Season 26 Live Feeds Discussion

[Rodney]

Brooklyn is now talking to T'kor and Kimo, unaware that they know everything that’s going on.  She told them that she tried to help Rubina, but it’s just too close to get six votes, and she doesn’t trust Makensy to vote the way they would want her to.  She says that ideally, Rubina will win, but they can’t let her know that she’s in danger of being voted out, or else she’ll choke.

I want to see what T'kor and Kimo say about this after she leaves.

[peachmangosteen]

I love this song!

[Rodney]

2 minutes ago, peachmangosteen said:

I love this song!

So do I!  All three just got too cocky and arrogant, and it's catching up with them!

As a bonus, Cedric will replace whomever ends up coming down with the Veto.

I wonder which of the three is his target, though?  Probably Quinn, since he's been the most adamant about targeting him.

[peachmangosteen]

Well, ideally Ced would be gone lol. And then Joseph would get Tucker to realize Quinn 'is nothing' lol and nom Chelsie instead. I demand Chelsie and Brooklynn nommed together!

[Rodney]

Just now, peachmangosteen said:

Well, ideally Ced would be gone lol. And then Joseph would get Tucker to realize Quinn 'is nothing' lol and nom Chelsie instead. I demand Chelsie and Brooklynn nommed together!

. . . Oh, right.  Assuming that things go as we're hoping, he'll already gone by then.

[Rodney]

Joseph was whispering to Kimo and T'kor advocating for working with Tucker and to work with each other more.

Ooh, Joseph wants to keep Rubina now, too!

He is also now advocating for keeping and working with Quinn for a while, too, because he thinks that he loves them and is on the bottom for the others, ahead of them as a target.

They're interrupted as Leah comes in, looking for Tucker.

So much depends on who wins both the AI Arena and the HoH Competition, but the tides have turned so much against Cam, Cedric, Chelsie, and Brooklyn, and it's awesome.

Edited August 14 by Rodney

[Rodney]

Kimo brought up voting out Cedric, and Joseph basically turned into Andy and said, "Ohhhh. . . . I think it's too early."  But Kimo said that they may not get another opportunity to strike at those four.  This is the perfect time to do so.

Edited August 14 by Rodney

[peachmangosteen]

I never expected Kimo to push this hard. I’m loving it.

Most likely though, because this is BB and it rarely goes how I want, Ced will win AI Arena, MJ will go home, and Brooklyn will win HOH. 

We have the whole AI Instigator next week too and who knows what that’ll do.

[Katesus7]

Fun day today! Thanks @Rodney for all the detailed updates! Usually all this shit happens at two in the morning and once everyone wakes up, they go back to doing the easy thing, but I think this has traction.

If it’s Rubina vs. Cedric, based on what I’ve read today, she could get Tucker, Kimo, T’Kor, Leah and Makensy with an Angela tie-breaker with both Quinn and Joseph being irrelevant? THAT is what I’m hoping for. Still a looong day to go, though.

Edited August 14 by Katesus7

[Callaphera]

Is Angela the tie-breaker or is Quinn the tie-breaker?

[jsm1125]

1 minute ago, Callaphera said:

Is Angela the tie-breaker or is Quinn the tie-breaker?

I assume Angela, since she is “officially” HOH and wouldn’t be able to have an initial vote?

[Callaphera]

5 minutes ago, jsm1125 said:

I assume Angela, since she is “officially” HOH and wouldn’t be able to have an initial vote?

But Quinn has taken literally all of the HoH's power and is the shadow HoH. He's gotten everything else.

I wonder if they considered this scenario when creating the power.

Edited August 15 by Callaphera

[Katesus7]

Quinn didn’t play in the POV, Angela did. So I’m assuming his power begins and ends with the nominations.

[HelpMeRondah]

I don’t think Quinn has a vote this week, so there can’t be a tie to break. He mentioned it in a few conversations today, so I’m guessing he just recently found out from the DR. This tracks with secret HOH’s from previous seasons. 

[30 Helens]

I'm wondering what role America is going to play in this week's twist. Maybe America will vote for the next HoH? That would at least mitigate the unfairness of Quinn getting to compete.

