Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 11 - Double Eviction

Time for another eviction, citizens, but it's not one going in this episode, as it's a DOUBLE eviction

Outgoing HoH - Dane

Nominations pre Veto - Chelsea and Kyra

Veto winner - Cory

Cory decided not to use the Veto, so it WILL be Chelsea or Kyra going out first. 

In case you don't know the rules of a Double Eviction, here's how it works. After the first evictee is gone then it's a whole week of Big Brother in one night as in HoH comp, Nominations, noms ceremony, Veto, Veto ceremony and finally eviction.

The rules in this series still stand in terms of the HoH not playing in the Veto competition

Everybody clear now? There will be questions later ;)

We pick up the action after the Veto ceremony, and Dane is more determined than ever to make sure Chelsea is evicted. Estefania pipes up to Dane about Chelsea, saying she is intelligent. Obviously more intelligent than you, Este, at least she's won a comp while you've won absolutely nothing so far.

Chelsea is not all that hopeful about staying, but says she will expose Dane and how he is being a puppet master, and speculates he may just win if the houseguests don't open their eyes very soon.

Still with Chelsea, and she is talking to Kyra about their non binary gender. Kyra says they have been attracted to women since about the age of 15 and felt a little different through life.

Mark is talking to us via the camera saying Dane is a very big threat to win along with Adam and Anthony. He eludes to wanting to bide his time before trying to blow up the not so Pretty Boys.

Chelsea says to Mark that she doesn't want her dream to end this early, but she is finding it hard to crack through the glass ceiling to stay in. This could be a very long process for her if some of the houseguests don't start listening soon.

Eddie suspects there is a big secret in the house, but first he goes to Cory and says to her face he thought she was 40 when in fact she is only 29

Back to gameplay, and it's Adam, Sam and Chelsea discussing strategy and who should pop up as usual? Yep, Kyra. But it's only a brief visit, and Chelsea is unsure if she can count on Adam and Sam as she thinks Adam is the reason she's on the block in the first place. Adam doesn;t make any firm promises, only saying if he can get others on board then he will.

Over to Dane, Mark and Adam talking about previous housemates, and look there's Kyra again listening in. Kyra only assumes that is the sign there is an alliance between the three guys, and reports back to HQ in their case Chelsea.

Chelsea relays the intel, quite unreliable I might add, from Kyra to Estefania going as far as to show Estefania the supposed signal. Chelsea then says she has 3 votes, but needs a target of 5. She then says she couldn't bear watch this season to see the women all picked off.

Eviction vote

First one not even close, as EVERYBODY apart from the HoH and nominees votes Chelsea out. Dear god, these unanimous votes are getting so dam boring.

Chelsea admits to Arisa her gameplay absolutely sucked, that's an understatement. She then says it's really hard to declare sides so easily. Really, did she just say that? The not so Pretty Boys have managed to form a side right under your nose, and you have been tipped off several times already to them.

Arisa goes back to the house, and informs the remaining not rights that tonight is a double eviction, and they are sent to the backyard to prepare for the HoH comp

HoH competition

Before or After is the name of this competition. Dane is not eligible to play as the outgoing HoH. Arisa will ask them questions about events in the house, and it will be two part questions as in did the first event occur before or after the second event

Order of elimination:

Anthony

Cory

Estefania

Kiera

Sam

Damien

Eddie 

Mark

Winner and new HoH is ADAM....Lucky us, yet another not so Pretty Boy win. They certainly are racking them up at the moment.

Adam has to make his nominations within a few minutes, so like bees around honey the rest of the not rights swarm in one by one pitching ideas to Adam. Safe to say the Pretty Boys are happy.

Adam settles on nominating Eddie and Kiera and we move very swiftly to the Veto competition....

Veto competition

Spaced Out is next up, and what it entails is the players in the comp will drop their ball into a maze and then stand on a podium distributing their weight to move the ball through the maze. Adam as HoH will NOT be playing, and picked by random draw to play alongside Eddie and Kiera will be Anthony, Este and Mark.

A very quick competition which is won by KIERA, and she gets the Veto so obviously she will take herself off the block which she does with no hesitation. As HoH, Adam must now pick a replacement and he plumps for Kyra. So a second shot to get rid of Kyra beckons, let's see if they take it.....

Eviction vote

Eddie and Kyra can't vote as they are nominees

Unfortunately it's another unanimous vote, *sigh*

Eddie is sent packing in a bit of disastrous gameplay as he could have been a great number for someone in there. What is the logic of keeping that treacherous Kyra, when they have all said they are blowing up their own game. Two shots to take out that snake and they blew it.

Eddie apologises to the viewers for being so boring, not his fault the edit was unkind. Arisa says he did kind of disappear, to which Eddie replies that he felt he didn't have a lot in common with the other houseguests and wants Damien to win.

To be continued in Episode 12, where Leon's Lounge is discovered along with the Blood Veto

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 10 - Power of Veto

Another step towards the double eviction we go with Dane as HoH, Chelsea and Kyra on the block pre Veto, and the next Veto is up for grabs as Chelsea and Kyra look to save themselves

So far it's been pretty plain sailing for the not so Pretty Boys despite how they and their followers are fracturing, with the other side of the house absolutely terrified to make any big moves which they really do need to make soon, or this could turn into a very one sided house long before jury. One alliance running everything does not make a good season, and I suspect if we get stuck with Adam and Sam exchanging saliva every other episode, the mass exodus of viewers will begin.

Off we go for the Veto, can Chelsea or Kyra pull themselves off the block, stay tuned for the answer right here

We pick up the action after the nominations ceremony, and Chelsea is now questioning Dane's loyalty after he gave his reason for nominating her. Meanwhile, Kyra is pondering her feelings for Chelsea which she says are getting stronger. What this edit doesn't show is that, Chelsea has already told Kyra she has a fella on the outside. Back to the show, and Kyra is pretty sure Chelsea has her back. 

Back with Dane, and he and Anthony are celebrating in the archive room and tells us if one of the nominees come off the block then Sam is definitely going up as the replacement. Once Anthony leaves the room, Dane brags about the Pretty Boy alliance. Oh I cannot wait for that lot to be broken up, but the way things are going it's only going to be them in the house in a few episodes time.

Chelsea then accuses Dane of throwing her under the bus, and explains to Dane that some of the stuff was strictly confidential. She then turns on the tears, to which Dane is really unsympathetic.

