Shadow and Flame with Magik

Who did Austin & Vanessa nominate for the Battle of the Block?  I imagine Austin and Vanessa make for an interesting pair of HoHs.

Da’ had a very bad day – oh narrator.

I wish they would go back to graying out the evicted houseguest, in the opening sequence.

Day 22.  Austin is smart to promote, Judas – his wrestling persona – as he should use this show to rocket to success.  Austin is Vanessa’s closet ally in the house, that makes sense.  The twin tells Vanessa what Dav’ said and confirms that she is a twin, Julia, is the one who tells the truth.  Julia is the skinny one, which is nice that Vanessa tells her all of these things that the twins need to do better.  Like, not sleeping as much and having to eat more.  Vanessa wants to keep the twins in and grabs Shelli / Clay in for a new alliance.  They all know about the five weeks requirement.  This all happen nine hours prior to eviction.  Five evictions.  Clay warns Julia so that she is never alone with – Jason, James and Audrey.

Zeta sorority love, as Liz/ Julia / Shelli all went to the same university.

Vanessa lets Austin in on the secret too, who hasn’t been paying attention, at all.  Liz is the flirty one.  Every three days, is the switch.  Poor Austin, he noticed how Liz went hot and cold on him.  Six person alliance, I like it.  They need to get Steve and John!

Production probably is happy to be able to place, Julia, on the screen.

oh Jeff, wasn’t paying attention when the HoHs were named.  He didn’t even know there was two of them!

Jeff and James, I could really use some subtitles, when they are whispering.

Jeff – James – Jason – Audrey – Meg – seem to be the other side of the house, with Audrey not being a member of the group.

Austin doesn’t like Audrey leaving, and Vanessa wants to get Jeff out.  They want to nominate – Jeff, Jason and James.

HoH Room!  Vanessa does have an attractive girlfriend, Mel.  Austin’s baby pictures.  Him as a baby, I mean.  Austin is a Clay Aiken fan.  As a Barry Manilow fan, I can relate.

Switch #8.  Julia has to tell Liz, so she knows about the six person alliance.  Poor Liz, Julia tells her to eat less and Julia gets to eat more.

Liz goes straight to HoH room to get the real low down.  Liz isn’t on cloud nine but CLOUD TEN!  Poor poor Liz, started snacking so fast.

Six Sense, is the alliance name.

Steve and Clay try to hang on the hammock, but it collapses.

Jackie and John are also in the group with Jeff and James.  John notices Liz’s fake tooth.  That’s why no one likes dentists.  Jeff doesn’t quite figure it out.

Jeff tries to ‘update’ Austin about the twins, oh Jeff.  Jeff thinks the twin that doesn’t have a crush on Austin, has a crush on Jeff.  Oh Jeff.  Austin wants to get Jeff out of the game.  Vanessa wants to front door (as oppose to back door) Jeff and James and are trying to come up with the best ways.  Vanessa and Austin, talk to John about putting him up – one more time.  He will not be nominated again, for another few weeks.  He goes with it, as he is a good guy.  I love Johnny Mac.

This is episode nine of possibly, thirty.  17 minutes left, Production doesn’t leave much time for both nominations and the Battle of the Block, but they know what is up.

NOMINATIONS –

Austin – (so dramatic!) Meg (Pawn) & Jason
Vanessa – James & John (Pawn)

So Vanessa, is the planned HoH going forward.

John doesn’t like that his photo isn’t in the top row, that’s pretty funny.

oh Audrey, she went out of her way to not say – expect the unexpected.  The worst

Austin tries to assure Jason and Meg, that they are not the targets.  Poor James, on the other hand, has confidence in John but he doesn’t know the whole story.

My wife explained to me why women find David Beckham attractive and now, I don’t care for him or his Sprint commercials.  Apparently, he has pretty eyes and a body that is chiseled from rock.

Production put Shelli, the host, into a sexy purple bikini.  Anyone have pictures of that?  Does she put up a fight over that or does she just giggle?

Party theme bubble bath, is the Comp.  Lost and Found, is the  goal, they are finding models.  It does seem to be an easy one to throw.

Poor John, Meg & Jason are pretty bad at this comp.

Meg and Jason win!  Austin is unseated!

Now we just need John to win Veto, or have someone else win it and take him off and Vanessa can put up Jeff.

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Here is the image that busted the twins –

oh Julia!

Here is a handy side by side –

Though I’m not sure which is which, there.

Who goes home?  Who is the new Head of Household?

We definitely stayed up until 11:20pm and the new episode still wasn’t up so maybe the live element of it makes it so that it has to wait until midnight?  I’m not sure.  My Friday nights are typically a tad hectic but if I can watch it late that night, this will post on Saturday morning.

