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Going from being against everyone to doing whatever the house wants, Aaryn nominated Howard and Spencer in Big Brother 15 Episode 14.

McCrae throws Helen, Elissa, and Aaryn under the bus about these nominations, but his lies don’t matter because Spencer doesn’t believe anything he says anyway.

Howard makes a speech to try to save himself, but nobody can understand a word he’s saying. It sounds like English words, just not strung together particularly coherently. Everybody thinks he was saying he is gunning for them.

America has nominated Amanda as their MVP nominee. That’s different. I’m not sure I can follow America’s logic from last week to this week. This only helps solidify the conspiracy theory that Howard’s the MVP. Howard is happy because she’s a bigger threat. I agree to an extent, but his bigger muscles overshadow whatever threat she may be.

Candice and Jessie join Howard, Amanda, Spencer, and Aaryn in the veto competition. They climb inside a time machine and are transported to a time of dinosaurs and volcanoes. Their task is to collect stone fragments to build a stone and save the veto for future generations. Most of them are hopeless. Amanda starts to pull away from the others before realizing she forgot to get some pieces. Spencer’s not far behind her and manages to take the lead as she is distracted elsewhere. Spencer wins the power of veto. I guess we need to consider who he’s against, but I did not see Spencer winning a puzzle.

The replacement nominee here is obvious. Candice is not a threat but is a guaranteed vote for Howard. Knowing this, she’s not about to even attempt to prevent herself from being nominated by talking to Aaryn. They hate each other so much that doing so would be counterproductive. Instead, she approaches Helen. It seems her idea of trying to win Helen over is accusing her of being responsible for every eviction that’s happened. Well, that went worse than a chat with Aaryn would have. Once that conversation concludes, Helen makes it her goal to turn people against Candice.

As expected, Spencer removes himself from the block, and Candice has been nominated in his place.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 16, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.

After surviving another eviction as Kaitlin was eliminated in Big Brother 15 Episode 13, Aaryn won HOH.

With Aaryn as HOH, she now has to decide whether to honor her promise that she’d do whatever they want. The proposed nominees have already been decided: Howard and Spencer.

Elissa has expended so much energy in her efforts to target Aaryn that nobody truss her any more. Even her closest allies are considering getting rid of her. Of course, the thing that is making them angriest is that Candice found out about the deal, which was in reality Jessie’s fault. Despite the fact that Aaryn is HOH, Elissa continues to act the same way as she was last week.

In an effort to save themselves, Howard and Spencer have an opposite proposal. If she goes back on the deal, she’ll be in a much better spot by breaking up the power in the house. Otherwise, she’ll just be in the same position next week as she was last week. Of course, it could be argued that the Candice/Howard/Spencer trio is the most dangerous in the house (or would be if they ever won anything).

The have/have not competition is a promo for yet another CBS crime drama that isn’t even named CSI. Their challenge is to stack the evidence items on their desks. Almost seems too easy. As the first team to complete the challenge, the orange team of Aaryn, Elissa, Andy, and McCrae get an advantage in part two of the competition. Green team Judd, Candice, GinaMarie, and Amanda place second. They are followed by last place purple team Spencer, Howard, Helen, and Jessie.

The real challenge is to remember where everything was when they started, which nobody was even paying attention to initially. The first place team gets a picture with 10 items, the second place teams gets 9, and the last place team gets 8. Orange team again places first. Purple comes from behind to place second. That leaves the green team in last and as have nots for the week, which Judd attributes to the women on his team talking over each other the whole time.

Nominations
GinaMarie is safe.
Jessie is safe.
Andy is safe.
Elissa is safe.
Candice is safe.
Helen is safe.
McCrae is safe.
Amanda is safe.
Judd is safe.
Howard and Spencer have been nominated for eviction.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 15, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

After giving Elissa power for three weeks in a row, America decided to put her on the block in Big Brother 15 Episode 12. So of course she then won veto and removed herself, leaving GinaMarie nominated against Aaryn and Kaitlin. Either way, the house is about to become less attractive and probably less blonde, but nobody will miss any of them. This will mark the first time this summer that a woman gets eliminated.

