Diary Room: Adam Poch’s Player Rankings: Big Brother 18 – Week 2

July 6, 2016 Adam Poch Big Brother, Big Brother 18 34

Not everyone deserves a side of bacon this week with these Houseguests earning themselves some tofu.

Tiffany Rousso – 1 strip of Tofu – as the Roadkill nominee – Tiffany did not have as big of a meltdown like her sister did last season, but it’s only a matter of time before her emotions get the best of her. She has not really done much as her own player other than start targeting people in her alliance way too early. Her erratic behavior is starting to get the same people in her alliance that she is targeting to also target her. When people are not talking about how & when to get Frank out, they are talking about how / when to get Tiffany out. She unfortunately does not have the same skill set as Frank, and will probably be a casualty instead of a killer!

Natalie Negrotti – 2 strips of Tofu – Natalie’s good move was separating herself from Victor/Paul, but her bad move was not trying to form a new alliance. Not sure if her flirting with James is real, or just game. Now if only she would get a punishment to have to only wear a bikini the rest of the summer – that would make a lot of fans happy. Her name keeps coming up as a target – but that’s only if the other / bigger targets find a way to save themselves.

James Huling – 3 strips of Tofu – sorry James fans – I know there are a lot of you out there – but his pranks are getting dumber and dumber. Last year it was fun because we never saw anybody go through the lengths he did to goof off. This time around it seems to planned, and loses some of the excitement. Was it a smart move to throw the HoH comp? YES! Did he do it well as not to be caught? NO. James is still such a wildcard because his gameplay is not his strong point – but he is likable enough to keep the target off his back.

Bronte D’Acquisto – 4 strips of Tofu – unlike her fellow Spy Girls Bridgette & Natalie – Bronte is still seen as a threat which is why she landed on the block with Paul. If operation Backdoor Victor did not work, chances are she would have been the target this week. If the power does not shift next week, she will probably find herself back on the block – and walking out the door soon.

Paul Abrahamian – 5 strips of Tofu – As soon as Jozea walked out the door – Paul figured out he needed to do something not to follow right behind him, so what does he do? Throws his best friend in the house under the bus, goes in on the plot to backdoor him, and even volunteers to go up as a pawn to make this happen. Maybe that would have been OK, but he does not realize the rest of the house is playing him & setting him up to go out soon. Paul did earn himself another week in the house – and we have seen he is pretty good at the comps, so perhaps he can turn it around next week and get the power. Sadly – I think even if he does, he will not make a big move to strike back at the people that evicted his 2 closest allies. His badass attitude has left and he is starting to realize how difficult it is to live in that house. Maybe if he did a little more research on the game he was about to play, he may have been a little more prepared for the downtime & long days in the BB house.

That brings us to the TOFURKEY OF THE WEEK – of course, it’s Victor Arroyo! His name has been thrown around in the rankings already – as he was Public Enemy #1 for just about everyone in the house. His inability to read people – something he said preseason he was good at – has put him in a very bad spot. Victor had the chance to make a big move by winning the Roadkill comp – but instead of throwing a big target on the block, he picked a very safe one. His allies were already on the block, so why not go after a Vet? This way if they won Veto and removed themselves, he would be in charge of the renom choice keeping himself safe – and then could fight for votes to keep Paul & Bronte safe. Yes, he was unaware of the plan to backdoor him, but if he could have extracted that info from Paul – someone who cannot shut up – he would have made a more logical decision.

Another week in the books… let me know what you think of this past week, and my rankings in the comments section below. Is Frank in a good spot, or a bad spot with his Final 3,4,5 deals with everyone in the house? How long before Da’Vonne’s mouth gets her in trouble? Is there any chance that Victor & Bronte can pull off a Hail Mary and get Tiffany evicted this week? Hopefully something will change in the next HoH – and we do not have BB16 & BB17 all over again.

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34 Comments

  1. Overall good rankings but surprised that both Natalie and James are so low. James should be at least a bacon since he knows he doesn’t have the ability to win the whole enchilada so he’s doing his best to stay as long as possible while trying to win the AFP again. He’s also proven he’s a team player and that’s a very smart move.
    Natalie might be a target in following weeks but she’s surely safe this week. If based on solely this week, she’s doing so well to fade into the background and float to next week, so at least a smell of James’ bacon for her this week.