[Rodney]

6 hours ago, HelpMeRondah said:

I don’t think Quinn has a vote this week, so there can’t be a tie to break. He mentioned it in a few conversations today, so I’m guessing he just recently found out from the DR. This tracks with secret HOH’s from previous seasons. 

This may effectively put any chance of blindsiding Cedric in jeopardy, then, because while Tucker, Kimo, T'kor, and Leah are all ready, willing, and able to vote for him, Joseph, being the flop that he is, is adamant on saving him no matter who's against him on the block.

The only hope for this to go forward is Makensy or Rubina winning the AI Arena tomorrow, because either woman can provide that fifth, crucial vote that way.  Otherwise . . .

Edited August 15 by Rodney

[30 Helens]

Turns out, the bed Quinn and his shoes were standing on the other day belongs to Cedric. I withdraw my previous objection.

T'Kor gives Rubina a pep talk. The support makes Rubina a little teary, but she gathers her confidence and resolve. She doesn't want to let others down, but above all, she wants to win it for herself. Clear eyes, full hearts, she's ready to go! (T'Kor makes a damn good Coach Taylor, actually. She can give me a pep talk any time.)

There seems to be a genuine growing friendship between the two. They bond over shared social anxiety and how they've grown from this experience. T'Kor assures her that she, Kimo and Tucker are doing everything they can to keep her around. 

Speaking of Tucker, they admire his fearlessness. And then T'Kor loses me when she makes a parallel between his willingness to fight and the civil rights movement, but fortunately it's a quick detour.  "Fortune favors the brave," Rubina says. "After tomorrow, I will have nothing to fear." 

[30 Helens]

Makensey bemoans her lack of allies to Joseph. But in a way, it's a strength! Because she's willing to be used however, whenever, if it keeps her around. She's a good number and a big fan of mutual back scratching.

Joseph wishes he could help, but he's too busy floating. (He is NOT a good Coach Taylor.) He asks if she'd be willing to work with Tucker. Sure! But she'd rather not be involved in the drama. 

Makensey is looking forward to next week, when it's back to 2 noms and things will be easier. (Is this true? No more 3 noms? Does that mean no more AI arena? Because if so, boo.)

[Rodney]

16 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

Makensey is looking forward to next week, when it's back to 2 noms and things will be easier. (Is this true? No more 3 noms? Does that mean no more AI arena? Because if so, boo.)

I think that she's only presuming, based on the fact that the powers lasted for only four weeks.  But I believe that the AI Arena twist will at least last till the jury phase.  Then again, Ainsley said that there will be three nominees "from now on," which had me thinking that BB is changing the rules to three nominees in future seasons, if not for the whole game, then at least for a good chunk of it.

Frankly, until they get to the single digits, I hope that they keep it at three and then reduce it to two.

Edited August 15 by Rodney

[peachmangosteen]

10 hours ago, HelpMeRondah said:

I don’t think Quinn has a vote this week, so there can’t be a tie to break. He mentioned it in a few conversations today, so I’m guessing he just recently found out from the DR. This tracks with secret HOH’s from previous seasons. 

I'm confused. Because I've been reading that Quinn said he can vote but that T'Kor is thinking he can't. If Quinn said he can then he can because he made such a big deal about how he can't lie about the power. 

8 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

I'm wondering what role America is going to play in this week's twist. Maybe America will vote for the next HoH? That would at least mitigate the unfairness of Quinn getting to compete.

I would love this. Imagine they lock them down for 4 days causing all of them to believe it's wall all for them to walk out to nothing and be told America is choosing HOH. They did that on BB Canada and it was so fun!

[Callaphera]

So now Quinn can't vote and Angela can play in the HoH? That's the chatter I'm seeing this morning.

It isn't a Big Brother power if it isn't confusing and full of loop holes for Production to go, "Ackshully..."

ETA: It sounds like Quinn was the one that got the details wrong and Production just let him roll with it until yesterday when they finally decided what it did clarified the fine print.