Julie reveals that Aaryn was the overwhelming choice as America’s MVP nominee, but Judd had already nominated her, leaving second choice Elissa as the nominee.

Judd was apparently serious when he made an alliance with Kaitlin, more or less. Still, he’s listening to Aaryn’s plea to save her. All along, he’s preferred to keep her because people are just going to keep nominating her every week. His argument is that Kaitlin has been strong in challenges. He now calls his alliance fake and admits it to the rest of the house.

Not content with merely insisting that Aaryn must go, Elissa proceeds to tell Kaitlin she’s in danger. Aaryn overhears their conversation and approaches Helen. Elissa tries to lie her way out of it, which doesn’t work. What of course comes out of this conversation is that the alliance is now all over the house, plus a lot of random bitchiness.

Votes
Amanda: Kaitlin
McCrae: Kaitlin
Helen: Kaitlin
Candice: Kaitlin
Elissa: Kaitlin
Spencer: Kaitlin
Howard: Kaitlin
Andy: Kaitlin
Jessie: Kaitlin

Once again, for all the complaining about Aaryn, she nonetheless survives in a landslide vote. By a vote of 9-0-0, Kaitlin has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Upon her departure, she only hugs GinaMarie, but she still says it’s just a game. She acknowledges that she aligned with some catty girls, but Julie’s attempts to send her on a guilt trip fall flat.

America is the MVP again. No matter how many times you do it, it’s still a stupid twist. Voting does not belong in US Big Brother because it’s no longer about the game but rather a popularity contest.

The HOH competition is more dumb luck than usual. They will roll a single ball on a roulette wheel to try to get the highest number. Andy rolls a 23. McCrae takes the lead with 28. GinaMarie scores 3. Candice gets 27. Spencer takes the lead with 34. Aaryn gets 36, the highest score possible. Howard gets 17. Jessie scores 2. Helen gets 28. Amanda gets 1. Aaryn gets a 0. Aaryn is HOH.

The deal Aaryn made with the houseguests which played a big part in saving her butt was that she would throw HOH, but this competition could not be thrown, short of throwing the ball across the yard, which I suppose may have been an option. There was no skill or strategy that would have provided either an advantage or disadvantage. Of course, the other part of the deal was nominating whoever they want should she end up winning.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 14, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Aaryn and Kaitlin were again nominated for eviction in Big Brother 15 Episode 11.

Elissa is acting weird because she has not yet found out she’s the MVP. She’s not going to find that out either. In that case, she’s of no use to Amanda now.

Spencer and Howard want a new alliance with Judd, GinaMarie, and Kaitlin because supposedly they have all been ostracized. GinaMarie, for example, lost Nick. Let it go. Judd seems to be at least entertaining this, despite the fact that he nominated Kaitlin and desperately wanted to nominated GinaMarie.

The news for Elissa gets worse. The MVP has secretly nominated her for eviction, which totally makes sense. She may have the vote sealed up when it comes down to just a question of who people like best, but her supporters all splintered their votes without any clear indication, while a bunch of her haters all voted for the same person.

Perhaps this is overthinking things. This is Big Brother. It’s always possible they are trying to manufacture drama, which is exactly what this does. Elissa blames GinaMarie, Kaitlin, and/or Aaryn. Then she asks people to just vote her out. They wonder whether she just nominated herself.

Helen and McCrae have been chosen to participate in veto along with Judd, Aaryn, Kaitlin, and Elissa. Their task is to crawl through the mud and grab ballots, which they must either keep or discard based on the number of votes listed on each ballot. They can only keep 4 ballots. The higher numbers are punishments, while the lower ones are rewards, and single digit ballots are neither of those.

McCrae doesn’t care less that he may be the replacement MVP nominee and goes right for the $5,000. Aaryn doesn’t want to get her face dirty because she’s nothing without it.