Staying with Chelsea, and she admits to Adam that her game has blown up in her face after he betrayed her trust and who should turn up next? That's right, Kyra. Can't they just take a hint Chelsea is not interested. Kyra claims Adam is shook and questions why Adam would go to Dane to tip him off about the possible all girls alliance, which does genuinely rattle Adam

Adam goes off to talk things through with Dane about Kyra questioning him about loyalty, and Dane just about manages to calm Adam down. During this time, Kyra (who else?) pokes their head round the door again and Adam catches on that Chelsea and Kyra were testing him.

Of course, Kyra reports back to HQ aka Chelsea and says Adam can't be trusted as Sam walks into the room. Kyra then goes on to say that they aren't going to make it easy to take their friends out, and while warned that it could put a big target on their own back Kyra just shrugs that warning off, and warns Sam about Adam and Dane getting close.

Back to Chelsea and Sam by themselves, and they admit Kyra is trying to pin a lot of things on Adam while Chelsea says she still trusts Adam and he is still loyal. Sam seems certain she could majorly disrupt Kyra's game should she play in and win the Veto. Adam walks in and Chelsea informs him that Kyra is ruining their own game, and as if by magic here comes Kyra. Chelsea says she and Adam were discussing options for the Veto. Kyra doesn't believe this to be true.

On to the next day and Kiera and Mark are getting closer in terms of an alliance. Mark relays that he thinks Adam and Sam are the big dogs. Kiera asks for Mark's trust, to which he tells us he has to keep a lid on certain things he knows in the house, and not risk damage to his own game or words to that effect

Veto picks and competition

In case you missed, Dane as HoH is not allowed to play but Kyra and Chelsea are automatically in the competition. In terms of the random draw, Dane draws Mark, Chelsea draws Sam, and Kyra draws Cody.

The competition is called Comp Beat Hall of Fame, and Anthony is the host. Two houseguests will start the competition, and what they have to do is carry a big medal around a small track and jump over and go under hurdles, balance on a beam which they have to cross all the way and if they fall off the beam they have to start again, then have to land 5 hoops on 5 rings and it's 3 laps. Win and they advance to the next round, losing means elimination. The last houseguest standing wins Power of Veto

Heats:

Mark v Kyra - Mark advances after Kyra just can't keep their balance on the beam

Chelsea v Mark - Mark advances after a one ring shootout

Cory v Sam - Cory advances

Cory v Mark - Cory wins and gets Power of Veto

Dane is particularly anxious to see if Cory will use the Veto or not, so he can obviously execute his plan of getting Sam as the replacement. Meanwhile, the two nominees are quite emotional, no surprise there. Surprised the house hasn't flooded yet with the amount of tears cried by Kyra so far.

Cory is assuring Damien that his back is covered and asks if he has hers. Cory rising from the ashes, but the other side of the house HAVE to make those big moves soon. Cory is onto the idea that Samantha may be the likely target, and is unsure what she will say to Chelsea.

Talk turns back to Kyra's 'feelings' for Chelsea. YAWN O RAMA, change the record Kyra. She has told you 10000000000000 times, what part of no do you not understand. Cory says she is happy to use the Veto, but she is not quite sure of the lay of the land just yet. A lot of thinking to do for her I would say.

Chelsea, meanwhile, is happy to clear the air with Cody and warns her a lot of falsehoods are being spread about her, and fears she is being played. She is not certain Cody will use the Veto, and has to spend any time left re-evaluating options should she be saved.

Veto ceremony

Twofold really, if she saves Kyra she could find herself under a very uncomfortable microscope,, and then there's the question of trust with Chelsea.

Off we go, and Cody decides NOT to use the Veto so the nominations stay the same going into the double eviction and Chelsea or Kyra will be one of two leaving next.

In case you missed what the double eviction night entails, after the first person goes it's HoH, Nominations and Veto in one night and then another goes to meet Arisa. Simple enough?

To be continued in Episode 11 when we see which two will go out the door, and the other side of the house really need this to be their night.

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 9 - HoH and Nominations

A fresh week is upon us, citizens, and it's time to get a new HoH in power

In case you missed the last few days:

Outgoing HoH - Chelsea

Nominated pre Veto - Kiera and Damien

Veto winner - Sam

Nominated post Veto - Kailyn and Damien

Evicted - Kailyn (10-0)

The intention was always to backdoor Kailyn as the Pretty Boys alliance and their hangers on in Chelsea and Sam who saw Kailyn as dangerous.

Before she left, Kailyn tipped off everyone outside said alliance about how dangerous Adam and Sam were in a very fiery speech, and that's putting it mildly.

So now everything's out in the open, how will the non alliance houseguests react to all of Kailyn's revelations, or will they even care as they continue to fight amongst themselves in a house becoming ever more divided?

Stay tuned in this post to find out all the answers, and the power is up for grabs as it's endurance time in the HoH competition as a fan favourite returns

We pick up the action where things left off in the HoH competition, and in case you missed it, Kyra had already been eliminated as she was last to push her buzzer in time and Chelsea is not eligible to play as outgoing HoH

Buzzkilled 2.0

Recap of the rules, and it's quite simple. The last houseguest in each round to hit their button when the 60 seconds have elapsed will be eliminated. There is no telling when the countdown will start, any time between 60 seconds and 60 minutes, it's entirely when BB choose. When it gets to the last 2 standing, the first to hit their buzzer will be the new HoH. Of course this being Big Brother, there will be treats and temptations thrown in an random intervals. Houseguests are allowed to leave their podium for a treat or temptation, but must make it back to their podium in time to press their buzzer.

At the 90 minute mark, beer and pizza is offered as a temptation to which Anthony is sorely tempted, causing him to be eliminated. Meanwhile, Dane grabs a slice of pizza, but has to dash back to his buzzer, and then he's off again for another slice.

Note, the beer and pizza are NOT allowed to be consumed at the buzzer point, but at the table provided.

Next up, it is announced BB have hidden 9 HAVE cards for the week and the three who fail to find the cards will be the have-nots.

