It’s day 91 in the Big Brother House – and we are left with the Final 4 of Steve, Johnny Mac, Liz, and Vanessa. This week – I will not give anyone a Tofurkey since it takes some good gameplay and a little bit of luck to last this long in the game.
Also instead of basing this weeks rankings on just their actions the past week in the house, I will rank them on how they got to Final 4 with BACON only!
Vanessa Rousso – 5 strips of Bacon – 4 HoH & 3 POV wins – Vanessa has been in the middle of everything gamewise all season. When she was not making the decision as the HoH, she was up in the HoH room trying to get the current HoH do what she wanted. And ya know what – it worked… a lot! Sure there were people on to her, but if you spoke out against her, then you usually found yourself talking to Julie.
There were 40 people nominated before BoB or POV was played this season, and Vanessa was only nominated once – and that was this shortened week. She was also a renom only once and was on the ropes, but with a little bit of strategy & a little bit of luck (James flipping) – she has not even had 1 vote to evict against her all season. In case you did not hear already – she won the most important POV this week and will be the one who decides who gets to go to the Final 3 with her & Steve. If she gets to Final 2, will she get the votes? Depends on how bitter these jurors are – but if she does, she should walk home with the 500K.
Steve Moses – 4 strips of Bacon – 3 HoH & 2 POV wins – Steve came into the BB House as one of the biggest fans & he has been wanting to get on this show for years. His social awkwardness was funny to watch at times, and painful to watch at other times. He was a sure goner week 1 until he pulled out the Veto win. He also saved himself from eviction week 7 when he won POV again. Steve then won 3 of the next 8 HoH’s including 2 of the last 3 to get himself to the Final 3. He survived the final nomination chairs twice – once vs Johnny Mac & then dodged the biggest bullet by having Vanessa “scumbag” Austin on “live” TV.
Steve may not have formed the Scamper Squad – but he named it. Very reminiscent of BB14 winner Ian Terry & the Quack Pack. Most of the people it the jury house may not be fans of Steve’s game, but they like him as a person, so if he makes it to F2, he should earn some votes for that. Will it be enough votes? That will depend on who he is sitting next to.
Liz Nolan – 3 strips of Bacon – 2.5 HoH & 1 POV win – the first few weeks Liz was only in the house part time as the Twin Twist had her and Julia switching out every couple of days. She was doing a pretty good job of covering that up and even started a Showmance with Austin (after her first showmance partner Jace was evicted week 1).
Once people caught on to the Twin thingy, her alliance saw this as an opportunity to “weaponize” them and keep her safe until Julia could come in full time & add a number to their side. She was only nominated twice – once with James week 5 but won the Battle of the Block basically by herself as James was trying to throw it. She did not realize at the time, but the plan was to back door Austin that week.
The next time Liz was nominated it was alongside Austin, and after he won Veto, she was next to Liz, but that wasn’t until week 11. With 2 definite votes in the jury already, she is not someone the rest of the HGs would want to take to Final 2, but if Vanessa REALLY wants a woman to win this season, Liz will luck out on the vote, and could potentially get herself to the F2 where she could win it all.
John McGuire – 2 strips of Bacon – 0 HoH & 4 POV wins – Johnny Mac won the fans over early in the show by his hysterical DR sessions, but it was his willingness to be everyone’s pawn the first few weeks to throw the BoB leading to him being nominated 9 times this season. He also found himself in the eviction chairs 4 of those times and even got evicted once, only to win his way right back into the house. 3 of his POV wins came when he was on the block so he gets major points for that. But of all the Final 4 HG’s he is the only one not to win an HoH, but none of that matters if he gets saved this week and wins that final HoH.
John is the only one without any blood on his hands, heck – he probably gets more blood on his hands when pulling people’s teeth. That fact is what will prevent people from wanting to take him to the final 2. The rest of them think the jury will be bitter and wont want to take him with them. Only way he wins it all is if he gets himself there, but sadly I expect him to be the one evicted tonight (AGAIN!).
Well there you have it kids – only one week left and then 9 months of waiting for Big Brother 18 – which I am convinced will be BB All Stars 2. So my question of the week is who do you want to see come back to play again? Please only put players that have not played 2 or more times already. Yes, I know you all want to see Dan, Will, Boogie, Rachel, Jeff & Jordan, Dani again – but spread some love to some of the other alumni through the seasons. I would love to see Ronnie (BB11) come back!
Speaking of 9 months – if you have not heard already, my wife & I are expecting our first child in less than 4 weeks. So before Brenchel announce their pregnancy tonight on the live show, I will have the first BB Baby! Fara was on 3 episodes on my season & I gave her shoutouts every night on BBAD! She had more airtime than some of the other HGs over the years. OK technically Natalie from BB11 had the first BB Baby as her boyfriend proposed to her in the house (Pandora’s box) and she eventually married him & had a child with him 2 years ago. But in all seriousness – congrats to Rachel & Brendon!
Look for my year end rankings next week as we prepare for finale night! From outside the Big Brother House, I’m Adam Poch… have a great day!
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