    • Hahaha – yeah, I have to give some people Tofu. I just do not see what Natalie has done this week that will get her far in the game. Frank & Day – I was considering giving Tofu to – because they are setting up to fail – but one will come out of this war and one will not. Stay tuned for next week to see who rises & who falls.

      • Btw your Corey comment is hilarious. He does love staring at Frank’s butt. Paulie caught him twice doing that haha.

      • Sure, but I don’t think it’s odd at all to only watch a reality show because you know one of the contestants.

  3. Thanks for your interesting perspective of what’s happening, if you were in the house, Adam, who would you align with? Who do you predict will become F2 and win? Personally, I hope one of the returning players win, preferably Nicole, Paulie might be the only newbie I’d like to see win, I can’t say I’m overly fond of most of the newbies.

    • Not sure – may have liked Paul from the start because of his metal background – or Paulie & Natalie cause they live in NJ. As far as F2 – way to early to prdict. So much game to go and so many twists to come.

      • Paulie is looking pretty good to me. Sounds pretty smart on BBAD by laying low and doing alot of observing.

  4. I would have given Day more bacon and Z less. The way I see it, Z is pretty much riding on the coattails of Day. Majority of folks think Day is making a big mistake in trying to take out Frank early. But, I disagree especially if Victor leave this week and Frank next week, then the two big guns can battle it out in the battle back competition.

    • Z is setting herself up to go further in the game. Day is trying to make a bold move too early and it will be her downfall. The goal is to get to the end of the game and win it. You cant win week 2 – but you can lose week 2.

    • I’ve seen where Day is telling Z to decide on what is best for her game instead of going along with her but maybe riding her coattails is what’s best for her game right now.

    • I think D’vonne should get the most bacon this week. she is trying to get a big player out. Until D’s plan backfires, and hopefully it doesn’t. I think she should get a full plate of bacon.

  5. I like your points here Adam, but I would give my own rankings

    -James should be given atleast one bacon for staying out of drama. He may not have done much but he’s pretty much flying under the radar.

    – I would give Frank a tofu for kinda repeating what he did in Season 14- become too obvious of a threat. Because Frank rubbed people the wrong way last time, and here it’s even worse.

    – Also another Tofu for Day. She’s overdoing things with her lies and is pretty much doing the same thing Audrey and Vanessa did.

    But hey that’s just me

    • Thank you for the feedback. I still do not think James is playing a “winning” game – that’s why I gave him Tofu this week. And Frank/Day – one of them will come out looking good, one will come out looking bad – time will only tell which one is which.

      • With all these hot heads in the house James could survive for a long time yet but I do appreciate your opinions Adam.

  6. Zakiyah 4 strips of bacon. Haha are we watching the same show? She does absolutely nothing except hang on Paulie.

  7. Don’t think Frank deserves any bacon. He’s tanking his own game by over playing and while he thinks he’s outsmarted everyone, they all are seeing how he’s tried to have every single person in the house on his side…

  8. Zakiyah is just meat for the grinder. She does nothing. Just hides behind Dvon. When it´s needed, just makes some jokes into the cameras.

    • I do not like this girl. I barely understand what she is saying and I agree that she is just following D’vonne’s lead. She should be all the way in the bottom of the ranking or not at all.

  9. I disagree with the Paul ranking. I think Paul does not trust anyone, especially Paulie even after he took him off the block. Right now he has to do whatever it takes to make sure they trust him and include him somehow in their alliance, but he doesn’t care to keep these people around. Victor’s mistake was trusting Paulie and Frank and not his alliance member Paul, but he could come back.

    I disagree with James ranking as well. His strategy is to be likable and use both sides of the house to his advantage. He has not chosen to play hard as he is able to because it is not needed at this point. He is not a target. It was working last season, but he became to trusting, so hopefully he learned his lesson.

  10. Always happy too see these articles, especially as they come from a fan who’s actually been INSIDE the BB House.

  11. If they do end up sending Tiffany home, that’ll make Paulie the Turkey of the week. Victor will be coming at him guns a blazin!

  13. Frank Screw his game badly he done gonna safe Bonte for sure since she would of been next to go

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