Big Brother – Sunday, September 9th – HOH & Nominations

I love that Big Brother airs on Sunday nights, yet I hate that it means that the weekend is over!  I am also glad I set my recordings an hour longer than what they usually last.  The show was delayed due to football running over time this week (no punt intended :)).  Yet, I am already digressing, so let’s begin!

Tonight’s episode gives us a better insight to what happened during the double eviction.  Dan is unapologetic for sending Frank home this week.  Jenn realizes that she has no other option than to keep her alliance with Danielle and Dan, even though they were responsible for evicting Frank.  After Dan won HOH he realized this would be a perfect opportunity to send Ian home as well.  This would work out perfectly, as he would be getting the two strongest players out of the house.  Dan convinces Ian that he is just going up as a pawn, but he wants to send him out the door.  I am happy now that Ian won the POV.  Dan convinces Danielle to tell Shane to get ready to send Ian out of this game.  Danielle then says that no one wants to sit next to Ian in the finale, but she needs to realize that no one can win against Dan either!  Ian figures that Dan was lying to him, so I hope he can make some great moves this week.  After Ian wins POV, Dan tries to convince Danielle and Jenn to vote out Shane.  Dan is making hasty decisions, and the fact that this is a double eviction night make him not think irrationally.  Dan then convinces Shane that he should be in the final three with him.  Shane and Danielle need to realize that Dan only has in own interests at heart.  Dan then has the gall to threaten Ian not to vote out Danielle, as she was the replacement nominee.  Ian shouldn’t take orders from him considering he was almost out of the house a few minutes ago.  This was a really intense hour in the house!  Oh, I hope Shane or Danielle wins HOH, and they take out Dan this week.  He is too cunning for his own good.  Also, Dan has to realize that everyone is going to be talking behind his back this week.  There are a few alliances.  Let me take this time to highlight them. 

You can't trust him!

1.     Dan, Danielle and Jenn. 

2.     The Quack Pack, which is Dan, Danielle, Shane and Ian. 

3.     Shane, Danielle and Dan

What is the common factor?  It’s Dan!  They have to realize that he needs to go home if they want to win this game.  PLEASE DON’T LET HIM WIN AGAIN!  WE WILL NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT!

            Dan realizes that there are now 3 people upset at him.  Jenn, Ian and Shane could spell the end for him and Danielle this week.  This is a bad time to start making enemies!  Danielle tells Shane the half-truth.  She says that Shane was going to go up to replace Ian, yet he was only going to be a pawn.  Shane is too thick to understand that he was really close to going home, but it will only take one conversation to cause some chaos in the house.  So after all of this, they have to compete in the next HOH competition!  This competition involves questions from past events this summer.  The HGs must answer the question, and the answer is a number corresponding to the day the competition or event took place.  However, there is a twist.  They must use a ball as it rolls down an alley.  Wherever the ball lands, is their answer.  So even if they know the exact day, they still have to maneuver the ball wisely.  For every day they are off, they will get a penalty point.  Whoever has the least amount of penalty points wins the game.  Here is a breakdown of the rounds!

Round 1: On what day was Baby Zingbot born?  36

Shane: 34 – 2 points

Ian: 36 – 0 points

Jenn: 39 – 3 points

Danielle: 49 – 13 points

I miss this guy!

Round 2: On what day did Frank win his 3^rd POV? 48

Shane: 50 – 2 points (4)

Ian: 49 – 1 point (1)

Jenn: 48 – 0 points (3)

Danielle 44 – 4 points (17)

Round 3: On what day was Willie expelled? 14

Shane: 12 – 2 points (6)

Ian: 20 – 6 points (7)

Jenn: 2 – 12 points (15)

Danielle: 12 – 2 points (19)

Round 4: On what day did Jessie Claus make an appearance? 56

Shane: 59 – 3 points (9)

Ian: 55 – 1 point (8)

Jenn: 57 – 1 point (16)

Danielle: 58 – 2 points (21)

Final Round: On what day was the POV used to take someone off the block? 17

Shane: 22 – 5 points (14)

Ian: 11 – 6 points (14)

Jenn: 16 – 1 point (17)

Danielle: 13 – 4 points (25)

Tie Breaker: On what day was the first coach evicted from the BB House? 34

Shane: 30 – 4 points (18)

Ian: 32 – 2 points (16)

Ian wins HOH, and I couldn’t be happier!  Jenn already knows that she is going on the block, but if I were her, I would throw Dan under the bus!  She knows that Dan was going after Shane and Ian, so her best move is to have Ian put up Shane and Dan.  Ian says that he can put up Dan as a pawn against Jenn.  Dan says he isn’t cool with it, even though he did the same thing to Dan a little over an hour ago.  It’s at this point I wish I could yell at my TV.  Well, I do yell at it, so I guess I wish that they could actually hear me!  Dan is confident that he can convince Ian to change his mind.  He is so egotistical, and I hope that Ian can see through Dan’s lies. 

What?!  It’s another week of Pandora’s Box?  By this time, I don’t have to explain what it is.  This time, Ian sees that he can get a message from someone who loves him.  It appears to be his parents.  This time I would be super wary of the choice.  He cannot afford to have something good happen to the rest of the house.  In the end Ian decides to open the box.  No offense to my friends and family, but if I were about 14 days away from seeing you again, I would hope you wouldn’t care that I skipped opening up what could be the downfall of my entire game.  Just as I suspected, it’s not Ian’s parents he gets a message from, but it’s Rachel!  Who can forget such phrases as: FLOATERS GRAB YOUR LIFE VEST! NO ONE GETS BETWEEN ME AND MY MAN! TEQUILLA!  She gives him some advice about thinking about Brendan for the rest of the game.  The other HGs get video messages from their loved ones instead.  Shane gets a message from his sister.  Jenn gets a great message from her mother.  Danielle gets a message from her mother as well.  Rachel keeps giving advice to Ian on how to win the game.  My favorite strategy was what she called “straddlegizing”.  She and Brendon would straddle in the hammock, and they would also strategize at the same time.  Dan gets a message from his wife, and I couldn’t care less.  He has sworn on his religion, wife, wedding ring etc..so the fact that he cried afterward meant nothing to me. 

            Finally, it’s time for the nomination ceremony!  I feel like this episode had so many twists.  Ian decides to nominate Shane and Jenn this week.  I can’t believe that Dan has manipulated him to changing his nominations!  It doesn’t really matter though as there is going to be a POV winner.  Jenn says she has a fighter inside of her, and if I were her, I would start throwing Dan under the bus!  Maybe Danielle will get the guts to tell Shane about Dan’s intentions.  There is another special eviction episode this week, so I wonder if it’s going to be another double eviction!  That would make me so happy!  What do you think?  Who’s going home?  Let me know!