Nominees Kelley and Zae are two of those players who are not exactly Team Rachel. This means that Vince’s nominations are almost perfect for Rachel, except for the fact that her biggest ally, Amy, is on the block. After this week’s Power of Veto Ceremony, Rachel and others began working on the plan to keep Amy in the house.
Rachel doesn’t want to only ensure Amy’s safety, but she wants to ensure Zae’s exit as well. Early in the Big Brother 27 game, Zae told Rachel that he would nominate her if he won the Head of Household. This meant that he became one of her biggest opponents. Additionally, Zae is obviously aligned with some of the male physical threats.
Zach and Zae have formed a bit of a bromance that Rachel wants to stop before it grows bigger. She also sees the potential in having Zach on her side long term. By getting rid of Zae, this frees up Zach’s game more. Early in the morning, Rachel began her campaign to evict Zae this week if he loses the BB Blockbuster.
She also mentioned how she planted some seeds yesterday to turn Keanu against Zae by revealing that he was one of the people trying to get Keanu on the block. Rachel starts her mission by trying to get Morgan and Amy to agree to the idea of evicting Zae, even if he’s on the block against Kelley.
The majority of the house wants to get Kelley out if she remains on the block at the end of Thursday night. Kelley is also very publicly against Rachel, and even plans to call her out in her eviction speech (if she remains on the block). However, Rachel doesn’t see her as an immediate threat in the same way she sees Zae.
She also brought up that Zae could help create a dominant male side that could hurt the women long-term. Plus, Zae is already so well-liked in the house. Therefore, that makes him a dangerous player.
After talking to Morgan and Amy, Morgan begins asking around to see who would be voting against Zae. Many people remain neutral or undecided about their vote, or they tell Morgan that they will vote to keep Zae. Later, Rachel talked to Morgan, Ashley, Amy, and Mickey about possibly evicting Zae this week and keeping Kelley.
The conversation doesn’t go as well as Rachel hopes, because Ashley and Amy discuss in the storage room how they don’t think it’s a good idea to evict Zae this week. Getting him out is good for Rachel’s game, but not for their games.
As of now, Rachel will have to work hard to ensure Zae’s eviction if he remains on the block after the BB Blockbuster, especially if it risks her closest ally Amy going home. Can she pull it off?