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The Final Two
Xavier and Big D
The Winner of Big Brother 23
Xavier
America's Favorite Player
Tiffany
Updated Thursday - 9/30/21 Here's the update of all the big things from the week. Updates chronicled from most recent (top) to oldest (bottom)
Day 85 - Wednesday, 9/29/21 - Xavier wins Big Brother!
Xavier went to work again to subtly convince Azah to take him if she wins Part 3, without ever saying it.
It was another packed finale, with some omissions, some of it rushed, and some who/whom errors by Julie, so all in all a typical finale.
First up was the Part 2 comp from Saturday, Azah versus Derek, called Four of a Kind.
Azah won with a time of 13:19, to Derek's 20:22.
Then it was the jury roundtable recorded Sunday, including Kyland's arrival which shocked several of them. They had no host this time and fed themselves the usual questions.
HOH Part 3 was Houseguest Headliners, with Xavier and Azah in booths and Derek on the sidelines.
They had to select the false statement from each group of three.
Xavier got the first one correct and Azah did not. And that was the game.
Xavier won the final HOH by one point.
Derek and Azah gave their "take me" speeches, and Xavier evicted Azah.
Azah went out classy, surprising no one, and she told Julie she would have taken Xavier if she'd won Part 3, and acknowledged again that she was aware that might have upset some people.
The jurors were assembled onstage, Azah joined them, and they rushed through their questions.
Kyland asked Xavier the most important factors he should consider when voting? Xavier said he didn't make any personal attacks and treated everyone with dignity while playing the game hard.
Britini asked Derek two decisions he made entirely on his own? He said starting Cookout and bringing info to whoever was HOH.
Alyssa asked Xavier his biggest mistake? He said getting too close to his team.
Hannah asked Derek if he was there for fame rather than game? Derek said yes he wants to be on TV but he was there for bigger reasons, and to bring money home to mom.
Derek X asked Xavier if he made strategic moves they didn't know about? He said he blindsided Kyland and threw the Week 5 HOH to him/Derek X.
Sarah B asked Derek other than starting fights, what did he contribute to Cookout? He said he got in every HOH's ear and made sure plans were executed.
Azah asked Derek why he deserves to win over Xavier? He said he put in the work, gave his all in comps even though he lost them, and he pawned himself to protect Cookout.
Claire and Tiffany did not get a question.
Then the finalists gave their speeches. Derek noted Cookout, said he was a competitor even though he couldn't win anything this season, he loves Xavier.
Xavier said it had been a challenge to balance teams with the alliance with personal game, said he never wavered from Cookout, and listed his resumé: three HOHs, three vetos, seven total comp wins, five times on the block with only one vote against him, and he said he played a good all-around game.
The votes were cast via keys in the old round keybox, with the most notable soundbite from Kyland, who made a comment about "there are kids watching at home" and "there's more important things than money."
The pre-jurors then joined via Zoom, with the only comments coming from Christian, who gave props to Cookout (to which Julie referenced "unity"), Brent, who gave props to Tiffany (Julie said she started Cookout), and Travis when Julie asked Derek X if he suspected Cookout or knew he was getting played, and DX gave Travis a shoutout. That was that: nothing from Frenchie or Whitney.
Then came the outing of the secrets:
Hannah's really a brainy grad student
Sarah B's a forensic chemist
Claire's an AI engineer
Britini's a 4th degree black belt
Derek F is Smokin' Joe's son
Xavier's an attorney.
Britini then told she was diagnosed with autism at 22 months but she'd kept that quiet because she wanted to be seen as herself and not as a label or diagnosis, and said she was proud of her journey and of being there, and rightly so.
Reactions ranged from "I knew it" to total shock - the latter being mostly from Xavier about Derek F.
Julie asked Kyland about making his exit personal, and Kyland answered with words words words, and "of course I apologize, but.."
Julie asked Hannah how she was feeling about being part of the historic alliance and season, and she said the night they made F6 was one of the happiest moments of her life.
Julie read votes from Britini, Derek X, Sarah Beth, Claire, Alyssa which were all for Xavier.
Xavier is the winner Big Brother season 23.
The confetti flew, the winner and runner-up finally exited the house, and Xavier was able to celebrate with his family via monitors. (All three finalist families had appeared onscreen throughout the show).
Julie showed the remaining vote keys which were all for Xavier, giving him a unanimous 9-0 win.
She'd already told them AFP was upped to $50,000, and she said it was a close race between Derek X and Tiffany, but Tiffany was the winner. She was overjoyed, and deservedly so!
Head of Household Part 1
HOH Part 1 Winner is....
Xavier wins Part 1
Head of Household Part 2
HOH Part 2 Winner is....
Azah wins Part 2
Head of Household Part 3
HOH Part 3 Winner is....
Xavier wins Part 3
Houseguest Evicted is....
Azah is eliminated by Xavier
Day 84 - Tuesday, 9/28/21 - Final Pleas
Azah told Xavier she's aware that she makes good decisions in life except when men are involved, and she didn't want to look like she was throwing her game away for her crush if she wins and takes Xavier.
She said if she only cared about herself she'd take Derek, and she'd try to convince Xavier to take her, saying that would be simple.
Derek met with Azah, she told him about going through the roster and putting them in Xavier's place, and she said Xavier should take Derek if he wins. She said yes they'd been there for each other all season but he hadn't been there for her the past couple weeks, he'd put her down, and it hurt her a lot.
He said his actions showed he was still with her and she said it still hurt her.
She said she believed he'll win AFP so he'll go home with cash even if he finishes third.
He stayed calm, but ran his loops again about how much he's done in there, and he doesn't apologize for any of the moves he made. And he said "nobody has a tracking Excel sheet" as far as who did what, showing he doesn't know this fanbase well at all. He said his "sole reason" for moving out of the room last night was he didn't want them to be in the same environment to think about everything (big fat lie).
Derek continued running his loops about how much he'd done and poor him if he finishes third, that it'll it be hard for him to recover from all this, that he felt stupid and played, along with echoing more of her lines, and he said he felt he'd lose to either of them.
Derek immediately retold to Xavier who asked if he'd stayed calm, and Derek said he had (true.)
A bit later Derek joked to Azah "keep me, keep me" and she said "I was 70/30 yesterday and I'm like 55/45 now, so whatever you're doing is working." I don't know.
Azah told Xavier she wants to talk to him again, saying her talk with Derek had her confused her again.
Then Derek started hollering "DON'T YOU WANT TO WIN 750K, JUST SIT NEXT TO THE FAT MAN AND YOU'LL FUCKIN WIN! GODDAMN!" and itemizing all his comp losses, putting Azah & X both in hysterics.
"LOOK AT ALL THE TIMES I FACE-PLANTED IN OTEV!" and "I COULDN'T EVEN ROLL A FUCKIN EGG DOWN A FUCKIN RAMP!" Azah and Xavier said he came close in that one, but he replied "I LOST!!!" Hilarious stuff.
Day 83 - Monday, 9/27/21 - Big D vs. Azah
Derek and Azah picked up right where they left off immediately after waking up.
Derek may have thought he was going to patch it up in his roundabout way but that backfired again, and they escalated to anger and raised voices on both sides.
Derek wanting assurance Azah will take him to finals if the choice is hers but not wanting to answer her questions, and Azah reiterating that she hadn't said she'd changed her mind.
Derek had also added Azah and Xavier escalating cuddle sessions to his loops, something he ranted to himself/us about before last night's confrontation.
Each made their retells to Xavier, who'd been showering, and Derek asked to be warned by Xavier if he decided he wasn't going to take him.
Xavier responded to that by saying whoever wins will have a lot of options.
These three keep talking about the F3 to F2 cut openly as a trio, with Derek vs Azah bickering and Xavier mediating, plus suffering through continual retells from both of them. It's something.
Azah told Xavier she's been thinking about it, and she's going to pray on it, but she now thinks she'll take him if she wins Part 3. He told her he appreciates that.
Azah told us while doing her hair what she'd told Xavier earlier, that she still needed to pray about it but she thought she'd take Xavier if she wins Part 3. She added she knew it may get some people upset or wondering if she's crazy, but "I don't think X should be third, I just don't." She said it had nothing to do with "nomance" and "I don't know if I'm f'd up, that I don't want to take my best friend" but that it had hit her some type of way when Derek said she didn't deserve to go to finals.
And then she told Derek those same things, including about the conversation of whether she deserved to be there or not. He stayed visibly calm, answering with "mm-hmm" a lot, and ending with "you're welcome, 'cause you're here, so.. I did that to myself 'cause I coulda kept someone who at least would have potentially took me or I already knew from the get-go wasn't gonna take me."
And he said "take all the time you need, I'll never kiss nobody's ass, I have did everything, it shows in my resumé and what I have done, it is what it is, I'm not gonna fight and argue." Then he hugged her, thanked her for her honesty and for letting him know, and he left.
Derek vented to Xavier, who acted like he didn't already know Azah's decision. He said he should have kept Kyland then quickly added "but I obviously wouldn't do that to you," and said he wasn't going to talk to Azah "for the rest of this time being."
He got wound up more and more as he ranted, saying Azah was making an emotional decision after all the cuddle time with Xavier, and he said he feels "portrayed" even though he had no deals with Azah.
Xavier just sat quietly for most of it, echoing Derek's previous "mm-hmm" sounds.
Derek kept going: "I'm still a bad bitch, it is what it is, I have to pray this girl does not win and leave it at that, that's all I can do.. I'm trying to be the bigger person, not go off.. she's like 'I don't want to make it seem like I'm going off my emotions' - what the fuck," becoming more emotional the longer he went.
Xavier told him not to do something he'd regret, not to go out with "Kyland energy."
Derek packed up from the Jokers bedroom - which Azah had returned to, and he moved into the reef room.
When he was called to Diary, Xavier checked in with Azah who retold the convo from her point of view.
Day 82 - Sunday, 9/26/21 - Slow Day
Azah let Xavier know she was still undecided if it's her choice, and Xavier told Azah he wasn't going to belittle her like Derek does.
Xavier coached Derek on his jury speech, if he gets there. He was planning to list everything [he thinks] he's done all season, like he's been talking about this past week or two.
Derek finally admitted to Azah that he'd have taken Xavier to F2 if the choice was his.
She said she'd wanted to take him, Derek.
They went back and forth a few rounds, then each talked to Derek about it, separately.
I think Xavier probably just wanted to go to bed.
Eventually they all did, but not as the happy-ish family of three they had been.
Day 81 - Saturday, 9/25/21 - Azah won Part 2
Xavier coached and quizzed Derek about days and events for Part 2.
He did not do the same to Azah: he told her that Part 2 is always something different.
They talked about theories about life and job lies for everyone in the cast, and Derek said he thought Xavier had definitely had some lawyer training.
Xavier said when Kyland or Hannah would whisper about those theories about him with people outside Cookout, it annoyed him, and that led to wider discussion about Cookout members allegedly trying to sabotage the alliance like that with non-members.
Azah won Part 2 of the HOH, so she will go against Xavier live on finale to determine the final HOH.
Xavier visited Derek who was depressed again, annoyed at himself that he "couldn't even win against one person" and he said his knees hurt during the comp.
Xavier said he (Derek) will go to finals either way, as he'd take Derek and he said Azah would too.
Azah then visited Derek, wearing one of his shirts, and consoled him.
He said he was happy for her win, and "I just feel like I don't deserve to go any further."
Azah completed it in 13 minutes, and Derek did it in 20.
Day 80 - Friday, 9/24/21 - X locks it in with Big D
It turned out that last night Derek had given Kyland a ring to hold to ensure his vote to keep Kyland, which Kyland clearly pocketed as Julie was giving Xavier his options about his veto.
Derek was annoyed about it today because Kyland walked out with it. He said he didn't expect Kyland would give it back and he could order a replacement, but it wouldn't have that sentimental value.
Today when Azah was away, Xavier worked double-time to keep turning Derek away from her and towards himself, and it seemed to be working. And they decided to name their twosome The Creed.
They seemed to think they'd be remembered like Renegades, Hitmen, etc. They finally agreed on Black Ops.
There's still days before the two Big Decisions will be made: both the third place cut and voting for the season winner will be live Thursday.
Week 13 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Xavier is Head of Household
Week 13 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Alyssa & Xavier are nominated
Week 13 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Xavier wins veto
Week 9 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Alyssa & Xavier are nominated
Houseguest Evicted is....
Kyland
Day 79 - Thursday, 9/23/21 - Kyland is Evicted and Shows his Ass
Kyland finally packed, and it looked like he was sorting and packing everything, despite Xavier telling him "you're good" when Kyland asked yesterday if he needed to pack thoroughly.
That annoyed Xavier, but I don't think Kyland realized it did.
Azah and Derek got a little snippy with each other again last night too, but they made it up.
The show tweeted that feeds would be down 11am to 11pm today.
Tonight they'll be doing Part 1 of the final HOH comp, typically endurance, and/or catered meal and champagne for the guided memories clips.
The show - The edit segments included Derek spats with Kyland and with Azah, and a lot of his "I ran the game" routine he's been spouting all week. And they built up a Kyland blindside.
They ran two jury segments with Tiffany's and Hannah's arrivals, and Tiffany was finally able to tell them about Cookout. She said she didn't come up with the name but the partner/pawn plan was hers. The jurors praised her for that, and the entire alliance for pulling it off, and Tiffany told us she was relieved to be able to finally tell them all. They were shocked by Azah's nominations and Hannah's eviction, and most agreed both Kyland and Azah had made costly errors.
Xavier did not use his veto, and Derek, after a short speech saying he didn't owe anyone anything and it was a game decision, said - correctly - "I cast my vote to evict Kyland."
That's when things got messy. Kyland was indeed blindsided, and he asked Xavier, not Derek, what happened, what was the reason? Xavier said "you'll find out" and Derek said "I can't beat you."
Kyland said "I know, but no heads up or anything from this guy [Xavier]." Xavier said "this is how the game goes, Kyland" and said he'd love to have given him a heads up but he respected him too much as a player, and said Kyland could have persuaded Derek to keep him.
Then Kyland brought up Xavier's nephew Kobe, and isn't Xavier raising him to be a man, he named him after Kobe Bryant who wouldn't step down from a challenge. Xavier said "I suggest you stop talking about my nephew," but Kyland didn't, and added "if he has nobody to look up to.." to which Xavier said "keep talking about my nephew."
This all took place at the front door, and Julie finally intervened and told Kyland to leave the house, twice, finally shouting his name. This was shocking.
His exit interview was typical Kyland.
Julie announced the viewer favorite vote was open with a $50,000 prize this year, and she confirmed second place was also upped, to $75,000.
The final three cracked open the champagne and had time to toast and sip before the credits rolled.
Feeds returned at 10.56pm and Xavier had won Part 1.
He was pacing and muttering to himself about Kyland bringing up his nephew, saying "let me show you about winning."
It sounded like the comp was similar to Pose-in-Ivy/Puppets-on-Strings, and they were cold and sore. They'd also had their video messages from home, and their memories dinner.
Azah and Xavier discussed Kyland's messy exit, and his history in there through the season and particularly the last couple weeks, over leftover champagne, and later Xavier and Derek did the same.
So Azah and Derek will compete in Part 2, likely on Saturday? That's usually a veto-type comp with a big set, focusing on season events.
Day 78 - Wednesday, 9/22/21 - Xavier finalizes his decision
Dead week dragged on.
One convo tidbit that was interesting was Derek joking that Azah will say "I cast to evote" either tomorrow or on finale (if she wins Part 3).
Azah laughed and referenced Dina Lohan's "I vict to evote" goof on Celebs 2.
Derek said "I always say 'I cast to evote,' I've said that plenty of times, or I say 'I evict'."
So does that mean he's aware he's "evoted", or was he purposely switching between evoting and evicting?
Around 4.30pm Xavier announced that he had made his decision. The others were surprised, and Xavier said he can't disclose until finale tomorrow night.
Kyland approached him to say "this should be the last time I ask, but I don't have to be super thorough in packing, correct?" Xavier said "you'll be fine, you'll be good," and Kyland said "thank you, appreciate it."
When he left, Xavier turned to the camera and gave us a big grin and a shrug, knowing that we know he's cutting Kyland on the live show tomorrow (via Derek's vote).
It's cutthroat time and a blindside eviction will finally be added to the tally.
Xavier retold the packing convo to Azah and Derek separately, calling Kyland arrogant, and both said they were packing because you never know.
Kyland told Derek he was being cocky with all his talk of how much he did this season, which set Derek off on a solo rant in HOH, itemizing all the reasons he'll win the season.
I don't know if Kyland expects Xavier to take him off the block or if he just trusts Derek will vote to keep him but no matter, as of now the noms will stay the same and Derek will vote Kyland out.
Day 77 - Tuesday, 9/21/21 - They are going to Blindside Kyland
The yard was finally closed, so they were locked inside for the next several days to rerun their loops.
Derek and Kyland had a very lengthy discussion about Derek's dating life and hopes for same, with each of them providing five-minute monologues back and forth rather than normal conversational sentences.
Plans for the day included Azah asking her usual question: "X, do you want to cuddle today?" And Xavier responded yes, after he showers.
That's all I got.
Kyland went to Diary so the other three talked about him, including Xavier again saying he has to blindside Kyland on the live show, "otherwise he'll be up your ass 24/7."
Day 76 - Monday, 9/20/21 - Will Big D cut Kyland?
Kyland was still spending time alone in his Have-not isolation chamber, working out, sulking, giving everlasting monologues, and shout outs to friends.
His suspicions of getting cut Thursday continued to build, as he told himself/us that doing so would mean Xavier was teaching his nephew "the only way to win is to avoid facing a challenger."
Meanwhile Xavier continued pacing and juggling his pawns with everlasting season rehashes, reminding Azah and Derek that he was "on the block four times" in case they forgot.
Azah continued grilling Derek about things he hadn't told her about plus things he's been taking credit for through the season, and Derek was surprised to learn he'd be casting the sole vote live in front of the nominees.
Xavier told us he wasn't sure he could still trust Derek to evict Kyland and he might have to give that vote to Azah. And on it goes: rewind, repeat.
Xavier told Derek he still wants to keep noms the same, giving Derek the sole vote to evict Kyland, and he said he wants it to be a blindside.
That's ruthless BB right there, as he'll likely let Kyland believe he'll be safe, and he'll let Derek take the blame when Kyland air-hugs Julie six days before he expects to.
Day 75 - Sunday, 9/19/21 - Slow Day
They whispered in twos about who will take whom on Thursday and at finale, or they talk to themselves, and then they come together to eat or rehash the season.
Azah and especially Derek talk up their inadequate resume, Kyland pretends he isn't aware he's about to be cut, and Xavier wonders if Derek can indeed beat Azah in Part 2.
Very Slow Day
Day 74 - Saturday, 9/18/21 - Xavier Wins the Veto!
Feeds have become duller than dull, which is somewhat normal for this stage, but it hits different for many this year since most of this season was about wondering if Cookout could make it to F6. Then when they did, the celebration was extremely short-lived, as the alliance members had begun splintering some weeks ago, and losing the more watchable Tiffany and Hannah was rough.
Our four remainders haven't been great feeds overall, especially Kyland and Xavier.
Azah and Derek have been ok but now they're just focused on studying and wondering who will get the boot, and most viewers don't think they've earned their spots. But here we are.
Feeds came back to Kyland alone and crying in his Have-not isolation chamber.
He muttered to himself "this is the moment everyone warned me about" and "you have to be able to save yourself in this game.. two weeks back to back, I saved Xavier" and "I showed him he was not expendable to me, I just hope he can do the same for me." He hit the bed angrily at one point.
Xavier won the final veto, Azah was second, Derek third, and Kyland last.
It sounded like it was the one that's usually an HOH comp where they have to carry balls across a teeter-totter to place at the other end, but they had to collect numbered balls that added up to the proper day number for an event. And they had to reset and start again for drops. They competed at the same time but couldn't see each other.
Xavier met with Kyland to see if he was okay and Kyland said not actually okay, but said he was happy Xavier won. And he repeated "this is the thing that everyone kept warning me about" and "it's tough to be in this spot." Xavier said he'll hold meetings tomorrow.
Kyland stayed in Have-not, while the other three talked about the comp and moved on.
Veto meeting is usually live on eviction show so it'll be a very long week until then.
It's a safe bet Xavier will keep noms the same, leaving Derek the sole vote to evict Kyland.
Xavier has talked to Derek about that for several days, but will he trust Derek to do what he wants, knowing he's got loyalties to both Kyland and Azah? Or will Xavier give that vote to Azah?
He'll have to be convinced that she truly felt betrayed by Kyland during the double, though it's doubtful she'd evict Derek regardless. We'll find out.
Kyland became highly sociable, chatting with Azah, and he made a pitch to Derek while he was showering.
Derek told Xavier that Kyland had done that, and Xavier urged Derek to stay cool, and assured him Kyland will go. They ate some leftovers, and chatted, and played cards.
When Kyland was in Diary, the others discussed the veto a bit.
Derek expressed his hesitancy about voting out Kyland, and Azah said she'd be happy to do it.
Kyland definitely suspects he's going.
Derek later told Xavier he'll do it, and Xavier said "it'll have to be another blindside situation."
Day 73 - Friday, 9/17/21 - Slowwwww Day
Most talk last night and this morning was about the all-important veto.
Last night Xavier urged Derek to gun for it so he could vote out Kyland, as they'd both have better chances at final three against Azah.
Derek told Azah that he'd blown up his game because Kyland would cut him if he wins it, adding Kyland would be going against his word "but that's fine."
Xavier peeked in on them and Derek said "I'm sticking to our final three" (with Azah.)
Xavier and Kyland ate breakfast at their new tiny table, saying Derek has F2s with each of them, putting him in a tricky spot with Azah.
Later Xavier asked Derek why would he tell Azah before the veto, as it would make her go for it harder, and he scolded Derek for talking too much. A bit later he scolded him again, saying "at this point the scrambling's gotta stop."
Feeds remained excruciatingly slow and dull.
Azah and Xavier watched the CSI Vegas show that was promoted in the HOH comp, with pizza and extras.
Week 11 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Kyland is Head of Household
Week 11 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Azah & Kyland are nominated
Week 11 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Kyland wins veto
Week 11 Final Nominees
Houseguest Evicted is....
Tiffany
Week 12 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Head of Household is Azah
Nominees are...
Xavier & Hannah
The Veto winner is....
Veto winner is Kyland
Houseguest Evicted is....
Hannah
Day 72 - Thursday, 9/16/21 - Tiffany and Hannah go home back to Back
Feeds remained down with no credible spoilers as to what happened at yesterday's taping. I'm still expecting a revival of one of the two evictees. That could be wishful thinking, but the quick-paced and simple QA veto comp they're doing tonight plus the number of shows left lends the theory some weight, especially since both Friday shows were added recently.
Julie congratulated them for Cookout achieving their goal of getting to F6 and ensuring an African-American winner, and she asked Tiffany about "helping to form the Cookout alliance and seeing it to the end." She also asked Xavier and Derek, but she went to Tiffany first. Tiffany did in fact come up with the idea as well as their partner/pawn plan, but Derek and the other guys have been taking credit for it on feeds, as well as Diaries that have aired. So big ups for that!
Tiffany was evicted 3-0. All six did another Cookout hands in-and-up at the door before she went through it. She went out gracefully and Julie gave her the props she deserved for being the "master strategist."
Azah won her first HOH with five balls, Xavier had three. Azah nominated Hannah and Xavier, with Xavier her target. She had whispered to Hannah before commercial that was her plan, and said she had to honor her deal with Kyland, because he hadn't put her up this week.
The veto comp was What the Bleep, true or false. Kyland and Xavier tied with six correct, and their math tiebreaker question was how many seconds was the Cluckster HOH comp. Kyland guessed 1,690 and Xavier said 1,100, giving the veto to Kyland.
Kyland used his veto on Xavier, citing deals and promises he'd made, and Azah had to put up Derek in his place as he was the only option. Hannah was evicted 2-0. She looked positively shell-shocked but she recovered and gave a good exit interview, with poise far beyond her years, as she's shown been all season.
When feeds returned we found that Xavier won the HOH, and nominated Azah and Kyland.