Edited August 15 by Callaphera

[Katesus7]

8 hours ago, Rodney said:

This may effectively put any chance of blindsiding Cedric in jeopardy, then, because while Tucker, Kimo, T'kor, and Leah are all ready, willing, and able to vote for him, Joseph, being the flop that he is, is adamant on saving him no matter who's against him on the block.

The only hope for this to go forward is Makensy or Rubina winning the AI Arena tomorrow, because either woman can provide that fifth, crucial vote that way.  Otherwise . . .

Well, yeah.  Makensy or Rubina obviously have to win AI Arena because otherwise that would mean Cedric wins and can't be voted out.  But honestly, I think Makensy would have to win and be the fifth vote; I don't know if T'Kor or Kimo would risk it to save Makensy.  

[peachmangosteen]

T’Kor woke up finally fully ready (for now at least lol) to flip to keep Rubina!

There are so many issues though. I don’t think T’Kor will do it if it’s Cedric vs. MJ, which will bite her in the ass. She needs to commit to doing it either way because at this point the fact that T’Kimo wanted to flip is obvious. There’s also the issue that Joseph won’t do it, which might mean Leah won’t, so they won’t have the numbers anyway and so they’re kinda fucked lol. Plus, there’s a strong chance Ced will just win AI Arena which again not great for them because it’s so obvious they have been plotting so I doubt Ced and Chelsie will trust them anymore anyway.

But I’m still glad they didn’t just loaf around and wait to be picked off.

Edited August 15 by peachmangosteen

[Callaphera]

Cedric to T'Kor: "Tell me if the vote flips."

Now he's psychic, too.

Watch this flip T'Kor back into being a flop.

Edited August 15 by Callaphera

[peachmangosteen]

T’Kor should realize that just proves how obvious it is they’ve been contemplating flipping and force her to get Cedric out against MJ as well.

But in the end, Cedric is totally gonna win AI Arena.

Edited August 15 by peachmangosteen

[Callaphera]

Kimo told Joseph's mustache about the potential flip if Makensy wins AI Arena. Joseph's mustache is shitting a brick.

[peachmangosteen]

Joseph just doesn’t wanna do it because it won’t be his move.

[Callaphera]

Someone should explain to Joseph's mustache that if he's the deciding vote for the flip, he'll get plenty of airtime. That might sell him on the idea.

[30 Helens]

Joseph is so intent on flying under the radar that he can’t even feel the ground scraping his belly. Also, he thinks Cedric is the most boring cast member. (Quinn agreed.) (They do find Cedric supremely suave, though.)

[HelpMeRondah]

39 minutes ago, Callaphera said:

Someone should explain to Joseph's mustache that if he's the deciding vote for the flip, he'll get plenty of airtime. That might sell him on the idea.

The funny this is, I don’t think they even need Joseph. They would have Tucker, Leah, & MJ. That’s 5 votes right there. Last I saw, they were planning on keeping Cedric if Rubina wins the AI arena.

[peachmangosteen]

2 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

Also, [Joseph] thinks Cedric is the most boring cast member. (Quinn agreed.) 

I would agree with him about Cedric but then I remember Cam exists lol.

2 hours ago, HelpMeRondah said:

The funny this is, I don’t think they even need Joseph. They would have Tucker, Leah, & MJ. That’s 5 votes right there. Last I saw, they were planning on keeping Cedric if Rubina wins the AI arena.

I think the problem is Joseph may convince Leah not to do it. And T'Kimo seem to want Joseph on board so if he isn't, they may chicken out, Also, I think it has to be Cedric vs. Rubina for it to even happen. If it's MJ vs. Cedric, MJ will go. I hope T'Kimo realize though that at this point they need to do it even if it's MJ up there with Cedric. But the votes might not be there.

But honestly I think Cedric will probably just win AI Arena. 

But I think Tucker is almost certainly winning this AI Instigator power so we'll see where that goes.

Also, if it really is endurance and we don't get to watch it I'm gonna be very pissed lol.

[Nashville]

On 8/14/2024 at 12:41 PM, TimWil said:

I hope tomorrow’s episode includes Tucker’s attempt to crack Rubina’s neck, complete with 1970s porn music soundtrack (chick a WAH WAH) followed by a needle drop when Tucker is told by Production to stop it. I’m on the fence as to whether there should be 1970s porn music soundtrack when Tucker cracks Kimo’s neck, though.