By about the 4 hour mark, Samantha, Dane, Damien, Cory and Adam are still in the competition. Adam is next to fall, followed by Cory which leaves a final 3 of Sam, Damien and Dane

Damien is really determined to win this comp, but disaster strikes as he is next to go being last to hit his buzzer. So either way it's going to be the Pretty Boys ruling again with Dane and Sam left in the competition

Order of elimination:

Kyra

Eddie

Anthony

Estefania

Kiera

Mark

Adam 

Cory

Damien

Samantha

Winner and once again HoH is DANE, and have not's for the week will be Adam, Damien and Cory

Samanatha is naturally disappointed on missing out, and Adam is really anxious and is ready to make his move on Dane to make sure Samantha is not a backdoor option. Meanwhile, Sam is crying about not winning to which Kyra comforts her. Anthony and Dane celebrate the victory and very subtely I may add as in while nobody is looking. Dane thinks Adam's head is not screwed on right due to the showmance (and he's only just noticing?) and Anthony suggests Chelsea and Kyra on the block pre-Veto and then possibly Samantha as a backdoor opinion. Oh what a tangled web this house is becoming.

Who wants to see my HoH room

The usual weeping and booing from the HoH when they get their message from home. In this case Dane gets a message from his mum and grandma. 

Adam tells Dane straight out that he wanted Samantha to get HoH, so she could get a message from her dad. Dane then tells Adam that Chelsea and Sam are a potential threat and are working together, to which Adam says he could get a confession from Samantha about who to get out, and not to worry about her. Oh boy, is this guy heading for a massive fall soon

Samantha warns Chelsea that Kyra is going to play the other side really hard. Chelsea's trust with Adam is at an all time low, while Samantha worries about getting backdoored.

Adam is getting really anxious about his storyline showmance getting evicted, and they are talking amongst other things about trust. Match made in hell these two, they won't last two minutes on the outside. Meanwhile, Kiera and Estefaniata talk about having Mark, Anthony and Dane in their corner and talk of getting Cory on their side as well.

Back to Sam, and she's off to Dane to make sure he doesn't backdoor her and she promises to keep him and Estefania safe. We all know what his plan is, and this deal is less than sincere. 

Cory has the honour of being the Wendy's meal date with Dane, and serving this week is last year's runner up KAELA

Adam is still insistent Samantha should not go this week, but Anthony brings up a very good point in that hinting Samantha would not do the same for Adam. But as usual, in one ear and out the other.

Back with Dane, and Chelsea is regaling him with how she made the best moves possible to get rid of Kailyn. Dane says to us that he is not totally stupid and can see right through Chelsea, in that she wants to get some sort of girl alliance going.

Question of trust next, as Kyra is next in to talk to Dane. He tells her there is a 7 person alliance going on consisting of himself, Adam, Sam, Chelsea, Anthony, Mark and Cory and swears Kyra to secrecy. He does not tell Kyra who he intends to target, causing Kyra to question his loyalty.

Still with Kyra, and she tells Chelsea about this so called alliance to which Chelsea replies that there was talk of it, but nothing really happened. Chelsea is getting increasingly paranoid about going home.

Nominations ceremony

Chelsea, Sam, Kyra and Eddie make Dane's shortlist as he wants to stir things up a bit. He settles on nominating Kyra and Chelsea. Chelsea, because she made numerous deals which were no good to anyone's game, and Kyra because of her closeness with Chelsea.

Can Chelsea or Kyra win Veto and pull themselves off the block? To be continued in Episode 10 of Big Brother Canada 2019

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 8 - Eviction

Welcome, fair citizens of Big Brother world, as we head into another eviction

Outgoing HoH - Chelsea

Nominated pre-Veto - Kiera and Damien

Veto winner - Sam

Sam used the Veto on Kiera, and as planned Kailyn took her place as part of a backdoor plan by Chelsea

Tonight sees another houseguest vacate the premises, and also one houseguest gets to look at tip top secret information about 2 houseguests of their choosing.

We pick up the action after the veto ceremony, and Kiera is understandably happy after being saved from the chopping block. Exactly the same feelings for Chelsea, as she has managed to get her target in Kailyn on the block, but she does let on she is celebrating with caution as she herself could be in trouble if Kailyn manages to 'rally the troops' and saves herself.

Kailyn, meanwhile, is plotting her next move to possibly stay in. Dane advises her to get to work straight away

The showmance, that is Adam and Samantha, is petting behind closed doors before being interrupted by Chelsea. Kiera and Estefania are thinking they will get far in the game as people will think they are dumb, and tells us she is going after Chelsea and Sam.

Dane is commenting on Kailyn, saying there is no way she is 29. And he is only just figuring this out? He then says she is a mighty fine cook

Back to the showmance, as in Adam and Samantha, and they are kissing. Why do these editors think we want to see this kind of thing whether it be in USA, UK or Canada. Back to the game talk please

Kailyn realises it's time to get to work on staying in, and first port of call is Cory. Kailyn knows she (herself) will have a target on her as long as she stays. Cory has a lot to think about saying Kailyn makes great points in her pitch, but is reluctant to commit at the risk of throwing her own game away.

Cory then reports back to Adam, Sam and Chelsea with Kailyn's pitch. Chelsea is particularly interested, but reminds Cory that Kailyn can be really manipulative.

Vote reveal

Once again Damien gets the chance to get some info on his fellow houseguests, which involves a series of clues which will lead him. Big Brother reveals that he is not allowed to tell anyone about this mission.

He finds clues hidden in very strategic places around the house culminating in him finding the secret entrance to the room he was in on Launch night.

He selects MARK and SAM's files for inspection and he is shown more video footage of their audition interviews, but to be honest it's not very helpful and renders this mission a bit pointless.

Back to Kailyn, and now she summons Mark and Estefania, and admits the truth she is actually 42 with 4 kids and a step-son. In case you missed it, she initially said she was 29 as mentioned by Dane earlier in this post.

She then goes on to say that Adam and Sam are using Damien as a pawn to knock them all out one by one. Adam comes back from the backyard to find everyone except Sam and Chelsea in a house meeting. Back with Kailyn, she says Chelsea talks about them all differently when their backs are turned. Speaking of Chelsea, she does sort of crash into the house meeting and runs back to Adam. Adam by this point is getting really cheesed off, but Dane and Mark soon appear to calm him down.

Dane informs Adam that Kailyn has tried to put a target on Chelsea and Sam, and Adam who is getting more angry by the moment, saying the girls are running the game and he is letting them, not knowing Sam was listening in to his and Dane's conversation. Trouble in paradise, perhaps? I certainly hope so.