Azah was in her bed but moved up to join Xavier in his.
Derek talked his game up to himself and us, and told Xavier he was stressed about having made conflicting deals with Azah and Kyland, and thinking Azah was upset with him for apparently telling her he didn't know what he'd do if he won this veto.
Day 71 - Wednesday, 9/15/21 - Feeds are Down
Tomorrow's double eviction will be taped today.
We had a quick peek of Tiffany gathering her things to pack and then feeds, and Tiffany, was gone.
Last night the guys never told her she'd be going, and she turned down not one but two invitations from Kyland to go upstairs to HOH to talk and sleep over.
The show then tweeted that feeds would be down until after tomorrow's show ends.
Day 70 - Tuesday, 9/14/21 - Tiffany's last Effort
Intense one-on-ones kicking off was also odd since the guys (in various pairs) agreed last night to let Tiffany know she'd be going, rather than waiting til right before the eviction.
Tiffany told us Kyland hadn't taken her deal so she'd offer it to Xavier, "maybe even sweeter."
She told him Kyland wanted to build his resumé by booting her, and said he has deals with Derek and Hannah. She said Kyland's currency is information, hers is honesty, and Xavier's is loyalty and trust.
She offered Xavier "unconditional loyalty and unconditional respect" to the end, and "100% loyalty" where he only has partial from Azah, Derek, Kyland.
She said it would be a risk for him to keep Hannah, but a chance to keep her, adding a risk is a chance to lose but a chance is an opportunity to win.
Xavier thanked her for expanding their talk from yesterday, and said he'll think about it, and "thank you for giving me homework."
And she said she wasn't just spewing words because it's BB and deals can be broken, and said she hadn't made that offer to anyone else.
Elsewhere, Derek basically told Azah they were both on their own now, they'd achieved their goal and gotten to this point, and now it was all Cookouts for themselves.
They got into a little spat over which of them had done more and thus "deserved" to go farther.
Hannah talked with Derek, saying the two of them plus Azah were considered interchangeable versus the power players Tiffany, Kyland, Xavier.
Hannah said she wouldn't put Derek and Azah on the block together but if that happened because there was no other choice, she'd break a tie to keep Derek.
And Hannah boosted Derek's ongoing routine that he'd started Cookout.
Hannah pitched to Xavier, but without offering any concrete deals like Tiffany had.
She did say she'd love to sit next to him at the end. They talked about Derek's worries about sitting next to a woman at the end and agreed it was disrespectful and insulting to the very bright female jurors.
They also agreed Derek had played a good social game but scoffed at his claims that he can win against anyone. Xavier referenced Tiffany telling Derek that he'd lose to Xavier, and he said he thought that had shaken Derek (true). They agreed Derek was the JC of this season.
Hannah and Tiffany both had meetings with each of the three voters, with occasional quick Kyland check-ins between. Derek then asked Xavier to HOH to compare notes, Derek from Kyland's bed as Xavier paced.
They shared that Tiffany pitched working with Azah and each of them, to each of them.
Xavier did not share the total loyalty/F2 pitch that Tiffany offered him, but they talked as if she'll still be the one to go. Derek said he'd told her he was leaning towards keeping Hannah, and Xavier said he'll consider both nominees' pitches, and would probably let Tiffany know tonight or early tomorrow.
Tiffany gave Derek some truths when he sat down to join her and her Bible.
She said very matter-of-factly "America's not gonna be happy with you guys.. like of all the people? Seriously? They got rid of Tiffany? Wow, we liked the Cookout until they did that."
Derek giggled, uncomfortably, and said "damn, Tiff's now taking all the fans, everything with you" and some other mutterings I couldn't catch. Then she added "y'all gonna get some backlash" and "they already told y'all, Hannah who?" (referring to her zing), and "no one would be mad, they do not know who she is." LOL
Kyland told Xavier he'll ask Azah to vote out Tiffany, to see if she really will vote like he wanted as she'd offered, and he suggested to Xavier the two of them try to tag-team their Tiffany farewells to let her know they've been working together.
Derek asked Xavier if he has a final two deal with Kyland, as Tiffany said.
Xavier said they'd talked about it but never formalized it because "we've always felt like we're in synch."
(They did formalize it.)
Kyland and Xavier both talked about letting Tiffany know she's going but both visited her and neither did. She reiterated her extensive pitch to Xavier who seemed like he may have been interested, but the Cookout guys have had a 'bros before hos' mentality all season, I can't see them changing that now.
Day 69 - Monday, 9/13/21 - Kyland Chooses not to Save Tiffany
Tiffany and Kyland kept talking until the very wee hours again but she didn't accomplish anything
Kyland did not use his veto.
Tiffany told Derek that Xavier will win against anyone, which seemed to surprise Derek. (Dummy)
She later made a campaign pitch to Xavier, mostly focusing on being a shield for him if she stays rather than exposing him for Kyland to take out if she goes, and she said Hannah would come after him (Xavier).
And she asked him to let her know if it looked like there was going to be no chance to stay so she could just enjoy her last days, and her son wouldn't stress.
Xavier said he had been leaning toward keeping Hannah but he could be persuaded, and he said she gave a good pitch, and he reminded her of when she wanted to flip the Christian vote and they almost had.
Derek and Xavier had a very extended talk session in HOH, featuring a lot of Xavier pacing and a lot of Derek harping on Tiffany telling him he couldn't win. (LOL Dummy)
Tiffany and Hannah played chess for a long time, mostly silently.
Azah made chicken pot pie from scratch, and they ate together again, and enjoyed it.
Hannah met with Kyland to once again offer him the moon for the coming eviction cycles.
Kyland later told Derek that Tiffany had asked that they let her know if she's leaving, and he said it's probably not a good idea to send out the first Cookout juror feeling blindsided, or angry.
Derek agreed, and said he'd tell her he had promised his vote to Hannah.
Day 68 - Sunday, 9/12/21 - Kyland is a Bitch
Kyland told Xavier that Tiffany will go, but also said he might veto Hannah as a sign of trust with her, and put up Derek against Tiffany.
Tiffany then met with Kyland and promised him the moon. (Hannah has planned to do the same.)
Hannah had a check-in with Xavier. She told him she was expecting noms to stay the same and she downplayed herself, saying she figured she was interchangeable with Azah or Derek in everyone's minds.
Hannah met with Kyland and they played out scenarios using chess pieces. She eventually offered the moon, again, if he'll use the veto on her. She also offered the moon if he keeps noms the same (minus voting the way he wants this week, obviously), or if he puts Azah next to her.
But they agreed her future offers probably wouldn't mean anything as she'd likely be evicted if she's up against Azah.
Kyland finally kicked off his meetings around 10pm, starting with Azah.
He seemed to be considering putting Derek up and out, but Azah said she wouldn't vote him out over either Tiffany or Hannah, but then she said she'd vote how he wanted.
He told Xavier he'll keep noms the same.
He told Hannah he can't give her everything she wants, but "the next best thing you could ask for."
He said he can't ensure a 3-0 vote "but unless something astounding happens, you're in final five."
She asked if the two of them could still go forward with Tiffany, and he said there's nobody he can put up and be confident in the votes.
Kyland will likely keep noms the same, expecting Tiffany to go.
Day 67 - Saturday, 9/11/21 - Kyland wins Again
Tiffany talked with Azah about Kyland, and wondered if she should have trusted him more up to this point.
Azah said she used to laugh when people cried on the feeds, and Tiffany told them about her convo letting Claire know she'd be nominated, and how well Claire took it.
And they sent birthday wishes to Tiffany's son Christian.
Feeds were down exactly six hours for the veto comp, which Kyland won.
Tiffany and Hannah looked noticeably down, understandably, but they rebounded to pose for group pics in their capes, as The Cookout League aka Blavengers.
It was the traditional BB Comics comp: ride the zipline to see the comics, put their comics cards in correct order, and spot minor detail differences in each.
Derek came in second again (he may have used a balance beam rather than zipline? I'm not sure), and Tiffany timed out.
Tiffany told us it was okay she lost, she had something up her sleeve and she'll talk with Kyland later.
Azah suggested they have a moment of silence for 9/11, and they all joined hands and bowed their heads.
Hannah told us her elaborate plan again, similar to what she pitched to Kyland before noms: she'll tell him if he uses veto on her, she'll vote how he wants and she'll use veto on him next week, and she'll offer an F2 to him. And she said she'll pitch an F3 to Kyland and Xavier after veto meeting.
Meanwhile Xavier enthusiastically hyped up Kyland about his win and in general.
And Tiffany wondered to us if Azah had been playing her. (Azah has been playing both sides, likely to stay on good terms with whoever wins any given comp: a true floater game.)
Tiffany later began her apology/goodwill tour with Azah, talking about their relationship, their spat, and their games. Azah stayed uncharacteristically quiet but she did thank Tiffany for her actual apology.
Hannah, Xavier, Derek talked about the jurors finding out about Cookout, who should tell them and how, and they wondered how they'll take it, particularly their individual partner/pawns.
Day 66 - Friday, 9/10/21 - Tiffany and Hannah are nominated
BB got them up around 8.30am, just short of five hours after Kyland got his room.
Kyland started up with meetings, beginning with Xavier, as they both stared at the spyscreen to see if anyone was approaching.
Kyland said he was planning "a repeat of Week 2" when he was HOH and Frenchie was the overwhelming house target, but Kyland overcomplicated that as he will this week.
He confirmed he was still planning to put up Tiffany and Hannah, and Xavier said if he wins veto maybe he'd take down Hannah to build some trust there.
Kyland then told Azah the same, that he'll do noms like he did Week 2, being "more upfront" about it.
Azah said if Hannah goes, next week will be Tiffany versus Xavier, and she'd vote to keep Kyland against either of them if he's on the block.
Kyland then met with Tiffany, who did most of the talking, and most of it was rehashing the past nine weeks, and the various times the two of them had come together and then apart.
Tiffany told him that she'd told Xavier about her F2 with Kyland.
I don't think Xavier has confessed that to Kyland.
Next up was Hannah, who gave Kyland a lot of info and ran a lot of scenarios about this week, future weeks, and finals. He asked if she'd be okay to go up if he ensured she stay.
She said she thought she'd go, but pitched if he takes her off with veto, she wouldn't put him up next week, and would take him down with veto, and she'd vote how he wants this week.
She said she wants to go to F3 with him and Tiffany, but would choose him for F2 because she didn't think anyone would beat Tiffany.
And she said she'd vote for him at finals against Xavier, Azah, Derek. He asked what if it's Xavier versus Derek, and she said "oh this is interesting, the two everyone's promised their votes to."
She asked why he chose not to throw last night's HOH to Derek, and Kyland said "when I know what I should do, then it's easy to let someone else make the decision.. if I don't, then I'd rather have more control over making that decision." Okay.
And she told him she has a loose/unnamed working deal with Xavier and Tiffany.
Kyland met with Derek, and then had a follow-up with Tiffany. When Kyland was called to Diary for noms, feeds stayed on the others for quite awhile.
They had another group discussion about Cookout's mission, how they achieved it, and how it might affect future seasons. Derek once again took credit for coming up with it and the partner/pawn plan.
That was Tiffany, but she didn't object. They also did a lot of season rehashing.
Kyland nominated Hannah and Tiffany, as planned, and his speech was long, surprising nobody.
Kyland was talking at Hannah in HOH when feeds returned, running his loops.
He told her he still hadn't decided for sure when he got the keys and box (lie), and later he said to himself/us he'd wanted to stick with Tiffany but she kept lying to him.
Tiffany commiserated with Azah, saying she was okay, she had a good life to get back to, and "guys stick together." Reminder, it was way back on July 22 when the Cookout guys formed their own alliance within their alliance, and they look to be sticking with it.
Xavier reaffirmed his F2 deal with Kyland.
Week 9 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Tiffany is Head of Household
Week 9 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Alyssa & Xavier are nominated
Week 9 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Alyssa wins veto
Replacement nominee is....
Claire
Week 9 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Claire & Xavier are nominated
Houseguest Evicted is....
Claire
Week 10 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Head of Household is Hannah
Nominees are...
Alyssa & Xavier
The Veto winner is....
Veto winner is Xavier
Houseguest Evicted is....
Alyssa
Day 65 - Thursday, 9/9/21 - Double Eviction, The Cookout Succeeds!
Most of them suspected a double because only half of them are gone while we're more than three-quarters of the way through the season.
Tonight we'll either get a Cookout celebration for achieving their goal of making final six (before they go to war with each other), or on the off chance Alyssa wins the quickie HOH, one Cookout member will be sent to jury behind Claire.
Julie told them it was a double, there were no shockfaces, and they went right to business.
Claire's speech basically said if they keep Xavier they're handing him $750,000 and she'll make sure the jury knows that too.
Of course there was never a doubt she'd go, and she did on a 4-1 vote, with Hannah the 1.
Claire went out without hugs, saying she'll hug them all at finale, and she said "later losers" on her way out.
Julie misquoted Tiffany in her exit interview, asking Claire about Tiffany having said she wouldn't nominate a person of color. Actually, Tiffany just ran the roster of names, and it was Claire who said POC in her Diary about that convo, when she said she understood.
The HOH comp was Crash Boom Pow, with seven questions about graphics using six comics action words.
Hannah won her first HOH by getting six correct.
Hannah held rapidfire meetings, including one with Alyssa to tell her Xavier was her target and she'd need Alyssa to be the pawn to ensure he goes.
Hannah nominated them both, and they wore their TEAM KINGS shirts tonight so they made a matched set on the nominee chairs, and Alyssa was surely still thinking Claire's eviction was her doing.
They drew veto players during the commercial break, and everyone played except Kyland.
They had to assemble puzzle pieces into a 3-D version of the BB Comics logo.
Xavier won that, and quickly. He used the veto on himself, and Hannah put up Kyland in his place.
Alyssa was evicted 3-1, with Xavier the 1, and the Cookout achieved their goal of making it to final six, ensuring Black finalists and winner for the first time ever for civilian BB USA.
They waited to celebrate, presumably so Alyssa wouldn't hear, but hugs and tears came after Alyssa's pic was grayed out.
And then the six did their second hands-in-and-up celebration of the season over the closing credits, celebrating their historic win.
Feeds came back to celebrations plus Kyland and Derek kind of bickering about the Alyssa vote, as Derek apparently wanted to give her a vote and have Hannah break the tie.
Hannah said she wanted to hold one-on-ones since she hadn't been able to earlier, and Kyland began having one-on-ones because that's how he is.
Eventually they met up together, and Hannah apologized for putting him on the block.
Season retells kicked off in earnest, the kind of things that are usually shared after evictions but since Cookout had never met as six, they'd never been able to share all their stories.
Tiffany confessed she'd been the second hinky vote in the first eviction, which blew their minds, especially Kyland's. Most of them already knew Derek F had been the other one, but that was also confirmed for those who didn't.
Kyland won the HOH, his third, and he was laid out on the kitchen counter.
He said he'd like to hold meetings tomorrow but maybe have quick five-minute check-ins tonight, like those wonderful speed meetings on his first HOH before he switched over to nonstop talk.
Derek was practically in tears on his own, saying he could have had that, he was so close he was visualizing his letter and pics.
Kyland met with him and broke down, apologizing, saying he'd wanted Derek to win it but he won by some fluke. He said he didn't want to be the first to take a shot within Cookout.
The comp involved maneuvering eggs and Derek said he only used five eggs, while others apparently went through a lot.
Kyland confirmed to us that he did not want to win it, and indicated his noms will probably be Hannah and Tiffany but also said that could change after meetings.
Kyland started his quickie meetings, starting with Azah in the Have-not hallway to ask if she'd agree to extend their deal to F3, and asked her to think about it and let him know.
And he told her he wasn't planning on putting her up, when she asked directly.
He also met with Tiffany in the hallway, and with Hannah inside the Have-not room, but I wasn't able to pick up anything concrete from either of those.
He met with Xavier in the hallway and confirmed his noms will probably be Tiffany and Hannah.
Day 64 - Wednesday, 9/8/21 - Claire's Last Day
This morning Derek told Xavier and Kyland "do you know what my dumbass has just realized? I woke up this morning, yo damn, I ain't got nobody in jury!"
They all laughed, partly because it's partly true, but he does have Britini there. I don't think it was as naive a statement as it sounded, but rather an unspoken pitch to take him for second place.
Claire pitched to Alyssa, who said she'd always included Xavier in her deals but Tiffany did not include Claire in hers. And Alyssa said she's planning on giving Xavier a "sympathy vote."
Most of the day was both Claire and Xavier making pointless campaign pitches because Claire's exit is a foregone conclusion, and everyone knows it except Alyssa and Claire, though I think Claire probably does.
She certainly understood why Tiffany put her up rather than anyone in Cookout - she just doesn't know it's a formalized alliance with a name.
Alyssa told Kyland about Tiffany taking her aside before veto meeting to offer "an olive branch" by offering to put Kyland up and out if Alyssa would veto Xavier.
Alyssa added that she thought that was just "a game move" by Tiffany, so she's not entirely clueless.
Of course Kyland helped Tiff come up with that plan so that did absolutely nothing.
Tiffany and Azah had a lengthy talk, with Tiffany working to rebuild that bond, and itemizing the comps Xavier's thrown, and she tried to give Azah a confidence boost for tomorrow's comps.
Kyland held lengthy, rambly one-on-ones with Hannah and with Claire in his Have-not isolation chamber.
Xavier visited HOH to check in with Tiffany, saying he thought only Derek, Hannah, Azah would try to win HOH tomorrow, and he said he thought he and Tiffany were good, that any frustration he's had this week with her he'd gotten over "day one" (big lie).
Hannah then visited Tiffany in HOH and told her Alyssa said she (Tiffany) was crying after recording her farewells, and that she (Hannah) had told Xavier she didn't think Tiffany was upset with him.
They agreed that's why he'd checked in with her. Tiffany was then shocked to see Xavier pacing on the spyscreen, saying she'd never seen that (we sure have, often).
They agreed he was nervous about tomorrow.
Tiffany said she'll have Claire say something about Xavier in her nominee speech, "like DX did about SB."
Hannah said that would have to be done carefully so it doesn't blow back on Tiffany, and Hannah also said they should tip off Kyland ahead of time.
Claire was finally released from Kyland's conversational clutches after nearly two hours, but not before crying when he finally told her he'd be voting her out.
She then retold to Tiffany and said she'll be gone tomorrow, and she spoke for most of us when she said "nobody should fucking have one-on-ones with Ky, it's not beneficial for anyone.. he's so annoying to listen to, he's just so arrogant!" (True.)
Tiffany asked about her speech and Claire said if she's going, she wants to call out everyone, especially Xavier and Alyssa. They talked about how sweet Xavier's position has been and how it's been comparatively easy for him to get to this point.
They tentatively decided for Claire's speech to be along the lines of "wow if you keep X over me, he's playing a great game" and that she'll vote for him to win the $750,000 over any of them, even Tiffany, and that she'll sway the jury to do the same.
Day 63 - Tuesday, 9/7/21 - Claire is DOA
Claire still doesn't 100% know she's on her way out so her convos are painful to watch.
As of now, it looks like she'll go out 3-2, with Azah and Hannah being the 2, but if Xavier gets wind of that he'll have issues because he wants a 4-1 vote for his own security.
Xavier still can't get past Tiffany winning the HOH, and he still rants about that pretty regularly.
It's actually so annoying I turn the feeds off whenever I see him to be honest, I'm over it.
Hannah pointed out to Azah that the three Cookout guys seemed to be getting closer, and were together a lot more than previously.
Alyssa checked in with Derek about an earlier convo with Hannah.
Alyssa said the smartest thing for them to do would be to wait until just before the vote to tell Hannah it'll be 4-1 that Claire goes (thinking Kyland would be the 1), so Hannah can vote with the house.
And then if Hannah wins HOH, Alyssa and Derek would be safe.
She also said Kyland can't know, so he and Tiffany will be blindsided and too frazzled to compete.
Derek played along, like he did yesterday with Alyssa's "the final seven are all minorities" revelation.
Reminder, it was Hannah who said she'd try to make Alyssa think it was her idea to get Tiffany to put Claire on the block. Clearly she was very successful at that.
Here's hoping the edit credits Hannah properly and doesn't paint Alyssa as a mastermind.
Claire ran her pitches past Tiffany, which were customized for each person, who gave her some tips.
Claire pitched to Azah, with an emphasis on finals votes, and saying "X doesn't need you" several times.
Azah said she believed Claire, but she "can't" yet tell her how she's voting.
Hannah told Tiffany she thought Derek was the glue between Xavier and Kyland, and was keeping them from going after each other, and she suggested they move Derek back to the top of their hit list.
Claire made her pitch to Kyland, again laying out finalist voting scenarios. She captured Kyland's interest with that: he knew she's not staying but I think he may have picked up some info that he wasn't aware of.
First thing this morning Tiffany and Hannah worked on the wording for Alyssa, as Kyland snitched to Xavier about last night's anti-Xavier talk. I don't think he mentioned the pitch specifically, but Xavier did tell Alyssa if she uses her veto on him, she's a dumbass.
Tiffany made her pitch to Alyssa, but it was after the feeds went off. It was a long shot and it didn't take.
Alyssa used her tiny veto on herself, and Tiffany put Claire on the block in her place, as painfully planned.
Alyssa retold the pitch later, acting rather full of herself, plus a bit giddy as she retold to Azah and Derek.
She said "I am a fucking genius," thinking the plan was to evict Claire to blindside Tiffany.
She approached Tiffany in HOH when feeds returned, saying she had to do what she had to do, and Xavier followed her, telling Tiffany he appreciated her keeping her word, and he knew it was hard to put up Claire, but that was the agreement they'd all made.
He said he wasn't mad at her but would act like he was for everyone else's benefit.
When he left, Tiffany told us "if you have learned nothing about me, just know this: I will let you turn left, I'm not going to force you to turn right."
Derek told Xavier that he felt like Kyland had been manipulating him due to Derek's crush.
Alyssa earnestly told Derek and Azah "I actually thought of this, and I know this is not the reason we're doing this [evicting Claire] at all, but if this plan follows through, the final seven are all minorities."
Derek feigned surprised, saying he hadn't thought about that before, as did Azah.
Alyssa continued "that has never happened" and "technically I'm half white, so am I next?"
They both broke out laughing, and Derek said "why would you think that, what is wrong with you?"
Derek ran out of the room stifling laughter, until he busted up with Xavier after retelling Alyssa's revelation.
Kyland and Tiffany had another cuddle session, and there was some under covers movement.
Day 61 - Sunday, 9/5/21 - Tiff Breaks the news to Claire
Morning brought scurrying and retells all over town, with a lot of tension building up, mostly due to Tiffany wanting to give Claire a version of the Cookout truth.
Xavier does not want anything disclosed (so Alyssa wouldn't realize he'd betrayed her).
Scrambling, whispering, meetings carried on at a frantic pace.
Azah pitched a plan to Xavier of making a fake F5 with Alyssa, who got annoyed after they stayed up all night concocting the elaborate plan, and he said nobody knows Alyssa like he does and she'll be mad to learn about Cookout, and he said "y'all figure out what you want to do this week and I'll be on board".
Xavier then ranted to Derek about Azah wanting to come clean, and saying that's what everyone wants.
Xavier said he "views it" as that's being what Azah and Tiffany want (but Azah specifically said she didn't know what everyone wants, but that's what she and Tiffany want).
Xavier then paced and told himself/us "if they want to do that then vote me out now, and I'll deal with all that shit in jury." He apologized for not letting her speak earlier.
Both Alyssa and Claire were oblivious to all the chaos surrounding them.
Tiffany and Claire found themselves alone in HOH at 3.28pm for the Flashback.
Tiffany began by saying her target was Alyssa and she didn't have any deals with Xavier, and "my personal preference was I don't want to be the person to send out Azah, Chaddha, X, Kyland, Big D, I don't want to sit them next to each other" and "I have to put you up."
Claire said "they're just gonna vote me out, Big D, Alyssa, Ky are gonna vote me out."
Tiffany teared up and said "I love you to death" and "I never wanted to be the one to send you home."