Marvin Gaye all the way, baby.

https://youtu.be/tQj1kPmQXwE?si=MivtuQyRg6i-yeuu

 

On 8/14/2024 at 3:26 PM, Rodney said:

*headdesk*  They're playing, people!  That's not useless!

Depends on how well they’re playing with others, or if they’re just playing with themselves….  😁

 

23 hours ago, peachmangosteen said:

I love this song!

I didn’t know Angela was related to Andy.  😆

[Callaphera]

https://x.com/hamsterwatch/status/1824206775484289138

[peachmangosteen]

[Rodney]

T'kor and Kimo in HoH bathroom.  She's telling him that she's angry at Chelsie and Brooklyn for having alliances without them, for planning on getting Rubina out, etc.  She says that all of these things together show that they don't care about them, they're not a priority, and they're at the bottom.  She explains how this is different from the Cookout -- they had a F6, and each had a person of whom to get rid, but this is different.  "What's my guarantee?  I ain't guaranteed nothing."

So happy she (fully) woke up and turned!

T’kor and Kimo are now telling Joseph the plan and asking him about being part of it.  They say that they, Tucker, and Leah and/or Makensy will be the votes.  Joseph wants them to tell him right before the vote, and if they’ve locked it in, then he’ll join. He believes that Cedric has his back (he doesn't), so this would be a big deal with him, but he’s locked in with T’kor and Kimo and trusts them.

Damn!  Kimo and T'kor woke up a new man and woman!  They are PISSED that the Collective was making decisions without them and telling them what to do.  If they'd been including them, then this wouldn't be happening right now.

Even if Cedric wins tonight and Makensy ends up as the evictee, the damage is done.  If any of Tucker, Angela, Leah, Joseph, Quinn, T'kor, or Kimo win the endurance HoH Competition, the Pentagon is going down.

[Rodney]

Kimo and T'kor then start talking about how to discuss this with Makensy.  Kimo says that Rubina had told Makensy that she would keep her, but Kimo is a little worried about telling Makensy and her, in turn, telling Cedric.  T'kor relays that Makensy said that Rubina is better for her game and that is true, so it sounds like they're trying to hope that will happen.

Kimo says that while other people are sleeping, they're sitting there playing.  Some people are coasting and thinking that they only need to check in here and there, but not for them.

The funniest part about this potential Cedric boot is that most of these people, including T'kor and Kimo, probably had zero idea that this boot could happen when they were recording goodbye messages.  I bet that those would look so confusing and outdated to Cedric if he goes home.

Now T'kor and Kimo are making fun of Cedric for volunteering to go on the block.  T'kor said that if he loses the AI Arena and is on the block against Rubina, then what does he really expect?  Kimo says that T'kor being upset gets him upset, so I hope that they feed off of this.  It may be fun to see one of them become HoH next, because at this stage, I think that they'd go full-blown HoHitis.

Kimo is trying to control his emotions.  T'kor says that they know what acting irrationally gets them, and that they don't have competition skills outside of Tucker.  T'kor now says that the worst-case scenario is that if they don't get the votes, then they'll have to vote with the Collective, but they're no longer double agents and are now in with Tucker.

T'kor says that they're three votes with Rubina, and sure, they haven't won competitions, but they still shouldn't be underestimated.  She says that they will go somewhere where they're respected.  Says that their (Brooklyn and Chelsie's) alliance management sucks.  It is pretty true, because these two have been in on this for over twenty-four hours, and none of the Pentagon have picked up on it at all.  (Cedric has an inkling, but that's it.)

Kimo says, "Why would I play Big Brother and not play?"  Talks about how people are just sitting and waiting around, because the game goes where they want to.  Kimo said that they never would take control of their own games unless they do it now.

Edited August 16 by Rodney

[Katesus7]

And we have a game!! I haven’t been so excited about a vote, especially after having no clue how it would go, in YEARS! I hope the endurance comp can live up to this awesomeness. 