Sam has now gone running off to Chelsea, retelling the story of the conversation she heard between Adam and Dane, and warns that Adam and Dane are working together. Enter Kyra and she then gets the full story. Chelsea comments on how crazy the house is getting. Kyra suggests that they have to get Adam thinking he is still playing them. Enter the man of the moment, and safe to say the daggers are pointing in his direction.

Eviction

And boy does Kailyn go off on one before the vote, as in during her speech she asks everyone to hold out their left hand and pretends to give money to Chelsea, Adam and Sam saying everyone else is handing the game to them on a silver plate. Kailyn then turns to Chelsea and gives her the hairdryer treatment quoting A Few Good Men, with the infamous 'You Can't Handle the Truth' thrown in. She then concludes with saying nobody signed up for a beauty pageant.

As it's even numbers for this eviction, the HoH does not vote and as usual the nominees are not allowed to vote.

To no great surprise, everybody who can vote voted to evict Kailyn. Arisa asks Kailyn if she even saw that backdoor coming, and that she was played big time. Kailyn does avoid answering some questions, but does admit it was hard connecting with some of the houseguests.

Kailyn claims she figured there was another 4 way alliance, sure she did. She didn't see the backdoor coming, so she can't really be that much of a psychic.

HoH competition

This time we only see the start of the competition, as it's endurance. One of the BB Canada fan favourites it would seem, and it's called Buzzkilled 2.0

Quite simple or so it seems, as when houseguests hear the alarm they must press their buzzer. But the alarm could go off any time between 1 or 60 minutes. Another factor could be that houseguests could be offered temptations to stop.

Off we go, and straight away we get a countdown and Kyra is first eliminated as in pressing her buzzer last

That is that, and the winner will be revealed in Episode 9 when the new HoH is crowned and they make their nominations. Arisa also reveals that the next eviction will be a DOUBLE eviction

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 7 - Power of Veto

Into another Power of Veto comp we go, and it's Kiera and Damien on the block pre-Veto

In the last episode, Chelsea pitched about backdooring Kailyn and things got very messy in the Have Not competition resulting in Samantha, Eddie and Anthony became the week's Have Nots

Meanwhile the house remains very much divided as the Pretty Boys and their hangers on in Samantha, Chelsea and Kyra zeroed in on Target Kailyn, seeing her as the biggest threat

The next eviction gets ever closer, who will win the Veto and who will turn on who next as the knives are out everywhere. Let us all find out....

We pick up the action after the nominations ceremony, and Kiera and Damien are very determined to get that Veto. At least Kiera is taking being nominated well, and knows that Kailyn will rally the troops if necessary should the worst happen after the Veto and beyond.

Chelsea is being cautious about who she lets in on the backdoor Kailyn plan, as it's too risky letting Kailyn find out 

Staying with Kiera, she thinks Adam and Sam are running the house and she wouldn't be far wrong. If only she knew who else was on their side, and then she would see the size of the task going forward. 

Damien, meanwhile, is relishing being the underdog and tells Mark about not knowing who to trust, and that slightest slip could see him go for an early bath aka out the door.

Urgh, some showmance promotion now as we head for Adam and Sam and I think it's fair to say sick is the right word for these two. We want game, that's what we are watching for not all this lip locking and slurpage.

Veto picks and competition

In case you missed it, there is a new rule in BB Canada this year in that the HoH does not play in the Veto comp. Nominees still play though, but it's not the usual kind of draw this time as the remaining houseguests will scratch a giant scratch ticket and if they got a Veto symbol then they play in the competition.

Joining Damien and Kiera in the competition is Cory, Kyra and Samantha. The next part of the competition would be to spin a sort of Price is Right wheel to which the highest amount spun would give an advantage to that housemate.

Samantha ends up with the highest amount, and the advantage is that she will get two balls in the next part of the competition, while everyone else gets one. Instant Bingo is the next stage, where the players will scratch off the numbers on their respective cards, memorise them, and random balls will shoot out from the machine. The first two to finish their cards will advance to the final round.

By this point Samantha is feeling very confident that the Kailyn backdoor will happen, and after much darting around looking for their numbers, she and Kiera finally shout BINGO to advance to the final round.

Instant Crossword to decide whether Kiera or Samantha, and they have to scratch some squares to reveal letters to the Big Brother related crossword, and then put the blocks provided in the right places to spell out the words.

At this stage Samantha is desperate to throw this comp, so the backdoor plan or alliance are not revealed to everyone, but she had nothing to worry about as she sweeps to victory to win the Veto and nobody is any the wiser to the plan or alliance

Kiera now is in floods of tears at the loss, but Sam is quite comforting saying everything will be ok. The plan is set and it doesn't take a genius to work out what's coming up in the Veto ceremony, but it's just all too easy at the moment for the Pretty Boys and their hangers on. That's the problem.

Back to house action, and Kiera admits to Estefania she is scared about the upcoming Veto ceremony and feels she won't have a soul left if Samantha uses the Veto on her.

Oh dear, another showmance being teased now in Dane and Estefania, promoted by none other than Kiera. We are then shown a segment where Damien is talking about his First Nation heritage.

Kiera talks to Chelsea and Samantha, and Kiera admits she holds no hard feelings. Samantha says to Kiera that she wants to trust her, while lulling her into a false sense of security saying she will consider working with her down the line. When Kiera leaves the room, the look on Samantha and Chelsea's face speaks volumes. Chelsea, meanwhile, is getting a little paranoid her backdoor plan is getting a bit too public.

Onto the next day, and Kailyn is certain that Chelsea's HoH is going to be a washout, how little she knows. Thought she was supposed to be a psychic, or was that just for show so she could get in the house. Can't she even see this backdoor coming?

Chelsea now is getting more paranoid everyone knows the plan, and she wonders if Sam using the Veto will expose they are actually working together. So many conundrums.

Into HQ we go as Sam ponders whether to use the Veto, but it's time wasted as we all know what side her bread is buttered on, and this will be an anticlimax. She knows Damien can be easily manipulated, while she doesn't know if Sam can be trusted. In the end she decides she WILL use the Veto on Kiera.

