Big Brother USA 2018 - Episode 8 - Eviction 2 and HoH competition 3

Eviction 2 is upon us, citizens, and in case you missed it, it will be Chris v Winston

Outgoing HoH - Kaitlyn

Veto winner - Tyler

Veto used - Yes, on Scottie

Replacement - Chris

Apps still in use:

• Sam and her Bonus Life App
• Tyler and his Cloud App
• Rachel and her Yell App

"The showmance or the bromance, one will survive and the other will be torn apart"

Julie welcomes us to the show and describes the situation above to us, and remember highlights will be short tonight as there is an eviction AND HoH competition

"Day 23, and Tyler is pulling the strings and also the wool over everyone's eyes, orchestrating Kaitlyn to commit another blindslide, resulting in her putting her ally Chris on the chopping block. Can Swaggy find the numbers to keep his game alive, or will Winston remain in the game...."

#Butfirst

We join the action shortly after Chris was named as the replacement nominee....

Kaitlyn still squeezing out the crocodile tears, as Scottie tells us how relieved he is to be off the block. Chris is confident he can find the votes to stay in there and send Winston packing

In the HoH room, those tears keep flowing from the fruitloop of an HoH. Who does she think she is fooling, the sooner she is out of there the better.

Bayleigh tells Kaitlyn she did what she had to do, but behind closed doors she is planning to campaign hard for her showmance meal ticket

Shortly afterwards, Tyler is shown getting in Kaitlyn's ear about getting Chris out of there, as Julie said he is pulling the strings and she is making it so easy for him. She is THAT stupid. Think it is safe to say Chris's chances are getting smaller by the minute.

Sam tells us about her Bonus Life App, and wonders if she should use it on Chris. Who are we kidding, she won't. After this eviction, she can only use it one more time by herself, 4th eviction it will activate automatically and the 4th evictee will get the chance to go back into the house and keep playing

(Commercial)

Eviction

Usual rules, if there is a tie the HoH (in this case fruitloop Kaitlyn) has the casting vote and the two nominees are not allowed to vote

Off we go....

Bayleigh votes to evict Winston

Brett votes to evict Chris

Kaycee votes to evict Chris

Tyler votes to evict Chris

Julie calls a break with the vote at 3-1

Angie votes to evict Winston

Haleigh votes to evict Winston

Faysal votes to evict Winston

Scottie votes to evict Chris

JC votes to evict Chris

Angela votes to evict Chris

Rachel votes to evict Chris

Sam votes to evict Chris

Swaggy is evicted by a vote of 8-4

In his interview, it's safe to say Chris and Tyler will not be sending each other Christmas cards, but Chris and Bayleigh will keep in touch when she eventually comes out. He thought Haleigh was the flip vote, but Julie told him Tyler was the flip vote hence his frustration with Tyler

Julie announces the App Store will be open one last time, and the result will be revealed in the next episode

HoH competition

As outgoing HoH, Kaitlyn is not eligible to play

True or False competition this time and it's called 'Product Launch' and here is how it works

A video is played on the plasma of a mock Pineapple Inc. launching various products, and the houseguests must answer questions as seen in the video they just viewed

Round 1 

Eliminated - Kaycee

Round 2 

Eliminated - Tyler, Bayleigh, Haleigh, Winston, Brett, JC and Angela

Round 3 

Eliminated - Sam

Round 4 

Eliminated - Nobody

Round 5

Eliminated - Angie

Round 6 

Eliminated - Faysal

Round 7 

Eliminated - Nobody

Tie breaker - In seconds, how long was the competition Microchip Mayhem from start to finish

The winner has to be closest without going over, but if both go over the closest to the answer will be the winner

Answer - 475 seconds

Scottie - 1199 seconds

Rachel - 12500 seconds

Winner and new HoH - Scottie

Coming up in the next post - Final App Store result and Scottie's nominations (nominations #3)

Final thoughts

Early bath as expected for Chris, played too hard and too fast when he should have paced things out and got too big for his boots. Thank god this particular HoH reign of Kaitlyn's is over, as she was so easy to manipulate. Looking forward to see what Scottie brings to the table, and hopefully he will use it responsibly. Remember the saying, with great power comes great responsibility and he will use it more responsibly unlike the fruitloop he is succeeding.