[Brian Cronin]

2 hours ago, Rodney said:

Damn!  Kimo and T'kor woke up a new man and woman!  They are PISSED that the Collective was making decisions without them and telling them what to do.  If they'd been including them, then this wouldn't be happening right now.

 

That's really the tale as old as time in the house, right? All you have to do is pay the "lesser" members of your alliance lip service, and people JUST. CANNOT. DO. IT. 

[Thalia]

The feeds are back.  The houseguests are still inside. 

ETA, Brooklyn told Rubina that the only reason she voted to evict her was because Kimo and T'Kor told her that they were voting her out.  

Edited August 16 by Thalia

[Katesus7]

Chelsie to Kimo right now “I’m not mad, it’s totally fine, it would have been an easy vote for me, no issues, I just wanted to know! I’m just sad no one told me because I totally would have been fine! But it’s OK, it’s OK”. 

Y’all, it is NOT OK.

[Rodney]

Aftermath of the vote.  Finally.

Brooklyn stays quiet, at first, very much PISSED at the outcome.  But eventually, she hugged Rubina, saying that she was told that things were going in a different direction.  She thought that T'kor and Kimo were voting her out.  Rubina, thankfully, doesn't buy her crap, but makes it sound like she does.

Makensy, elsewhere, says that she was told everything flipped in the two minutes after the AI Arena.  She really didn't know that Cedric was going home at that point, which is understandable.  She was going home if she'd lost, no matter who was against her on the block.  So why tell her till after she won?  (Thank God that she did!)

T'kor tells Makensy that she was conflicted once the three nominees were locked and didn't know what she was going to do until she walked into the Diary Room.  (There's some truth to that.)  Makensy says that T'kor was on the right side of the house and thanks God that she was, too, because she had no idea.  She paused before the vote, which is true.  I want to hear when Leah found out.

Tucker and Angela babysitting Chelsie upstairs, lol.  Chelsie is sitting under blankets with no expression, while Cam plays bumper pool with Tucker.  Brooklyn just huffed up there and lay down.  Someone's in the corner.  Joseph, maybe?

Chelsie ripped Kimo a new one in the storage room, and Kimo had to grovel to her.  They ended the exchange on decent-ish terms.

Angela's smile is LOL as she watches Joseph explain how he came around to vote Cedric.  He says that he realized where it was going when he saw Leah and Kimo holding hands.  We have to be selfish sometimes and it sucks, but he wishes that he (Cedric) had never volunteered.  Maybe Quinn talked him into it, but he doesn't know.

Angela is, I guess, is a little upset over Cedric going since she liked him.  Her smile has turned into long breaths and wiping her eyes.

Chelsie and Kimo are in the Storage Room.  She's mad, saying that if they'd just told her what to do, then she'd have done it.  She had no awareness of the house going that way, and now Rubina and Tucker have to think about her in that way.  She knew that it was switching in those two minutes, but just wanted to wait and see if someone was going to tell her.  She had zero idea.  (If she's telling the truth, then it should've been her prerogative to stop that from happening.)  Kimo saying that he knows, and they are still totally protecting her (which is a lie), and that he will be in Rubina's ear, so she won't target Chelsie (lol).

Angela and Joseph were hugging on the other feed.

Chelsie now says that Joseph and Leah and everyone were saying to protect Cedric, but she wishes that they'd told her, because it would've been such an easy vote for her.  She's not upset, she's just hurt by that.

YOU GOT PLAYED, CHELSIE.  DEAL WITH IT.

Edited August 16 by Rodney

[dizzyd]

12 minutes ago, Katesus7 said:

Chelsie to Kimo right now “I’m not mad, it’s totally fine, it would have been an easy vote for me, no issues, I just wanted to know! I’m just sad no one told me because I totally would have been fine! But it’s OK, it’s OK”. 

Y’all, it is NOT OK.

Damn right! This could only have been successful if it was a blindside. Brooklyn and Chelsei can go pout and bitch about it together. So what’s the prediction on Wall time? I have more faith in this cast than last year’s so I’ll say >1h.

[Katesus7]

Makensy now finding herself in a good position. Talking to Chelsie and Brooklyn while they rant and rave about how the vote went, while she has plausible deniability since she had to win AI or she was gone. I think she’s one of the last people anyone will be thinking about nominating now. 