In this scenario the HoH has to pick a replacement, and to no great surprise she picks KAILYN as the replacement nominee. But is it all cut and dry as Chelsea thinks that unlike Maki, KAILYN will campaign hard to stay in the house.

Who will be evicted in Episode 8...Stay tuned for the next post to find out, same BB time and same BB channel.

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 6 - Nominations and Have nots competition

In our previous Big Brother adventure:

Maki was evicted 6-5, with Dane having the casting vote. Maki wished a plague on the house, as Dane had promised Maki he would be safe, so safe to say Maki didn't take things too well. Shortly afterwards, Chelsea took the honours and rose to power as the new HoH.and we will see who she nominates pre-veto.

We pick up the action after Chelsea's victory, and it's safe to assume that there are some early targets for the block

Kyra is understandably very happy about surviving, while Kailyn takes the credit for 'rallying the troops' and forcing Dane's hand. She is then seeing bragging to Estefania, Eddie and Kiera about getting Dane to swear on his father. 

Back with the not so Pretty Boys alliance, and Dane is not taking being the casting vote too well, as Adam reassures him that Maki was too dangerous to be kept in the house.

Chelsea, meanwhile, has identified an early contender for putting on the block in Kailyn. She identifies Kailyn as the reason for the house being divided the way it is. She is then with Adam, Sam, Kyra and Anthony celebrating her victory, but celebrations are cut short when Eddie walks in. Talk about awkward.

Speaking of Eddie, he is tellng Kailyn that he has to play smart while fulfilling his dream of being in the house. Kailyn is convinced the vote would be split, and she is also convinced she and Eddie are not in trouble this week, and that Cory would be in trouble this week. Wishful thinking I reckon.

Who wants to see my HoH room

Usual segment where the HoH gets their keys to their base of operation for the next few days. Chelsea's video message is from her friend Jordan, who admits she has never watched the live feeds until now.

Back to the game, and staying in the HoH room, Chelsea is saying to Adam and Samantha that Kyra needs to stay calm and that arrogant talk can place targets on backs. In a conversation with Kyra, Kyra is being told to be careful and that Kyra and Chelsea can't be glued together.

Have Not's competition

Slop and Slide is the name of this competition and here is how it works. Teams have been determined by random draw, and each team member will take it in turns to slide into the slop ahead of them and find a recipe. Once their plate is complete, the next team member will be be up to play. The first team to finish will be eating well for the week. The last two teams left will play off in a final round and the losers will be the Have Not's for the week.

The teams:

Kailyn, Dane and Estefania

Kiera, Kyra and Adam

Sam, Anthony and Eddie

Mark, Cory and Damien

To cut a long story short Sam, Eddie and Anthony did not fare too well all the way through and will be Have Not's for the week

After the comp is over, the not so Pretty Boys convene and all are in agreement Kailyn is very dangerous to their alliance and also agree to keep their ears open and start planting some seeds

For this week's Wendy's meal, Chelsea has picked Mark, and this weeks guest is Hamza from series 6. Over the meal Mark says he will do whatever Chelsea says and take out whoever she wants

Back in the HoH room, Kailyn continues to be the subject of discussion with Kyra, Chelsea, Adam and Sam. All admit she is dangerous, and that Adam and Sam could be on the block if Kailyn wins HoH. Backdoor talk ensues with Kailyn being the target.

Damien requests to talk to Chelsea, and wants to lull her into a false sense of security. Chelsea says she doesn't know where Damien's head is at. He tells Chelsea that Kailyn and Maki approached him and that's why he voted to keep Maki.

Kiera thinks herself and Dane will be fine when it comes to nominations, although they haven't spoken much game and would love to work with Chelsea in the future.

In a conversation, Chelsea tells Kiera she needs to surround herself with people who have her back. Secretly Chelsea admits Kiera would be the perfect backdoor pawn in terms of getting rid of Kailyn.

Arisa reveals that one houseguest will get access to Leon's lounge, as in the real secret room, and will be able to get intel on the other houseguests

Back to house action, and Dane hides on a shelf in the store room, and makes Kiera jump a few feet in the air when she walks in.

Back to Chelsea, and she says she is playing a balancing act as in lulling Kailyn into a false sense of security so Kailyn doesn't build up reinforcements if she catches on to Chelsea's plan for a backdoor. She admits she wants Kailyn gone for her own game, but admits she has to be cautious for this plan to work as it could backfire and make herself a target.

Nominations ceremony

After much pondering, KIERA and DAMIEN are nominated for eviction pre-Veto by Chelsea. Reasons being that she and Kiera haven't talked much game and there is also the trust issue and is a comp threat. Just about the same reason for Damien in that no game talk has taken place and he is an easy pawn.

In closing, Kiera says she will fight hard for the Veto and Damien says he will find some way to fight his way out of this, while Chelsea says she will be sweating that people don't figure out her real plan and that is to get Kailyn out.

Can Damien or Kiera find their way off the block? To be continued in Episode 7, with the Power of Veto competition. Same Big Brother time, same Big Brother channel.

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 5 - Eviction and HoH

A house divided as we get ready to move into another week of Big Brother Canada 2019

Outgoing HoH: Dane

Veto winner: Adam

On the block post-Veto: Kyra and Maki

In other news, it's the Pretty Boy alliance (Adam, Dane, Anthony and Mark) and Sam against everyone else. But there are some signs of fractures within said alliance as there are concerns Adam is getting too distracted about his showmance with Sam, and there are rumblings to get Sam out of there. Myself personally, I would like to see both the showmancers out of there.

So into another eviction we go with this divided house, and we pick up the action straight after the Veto ceremony...

Maki, in his own little way, tells Estefania and Kiera it will suck if he goes, prompting the girls to assure him he will be safe. We'll have to see later won't we.

An exchange between Kyra and Kailyn ensues elsewhere in the house, as they have a heart to heart with both agreeing they didn't click from the moment they went in the house. Kyra admits to us Kailyn is playing a good social game.

Back to the so called Pretty Boys, with Anthony and Adam discussing how Maki doesn't know Anthony is working with Adam. Adam fears if Maki is still there after the eviction, Adam will be straight on the block. Both seems pretty confident Maki will go this week, and Anthony claims Estefania, Kyra and Kailyn are scared, and in his mind he thinks he can control Kailyn.