Claire asked if Tiffany was in an alliance with them and Tiffany said "no.. I have my own personal feelings about how I wanted to play this game." Claire then broke down in hard sobs.
Azah peeked in, saw them hugging and sobbing, and quietly left.
Claire told Tiffany she has to do what she has to do, and "it's okay," and eventually they laughed a bit.
Claire said she'll be sad but she'll be okay, and she will recover.
She said "they may all be laughing, oh Tiffany's gonna send out her best ally, but you have to stick to your guts, you have to stick to what you said, and I respect that."
(Remember Claire suspected Cookout weeks ago, I'm sure she knows, without needing the actual words, especially since Tiffany gave her the roster.)
Tiffany stressed to Claire that the friendship is real and will endure, and Claire said she won't hold this against her. And Claire confessed she lives in Manhattan and not Queens.
Tiffany told Kyland that she'd told Claire she'll be the renom, and later Claire also told him.
He acted surprised, and asked "what's her rationale, her plan, her deal?" Claire said she thought "it's somewhat personal" and said Tiffany didn't want to put "you or Chaddha or Big D or Azah" next to Xavier, adding that she understood that, and that she thought it's something Tiffany told herself before the game.
Kyland asked "like Da'Vonne?" and Claire said yes.
Kyland later told Hannah that Claire knew, and he told Xavier.
Tiffany also told Hannah, who also acted surprised.
Evening was relatively quiet: dinner, chit-chat, some gametalk for next and future weeks plus plans for post-season get-togethers, and Claire rebounded and chatted with Tiffany.
Tiffany/Hannah/Kyland hatched a plot to get Alyssa to use her veto on Xavier, telling her it would get supposed house target Kyland on the block, along with a lot of anti-Xavier scheming.
Tiffany would make the pitch to Alyssa just before veto meeting and if successful, Derek would go up as renom against Alyssa, who would go to jury.
Day 60 - Saturday, 9/4/21 - Alyssa wins POV
Azah, Derek, Hannah were picked to play veto with Tiffany, Alyssa, Xavier.
Xavier had a lengthy rant at Azah that this week's target was supposed to be Claire
He said both Kyland and Tiffany HOHs were selfish, he's the only one who's had to sacrifice
At one point Azah burst out laughing because its obvious Xavier just doesn't want his person to go.
Then Xavier ranted to/with Derek for awhile about Tiffany being selfish. Wash, rinse and repeat.
Alyssa won the veto.
Alyssa told Xavier the only people who could go up in her place would be Azah, Derek, Kyland, and maybe they could get Azah and Derek to appeal to Tiffany to put up Kyland.
(Clearly Alyssa's unaware of Cookout, as Claire's the only option if Tiffany stays loyal to the six.)
Hannah and Tiff also talked getting Alyssa to use it on Xavier, or Tiff would have to tell Claire the truth.
Xavier and Derek were griping up a storm about Tiffany and talking like she'd already put them up against each other, but Hannah joined and told her Tiffany was trying to decide what and how to tell Claire.
Xavier continued to drag Tiffany's name through the mud all over the house.
Finally Xavier met with Tiffany, and she confirmed she'd told Claire she'd like either Alyssa or Xavier to go.
She got out her strategy chess pieces and laid out every combo of renom, and said she'll tell Claire that Xavier would stay against anyone except her/Claire.
He said he's sorry Tiffany was in this position, she said she put herself here, but she's loyal to Cookout.
She asked that she not go on the block against Alyssa next week since she has to send out her own partner/pawn, and he said "we'll take that into consideration."
Zings were Azah's crush on Xavier, Xavier's crush on Whitney(?) plus he's arrogant, Hannah's irrelevant and bor-zing, Tiffany's old, Claire's Bigfoot, Derek's "leaving a mark.. in the toilet," Kyland's was "shut the fuck up," Alyssa's from the Sunshine State but in there she's kind of dim, and she asked what that meant.
Azah was embarrassed by her zing, and Xavier swore to her he'd never said in Diary that he wouldn't date her (maybe that was included in the zing), and she kept her distance afterwards even though he was trying to get back in her good graces.
But she still had a cuddle session with him later (She will never learn).
They talked game of course, including Azah saying Tiffany had to hit the block at some point because she had comp wins but Azah only had no nominations on her resumé.
Hannah had told Tiffany she'd try to make Alyssa think it's her idea to renom Claire, and then they'd try to make a fake F4 with Tiffany/Hannah/Alyssa/Xavier.
So Hannah talked to Alyssa in the hammock to work around to that.
Alyssa believed Kyland was the house target and would be the renom but Hannah threw a thousand scenarios at her, like the two of them partnering up as both would be singles, against a house of duos.
Alyssa told Hannah about the Monarchy, which was her and Xavier plus SarahB and Kyland.
Xavier and Derek ranted for a long time about Tiffany, and getting her out next as seventh place, before Cookout makes it to six. (I don't think they'd do that, I suspect it's mostly Xavier planting anti-Tiffany seeds with Derek for when they get to six, but we'll see.)
Tiffany joined them and they over-complicated what to tell Claire for why she'll be going up as renom. There were discussions of making Alyssa's vote 3-2 rather than 4-1, but Xavier did not like it.
Kyland was Tiffany's sleepover guest, and they cuddled all night with maybe a bit of something else......
Day 59 - Friday, 9/3/21 - X and Alyssa are nominated
Alyssa made her (pointless) pre-noms pitch to Tiffany.
Derek also paid a visit to HOH to plead for his BB life, and Tiff consoled him about his bad comp record.
Tiffany nominated Alyssa and Xavier, as planned. They both took it well, on the surface anyway.
Tiffany told us she hopes to win veto so she can lock in her noms and send out Alyssa.
Xavier brought up having thrown the comp several more times. He's Been bitching NONSTOP!!!
Xavier and Derek continued to plan Tiffany's demise and they want her gone ASAP.
Hannah told us her ideal final three would be herself plus Azah and Tiffany.
If the choice to final two was hers, she'd choose Tiffany out of loyalty but didn't think she could beat her.
She said she hoped viewers knew how much strategy she'd contributed to Cookout, and that she hasn't just been playing a floater game.
This morning Sarah B gave Tiffany a very lengthy pitch, apologizing for her HOH among other bullet points.
Tiffany told her she was playing a good game that's dangerous to her own, and acknowledged yes she has Claire, but she also has other relationships, where Sarah B didn't build relationships outside of Kyland.
Tiffany had a check-in with Kyland, mentioning things like Cookout, "the six," and Alyssa and Xavier, before realizing Alyssa was in the room in bed, sleep!
Tiffany left, and Kyland went into the reef room, berating himself, cussing, and saying "stupid, stupid, stupid" over and over again.
Kyland whispered to Xavier that Alyssa may have overheard him and Tiffany talking about the vote and Cookout. Xavier didn't sound overly concerned but said he'd check in with her.
The vote plan is Sarah B going 5-1, with Azah being the one. Tiffany told us she wants to be the one since Sarah B's pitch was so convincing, and because it might help her get Sarah B's jury vote at the end.
She ran that by both Azah and Xavier, who were fine with it (she didn't mention the jury vote part to them).
Sarah B was evicted 5-1 as planned, with Tiffany the dissenting vote, also as planned.
She whispered to Sarah B that it was her as they hugged goodbye.
The HOH comp was The Flying BB-inos, with a circus theme. They stood on small discs on ropes and were spun around, hit with goo, and slapped into a elephant on each rotation.
Julie told them the first three drops would be Have-nots.
Claire was required to throw it, so "this competition is the Cookout versus Alyssa."
Julie also told us next week would be Zingbot veto, and the next two Thursdays will be double evictions.
Tiffany is the new Head of Household!
Tiffany and Kyland both told Xavier separately that they'd wanted to throw it to Azah, but the other didn't drop first for that to happen.
Alyssa and Derek both had mini meltdowns.
Alyssa said she didn't want to do slop again, she's going to get too skinny again, she didn't want to be fake or do talks anymore, and she was generally over it.
Derek was annoyed at losing another comp, and he said in his family they "take losses and get up again" but his confidence was shot, and he wanted to know where the strength and eating comps were.
Derek and Xavier had a little dual rant about Tiffany and Kyland being selfish, while the other four Cookouts have been solid all along, and they "want them gone."
Xavier met with Tiffany and it was pretty much a tug-of-war about Alyssa and Claire, and Xavier not wanting to go on the block again.
Tiffany said it had to be Xavier and Alyssa on the block this week with Alyssa going, since she's a stronger competitor than Claire with a better chance of winning the crucial HOH next week.
Xavier said he'd been throwing comps for weeks for the six, and has already been on the block twice, but Tiffany said if she wins veto, she'll take Xavier off and put "him" up - I'm not sure if that referred to Derek, who was the renom plan if needed, or Kyland.
Tiffany did say "I will lose Kyland in this game before I let you go home."
Immediate follow-ups happened between Xavier and Kyland, and Tiffany and Claire.
Tiffany remet with Xavier to say she was already aiming Claire towards Kyland and away from Xavier.
Tiffany got her room around 12.10am. She had more family pics including her son.
Xavier told Kyland and Derek "everything we just did up there should have been his [Derek's] or Azah's, I have an issue with people putting themselves above the six when they don't have to." And he griped about going on the block "for the third week in a row" - (he's the new Britini).
Day 57 - Wednesday, 9/1/21 - SB's last gasp
Sarah B began her one-on-one rounds, and got a lot of "mm-hmm" responses to her points.
She made it obvious that she remained oblivious to the Cookout's existence, not to mention how much they've been running the game.
She finished her rounds in two hours, the amount of time it takes Kyland to do one meeting.
Kyland's meetings went about seven and a half hours. That's ridiculous.
Sarah B will walk the plank to jury.
Day 56 - Tuesday, 8/31/21 - Slow Day
Feeds were extremely quiet most of the day.
Hannah and Tiffany talked about who to boot first when they get to six, and Hannah suggested Derek rather than Kyland, partly because Derek already got some cash (the bonuses end with fifth place), and that could also be a selling point to the guys.
Hannah also suggested they give Sarah B a heads up before she's evicted that she will be.
Hannah went to work on Alyssa in case she wins HOH, and after that she met with Kyland.
They got an early booze delivery, possibly because they'd been very dull and quiet today.
Day 55 - Monday, 8/30/21 - Hannah removes Xavier from the Block
Kyland kicked off the day by pitching to Claire about the veto. She finally told him she understood because it was difficult for her to be on the block next to Derek X last week.
Kyland asked Hannah directly what she's going to do, and she said "I'm gonna use it on X."
And that's what happened: Xavier came down, and Kyland and Sarah B remain on the block.
Azah and Derek got argued about the next target, with Azah wants Alyssa out and Derek wants Claire.
Apparently Alyssa told Claire she'll be the only white person left after Sarah B goes, and Xavier later told us Alyssa was about to make it to seventh place but now she's got to go next.
Derek and Xavier met in Have-not about next week's target, along with some anti-Kyland talk.
Xavier asked Derek if he thought Kyland had other agreements outside of their three and six. Derek said maybe, and Xavier said he thought Kyland was trying to get assurances that he'll get to the end no matter what (as most of them, including Xavier, have done).
Kyland joined them, and they ran endless scenarios for next week, whether it would be best to continue with a Cookout plus pawn duo, or just put up Claire and Alyssa as original noms, and thus expose Cookout.
Feeds were down about three hours due to a small fire in the oven, from burning dinner.
Azah had put in a steak to broil, and set the rack high in the oven. The rack was coated with grease and lit up. It was agreed it wasn't really Azah's fault but rather the greasy buildup on the broiler rack.
Xavier said he'd had to wash all the dishes "from the fire extinguisher."
Kyland pitched to Tiffany a plan for Hannah to use veto on him, and Tiffany retold that to Azah.
They laughed and said he can pack his shit and sit on the block. (LOL)
Hannah made her pitch to Tiffany (who had already said she wants it used on Xavier), and they agreed they didn't want two Cookouts on the block, but they said they needed to figure out how to tell Kyland so he wouldn't think they're more solid with Xavier than him.
There was some general anti-Kyland talk, and Hannah said they need to convince Xavier that they (Hannah/Tiffany) would be the better duo for Xavier to stick with than Derek/Azah.
Tiffany told Claire that Kyland was going to try to pitch for Alyssa to go up in his place.
Claire said she'd already promised Alyssa she wouldn't go up.
They agreed having only Kyland and Sarah B on the block Thursday would be best, partly because he got to vote to keep Derek X when they had to vote him out.
Claire told Tiffany she'd found out if she should somehow win Thursday's HOH, second place would get the win (since she's required to throw it). Tiffany reported most of their convo to Xavier.
Hannah made her pitch to Claire, who'd already talked it over with Tiffany.
Cookout members griped to each other that Kyland wanted to be pulled off the block so he could give Sarah B a sympathy vote, and that annoyed them since he'd already given one to Derek X, and a second would be giving Kyland extra jury points.
Kyland finally talked to Hannah for a full hour and a half. That finally wrapped up partly because she had to use the bathroom. Apparently Tiffany also escaped her Kyland marathon by saying she did too.
Kyland told them "I told you both to go first." (THIS GUY IS THE WORST!!!!)
Hannah and Xavier compared notes about Kyland's pitch. Xavier called it "a weak ass sentimental pitch" and neither of them were very pleased with Kyland in general.
They also thought he probably has a Final Two with everyone still there.
Kyland went to work on Derek, maybe trying to exert pressure for all of Cookout to tell Hannah to use her veto on him rather than Xavier. She's going to use it on Xavier, she was always going to use it on Xavier.
Tension continue to rise between Xavier and Kyland. Xavier popped in on Kyland pitching to Derek to say all the meetings look sketchy and they're raising suspicion.
Kyland said he's just doing what everyone on the block has done, which is to meet with everyone.
Xavier said that's after the veto meeting, and only Hannah has the veto. This got a bit heated.
Tiffany cornered Kyland to tell him to chill and lay low the rest of the night.
Sarah B finally started a pitch to Hannah in the hammock.
Kyland then started a round with Alyssa in the bathroom.
Hannah reported her Kyland talk to Claire.
They had the selfie camera so after dinner they sang all the many songs they've written so far, loudly, and then they had an obstacle course relay for their latest activity, BB Olympics. A good time was had by all.
Kyland brought Sarah B to Have-not to talk at her some more.
They got a booze delivery, which led to laughs and sex talk downstairs, while Kyland and Sarah B continued talking about their fate in the Have-not room and Kyland tried to explain why he's better than Xavier. (LOL)
Day 53 - Saturday, 8/28/21 - Hannah Wins the Veto!
Claire told us she was proud of Tiffany for getting the HOH win, and she wondered aloud if everyone knew she (Claire) was the secret HOH? She answered herself "sort of, but some believe it's Tiff."
She also told us that Alyssa would likely be her renom if needed, and she will play for HOH on Thursday but she's required to throw the comp, and that's known by all of them. (Wake up Claire!!!)
Azah told Derek she realized Xavier doesn't like her back that way, and "it's time to move forward."
Alyssa, Claire, Hannah were picked to play veto along with nominees Kyland, Sarah B, Xavier.
Hannah won the veto plus a movie screening for herself and three guests to watch Dear Evan Hansen, based on the Tony award-winning musical - she said she'll take the nominees.
She was thrilled at having won, and told us she'll use it on Xavier, leaving Kyland and Sarah B on the block.
Sarah B was 23 seconds behind Hannah so she was moping and crying again.
Kyland & Xavier were pouting about losing throughout the day as well, because its likely both of them could be left on the block. This was good to see after they were talking shit about the women last week.
Tiffany approached X to ask if he was okay, and she asked if he was pouting. Tiffany told him the girls were happy they've won all the comps this week and the men can finally see they aren't being carried.
Azah and Tiffany had a good catchup talk and info exchange.
Hannah told Xavier she wants to use her veto on him, but she wanted to check with Tiffany and Claire.
She ran her pitches for each, which Xavier said sounded good, and he said he was grateful to her.
Later Hannah told us she was hoping to build up some loyalty from Xavier and maybe he'd take her to finals, thinking he could beat her. She said "Tiffany still needs to feel like her and I are like super close."
Day 52 - Friday, 8/27/21 - Claire wins the Coin of Destiny!
Tiffany nominated Kyland and Sarah B as planned, with Sarah B the target, although Tiffany told Sarah B that Kyland is the target. (Afterwards, Tiffany told us that was probably "the boldest lie" she's told.)
Xavier also went on the block as a repercussion of winning last week's veto.
Claire won the Coin of Destiny to "overthrow the HOH" but she made the same nominations as Tiffany's.
Sarah B said she was confused and thought she's completely "clueless about what's going on in here."
Tiffany told Derek and Xavier that she was going to say she won it when it was actually Claire.
She said she was just glad she got her letter and pics, and that she can play for HOH next week.
All of the Cookout but Xavier ended up in the bathroom at one point but they went to get him so they could meet together for the first time with all six.
They did a hands-in hands-up celebration, and made the alliance official with all six of them, finally. The longest time a large alliance has gone without meeting.
Week 7 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Sarah Beth is Head of Household
Week 7 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Claire and Derek F are nominated
High Roller Competition Winner
Alyssa won & Removed Big D
Chopping Block Roulette names Replacement
Xavier replaces Big D on the Block
Week 7 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Xavier wins Veto; will remove himself
Week 7 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Derek X and Claire are nominated
Houseguest Evicted is....
Derek X
Day 51 - Thursday, 8/26/21 - DX evicted, Tiffany is the new HOH
Overnight, Kyland committed his "pity" vote to Derek X but he has no chances of getting three more.
Derek X gave a hoodie to Hannah and a chain to Tiffany. Hannah encouraged him to include "Sarah Beth is playing a Nicole F game" in his nominee speech, which he did end up doing so, which was fun.
Derek X was evicted 5-2, with pity votes from Hannah and Kyland.
HOH comp was BB NFTs, true/false detail questions based on their video clues last night.
Only Tiffany got the fourth right, making her the new HOH!!!!
They all picked an envelope with a BB Bucks amount inside, to be opened secretly tomorrow in the High Rollers room, and the final viewer vote for Bucks was opened.
Tiffany was thrilled with her win and most were happy for her, surrounding her with a group hug.
Tiffany celebrated in the storage room with Azah, Claire, and Hannah.
Tiffany tentatively planned to nominate Sarah B and Kyland, and Xavier will be the third nominee.
Hannah broke down to Tiffany about Derek X and having lied/misled him about Cookout.
Tiffany said DX will understand when he finds out, and said they'll all go through that when their pawn/pair goes, including Xavier and Kyland. And they agreed this wasn't the game any of them had planned to play but they're committed to their mission.
They both wished they felt as close to the other Cookout members as they do to DX and Claire.
Kyland told Sarah B that Derek X said she's playing "a Nicole F game" and not "cold AF", and she asked "America" to send Bucks to her and Kyland. (Last night you said "American can wipe their butt with the BB Bucks", can't have it both ways. Either you want to be a hero or a villain. You chose your destiny last week.)
Tiffany got her room and the enthusiastic crowd oohed and ahh over her pics, which included son Christian who started high school this week.
Big D screamed and jumped up and down over Tiff's music being Beyoncé's Lemonade. It was hilarious!
Her letter was from Momma Pat, her grandmother who raised her. It was beautiful.
Day 50 - Wednesday, 8/25/21 - DX last chance, Xavier goes into Solitary
Kyland was still telling DX this morning that he'd throw him a sympathy vote if "safe" to do so, and then others could potentially flip to make it 4-3 for DX to stay.
Claire and Derek X both campaigned throughout the day.
They were shown NFT-themed video clips of themselves around 5.30pm, presumably for the HOH comp.
Xavier was sent to solitary a little before 6pm, so he wasn't able to study those clues with anyone. He was in Have-not room, with apples and various other light snacks, and a camp toilet.
They got a booze delivery but instead they studied the video clues they'd been given.
Sarah B pitched a Final Three to Derek F on behalf of herself and Kyland, and he happily accepted.
Tiffany told us it'd be great if Derek X could somehow stay, saying she wants him there and "wouldn't you guys want to keep seeing him?"
She said she'll let everyone "shoot off their ammo" and then she'll come in behind with hers.
Xavier told Derek F that Tiffany knows keeping Derek X would be bad for Cookout but good for her, and that's why she hasn't brought it up with Kyland.
Derek F said if he has next week's power, he'd put up Tiffany and leave her there with Claire or Sarah B.
The three Cookout guys met with Tiffany, and Xavier said he'd like the vote to be settled before he goes into solitary tomorrow. Kyland said if Tiffany has a case to be made for keeping Derek X, "let's discuss it."
They pretended to discuss it anyway, but Tiffany said she knows it's a done deal and she doesn't want to be viewed as troublemaker, flipper, emotional/personal player, and "it's a dead situation to me."
She went on to say "I don't have a leg to stand on, I've done nothing, you guys are the ones who will take all of the shots that need to be made so I don't have anything to say."
Kyland and Derek F wandered off and Tiffany told Xavier she knew the guys were saying the Cookout girls weren't pulling their weight, and she also said she's unsure about Claire, that she'd been distant with her.
She said pretty soon they'll be wondering why Sarah B is still there, and if she still is when they're down to five, four, three left, "I'm gonna be mad at y'all and we ain't gonna be friends after this game."
Tiffany then told us she promised Kyland and Xavier she wouldn't say anything to them about keeping Derek X, but she didn't promise she wouldn't help him build his campaign. She said she was ready to "sprinkle a little seasoning in the Cookout" and it's Big Brother, she came here to play the game, not just lay around sunbathing and letting others play it for her. She added "just don't let my behind end up sitting in jury" but said if that happens, at least she'll know she went out fighting.
Kyland told Azah it was his responsibility to manage this HOH, so he felt the vote should go his way.
Azah comforted Derek X, who said he feels he's let down viewers who voted for him to get BB Bucks.
Xavier told Alyssa that Christian's eviction pretty much killed the "weapon and a shield" argument to keep comp threats around.
Hannah continued to play the middle between the Cookout guys and girls.
Claire and Derek X each had a campaign session with Xavier.
Azah told Hannah that Xavier had agreed to a 5-2 vote, but Hannah said she'd prefer 4-3, and if someone flips "it tells us what we need to know." But then she agreed that 5-2 would be fine and if someone flips and it's 4-3, the outcome (Derek X going) would be unchanged.
Claire once again asked Derek X if there's a big alliance they aren't aware of and he said "if I was them, I'd make it a real thing," and he said they could go all the way "if they don't turn on each other."
Day 48 - Monday, 8/23/21 - DX gets Backdoored
Kyland hugged DX and basically told him he was done.
Derek X made a final pitch to Sarah B, telling her nobody would put him up against her, and offering deals and a say in his Coin of Destiny next week.
Sarah B was mostly silent during and between his spiels but eventually asked if he thought Claire and Tiffany would come after him. He said he didn't know where he falls on that totem pole.
Afterwards she said she believed that Derek X wouldn't come after her, but also said she didn't believe he wouldn't use Coin of Destiny to put her up, and she said not putting him up today would leave questions about what others would do later.
Kyland arrived to erase whatever momentary doubts she was having
SB said "she might lie to Tiff and Claire and say DX threw them under the bus," adding that he wouldn't be there to defend himself so why not drive a wedge between them.
Xavier used his veto on himself obviously, and Sarah B nominated Derek X in his place.
Claire and Derek X were pretty damn sad for one another, having to sit with each other.
Xavier and Alyssa wasted no time heading up to HOH to cozy up with Kyland and Sarah B, and agreeing to work together, christening themselves The Monarchy.
The Cookout guys, Kyland, X and Big D held a lengthy meeting about; next week's power, which Big D will have enough BB Bucks to play, Xavier's third nominee timing, and how and when to take out everyone else including the order they want to send the Cookout girls home.
Claire again asked DX if he thought the black players were all together, and they all decided to take out Derek X. He said that was probably true, "but it's not like a lasting.." to which Claire said "no, it's not like they have a name." They are so close, but yet so far and can't do anything about it anyway.
Derek X pitched an idea to Tiffany that she, Azah, Hannah lie to Kyland to let him think they were voting DX out, so Kyland would then give him a sympathy vote as offered, if the vote wasn't going to be close.