Helen: 29 votes, 8PM curfew for 2 nights
Kaitlin: 25 votes
McCrae: 20 votes, $5000
Aaryn: 32 votes
Judd: 38 votes, solitary confinement for 24 hours
Elissa: 40 votes, can’t play in next week’s veto

Elissa wins the power of veto.

When Comcast decided to return my signal, Amanda was crying about Elissa being mean, which seems to have come about due to a comment about her weight.

Elissa has decided to use the power of veto on herself, and the replacement nominee is GinaMarie. Nobody in the house would nominate both of those people, which just leads to more conspiracy theories.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 13, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.

Jeremy was evicted in Big Brother 15 Episode 10, then Judd won HOH.

Spencer’s worried that a guy has gone home three weeks in a row. If the girls decide to work together, they could dominate the house. The problem is they hate each other.

Amanda continues to think she’s in power. That didn’t work so well last week. Again, Judd isn’t going to listen to her plans to get rid of Howard. Rather, the consideration is non-threatening nominees who nobody likes, again like last week. His main target is GinaMarie because she annoys him.

The have/have not competition is a froyo eating challenge, featuring both vanilla/chocolate and anchovy/habanero flavors. Whichever team gains the least weight loses. This is silly, even by Big Brother standards. The orange team of Jessie, Candice, Spencer, and Andy end up as have nots for the week. You’d think having Spencer around would serve as an advantage, but if anything it seems to be a hindrance. For Andy, this is his third week in a row as a have not.

Judd continues to get pressure to put up both Aaryn and Howard. He’s not paying much attention to those who want to get rid of Howard, but he seems to be leaning toward an Aaryn nomination, rather than his proposed targets, GinaMarie and Kaitlin, which would just be a waste.

Nominations
Spencer is safe.
Jessie is safe.
Elissa is safe.
Candice is safe.
McCrae is safe.
Andy is safe.
Helen is safe.
Howard is safe.
GinaMarie is safe.
Amanda is safe.
Aaryn and Kaitlin have been nominated for eviction.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 12, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

As Kaitlin removed herself from the block after winning veto in Big Brother 15 Episode 9, the plan to backdoor Jeremy kicked into gear with him being put up for eviction against Aaryn and Spencer.

Aaryn complains that she is being discriminated against because she’s cute, and Jeremy is being discriminated against because he’s good at things. Anyway…

In attempt to save himself, Jeremy dresses in a diaper. I have not seen this strategy before. He makes an offer to McCrae, Amanda, and Judd that he’ll win HOH and put up whoever they want, something Helen and Elissa refused to do. Of course, it’s not as if he can be trusted.

Aaryn’s strategy is to try to be nice. She says this is really hard to do, and she deserves to be acknowledged for it.

Meanwhile, GinaMarie is still crying about Nick leaving. This was bad enough a week ago. Now it’s absurd. Somehow, all roads lead back to Aaryn being a mean person, as this emotional instability is apparently her fault.

Jeremy promises to be a completely different person and have Helen’s and Elissa’s backs (even over Kaitlin) if they help him stay. Although nothing he has done so far would suggest they should fall for this, he does seem sincere.

Votes
Candice: Jeremy
Andy: Jeremy
Howard: Jeremy
Elissa: Jeremy
Kaitlin: Spencer
GinaMarie: Jeremy
Amanda: Jeremy
McCrae: Jeremy
Jessie: Jeremy
Judd: Jeremy

By a vote of 9-1-0, Jeremy has been evicted from the Big Brother house. For the third week in a row, Elissa’s MVP nominee has been eliminated. Aside from Kaitlin, only Helen leaves him with positive comments, a smart strategy that some of them may care to borrow as we get closer to jury time. Being mean to evicted houseguests may be amusing, but it’s also stupid.

For all the drama and talk about how Aaryn is evil and keeps making comments intended to hurt others, not one person seems to mind spending the rest of the summer with her. Granted, she often does not seem like a particularly likeable person, but the edit she’s getting suggests an exaggerated attempt to create a villain by blowing every little thing out of proportion.

This week, the MVP has already been chosen. No, it’s not Elissa for a change. It’s America. Oh god. I was happier when it was Elissa all the time.