Task Time

Memory comp where the have not's (Adam, Samantha and Mark) have to watch a video starring BB alumin Kevin and Karen, and the HoH will ask the have not's questions about what they just viewed

If they get three out of the five questions correct, the whole house will get a Wendy's meal

The final score finishes up at 3 out of 5, meaning they have PASSED and everyone will eat

Back to house matters, Kailyn predicts Maki will be out of there in not so many words. She thinks he is not taking this game seriously and wants to give him a kick to wake him up. He just proves her point by just strutting around the house doing basically nothing as he seems THAT confident.

On to the next day we go as the eviction gets ever closer, and Eddie is getting the lay of the land with Adam if in a not really truthful way. He's never been Adam's biggest fan, and I hope it's him that gets to pull the trigger to get Adam on the block and eventually out. Eddie is going far in this game in my opinion.

Eviction

Reminder, nominees can't vote and Dane will get the casting vote if it's a tie

Chelsea, Adam, Mark, Anthony and Samantha all vote to evict MAKI

Kiera, Kailyn, Eddie, Estefania and Damien all vote to evict KYRA

So it's down to Dane for the casting vote, and he votes to evict MAKI

No great shock there as Maki didn't play the best of games and his overconfidence was his weakness, and only has himself to blame. As he leaves, he is not in the best of moods as he wishes a plague on the house and says they are all fake. Didn't take it awfully well then I would say

To cut a long story short in his interview, he says he feels free and admits he didn't start playing until it was too late

HoH competition

Based on a training programme BB put them through the previous day, houseguests will be questioned on what they have been through. As outgoing HoH, Dane is not eligible to play. The comp is called Truth and Spies, which basically is True or False. Two houseguests will start the comp, and the person who answers the question correctly picks the next two to play and so on until one houseguest is left, and they will be the new HoH. Incorrect answers mean elimination from the competition

1. Adam v Damien. Adam correct and he picks Kailyn and Kiera

2. Kiera picks Mark and Adam

3. Mark picks Eddie and Kiera

4. Kiera picks Samantha and Kyra

5. Samantha picks Anthony and Cory

6. Anthony picks Samantha and Estefania

7. Estefania picks Chelsea and Mark

8. Chelsea picks Estefania and Kiera

9. Anthony is incorrect with his answer and is eliminated

10. Final 2 of Chelsea and Estefania

Chelsea wins and is the new HoH

Unfortunate she won as she is quite tight with the Pretty Boy alliance, so they won't be anywhere near the block and I suspect Adam will be in her ear a lot to make sure of no double crosses. 

To be continued in Episode 6 when Chelsea makes her pre-Veto nominations. Will be interesting to see who she puts up and how much she will be influenced. Stay tuned for the next post.

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 4 - Power of Veto

In our previous Big Brother Canada adventure:-

• Dane won HoH
• Cory succeeded in her mission to get 3 final 2 deals, namely with Eddie, Kailyn and Damien and will be prolonging her stay in the house along with enjoying a week's immunity 
• Dane nominated Kyra and Maki

This episode sees the first Power of Veto competition, will Kyra or Maki be able to pull themselves off the block? Stay tuned to find out as we head into the next installment

We pick up the action straight after the nominations ceremony, and immediately Dane tells us Sam is a back door target due to her closeness to Adam. Kyra has been nominated as an emotional player which is seen as weak. I would call it being human rather than being weak. Maki is just basically the pawn to make sure Kyra goes, but the pawn business doesn't usually go to plan as we have seen before.

Adam, at this point, is getting way too carried away with this potential Samantha showmance. I have a feeling those two will be gone long before jury members will start being decided. Estefania has started a new alliance with Kiera which is called Young Bloods. They are seen discussing Adam's downfall, which will be sweet when it happens hopefully before jury. 

Questions are being asked of Dane in the meantime, from the man of the moment specifically Adam, and he is asking who will go up if the Veto is used. The Pretty Boy alliance seems pretty certain none of them are in danger. Oh boy, going to really enjoy watching this alliance getting picked off when it starts.

Kyra promises Dane some others will go hard for the Veto this week, while Dane says he wants total control of the house. My opinion, he's not much of a risk taker.

Veto picks 

Kyra and Maki will automatically play and they have to pick 3 others to compete as well. However there is a twist in this series, as the HoH cannot play in the Veto. Courtesy of Trevor Boris on Twitter, the HoH will not be able to compete in the HoH until final 5. Intriguing, and spices things up a bit. 

So as it stands, it will be 5 players but the HoH does get to name the replacement nominee if the Veto is used.

Joining Kyra and Maki in the competition will be Anthony, Adam and Chelsea. Chelsea was a joint decision as it was the houseguests choice token that was drawn. Eddie is picked as host.

Dane is not too happy about this twist, and plenty of plotting afoot ahead of the competition. Chelsea promises to use the Veto on Kyra if she wins. Adam walks into the room, causing Kyra to leave almost immediately. Chelsea asks Adam if he will win and he seems very certain he will.

Back to the inevitable showmance, and Samantha admits she is scared and it's patently obvious she is relying on him to win the Veto as well. Oh boy, their downfall is going to be sweet.

Veto competition

On a Row is the name of the game and here is how it works. On the sound of the klaxon, the participants have to collect sap and carry it across a little obstacle course. Namely across some logs and into their respective containers. Falling off the logs means restarting from the beginning, and whoever fills their container up first and collects their ball.

To cut a long story short, the winner is ADAM. He is full of himself as he managed to save his showmance, and Kyra is crying as usual.

A little while later, the showmance is on as Adam and Samantha kiss, but it's very shortlived for now as they have a lovers tiff, and Samantha warns Adam that if he can't play the game with her then she will play it by herself. Couldn;t have gone any better for Chelsea, as she says she will let Adam think he is the big man in this game.

In the aftermath of Cory's secret mission, she admits that out of the 3 she struck deals with, Kailyn will be the best to work with. She is warned though by Kailyn that Dane is watching her (Cory) carefully.

Maki starts his campaign to stay starting with Adam. He wants to plant a seed to get Adam on his side, warning that the girls could tear the boys apart. Meanwhile Anthony is concerned about where Adam's head is at with Samantha, repeating that she has to go. He decides with the help of some others to play on Adam's jealousy of them when they are around Sam. Risky business, jealousy is not a nice thing.