He also told Tiffany about Alyssa and Xavier meeting in HOH with Kyland and Sarah B after the veto meeting, and that he'd seen Kyland, Derek F, Xavier breaking up from their Have-not meeting earlier.
Those things seemed to get Tiffany's attention.
Tiffany told Azah the guys want Tiff out first, and they agreed to work with Hannah to take them on.
The Cookout endgame power struggle is heating up. X seems in the lead but things can change quickly.
Day 47 - Sunday, 8/22/21 - Slow Day, DX is basically done
Tiffany gave Derek X a big hug and whispered it was a "go fight" hug rather than a good-bye hug.
Hannah joked she'll tell Sarah B "I'm about to blow up your game unless you put me on the block."
Derek X made a pitch of sort to Sarah B but didn't seem to get anywhere.
Xavier and Kyland discussed whether to cut Tiffany or Hannah first, once they reach endgame.
Game talk was minimal as the inevitable is coming on Monday.
The house had a fun night playing games and drinking outside. Nothing much of a day.
Day 46 - Saturday, 8/21/21 - Looks like DX is Cooked
Alyssa, Azah, Derek F were picked to play for veto along with Sarah B, Claire, Xavier.
Those picks pretty much ensure Derek X's exit on Thursday, and Sarah B was happy he wasn't picked.
Alyssa and Derek F have safety this week after Roulette.
Derek X and Claire talked various possible veto comps, and Derek X coached her on ways to win them.
We know but they don't that if Claire takes herself off the block, Derek X will take her place on the block.
Xavier won the veto.
It was a dominos theme race, timed, with prizes and punishments depending which route they chose.
They had to choose three punishments in order to win veto so along with the ability to take himself off the block this week, Xavier also lost all his BB Bucks; and Strategy Shutdown: he'll go into solitary Wednesday evening and be released when it's his turn to vote Thursday; and he'll be third nominee next week unless he wins HOH. If he does win HOH, he'll be third nominee the following week.
Derek F got $7,500 and 100 additional BB Bucks. He did say he'll have enough to play Coin of Destiny.
Tiffany began her rounds, first telling Derek F it was fine he went for the cash and nobody will mind.
Tiffany got to Claire in the shower, Claire broke down crying for not going for third nominee.
Tiffany told her not to cry or she would too, then gave her a motivational speech like none other.
Hannah and Kyland sat down to speed/stealth whisper strategize, damn near mapping the entire game.
Tiffany let Kyland and Hannah know that they don't need to consider her opinion this week as she is good with whatever decision the group makes. Her preference is for DX to stay, but she'll go with the group.
Kyland told them that they need to be fine with letting people go outside of their one person, because its not fair that he's being expected to win and take people out but nobody else is winning outside of X.
He is frustrated because if this trend continues he will probably be the one that has to take out SB.
He repeated this frustration to X later in the night and to the cameras. I think he thinks he's being set up.
SB made it clear to Kyland that she will be backdooring DX no matter what.
DX met met with SB and Kyland, and Kyland conducted the convo like he was HOH.
They basically told him without telling him that he is cooked.
Sarah B nominated Derek F and Claire, with a backdoor target of Derek X.
Derek X met with Sarah B after nominations, surely replaying in his head the convo the other day about probably being a backdoor target if not an original nom.
Sarah B told him Claire's odds of coming off the block were good, between High Rollers roulette and veto.
Later Derek X asked Kyland what he and Sarah B talked about all night, as she'd originally said she hoped he'd play roulette but now she didn't, and "something changed."
Naturally Kyland didn't acknowledge that he was the reason things changed.
Derek F met with Xavier, and he was sounding defeated and irritated about being the new designated pawn. Xavier told him he's got a strong alliance supporting him.
Alyssa won the High Roller game, removed Derek F from the block, and spun the roulette wheel to determine his replacement. That turned out to be Xavier.
Sarah B told Xavier she was "kind of hoping there might could be a backdoor this week" meaning Derek X.
She asked Xavier not to share that but said she'd already shared with Kyland.
Sarah B then told us if Derek X doesn't play and win veto he'd "definitely" be evicted against Claire.
Derek X told Tiffany that Claire should be safe against Xavier & he probably wouldn't use veto if he wins it.
Hannah started some preliminary work for Claire to go over Derek X in case he does go on the block.
Hannah told us she wants to get picked for veto and win so she can prevent Derek X from going up at all.
She also told us "I really hope America understands the purpose and the mission of the Cookout, and why we're so adamant on doing what we feel like we need to do, even if that comes at the expense of people like DX, Claire, Sarah Beth, and Alyssa. I want to be clear that those people don't deserve to be here any less than the Cookout does" and she said it breaks her heart that all four are playing their hearts out but there's no chance they'll win if everything goes according to plan, and she said that's really upsetting.
Hannah and Xavier figured totals were 100 for Claire, Derek F, Derek X; 75 for Alyssa, Hannah, Xavier; and 50 for Azah, Kyland, Sarah B, Tiffany.
Hannah told us she got 75, and we know Alyssa got 75 because she had 50 and today's Roulette cost 125.
The rest will be verified on Sunday's show.
Week 6 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Kyland is Head of Household
Week 6 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Claire and Derek F are nominated
Week 6 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Alyssa won veto; Kyland wins 2nd Veto
Veto was used to save....
Claire
Replacement nominee is....
Britini
Week 6 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Derek F and Britini are nominated
Houseguest Evicted is....
Britini
Day 44 - Thursday, 8/19/21 - Britini is Evicted, New HOH
The HOH comp was Dash to Dinner: one at a time they walked a series of balance beams across the yard, with a 45-second time limit. They had to select a path and some beams were wider than others.
Those who hadn't yet played waited behind a wall so they couldn't see which paths people used.
Sarah B became the first female HOH of the season.
The new BB Bucks vote opened with the same setup as last week.
Azah was upset about losing Britini, Derek F griping about all the comps "for you skinny bitches".
Tiffany asked Azah "how do we get out of this pickle?" and they proceeded to play out scenarios, most of which included losing Derek X. Tiffany told Azah she'd spent her BB Bucks last week and lost them - I don't know if Azah knew that before, and Tiffany kicked herself because tonight's was "her comp to lose."
Kyland later told Tiffany that Sarah B was thinking Claire and Derek X noms, or Alyssa and Xavier, but was leaning towards Claire and Derek X.
Kyland said his ideal scenario would be for Sarah B to put up Claire and himself, because of the veto comp and the High Rollers roulette this week.
He and Tiffany agreed the main thing was to ensure no Cookouts would be on the block next Thursday.
Kyland present that idea to Sarah B, who didn't sound convinced it was a good idea to put up her cuddle boo. She also didn't seem thrilled at Kyland giving her How to HOH lesson.
Sarah B began her one-on-meetings in Have-not room. She told virtually all of them she wanted this week's Roulette power used, and asked several if they'd be willing to play it if not on the block.
She was suspicious of Alyssa, telling several afterward that she seemed like she was lying.
She was enthusiastic about Jackpot alliance to her co-members of that, Claire and Tiffany.
She told Azah she'd actively campaigned against Britini, and Azah burst out laughing.
Derek F lied about his BB Bucks and about being a volunteer pawn
Sarah B reported everything to Kyland, who'd already talked to at her before her meetings.
Sarah B got her room a little after midnight and She read her letter which was from Shelly, which was written before her birthday (August 9), and mentioned "the other contestants get to hug and cuddle with you and I don't get to." So now they know Shelly is real. The looks were hilarious.
Despite Sarah B saying she'd run her own HOH, and get some sleep rather than talking all night, Kyland talked at her to push his agenda and his nom choices until after 4am (with Derek X as his actual target).
Day 43 - Wednesday, 8/18/21 - Brit is Done, Plans for next week have begun
Britini presented six points to voters in one-on-one meetings.
Alyssa told her she thought she had a chance to stay, but she didn't want Britini to be in the position Christian was last week, with everyone, including Britini bullshitting him.
Derek F also had meetings that were mostly comedic pitches.
Tiffany told Xavier someone should win HOH who'd put up Kyland and Sarah B, (herself, Hannah, or Claire).
Xavier reminded her she'd said yesterday Claire had to go, and Tiffany said things change fast in there.
Claire and Derek X talked about targeting Kyland and Xavier if they win HOH, and Claire told DX that Xavier saying he's not nominating him probably just meant he'll be a renom/backdoor.
Kyland told Tiffany "the only two scenarios for the six" next week would be Derek X either spends his BB Bucks or he goes home.
They had the traditional halfway party, with booze, food, music, and the traditional photo cake.
Derek F met with Xavier for reassurance that he'd stay. And he told Xavier "supposedly Tiff was the vote for Britini to stay," referring to that ages-ago hinky, and he added that Hannah had said that.
Azah met with Kyland to ask where the votes lie, and he said he thought it was currently Britini going 7-1, with Azah being the 1. She said she'd heard talk about forcing a tie and she didn't want to give Britini that vote if that was the case.
Kyland said there'd been talk that Tiffany, Hannah, Derek X, Claire might do that but he didn't think that was the case now, and they agreed to finalize that tomorrow.
Claire worked on Hannah to keep Britini, and told her Derek F was pushing to get all the girls out.
The Big Blue Couch season finale happened - unless, as Derek F said, "depending how tomorrow goes, there might be a new season."
Britini seemed to be in a good mood and enjoying herself for her last night.
Derek F revved up campaigning by asking Tiffany for a clear-the-air talk which they started in the bathroom but moved to the pantry due to heavy traffic.
They rehashed last week's fights about the Christian vote and Tiffany made it clear she wasn't much interested in hearing it, as he hadn't apologized or even come to her about it before now.
He said he was sorry but that's often not good enough when asked for, and she told him as much. Eventually he apologized again and she accepted it. It did get a bit heated and she did raise her voice to say she was "FUMING" and "LIVID" so I tallied it.
Britini, Claire, Derek X, Hannah eavesdropping for some of it. Both Tiffany and Derek F said various times they were "loyal to this" despite their personal differences, meaning Cookout, but nobody heard that part.
Day 42 - Tuesday, 8/17/21 - Claire and DX are Waking Up!
Xavier met with Kyland and discussed their preferred boot orders, with both of them now saying they want Derek X out next, and both said they'd keep Claire as the last of the non-Cookouts.
Azah apologized to Alyssa if she made last week more difficult for her than it already was.
Xavier told Tiffany his plan to get Derek X out by putting up her and Claire initially, then DX as renom/backdoor. Tiffany told him Claire and Derek X both want Derek F out, so one of them has to go to ensure Cookout's survival.
Derek F told Azah he's been too nice so far, he's ready to "be a savage and stop giving a fuck."
Hannah and Tiffany discussed Claire and Derek X starting to figure out Cookout, and what to do.
They went back and forth between whether Claire or DX needs to go first, with the subtext always present that both Tiffany and Hannah would like to keep their own number one as long as possible, obviously.
Tiffany reported to Kyland that "Claire has to go next week" because she and Derek X want to keep Britini this week, and she said Claire's more influential on Derek X than vice versa.
Alyssa and Xavier also talked about Claire and Tiffany trying to flip the vote, and Xavier told us that just reinforced that Britini needs to go.
Britini finally met with Kyland for 2 hours to hash things out. Not worth my finger strength.
Britini angrily retold her Kyland meeting to Derek F, and she retold it tearfully to Xavier, telling both of them that Kyland threatened her and told her what she could and couldn't say in her campaign pitches.
Derek F went to HOH to get Kyland's version.
Xavier told Britini to show Kyland she's "a grown ass woman" and not let Kyland push her around.
Kyland held his long ass meetings late into the night/early morning. This guy is ridiculous!
Kyland confirmed to Claire that he acknowledged he'd be replacing her with Britini.
Meanwhile, Britini was upset and worried about Derek F staying on the block into Thursday, and also concerned that she or Azah would be sitting next to him.
Kyland and Alyssa had a quick kitchen check-in and he asked if she'd talked to Britini. Alyssa said Britini had asked if she/Alyssa knew what was going on, and she said no.
Derek F and Kyland also had a check-in, with Derek F saying he was worried about the vote, he didn't trust Alyssa and Sarah B, and couldn't it be Britini versus Claire? Kyland said no, that would lose trust, and the system was set up and in place for DF to be safe.
As planned, Alyssa did not use her veto, and Kyland used his to replace Claire with Britini.
His speech was the cause of alot of drama again, but who knows, as Britini was pissed at Xavier's harmless speech weeks ago when he put her up.
But the retells note that it was long and rambling, and that Kyland said Britini was "unpredictable".
Britini was crying hysterically and going off on one of her classic woe is me tangents, sobbing loudly to Azah and Derek F about "four out of six weeks!" and "I don't understand!" and "why am I the punching bag of the house!" and "I don't get it!" and "every HOH who's nominated me is still here!" and "OMG I have to pack again!", wash, rinse and repeat! (At this point, just put her out of her misery and vote her out!)
Azah and Derek F just had to soak it up, since they knew Britini was going up and why.
I don't know if it ever dawned on Britini that she was ranting to the other nominee.
Britini told anybody who would listen that Kyland was a liar and had broke a safety deal that she said she shook on three times with Kyland that he'd now gone back on.
(She did pitch that deal to him before Friday noms, but he said "deals are weird" and didn't agree to it.)
Xavier and Tiffany each calmed her down some, and Tiffany urged her to talk to Kyland after she calmed down, and to fight and not give up.
Azah told Derek F she has to vote to evict him, to give Britini a sympathy vote, to cover up Cookout.
Derek F said he won't campaign against Britini, he's okay with going, and if he goes to jury he'll get to smoke again (he's been out of cigs for awhile now).
Derek F and Britini whispered in a corner, and he gassed her up and continued to pretend he didn't know.
Britini and Kyland had a standing face-off, and she told him she won't campaign against Derek F but she would campaign for herself to stay.
Kyland suggested she wait to campaign at all, and said she shouldn't campaign against Kyland.
This pissed her off and after he left she said to the cameras, "I'm sorry, are you on the block? You're not on the block, you're not gonna tell me how to campaign, even if it is against you."
She spread that all over the house and her emotional retells made for sad but funny moments to see.
Azah told Hannah pretty much everyone not in Cookout was starting to suspect them (which Hannah knows because Derek X talked to her about it), and Azah presented a potential plan where a Cookout member as HOH could put two others on the block, to increase their chances of winning veto.
Hannah and Xavier discussed having Derek F become the new pawn star after Britini goes.
Hannah told Azah that Claire and Derek X have talked about flipping the vote to boot Derek F, and that Hannah and Tiffany have been working to shut that down.
Tiffany said that Big D is better off not campaigning because he could shoot himself in the foot.
Hannah told X that she thinks everyone in the Cookout should be saving their money for the big powers.
Hannah told Claire that her targets would be either SB or Alyssa with a possible backdoor option being Ky. Hannah is unsure of her nominations because of the uncertainty of the high rollers room.
Derek X is pitched keeping Britini to Tiffany. Tiff says she likes the idea of Britini staying and that she only wanted her out bc she considered her more of a target over Claire. (Of course she's lying)
Derek X told Tiffany that if he makes it through next week, he will have enough money for the coup d'etat, and if he has the it, he might just make a really big move cause he could secretly target anyone we wants.
Tiff reassured Big D that he has the votes. If someone votes against him, they will be the next target.
Ky told Sarah Beth that everyone said Xavier and Tiffany are the most influential while they said he's the third most influential. Ky asks Sarah Beth to consider if he's the third most influential.
Sarah Beth says Tiffany and Xavier are definitely influential because they are good with all the pairings in the house. She would have said Ky before this week but now it seems like the Jokers are targeting him.
Sarah Beth says her view of influential is being able to make moves without being targeted.
Ky wonders if Tiff "incept-ionized" him this week because of her knowledge of the house.
Xavier and Derek X talked and Derek X said he would not want to take a shot at Xavier, Alyssa, Ky or SB.
Xavier said to Derek X he would want to target the person who was in DX's ear to put up Christian.
They agree, everyone expects them to go after each other. That's why they shouldn't.
Sarah Beth tells Kyland she wants to avoid roulette being played. She says the two most likely to lose it are Big D and Azah (who she wants to nominate.)
Big D tells Hannah that him and Azah have 4 targets they can go after (Sarah Beth, Alyssa, Claire and Derek X) while Hannah can only go after two (Sarah Beth, Alyssa).
Hannah says if it wasn't for the Cookout she would take a shot at Ky. He is sitting on a lot of info. He isn't sharing that info with any of us.
Claire tells Derek X that Sarah Beth will do Big D and Azah. Claire says if Britini stays in the game they will go after her. Claire says she doesn't think Xavier wants to win and then Alyssa wants to go after Derek X.
Day 40 - Sunday, 8/15/21 - Kyland and then Damn Meetings Again
Britini told Derek F and Azah "there are people in this house who have sway like I've never seen, it's almost like what they say is law in this house, and that's dangerous." And she said they need to "figure out somebody to paint a target on" besides Derek F, and that he needs to present a plan to Kyland.
Britini said she thought the power clique is Tiffany, Claire, Hannah, Derek X, Sarah B. Her reads being so wrong is one thing, but the fact that the target has already been painted and it's on her is something else.
Azah had some choice words about Kyland, saying he's on a power trip.
Xavier talked to Azah about Kyland's decision and said it was largely because Britini got 100 Bucks and Claire got 50. Azah said she thought this was Kyland's plan all along.
Azah tried to drop hints to Britini about her fate, talking about the HOH comp and saying she felt uneasy about Kyland. She said Britini might trust him but Azah did not. "I don't think our team is safe."
Tiffany tried to drop hints to Derek X about Cookout, but if he connected any of the dots he didn't let on.
Kyland told us he's got meetings on today's agenda, again.
Claire and Derek X seemed to dance around the idea of the Cookout's existence, without naming it or its specifics of course. They mentioned noticing that all the white people have been getting voted out!
They also mentioned the possibility of flipping the vote to send out Derek F this week.
Kyland held a meeting with Derek F, who basically said they had to get the women out, like he does.
Chaos exploded among Cookout members, probably due to Azah not liking several moves Kyland has made over the week and her not wanting to lose Britini and not understanding why she has to.
Derek F ran interference between Azah and Kyland for awhile, trying to keep the peace.
Xavier sat in with Azah and Tiffany for a lengthy rehash of their issues, acting as mediator, like he does.
The talk went well and they were able to lay all their issues out on the table and work through them.
Kyland started his latest round of meetings extremely late into the night and he basically tried to make everyone tell him everything about their game including their targets and who they respected most.
This guy is crazy and surely a target next week. Its really bad how he has handled this HOH.
Day 39 - Saturday, 8/14/21 - The High Roller Room Impacts the Game
They drew their veto picks and placed their bets this morning.
Alyssa, Azah, Britini were picked to play along with Kyland, Claire, Derek F.
Claire bet on Kyland, Derek F bet on Britini, Kyland bet on Alyssa, SarahB bet on Azah.
The bettor will win a second veto if their pick wins the veto comp.
The current plan remains for Claire to stay and Britini to go, but they have a potentially complicated path to make that happen due to that second veto potential.
Alyssa won the Veto which was OTEV, and since Kyland bet on her to win, he got a second veto.
He guaranteed Claire that she'd come off the block, likely with his veto since Alyssa is unlikely to use hers.
Claire wanted to know why Kyland threw the comp to Alyssa (several said it was rather blatant), and he said he did so he could use his High Roller veto on her (Claire), to prove she can trust him.
Azah also threw it to Britini. Britini is the planned renom, as of now - the target had switched from Claire to her since noms anyway. We know a fourth time on the block won't go over well with Britini.
Derek F put on a show of being resigned to leaving for SarahB and Britini, with Azah present, saying it's a game, somebody has to leave, etc. He's so full of shit. LOL
Britini got emotional about Derek F apparently giving up and she coached him to fight to stay. That was awkward since he (and we) know Derek F's in no danger but Britini is.
Alyssa met with Kyland, and retold to Xavier that they agreed Kyland won't tell her his plan so she doesn't have to lie to anyone, and he agreed to keep Xavier and Sarah B safe.
He said he'll tell her Sunday night if he wants her to use her veto so she can prepare a speech, and Monday morning he'd tell her who his renom will be.
Alyssa also told Xavier she thought it's weird that nobody's approached her to talk game, but they have approached Xavier. She wondered if that was "because of the Christian thing" and Xavier said "possibly."
Derek X had complained to Azah that Kyland had barely talked to him this week and seemed fake.
Hannah told Tiffany she doesn't like Kyland when he's in a position of power.
Derek F visited Kyland and tried to get him to consider Derek X for renom. Kyland said no.
Derek F and Kyland told Azah that Britini would be the renom taking Claire's place.
Day 38 - Friday, 8/13/21 - The High Roller Room Impacts the Game
Kyland's meetings started up again early this morning.
Initially he was talking Claire/Britini noms, which shifted to Alyssa/Britini.
However he got Derek F to agree to be a pawn around 5am.
Ky says the Cookout says Britini is the least of their worries. Ky says then SB/Alyssa are house targets and apparently in the game yesterday no one was interested in having any conflict with X.
X says between Alyssa, Britini and Claire, Claire is the least likely to get a power. Hannah agrees. X says if you nominate them, they come down with a power, then someone else has to go up.
Ky says he wants to find out more about the powers before discussing who goes home. He mentions Alyssa/DF noms, and then the six decides who goes after.
He says if they decide SB should go then, we'll do what needs to be done.
Hannah is suggesting that the six of them should not play for a power this week. She is worried about the powers next week if one of them are not HOH. She suggests X and DF play for a power next week.
Ky says at this stage DF has to be locked in (as a nom). The thing is putting someone next to him. Ky says it can't be Britini. It's between Claire, Alyssa, DX, SB.
X leaves and Hannah says he will not be happy if Alyssa goes up. Ky says he knows.
Hannah says sending Claire home this week does not make sense.
Hannah says you put up Claire now, and with the power and the veto...
Ky says one comes down, and Hannah says Alyssa goes up.
Tiff asks Ky if she's going otb, he says no..."but you can't send Big D home if he's on the block.
Kyland told Claire that she may go up as a pawn because he wants to backdoor someone.
Claire suggests that Kyland nominate Hannah instead of her as a pawn.
Kyland nominated Claire and Derek F. Feeds came back to hugs and tears.
Derek F knew it was coming and that he's a pawn. He played it up for Azah and for Britini in a big way.
The High Roller room happened and its really unclear exactly what happened but we have some info.
Many of them were likely lying.
Alyssa told X she got 50
Hannah and X both said they got 75 and pinky swore to each other.
Xavier said he figured Britini, Derek F, Derek X got 100, the two of them plus Tiffany got 75, and the rest 50.
He said that meant viewers were behind the Cookout, and Hannah said "we're carrying the show."
Derek X told Hannah he got 100.
Today's High Roller winners will bet on a veto player tomorrow, and if that person wins, the winning better wins a second veto which they can choose to use or not.
Xavier told Tiffany they should work on getting Britini out this week rather than Claire, since she won 100 Bucks (they think) and could continue doing that, damaging Cookout's chances of getting to final six.
Xavier then presented that to Derek F who balked a bit, asking why Kyland couldn't put up Derek X or Sarah B, but eventually said "okay."
Week 5 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Derek X is Head of Household
Week 5 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Brittany and Sarah Beth are nominated
Week 5 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Britini won veto
Week 5 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Christian and Britini are nominated
Week 5 Final Nominees
Houseguest Evicted is....
Christian
Day 37 - Thursday, 8/12/21 - Christian Evicted, Kyland New HOH
Christian finally conceded defeat late last night but he revved up his campaign again this morning, offering the moon to people who aren't going to keep him anyway.
Christian was evicted 7-2 as expected, with Alyssa and Xavier voting for him.
Julie told them they were in jury now, and she announced the High Rollers Room. It will have "three unique BB casino games and three game-changing powers" which would include remove someone from the block, second veto, and flip power to your favor.
She said the games would take skill, luck, and BB Bucks. Those bucks will be determined by viewer votes tonight. The top three vote-getters get $100, the next three get $75, and everyone else gets $50. Better powers cost more, they don't have to spend their Bucks immediately, and they can bank their Bucks for a later/bigger power. The twist will run three weeks.