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Big Brother USA 2018 - Episode 7 - Power of Veto 2

Hello and welcome, citizens, to another installment of Big Brother from the Batcave and in this post it's time for another Veto competition

In case you missed it, Kaitlyn is the current HoH and she has nominated Scottie and Winston for eviction and has assured them they are pawns as the real target is Chris

Sam still has her Bonus Life app, meanwhile Rachel chose the Yell app for her bad app which basically means someone will be coming in at any time day or night and shouting at her. As for this week's good app Tyler chose The Cloud, which means if he thinks he will be in danger of going on the block he can activate the app and be immune. He can only use it once

House action

Tonight's action starts immediately after the nominations ceremony, and Kaitlyn tells us she doesn't want either to go home this week and that her main target is Chris as he has apparently been saying hurtful and untrue things about her. Scottie, meanwhile, is very aware that pawns can go home so has to win the Veto to get himself off the block.

Worth noting during this segment that the picture of Kaitlyn and her boyfriend Joe has been blurred out, so I would assume he has dumped her due to her earlier antics with Faysal

Veto picks

As you know by now, in the Veto competition it's the HoH and two nominees playing plus 3 others by random draw and a host as announced by the HoH

Veto players this week - Kaitlyn (HoH), Scottie (Nominee), Winston (nominee), Faysal, Rachel and Tyler

Kaitlyn directly asks Faysal to throw the competition, which naturally makes Faysal suspicious. She is really digging her own grave right now and that target just keeps getting bigger.

Veto competition

Special guests and former houseguests Cody and Jessica, who are engaged, arrive in the house to much adulation. This competition is called "Big Brother Houseguests only.com". The aim of the competition is to get the cardboard cutouts of the former houseguests to their ideal date location, using the clues provided. The fastest houseguest wins the Power of Veto

After much huffing and puffing, the times were as follows

Rachel - 5:49

Scottie - 18:20

Winston - 20:00

Tyler - 5:29

Faysal - 6:22

Kaitlyn - 13:12

Winner - TYLER

Kaitlyn is starting to get paranoid that nobody will trust her again in the game, as she is still considering Chris as a replacement nomination should Tyler use the Veto. This causes her to lie to Faysal, but for the moment he buys into it when Kaitlyn tells him Angela will be the replacement. 

Her grave gets deeper and deeper

Next up we are treated to a sample of Rachel's bad app. A very angry reviewer charges through the door and we see several clips of him when he is screaming at Rachel. Humourous segment which serves it's purpose as the guy is all over the house and even at bedtime Rachel is not safe

As expected, Kaitlyn reveals a little too much information in regards to the incoming backdoor to Haleigh, and Haleigh goes to Kaitlyn's alliance to reveal the info. As Kaitlyn previously promised to Faysal that she was evicting Winston, the fact she is now confessing to him that Chris is the target, Faysal is really mad and abruptly halts proceedings with Kaitlyn

Veto ceremony

By now Kaitlyn is in absolute 'floods of tears', or she would have people believe and after Tyler indeed uses the Veto on Scottie she 'tearfully' puts Chris up as the replacement while the rest of her alliance look boiling mad

And that is end credits for this episode....

Final thoughts

Just a matter of time now for Kaitlyn, and not a very good episode for her. Damage limitation as she has painted a VERY big target on her back, and hard to see how she is going to get out of this one whoever is the next HoH. Well done everyone who said her HoH reign would be a great big mess.

As for this current eviction, Winston v Chris, for evictee number 2

Myself personally, would love Chris to go, but at the same time Winston really hasn't brought much to the table. Either way, Kaitlyn is just about screwed. Really hard to call this one, so this eviction should be very interesting.

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Big Brother USA 2018 - Episode 6 - 2nd BB App Result and Nominations 2

Greetings to citizens of Big Brother World as we head into another App Store Result and the 2nd nominations.

But First...