A short while later, Mark gives a nudge nudge wink wink and goes ahead with a long hug with Sam. Adam's turning a little green as planned, saying it's not right. Anthony suggests that this will be the way they will control Adam, in using his jealousy against him.

Veto ceremony

As Adam won the Veto he can either take Kyra or Maki off the block or keep the nominations. After a short deliberation in HQ, he then asks Kyra and Maki to state their cases about the Veto possibly being used on them. Kyra kind of knows the Veto will not be used, while Maki thinks he can be competition if he is saved.

Adam decides NOT to use the Veto, so it will be Kyra or Maki that will head out to Arisa in the next episode. Kyra says no surprise, but feels Maki may have made a rookie error and put the target firmly on his back. Dane, meanwhile, more or less says Samantha is being watched closely and once she is on the block she will be gone.

To be continued in Episode 5, when the 2nd houseguest is evicted

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 3 - HoH, Nominations and Cory's secret mission

Last time on Big Brother Canada:

• Adam formed the Pretty Boys alliance consisting of himself, Mark, Anthony and Dane
• Adam nominated Laura and Damien for eviction, and there was no hope for a Veto reprieve as there was no Veto competition
• Laura was evicted by everyone (11-0)
• Cory was voted in over Holly for a secret mission, failure meant instant eviction. Meanwhile success meant Cory would stay in AND be immune from the next eviction

To cut a long story short, Cory had to make 3 final 2 deals within 24 hours, will she do it? Stay tuned to see if she accomplishes this mission and to see who becomes HoH and who they nominated

We pick up the action after Cory has made her entrance....and to say there are some sour faces when Cory comes in would be an understatement. She reminds us of the secret mission she has been given, 3 final 2 deals within 24 hours or she is out already.

Conversation around the house is about the lady of the moment, and I suspect a lot of rearranging in people's heads.....Welcome to Big Brother, and all that.

HoH competition

Swiftly on to the HoH comp we go, and it's a test of endurance. Golf theme for this competition as the houseguests have to balance the ball on the bottom of the larger than life clubs in their possession. Basically, they can buzz in and take a shot at a hole when they hear FORE. If they miss the hole or drop their ball from their club they will be eliminated

As outgoing HoH, Adam is not eligible to play and Cory, as newbie of the house, won't play in HoH or Veto and for now is immune from being nominated.

Order of elimination:-

Estefania

Kiera

Damien

Samantha

Chelsea

Kailyn

Mark (failed the shot to the hole)

Kyra

Anthony (failed shot)

Maki 

Eddie

Dane is the new HoH, and dedicates the win to his late father

Before nominations, he has to choose three Have Nots and they turn out to be Adam, Samantha and Mark. They will live on slop and not have the best surroundings to sleep in.

In the HoH room Dane is in floods of tears as he explains how he lost his dad to suicide, and we see his video message from his sister.

Back to the game at hand, and Maki suggests to Dane about nominating Kiera and Kyra but Dane's real target is Maki himself

In other house news, Adam and Sam are trying very hard to resist the temptation of a showmance, but we all know it's going to happen anyway if they are both there in a few weeks. Meanwhile, Dane and Anthony discuss their mutual distrust of Chelsea, Adam and Sam, and come to the conclusion Adam may be using them to further his own game. Discussion then turns to getting Sam out pronto, as she is apparently shady. Good luck with that if the showmance starts to hot up.

Back to the HoH room, and Dane has chosen Eddie to share his Wendy's meal and serving them their meal is none other than Big Brother Canada alumin Ika Wong.

Regarding Cory's mission, she picks up Eddie straight away for a final 2 deal and then manages to get Kailyn onside for her 2nd deal, just one more deal to get and she is safe and immune.

That honour falls on Damien, and Cory pins her hopes on getting him on board before time runs out. With a little time left she manages to get him on board, and her mission is a success with a reward of immunity and more importantly staying in the house.

Nominations ceremony

Dane's shortlist was Chelsea, Samantha, Maki and Kyra

Dane settled on Kyra and Maki, and they will be on the block pre-Veto

To be continued in Episode 4 and the first Power of Veto competition of the season

Will Kyra or Maki win Veto and take themself off the block or will the nominations stay the same. How will the housemates react if they find out about Cory's mission?

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Episode 2 - Nominations and Eviction

So here we are again, citizens

When we last peeked into the house, Damien won the first vote of the season as in getting top level clearance and could watch the housemates every move. Adam won the first HoH of the season and Cory or Holly will be voted in for a secret mission. Relatively simple stipulations, as in if whoever goes in fails their mission they are straight back out, and if they win they will get a 1 week reprieve from the eviction. Oh, and Arisa announced there would be no Veto competition so whoever was on the block would stay there with no hope of parole this week.

Think that's about it, so off we go for another episode and it's goodbye to one and hello to one more. How long the newbie will be there depends on themself.

We pick up the action after Adam comes into power.....

Needless to say he is very happy, as he claims he would have been on the block had he not won. But I was under the impression, the first HoH is always a poison chalice so cue a target going on Adam straight away. Urgh at the name of his alliance aka 'Pretty Boys', not too vain or arrogant is he.

Samantha now trying to muscle her way into his alliance, or should that be affections, and not being very subtle about it. Meanwhile Eddie tells us from the Diary Room, that he is going to play dumb for a little while if they are the right words to use, to get the lay of the land. He makes it no secret that he doesn't like Adam. He's got the idea some have got about Adam. Eddie could be one to watch if he gets far into the competition.

The usual 'Who wants to see my HoH room' segment where we get to see the HoH get a video message, in this case Adam. Samantha getting her feet under the table with Adam, you could never tell she wants this showmance really bad.

Laura pitches to Adam about not putting her on the block, but makes the rookie mistake of mentioning Samantha to put on the block. 

Nominations

Usual rules in the North American format, in that the HoH puts two houseguests on the chopping block. Reminder that there is NO Veto competition this week, how long this is going to last is anyone's guess

Adam shortlists Eddie, Laura, Kiera and Damien. Back with the houseguests, he has narrowed 4 to 2 and put LAURA and DAMIEN on the block.

Adam feels Damien is a rank novice at this game, while he says to Laura he can't keep her in the house with the targets he has in mind. In other words he doesn't want her ruining his chance of the showmance with Samantha.