Their HOH competition is to guess who best fits the royal titles as determined by America.

Who should be crowned the earl of egotism? Aaryn or Jessie?
Everybody says Aaryn and is correct.

Who should be crowned the lord of laziness? Judd or McCrae?
Andy, Amanda, Candice, and Elissa are incorrect when they don’t answer McCrae.

Who should be crowned the baron of boneheads? Spencer or GinaMarie?
Everybody says GinaMarie and is correct.

Who should be crowned the knight of naughtiness? Amanda or Kaitlin?
Everybody says Amanda and is correct.

Who should be crowned the duke of dork? Andy or Helen?
Aaryn, Jessie, and GinaMarie incorrectly answer Helen.

Who should be crowned the sultan of sexy? Elissa or Howard?
Spencer and Howard incorrectly answer Howard.

The tiebreaker is for Judd, Kaitlin, and McCrae. How many gallons of milk would it take to fill the vats that Howard, McCrae, and Spencer were standing in? 1067. Judd, who has been amusing but otherwise invisible, is the new HOH with his guess of 650. I’m not clear what sense it makes for him to win. It’s not like anybody wants to nominate him. His likeability is not seen as a threat, not yet.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 11, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

After we finally got through everyone in the house spreading the stench of hatred throughout in Big Brother 15 Episode 8, Helen anticlimactically nominated Aaryn and Kaitlin for eviction.

As with Sunday, CBS provides a warning/apology at the top of the show. Great, another episode with wall to wall racial overtones. It’s an important topic to discuss, sure, but it’s not the reason why I’m watching Big Brother. Admittedly, I never can figure out why I’m watching this show regardless.

Helen put two hated people on the block, but she realizes neither of them is a threat. Her real target is Jeremy, who she doesn’t want to give a way out like last week.

Unlike Howard, who continues to deny an alliance, Spencer acknowledges that he was a member of The Moving Company.

Surprise of the night. Elissa is MVP for the third time in a row. And for the third time in a row I ask: why bother holding a vote? Because Howard’s both a threat and a liar, Amanda and McCrae especially want him to be nominated.

It was already blatantly obvious that Helen knew about Howard’s alliance because she could name every member in it, but now he finally takes the hint when Spencer tells him she knows everything. Despite the fact that he voted in support of his alliance, he claims to have bailed because Jeremy is a bully.

All of this doesn’t seem to matter. Elissa has a preference to nominate Spencer rather than Howard.

The secret MVP that everybody knows has nominated Spencer for eviction. Afterward, Helen tells Spencer he needs to win so they can get rid of Jeremy.

GinaMarie and Candice will join Helen, Aaryn, Kaitlin, and Spencer in the veto competition. Kaitlin asks GinaMarie not to use the veto if she wins, not that she will.

For the veto competition, they will jump on a trampoline, look at an art collection on the other side of the wall, and match the collection on their own side. It goes without saying that, if their goal was to nominate someone who could win, Spencer was a far worse choice than Howard, though it does increase Helen’s odds. The paintings are famous portraits containing houseguest faces, and there are some that are duplicates but with the faces switched around.

Candice – 8:46
GinaMarie – 8:56
Spencer – 12:19
Aaryn – 9:50
Kaitlin – 7:09
Helen – 8:55

Kaitlin easily wins the power of veto. Now there’s the question of whether she’ll use it. She would be dumb not to.

Helen’s been over the top fake crying this whole episode. Now it’s Kaitlin’s turn. Jeremy suggests this might help get someone other than him nominated. Their suggestion is Howard, who Helen tells her is her other potential choice. During their discussion, Kaitlin starts real crying because she realizes there’s no chance.

It’s been 11 years since Marcellas passed up the chance to use the veto on himself, and for all her talk, it hardly seems likely that Kaitlin will follow in his footsteps. She does not. Kaitlin uses the power of veto to save herself. In her place, Jeremy is nominated, but that won’t stop him from being cocky.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 15 Episode 10, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.