A lot of game has been played, in only two weeks.

BUT FIRST!

I keep forgetting about Kathy Griffin’s Last Laugh Twist.

Meg looks great in that half shirt.

Get ready for a BBTakeover!  There is a red phone booth (if only it was blue!) and Kathy reveals that there will be 15 phone calls, one of them will be able to prevent three people from voting this week.  It is the seventh phone call and Da’Vonne gets the call and the power!  She’s smart to downplay it.  Cody wanted the seventh call but Da’vonne gets in there first.

Other tips – Be Less Annoying.  Lose ten pounds.  Breath mints, all of them.  Use more sun block.    Showers are suppose to be daily.  Burn your wardrobe.  Get more beauty sleep.  Use deodorant.

They are all pre-recordings.

I really do want Da’vonne to go home, just because Production clearly loves her.

Da’vonne wants to take away Cody’s right to vote, which everyone already knew was going to happen.  Da’vonne goes around trying to get votes.  Audrey is right to make sure a bigger target is in front of her.

Shelli and Clay know that Da’vonne got the power, as Da’ is way to happy.  Da’ needs five votes – Jason, Vanessa, John, James, Austin and Steve – are who Shelli thinks will vote to keep Da’vonne around.

New England Patriot tight end will be the next BBTakeover guest.

Devon is in the crowd.  We see him.

Da’vonne and Jason pretty much can tell that Liz is a twin twist.  Da’vonne notices that Liz’s body weight seems to change every few days.  She tells Jason and they start telling everybody.  This is fine, as long as they stay in the house and don’t get evicted.  Jason points out that the heavier one works out and the skinnier one (I’m not sure which one is which) lays around the house.  This all happens while Liz is sleeping so the whole house has this huge suspension.  It all starts adding up.  Da’vonne is trying to figure out how to use this to her advantage.  Da’vonne tells Liz that the house knows that she is a twin and Liz tries to play it cool.  Da’vonne tells this to Julia.

I do like how Da’vonne says, child.

Live vote and eviction, is next.

Da’vonne’s three no-voters are – Becky, Jeff and Jackie.  They have to sit in the dining room as they can’t be part of the vote at all.  Probably to make sure that Chenbot doesn’t call on them.  I wonder what the rationale was.

The houseguests are dressed casually.

The former HoH and the two Amazing Race folks

Da’vonne does some quick shoutouts but calls out the cowards.  Meg keeps her speech pretty casual.

The voting –

Jason – Meg
Clay – Da’vonne
John – Da’vonne
Audrey – Meg
Commercial break
Austin/Judas – Da’Vonne
Liz – (Julia!) Da’vonne
Vanessa – Da’vonne
Officially, Da’vonne is coming home
James – Da’vonne
Steve – Da’vonne

Chenbot forces them to vote ‘Da’vonne’ instead of ‘Da” or ‘MamaDa” so weird.

Da’vonne is evicted!  I won’t be missing her.  I am curious who Production will get behind now.

Chenbot confirms to Da’vonne that Liz and Julia are twins, playing together.

Da’vonne suspects that no one wants to vote Audrey out, in fear that they will come across as Anti-Trans-Gender, which may be a real thing.

BBTakeover!  Rob “Grind” Bobdinski, or something, I was hoping they were going to put his name on the screen.  They are going to party all week long.  No Have Nots.  He hints that winners will get something extra.

HoH, both should be crowned, tonight.

They have to play a giant game of Beer Pong. Gronk Pong, so that’s how you spell that guy’s nickname.

Two highest scores are HoH

Julia – 23
Jackie – missed!
John – missed!
James – 23
Audrey – 17, too low
Clay – 6, way too low
Jeff – 14, too low (I do like how the camera has to pan up to these low numbers)
Becky – missed!
Austin – 28, I wonder how they will deal with the tie-breaker?
Jason – missed!
Meg – 1
Steve – fell into 28 and then bounced out.
Vanessa – 23 – three way tie!

Tie-Breaker!  Shoot out!  They all have to go again.

Liz – 22
James – 35
Vanessa – 52

I like Chenbot having to rush them, as they are on a live show.

The HoH are – Austin and Vanessa!

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Here is a pic of Liz!

Who won Battle of the Block?  Who were the nominees?  Get excited!

I really don’t want Mama Da to be given too much of a spotlight.  Audrey is crazy nuts, so I’m glad that Shelli is not really in their three person alliance.

“Later to the Skater” oh Big Brother Narrator, I wish you narrated every episode!

HoHs – Becky and Shelli.

Kathy Griffin’s last laugh takeover may come up.

Does anyone have a good photo of Jackie in that pink bikini?  Oh my

James likes to think about Becky and Shelli in a tub, in bikinis, together.