In case you missed it:

Outgoing HoH - Tyler

Nominated - Steve and Sam

Veto winner - Faysal (Veto not used)

Evicted - Steve (7-6)

New HoH - Kaitlyn

Sam still to use her Bonus Life app, she has two more evictions to use it but in the 4th if she still hasn't used it then it automatically activates and that week's evictee gets to do the challenge to get back in

And now we see the aftermath of Steve's eviction and the hunt begins for that vote that was Steve's downfall

Meanwhile Kaitlyn's reign as HoH gets underway, will it be as messy as people like....More than likely would be my opinion

Who will she put on the block pre-Veto....Let us all find out on the 20th series of Big Brother USA

House action

We pick up the action with Kaitlyn telling us how things have worked with her winning HoH...You haven't got Faysal though have you, despite that you DO have a boyfriend on the outside. 

Chris tells us how annoyed he is that Steve got evicted....But your face was a picture, so it was all worthwhile in the end

Tyler tells us how it is perfect that his target left the house and he didn't get any blood on his hands, and vows to get Kaitlyn to take some more shots at some on Chris's side of the house. Sam of course is delighted she is still there and didn't have to use her Bonus Life app

Brett and Winston are revelling at the look on Chris's face when Steve went, and strongly suspect Kaitlyn was the rogue vote to get Steve out

In the pantry, Tyler, Faysal and Chris wonder who flipped the vote and wonder if the app was used to send Steve home. Tyler queries whether Faysal and Chris have seen this show before, as it's apparently a bad idea to hold a meeting 5 minutes after eviction

Scottie is disappointed that Steve is gone, and he is talking to himself in the pantry

Meanwhile, the investigation by Chris and Faysal into who flipped the vote goes on, and they are dismissing the most obvious suspect in Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn thinks nobody is onto her about the flipped vote, suspect that will change as not much stays secret in the house for long....Brett and Winston are onto you, you will be rumbled

She goes onto say she has no idea what she is going to do this week in terms of the nominations, quite frankly she doesn't have any idea about anything this game entails

In the garden hammock, Chris and Bayleigh are getting cosy and he names this showmance, and that's all this is, as Swayleigh.....Answers on a postcard please

Pointless segment alert, as we see Rachel shaving JC's back...Less said the better, and moving swiftly on

In the kitchen, Tyler reveals to Sam who kept her in as in JC, Angela, Winston, Brett, Kaycee and Kaitlyn. He tells her how he got Kaitlyn to flip, and Sam is so thankful....Got to say Tyler is playing darn good at the moment, hopefully he won't overplay

All of a sudden, Tyler tells Kaitlyn Sam has the Bonus Life app and how it works, so how long before she spreads it to the rest of the house?

Sam confesses to Kaitlyn she has the Bonus Life App, to which Kaitlyn says she sensed it anyway

Kaitlyn pitches to Scottie about going up as a pawn against Winston. Scottie tells us what a dumb idea that is, you don't say Scottie. Kaitlyn gets it into her head how much of an actress she is. No you are just dumb and haven't got a clue quite literally

Hamazon delivery for Faysal as per his bad app punishment, to which he tells us 'too much ham', however that is the last one much to his relief

App store result

Crap app for this week goes to Rachel, and it is entitled YELL. This app is all about her getting yelled at by an angry reviewer who will randomly be unleashed on her until further notice, whether that means someone goes in and yells at her or if the yelling is confined to the speakers in the house remains to be seen

Good app for this week goes to Tyler, and he picked THE CLOUD. This basically means he can use this app at any point in the next 8 weeks to be immune from being nominated or being a replacement nominee should someone choose him

Nominations ceremony

Facing the chop pre-Veto will be SCOTTIE and WINSTON. Kaitlyn tells us that her overall aim is to backdoor Chris. Masterstroke, nutcase, masterstroke. Chris will more than likely find out sooner rather than later.

Final thoughts

Bit of a mess as expected, well what did one expect with that nutcase as HoH. Sooner she is out the better. She is so easily fooled and is a fool herself, and Tyler must be thinking all his Christmases must be coming at once with that power to play with, and the ease in which he is pulling Kaitlyn's strings.

