With no Backdoor plans on the horizon for a change this week in the Big Brother 17 house the Veto comp was actually coming down to a very important event for both of the nominees.
The stress isn’t reserved for just the players today though as the new Head of Household and her allies are worried about what could happen later today in the comp.
John and Becky are up on the Block after Liz put them in the hot seats. Now they’ll join her and three other players in the Power of Veto comp later today.
Originally Austin and Liz decided they wanted Becky to win after she pulled back the curtain on Vanessa to them on Friday night. Austin has long feared JMac coming after them so this would be a great opportunity to get rid of John and keep Becky as their new weapon.
Liz and Austin’s ideal scenario was that instead of them worrying about taking Vanessa out themselves they could instead have Becky stay this week and make her their mongoose to eliminate Vanessa next week. But wait, what’s better than one mongoose? How about two.
Last night John made similar revelations with the Austwins over Vanessa’s behavior. At this point Austin and Liz decided it’d be better to keep John than Becky because, um, who knows for sure. Austin might think he can work better with John down the road while the twins said they could manipulate John more easily with their hotness. They’re a fickle bunch.
At this point Liz and Austin don’t feel it’s absolutely critical for their game in one way or another who stays though they’re currently leaning to having John around longer. What they do think is important is to have both of those nominations stay the same. The only people who would change them as of now would be the nominees themselves.
Becky had asked the Austwins if they’d be willing to save her after she gave them all of her Vanessa information. They declined. Instead Liz promised Becky complete safety with no chance of going to the Jury. Kinda like how Becky promised the same to Shelli last week, right? Yes, that promise was made before the whole situation with John came up and they decided it’d be great to have John there instead. Oops.
This morning Becky told Meg she was feeling worried. Having been told she’s the pawn she’s concerned what might happen if John came down and suddenly she’s sitting next to a new and improved pawn. It’s not an unreasonable concern given what we know.
Austin spoke with the twins this morning and expressed his worry about what could happen if Becky wins, comes down, and then a Goblin goes up next to John. Austin says if they then vote John out from that match-up they could lose Steve’s support since Steve wants John to stay. Hmm, could Austin be setting up a scenario to get his new found friend John to stay if a Goblin renom goes up?
What may be the best case scenario for John and Becky both staying in the house could be for Becky to win the Veto. There are no other options for a renom than Meg or James since I don’t see them tinkering with Steve just yet. What about Vanessa? Won’t happen.
Liz has started to talk plenty about getting her out after all this information came to light, but Austin is adamant that she stays. It makes sense to have her as a target shield for them next week. No matter who wins, the Austwins would likely still be safe. Likely.
The Power of Veto competition is coming up later this afternoon. Houseguests have been told to hydrate for the comp so it’ll be daytime and physical. Maybe some OTEV? We’ll know more later today. Find us on Facebook and Twitter so you can get the spoilers sent to you as soon as the results are in.
Update: Feeds went to Loops around 11AM BBT to pick players but didn’t came back. We’re assuming they went straight to the Veto comp possibly due to the heat.
Update 2: After 2h10m Feeds returned to sleeping HGs. Few mins later Feeds went down again and players were picked. We don’t know why they cut Feeds for over two hours for nothing.
Veto players were picked: Austin, Meg, and Steve will be the three extra players today.
Julia is worried Steve will win the Veto and use it on John. She encouraged Liz to threaten Steve that he’d be the renom if he used it on John… Yeah it’s a tough game when you’re a recruit.
Austin encouraged John to throw the comp to anyone but Becky so they could keep noms the same. Let’s hope John isn’t that crazy.
Update 3: Veto comp began at 5:18PM BBT. Let’s hope this week’s comp is shorter than 5.5 hours like last week’s.