Kyland won his second HOH. It was a Knock Outs comp where they pick the next two players to face off, and it sounded like Kyland tried to give it to Tiffany at the final 2 but she gave a wrong answer.
Tiff was upset about wanting to hear from her son.
Azah was upset and cried to Xavier because she felt Kyland put her up before other people and didn't try to throw to her. She felt he was trying to protect Sarah B.
Kyland said noms would be at 10.30am and if so, High Rollers will likely be later tomorrow and could theoretically affect his noms.
Kyland and Derek F met over chess pieces about who to put up and how to maneuver that with Cookout. It sounded like Claire will be the target, but they were aware things could change with powers, and obviously with veto.
Kyland met with Xavier and it sounded like he'll go with Claire and Britini.
Azah and Tiffany finally sat down to talk. They re-bonded about Kyland, claiming he played the HOH too hard and they griped that Sarah B would be safe this week.
Tiffany said she thinks of Azah like a sister, they'll spat and come together and spat again but the love is there. Azah said she loves Tiffany too, and they hugged it out.
Sarah B said she was shocked by the kiss and learning Alyssa/Christian were an item that way, and she said she was concerned that her friendship and behavior with Kyland might be seen as inappropriate.
Tiffany had a long sit-down with Kyland to hash things out, and it appeared they did. But when she left, Kyland said "fuck fuck fuck fuck" so it clearly didn't work out in his favor, game-wise.
Xavier had a moment about losing Christian, and he paced and peptalked himself to get his shit together, booting Christian had to be done, and he shouted out Danielle, Da'Vonne, David, Bayleigh, Swaggy, "all those people who wish they were in the position I'm in, with this many people who have my back."
He talked with Tiffany, and they hoped the others understand when they learn about Cookout's mission.
Kyland held meetings about noms.
Britini offered a two week safety deal in exchange for safety this week, but Kyland didn't take her up on it, saying "deals are weird" and he still had to talk to people and think about it and etc etc. She did ask for "awareness" if she's going up, but he didn't offer that either - yet.
Claire rattled off potential Kyland targets to Derek X and Hannah, clearly oblivious that she was in Kyland's crosshairs as of now.
Tiffany continued her apology/goodwill tour, having talks with both Sarah B and Derek F.
Xavier comforted a moping/crying Alyssa.
Azah is first to have her one on one with Kyland.
Azah explains that she is very confused why Kyland was targeting her during the HOH.
Kyland explains that Britini picking him made him feel targeted; they had all discussed Alyssa was next.
Azah tells him no the house and cookout agreed the next target was SB.
Azah said Kyland said you he no problem going up as a pawn and that SB could go this week. Azah says it is hard for SB go if you win HOH. It seems like you are putting personal over cookout. It is confusing.
Azah says I do not want to interupt you, you talk so much, you give long explanations. I would like to get my feelings heard. Is there a time limit on the conversation? Azah says that you give long explanations.
Ky says lets drop the attitude, and reset. He then goes on a long tangent that was incoherent and stupid.
Azah says it comes down to I asked you to throw it to me and you did not. We are all in an alliance.
DX tells Tiffany that Ky said the options of people hitting the block were X, Alyssa, DF, Britini, Azah.
Tiffany and DX agree that Kyland knew that last HOH answer and he lied about it. DX points out Ky answered quickly on all the other rounds but didn’t hit a button on the last one.
Azah crying to DF: At the end of the day, he kept picking me. I shouldn’t be crying right now. It’s just like.. he’s sitting there saying all this bullshit.
Azah says to Big D when you talk to Ky , it sound slike someone that reads success books every day like Tony Robbins. Azah says it went no where.
DF: He needs to give up that SB or Alyssa, one of those two got to go. Alyssa is onto us and if she wins power, we are fucked. I’m going to tell him that TONIGHT.
Azah tells DF that she’s committed to the 6 but feels like she’s at the bottom.
Azah said Ky told her the house target is Brit. Xavier says he thought the house target was SB. Xavier says we are the house, we have the numbers. Big D says as long as one of us wins we should be okay.
Hannah says if SB were to leave this week on your HOH, you would not get her vote. Hannah says we all said we do not have to nom our pawns.
Hannah says it leaves Alyssa. Hananh says it is best for the 6 more then her.
Hannah tells Ky that DX needs to leave sooner than later although she’ll be sad about it. She doesn’t think Claire should be a target because Claire doesn’t win comps and won’t win the America’s votes.
She thinks Britini should be the last pawn to leave.
Kyland: I hate this perception that I won this HOH to protect SB. Hannah: but that’s what you wanted to do.
Ky says to Big D he now sees what Tiff sees in Azah.
Day 36 - Wednesday, 8/11/21 - The Flip Almost Happens!
Xavier gave Christian a lot of talking points for today's campaign meetings which he then presented to Azah, but she didn't tell him what he wanted to hear.
Christian went to Have-not to rant and cuss to Alyssa and Xavier that "they're all morons!" and not thinking for themselves.
As Christian cried in Have-not, Xavier met with Jokers. Azah said she was mad at having been made out to be the swing vote, Derek F said it took him two hours to cool off last night, and they both expressed extreme frustration about Tiffany.
Jokers agreed to meet with Christian and let him know definitely they can't keep him (and I assume Derek F would withdraw his vote promise, along with Britini if she did indeed promise hers).
Azah and Derek F ranted some more about Tiffany, both of them saying they want to take her out before Britini when they get to seven.
Kyland and Xavier talked about letting Azah and Derek F know about Royal Flush to build trust.
Xavier said to himself/us he'd like to do that first, "so Ky's in the shithouse with Tiff and Hannah."
Tiffany went to HOH to talk to Derek X.
She retold some of last night's drama (though not all because a lot of the drama was Cookout related) but she got heated when she said "Azah doesn't believe a fucking word that comes out of my mouth!"
Derek X asked what the temperature was at that meeting last night and she said "HOT!" Accurate.
She said if Christian comes to her to say he only needs one vote she'll tell him that isn't true because others are lying to him. She also stressed she didn't want to lie to Christian to avoid retaliation from Alyssa later. And to Derek X's direct question, she said she trusts Christian more than Kyland.
Tiffany then followed up with Xavier to say it benefits her to have DX on her side and it benefits Xavier to have Christian on his. And she said the words "if I flip this house" she'd need to find a way to keep DX's trust, and to keep him safe.
Tiffany told Xavier that Claire would vote with her and Xavier said he and Alyssa already promised Christian their votes, so they'd only need one more, and Tiffany said they'd need a guarantee from Christian that he wouldn't go after Derek X.
Tiffany said she didn't think "Derek F really gives a shit" but that he's always pushing for a girl to go.
However Derek F was extremely anti-Tiffany today though, and said as much when the retells made the rounds. He told Derek X, Azah, Britini that he was trying to steer clear of Tiffany and the drama but he was ready to tell Christian he was going to go.
A big blowup happened behind a feeds block, between Tiffany, Derek F, Azah. And that changed everything back to where it was.
What happened was Tiffany and Claire were ready to flip the vote and wanted to speak with Britt to get her on board. Tiffany asked Christian to ask Britt to come up stairs to the HOH to talk, but when Christian went to ask Britt to come upstairs, Azah intercepted the request and said basically wouldn't allow her to go. Big D then came in and said all three of them were going as they were not letting Britt get bullied.
When they arrived at the HOH, Big D walked in and said they are here and Tiff said she asked to speak with Britt, to which Big D walked in like he was the big boss of the house. Tiffany was Livd!! It was crazy!
Tiffany and Xavier checked in again, she retold the drama. X said they had a good plan but it didn't seem like they'd be able to pull it off now, since they wouldn't be able to get that fifth vote to keep Christian, and he said "we gotta bow down."
Tiffany said she didn't have a problem with that but she had a big problem with the various personal dramas, and she reiterated those at 100mph. Xavier said "the six is bigger than each of us" and Tiffany conceded, adding "does Christian understand why? I probably got his hopes up."
Xavier said they had to drop it, no more flip talk, and he later talked to us with an apology to Christian. He said "I tried, you're my boy, Tiffany was ready to flip the house, but we can't jeopardize this [Cookout], this means something way bigger man, and I hope you can understand that."
Xavier also told Christian and Alyssa that it didn't look good for Christian to stay.
Azah and especially Derek F continued ranting about Tiffany throughout the day.
Christian and Alyssa, with Xavier observing, worked on Britini some more for her vote. Christian finally said she has his "permission" to vote him out rather than jeopardize her standing in there if he goes.
Britini returned to her room sobbing about the pressure, and why does it have to come down to her, etc.
Britini then talked with Tiffany, who said she had been hoping to keep Christian but everything changed with last night's drama and today's chaos, and as of now she wasn't voting to keep him. They talked forever, like they do, and finally wrapped with a hug and an agreement leaning towards evicting Christian, "for now."
Afterwards Tiffany told us "I had a good fuckin strategy, I was about to flip this damn house, don't y'all wanna see this house flip? Don't you?"
Tiffany retold to Claire, who finally told Christian he was doomed and almost certainly going home.
Christian revved up once again, planning a house meeting with Alyssa to call everyone "pussies."
Xavier talked him out of it, saying it wouldn't help and would only hurt his and Alyssa's futures in there.
So Christian finally conceded his loss, and went to Diary to tape a farewell.
Day 35 - Tuesday, 8/10/21 - DX Backdoors Christian
Kyland told Sarah B that everyone thinks Britini is annoying (they don't), but SarahB started repeating that, and saying Britini had been "obnoxious" at the veto comp.
That didn't go over well when Claire told Britini and the other former Jokers.
Kyland and Sarah B had a very long awkward convo late last night, and Kyland asked Azah's advice this morning because it was all getting awkward and feeling fake.
Azah said Sarah B's moping around and leaning on/crying to Kyland had become very noticeable, people thought she's faking, and "what happened to Sarah Beast?"
Sarah B asked Derek F about block survivors Britini and Hannah having told her not to rush her campaigning. He said "fuck that" and told her to do her thing on her own time.
Christian made a lengthy pitch to Derek X, eventually offering mutual safety for the next three HOHs. Reminder, Derek X doesn't have a vote this week. Christian also told him Kyland's mentioned his (DX) name, and said he's "sneaky."
Alyssa followed up with her own fast-talking and very lengthy pitch to Derek X.
Check-ins, campaign chats, and retells raged on, including a lengthy pitch from Sarah B to Derek X.
Xavier and Kyland said maybe they should encourage a 7-2 vote rather than 5-4 in case anyone gets hinky, and Kyland said he could see Tiffany wanting to give Christian a vote.
Derek X told Hannah that Alyssa still believes Kyland and Sarah B were behind this week's backdoor plan.
Christian talked to Hannah and it didn't go well for him, as Hannah countered everything and told him he should make offers that are beneficial to her. She left him with "your homework assignment, if you choose, give me the why for you risking my safety last week."
Tiffany and Derek X had a lengthy check-in, with a lot of anti-Sarah B stuff from Tiffany, and then she asked "so who is our target next week?" Those seeds of hers are getting less and less subtle but few of them seem to notice. It sounded like their/her current preferred boot order was Christian, Sarah B, Alyssa, Britini.
Claire told Britini that she'll probably tell Alyssa tomorrow that she'll be voting Christian out, and she encouraged Britini to do the same. Britini said she was in a tricky spot (she has an F2 with Christian.
Britini said she hoped Azah would tell Alyssa/Christian first so she could then say it's a done deal and she has to go along with the house and evict Christian. Claire said she won't blindside Christian but Britini could if she wanted to.
Britini later griped to Derek F about being stressed by it all, and by Christian "pressuring" her to talk to Azah, and she didn't want Alyssa and Xavier to be angry at her if/when she votes against them.
Christian told Britini he has a Plan Z: he plans to tell Tiffany and Claire that Sarah B and Kyland said they'll split the money, to add fuel to Tiffany's (fake) fire that they're working together as a pre-existing relationship. So there's that - and reactions to it - to watch for.
Britini had a meltdown about Christian being voted out and lying to him about it.
Tiffany met with Jokers about that, and said that they should just tell Christian he doesn't have their votes, cause right now he thinks he has their votes and they are lying to him. It puts her in a bad spot because Christian, Alyssa and X think Tiffany and Claire are the only votes they need, when in reality, they need 3 votes and people are lying to them.
Tiffany then said she is going to tell him he doesn't have the votes if they don't.
Both Derek F and Azah got pissed with her.
Derek F got very heated and later said he hoped Sarah B wins HOH and sends Tiffany out, and he threatened to tell everyone in Cookout that he's done with it because of her.
Azah tried to calm him down when he escalated to talk about burning Tiffany's weave.
Azah told Britini and Derek F that she believes Tiffany wanted to blame her Brittany if the vote is 6-3 rather than 7-2. Azah said "really it's just covering her ass and I don't give a fuck about covering her ass."
Derek F called her "a fuckin manipulator" and Azah called her a bully.
The Cookout is on the brink of explosion!
Day 34 - Monday, 8/9/21 - DX Backdoors Christian
Britni warned Derek X that he probably shouldn't warn Christian and Alyssa about Christian's impending renom, wisely suggesting that a few minutes warning wouldn't make any difference.
But DX did it anyway, send Alyssa into a panic. She then told Christian, who was PISSED!!
Christian said "I feel so fuckin stupid! I could have taken him out last week."
Britini took herself off the block obviously, and Derek X put up Christian in her place.
Alyssa told Christian "it's SB" (who told DX that Christian and Alyssa were after him), which eventually led to everything being Kyland's fault.
Derek F told Christian he'll vote in his favor and gave his word. (Lying)
Xavier continued to cover his own bases with Alyssa and Christian, frustrated about losing one of the Kings, his side alliance outside of Cookout.
Christian grew increasingly angry and Alyssa eventually told him to drop the past, accept that he's on the block, and focus on what he needs to do now.
Hannah told Sarah B that right after veto meeting wasn't the best time to campaign, and she's got several days and should just enjoy her birthday today.
Sarah B said Britini gave the same advice, and she trusts both of them as they've both survived the block.
Christian complained and campaigned to Tiffany, who commiserated and comforted, and even shed a few tears, and told him he should chill out and think before diving into full blown campaigning.
She also told him she could beat Sarah B at physical comps but not him. (She's too good at this game)
Tiffany later told Christian "it's not how much ammo you have, it's how you use it" and "don't do all your racing in one day, it's a marathon." Tiffany reported this convo to Claire.
Tiffany then told us she "loves the kid" and while she'd still like to see Sarah B go, she isn't trying to flip this vote. She said she doesn't want Christian (if he stays) or Alyssa to think they can't work with her, and "whether they trust me or not is a totally different subject."
Christian reported to Alyssa, saying Tiffany had given him some good tips and was very supportive. He also said he thought that meant he'll have her vote.
The two of them went back to isolating themselves in Have-not.
Britini said campaigning should be Wednesday, and "it's a little weird" if anyone tries to talk game on a Tuesday because "we do nothing on Tuesdays." (Said the clueless pawn who has never been in danger)
Alyssa and Christian did some campaigning here and there, which included such ridiculousness as offering to let former Team Jokers have the room, snacks and music requests, and make the noms if he stays and wins HOH, so long as they don't put up him or Alyssa, and/or he'd throw the comp to them.
Alyssa offered to keep them safe from the block and Have-nots if she wins.
Word of the Jokers offer got around of course, causing fake vote promises which caused tension. Christian will almost certainly leave on Thursday but the week is young and it's a long time until they vote.
Day 33 - Sunday, 8/8/21 - What will DX do?
Azah tells Brit she does not know who mentioned Brit to DX. She tells Brit to be very careful.
Brit says DX made a deal on the wall with Alyssa that he would not put her up. Brit says the way Alyssa acted last night showed so much about her character. Azah says she is a big baby.
Azah says that whining was too much she wanted to say something to Alyssa, but X stopped her.
Azah says she doesn't care how she Alyssa feels, Britini won fair and square, grow the fuck up.
DF tells Azah that DX will probably put him or her up on the block as Brit's replacement.
Azah says that will give them a reason to go after DX.
Big D/Azah say they would be mad if put up as a pawn in place of Brit. They feel that if a King/SB is the target, then it should be another King up next to SB.
Azah says she doesn't like people being treated as expendable. She warned others that putting Brit on the block again was going to light a fire for Brit to win veto. She says "now look what are you going to do". Azah says she will be giving Tiff the side-eye. A king could go home without all this extra manipulation. Tiff needs to settle her beef with Ky. Azah says Tiff thinks Ky/SB know each other.
DF says when they get to the 6, when he gets the first opportunity, he's putting Hannah & Tiff otb & he's sending Tiff home!
Azah says she loves Tiff, but that she sees how she manipulated Brit.
Azah thinks targeting SB is the best move for Hannah & Tiff. SB's only coming for Hannah.
DF says Tiff's working Christian & Alyssa for protection & he's going to make sure they put Tiff up.
Azah: Alyssa don't like Tiff. I can see that.
Azah tells X she hopes Tiff is not pushing for one of them to go up.
X says why is that? Azah asks why can't a King go up? X says he and Alyssa are safe.
Azah says exactly, Christian can go up. X explains for DX's game it makes no sense to nominate Christian.
Azah says but it makes sense for me to go up? X explains he feels it wouldn't be Azah.
She asks DF and he says that makes more sense.
DF is worrying about SB. Ky asks why? DF thinks her targets would be Tiff and Hannah.
Ky says no, I know her targets. DF tells Ky that Claire will go up as a pawn if he wins HOH and he would target Alyssa, SB or DX.
Ky telling Big D that he knows Tiff is in DX's ear, but Ky says he is more in DX's ear.
Ky says this week it will be Christian. Big D asks if Ky is worried about SB.
Ky says that SB's targets are no longer Hannah/Tiff. Ky says that DX/SB are the next targets for the c/o.
Kyland told X it may not be a joker going up. X says how would that benefit him?
Xavier- For us, taking out the biggest competitor, that's cool. For him, I dont see how taking out the biggest competitor right now benefits him.
Kyland- I think this week it would hit. Xavier- Possibly
Xavier- If it doesn't hit, Christian is coming after his ass.
Kyland- And that's still not the six. At worst case it would be me and him which also needs to be done at some point. That's why I worked so hard at tightening up my duos with him and SB.
Kyland to Xavier- I feel as this stage it's still best to keep the six off. If a six isn't on this eviction night, we made it five with only one six ever on the block come eviction night
X says he's trying to keep Cookout off the block. Ky says he's trying to get out who would nominate two of them, and Christian might be someone that would.
X asks between DX and Chris who would be more difficult to beat? Ky says no one has beaten Chris
Xavier to Kyland- Say he puts up Christian and Sarah Beth. One of them is going home. Sarah Beth and Alyssa and both expecting me to go after his ass
Kyland to Xavier- He (Derek X) doesn't know about the six. Even though teams are over, everyone knows the Kings are tight. If there is four going into jury...they think that if you sit next to a King, you automatically lost three votes.
Xavier to Kyland- If he puts up two Kings, the Royal Flush would be done and then what? At that point we might be more in a position where we have to expose the six.
Kyland also met with Azah, and with Tiffany.
Tiffany asked Kyland if he knew Sarah B before/outside of the show and he swore he didn't.
Hannah told Tiffany she wants to give Alyssa a heads up about Christian being the renom.
Tiffany just stared at her.
Later she told Hannah about Sarah B saying she's single. Kyland and Sarah B were snuggling and whispering in the hammock and Derek X snuck up on them to toot his bugle, with Tiffany, Claire, Britini watching from the door and laughing.
Tiffany talked with Alyssa and Christian and they asked her when they should break the news to Sarah B that she'd be going on Thursday, and they talked about future plans. They going be super sad tomorrow.
All systems are go for Christian to go on the block in a blindside tomorrow.
Day 32 - Saturday, 8/7/21 - And now the backdoor is Open!
Alyssa, Claire, Kyland were picked to play veto, which sets up a classic backdoor plan for Christian.
Tiffany, Claire, Hannah agreed they'd rather Sarah B go than Christian.
Tiffany said she might give Christian a heads up.
She told Christian after the draw that she doesn't want Alyssa to use it if she wins.
Tiffany, Claire, Derek X agreed DX should throw it if possible, as he's made too many promises, and Tiffany and Claire told him they'd get Christian out next week if Sarah B ends up going this week.
Derek X told us he couldn't throw the comp to Alyssa and he'd use veto on Sarah B if he wins.
Alyssa asked Derek X if there was a plan to backdoor Christian and he said no. Twice.
Sarah B also told her there wasn't.
Britini gave a long anti-Alyssa pitch to Derek X, and thought she convinced him to put her up if she doesn't win. (She didn't convince him of anything.)
Tiffany and Xavier had a check-in in HOH, with Xavier saying he thought worst case today would be a Britini win as another Joker would go up and Sarah B would go, but if it ends up Christian versus Sarah B, he'd want to keep Christian.
Tiffany ran her anti-Kyland loops, saying he's got F2s with her, Sarah B, Derek X. Xavier said he was playing Tyler's game and Tiffany said he thinks he's playing a Derrick game.
She also said they have their mission for the six (Cookout) but she doesn't trust everyone in it. She said she does trust Xavier, Hannah, Derek X, Claire.
Xavier said he trusts Alyssa and Christian most outside of the six, & both agreed they need a Plan B.
Derek X joined, Tiffany joked about being his lawyer and he doesn't have to say anything before she left.
DX told Xavier he'll use veto on Sarah B if he wins but then backtracked to say he'd have two options, leave nominations the same or put up Derek F in Sarah B's place.
Sarah B pitched her cockamamie plan to Britini, trying to get Britini to throw the veto to her, and Britini happily spread that story around.
Sarah B said something about getting a Disney pass because she's single, why not? Tiffany happily spread that story around, adding it as fuel to her fire about Sarah B and Kyland being a pre-existing duo or America's Pair etc, since Sarah B has told them she has a girlfriend.
Tiffany told Xavier that she'd gotten Derek X to put Sarah B on the block.
Tiffany told the cameras "I might flip this damn vote, I love DX and all, but for my game and the rest of my team, I need Sarah Beth to go home and I need her to go home ASAP."
Tiffany also told Claire she didn't think Sarah B "would come on here and lie about her sexuality, however she seems way more interested in guys than girls."
Britini had won the veto. It was a pass the prizes veto.
Britini - veto, Sarah B - $5,000, Alyssa - phone call now, video call in 4 weeks, phone, laptop, Derek X - 24 hour bathroom attendant, Kyland - Jackass Club - making club sandwiches maybe in costume, Claire - Duke of the Deck - 52 Pickup, maybe in costume.
Both Hannah and Tiffany said Sarah B was "talking shit on the bench" about Britini being dramatic.
Tiffany made her rounds where she consoled losers, cheered winners, boosting some up and tearing others down. She was everywhere, as was griping about Sarah B turning down the veto to take the cash.
There was also a lot of discussion and scenario running about what will happen Monday, with many of them still in the dark about Derek X's plan to backdoor Christian.
Kyland visited Derek X later, and told him "whatever you want to do" with a hug.
Tiffany was all over the house planting seeds. She wants SB gone, but doesn't want to go against DX.
Tiffany talked to DX so late into the night that she slept in the HOH with him.
Day 31 - Friday, 8/6/21 - Derek X makes his nominations
Derek X held meetings with everyone. He asked the same questions of them all, so naturally they compared notes despite him asking for confidentiality, and those still waiting to go had a chance to prep
Alyssa told him she wants to stick with Royal Flush and their pairs F4, but then slipped that she'd have put up Hannah if she'd won this HOH.
DX told Christian he'll put a little more weight on these noms because they're likely the last before jury
Sarah B told DX she figures she's at the bottom of the Royal Flush hierarchy and he said he probably is too.
Xavier said nobody threatens him personally, and game-wise only Britini because he put her up.
DX asked Britini if she'd be willing to go up as a pawn and between her ongoing "14 days" spiel, she said she wouldn't like it but would like to work with him going forward,
DX told us afterwards that meant she might be understanding and he's putting her up!
Derek X and Azah struck a deal during her meeting that they wouldn't nominate each other for two weeks, or vote against the other for an additional two weeks.