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Big Brother USA - Episode 5 - Eviction 1 and HoH competition 2

Hello and greetings, citizens of Big Brother world

The house will be one lighter tonight as Sam or Steve will be shown the door, but Sam will have the chance to use her power she got from the app store, as in she will have a chance to go back in should she be evicted, BUT she has to complete a challenge of some sort to earn her place back

When we last left the houseguests in the previous episode, Faysal won the Power of Veto but didn't use it so Tyler's nominations stayed the same

Thankfully the pinwheel and Robot punishments will be no more after this eviction, so if Sam stays she can finally get to work properly in this game.

Personally I think Sam is adorable, and got dealt a rough card to start. This will be her opportunity and hope she takes it once the punishment is officially done.

To the house action, but first.....

Julie welcomes us in to the first not so live eviction for this season, and we get the VT for previous events as described above and in the previous posts

The highlights have been shortened for this episode in case Sam is evicted and has to do the challenge to get back into the house. If it doesn't happen, then whoever is evicted will have a longer interview. Can't really accuse them of not being prepared ;)

Into the house we go for a shortened version of events before whatever is going to happen at eviction time. 

We kick off after the Veto meeting has concluded where Faysal has NOT used the Veto, and Tyler tells us he is super pumped about it not being used. Sam thanks America for letting her choose the Bonus Life. Steve admits he is disappointed, but is relying on his little group to stay

7 votes to keep Sam in, says Tyler, and the Level 6 alliance needs Sam as a number

Steve is confident he has the numbers to stay in, as Kaitlyn of all people counts the votes that will come his way to save him.

Kaitlyn strongly hints at a possible showmance between her and Faysal

ROBOT ONLINE sounds and off we go again for another appearance of Sammy 5. We get a segment where the robot is dressed up in a bra and panties and introduced as the sexy robot.

And now off to Haleigh and Faysal, and another possible showmance. Haleigh thinks Faysal is super cute....This is going to go down well with the resident nutter, Kaitlyn, isn't it

And sure enough, jealousy starts to creep in with Kaitlyn, more on that later I think

Haleigh tells us about weighing up the possibilities of a showmance, and the next thing we see is her jumping into Faysal's bed and instant slurpage ensues

Kaitlyn telling us how dumb this game is as Faysal and Haleigh are 2 of her best friends and it's all so bad. Touch of the green eyed monster I would think as Haleigh beat her to the showmance she wanted, despite the fact that Kaitlyn has apparently has a chap on the outside but that's only a rumour and will be confirmed as such if true at a later date

In the HoH room, Kaitlyn has burst into tears. Green eyed monster has been unleashed, hide the breakable objects I would say

Back to the studio, and it's a technical glitch as someone has muted the sound or Julie's mic

(COMMERCIAL)

Eviction

Julie talks to the house, and gets proceedings underway

In case you are not familiar by now with the North American format, the HoH has the deciding vote in the event of a tie or not allowed at all, and the two nominees are not allowed to vote

Short speeches from Sam and Steve before the vote starts

And we're off

Scottie votes to evict Sam

JC votes to evict Steve

Chris votes to evict Sam

Bayleigh votes to evict Sam

Rachel votes to evict Steve

Kaycee votes to evict Steve

Julie calls a break with the vote at 3-3

(COMMERCIAL)

Faysal votes to evict Sam

Haleigh votes to evict Sam

Angela votes to evict Steve

Brett votes to evict Steve

Winston votes to evict Steve

Kaitlyn votes to evict Steve

Angie votes to evict Sam

Evicted: Steve (7-6)

Absolutely delighted with that result and Chris and Bayleigh's faces were absolute pictures as they were certain Sam would be going, how little they know about her power. In any case I really hope that has sped up Chris's downfall and departure

In his interview, Steve said he didn't campaign much. Not very bright for a former cop is he, that or he hasn't really watched this show before. He is shown a few best bits and also got his goodbye messages.

As said earlier, a longer interview than normal to compensate for the fact that Sam didn't go and the time it would have taken for her little competition

HoH competition

As outgoing HoH, Tyler is not eligible to compete in this competition.

This competition is called Land a Job and here is how it works. Housemates have to launch a ball into a Sim City type, well, city each with different amounts in dollars on the buildings. The houseguest who lands the highest amount is the new HoH. If the ball lands in the streets, then it equates to zero.