Oh man, Audrey, I’ve read online with how crazy you are but glad to see footage.  Audrey tries to tell her big 8 person alliance that Vanessa is leading an all lady alliance.  NEXT, Audrey tells Vanessa that there is a rumor about her being part of an all girl alliance.  Which is crazy nuts!  THEN!, Vanessa confronts Audrey about how Audrey told Vanessa that the rumor came from Da’vonne.  Luckily, Da’vonne was in the room and denied that.  Da’vonne calls a house meeting – which is never good!  Audrey, is playing way too hard.  Vanessa does not appreciate that Audrey lied and then Audrey TELLS THE ROOM that they are all lying to Vanessa, BUT THEY ALL KNOW THE TRUTH!  The heck!?!

Da’vonne reveals Audrey’s handiwork to Clay, so now they know that Audrey is playing EVERYONE!  Oh Audrey, your game is done!  She can only hope that someone else causes a party plunder but I can’t imagine what that could be.  To be in a house with fourteen other folks, and have them all mad at you?  That can’t be fun.  Audrey is the main target, of the house – PreHoH.  Man, the seasons gets better and better, earlier and earlier.  People come to play and play hard!

HoH room!  Da’vonne doesn’t want to see it.  Becky got a letter from her sisters.  Shelli’s parent wrote her letter.  What is Production’s plan, once Da’vonne is gone?

Becky knows about Audrey being so unliked.  Becky and Shelli seem like they will be super fun together.  They plan on backdooring Audrey.  Shelli wants to keep Clay safe and Becky wants to put up Steve, as the poor guy is awkward. I do like the idea of just calling each houseguest into a room and finding out where everyone stands.

Clay wants Da’ out, that makes sense.  Shelli thinks Audrey is too easy of a target.  Which is a classic BB philosophy, keep the big targets in the house – ahead of you.  Shelli and Clay on the couch, she is wearing a black shirt and blue shorts.  Clay is wearing a blue shirt and black shorts, freaky!  Shelli brings in John to try to throw the competition, so that she can backdoor Da’vonne.  Shelli / Clay / Jeff / Becky / John, not a bad alliance.  They need Steve!

John sounds a bit like Bobcat Goldthwait.

Becky tells the train story, that I’ve read about!  So glad that Production aired this!  That explains the lip, so I will let that go.  I wonder if they aired this due to the backlash of last season’s Victoria’s birdnapping story, never getting aired.  How does one not hear or feel a train coming?

Steve got to sleep in the same bed as Liz, but we don’t get to see how awkward that must have been.

Nominations!

Shelli – John & Da’Vonne (pawn & target)
Becky – Jason & Steve (friendly payback & pawn)

I needed the BotB to be reexplained to me.  I was confused as wouldn’t Shelli want Da’Vonne to win, so that she can stay HoH?  But instead, the winner of BotB (from the nominees’ standpoint) unseats the HoH who nominates them, so Shelli needs Da’Vonne to lose, to say HoH.

Da’Vonne has a hit list – Shelli / Clay / Audrey

So I’ve been watching Season Two, and Krista just went home.  Monica made a comment about how no black person can win Big Brother (she meant her own season) but looking at the winners, there has been no winners who are not white.  Except for season four’s Jun, she is Korean (from what I’ve been told) but 16 winners, all but one is white.  How odd, right?  Except that for every 16 players, there is only one person of color (sometimes two) so the chances are pretty slim.  I was surprised Boogie got out, so quickly.  I just like watching Will, and any future winner, during their season.  Everything that they do, gets them to the end.

Da’Vonne and Jason think that they are the targets though Jason suspects that Audrey is part of a back door plan.  Becky explains to Jason and Steve, that they are pawns and that Audrey is going to be backdoored.

Audrey asks Shelli and Clay if there is a chance that Audrey could be back doored.  Shelli is smart enough to deny that.  I do like how Clay implies that Audrey was breaking up a good time.

I do enjoy John, him and Steve have to go far!

Battle of the Block Competition!

I would not have chosen Audrey for the hosting gig.  Every challenge, thus far, has been television or film related.  Production is getting a lot of work out of the GingerFever concept.  I hope Andy gets something for his image usage.

This seems super easy to throw, just keep pointing the camera in the wrong direction.  The teams have to wear a giant shirt together.

Steve and Jason win!  Da’vonne is still on the block, and Shelli is still HoH!

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Here is a pic of the Nolan twins, hugging

Who went home?  Who is the new Head of Household?  Plus, the twin is revealed!

