It’s Day 70 inside the Big Brother House – and this season’s 2 biggest superfans Johnny Mac & Steve are on the block. Unless some unknown never been seen before super power gets unleashed on the house in the next 36 hours – one of them will be walking out the door.
However, with the Jury Revival comp waiting for us this Thursday – they could walk right back in the door. BUT FIRST… lets take a look at the week that was – and see who deserves porky treats – and who deserves some inferior soy based disgusting stuff!
Vanessa Rousso – 5 strips of Bacon – I am still not 100% convinced that Vanessa’s fortune in the house is all strategic on her part, but hey, it’s working. She has been public enemy number one for a few weeks now, and came up big this week winning the Veto to ensure her safety. When she found out she was in fact the backdoor target by all of the house – she did what she does best, call people out and demand to get the answers (with some tears mixed in here & there). I still think the rest of the house will be kicking themselves when they could have gotten her out 3 weeks ago.
James Huling – 4 strips of Bacon – somehow James has kept himself safe the last few weeks despite being the only player willing to make big moves. He keeps the rest of the HGs entertained and quietly is playing a solid game. He has told Meg that if he wins HoH he will have no problem putting Austin & Liz on the block. That’s a good gamer right there – and if that happens and he can get himself to the end of the game, that is a huge talking point when addressing the jury, breaking up both Showmances this season.
Liz Nolan – 2 strips of Bacon – Liz has herself protected by 2 solid alliance members, her twin sister Julia & her boyfriend Austin. Liz does a great job making decisions after talking them over (and over and over) with them and seems like she is less of a threat than Austin. Despite her being in on the plan to back door Vanessa, nothing is coming back on her like it is the rest of the house (minus Julia).
Johnny Mac – 1 strip of Bacon / 1 strip of Tofu – I have given some players both Tofu & Bacon in the same week before. For Johnny, he earns Bacon for trying to do some last minute scrambling and willing to throw anyone/everyone under the bus. He earns Tofu because he is just sealing his own fate in doing this. I’ll be sad if he leaves, but lets face it – other than a few well timed Veto wins, his game never quite lived up to it’s potential.
Julia Nolan – 2 strips of Tofu – I still do not see much of a player in Julia. Yes, she was hindered by the fact that she was the “other twin” – and not really in the mix early on. She has yet to win anything to prove her worth to the alliance, but the rest fear her as part of the Austwins alliance.
Steve Moses – 3 strips of Tofu – Oh Steve, you are a horrible liar. Yes, that’s a good thing in the real world, but inside the Big Brother House, it’s bad and it could be the reason you are sent packing soon. If you are going to deny something that is common knowledge, deny it with conviction. Steve got caught with his hand in the cookie jar when Vanessa called him out for knowing about the plan to back door her. When he did come clean, he still got the facts distorted, and ended up looking like a fool. He should luck out this week and stay, but for how much longer?
Meg Maley – 4 strips of Tofu – the most memorable part of Meg’s week was getting hit in the face with chocolate. Oh and she also came up with a new game called Sling Band. I know that non-threatening HGs usually get pretty far so expect her to be in the F4.
That brings us to the Tofurkey of the Week – and this week it is the current HoH Austin Matelson. If for nothing else, his nomination speech alone was probably the worst thing we have seen all season. Ok, maybe second worst (Jace belittling Steve week 1). Austin’s lack of balls to put up Vanessa directly because he was afraid of how she would react. If anything, I think that may have razzled her a bit going into the Veto competition. But who knows, maybe she would have still won.
Also, he was so worried about keeping James & Meg safe he is actually going to end up with ether Johnny Mac or Steve’s blood on his hands. Those are 2 players that are/were working with him. I am still not totally sure why he was so worried about keeping Meg & James safe. If he got one of them out, that would only be 1 person coming after him. He should know by now, James will go against his word at the drop of a hat. Depending on who comes back in, Austin may be safe for now, but the guy in the Showmance couples always (usually) gets voted out first.
OK – there we have it, another week in the books and one week closer to the crowning of a new Big Brother champion. I am hoping that Jackie comes back this week and her, James, or Meg can win HoH and shake things up again. I would love to see Austin & the twins finally feel the wrath of the block.
Let me know what you think of my rankings this week – who do you think deserved bacon / tofu? Also, who are you rooting for to come back into the house? Please respond in the comment section below.
From outside the Big Brother house, I am Adam Poch – have a great day!
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