Scottie - $40,000

JC - $0

Brett - $0

Winston - $12,000

Sam - $50,000

Kaycee - $15,000

Faysal - $0

Kaitlyn - $80,000

Angela, Bayleigh, Chris, Angie, Haleigh and Rachel all scored $0

Winner and new HoH - Kaitlyn

Julie announced to Kaycee and Sam that their punishments were officially over

The nut will be running the nuthouse until next week, so many in agreement on social media that it will be a very messy week

Final thoughts - A few words to sum that up in "1 out of 2 isn't bad". Excellent result for the eviction, but it's going a be a mess with Kaitlyn as the new HoH. She gets a stay of execution for now, but hopefully her time will come long before the jury members start getting sorted out. Chris out soon with any luck, but his face especially was worth a thousand words when Julie called out Steve as evicted. Now there have been so many hilarious reactions over the years in USA and UK to surprise evictions, and his reaction is right up there

Said reaction for your viewing pleasure - 

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Big Brother USA 2018 - Episode 4 - Power of Veto 1

Hello, greetings, and welcome one and all to the next installment of Big Brother from the Batcave

First Power of Veto competition up first for the class of 2018, but first a quick recap of previous events 

#butfirst

Tyler is the first HoH of the summer, and he nominated Sam(my 5) and Steve for eviction. Meanwhile the houseguests were introduced to the BB App Store, which is essentially whoever is trending most gets the good app, and least trending gets the bad app. Faysal got the bad app and he chose Hamazon, which means he gets a ham delivery whenever the doorbell sounds and he must eat it all

Sam, meanwhile, got the good app and she chose Bonus Life which means she can save any evictee including herself if they go between eviction 1 and 3, but the app will automatically activate on eviction 4 if it not used by then and saves evictee 4

Update - Julie has revealed that if Sam uses the Bonus Life, she will have to complete a challenge to win her way back into the house. Think that applies to anyone who is brought back should Sam use it on someone else

Hold on to your hats, folks....

Cue opening credits

Into the house

We pick up straight after the App Store stating it's in play for this week. Tyler tells us his time as HoH is going smooth and hopes whoever get the apps doesn't screw his game. Sam tells us about the power she received and she will keep it to herself

In the bedroom, Haleigh says she hates the person who has the app for keeping it secretive, and hopes the other side of the house didn't get it. Steve tells us it sucks he didn't get the app and now has to win the Veto be safe

Faysal and JC pretend to get into a showmance, and Faysal says JC is the size of his dog

In the HoH, Tyler tells Sam that he wants her to stay in, and she tells us she is considering telling Tyler about her App power as she feels her and Tyler could work together further down the line.

So obviously she tells him anyway about the power she has this week, so much for keeping that to herself then. Her power, in case you missed it, is described above and in the previous post

Chris says he wants Tyler to think of the best move possible for a replacement nominee. Chris pitches to Tyler about maybe putting Angela up as the replacement. Tyler doesn't think it would feel right, but Chris keeps pushing the idea. I cannot wait for Chris to go, as he is getting too big for his boots already.

Chris tells us he has someone else in mind just in case someone wins Veto and uses it, and it's Chris's squeeze Bayleigh

Time for a Hamazon delivery for Faysal, and he has to eat it all in case you missed. So far so easy for him....but here comes another delivery and another and another and......well you get the picture

Chris tells Bayleigh about the little plan to put her up as a replacement nominee, safe to say she didn't take it particularly well and we are treated to a little 'how dare Tyler do this to me' or something similar. She's not even on the block and the Veto hasn't been used. God help everyone when she is nominated, hide all the breakable objects I'd say

And so it continues as Bayleigh talks to Tyler, and she just bursts into tears just like that. Grow up, Bayleigh, it's part of the game in case you hadn't noticed if you do go up.

Veto competition selection

In case you missed BB Canada, the HoH and 2 nominees are automatically in the competition and in this instance, Tyler as HoH and Sam(my 5) and Steve as the nominees.