DX giddily told us when she left that left him free to put up Britini and Derek F, adding "I keep Azah, I keep Alyssa, they go after each other, boom!"
Derek F said he trusted DX, but it could be "playing with fire" if they lose another guy.
He asked if DX had a target in mind to backdoor and DX said "there's a reason why I'm thinking about pawns," without giving any names.
DF promised he'd never vote to evict DX, and would fight for him if/when he's on the block.
Hannah let Derek X know his questions had been shared and she continued to push for Sarah B to go up.
A final lengthy meeting with Kyland sounded like Derek X had pivoted back to Britini and Sarah B.
Derek X nominated Britini and Sarah B.
The Kings were pissed trying figure out what happened; Sarah B and Alyssa figured it was Hannah's doing.
Christian figured out that he was probably the backdoor target but Alyssa disagreed.
Sarah B was upset about being on the block and possibly going home her birthday week.
Christian said if he plays and wins veto, he'd use it on her.
Sarah B then visited Derek X and he told her she wasn't his target, at all.
The plan came out and Sarah B said if she has to pick Kyland for veto if she gets to pick, she would, as she really didn't want to sit on the block on Thursday.
DX said if Christian plays, wins, and uses veto, he'd threaten to put up Alyssa though he didn't want to do that due to his promise on the wall to both Alyssa and Xavier.
Christian ranted around and asked Britini if she knew what was going on.
She said dramatically she didn't, she was pissed, why is she on the block again?! After 14 days?!
Christian got heated and Britini also comforted him, telling him to take a breath.
Alyssa, Christian, Xavier finally made it to HOH where Derek X said Britini was his target.
Alyssa told Sarah B if she plays and wins veto, she'd use it on her.
Meetings went on and on.
Derek X told Tiffany and Claire that he'd had to tell Sarah B about the Christian backdoor plan to calm her down, and that Kyland also knew.
Claire secretly made Tiffany a birthday cake in the afternoon and everyone sang to her again
Royal Flush held a meeting in HOH with more plans for veto, and Sarah B said she thought she could get Britini to throw the comp to her.
She stayed behind to talk with Derek X and she said the Kings didn't suspect anything, and they'd even suggested she pick Kyland to play.
Christian and Alyssa remained in the dark about the backdoor plan and plotted to backdoor Derek X next week using the same plan as is happening now.
Claire, Hannah, Tiffany agreed they'd rather Sarah B go than Christian, and Tiffany said if he gets picked to play veto she might tell him to try to win it, and not use it.
Week 4 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Christian is Head of Household
Week 4 Wildcard Winner
Safety Winner is...
Wildcard winner: Claire
Week 4 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Christian won veto
Week 4 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Whitney and Hannah are nominated
Houseguest Evicted is....
Whitney
Day 30 - Thursday, 8/5/21 - Bye Whitney, We have a New HOH!!
Tiffany greeted the day and us with Derek X and Alyssa, announcing her birthday.
Sarah B and Hannah sat down to clear the air this morning, and they agreed to work together (fake).
Several other "we're good, right?" conversations also took place, and Derek X told Hannah he'd like to win to take the shot at Christian, even if Tiffany wishes otherwise.
Various interwoven alliances could make nominations tricky for several of them this week, to say the least.
Whitney was evicted unanimously and seemed surprised she didn't get a sympathy vote.
Julie told her about Royal Flush but not Cookout
Julie told us a new twist would be announced next Thursday that sounded like it will involve viewer votes.
Julie told them teams were over, and she sent them out to their HOH comp, a wall.
Derek F fell first, damn near before the show was over. LOL
Tiffany lasted a long time, which was really good for a 41 year old woman. I was happy for her.
In the end, Xavier and Derek F made deal, after Alyssa fell.
Derek X won at one hour, 24 minutes, and is the new HOH
There were multiple pantry celebrations in various combinations afterwards.
Derek X picked Have-nots, but the former Kings volunteered Alyssa, Christian, Xavier.
Alyssa and Christian isolated themselves, griping about Derek X and Hannah. They said they hoped Hannah would sleep in HOH and "we'll put that shit on blast" if she does.
Tiffany had a long shmoozy convo with Christian, and then she hurriedly told Derek X, with Hannah present, that he should go ahead and "take the shot" to get Christian out, if that's what he wants to do.
Derek X said he wants to backdoor Christian, and he'd need two pawns to put on the block tomorrow so Christian can't play for veto and save himself.
DX said he didn't know whether to put up two former Jokers or one former Joker and Sarah B.
Tiffany suggested what he should say to his prospective pawns, and Derek X joked about giving her the key and letting her do the meetings. Twice. (LOL, she is too good at this, DAMN!)
Tiffany reiterated that it was his decision, like she does, but she said it would probably be his best move unless he decides to make a deal with Christian to go all the way together.
Derek X said that wouldn't be something he could trust going forward, so he has to take him out.
Derek X talked it over with Hannah, tentatively settling on Britini and Derek F as the pawns, although Hannah leaned towards Britini and Azah.
Hannah asked Derek X who was in Royal Flush, since Tiffany dropped the name several (seven!) times.
Hannah asked Tiffany about it, and if it was Christian's or Alyssa's idea. Tiffany said she couldn't remember, but thought it was Xavier and Kyland, "one HOH to another" and "their two teams."
(Reminder, it was entirely Tiffany's idea, start to finish.)
Tiffany later told us she genuinely loves and respects DX and hopes he can stick for a long time, hopefully to be the last to go before the Cookout. And she'd be happy to "co-HOH or assistant HOH" with him. LOL
Derek X got his room at 12.32am and they trooped up to gush at the pics and treats.
Ky told DX to keep things tight and say little.
He asks if DX promised the King's they would make it to jury and DX says he didn't.
DX asks Ky about the plan that they recently discussed: If Ky had won HOH would he have tried to get a green light from X or the teammates.
Tiff comes in right after Ky leaves the HOH room. She tells him she's so proud of him and they hug.
DX tells Tiff he wants to set something up with X this week. Tiff says when C leaves X will need someone else to work with. She tells him he can work with X alone or with others.
Tiff tells him about the Royal Flush slip and how she handled it with Hannah.
DX tells Tiff what X said about keeping the King's off the block. Tiff says he can put up 2 Jokers, SB and a Joker to BD Christian or 2 King's one of them being Christian.
They start working on the chess board. DX says SB told him Brit said him and Hannah would go OTB.
Tiff says- To me Ky makes it seem like it's him and SB to the end. He always says "if you got two people who are thinking the same then you only need one"
Tiff is telling DX that Ky has SB to take him out in a mental comp.
DX tells Tiffany if he takes Alyssa or Christian out, he's 'dead' if one of them wins HOH next week.
Tiff and DX come up with a plan to nom Brit and SB.
They will throw the veto to KY if he gets picked in hopes of BD'ing Christian.
If Christian wins Veto, they will tell him if he uses it, Alyssa will go up
Day 29 - Wednesday, 8/4/21 - Whitney at Least Tried!
Whitney started the day with a strategy session with Xavier, hoping to stay.
Whitney did one on ones with everyone and they heated up when Alyssa told her that Hannah had said that she (Hannah) can manipulate Christian.
Alyssa urged Whitney to pitch to Christian again and make offers to him - not just safety offers but that she'd throw HOH, etc.
So Whitney went to HOH and told Christian a lot of things. Mostly that she'd target Derek X and Kyland? She said she wants to work with Christian and the Kings. And she wouldn't put any of them on the block but she'd put up Derek X and Kyland.
Christian seemed to be swayed, but he doesn't have a vote unless there's a tie.
Midnight finally rolled around and everyone cheered and sang Happy Birthday to Tiffany in a mass huddle-hug, the Have-nots got to eat after their week of slop, as did everyone else since they made enough for all.
Alyssa got mad at Derek F for implying she was like Holly to Christian's Jackson and riding his coattails.
Xavier got mad at Derek F for that and told him the jokes must stop, and Derek F got mad at being scolded and left out of game talks.
Sarah B decided she didn't need to win HOH, and she said she might throw it if Hannah goes out first.
Whitney snuggled in bed with Xavier for awhile and fell asleep, but he got up and switched beds.
Whitney will be home tomorrow.
Day 28 - Tuesday, 8/3/21 - This House MOVES quickly.
Tiffany and Claire talked about guys winning all the comps and maybe they all needed to go
They said that Christian could be a double eviction target,
They also discussed Kyland next to Sarah B on the block would ensure she goes
They agreed the Jokers were too emotional to pawn but they'd be good to drag to the end for a finals win.
Hannah later told Tiffany a double eviction would be a good time to take a shot at Claire.
Hannah's offered to take all the shots. She's the most eager lieutenant Tiffany's had yet.
Azah pushed to Tiffany that a King had to go next, and she presented a pitch she'd worked up with Britini and Derek F. She suggested Jokers and Queens team up, and they'd all agree to nominate a King against a pawn from each other's team, to ensure the King goes.
Tiffany mentioned getting to "the six" (Cookout) and Azah said she was under the impression it was "the five plus Hannah." Tiffany said she'd always considered Hannah a full member.
Tiffany slipped and said "Sarah Beth's next week" then backtracked, but Azah said that'd be fine with her.
Kyland and Tiffany had a meeting to iron out some tension. Kyland is feeling Tiff pull away from him.
Tiffany had a chat with us, saying she had to work on her facial expressions and voice tone when game talking, and she said Hannah was still her current final 2.
She said her current hit list was Sarah B, Claire, Christian, Derek X, Alyssa, Britini. She added it would be hard to cut Claire this soon as she's still her bestie, but she'd have to for the Cookout to get to the end.
And she said her three within the six were Hannah and Xavier.
Xavier talked to us, saying he just needs to keep doing as he has been, and keep his mouth shut, and "I'm just getting handed alliances left and right at this point."
Britini and Christian solidified their F2, and Christian told Alyssa about that shortly after.
Azah pitched the Jokers+Queen-to-boot-a-King plan to Claire.
Hannah and Sarah B had a chat at the makeup mirror, acknowledging they don't talk game and should change that, and they did some days studying.
Alyssa told Hannah the Queens never said Hannah's name to her, and she once again lied and said Sarah B hadn't pushed for Hannah to go on the block.
Claire held a very lengthy talk with us, saying she didn't want Whitney to stay but she was curious to hear her pitch, and it sounded like she wants to trust her F4 with Derek X, Kyland, Tiffany more than her F4 with Alyssa, Christian, Tiffany.
Whitney told Hannah they haven't met as a team since Brent left. She asked how Hannah was feeling about next week since there will only be two Aces left, and Hannah said "nervous."
Tiffany had a long, reconnecting talk with Derek X.
DX asked if Claire is to Tiffany what Kyland is to him, and she said yes.
Tiffany told Derek X if he gets a chance to take a shot at Christian, he should take it.
Alyssa pointed out to Christian that he's in good shape if she goes, but she's got nobody if he goes.
Day 27 - Monday, 8/2/21 - The Block is Locked
Tiffany told Hannah she got an agreement from both Derek's to "take a shot" at Christian if they win HOH.
Tiffany also told Hannah about her F2 with Kyland.
Kyland asked Tiffany if she'd help him study days and she said he should ask Sarah B.
Tiffany told us her plan is unchanged but relationships change and she has to constantly re-strategize.
She said she attaches to those with something useful she lacks, & she'd love to sit in finals with Hannah.
Christian did not use his veto.
Alyssa and Christian ran their hit list which was Whitney this week and Azah next, followed by Hannah, Britini, Derek X. So Tiffany/Xavier/Derek F's plan to leave Christian alone for now looks like it paid off.
Tiffany sat down with Hannah and Derek X to say "we need to make an effort to win this HOH - Ky cannot win it no matter fucking what." Claire joined and Tiffany repeated.
Derek X suggested putting up a Joker against Sarah B, and Hannah said Britini would be better since she's close to Sarah B. Sarah B walked in with laundry while they were conspiring against her and Kyland - oops.
Tiffany later told us "poor little Britini is gonna have to sit right next to SB."
Hannah asks DX if he's ok with Tiff's plan? He is - but he's not sure how Ky is going to feel about it.
DX does believe that there's a way to keep Ky but take out SB - but he doesn't want it to shock Ky.
DX doesn't think he can say anything to Ky now, it will go directly to SB.
Hannah agrees and says she trusts Ky to not take her out.
DX said that there's 2 sides for them - they either go with Alyssa & Christian or Tiff, Claire and Kyland who he trusts more. For comps though Alyssa & Christian have it
Hannah believes Alyssa & Christian are shields, but don't think they're loyal to them.
Alyssa, Christian, Derek X, Hannah finally all met up together and agreed to work as a group, saying they'd keep each other safe but would say to others they're going after each other.
Hannah told Tiffany about it within a few minutes
Claire and Alyssa talked about Kyland and Sarah B getting close, and Alyssa said her team meets to talk game but often without Sarah B. She added they didn't specifically exclude her, it just worked out that way.
Claire wondered what Kyland and Xavier's relationship was like. Alyssa was non-committal, and Claire said he wants to build a relationship with Xavier. But
Tiffany pitched a final three within Cookout to Xavier, with Hannah, when they get to six. He agreed, saying he'd be the muscle to their brains. (he's already got a three with Kyland and Derek F.)
Tiff asks SB "why do you think Hannah would target you?"
SB says b/c she's close with Chris, Alyssa and X. If Hannah wants to target a king it would be her.
She says Hannah's also close with Ky and S/B doesn't think Ky would want Hannah to target her.
Day 26 - Sunday, 8/1/21 - Tiffany takes Hannah under her wing
Azah told Derek F that Sarah B would put up one of them plus Hannah if she wins HOH.
Azah said Hannah would go over another Cookout member as she was the last added.
Tiffany told cameras/us she feels Sarah B is a threat because she seems to be holding back a lot of herself, and she's targeting Hannah for no real reason, therefore she could target Tiffany her other allies.
Whitney griped to Britini that her teamies Derek X and Hannah haven't talked game to her since Brent left but she sees them whispering and huddling with everyone else.,
Whitney said Derek X said something to Hannah about next week, in front of her (Whitney). She said "now I'm the Brent" (accurate), and said she planned to ask Christian to replace her with Derek X.
Derek F chimed in from the pool, saying Derek X started the Week 1 rumor that put Alyssa on the block, and Whitney clasped her hands and said she has a case!
Derek F continued to wind her up, and Whitney said Derek X might be her teammate "but after today, fuck that." She also said she's glad Christian is HOH and veto holder so she only has to pitch to one person.
Tiffany counseled Hannah a couple times to play dumber. Apparently she was quizzing Christian on days and answering if he was right or wrong immediately, and then he reported to Alyssa that Hannah knows all the days events cold.
Later Tiffany went back for another round, coaching Hannah to keep things to herself more, "you got two ears and one mouth, listen more and talk less." And Tiffany reminded Hannah that she should be buddying up to Sarah B to form some kind of bond there, to keep Sarah B placated and comfortable.
Kyland had another marathon game talk to the pantry cameras, and was joined by Sarah B who continued to push for Hannah to go.
Tiffany walked in on them hugging and walked right out again.
Whitney told Derek F "if I don't get taken off the block tomorrow, my seduction is gonna go up big time! Like who cares? I'm just gonna sit on Xavier's lap.. aggressive, where I should probably need a restraining order almost. I want him and he better let me cuddle with him since I'm gone anyway!" So there's that.
Hannah and Alyssa had a lengthy convo, making me wonder if Hannah misheard Tiffany's assignment to buddy up to Sarah B or if she decided not to participate.
Tiffany talked to Derek X again about Sarah B either getting AFP or currently playing as America's Player for cash, I'm not sure which, but either way she was again pushing for Sarah B to be sent home before jury.
Tiffany then told us she likes and respects Sarah B as a person but needed to make sure she goes home as she could be very dangerous to Tiffany's game.
Whitney hosted a makeup class with most of the ladies and they really liked it.
Xavier and Derek F talked about Sarah B and how hard she'd fought to get Hannah on the block and out.
Xavier had some concerns about Kyland because of that but Derek F assured him Kyland was definitely with them.
The three of them decided Derek F would have to win HOH to take a shot at Christian, but they don't know this week is endurance.
The Houseguest had their BB Nightclub outback on the patio. It was Love Island style and pretty fun.
Whitney made her pitch to Christian around 1am, suggesting Derek X go up in her place.
Day 25 - Saturday, 7/31/21 - Christian is a Comp Beast, and Tiffany eyes her next Target!
Azah, Claire, Derek X were picked to play veto along with Christian, Hannah, Whitney, and Alyssa will host.
Kyland told Derek X to throw it to Azah or Claire if possible, if the others are already out, presumably so DX wouldn't widen his own target as a great competitor unnecessarily.
Tiffany and Xavier talked about how they might be being perceived out here, and Xavier said if he's hated he hopes people will leave his family alone. (All their families should be left alone.)
Derek X told Azah he's already told Hannah he'll do what Christian wants if he wins veto, and Azah said she'll listen to Christian and respect his HOH, "but there's no sense in me using it."
Derek X also dropped to her that Alyssa had an F2 with Brent but evicted him anyway.
Christian had won his second veto.
Since everything's decided for Whitney's exit, there was very little game talk for a change, and instead they mostly chit-chatted in various large groups.
Tiffany gave Azah a pep talk and urged her to be strong for herself and for her team.
That led to a good gametalk, with Azah saying she realized people were acting stupid and Tiffany replied "the stupider the better."
Tiffany suggested Sarah B was one of the more dangerous players currently because she acts like she knows nothing when she really knows a lot, and Tiffany seemed to be encouraging Azah to buddy up with Sarah B as a backup Cookout partner/pawn, but she didn't come out and say so.
Tiffany also said she struggles with Cookout because they'll want her to boot Christian if she wins HOH, and she said she didn't want to do that herself.
From there they went into a hilarious segment about Whitney always rubbing on Xavier (which she continued to do through the evening), and Azah wanting him for herself.
Tiffany said "this isn't Big Orgasm, Big Orgy, Big Massage, Get a BBC!" Azah laughed about her expressions when the rubbing's underway, and said her fam is watching, and "I be looking like Boo Boo the Fool.
Azah literally rolled with laughter when Tiffany impersonated Whitney doing her hand massages on Xavier.
Derek X talked with Alyssa about wanting to work with Christian rather than against him, and it felt like everyone else was trying to pit them against each other.
Alyssa proposed an F4 with Christian and Hannah, and Derek X seemed receptive, as did Christian when Alyssa told him - but she retold it to Christian as being Derek X's suggestion.
They ran a few loops and decided they weren't sure about it as long as Royal Flush and their F4 with Tiffany and Claire were still intact.
Tiffany and Xavier had a pantry check-in and wondered what to do about the Alyssa/Christian situation.
Xavier said he couldn't cut Christian because they're teamies and Tiffany said she couldn't do it, so they agreed Derek F would have to.
But that would mean he'd have to win HOH, so that problem might persist for them.
Azah had a long chat with SarahB, per her mission from Tiffany, with Kyland present for most of it.
Tiffany made Claire and Hannah swear to not repeat that Xavier thought Sarah B was on track to AFP and only wanted to make jury to ensure that. (This is not about AFP, it's about painting a target on SarahB.)
Claire told Derek X that Sarah B was "really really really REALLY pushing Hannah" to go.
DerekX sounded about four years old when he replied "that hard?"
Tiffany has been painting the target on Sarah B's back ever since she tried to target Hannah.
Day 24 - Friday, 7/30/21 - Claire is safe until Jury, and Aces are in Trouble
Christian asked Xavier how he could put up Hannah as a pawn (against target Whitney) and also arrange a safety deal for next week.
He told Britini since he'll likely be next week's target, he needs someone he can sit next to and be safe, and that was factoring into his decision today. He said he didn't know how to do that, and added "it's gonna be a Kings decision for sure."
Claire won the wildcard and got to choose between safety for her entire team for the week or safety for herself all the way until jury. She chose jury. Smart move.
Royal Flush met in HOH, mostly debating Whitney vs Hannah, with Tiffany pushing for Britini, and Sarah B was frustrated about so much emphasis on jury votes when she was just trying to make jury at this point.
Christian made suggestions of telling Hannah she might go up as a pawn and that Jokers were coming after her, but Sarah B pointed out those two statements didn't work together.
Christian then did one-on-ones but I think most of the Kings were apprehensive about him doing them solo, and Alyssa checked on him and what had been said between several of them.
Alyssa has been trying to run this HOH already.
Christian's meetings shifted from Whitney/Hannah to Whitney/Britini and back again before he was done.
Hannah was up first. Christian kept repeating "the house wants Whitney" and Hannah kept saying she knew that, and then ran logic circles around him. She opened the door for him to say she was going up as pawn but he didn't take the opportunity to admit it, and said he still had a lot of convos to go.
Whitney said she'd love to work with him, Alyssa, Xavier, Derek X and that would be her "ideal dream team."
He also didn't take the opportunity to give her a warning, so she went back downstairs to tell Hannah she wasn't going on the block, so Hannah returned to HOH for another round, and they were joined by Alyssa.
Hannah asked if Britini would be the renom if Whitney comes down, and said she'd feel best sitting next to her (Britini) if she has to be on the block Thursday.
Christian told Tiffany that it would be Whitney and Hannah, with Whitney the target, and Tiffany again stressed it was his HOH, it wasn't about what she wanted, and was masterful here getting her way again.
Christian nominated Whitney and Hannah.
Hannah got right into HOH to talk to Christian, which she did well.
Whitney tried to get a turn but had to wait
Christian brought Team Kings in to rehash, and for Xavier and Sarah B to discover the target had shifted from Hannah to Whitney since they met earlier today, and they hadn't been notified.
Whitney told Hannah that she'd cuddled Xavier for an hour & was surprised he hadn't given her a heads up.
Tiffany and Claire were next to HOH (sorry again, Whitney), and they stressed their revelation to Alyssa and Christian that most everyone was paired up in duos (which had then led to Tiffany's Cookout partner/pawn plan). They declared themselves yet another foursome, the duos within Royal Flush.
Tiffany said they might need a fifth but they'd wait to see, and they agreed Xavier would be good for that slot if needed. They did not come up with a name but they'll think about it.
Whitney finally made it to HOH, not happy, as Christian tried to counter her accusations.
Meanwhile Xavier told Alyssa that Whitney's blaming her for being on the block.
Whitney griped to Derek F about Kyland having a hand in her nomination because he's got someone on every team that he's tight with. She has no idea Derek F does too.
She was clearly bothered by her nom but acted like she wasn't, making it all look so awkward. And she got annoyed at the cameras following her around "now".
Derek F griped loudly about being on slop, which he said doesn't fill him up at all, and he was going through canned olives like Enzo went through cough drops.
Tiffany showed her self-awareness by telling us she now has 15 alliances in there.
Xavier said Derek F was playing like Josh, which upset DF, who called Xavier a lawyer again, and Tiffany had a heart to heart with Derek F telling him he has to control his emotions.
Week 3 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Xavier is Head of Household
Week 3 Wildcard Winner
Safety Winner is...
Wildcard winner: Tiffany
Week 3 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Britini and Brent are nominated
Week 3 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Christian won veto
Week 3 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Britini and Brent are nominated
Evicted Week 3
Houseguest Evicted is....
Brent
Updated Friday - 7/30/21 Here's the update of all the big things from the week. Updates chronicled from most recent (top) to oldest (bottom)
Alyssa told Hannah and Whitney that Brent told her he has a secret plan, and she can't trust her own team, they've held meetings without her, and Christian's jealous of how much she trusts Brent.
Sexual innuendoes over breakfast led Whitney to say about Derek X "I made him close his legs, and then I cuddled him, I didn't want to feel the whole egg roll, I just wanted to cuddle him."
Xavier said "hold on" and pointed out Whitney was still laughing about it. It was a very insensitive "joke".
Brent was evicted unanimously.
The HOH comp was Pier Pressure, played as teams.
They had to run one at a time to assemble a 3-D surfboard puzzle, with a timer running. If any player's timer ran out before they were back home, their team would be eliminated.
HOH would be the person who first put the final puzzle piece in place and hit their buzzer.
Team Kings had won, with Christian the new HOH.
