There are two different experiences, both called “Big Brother”.
One is the television show Big Brother, as the CBS producers present it to broadcast tv audiences, three times per week. But the other is what is actually going on in the Big Brother house; the experience of the house guests, unfiltered — or at least less filtered — by television editors.
Fetchland presents Ruining Big Brother. It’s less “spoiling” Big Brother and more pulling back the curtain, to ruin our collective illusions about reality television. Enjoy! Or better yet, recoil in horror…
Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Paulie
HOH Nominated – Paul, Bronte
Roadkill Comp Winner – Victor
RK Nominated – Tiffany
Veto Winner – TBD
Evicted – #1 Jozea
Battle Back challenge – Glenn vs. Jozea
July 22nd will be a special Battle Back episode of Big Brother
Have-Nots – currently none
Team Big Sister: Da’vonne, Paul, Zakiyah
Team Category 4: Frank, Michelle, Paulie, Bridgette
Team Freakazoids: Nicole, Corey, Tiffany
Team Unicorn: James, Natalie, Victor, Bronte
Victor tells Paul & Frank he nominated Tiff
Paulie nominates Bronte and Paul with a plan to backdoor Victor. Soon after this Victor wins the Roadkill competition, a math challenge that (from cage-matcher recounts) sounds similar to the card game Uno. He doesn’t keep it particularly quiet and the whole house knows pronto. Victor’s smarter than he seems, though. He doesn’t put up his nemesis, James and instead nominates Tiffany, the black cloud of emotions that both sides would be happy to evict at this stage. She spends loads of time “nervousing” and projecting her behavior onto others. Tiff says stuff like, “Michelle’s such an emotional player. She should just trust in the numbers,” while Tiffany’s actually the paranoid one – to the max and every minute, actually. Even when she’s smiling and “chill”, it’s tangibly awkward in the room.
Paulie tries to talk her out of her nerves but it’s obvious, even with all her OKs and nodding, that Tiff’s still out on the ledge of her own discontent. Meanwhile other cage-matchers are asking the smart questions. Paul asks Paulie who he’ll nominate if Victor wins the POV and takes Paul or Bronte off the block. It’s a good inquiry because everyone knows if Victor doesn’t win POV, Paulie wants to put him on the block next to Paul and Bronte. If Victor wins Veto, Paulie answers, Natalie’s next in line to go up. So, now Victor and Paul strategize next steps with that info in hand.
Nervous Tiffany confides in Paulie
As soon as Victor puts Tiffany up on the block he tells Paul and Frank right away, saying it’s good for Paul… and even Frank. Victor points out that Tiffany makes everybody uncomfortable, pretty much an undeniable fact these days, given her black cloud and sunglasses-at-night.
The 8Pack are already talking about how expendable Tiffany is, saying they’ll just put Paulie up in her place. This not only keeps their alliance numbers but also shifts the 8Pack to an even-gendered balance. They’re currently five ladies and three gents and would be four and four afterward. Of course, this annihilates the dominance of the Fatal Five alliance and thus, the vote might not fall exactly how the 8Pack predict. There may be fracturing of the 8Pack already in the forecast if they don’t stick to the original plan. Truth is, the Fatal Five Females would be smart to keep their five intact as long as possible. F*** that phallic trio, we always say.
Zak and Paulie flirt/chat/strategize
Meanwhile Paulie and Zakiyah play footsie, talk game, and look beautiful whispering together. On their topic list, Bridgette’s playin’ both sides, Natalie can’t stop cryin’ (because she was 1st out in the HOH comp), Bronte thinks she’s some kinda ringleader know-it-all, while Paul and Victor are bro desperados. They’re right on track with their shared observations. Zak and Paulie are both happy now too because Victor’s comfy with his Roadkill win and thinks he’s safe “bein with bros” in his illusory alliance with Paul, Paulie, Frank, and Corey. Paulie tells Zak how Paul and Victor were lightening fast in their willingness to betray Natalie and Bronte. Tsk fricking tsk. Sure the guys are playing Bros Before Hos. But what they don’t know is that the ladies are playin’ Ovaries Before Brovaries. In the meantime, we find it impressive how tight-lipped Zak remains with Paulie. She’s not telling him anything about the 8Pack alliance even as Paulie keeps referring to the “nine” alliance they both trust the most. We feel for you, Paulie! But we’re also proud of Zakiyah for keeping secrets close to the vest. She’s playin’ the game for herself and we love that.
Fav quote of the night: Paul – I have a headache… hopefully I won’t die.
– Katherine Recap