Playing alongside them will be Chris (via Tyler's Houseguest Choice), Scottie and Faysal (via Steve's Houseguest Choice)

JC was selected as host

Tyler says the worst scenario is Sam winning, and assures Steve that if he and Sam are still on the block then Steve is going nowhere. Some speculation that Angela has the good app power.

Veto competition

This competition is called Going Viral and here is how it works. Five stages of competition and houseguests have to collect an increasing set number of Like discs and complete some challenges and last in each round will be eliminated.

Round 1 - First target was 3 discs and all of the discs were hidden in a snake pit filled with real snakes. A first for Big Brother USA if I am not mistaken as in live snakes. 

Winner - Sam

Eliminated - Scottie

Round 2 - 10 disks required this time, and houseguests have to go underwater in an ice pool to retrieve the discs. Last to finish is eliminated

Winner - Steve

Eliminated - Chris

Round 3 - No target in this one, but the housemates are the target as they have to move around on their respective pedestals while getting fired at by paintballs. First to fall off is eliminated while last standing wins

Eliminated - Steve

Round 4 - Houseguests will be wearing shock collars and have to balance balls and bring them back to their respective tubes. Last houseguest to finish is eliminated

Eliminated - Sam

Final round - Faysal and Tyler must do some juice tasting and match up the flavours. Faysal did this very quickly

Winner and holder of Power of Veto - FAYSAL

Veto Ceremony

While Faysal was doing the usual spiel for the Veto competition, the doorbell sounded and there was Hamazon waiting for him which he quickly ate. After that slight interruption, Faysal did NOT use the Veto

So the nominations will stay the same as in Steve and Sam(my 5), but Sam can still save herself if she is evicted via the Bonus App power she has, but will have to complete an extra challenge to make absolutely sure of going back in

(End credits)

Final thoughts - As stated, would love Chris to go early, and less said about Bayleigh acting like a diva the better. A good episode which flowed along nicely, and guess what NO VETERANS ;) Hopefully Steve out first, so Sam can hold onto that power a little longer and we can see her play a little as herself and not that contraption. No firm favourites yet but I am finding myself fluctuating to Sam's cause as she deserves a break.

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Speaking of BB on Blast their new podcast is officially out, right here

Steve or Sam(my5) will be leaving the BB house, although Sam could be back, who goes (temporarily?)....The houseguests will decide

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Big Brother USA 2018 - Episode 3 - BB App Store result

Good evening, citizens, and welcome to another installment of Big Brother from the Batcave

Tonight sees the first BB App Store result, in which the public have been voting for who gets a good app, and also who gets a bad app

But first....

In case you missed the 2 part premiere, due to finishing last in one challenge Kaycee has to wear the pinwheel of doom and also for finishing last in the other competition Sam has been 'transformed' into a robot

To cut a long story short, whenever the pinwheel starts spinning Kaycee has to stay in the room she is in until the pinwheel stops

As for Sam, when she is Sammy 5 (my name for her in robot form) she can only return to human form when "Robot Offline", and when "Robot Online" sounds she has to be Sammy 5

These punishments run up to the first not so live eviction

Chris (Swaggy C) won the overall competition and he got to choose which 8 would be immune from the first not so live eviction

He chose himself, Angie, Brett, Faysal, Haleigh, Kaycee, Rachel and Scottie

As for HoH and nominations, Tyler won the first HoH of the season and he chose to nominate Sam(my 5) and Steve, solely on them being first out of said competition

 Onto tonight's show....

We kick off after the nominations ceremony and Tyler repeats his reasons for putting up Sam(my 5) and Steve, and says it's still week 1 and has to play it cool

Steve says he is not a wallflower, and says he will not sit there looking for sympathy and will show his fellow houseguests this does not faze him at all. Chris (Swaggy) says Tyler had the chance to get a big threat out this week and queries what kind of threat Sam and Steve are to Tyler.

Sammy 5 says she is the first ever robot to be put on the block, and in the living area she receives some comfort from Tyler. Steve tells Kaycee he is mentally ready to rock, and the pinwheel starts spinning so as per the punishment she has to stay where she is

Tyler makes his way into the garden and pretends to cry, to which he admits to doing to make the others think he is a soft touch

In the pantry, Angie and Sammy 5 have a little conversation in which Sammy 5 says she wants people to come in one at a time to talk to her. Kaitlyn tells Sammy 5 the nominations make sense.