Julie told us but not them that Sunday's show would have the final Wildcard comp
Meaning this is the last week for teams
Next Thursday would be an endurance comp on the feeds
Jokers are Have Nots, so expect Big D to be even more cranky than normal all week!
They all shared their Brent farewells and Xavier was surprised to hear most of them weren't particularly kind. They group-roasted Brent for quite awhile, and it was pretty funny.
Both Azah and Xavier told Derek F that nobody was targeting him but if he kept acting "out of sorts or pissy" (Xavier's words), he'd make himself a target.
Whitney massaged Xavier's fingers and arm for a long time, rather suggestively, as they retold some of their (awkward) flirty convos. Azah was not amused and clearly wants Whitney gone....
Christian told the Kings he didn't know what he was going to do but they discussed and it'll still be Whitney as target, likely next to Hannah. Depending on the Wildcard outcome of course.
Day 22 - Wednesday, 7/28/21 - Hannah finally is brought in!
Tiffany took the chess/planning board to HOH and Cookout held strategy meetings in various forms: Tiffany/Derek F/Azah, Tiffany/Xavier/Derek F, Tiffany/Xavier, Tiffany/Xavier/Kyland.
They pretty much agreed they were good for quite awhile unless two of them were on the block, they'll each keep their side people close, and they'd try to get Team Kings to go after Whitney next.
Basically they're planning a Brigade gameplay
Azah wasn't pleased to hear from Derek F that Cookout made plans without her again.
He encouraged her to suck it up, not sit back, get more proactive with her game, and he urged her to ask Tiffany for a talk. Derek F told us "if everyone can't get it together, I'm sending them home"
Brent told Whitney his game strategy is so superb that it's irrelevant he's being targeted by some, and he said he's being targeted because of his looks.
Tiffany told Derek X to keep Hannah close and make her his person.
Brent and Britini each did their one-on-ones, with Brent completing his first, Britini went all day
Tiffany sat down with Hannah to tell her about Cookout, but not the name.
She took credit for "visualizing" it, and told her the member names, and laid out the plan for each of them to have a non-member pair on the side to sit on the block with them.
She encouraged Hannah to make that arangement with Derek X, as she told him to do the same earlier.
Tiffany implied Kyland didn't want to let Hannah in on the entire plan, but said she thinks of her as a little sister so she spilled everything, and said she did not tell Azah all of it because Azah isn't thinking about the game like they are.
Tiffany also told her only Kyland and Xavier know the complete plan, with Derek F knowing some of it, and that she, Hannah, would be going on the block as the target if Team Kings wins HOH tomorrow.
Azah accidentally dropped the Cookout name to Hannah, and cringed to us about that, before telling Derek F, and Kyland and Tiffany. She said she tried to cover by saying "that's what I call it in my mind"
Britini told Azah and Derek F that everyone wants them to win HOH tomorrow.
Tiffany and Claire finally formalized their F2 and called themselves Snake Eyes.
Claire told us she doesn't trust Kyland and wants him or Xavier gone before jury, and she said she thought she might be the next target after Whitney.
Derek F told Brent he didn't think he was going to have the votes, and said he could vote for him but he's just one. Brent said he thought he has four votes, plus Derek F and Azah would make six. Even if they do warn him before the show tomorrow, he probably won't believe them.
Hannah did ask Derek X to be her person, in the game, and said she'll gun for HOH tomorrow rather than chance being up against Whitney, in case Whitney comes off.
Hannah met with Tiffany to tell her she formalized her partnership with Derek X, as Tiffany had suggested.
She expressed concerns about the plan, saying she thought Cookout partner/pawns SarahB, Derek X, Claire might figure out what's going on.
Tiffany agreed, saying they might be bitter jurors, and she's expressed the same concern to Kyland.
Hannah thought because of the bigger picture they might understand, and she said she didn't think Britini or Christian would figure it out.
Tiffany said that's why they all need to stay close to their person, in order to reassure & keep the cover.
Hannah told Tiffany she thought the ideal order would be SarahB, Claire, Derek X, Christian, Britini.
Brent's gone on Thursday.
Day 21 - Tuesday, 7/27/21 - This House is Nuts!!!
Claire and Tiffany agreed that Kyland's gotten a little arrogant with them as far as wanting things his way and not listening to their input.
Britini said she'll do one-on-one campaigning tomorrow, and Xavier said he'll hold more meetings tomorrow
Tiffany started making noises about Hannah (to draw Derek X back into her fold, in my opinion), and Alyssa and Christian got wind that they're probably in trouble.
Nonstop game talking raged on and on in everywhere all day long!
Whitney visited Xavier in his bed and they did their awkward flirting thing.
Azah also visited him there and they talked about the game, he encouraging her to get into it more, and they talked about Cookout and their potential to make BB history.
Alyssa cried to herself and to Xavier about lying to Brent, saying he was supposed to be her person.
Britini cried to Azah about nobody asking about her life or caring about her being on the block.
Brent told the Aces they were the strongest team in the house, and everything was going to be emotional and different after Thursday.
Tiffany told us, after a pinky-swear with Brent that they wouldn't go against each other until F7, that she's trying to hold on to too much and she has to let something go.
She said she's second guessing Kyland as her F2 since he has everyone, and Claire is the only person she truly feels aligned with.
She then sat down for another marathon strategy session with Claire over chess pieces, while various other whisperers whispered into the night.
Alyssa pinky-swore to Brent that he'll have her vote, even if she's the only one.
Tiffany and Claire kept working, and they figured out Kyland and Sarah B's partnership.
Day 20 - Monday, 7/26/21 - Plans get discussed for next week
Before the veto meeting, Brent asked Alyssa about last night's lengthy meeting, and she told him everyone was just going along with what Xavier wanted.
Christian did not use his veto.
Brent gloated to Kyland and Derek X that his plan worked and Xavier "took the bait."
He said Alyssa told him everything this morning and she doesn't trust Xavier anymore, adding "we're running the house" and they'll be in great shape since Xavier can't compete in the next HOH.
When he left, Kyland told Derek X "I'm so glad we have a leader like that so we don't have to think anything."
Britini did another rap and seemed pleased with her performance. (Jeez)
Brent followed Hannah around, crashing whatever convo she was in, and bragging to whoever would listen about the blindside coming on Thursday, still clueless that he'll be the one blindsided.
Tiffany and Azah reconnected, and Britini yacked Kyland's ear off in a marathon session.
Xavier, Derek F, Azah chatted in HOH about problematic things Brent has said, and they said if anyone suspects the Cookout is a thing, it could be him.
Brent tells DF that he isn't sure keeping Brit will help him - especially if she's on the block every week.
Azah is brought up - D tells him there's no way he gets Azah's vote, Brit is her girl.
Brent doesn't understand why he's been looked at as a threat?
X, Tiff and Alyssa are talk about the votes this week - Tiff wants it to be unanimous.
X/Al tell her that DX was considering throwing a pity vote, but they told him it will make him a target and he changed his mind quickly.
They note DF seems a little off. Tiff tells them DF plans to chat with Ky. X decides to find Ky to ask what's up with DF? Ky assumes it was the talk D had with Brent.
Claire tells Tiff that Kyland is very worried about the girls working together. Tiff points out the guys talk about it more than the girls do.
Claire & Tiff run scenarios about possibly bringing in SB. SB, doesn't get along w/Hannah, so that is a potential problem. SB would want to bring in Alyssa. They don't want that.
They want to bring in DX closer than DX is to Ky.
Alyssa tells Christian that they wouldn't win over Claire. She thinks the girls are in with her.
Alyssa & Christian pinky promise a final 2.
DX-goes to have not room to say goodnight to Claire & Tiff. Tiff-asks where they are for next week.
DX-Whit thinks it's too early to take the shot, which sucks. Claire-better to be too early than too late.
DX-He & Hannah would have to give Whit too much info to Whit
DX-thinks it's smart to keep Azah at this point. Brings up concern over anyone taking a shot at Brit. Alyssa won't, Tiff wants to take out Whit.
DX-Christian/Alyssa was getting upset that the queens won't take the shot, earlier in bathroom.
Tiff-Why don't we bring Jokers in? They're target is the Kings because they still have all members
DX-thinks putting himself & Hannah up is the easy move
DX-has accepted that nobody is taking a shot at Kings, Claire-They just aren't seeing the board.
TIff-If we convince the jokers to take a shot, we have to be quiet about it because KY is not for that.
DX-the person who convinced him of taking the Kings to Jury was KY.
TIff-wonders how much of the show Ky really knows. America will think we're dumb as F**k
Tiff-Cannot take a shot at Azah, repeats it. DX-I should take the shot then Tiff-yeah, that's what I'm thinking
DX-I saw you set that up so shut up..laughter. Claire-maybe we throw it
Tiff-How do we throw it to the Aces? Hold on....why can't Hannah take the shot at them?
DX-Hannah won't take shot because that isn't her game. She is playing a lowkey game. There is a house target currently, so whoever wins HOH and takes the shot will be the next house target, in Hannah's eyes.
DX-trying to figure out why she feels so safe with the kings
Tiff-wishes there was another target than Whit. Ky-Why? Tiff-Because she isn't coming for me.
Ky-no, she's not coming for a girl yet. Tiff-Not a direct threat & also, a shield for Tiff.
Ky-there's a difference btwn getting along w/everyone & the trustworthiness combined
Day 19 - Sunday, 7/25/21 - The Block gets Locked!
Derek F assured Azah they're all still on the same page and the Cookout mission is still intact.
Alyssa told Britini she can't throw HOH to her unless she knows "where her head is at" re targets.
Britini said she gets that, but she did not divulge her targets.
The Tiffany/Azah tension continued, with Tiffany expressing her frustrations to Kyland, like she did last night to Xavier. Tiffany and Azah finally did have a chat, though I think they kept it light/surface rather than broach their bigger issues.
Various meetings took place about next week and future plans.
Team Queens came up with a team signal of holding cards close followed by putting on their crowns.
Derek F, Kyland, Tiffany pretty much agreed their upcoming boot order would be Alyssa or Christian followed by the other, then Whitney. Kyland joked he hadn't even flirted with Alyssa yet.
They decided Cookout was probably safe till jury at least.
Whitney told Hannah she wants Alyssa gone next, then Sarah B.
Xavier and Team Kings met with each of the other teams, with Alyssa and Christian parked in his bed while he sat across the room. He opened to Jokers with an apology to Britini, and assured her it'll be 11-0 on Thursday and she'll stay.
She said she wanted to meet later with Christian and Xavier anyway.
Britini finally met with Xavier and Christian, but it wasn't much compared to the buildup.
There were no demands about 21 Day Contingency Plan, unfair, or any of the rest of it she's been ranting about. There were references to Xavier's speech: "that's never been said about me before in my life" so something may have been edited out for us.
There were a number of bullet points but Xavier finally said "we haven't been persuaded to use the power of veto" and that was that. Xavier told Christian when she left "she can NOT win HOH next week,"
Brent hatched an elaborate plan to ensure the veto won't be used so the Mafia alliance of Aces and Queens would vote to save him and blindside the others.
He remains unaware that the veto was never going to be used and he'll be the one getting blindsided, and evicted, on Thursday, but that pitch triggered a lengthy Royal Flush meeting.
They agreed to throw the HOH to Alyssa and target Whitney, though some just pretended to agree to that.
An offshoot meeting followed between Tiffany, Kyland, Claire, Derek X who formalized themselves as The Detectives, complete with hand signal.
A lot more planning for next week happened, but we'll see what pans out.
Day 18 - Saturday, 7/24/21 - The Block gets Locked!
Xavier held yet another series of one-on-ones with everyone.
Veto players were drawn early: Christian (Xavier's HGC), Derek F, Whitney will; Sarah B will host.
Brent's was comical though as he spewed forth his usual buffoonery, boasting about having been the number one target since day one, and how everyone was shocked when he was nominated.
He suggested a meeting of the Radicals (Kings and Aces), and he pushed for Azah to be renom.
Britini continued whining and ranting about being on the block again, it's not fair, nobody cares about her feelings, she's done nothing to deserve it. (Cause she does nothing & everyone else has been working.)
Azah told Derek F she wants to play like old school BB where open hostilities were part of the game, rather than all this tip-toeing around the targets and behind-the-back scheming.
Christian won veto comp, which was Bowlerina.
Apparently Xavier threw it to Christian when it came down to just them in the last round.
Britini tells Azah and/or Derek F that they need to tell Xavier that there's no reason she needs to sit a second entire week on the block when he can easily put up someone else,
Britini also says that Xavier needs to apologize to her for his speech. She got super pissed but Azah plus Sarah B finally calmed her a bit and let her know she could make things worse if she's not careful.
Xavier made suggestions to Christian for his Monday speech when he doesn't use it: "my teammate had a plan" and "I want to honor the HOH" and the like.
Alyssa and Christian went back under covers to smack and slurp some more.
Derek X, Whitney and Hannah debated whether to warn Brent on Thursday or go for the blindside. They tentatively decided to let him know 15 minutes before the show.
Brent said he hopes Christian doesn't use his veto as he was confident he'd stay over Britini.
Tiffany and Claire had a pantry check-in, with Tiffany suggesting they try to find out if Derek X might be slipping away from them a bit as he's getting closer to Hannah.
Xavier and Whitney snuggled and flirted in the hammock.
Azah thinks Brent knows he's going home and Tiff is trying to make her see that Brent doesn't know. Tiff tells Azah that Brent thinks he has 3 from her team and 3 from his team which is all he needs to stay.
Alyssa is vented to Brent that she can't hang out with Christian because people see it as a showmance but Whit and X can lay together in the hammock and no one thinks anything of it. Alyssa says it's not fair and it frustrating but she's not taking it personal. (Yea, ok)
Brent tells Alyssa this is his last week in the house. She says why would you think that? You have the votes. He doesn't want to but ends up tell her after asking if he can trust her wholeheartedly.
Hannah and DX talked and Hannah says when Alyssa leaves she wants to be in Christians ear. DX says he thinks Tiff has that role. Hannah tells him there can be more that one person in that role. She wants to throw the HOH comp to the Queens if they can.
Tiffany told Xavier about the tensions yesterday with Azah. Tiff mentions that her and Azah broke the ice today but she's sure that Azah doesn't like her at all.
Tiff tells him how Azah feels bad about Brent, but doesn't feel that X needed to play games to get him out and that Brent thinks he's staying.
Xavier said Azah is very empathetic and she's working on it within the game. Azah can't lie. He wants her to understand that she needs to let the rest of them do the lying from here on out so she doesn't have to.
Tiffany said "I will take my own advice and STFU." Tiff says that Azah takes everything that's said personally and she wishes that she hadn't stopped and talked to Azah on the couch a few min ago. Tiff says she's done, she won't say a word to Azah about game but will be cordial.
Claire has joined Hannah and DX up in the poker area. Hannah wants to know who Claire wants out before jury. Claire says she's looking at who can win comps and who she wants to live with. Claire says her next ones out would be Whit, Azah and then Alyssa or Christian potentially.
Hannah wants to break Alyssa and Christian up because they will vote together in jury no matter what.
Hannah wants one of either Alyssa or Christian out before jury. Then she wants Xavier because he's a huge physical threat and has been asking her for advice each night on what he should do in the game.
Hannah starts telling Whit who Claire wants out over the next few weeks. First mentioned is Azah because of how emotional she is. Whit wants the Jokers to win next week so they can take a shot at the Kings because the Kings are super powerful.
Xavier then went to HOH with Whitney where they flirted some more. They get under the covers and talk.
Tiff and Brit talked & Brit tells Tiff that she knows she meant nothing malicious and Tiff just wanted to win.
Claire and SB are now talked and SB says she thinks she wants Hannah out after Brent. She doesn't want Brit going because she doesn't think Brit would put her up.
Brit, Azah and DF are talked in the yacht room and Brit starts crying and says she's going to be stuck up OTB for the rest of the week. She's very upset.
DF tells her they will gun for the HOH next week but they need to have a plan of who's going out if they don't win. He says they aren't going to let people manipulate them anymore.
DF says no one sees him or Britini as threats, so next week is the perfect time to strike.
Tiffany/Claire talk and Claire says DX has the same body type for his game but Tiffany asks how long do we keep him in? Both are worried he's too smart.
Tiffany tells Claire that Whitney is good at getting close to these guys so they don’t want her gone.
Tiffany is worried about Britini winning HOH next week. Claire says they need to make Britini believe they want to work with her moving forward in order to keep themselves safe.
Kyland joins Tiffany/Claire in the HN room. He tells them about his convo with DX and how the house might be teaming up to go against the kings. Ky says if a joker wins, they'll target him and DX.
Ky says he has no intentions of informing Brent is he being evicted prior to Thursday.
Day 17 - Friday, 7/23/21 - Xavier makes the move that needs to be made
Tiffany solidified her F2 with Kyland this morning, as planned. She said if the two of them are in finals at the end, it'd be a win-win for culture and for the show, as well as for each of them.
Kyland agreed, and she asked if he was suggesting a final two deal. Note how she did that, making it seem like his suggestion, since she already seems to have an F2 deal with Claire. But he came back saying yes they should make an F2 if she, as his BB coach, thought they should.
This was a very lengthy convo about many things, with a very lengthy handshake.
Tiffany had won the Wildcard, and did not take the safety.
Britini and Derek X also played. It was a balance beam comp, involving some way of targeting others, and there were claims that Derek X and Tiffany worked together to target Britini.
Britini was upset and crying, and various people tried to calm her down but Tiffany was the one who succeeded in talking her off the ledge.
Azah was also upset as she's close with Britini but also targeting her would affect Azah's team, again.
Tiffany told Xavier that Azah was playing personally and emotionally, and that was making things difficult
Xavier held one-on-ones with a plan to put up Britini and Brent, with Brent still his target, but he planned to create a misdirection to make it seem otherwise to Brent.
He told several of them this plan, and said "it's gonna take a lot of not talking" to work
Azah told him to put her up rather than making Britini go through another week on the block, pointlessly, if he insisted on an elaborate ruse. And she urged him to skip the whole pawn plan and put up two people from Team Aces since they have no Cookout members.
I guess she isn't acknowledging Hannah's membership as full-fledged, but merely adjacent.
Meetings carried on with a final re-appearance from Brent, who told Xavier he knows he's not a pawn because his team told him so, and it will piss them off if he goes on the block.
Derek X and Hannah happily threw the HOH comp so Brent would be eligible for nomination and eviction.
Xavier nominated Brent and Britini, as elaborately planned.
Feeds came back to Britini crying and Xavier reassuring her.
Then Brent approached Xavier, who continued the ruse, and Brent spewed more of his trademark ridiculous lines about how intelligent he is, he's not pawn material, and the like
He asked if his team knew what Xavier was going to do, and Xavier said "no, nobody."
Xavier urged both noms to gun for the veto, and checked in with others to urge them to keep the ruse alive.
Brent later told his fellow Aces "it's important we realize this is not a pawn scenario, I am the target," and he said if it's a close vote on Thursday, they'll know where everyone's loyalties lie.
Brent then ran the same spiel to Tiffany, and his Aces Teamies, and Alyssa.
And Xavier warned Claire and Kyland that he'll pretend Brittany is his real target to keep the ruse alive.
Brent continued making rounds, denying being pawn material and confident he'd have the votes to stay if he's still on the block on Thursday, and continuously talking about the "all girl alliance" threat.
A number of retells about those rounds brought laughter along with boasts of good lying - not necessarily something you want to boast about in the BB habitat.
Britini started to settle down a bit but had a few more bursts of anger and angst.
Azah and Tiffany had a quick meeting with Azah asking why Tiffany and Derek X went for Britini in the comp. Tiffany said it was to keep her (Azah) and Derek F safe, and also because Derek X didn't want the win. It was a somewhat tense meeting, not nearly as close and cordial as they've been previously.
Derek F went to HOH to talk to Xavier, who asked Alyssa and Christian to leave. Derek asked for, and got, one of Xavier's beers before saying he was worried about Azah, that she's becoming increasingly upset about being left out of the Cookout communication loops.
Xavier told Derek he'd have to use the veto on Britini if he plays and wins since she's on his team.
Alyssa and Christian crossed over into official mance territory with a quick undercovers makeout session.
Azah and Derek X had a chat about the comp and how/why he threw it.
Week 2 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Kyland is Head of Household
Week 2 Wildcard Winner
Safety Winner is...
Wildcard winner: Sarah B
Week 2 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Britini and Frenchie are nominated
Week 2 Power of VETO
The Veto winner is....
Derek X won veto
Week 2 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Britini and Frenchie are nominated
Evicted Week 2
Houseguest Evicted is....
Frenchie
Day 16 - Thursday, 7/22/21 - Frenchie Evicted, New HOH
Frenchie ran his loops for this last day, announcing again he won't be going on social media, and blah blah
Overnight, Derek X talked Brent into throwing the HOH comp, but then Frenchie let Brent know half the house was gunning for him.
The new Royal Family alliance renamed themselves Royal Flush.
Derek F had a long talk with his replacement boo Kyland, and said he'll target Brent and Christian.
Tiffany also had a talk with Kyland, saying Alyssa is high on her hit list along with Brent and Whitney.
Anti-Brent meetings carried on, mostly due to his problematic and inappropriate (misogynistic) comments.
Frenchie was voted out 11-1, with Derek F being the dissenter as previously promised.
Xavier won HOH!!
Feeds came back 10 minutes after the east coast ended
Alyssa and Christian apparently used the showmance word referring to themselves.
Derek X and Hannah laughed about how easy the comp was and how fun it was to throw it, once Brent and Whitney were both out.
Derek X asked her when people tend to start making F2s and F3s, per prior seasons.
He said Brent pitched "the idea" of F2 to him yesterday, but Derek basically told him to wait and see, and didn't commit. Hannah said Brent has one of the biggest egos she's ever seen (accurate).
Team Queens are Have-nots for the week, which Tiffany had requested, since her birthday is next week.
She had a quick whisper with Xavier, and it sounded like he'll probably be putting up Brent and Whitney, as committee-planned last night, or possibly Brent and Britini.
Tiffany told us she wants to pitch an F2 to Kyland.
Xavier and Kyland had a meeting about meetings, with Xavier saying he appreciated how Kyland ran his HOH via meetings, and he wanted to do similar. He said he'll have meetings with each team before tomorrow's Wildcard comp, and one-on-ones between the comp and noms.
Xavier told his team he's planning on Brent and Whitney noms. He announced his meetings plans to various groups, adding that he'll meet with teams alphabetically. That sounds ridiculous and lawyerlike, but it was probably so he can meet with Queens last, and that makes sense.
Azah and Derek F had a talk about Cookout and where they stand. Derek F said Kyland assured him last week he was loyal there, but they weren't sure where Xavier stood.
Azah also said she thought Xavier is hot, despite everyone else thirsting for Kyland.
Shortly after that, Derek F, Kyland, Xavier formed another alliance, but they had trouble coming up with a name, suggesting one copyright suggestion after another. They'll think about it.
Brent told Alyssa he's been lip-reading, and he asked her for an F2, and a name for it, but she didn't commit. Instead, she retold the convo to Whitney and Xavier, and later to Christian.
Derek X and Kyland decided Britini/Whitney would be the best noms, with Brent as a backdoor target, but Xavier said he respects Brent enough that he wanted to let him have a shot at winning veto.
Derek F tried to point fingers at SarahB to Azah, and said there's a girls alliance without Azah, and if another guy goes, the six members of Cookout won't be able to get to the end, but Azah wasn't biting.
Day 15 - Wednesday, 7/21/21 - The Block is Locked
Frenchie told Derek F "if I was still here and I got HOH again and again, no matter what, I'm making big moves, I don't care about the shock factor, I'm making big moves, that's what I'm here for" - okay bub.
Later he went on another farewell tour, with hugs around the habitat.
Sarah B told Claire, Tiffany, Kyland about yesterday's floaters vs coasters talk, and how Brent was later saying Azah was angry about that and "jumped down his throat."
Sarah B said Azah wasn't upset at all, and asked "like what is going on in Brent's head?"
Derek X mocked Frenchie again about his opening night "no women or minorities" grandstanding.
