on a BBQ and have to hold on as they spin around. Victoria is the first one to fall, so now Frankie is over her. Brittany falls after they start spraying them with sauce. Jocasta is next. Christine is the fourth person to fall and the last girl down. Zach drops next, and so does Derrick, both saying they don’t want to win. Neither Hayden nor Caleb have that mindset. Though Hayden puts up a good fight, it’s not even close, and Caleb is the second HOH.

Caleb just put a huge target on his back, but at the same time, he impressed a lot of people who now want to work with him.

Now here’s how the twist works. Both HOH winners will nominate two people. Additionally, there will be a new competition called the battle of the block, which is between the nominees, who have the opportunity save themselves while dethroning the HOH who nominated them. Yeah, it’s even more dumb than ever to win HOH.

The first member of Team America based on the public’s votes is Joey. I did not predict that. Joey seems likeable enough, though I don’t have any strong opinion one way or the other at this point. Of course, all of this was based on the online bio (hers states her favorite cast member ever was GinaMarie but is otherwise an okay read). She says she will happily accept and complete any task America assigns her. Eric was equally an idiot when he was America’s player.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 16 Episode 3, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

It’s time once again for the show everybody loves to hate. This year is the first season in HD, which means the producers must be getting more comfortable with their ability to rig competitions without getting caught. Early reports suggest more “controversial” houseguests. I can’t wait to be “upset” about people being “racist” again episode after episode. That sure was fun last year.

Paola thinks she will manipulate all the men. Donny was the janitor at Kelly Pickler’s high school. Cody is a former pro soccer player, while Devin played baseball. Frankie is Ariana Grande’s sister, a name probably more popular with those watching Disney Channel than this show. Joey is extremely liberal and plans to be annoyed by high maintenance girls.

Paola has a crush on Cody already. She’ll need to get in line to compete with Frankie for him. Amber wants Devin, who wants Joey. As per usual, everybody is right around the same age group, except for the old man of the house, 42 year old Donny.

Only eight people (Paola, Donny, Cody, Devin, Joey, Frankie, Amber, and Nicole) enter the house at first, so they launch a plan to stick together. They create the first alliance of the season, the Crazy Eights. Then Devin creates his own side alliance with Donny, a very smart union because nobody will suspect it.

As much as she thinks she can manipulate the men, Paola’s wants a girl power alliance, and she is already threatend by how close Frankie and Cody are. She wants to give America hope that girls can work together. No, really. Mostly, Nicole is confused by their name, El Cuatro.

This year’s twist is that the HOH will not be safe just because they are HOH. What’s even the point of being HOH then? It’s usually pretty stupid to win to begin with because you just make enemies, but at least you don’t have to worry for that week.

The first HOH competition of the season will only feature these first eight people. Their task is to be the last surfer standing in what will involve a lot of walking and balancing on a rolling log. Paola is the first person to fall. Joey follows. Then sunscreen begins to fall from the sky, and Nicole falls. The log then starts going the opposite direction. Donny is the first man to fall, and Devin drops right after him. Cody follows. Amber says she then decided to throw it, and Frankie is the new HOH. In a weird turn of events that could only happen in this season, he immediately starts begging everybody to keep him safe.

Julie reveals the rest of the twist. A second group of eight houseguests will be joining them, and one of them will become HOH as well. However, by the end of the week, only one HOH will be left standing.

There’s also another twist, called Team America. This should be stupid. Three people will be part of a secret alliance to be controlled by America. I can’t wait for actual skill at playing the game to be interrupted by a popularity contest.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 16 Episode 2, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.