Tyler says if Sam is going to make waves, it may screw up her game and possibly his as well. Kaitlyn is slightly upset at Sam cursing at her and makes it known in the kitchen.

Must say, Kaitlyn is a looney tune, and I do hope she doesn't start channeling Raven from last season as Raven was a nut. There's only so much one can take before you want them to leave.

(COMMERCIAL)

Scottie tells Steve he is doing a good job of not turning sour. Steve tells us that he and Scottie understand each other, but Scottie is lacking a social game. The beginnings of a bromance here I reckon, unless Steve gets the first boot of this season. Several segments are shown of Steve and Scottie, and Steve says Scottie is loyal. He admits to Scottie he is nervous, and that he needs Scottie's back. Scottie says he has Steve's back.

In one of the bedrooms, Chris and Bayleigh are getting closer. Chris says Bayleigh is one of the dopest girls he has ever met. He tells her laying in bed and reading the Bible with her was one of the highlights of his day. There's always fishing of course, but to each their own I suppose. Bayleigh queries why Chris calls himself Swaggy, and has everyone else call him that nickname as nobody really gave him that name

On to the next day we go and it's all go in the garden with exercises, weightlifting and running. Meanwhile Kaycee makes her way into the pantry, and yes the pinwheel starts spinning. Safe to say she is not enjoying this punishment, and we see several instances where the wheel has started spinning including several meal times and a birthday celebration where she is in another room.

Brett tells us he feels rock solid in his relationship with Angela, Rachel, Winston, Tyler, Kaycee, and he feels confident that the names mentioned and himself can get to final 6. The group is christened as "LEVEL 6". Tyler tells his alliance members that Winston and Angela's names were put forward by the other houseguests, to which Angela is not happy about as she tells us but she is certain this new alliance has her back.

Chris is telling Kaitlyn he is getting too close to Bayleigh, as he is under the impression she (Bayleigh) likes him. A few hours later, Chris has obviously changed his mind as he is under the covers kissing Bayleigh. He tells us showmances never work and he is there to win the overall prize.

(COMMERCIAL)

Scottie points out a bird which has landed on the fence, and looney toon Kaitlyn says it's a sign from her grandpa. She then tells us it's possibly validation telling her it's ok, and that her grandpa Lou is with her and she's so happy

Sammy 5 tells us that life in the Big Brother house is pretty tough, and we see several shots of the robot trying to traverse the house. 'Robot Offline' plays into the house, and a short time later real Sam emerges. Sam is downbeat as she feels is being treated like a ghost, and she does have a point as barely anybody is acknowledging her and she does start crying.

Have nots decided

As HoH, Tyler has to choose the first four houseguests to be have nots, which basically means slop, cold showers and sleeping in uncomfortable beds amongst other things. 

Have nots as chosen by Tyler - Kaitlyn, Scottie, Brett and Winston

Chris, Brett and Faysal go over their game plan as part of the Level 6 alliance to cut the floaters and then eventually move down the line. Chris thinks this deal with Brett and Winston could take him all the way to the end. Brett's whispering to the alliance in the HoH room, and he tells us Chris thinks he (Chris) is running the house, but how little he knows or words to that effect.

FOUTTE is suggested by Kaitlyn for another alliance, trust her to come up with a name like that.

BB App Store

And now for the main event of the evening, to which Tyler reads out the instructions

Houseguest who is most trending that week gets the good punishment, while least trending gets bad punishment. Once one houseguest gets an app, good or bad, then they cannot be chosen anymore

Each houseguest will get summoned to the App Store, that is the USA version of the task room, and they will find out in turn if it is them who get the app

Brett - Access denied

Kaitlyn - Access denied

Scottie - Access denied

Steve - Access denied

Faysal - Access granted

Faysal gets the bad app, and he chooses Hamazon which basically means he will get random ham deliveries all week long which he MUST eat

Angela - Access denied

Angie - Access denied

Winston - Access denied

Kaycee - Access denied

Tyler - Access denied

JC - Access denied

Chris - Access denied

Sam - Access granted

Good app for Sam, and she chooses Bonus life. This means she can give one of the first 3 evictees to return to the game, at the 4th eviction if it remains unused that 4th evictee automatically returns.