Britini kicked off the one-on-one campaign meetings she announced yesterday, starting with a very dramatic outburst to Tiffany and Sarah B that she was SO UNCOMFORTABLE sitting next to Frenchie, and especially having people tell her she's safe in front of him. Tiffany counseled her and calmed her down.
Hannah said she has her vote 100%, and when Alyssa asked who Britini trusts the most right now, she diplomatically said Alyssa and Christian.
Frenchie joined and asked if he could do his one-on-one now too, with Britini still there, saying he'll never campaign against Britini.
Brent continued putting his foot in his mouth by telling Hannah they need to get a woman out next week "to attack their numbers."
Frenchie pitched to Brent, saying he'd made a mistake but owned up to it - I missed the owning up part. He also said if he stays he'll have Brent's back, they shared a bro-hug.
Frenchie then told Alyssa he was just doing what the alliance said to do last week, and if he stays and is ever on the block with her and wins veto, he'll "110%" use it on her.
He also said he'd like to work with her and Christian. She said she just didn't want to go against the house, and suggested he check back with her if he can get more votes.
After that, he told himself/us "I just might be able to do this." Nope.
Azah once again made it clear she wanted to go after Brent.
The three remaining Queens had a lengthy meeting that included Kyland asking if he should approach Frenchie about the way he's spoken to the women in there.
Tiffany said that wasn't Kyland's job and it wouldn't go over well anyway, and she added Frenchie will find out soon enough. Tiffany's right, it absolutely would not go over well.
Yet another meeting was held in HOH with Teams Queens and Aces, with a tentative agreement to join forces, and they called themselves The Mafia. It's probably real for Brent and maybe some others, but it's definitely fake for Tiffany, Claire, Kyland.
Those three then held another meeting with Team Kings to finally finalize that grouping [plus Derek X] that Tiffany and Claire have been wanting to solidify for awhile now.
The Queens told the Kings that the Aces had just proposed an alliance to them. Alyssa and Xavier agreed that would give them a Reason to nominate Aces.
This new alliance [plus Derek X] will call themselves Royal Family.
Day 14 - Tuesday, 7/20/21 - Frenchie Who?
Britini announced she'd hold one-on-one meetings today about votes, clearly unaware that Wednesday is waffle day, and 11th hour campaigns work better than long, drawn-out ones.
Brent continued spewing his dating/attraction hogwash to anyone who would pretend to listen.
Brent worked his way back into the spotlight again when he had a little spat with Whitney, who'd been trying to counsel him to stay calm before their convo derailed.
She said "you don't know me" after he'd said something that implied he did, and he countered "I've dated so many girls like you."
Later he said something about floaters to Azah, who schooled him on the definitions of floaters and coasters. Brent didn't like being schooled but he did retell the definitions to Alyssa, SarahB, Whitney.
He also sniped a bit about Azah, and said a girl needs to go next. I don't think those three will get behind that campaign, but it was nice to have those terms actually defined properly on feeds.
SarahB had wanted to win HOH this week since it's her brother's birthday but she told us she'd changed her mind and shouldn't, as she's stuck between teams (ahem, floating), and didn't want to betray anyone this early. She said she'd run it by Kyland since he's her ride or die.
Frenchie started dropping seeds (for no good reason), telling Tiffany that it was Hannah who told Brent about the girls alliance, when in reality it was Frenchie who spilled that.
Tiffany then sat down with Hannah, saying she saw her baby sister in her.
Hannah said she thought the whole house saw Brent as a threat, and Tiffany said she wasn't sure about that, but Hannah said he would be dangerous to both their games, as well as their larger alliance.
Another example of Tiffany's superb social game: pretending to go along with someone else's target while not leading the charge herself, so it won't ever bounce back on her directly.
Claire joined, and they agreed Alyssa might also need to go soon. However, Claire and Tiffany later agreed that Alyssa was useful to them, so they won't target her just yet.
Britini did not do her one-on-one campaign pitches today as planned, but she did tell Tiffany she'd nominate Brent and Hannah if she wins HOH.
Day 13 - Monday, 7/19/21 - The Block is Locked
Derek F and Kyland made a final two deal.
Frenchie told Derek F, with Xavier present, he wished Kyland would let a man sit next to him, a competitor, so he can go out "like a fuckin champ." Really?!
He later made his veto pitch, saying "this is the chump way out" and "there's no campaign against Britini, and that's boring Big Brother."
Kyland had a lengthy talk with us, and confirmed to us that he would indeed like to go to finals with Derek F, and that he'll take SarahB as far as he can.
Derek X did not use his veto, so Britini and Frenchie remained on the block
Alyssa and Christian spent most of the day with each other, often cuddling, but they aren't a showmance.
Whitney and Xavier also did some cuddling but I don't think they're a showmance either? I could be wrong.
Tiffany kept up her brilliant social game, including shmoozing Frenchie like a boss.
Day 12 - Sunday, 7/18/21 - Chill Day
Claire and Derek X had a lengthy check-in, with Claire saying she'd be worried if Brent or Whitney win HOH.
Derek X said he'd throw it to Claire or Tiffany as Brent and Whitney would be safe if he's HOH. And he said he's sticking with Claire, Tiffany, Kyland going forward.
Christian and Alyssa stayed more or less glued to each other, and decided they'd be called Chrisalyss.
Frenchie told Britini he's going home and he's okay with that (reminder, he has been known to lie)
Frenchie started dropping paranoia seeds but I don't think any of them took root. He said what if there's a casting twist, maybe people are related or not who they say they are, maybe there's a saboteur, etc.
Derek F said he thought everyone is who they say they are except Xavier, "I think X is a lawyer." DIRECT HIT!
Frenchie seemed pretty resigned to go as the day went along, but he's got a lot of time until they vote and there's no telling what he might come up with by then. I think they're all tired of his loops, and his unwillingness to accept any responsibility for the position he's put himself in.
Something happened when feeds were down that caused some tension.
It sounded like Tiffany yelled at Derek X about a dish, and Derek F said she'd been too harsh?
Frenchie tried to referee Tiffany and Derek F, and they both told him they were discussing, not fighting.
That ended with Tiffany going to her room, Derek F and Frenchie followed, resulting in apologies, rehashes and a 3way hug with Tiffany saying she couldn't breathe, they smelled like deodorant and cologne.
Day 11 - Saturday, 7/17/21 - Frenchie is Fried!!!
Players were picked for today's veto: Alyssa, Claire, Derek X.
Frenchie was still going around announcing he'll use it on Britini if he wins.
Most everyone went along with whatever he said to his face, and whispered about what a train wreck he's been behind his back. (LOL)
Derek X won the veto again! Bye French Mustard!!!! It was a timed comp that included running between various stations, digging for things, and getting stuff shot in their faces.
Frenchie was mostly quiet, pouting and he started packing. Britini commiserated a bit, saying "damn, we had good times too" to which he just grunted "mm-hmm."
He came out and sat with Derek F, who was prepping to lose his boo.
Azah shared more details of Frenchie's Week 1 reign of terror to Tiffany (who already knew most of it).
Frenchie started his farewell rounds.
Kyland and Derek X had a marathon strategy session, laying out potential scenarios with chess pieces.
Tiffany and Xavier had a check-in that included scoffing at Frenchie's claims that the ratings would drop if he goes, and Xavier agreed the Kings/Queens/Derek X alliance was a good idea.
Frenchie continued farewell rounds, and coached Derek F and Brent on how to play without him, and went back to his cockamamie idea that viewers were voting to keep him.
Frenchie sat down with Whitney to hash out their issues. She said she probably wasn't going to be very receptive because of his track record, and she wasn't.
He said he's had to do things, he was asked to do things, and he was talked into doing things that he'd normally never do, and it hurt his heart, but she wasn't having it and she clocked him right and left.
After one of his repetitive rambling loops she said "what are you talking about?"
Then he sort of teared up talking about their drama yesterday, saying he realized "you don't point your finger at a woman and say 'I'm done'." On and on it went.
Frenchie finally looped back to "I did not want to put a woman up, I did not want to put a minority up".
Frenchie announced he was going to go to Diary and quit, rather than chance weeks in a hotel room in case there's a Battle Back.
Britini finally met with Kyland and Derek X about the veto, and was told in a very roundabout way that it wasn't going to be used. She later told Derek F that she promised Kyland and Derek X safety if she wins HOH (something she did not have to do).
Frenchie returned from Diary, as we knew he would, claiming he was "just mad."
Day 10 - Friday, 7/16/21 - Kyland's first day - BOOM! BEST DAY EVER!!!!
Kyland got his room and said he was going to meet with his team, and with Frenchie, and he'd hold one-on-ones with everyone at some point.
Derek X lingered after everyone left, evidence that he is indeed learning how to play BB.
Later Kyland said he had a hard time not promising him safety, but he didn't want to make promises he might have to break later.
Tiffany blamed Frenchie for her hinky vote to Claire and Sarah B, and said if they aren't careful it'll be another Frenchie HOH week, adding they need to tell Kyland not to make any promises.
Tiffany and Claire had a lengthy late night strategy session using the chessboard.
Derek X joined them and they pretty much figured out the various alliances and how Frenchie was in the middle of most of them.
Frenchie wandered by and if he didn't know for sure that's what they were doing, he certainly suspected.
Tiffany said she doesn't want to be too pushy with Kyland about his noms, though prior to the chess talk she did strongly hint to Kyland that Frenchie's gotta go.
Kyland nominated Britini and Frenchie.
Feeds came back to Britini sobbing and almost hysterical, and Frenchie comforting her
Frenchie told Britini repeatedly "keep the focus on me and you lay low, okay?"
Britini continued crying, and Frenchie told her "you know how people say when they break up 'it's not you, it's me'? This time it really is me," "there's gonna be fireworks, you just sit there and watch the show.. if I'm going, I'm going with a bang."
Claire and Tiffany met with Kyland to assure him it's all good, he did fine, and he said everyone gave him Frenchie's name except Britini.
Tiffany acknowledged Britini was upset, but "she had to make herself cry, I never saw anybody squeeze tears outta their eyes like that before in my life."
Frenchie visited HOH and told Kyland he wasn't mad, if he goes he goes home to his kids, they hugged, Kyland choked up, and he said "if Britini's the target, reverse it to me," and he said if he wins veto he'll use it on her. He'd also told Britini he'd do that. (Bullshit)
Kyland told Britini that everyone had given him Frenchie's name but her, and that was his Reason for putting her up, plus he'd heard Britini was running the other side of the house.
Frenchie continued making rounds, saying he might get a save from production or a viewer vote, and other delusions. He said his earlier "fireworks" threat was a joke, that he was going to announce and then go around and say nice things to and about everyone "for TV".
Hannah roasted Frenchie, retelling his dramatics and lies, and his hypocrisy about announcing he didn't want the first boot to be a POC and then putting up Alyssa and Kyland. She said he was "using allyship as gameplay" and compared him to Tyler for that.
Derek F told Kyland that Frenchie wanted all the minority people to make it, and for Kyland to keep that in the back of his mind. He also said he trusts Kyland because they have a deeper bond, and said Frenchie isn't part of Cookout but wants to support it.
Frenchie kept up his antics, acting like he didn't care anymore, grandstanding that he wanted to go on the block anyway, Kyland can't beat him at veto, he hoped it's a wall comp (for a veto?!), and blah blah blah.
He later spilled one version of the alliance roster to Britini, Claire, Tiffany, and said "it's called Slaughterhouse." Britini said "that's what it's called, they took your name?" You couldn't make it up.
Frenchie later told Derek F and Xavier that he blew up everyone except the two of them.
Brent, Hannah, Alyssa, Sarah B held a lengthy anti-Frenchie meeting in the bathroom, detailing all his lines, lies, ridiculous claims, boasts, and errors. It was like they were reading tweets.
Frenchie got Britini onboard hoping for a power or production save, and she started asking us to save them, hashtag them, and the like. (LOL)
Frenchie continued to spiral and stew and spew, he threatened to quit, and he rattled off his big Slaughterhouse reveal to Sarah B, who already knew about it.
Best day ever!
Week 1 Head of Household
The new HOH is....
Frenchie is Head of Household
Week 1 Wildcard Winner
Safety Winner is...
Christian & he saves Xavier
Week 1 Nominations
This week's Nominees are...
Alyssa and Kyland are nominated
Week 1 Veto Winner
Veto Winner is...
DX saves Kyland
Week 1 Final Nominees
Final Nominees for Eviction....
Alyssa and Travis are nominated
Evicted Week 1
Houseguest Evicted is....
Travis
Day 9 - Thursday, 7/15/21 - First eviction and the power shifts.
Britini reported various rumors she's heard to Derek F. He said he's not one to set up final two deals or even start gaming hard this early, and she seemed to believe that.
Frenchie told Travis he's getting voted out.
He also approached Claire to continue their convo from yesterday. He reiterated that her name was being thrown around, likely hoping to cause suspicion and friction (it's what he does).
She said she wants to win HOH to gather more info, and said she wouldn't go after him if she does win.
During the live show, Travis is voted out, 11-2. Tiffanie and Derek F did hinky votes.
Kyland won the HOH, giving his remaining fellow Queens Claire and Tiffany safety for the week.
Team Aces are Have-nots. Whitney and Brent volunteered them, without asking Hannah and Derek X.
Team Jokers decided Frenchie would play Wildcard for them.
Alyssa said Team Kings would probably do a random draw unless Xavier wants to play
Team Aces will also do a draw.
Frenchie pouted and whined all night about how he might get backdoored.
Alyssa was paranoid about the two hinky votes and made Christian pinkyswear he wasn't one of them.
He told her about the Slaughterhouse, and the Butchers, complete with Frenchie's analogy "the butchers control the slaughterhouse." Alyssa said it was dumb and Christian said he didn't come up with it.
He told her she's probably the only non-Butcher that knows about that part. They griped a lot about Frenchie but agreed they should probably partner up with him and Whitney.
Day 8 - Wednesday, 7/14/21 - If everyone knows your alliance... its not a secret
Frenchie's next target seems to be Xavier. (Shocker) Frenchie said "he'll steal $750,000 and no one can do anything about it." (Yup, its what you're thinking)
Frenchie also had a meeting with Whitney. They agreed they'll easily get to Final Five
He said he could flip tomorrow's vote if he wanted to, "I got the numbers to do whatever I want."
Frenchie said the girls alliance he was in (French Kisses) was Claire's doing, and he said Whitney's not on Claire's radar at all. Whitney said now she doesn't want Claire out.
Frenchie went and told Claire her name had come up and he needed to talk with her. (This guy!)
Tiffany and Hannah talked about Frenchie's hypocrisy putting up a Latina woman and a Black man after all his talk about women and minorities in BB.
Tiffany believes he is talking it up now for strategy, and she said she wished he wouldn't combine real life issues of social justice and social inequality with/inside the game when it isn't sincere.
Hannah told Alyssa she didn't think Britini, Claire, SarahB's heads were in the game, and they agreed they didn't think there was a girls alliance, and they said Claire couldn't mastermind it if there was.
They agreed not to talk about past seasons so much so they don't seem like "superfans." They formalized their partnership as Enzo's Angels "because we can't win anything."
Kyland and SarahB shared an info exchange, as did Kyland and Tiffany, who agreed to evict Travis.
Later Tiffany told Frenchie she'd throw a rogue vote for him in exchange for him keeping his word to keep her safe this week, and they shook hands on it.
Frenchie, Alyssa, Christian agreed to work together going forward.....
Looks like Travis is going home on Thursday.
Day 7 - Tuesday, 7/13/21 - Frenchie creates another alliance..... smh
Frenchie was searching for a way to create some more chaos, this time by play with the votes.
Derek X told Tiffany he knows he's at the bottom of the hierarchy in the house.
Azah, Claire, Hannah, Tiffany formed a [fake] alliance called the French Kisses with Frenchie, and said they'd invite Sarah B to join also.
Tiffany and Claire agreed they'd like to see Alyssa, Brent, Frenchie, Whitney go after Travis, and before jury.
Tiffany told Sarah B and later Derek F that Frenchie reminded her of Devin and his Bomb Squad disaster.
Brent told Whitney that he'd never tell Frenchie his nomination plans but he'd put up Britini and Sarah B.
Whitney said she'd put up Claire and Sarah B.
Hannah warned Azah and Britini not to talk in groups of only girls, so not to be accused of girls alliances.
Lot of fun, games, and chilling on Monday. It was Kyland's birthday so not a whole lot of gaming.
Day 6 - Monday, 7/12/21 - If everyone knows your alliance... its not a secret
Derek X used his veto on Kyland, and Frenchie put up Travis in his place.
Talk is that Travis will likely go as of now, but Derek F pitched the idea to Xavier and Christian of maybe throwing one or two hinky votes to stir things up, and to target Derek X next week.
Frenchie called a half-the-house meeting to formalize his Slaughterhouse group.
He said DR asked for it for the show but he probably just wanted to puff himself up.
Included in this group was Frenchie, Alyssa, Brent, Christian, Derek F, Kyland, Whitney, Xavier.
Alyssa told Brent she'd probably put up Derek X and Hannah, and asked him not to tell anyone.
Kyland and SarahB had a major info exchange, including him telling her about the Slaughterhouse
She doesn't trust Frenchie, won't give him any more info, and she'd "take a shot" at him before jury.
Azah and Tiffany had a check-in while most of the others went outside. They agreed they'd both target Brent, with Azah saying she'd put him up with Derek X, and Tiffany would put him up with Alyssa.
Day 5 - Sunday, 7/11/21 - True Colors shine through
Most of the day was a chill day with fun outside by the pool and games in the house.
Highlight was Tiffany reenacting Frenchie's nomination speech to a T!!! She was so hilarious!
Christian told Derek F that Frenchie had offered him a Final Two deal, which Christian said he accepted but didn't mean it, as his true F2 was with Derek F. Derek F also has an F2 with Frenchie.
Tiffany and Hannah had a good gametalk, sounding like they both wanted to team up.
Frenchie's talks were long and tedious. He seemed to be trying to set up Derek X, saying things like he [Frenchie] had told Derek he'd "blow his shit up" if he didn't use the veto.
It seems Frenchie was trying to set up Derek X to not use the veto so Alyssa or Kyland will go, and he can blame Derek X for it. It was a mess.
Frenchie pitched to Derek X, with Alyssa present, that he take off Alyssa and he'd renom Travis. Derek X said he's promised Kyland multiple times he'd use it on him.
Frenchie got even crazier the later into the night it got.
He said things like he felt "threatened" by Xavier and Kyland, and he agreed with Christian, and Travis referred to Kyland as "crazy man."
This night was a complete mess.
Day 4 - Saturday, 7/10/21 - Worst Fisherman Ever!
Frenchie told Kyland and Derek X that Kyland's his pawn and he wants two women on the block on Thursday. That was likely to shmooz Derek X, who will probably be renom if either nominee comes off.
Later Frenchie told Christian if noms stay the same, he'd want Kyland to go.
Azah, Britini, Claire, Tiffany formalized an alliance
Frenchie and Brent fist bumped a Final Two.
Frenchie told him he also has another F2 (likely with Derek F).
Derek X had won the veto, and said he'll use it on Kyland
Brent told him to "do whatever Frenchie wants" and that they'd talk with him later.
Afterwards, Derek X told us Brent says nothing new when he talks with him, and asked for a clock to count how often Brent says to do what Frenchie wants.
Derek X sat down with Frenchie in HOH and said his team wants to stick with him (Frenchie), and Frenchie said Derek should do what he wants, he doesn't want to tell him what to do.
Then he said he'd like the veto used, on Kyland, and Derek said great, that's what he wanted to hear.
Frenchie carried on talking at Derek for a very long time, turning away several visitors, and strongly hinted about his Slaughterhouse (not by name).
He finally told Derek there are 11 people in it, but said it's not an alliance.
Brent was summoned to join them, which upset Azah as she'd been waiting to use the HOH shower.
She vented to Derek F about it, since they're on Frenchie's team and Brent is not, and Frenchie was leaving them in the dark. That's Frenchie....
Day 3 - Friday, 7/9/21 - Frenchie Goes back on his word
Azah told Derek F that Frenchie was playing for Twitter and the audience, rather than for himself, and she said he'd changed his target multiple times.
Others also commented about Frenchie's changing targets in various chats.
Frenchie then had a meeting in the Have-not jet-ski room with one of his alliances: Xavier, Brent, Travis, and told them he didn't want to get HOH-itis (too late!)
He told them Derek X is no longer his target since they'd hashed things out in a talk (same way Brent got off the hook), and he pushed for Alyssa because she's closest to Christian.
Frenchie would like to target Christian but he earned safety yesterday, and they agreed to gun for him next week. (That will change 1,000 times by then of course.)
Xavier said the Alyssa/Christian attraction was one-sided so it wasn't fair to aim for her, and he said he'll suggest to her that she distance herself from Christian a bit.
Frenchie had nominated Alyssa and Kyland.
Alyssa was complaining and wondering why because Frenchie said he wouldn't.
Frenchie shmoozed Kyland, saying he nominated Alyssa for a Reason, Kyland is a pawn.
Frenchie guaranteed Kyland he'll either win veto or have it used on him, and then "the big fish" will go up and out. He was referring to Christian, in an apparent strike at what he sees as a potential showmance.
So much for Frenchie's Night 1 guarantees that he wouldn't nominate a woman or a minority.
For some reason Derek X apologized to Frenchie for having "trusted the wrong person" (Travis, I think), and said "at this point I deserve to go home." Nobody really knows why he threw himself on his sword.
Azah, Alyssa, Derek F discussed Frenchie's chaotic HOH, noms and speech, and they laughed about his antics, particularly with Derek F cracking the jokes.
Xavier told Kyland about the Cookout alliance (Azah, Derek F, Tiffany, Xavier) and invited him in, saying "it's bigger than all of us."
Frenchie held another meeting with Christian, Kyland, Xavier, Derek F and suggested they add Whitney, Alyssa, Brent as their extras. A mess.
Day 2 - Thursday, 7/8/21 - Frenchie is a Lunatic!
Frenchie formed multiple alliances on Day 2. Classic. The Slaughterhouse consists of Frenchie, Britini, Whitney, Azah, Derek F, Kyland, Tiffany, but he also created with various smaller alliances within that group.
The Cookout alliance was formed of Azah, Derek F, Tiffany, Xavier, with intentions to add Kyland and Hannah. If you didn't realize by the name, The Cookout, these are all the black players. I love it!
Frenchie, who'd said he'll target bro-jocks, had an awkward chat with his prime target Brent, but they both apologized for not spending enough time with each other yet, and for misreading first impressions. Frenchie pitched a deal to keep Brent safe if he'll do the same next week if he's HOH. That would leave Christian and Travis as potential nominees.
Christian, who was Frenchie's target, won the Wildcard comp and was able to save one other person on his team - he selected Xavier. He spun a wheel that had options that could have saved his entire team.
Frenchie planned to hold an alliance meeting to discuss new nom options and come up with volunteers.
Travis told Derek X he'd felt a shift in the house vibe, and they realized they might be in trouble since people weren't game talking with them anymore.
Frenchie's first meeting was with Derek F, Christian, Xavier, Kyland, where he said they were his core five.
He said he's "ready to ride or DIE with this! We are going to piss fans OFF with this!"
He said they need to add three more side members to have eight
He again said Derek X was causing drama and "starting rumors about everybody."
Frenchie then approached a hammock group of Alyssa, Claire, Hannah, SarahBeth and told them he had The Perfect Plan, and asked for volunteers to go up against Derek X for a "guaranteed unanimous vote."
Everyone thought Frenchie lost his mind after the meeting
Sarah, Alyssa, Hannah, Whitney were upset after Frenchie promised them safety last night, and Tiffany telling Whitney "it's a Bomb Squad situation." Hell Yes!!!
Frenchie swore last night he wouldn't nominate minorities or women, and 24 hours later he was ready to put up Derek X and Sarah. It's a mess.
Day 1 - Wednesday, 7/7/21 - Opening Night
Frenchie kicked off the week by telling multiple people in the house that they were safe and he would not be nominating them. On night one he told Tiffany that she's good, they're both parents, and he won't target minorities like some prior seasons, or women.
He told her and Whitney he wants to target bro-jocks and potential showmancers.