Straight away, Laura goes into 'how dare you nominate me' mode. Memo to Laura, welcome to Big Brother. Meanwhile, Damien is taking it much better, and even mentions the Blood Veto which was seen in Episode 1, but we are still waiting to find out its purpose

Back in the so called secret room, Damien has received a letter saying there is a Secret Veto hidden away, but Damien is having major problems finding it.

A short while later, Adam's found this so called secret room and makes a major blunder in telling just about everyone. Why, Adam, why, you stupid *bleep*, wouldn't it have been better to keep it to yourself? What a maroon.....

Eviction

Arisa goes to the house, and gives Damien and Laura 30 seconds each to plead their cases. Adam, as HoH, is not allowed to vote. 

To cut a long story short, EVERYONE voted for Laura to leave and it was an 11-0 vote and the regional judge was sentenced to eviction. Not entirely unexpected if I am being honest, too many flaws in Laura's plans contributed to her downfall. Before she left, she warned people to be mindful of Samantha

In her interview with Arisa, Laura explained that she could see the threat of Samantha. Whether that sinks in with everyone else remains to be seen.

Anyways, back to the twist at hand and it will be Cory or Holly going in. Arisa reveals that CORY will be going in and she explains the twist to Cory

To be continued in Episode 3.....

Will Cory be successful or will she leave as quickly as she arrived? Who will be the next HoH and who will they nominate?

All this and more in the next episode, stay tuned. Same BB time, Same BB channel

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Big Brother Canada 2019 - Launch

Up north we go, citizens, where it's goodbye Julie and hello Arisa as Big Brother Canada opens its doors for another season, and indeed the first of two longer slogs as the civilians take centre stage.

Welcome to a brand new mint fresh season of Big Brother from the Batcave, as we start out the journey to find out who will follow in Paras's footsteps in being crowned Big Brother Canada winner

This season's theme is based on spies, with many twists and turns as you would expect with Big Brother, and here comes Arisa through the eye, and may I just say the influence of the UK show has definitely rubbed off over there looking at the stage, and some of the crew and even Arisa herself were part of the final year of the UK show.

We are given a house tour, and there's a very ominous Blood Veto which will be explained in due course. Will admit I am intrigued to what this may be.

Back to Arisa to introduce the first twist of the season, which basically entailed Canada's Vote to which houseguest would get the first power of the season, and we are introduced to houseguest #1, DAMIEN

Damien, 28, is from British Columbia and is very proud of his First Nation heritage. The rule is simple, he mustn't let the other houseguests know he has already been in to look them over. He is then told he must find the secret room in which he will do his surveillance of the other houseguests. It takes a little while, but he eventually finds the secret room which does contain the Blood Veto and a shedload of monitors.

Time to bring in the rest of them now, they will be in groups going in. Nothing sinister this time, at least not yet anyway.

First group in are:

• Laura, 26, and she hails from Calgary, Alberta.She is a judicial clerk in a regional court.
• Dane, 27, from British Columbia. Civil technician, and some time ice hockey player. Worth noting that he has some false teeth which comes with being a ice hockey player, as he demonstrates.
• Chelsea, 30, from Edmonton, Alberta. She is a radio host, and says she is there to win
• Adam, 27, from Newfoundland. He works in the oil fields.
• Eddie, 25, from Montreal. Originally from China, and is learning to speak English. He claims to be the most intelligent houseguest

Second group in are:

• Mark, 29, from Edmonton, Alberta. He is a travel guide, and comes from a deeply religious family. He says he himself is not really religious
• Samantha, from Newfoundland. She claims to be a minor celebrity through her tattooing eyebrows business
• Anthony, 31, from Ontario. He is a fitness fanatic, and says he will be a comp beast. Have to say massive build, but can he back up his bold words? We'll have to wait and see.
• Kiera, 23, from British Columbia. Short intro, but she says she likes to be the alpha female
• Kailyn, 42, from Grand Praire, Alberta. Claims to be a psychic. If you add a t between the I and the L then it's the same as that fruitloop from BB USA. Just thought I would throw that in there.

Arisa informs Damien his intel gathering is over, and he will go in with the last three inmates who are:

• Kyra, 25, from Montreal. Kyra identifies as gender non binary which means it's a catch-all category for gender identities that are not exclusively male or female.
• Estefania, from Quebec. She is a student who loves yoga, and also plays the ukelele
• Maki, 31, from Toronto. A poer and a DJ.

Now that they are all in, along with Damien, Arisa appears on the plasma and informs them that they must tell each other their weaknesses. But there's a twist, because through a shit stirring BB, they are shown their VT's where they talk about their true weaknesses. Cue a lot of awkwardness, and very sly on BB's part. I sure hope this is not going to be the norm as we had enough of that in the Five era of BB UK, but then again this format is much more cut throat so maybe it will help, or it will hinder. We will just have to wait and see, and there is plenty of time to go in this season.

HoH competition

Operation Escape is the name of this first competition and here is how it works. We see the houseguests with their hands tied and sitting in their various cubicles. Obviously everyone is playing as this is the first competition. To put it simply, they have to untie themselves to get to the keys which will let them out, and then they have to dig their way to the other side of the garden and press their buzzer. However there are only seven spots, but it is not revealed yet if there is a penalty for those houseguests who do not get out. The first houseguest to dig themselves out will be crowned the first HoH of the season.

The escapees in order were Adam, Kiera, Estefania, Kailyn, Anthony, Mark and finally Maki

Adam digs his way out the quickest, and unsurprisingly gets to his buzzer first and he claims the first HoH of the season. Nominations will be revealed in the next episode

Arisa announces that whoever gets nominated in Adam's reign, will stay on the block as there will be NO Veto competition so someone WILL leave after only a 24 hour stay.

For the final twist of the night, we are introduced to:

• Holly, 34, from Newfoundland. Armoured Guard. Not a very good attitude I have to say. Says she doesn't have a strategy, which is a bit dangerous
• Cory, 29, from New Brunswick. A teacher by trade, and claims she could think five steps ahead in this game. We'll have to see about that if she gets in

Only one will go in through Canada's Vote and will be given a special mission to be revealed in the next episode.

That about wraps it up for this episode, and may I say welcome back to Big Brother Canada and Arisa.

To be continued in Episode 2.....

Who will Adam nominate? Who will get evicted? Holly or Cody? Stay tuned for the next episode

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The new season is officially underway, and I suspect it will be a good one as we get to know these people

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