All the rest are obvious Access Denied

Next episode is the Veto competition, and in case you missed it from BB Canada it's HoH and the two nominees and 3 others selected from random draw

That being said, that's a wrap for this episode

Final thoughts - A good episode, and it does increasingly look like Chris will be taking an early bath once this immunity is done. I do hope Sam stays in and gets to play some game without that punishment weighing her down, and very pleased she got the good app. I'll keep saying this though, NO VETERANS SO FAR, WOOHOO!!!!

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Big Brother USA 2018 - Launch pt. 2 - HoH and Nominations 1

When last we left the houseguests:

• Sam and Kaycee recieved punishments for finishing last in their respective competitions
• To cut a long story short, Sam has been 'transformed' into a robot but can be human when 'Robot Offline' is played into the house
• While Kaycee has to wear the 'pinwheel of doom' in which when the pinwheel starts turning she has to stay in the room she is in until the wheel stops spinning
• In other news, Chris (Swaggy C) won the overall competition and chose to keep himself, Angie, Brett, Faysal, Haleigh, Kaycee, Rachel and Scottie immune from the first eviction

And now onto the present....

Swaggy says the game has officially started and saving Angela was not in his best interests, while Angela says he is lucky to be safe this week as she knows who her target would be if she won HoH

Robot Sam says its harder to make connections in robot mode....Well, duh

Rachel says life in the BB house is pretty good, she gets to hang out with her friends, chill by the pool, work on her tan and flirt with the boys

Kaitlyn holds a meditation class and a creep third eye appears on her forehead, a lot of special effects and spiritual music ensue.

'Robot offline' sounds to some cheers and we finally see human Sam

Haleigh says Chris kept her safe this week, and feels she can put her trust with him at this early stage. 

Her and Chris agree they both like Kaitlyn, and enter Angie to which Haleigh says she (Angie) is the most favourite person to walk into a room.

In walks Kaitlyn, to which Chris says the four there are solid and so is Faysal...We have our first alliance which is called "The Five"

Kaitlyn said she likes the alliance,but she is the only one not safe this coming week and so she has to win the HoH this week to make sure she and the new alliance are good

HoH competition

The first HoH competition is called Microchip Mayhem, and here is how it works. The eight houseguests who are not immune have to go across balance beams, grab a "deleted chip" (ball), run back along a platform and drop it in the tube of another player. A full tube eliminates a player, and last houseguest standing is the winner

Eliminations in order - Sam, Steve, Kaitlyn, Winston, Angela, JC, Bayleigh

Winner and first HoH of the season - TYLER

Kaitlyn decides Angela has to go as "she (Angela) has to go as she has proven that she is very good at physical competitions".....You're not HoH, Kaitlyn, so your opinion doesn't mean too much right now.

Sam is getting tearful as she feels a bit isolated and shunned. Rachel tells her not to count herself out

Tyler says he is not fooled by Bayleigh's little apology as in her snapping at him in the HoH competition

Winston pitches an alliance of himself, Brett, Tyler, JC, Kaycee and Angela. He then proceeds to the HoH room to pitch the idea to Tyler

'Robot Online' sounds so back to Sammy 5 we go, and when Sammy 5 emerges she asks Tyler to the pantry for a conversation, and campaigns to him about why she should not be nominated

Tyler says his heart is hurting and doesn't want to put a robot on the block

On a side note, it really is hard not to burst out laughing seeing those glasses on Angie

Nomination ceremony

At this point, Kaycee's pinwheel starts spinning in the backyard so she is stuck in the backyard as per the rules with the pinwheel

Nominated - Sam and Steve

Reason - They were first out of the HoH competition

And that's a wrap for this episode

Final thoughts - An ok episode, even if the nominations were a bit of a wimp out. Chris is not going to be in that house for long. However I am loving all this gameplay, and guess what, still no veterans have found their way in. There's been more gameplay in these first two episodes than there was in whole of Big Brother USA 2017.

Keep up the good work, BB USA :)

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