First up, sorry this isn’t being posted Friday morning.  We stayed up as late as 10:36pm to see if we were going to get the Thursday episode but we didn’t. So we are thinking that it would come on at 11pm, which would work for us (maybe) but my wife hasn’t been sleeping well the past few nights so this had to wait one more day.  Then I had my July 4th post already so it had to wait until Sunday morning.  Typically, if we can’t watch the Thursday episode at 11pm – and there may be nights when we can’t stay up that late due to a nineteen month old baby, my episode review should arrive on the next Saturday.  Sorry about this, we are still trying to work out all of the kinks, but this should be the last one that is expected.  Like Chenbot says, expect the unexpected!

Frankie is in the audience and he really wants us to see him there.

I’ve been watching BB2 and Chenbot’s interviews are exactly the same – the worst.

Jace is the target.

Two HoHs tonight!  I’m a bigger fan of just crowning them both, on the same night.

Kathy Griffin is a celebrity super fan of Big Brother, that makes sense why production likes her.

BUT FIRST!!!

Jace is shell shocked.  Jackie has the right idea, nominees – Post POV – should just relax and let the other nominee imploded.

#ThingsWorstThanY2K , oh Jace

James should just tell Jace that it was a fake alliance.  Audrey just swore to God and lied to Jace – not good Audrey.  Jace is imploding hard.  I do like how Jace went from super chilled dude to super stoic guy.

oh Jackie, I had forgotten about her boobs.  Johnny Dentist, had my same reaction of thinking about her boobs.

oh Audrey, why is she so intent for blowing up her game so hard.

The Twin Twist!  They have to merely save five evictions!  They have switched four times.  Liz and Julia!  Liz is doing Julia’s accent.  Liz is a Marketing Coordinator and Julia is a Dental Assistant.  The hosuegueest is talking about how there may be a twin twist.  They are going to make a single vote tonight – for the first time ever – and do the switch LIVE!  Which is super unnecessary.

Oh Jackie, she is dressed for endurance . . . oh they all are.  Endurance or a physical challenge.

If I was on the show, I would pimp my social media sites – all of the time!  I do like Jace trying to blow up James’ game.  That makes sense.

The Vote –

Jeff – Jace (he needs to speed up!)
Da’vonne – Jace
Jason – Jace
Audrey – Jackie (???)
Steve – Jace
Liz / Julie – Jace
Austin / Judas – Jace
Meg – Jace
John – Jace
Clay – Jace
Becky – Jace
Shelli – Jace
Vanessa – Jace

I like how the hallway to DR is comic book word balloons theme!

That’s smart to have Julia dressed already.

There are so many people voting!

It is like Becky doesn’t have a upper lip, or something.

Audrey just wants drama, that’s why I think she threw a vote at Jackie.  Or to keep it from being completely for one person.

Jace is the first person out of the house!  Jace sees Frankie, he couldn’t be happier!  Jace suspects it is Audrey, so everyone is probably going to think the same thing.  Jace, already trying to throw the heat off of him.  Jace has learned the twin twist – so there will not be a returning guest, this year.

There are so many houseguests!  BBTakeover!  Kathy Griffen.  She hints that she will be back, after HoH, we see her in one of the backrooms.  I saw she had a cheat sheet of the faces and names.

I want a Steve / John alliance, so much!  I need a name for them!

Chenbot and Kathy Griffin, chest bump!

Kathy will call the house, her big twist, the person who answers the seventh call – will be able to choose three people to not vote!  80 city tour, seems pretty intense!

HoH Comp!  2 Rounds, random draw – two halfs of the house – winner will be the HoH.

Julia / Steve / Becky / Da’Vonne / Meg / Vanessa

GingerFever, with Andy!  They have to make a new billboard to replace Kathy’s section of the billboard.

It seems smarter to – quickly – put it on the board, to attempt to save time.  Why waste the extra step?  Second round should go faster.

Poor Andy, on the billboard, is being replaced by some ‘hot’ guy.

Bekcy is HoH!  well, one of them and maybe for half a week.

Second Round –

Audrey / Clay / Jackie / Austin / Jason / Jeff / Shelli

Shelli wins by being the smartest person to do the puzzle!

Becky and Shelli, I like that!  I can see it being a more relaxed week.

Kathy Griffin will be teasing her upcoming Takeover.

LibertyMutual needs a few more commercials in the rotation.

I get it, Production, I see Frankie!

Sunday – Battle of the Block and Nominations

No tease for the Wednesday / Thursday episodes.

BBTakeover!  Kathy Griffin has two Emmys!?!  She teases that someone will get the last laugh at eviction time.

Pretty good episode, ya’ll.

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Bluerang1 got Jackie’s opening sequence –

http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/121990/Jackie-Ibarra-The-Invisible-Bikini-Woman?page=2#.VZapO_lViko

Here is Shelli’s

http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/121806/Shelli-Poole-HOH-with-her-Twin?page=7#.VZavBvlViko

Thanks!