Vanessa had barely been awake ten minutes before she broke in to her latest Big Brother plan on how to manipulate the house and be the hero of her side all over again.
Talking first with Austin, Vanessa explained the simple two-step process to today’s chaos, but please note that Vanessa won’t actually be participating in either of these.
Explaining to Austin, Vanessa named her new plan “Redirect & Minimize” and the first step is for Shelli & Clay to call out Becky. Vanessa heard James and Becky talking late in to the night which makes her realize that Becky was trying to work with both sides. Flashback to 10:20AM BBT 8/5 to hear the talk.
What has happened there is Becky had been running info to Clay and Shelli earlier this week but once she saw their ship was sinking she did jump to the other side. Becky has revealed a lot to James and company so they know she was previously working with the other side. As such, Vanessa’s plan to have Chelli call out Becky won’t reveal any surprise information and may only solidify support against Vanessa and Shelli which could impact tomorrow’s vote.
Part two of Vanessa’s plan: Fight! She wants Austin to stage a fight with Shelli. Remember how well that went with Austin, her, and Jeff? Vanessa’s plan there is to then have Shelli say “I am the only one who will go after Austin & the twins!” She believes that motivates the house to keep Shelli.
What I’m interested in hearing is how Vanessa plans to couch that fight with Clay since she continues to tell Clay that he has the votes to stay. Shouldn’t this make Clay ask why Vanessa wants to build Shelli’s value in staying?
Austin doesn’t seem thrilled with this plan, but he’s not protesting yet. He even raises the idea of what if they just go ahead and keep Clay. Austin is definitely still considering this option as he did overnight. Once Vanessa leaves the room Austin continues to float the idea of keeping Clay as he talks with Liz. I think we’re going to see more of this.
While Austin talks with Liz we see Vanessa pull Steve aside to tell him that Becky is the new devil. Of course we know how much this will delight Steve. He says her plan to call out Becky sounds risky. Vanessa assures him she wouldn’t do it, but will instead get someone whose back is against the wall to do it. (Clay & Shelli) “You’re evil,” says Steve with a big smile.
Vanessa grabs Austin and they go in to the Lounge to continue their talk. Flashback to 10:27 AM BBT for that part. Austin questions this Shelli fight idea before suggesting maybe they should find out if Clay would be trustworthy (enough so to keep him, you see?). Vanessa can’t think of a good answer as Austin continues his suggestion saying keeping Clay let’s them keep JMac and then they could target Becky, Vanessa’s newly proclaimed target. Did he snare Vanessa in her own trap?
Later Clay and Shelli arrive and Vanessa starts working on them. It’s more of the same, but now Shelli is getting all wound up about James. Flashback to 10:53 AM BBT. Shelli calls him a “disgusting little man” and says he’s bullying everyone. The bullying idea comes from Vanessa telling her this, but it’s not accurate, at least not in the way she presents it.
Overnight James talked with a group of HGs, including Vanessa, and told them to vote how they wanted but he did express interest in Shelli going. Vanessa even got explicit permission to vote to keep Shelli. Now Vanessa retells it as James was bullying everyone that they’d be the target if they didn’t do as he sees best and vote out Shelli. No big surprises there.
Shelli is initially on board with calling out Becky, but after this discussion continued on for awhile she and Clay agree that maybe it’d be better to talk privately with Vanessa. Vanessa pleads with them to not let anything trace back to her. She’s making sure her trail is covered up.
So Vanessa had two big plans and now I’m not so sure either will happen. Chelli want to handle Becky privately and Austin is more interested in keeping Clay which goes against the fight with Shelli. Hmm. Is Vanessa losing her grip on her allies?
Today could be a lot of drama and fun on the Live Feeds so I’m anxious to watch what happens next!