[Rodney]

Rubina and Makensy are in the Storage Room, talking about how "she" (unsure if it's Chelsie or Brooklyn) saying that she would've gone with the house, and basically calling out how she's full of shit.  Makensy is recapping how she'd said that she'd vote Cedric since he had nominated her, but she never really thought that Rubina was going to stay over him.  No offense to her.

Tucker, Kimo, and T'kor are trying to figure out whom the sixth vote is.  Tucker thinks that maybe it was Cam (and he's wrong).  Kimo is sure that it was Joseph (and he's right).

T'kor telling Kimo that she’s scared of how to proceed.  Kimo thinks that they have to completely come clean to Tucker, Rubina, and Angela.

They think that Chelsie is understanding, while Brooklyn has been telling them what to do, not asking.  “You don’t get to call shots for my game.”

T'kor says that she pulled Chelsie aside and said that she couldn’t vote Rubina out.

Hell yes, T'kor!  She said that she wanted to tell Brooklyn ahead of time (which is true), but every time Brooklyn came up to her, she was just telling T'kor what to do.  And she did not care for that.

T saying this sucks but Kimo said they should be happy that they saved their best friend in the house, they’d feel worse if they let her go.

Kimo says that Tucker is wild, but looking out for T'kor and Kimo.

Kimo saying that Joseph reported to him that he’s with them (T'kor and Kimo).  Kimo thanks T'kor for going along with him on this vote.

He’s trying to pump her up.  She’s mostly silent.  “We can’t win if we don’t play.”

Kimo says they can either jump ship or salvage things with the Collective. T'kor immediately says that she wants to salvage their alliance, not jump ship.  (Noooooooo, T'kor!  You did this!  Go the full way!)

Tucker joins.  He wonders if they should pin a vote on someone?

[Jillibean]

Maybe people will stop volunteering for the block now. Wouldn't that be something?

I hope this year's wall is more like the walls of yesteryear and not like last year's wall that catered to upper body strength. 

[Rodney]

17 minutes ago, dizzyd said:

Damn right! This could only have been successful if it was a blindside. Brooklyn and Chelsei can go pout and bitch about it together. So what’s the prediction on Wall time? I have more faith in this cast than last year’s so I’ll say >1h.

Eight or nine PST/BBT.  Which means eleven or midnight EST.

[rachel1496]

27 minutes ago, Rodney said:

She had no awareness of the house going that way, and now Rubina and Tucker have to think about her in that way. 

And there’s the real reason Chelsie is mad, by not telling her about the flip they made it so she can’t bullshit Rubina about how she wanted her to stay all along.

[Rodney]

Tucker reassures Rubina that he is going to crush the Wall competition.  "I used to work security.  I would stand for hours."

Rubina is worried about Tucker's sweaty hands.  She tells Tucker not to move his feet once he’s locked in.

Tucker tells Rubina all of the reasons that he’s going to win this competition.

Tucker adds, “Brooklyn and Chelsie have a final two.”  (Duh.)  Rubina is shocked, because she'd thought that she and Brooklyn had one.  Tucker tells her that clearly, something changed, because she's hitched her loyalty to Chelsie now over her, if she (Brookyn) was willing to sacrifice her (Rubina) like that.

Rubina is floored that she’s still here.  Tucker said that he told her.  He can read people and knew that she was fine.

Rubina still recapping how Brooklyn blamed T'kor and Kimo.  Tucker saying no way.  Her face was pure shock.  “She can’t hide her face.”

Rubina says that ultimately, she can't trust Brooklyn anymore.  But she'll let her think that she still does.

Edited August 16 by Rodney

[Rodney]

Brooklyn and Chelsie are now in the bathroom, trying to draw Rubina back to them.  She's giving them bullshit, because she doesn't trust either one of them anymore.

[Jel]

1 hour ago, Brian Cronin said:

That's really the tale as old as time in the house, right? All you have to do is pay the "lesser" members of your alliance lip service, and people JUST. CANNOT. DO. IT. 

I always thought that was a big part of the genius of Derrick's play. He really understood that.